# 1886 New York Giants season

The 1886 New York Giants season was the franchise's fourth season. The team had a record of 75–44, finishing third in the National League, 12.5 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 90 | 34 | .726 | — | 52‍–‍10 | 38‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 87 | 36 | .707 | 2½ | 49‍–‍13 | 38‍–‍23 |
| New York Giants | 75 | 44 | .630 | 12½ | 47‍–‍12 | 28‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 71 | 43 | .623 | 14 | 45‍–‍14 | 26‍–‍29 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 56 | 61 | .479 | 30½ | 32‍–‍26 | 24‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Maroons | 43 | 79 | .352 | 46 | 27‍–‍34 | 16‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 30 | 91 | .248 | 58½ | 17‍–‍40 | 13‍–‍51 |
| Washington Nationals | 28 | 92 | .233 | 60 | 19‍–‍43 | 9‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1886 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | KC | NYG | PHI | STL | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–12 | 6–11 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 3–10 | 11–6–1 | 13–5 |
| Chicago | 12–6 | — | 11–7 | 17–1 | 10–8–1 | 10–7–1 | 13–4 | 17–1 |
| Detroit | 11–6 | 7–11 | — | 16–2 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 | 15–2–1 | 17–1–1 |
| Kansas City | 6–11 | 1–17 | 2–16 | — | 3–15–1 | 2–14–1 | 5–12–2 | 11–6–1 |
| New York | 11–6 | 8–10–1 | 7–11 | 15–3–1 | — | 8–8–1 | 15–3 | 11–3–2 |
| Philadelphia | 10–3 | 7–10–1 | 7–10–1 | 14–2–1 | 8–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 13–4–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–11–1 | 4–13 | 2–15–1 | 12–5–2 | 3–15 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 |
| Washington | 5–13 | 1–17 | 1–17–1 | 6–11–1 | 3–11–2 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | — |

### 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 | 73 | 275 | 85 | .309 | 4 | 31 |
| 1B | Roger Connor | 118 | 485 | 172 | .355 | 7 | 71 |
| 2B | Joe Gerhardt | 123 | 426 | 81 | .190 | 0 | 40 |
| SS | John Montgomery Ward | 122 | 491 | 134 | .273 | 2 | 81 |
| 3B | Dude Esterbrook | 123 | 473 | 125 | .264 | 3 | 43 |
| OF | Mike Dorgan | 118 | 442 | 129 | .292 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Patrick Gillespie | 97 | 396 | 108 | .273 | 0 | 58 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 105 | 440 | 136 | .309 | 1 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Richardson | 68 | 237 | 55 | .232 | 1 | 27 |
| Pat Deasley | 41 | 143 | 38 | .266 | 0 | 17 |
| Bill Finley | 13 | 44 | 8 | .182 | 0 | 5 |
| Gene Bagley | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Caskin | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Corcoran | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Diven | 1 | 3 | 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 | 64 | 535.0 | 42 | 20 | 2.56 | 297 |
| Mickey Welch | 59 | 500.0 | 33 | 22 | 2.99 | 272 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Richardson | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.76 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Devlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 2 |