# 1890 New York Giants season

The 1890 New York Giants season was the franchise's eighth season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 63–68 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. They also had to contend with a new crosstown rival, the New York Giants of the Players' League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 58‍–‍16 | 28‍–‍27 |
| Chicago Colts | 83 | 53 | .610 | 6½ | 48‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍29 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9 | 54‍–‍21 | 24‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 55 | .583 | 10½ | 50‍–‍23 | 27‍–‍32 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 76 | 57 | .571 | 12 | 43‍–‍23 | 33‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 63 | 68 | .481 | 24 | 37‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 44 | 88 | .333 | 43½ | 30‍–‍37 | 14‍–‍51 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 23 | 113 | .169 | 66½ | 14‍–‍25 | 9‍–‍88 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | NYG | PHI | PIT |
| Boston | — | 6–11 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 13–7 | 11–8–1 | 11–9 | 16–3 |
| Brooklyn | 11–6 | — | 11–9 | 9–7 | 17–3 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 18–2 |
| Chicago | 11–8 | 9–11 | — | 12–8–2 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 8–10–1 | 17–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–11 | 7–9 | 8–12–2 | — | 13–4 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 16–4 |
| Cleveland | 7–13 | 3–17 | 7–13 | 4–13 | — | 6–12–2 | 5–14–1 | 12–6–1 |
| New York | 8–11–1 | 8–10 | 6–13 | 6–14 | 12–6–2 | — | 6–11 | 17–3–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–5–1 | 11–6 | — | 17–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–16 | 2–18 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–12–1 | 3–17–1 | 2–17 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Dick Buckley | 70 | 266 | 68 | .256 | 2 | 26 |
| 1B | Lew Whistler | 45 | 170 | 49 | .288 | 2 | 29 |
| 2B | Charley Bassett | 100 | 410 | 98 | .239 | 0 | 54 |
| SS | Jack Glasscock | 124 | 512 | 172 | .336 | 1 | 66 |
| 3B | Jerry Denny | 114 | 437 | 93 | .213 | 3 | 42 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 101 | 401 | 124 | .309 | 4 | 60 |
| OF | Joe Hornung | 120 | 513 | 122 | .238 | 0 | 65 |
| OF | Mike Tiernan | 133 | 553 | 168 | .304 | 13 | 59 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Artie Clarke | 101 | 395 | 89 | .225 | 0 | 49 |
| Dude Esterbrook | 45 | 197 | 57 | .289 | 0 | 29 |
| John Henry | 37 | 144 | 35 | .243 | 0 | 16 |
| Pat Murphy | 32 | 119 | 28 | .235 | 0 | 9 |
| Shorty Howe | 19 | 64 | 11 | .172 | 0 | 4 |
| Andy Sommers | 17 | 47 | 5 | .106 | 0 | 1 |
| George McMillan | 10 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Crane | 4 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mort Scanlan | 3 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom O'Rourke | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Amos Rusie | 67 | 548.2 | 29 | 34 | 2.56 | 341 |
| Mickey Welch | 37 | 292.1 | 17 | 14 | 2.99 | 97 |
| Jack Sharrott | 25 | 184.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.89 | 84 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jesse Burkett | 21 | 118.0 | 3 | 10 | 5.57 | 82 |
| Bob Murphy | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 8 |
| Ed Daily | 2 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 |