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1894 New York Giants season

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1894 New York Giants
Temple Cup Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCornelius Van Cott
ManagersJohn Montgomery Ward
← 1893 Seasons 1895 →

The 1894 New York Giants season was the franchise's 12th season. The team finished second in the National League pennant race with an 88–44 record, 3 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. After the regular season's conclusion, they participated in the first Temple Cup competition against the first-place Orioles, sweeping the Orioles four games to none. During the season, the Giants scored 962 runs, the most in franchise history.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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1894 New York Giants

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 89 39 .695 52‍–‍15 37‍–‍24
New York Giants 88 44 .667 3 49‍–‍17 39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters 83 49 .629 8 44‍–‍19 39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies 71 57 .555 18 48‍–‍20 23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms 70 61 .534 20½ 42‍–‍24 28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders 68 61 .527 21½ 35‍–‍24 33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 65 .500 25 46‍–‍28 19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts 57 75 .432 34 35‍–‍30 22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 56 76 .424 35 34‍–‍32 22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 55 75 .423 35 37‍–‍28 18‍–‍47
Washington Senators 45 87 .341 46 32‍–‍30 13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels 36 94 .277 54 24‍–‍38 12‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore 4–8 8–4 9–3 10–2 9–3 10–2 6–6 6–4–1 6–4 10–2 11–1
Boston 8–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 9–3 10–2 6–6–1 6–6 8–4 6–6 9–3
Brooklyn 4–8 6–6 6–6–1 6–6 6–5 8–4 5–7–1 5–7–1 7–5–1 8–4 9–3
Chicago 3–9 5–7 6–6–1 6–6–1 2–10 8–4 1–11–2 7–5 6–6–1 6–6 7–5
Cincinnati 2–10 4–8 6–6 6–6–1 3–8–1 7–5 5–7 3–8–2 5–7 7–5 7–5
Cleveland 3–9 3–9 5–6 10–2 8–3–1 8–3 3–9 7–5 4–8 9–3 8–4
Louisville 2–10 2–10 4–8 4–8 5–7 3–8 0–12–1 3–8 3–9 6–6 4–8
New York 6–6 6–6–1 7–5–1 11–1–2 7–5 9–3 12–0–1 5–7 8–4–1 7–5–1 10–2
Philadelphia 4–6–1 6–6 7–5–1 5–7 8–3–2 5–7 8–3 7–5 8–4 5–7 8–4
Pittsburgh 4–6 4–8 5–7–1 6–6–1 7–5 8–4 9–3 4–8–1 4–8 6–6 8–4
St. Louis 2–10 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 3–9 6–6 5–7–1 7–5 6–6 6–6
Washington 1–11 3–9 3–9 5–7 5–7 4–8 8–4 2–10 4–8 4–8 6–6


Roster

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1894 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
C Duke Farrell 116 404 116 .287 5 70
1B Jack Doyle 107 427 157 .368 3 103
2B John Ward 138 549 146 .266 0 79
SS Shorty Fuller 95 377 104 .276 2 47
3B George Davis 124 486 171 .352 9 93
OF Eddie Burke 138 574 176 .307 4 77
OF Mike Tiernan 113 429 120 .280 5 79
OF George Van Haltren 139 528 175 .331 7 105

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
Yale Murphy 75 283 77 .272 0 28
Parke Wilson 51 181 59 .326 1 34
Roger Connor 22 82 24 .293 1 14
General Stafford 14 46 10 .217 0 4

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
Amos Rusie 54 444.0 36 13 2.78 195
Jouett Meekin 53 418.0 33 9 3.70 137

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
Les German 24 143.0 9 8 5.54 21
Huyler Westervelt 23 141.0 7 10 5.04 35
Dad Clarke 15 84.0 3 4 4.93 15

Notes

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  1. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, R>=850, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Scored". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Charlie Petty page at Baseball Reference

References

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