1893 New York Giants season

The 1893 New York Giants season was the franchise's 11th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 68-64 record, 19.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburg Pirates	81	48	0.628	5	54–19	27–29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	0.570	12½	47–22	26–33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	0.558	14	43–22	29–35
New York Giants	68	64	0.515	19½	49–20	19–44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	0.508	20½	37–27	28–36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	0.508	20½	43–24	22–39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	0.462	26½	36–24	24–46
Chicago Colts	56	71	0.441	29	38–34	18–37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	0.432	30½	40–30	17–45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	0.400	34	24–28	26–47
Washington Senators	40	89	0.310	46	21–27	19–62

Record vs. opponents

1893 National League Records 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	—	2–10	10–2	5–7	4–8	8–4	5–5	4–8	5–7	1–11	9–3	7–5
Boston	10–2	—	8–4	8–3–1	6–6	7–5	10–2	8–4	8–4	4–6–1	10–2	7–5
Brooklyn	2–10	4–8	—	7–3	4–8	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	6–5–1	8–4	8–4	8–3
Chicago	7–5	3–8–1	3–7	—	5–7	4–8	6–4	7–5	6–6	3–9	3–9	9–3
Cincinnati	8–4	6–6	8–4	7–5	—	6–5	6–6	6–6–1	1–9–1	3–9	7–5–1	7–4
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	7–5–1	8–4	5–6	—	6–3	6–6	3–9	9–3	9–3	11–1
Louisville	5–5	2–10	5–7	4–6	6–6	3–6	—	5–7–1	4–8	4–8	4–8	8–4
New York	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	6–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	—	7–5–1	4–8–1	8–4	7–5
Philadelphia	7–5	4–8	5–6–1	6–6	9–1–1	9–3	8–4	5–7–1	—	7–5	4–8–1	8–4
Pittsburg	11–1	6–4–1	4–8	9–3	9–3	3–9	8–4	8–4–1	5–7	—	9–3	9–2
St. Louis	3–9	2–10	4–8	9–3	5–7–1	3–9	8–4	4–8	8–4–1	3–9	—	8–4–1
Washington	5–7	5–7	3–8	3–9	4–7	1–11	4–8	5–7	4–8	2–9	4–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• July 1893: Les German was purchased by the Giants from the Augusta Electricians.

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	Jack Doyle	82	318	102	.321	1	51
2B	John Ward	135	588	193	.328	2	77
3B	George Davis	133	549	195	.355	11	119

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
Jack McMahon	11	30	10	.333	0	4
Willie Keeler	7	24	8	.333	1	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Baldwin	45	331.1	16	20	4.10	100
Les German	20	152	8	8	4.14	35
Bumpus Jones	1	4	0	1	11.25	1

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Crane	10	68.1	2	4	5.93	11
Charlie Petty	9	54	5	2	3.33	12
George Davies	5	36.1	1	1	6.19	7
Frank Foreman	2	5.2	0	1	27.00	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Red Donahue	2	0	0	1	9.00	1

References

• 1893 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference