1894 New York Giants season

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]

1894 New York Giants
Temple Cup Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Cornelius Van Cott
Managers	John Montgomery Ward
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Offseason

• February 27, 1894: Charlie Petty, Jack McMahon, and $7,500 were traded by the Giants to the Washington Senators for Duke Farrell and Jouett Meekin.^[2]

Regular season

 

1894 New York Giants

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	0.695	—	52–15	37–24
New York Giants	88	44	0.667	3	49–17	39–27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	0.629	8	44–19	39–30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	0.555	18	48–20	23–37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	0.534	20½	42–24	28–37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	0.527	21½	35–24	33–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	0.500	25	46–28	19–37
Chicago Colts	57	75	0.432	34	35–30	22–45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	0.424	35	34–32	22–44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	0.423	35	37–28	18–47
Washington Senators	45	87	0.341	46	32–30	13–57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	0.277	54	24–38	12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record v t e 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

1894 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Dad Clarke Les German Jouett Meekin Amos Rusie Huyler Westervelt		Catchers Duke Farrell Parke Wilson Infielders Roger Connor George Davis Jack Doyle Shorty Fuller Yale Murphy General Stafford John Ward		Outfielders Eddie Burke Mike Tiernan George Van Haltren		Manager John Ward

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	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

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

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

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
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

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

• 1894 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

External links

•   Media related to 1894 New York Giants season at Wikimedia Commons