# 1897 New York Giants season

The 1897 New York Giants season was the franchise's 15th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–48 record, 9.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 93 | 39 | .705 | — | 54‍–‍12 | 39‍–‍27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 40 | .692 | 2 | 51‍–‍15 | 39‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 48 | .634 | 9½ | 51‍–‍19 | 32‍–‍29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 56 | .576 | 17 | 49‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 69 | 62 | .527 | 23½ | 49‍–‍16 | 20‍–‍46 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 40‍–‍26 | 21‍–‍45 |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 61 | 71 | .462 | 32 | 38‍–‍29 | 23‍–‍42 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 71 | .458 | 32½ | 38‍–‍27 | 22‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Colts | 59 | 73 | .447 | 34 | 36‍–‍30 | 23‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 77 | .417 | 38 | 32‍–‍34 | 23‍–‍43 |
| Louisville Colonels | 52 | 78 | .400 | 40 | 34‍–‍31 | 18‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 29 | 102 | .221 | 63½ | 18‍–‍41 | 11‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1897 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 6–6 | 9–3–2 | 9–3–3 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 5–7 | 10–2–1 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 9–3 |
| Boston | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4–1 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 10–2–1 | 10–2 | 10–2 | 7–5–1 |
| Brooklyn | 3–9–2 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–9–2 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 3–9–3 | 4–8–1 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Cincinnati | 6–6 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 11–1 | 8–4 |
| Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 11–1–1 | 8–4 |
| Louisville | 1–10 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 6–6–1 | 3–9 | 4–8–2 | 8–3–1 | 4–8–1 |
| New York | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–3–2 | 7–5–1 | 5–7–1 | 9–3 | 6–6–1 | — | 7–5 | 8–3–1 | 12–0 | 9–3–1 |
| Philadelphia | 2–10–1 | 2–10–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 8–4–2 | 3–8–1 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 2–10 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 1–11 | 1–11–1 | 3–8–1 | 0–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 3–9 |
| Washington | 3–9 | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | — |

### 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 | Jack Warner | 111 | 400 | 109 | .273 | 2 | 51 |
| 1B | Willie Clark | 117 | 436 | 122 | .280 | 1 | 75 |
| 2B | Kid Gleason | 132 | 543 | 172 | .317 | 1 | 106 |
| 3B | Bill Joyce | 109 | 388 | 118 | .304 | 3 | 64 |
| SS | George Davis | 131 | 521 | 184 | .353 | 10 | 135 |
| OF | Mike Tiernan | 128 | 532 | 174 | .327 | 5 | 72 |
| OF | George Van Haltren | 130 | 566 | 186 | .329 | 3 | 64 |
| OF | Ducky Holmes | 80 | 310 | 82 | .265 | 1 | 45 |

#### 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 |
| Tom McCreery | 49 | 177 | 53 | .299 | 1 | 28 |
| Parke Wilson | 47 | 158 | 47 | .297 | 0 | 23 |
| Jim Donnelly | 23 | 85 | 16 | .188 | 0 | 11 |
| Charlie Gettig | 22 | 75 | 15 | .200 | 0 | 12 |
| Jake Beckley | 17 | 68 | 17 | .250 | 1 | 11 |
| Walt Wilmot | 11 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 1 | 4 |
| General Stafford | 7 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Zearfoss | 5 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale Murphy | 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 | 38 | 322.1 | 28 | 10 | 2.54 | 135 |
| Jouett Meekin | 37 | 303.2 | 20 | 11 | 3.76 | 83 |
| Cy Seymour | 39 | 286.2 | 18 | 14 | 3.27 | 156 |
| Mike Sullivan | 23 | 148.2 | 8 | 7 | 5.09 | 35 |
| Ed Doheny | 10 | 85.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.12 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Dad Clarke | 6 | 31.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.10 | 10 |
| Charlie Gettig | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.21 | 7 |