1891 New York Giants season

The 1891 New York Giants season was the franchise's ninth season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 71–61 record, 13 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

1891 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owner	John B. Day
Manager	Jim Mutrie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	87	51	.630	—	51‍–‍20	36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts	82	53	.607	3½	43‍–‍22	39‍–‍31
New York Giants	71	61	.538	13	39‍–‍28	32‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	68	69	.496	18½	35‍–‍34	33‍–‍35
Cleveland Spiders	65	74	.468	22½	40‍–‍28	25‍–‍46
Brooklyn Grooms	61	76	.445	25½	41‍–‍31	20‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	56	81	.409	30½	26‍–‍41	30‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	80	.407	30½	32‍–‍34	23‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	15–5	7–13	11–9	11–9	15–5–1	12–7	16–3–1
Brooklyn	5–15	—	7–13	9–10	11–9	8–11	12–8	9–10
Chicago	13–7	13–7	—	14–6	16–4	5–13–1	9–10	12–6–1
Cincinnati	9–11	10–9	6–14	—	7–13	5–13–1	9–11	10–10
Cleveland	9–11	9–11	4–16	13–7	—	6–13–1	10–10–1	14–6
New York	5–15–1	11–8	13–5–1	13–5–1	13–6–1	—	9–10	7–12
Philadelphia	7–12	8–12	10–9	11–9	10–10–1	10–9	—	12–8
Pittsburgh	3–16–1	10–9	6–12–1	10–10	6–14	12–7	8–12	—

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	Dick Buckley	75	253	55	.217	4	31
1B	Roger Connor	129	479	139	.290	7	94
2B	Danny Richardson	123	516	139	.269	4	51
SS	Jack Glasscock	97	369	89	.241	0	55
3B	Charley Bassett	130	524	136	.260	4	68
OF	George Gore	130	528	150	.284	2	48
OF	Jim O'Rourke	136	555	164	.295	5	95
OF	Mike Tiernan	134	542	166	.306	16	73

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
Lew Whistler	72	265	65	.245	3	38
Artie Clarke	48	174	33	.190	0	21
Buster Burrell	15	53	5	.094	0	1
Buck Ewing	14	49	17	.347	0	18
Jerry Denny	4	16	4	.250	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	61	500.1	33	20	2.55	337
John Ewing	33	269.1	21	8	2.27	138
Jack Sharrott	10	69.1	5	5	2.60	41
Roscoe Coughlin	8	61.0	3	4	3.84	22
Tim Keefe	8	55.0	2	5	5.24	30
Bob Barr	5	27.0	0	4	5.33	11
Mike Sullivan	3	24.0	1	2	3.38	11
Jack Taylor	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	3
Andy Dunning	1	2.0	0	1	4.50	1

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
Mickey Welch	22	160.0	5	9	4.28	46
Dad Clarkson	5	28.0	1	2	2.89	11

References

• 1891 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference