Forever Giants: 1899 New York Giants(Year 17)

1898 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1899 66-96

C Jack Warner -.4 

1B Jack Doyle 2.2 

2B Kid Gleason .4 

SS George Davis 4.85 

3B Fred Hartman -.05 

LF Tom O’Brien .85

CF George Van Haltren 1.1 

RF Pop Foster -.4

Uti Parke Wilson .2

OF Mike Grady 2.7 

OF Mike Tiernan -.8 (43.2) Last Season

P Bill Carrick 1.25

P Ed Doheny .3

P Cy Seymour 5.7 

P Jouett Meekin .7 (24.1) Last Season

P Charlie Gettig -.2

Full crater here; worst Giants team to that date, it's managed by a one time owner (the Giants have been sold a couple of times in the 19th century) and the new century can't come quickly enough. Tiernan and Meekin finish their Giants careers and hit the all time list.    Tiernan's the last Giant from the '80s (until O'Rourke's brief comeback five years later) and he retires as a Pureblood Giant - played for no other team in his career.  

Forever Giants: 1898 New York Giants(Year 16)

1897 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1898 84-78

C Jack Warner 1.8 

1B Bill Joyce 3.95 

2B Kid Gleason -1.15

SS George Davis 2.9 

3B Fred Hartman 1.5

LF Mike Tiernan 1.05 

CF George Van Haltren 3.65 

RF Jack Doyle .3

Uti Mike Grady 2.2

Uti/P Charlie Gettig 0

OF Walt Wilmot -.3

OF Tom McCreery -.6 

OF Pop Foster -.55

P Cy Seymour 4.6 

P Jouett Meekin 2.7 

P Amos Rusie 4.35 (60.25) LAST SEASON

P Ed Doheny -1.2

-Cap Anson briefly managed this club as the Giants walk to the turn of the century.  Tiernan and Meekin are a year away from finishing up and joining the Giant Hall of Fame. This season is the end of Rusie's Giant career, he finishes as the greatest Giant pitcher to that date, about to get traded for the greatest Giant pitcher of all time.  

Forever Giants: 1897 New York Giants(Year 15)

1896 is here

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1897 99-63

C Jack Warner 2.45

1B Willie Clark 1.5 

2B Kid Gleason 2.4 

SS George Davis 6.5

3B Bill Joyce 3.2 

LF Ducky Holmes -1.5

CF George Van Haltren 3.15 

RF Mike Tiernan 2.35 

OF Tom McCreery .55

C Parke Wilson .65 

1B Jake Beckley .15 

P Amos Rusie 7.6 

P Jouett Meekin 4.2

P Cy Seymour 3.95

P Mike Sullivan .2 

-Best Giants team of the decade; Rusie returns, he and Davis pace the club.  

Forever Giants: 1896 New York Giants(Year 14)

1895 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1896 82-80

C Parke Wilson -1.55 

1B Willie Clarke .7

2B Kid Gleason 1.6

SS Frank Connaughton -.55

3B George Davis 4.4 

LF General Stafford -.9 

CF George Van Haltren 4.6 

RF Mike Tiernan 6.4 

Uti Harry Davis .8

C Duke Farrell .35 

3B Bill Joyce 2.8

1B Jake Beckley 1.25

P Dad Clarke 2.15 

P Jouett Meekin 5.2 

P Mike Sullivan 1

P Ed Doheny .15

-Rusie missed '96, but Davis and Tiernan continued their run of solid seasons. Another Hall of Famer, Beckley, joins the Giants.  

Forever Giants: 1895 New York Giants(Year 13)

1894 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1895 83-79

C Duke Farrell 1.5 

1B Jack Doyle 1.1

2B General Stafford -.8

SS Shorty Fuller .8 

3B George Davis 4.25 

LF Eddie Burke -.6 

CF George Van Haltren 2.35 

RF Mike Tiernan 4.8 

C Parke Wilson -1.2 

OF Yale Murphy -1.25 

Uti Tom Bannon -.45

OF Oyster Burns -.05

P Amos Rusie 5.6 

P Dad Clarke 4.3

P Jouett Meekin 2.35 

P Les German .55

-Rusie and Davis continue their Hall of Fame careers; Tiernan will eventually finish his career as one of the 5 greatest ever Giants at the time of his retirement.