# 1890 New York Giants (PL) season

The 1890 New York Giants baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 74–57 record, good for third place, eight games behind the league champion Boston Reds. After the season, the league folded, and the Giants were bought out by their National League New York Giants. The Giants were the original tenants of the Polo Grounds stadium that afterwards was occupied by the National League's New York Giants for 66 years.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vtePlayers' League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Reds | 81 | 48 | .628 | — | 48‍–‍21 | 33‍–‍27 |
| Brooklyn Ward's Wonders | 76 | 56 | .576 | 6½ | 46‍–‍19 | 30‍–‍37 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 57 | .565 | 8 | 47‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Pirates | 75 | 62 | .547 | 10 | 46‍–‍23 | 29‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 63 | .519 | 14 | 35‍–‍30 | 33‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Burghers | 60 | 68 | .469 | 20½ | 37‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Infants | 55 | 75 | .423 | 26½ | 31‍–‍30 | 24‍–‍45 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 36 | 96 | .273 | 46½ | 23‍–‍42 | 13‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | BUF | CHI | CLE | NY | PHI | PIT |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 14–6–1 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 10–6 | 10–5 |
| Brooklyn | 7–11 | — | 12–6–1 | 10–9 | 12–8 | 7–10 | 14–6 | 14–6 |
| Buffalo | 6–14–1 | 6–12–1 | — | 5–15 | 7–9 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 5–13 |
| Chicago | 8–12 | 9–10 | 15–5 | — | 13–7 | 9–9–1 | 10–10 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland | 8–12 | 8–12 | 9–7 | 7–13 | — | 8–11 | 8–11–1 | 7–9 |
| New York | 8–12 | 10–7 | 17–3 | 9–9–1 | 11–8 | — | 5–12 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 6–10 | 6–14 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 11–8–1 | 12–5 | — | 7–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–10 | 6–14 | 13–5 | 9–11 | 9–7 | 6–14 | 12–7 | — |

### 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 | Buck Ewing | 83 | 352 | 119 | .338 | 8 | 72 |
| 1B | Roger Connor | 123 | 484 | 169 | .349 | 14 | 103 |
| 2B | Dan Shannon | 83 | 324 | 70 | .216 | 3 | 44 |
| SS | Danny Richardson | 123 | 528 | 135 | .256 | 4 | 80 |
| 3B | Art Whitney | 119 | 442 | 97 | .219 | 0 | 45 |
| OF | George Gore | 93 | 399 | 127 | .318 | 10 | 55 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 111 | 478 | 172 | .360 | 9 | 115 |
| OF | Mike Slattery | 97 | 411 | 126 | .307 | 5 | 67 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Johnston | 77 | 306 | 74 | .242 | 1 | 43 |
| Gil Hatfield | 71 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 2 | 37 |
| William Brown | 60 | 230 | 64 | .278 | 4 | 43 |
| Farmer Vaughn | 44 | 166 | 44 | .265 | 1 | 22 |
| Fred Dunlap | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| Ed Crane | 43 | 330.1 | 16 | 19 | 4.63 | 116 |
| Hank O'Day | 43 | 329.0 | 22 | 13 | 4.21 | 94 |
| John Ewing | 35 | 267.1 | 18 | 12 | 4.24 | 145 |
| Tim Keefe | 30 | 229.0 | 17 | 11 | 3.38 | 89 |
| Buck Ewing | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Gil Hatfield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 3 |