# 1887 New York Giants season

The 1887 New York Giants season was the franchise's fifth season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 68–55, 10+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Wolverines. The team amassed 415 stolen bases, the most for any team in the history of the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Wolverines | 79 | 45 | .637 | — | 44‍–‍17 | 35‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 75 | 48 | .610 | 3½ | 38‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍25 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 71 | 50 | .587 | 6½ | 44‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 55 | .553 | 10½ | 36‍–‍26 | 32‍–‍29 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 61 | 60 | .504 | 16½ | 38‍–‍22 | 23‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 55 | 69 | .444 | 24 | 31‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍36 |
| Washington Nationals | 46 | 76 | .377 | 32 | 26‍–‍33 | 20‍–‍43 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 37 | 89 | .294 | 43 | 24‍–‍39 | 13‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1887 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–9–3 | 17–11–1 | 11–7 | 7–10–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 |
| Chicago | 9–6–3 | — | 10–8 | 13–5 | 11–6–1 | 12–6–1 | 5–12–1 | 11–7 |
| Detroit | 11–7–1 | 8–10 | — | 14–4–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 13–4 | 13–4–1 |
| Indianapolis | 7–11 | 5–13 | 4–14–1 | — | 3–15 | 1–17 | 7–11 | 10–8 |
| New York | 10–7–1 | 6–11–1 | 8–10 | 15–3 | — | 7–10–3 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–9 | 6–12–1 | 8–10 | 17–1 | 10–7–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–3–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–11 | 12–5–1 | 4–13 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | — | 9–9 |
| Washington | 7–10–1 | 7–11 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 3–13–1 | 9–9 | — |

### 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 | William Brown | 49 | 170 | 37 | .218 | 0 | 25 |
| 1B | Roger Connor | 127 | 471 | 134 | .285 | 17 | 104 |
| 2B | Danny Richardson | 122 | 450 | 125 | .278 | 3 | 62 |
| SS | John Montgomery Ward | 129 | 545 | 184 | .338 | 1 | 53 |
| 3B | Buck Ewing | 77 | 318 | 97 | .305 | 6 | 44 |
| OF | Mike Dorgan | 71 | 283 | 73 | .258 | 0 | 34 |
| OF | George Gore | 111 | 459 | 133 | .290 | 1 | 49 |
| OF | Mike Tiernan | 103 | 407 | 117 | .287 | 10 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Jim O'Rourke | 103 | 397 | 113 | .285 | 3 | 88 |
| Patrick Gillespie | 76 | 295 | 78 | .264 | 3 | 37 |
| Pat Deasley | 30 | 118 | 37 | .314 | 0 | 23 |
| John Rainey | 17 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 0 | 12 |
| Pat Murphy | 17 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
| Gil Hatfield | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 3 |
| Buck Becannon | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Carey | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Candy Nelson | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Tim Keefe | 56 | 476.2 | 35 | 19 | 3.12 | 189 |
| Mickey Welch | 41 | 346.0 | 22 | 15 | 3.36 | 115 |
| Bill George | 13 | 108.0 | 3 | 9 | 5.25 | 49 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 9 | 72.0 | 4 | 3 | 3.88 | 34 |
| Mike Mattimore | 7 | 57.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.35 | 12 |
| Bill Swarback | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.06 | 6 |
| John Roach | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 3 |
| Stump Weidman | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Tiernan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.69 | 3 |
| Danny Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |