1894 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1894
Misc:	Temple Cup Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Cornelius Van Cott
Managers:	John Montgomery Ward
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

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

• 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

Roster

1894 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		116	404	116	.287	5	70
1B		107	427	157	.368	3	103
2B		138	549	146	.266	0	79
SS		95	377	104	.276	2	47
3B		124	486	171	.352	9	93
OF		138	574	176	.307	4	77
OF		113	429	120	.280	5	79
OF		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
	75	283	77	.272	0	28
	51	181	59	.326	1	34
	22	82	24	.293	1	14
	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
	54	444.0	36	13	2.78	195
	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
	24	143.0	9	8	5.54	21
	23	141.0	7	10	5.04	35
	15	84.0	3	4	4.93	15

References

• 1894 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, R>=850, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Runs Scored . Stathead . August 5, 2020.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pettych01.shtml Charlie Petty page at Baseball Reference