1896 New York Giants
64 - 67
1895 / 1897 (Organization)
7th place in the NL (27 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		39 - 26 (.600)
25 - 41 (.379)		 -0.1 wins
-1.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 829 / 766 ( +63 )
Allowed/Expected: 821 / 765 ( -56 )
Pyth Record: 66 - 65 (-2)
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Attendance: 274,000 Avg Att: 4,215 (1.13)
Att Rank: 4 / 12 Lg Avg: 3,729
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.99 R/L HR: 1.07 / 0.96
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Mike Tiernan
RF
29.4
5.5
25.6
15.0
10
Y
Not Available
2 Shorty Fuller
SS
28.7
-0.3
0.7
-1.2
5
N
Not Available
3 General Stafford
LF
28.4
-0.4
3.9
-0.8
4
N
Not Available
4 George Davis
3B
25.9
4.6
21.0
9.4
4
N
2
28
1893
 Trade CL4 NL
5 Les German
RP
27.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
4
N
7
1
1893
 Purchased Augusta (Southern)
6 Parke Wilson
C
28.7
-1.0
2.0
-4.4
4
Y
7
1
1893
 Purchased Augusta (Southern)
7 Dad Clarke
SP
31.5
1.9
18.4
5.3
3
N
Not Available
8 George Van Haltren
CF
30.3
4.4
24.4
12.1
3
N
11
16
1893
 Purchased PIT NL
9 Duke Farrell
C
29.8
0.6
4.2
-0.6
3
N
2
27
1894
 Trade WSN NL
10 Jouett Meekin
SP
29.4
5.6
25.8
13.3
3
N
2
27
1894
 Trade WSN NL
11 Tom Bannon
LF
27.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
Not Available
12 Willie Clark
1B
23.9
0.5
5.0
0.4
2
Y
Not Available
13 Harry Davis
LF
23.0
1.1
6.9
2.0
2
Y
Not Available
14 Ed Doheny
SP
22.6
0.3
5.4
1.4
2
Y
9
1
1895
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
15 Mike Sullivan
SP
29.7
0.7
9.0
2.1
1
N
Not Available
16 George Ulrich
LF
27.1
-0.4
0.2
-0.7
1
N
Not Available
17 Frank Connaughton
SS
27.5
0.3
5.2
-2.1
1
N
Not Available
18 Carney Flynn
SP
21.4
-0.6
0.4
0.0
1
N
Not Available
19 John Warner
C
23.9
-0.2
0.6
-1.0
1
N
Not Available
20 Cy Bowen
SP
25.4
-0.2
0.1
-0.4
1
Y
Not Available
21 Sal Campfield
SW
28.4
0.5
1.7
0.7
1
Y
Not Available
22 Reddy Foster
-
31.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
Not Available
23 Charlie Gettig
SW
25.6
-0.4
0.2
-0.4
1
Y
Not Available
24 Bill Reidy
SP
22.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.4
1
Y
Not Available
25 Fred Pfeffer
2B
36.3
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
1
N
11
1
1895
 Purchased LS3 NL
26 Kid Gleason
2B
29.7
2.2
14.3
2.5
1
N
11
14
1895
 Trade BLN NL
27 Cy Seymour
SP
23.6
-1.5
0.3
-2.3
1
Y
1
1
1896
 Free Agency
28 Dave Zearfoss
C
28.5
-0.2
0.4
-1.1
1
Y
1
1
1896
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Jake Beckley
1B
28.9
1.2
5.4
2.0
1
N
7
25
1896
 Trade PIT NL
30 Bill Joyce
3B
30.8
2.8
10.9
6.6
1
N
8
1
1896
 Trade WSN NL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Tom Bannon LF Amesbury, MA (USA)
Jake Beckley 1B Hannibal, MO (USA)
Cy Bowen SP Kingston, IN (USA)
Sal Campfield SW Meadville, PA (USA)
Willie Clark 1B Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Dad Clarke SP Oswego, NY (USA)
Frank Connaughton SS Clinton, MA (USA)
George Davis 3B Cohoes, NY (USA)
Harry Davis LF Philadelphia, PA (US)
Ed Doheny SP Northfield, VT (USA)
Duke Farrell C Oakdale, MA (USA)
Carney Flynn SP Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Reddy Foster - Richmond, VA (USA)
Shorty Fuller SS Cincinnati, OH (USA)
Les German RP Baltimore, MD (USA)
Charlie Gettig SW Baltimore, MD (USA)
Kid Gleason 2B Camden, NJ (USA)
Bill Joyce 3B St. Louis, MO (USA)
Jouett Meekin SP New Albany, IN (USA)
Fred Pfeffer 2B Louisville, KY (USA)
Bill Reidy SP Cleveland, OH (USA)
Cy Seymour SP Albany, NY (USA)
General Stafford LF Thompson, CT (USA)
Mike Sullivan SP Boston, MA (USA)
Mike Tiernan RF Trenton, NJ (USA)
George Ulrich LF Philadelphia, PA (USA)
George Van Haltren CF St. Louis, MO (USA)
John Warner C New York, NY (USA)
Parke Wilson C Keithsburg, IL (USA)
Dave Zearfoss C Schenectady, NY (USA)

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