1886 New York Giants season

1886 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1883)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	John B. Day
Manager(s)	Jim Mutrie
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The 1886 New York Giants season was the franchise's 4th 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

Opening Day photo, Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	0.726	—	52–10	38–24
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	0.707	2½	49–13	38–23
New York Giants	75	44	0.630	12½	47–12	28–32
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	0.623	14	45–14	26–29
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	0.479	30½	32–26	24–35
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	0.352	46	27–34	16–45
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	0.248	58½	17–40	13–51
Washington Nationals	28	92	0.233	60	19–43	9–49

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League Records 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

1886 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Tim Keefe Mickey Welch Catchers Gene Bagley Pat Deasley Buck Ewing		Infielders Ed Caskin Roger Connor Dude Esterbrook Joe Gerhardt John Ward		Outfielders Larry Corcoran Frank Diven Mike Dorgan Bill Finley Pete Gillespie Jim O'Rourke Danny Richardson		Manager Jim Mutrie

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
OF	Richardson, DannyDanny Richardson	68	237	55	.232	1	27

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
Diven, FrankFrank 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
Keefe, TimTim Keefe	64	535	42	20	2.56	297

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
Richardson, DannyDanny Richardson	5	25	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
Devlin, JimJim Devlin	1	0	0	1	18.00	2

References

• 1886 New York Gothams season at Baseball Reference