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1889 New York Giants season

The 1889 New York Giants season was the franchise's seventh season. The team finished first in the National League with a record of 83–43. They beat the Boston Beaneaters by just one game. The Beaneaters won the same number of games as the Giants, but lost two more games, giving the pennant to the Giants. The Giants went on to face the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the World Series, winning six games to three. The series marked the first meeting between the Giants and the team that would become the Dodgers, a rivalry that continues to this day.

1889 New York Giants
World Series champions
National League champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkOakland Park (2 games)
St. George Cricket Grounds (23 games)
Polo Grounds (38 games)
CityNew York City
Record83–43 (.659)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJohn B. Day
ManagersJim Mutrie
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In the opening series of the season on April 24–25, the Giants hosted a two-game series against the Boston Beaneaters in Oakland Park, Jersey City, New Jersey, before playing the rest of April, May, and June at the St. George Cricket Grounds (of the former New York Metropolitans) in the then-new community of St. George on Staten Island. From July on, following a lengthy road trip, the Giants played at the newly relocated Polo Grounds.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 8343 .659 — 47‍–‍15 36‍–‍28
Boston Beaneaters 8345 .648 1 48‍–‍17 35‍–‍28
Chicago White Stockings 6765 .508 19 37‍–‍30 30‍–‍35
Philadelphia Quakers 6364 .496 20½ 43‍–‍24 20‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6171 .462 25 40‍–‍28 21‍–‍43
Cleveland Spiders 6172 .459 25½ 33‍–‍35 28‍–‍37
Indianapolis Hoosiers 5975 .440 28 32‍–‍36 27‍–‍39
Washington Nationals 4183 .331 41 24‍–‍29 17‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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1889 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN CHI CLE IND NYG PHI PIT WAS
Boston —10–7–112–8–110–108–6–213–616–314–5–1
Chicago 7–10–1—11–913–75–13–19–10–110–9–112–7
Cleveland 8–12–19–11—9–10–14–1410–97–1314–3–1
Indianapolis 10–107–1310–9–1—7–134–1310–1011–7
New York 6–8–213–5–114–413–7—12–7–112–7–113–5
Philadelphia 6–1310–9–19–1013–47–12–1—9–99–7–1
Pittsburgh 3–169–10–113–710–107–12–19–9—10–7
Washington 5–14–17–123–14–17–115–137–9–17–10—

Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CBuck Ewing99407133.327487
1BRoger Connor131496157.31713130
2BDanny Richardson125497139.2807100
SSJohn Ward114479143.299167
3BArt Whitney129473103.218159
OFGeorge Gore120488149.305754
OFJim O'Rourke128502161.321381
OFMike Tiernan122499167.3351073

Other batters

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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
William Brown4013936.259129
Gil Hatfield3212523.184112
Mike Slattery124814.292112
Pat Murphy92810.35714
Harry Lyons5202.10002
Bill George3154.26700
Elmer Foster240.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mickey Welch45375.027123.02125
Tim Keefe47364.028133.36225
Ed Crane29230.014103.68130
Hank O'Day1078.0914.2728
Gil Hatfield652.0243.9828
Ledell Titcomb326.0126.587

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Buck Ewing320.0204.0512

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Art Whitney10002.083

1889 World Series

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The Giants beat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three in the World Series.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ "1889 World Series - New York Giants over Brooklyn Bridegrooms (6-3)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2025.


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