Forever Giants: 1889 World Champion New York Giants(Year 7)

1888 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.

1889 (102-60) – WS Winner* (d Bridegrooms 110-52)

C Buck Ewing 5.55 

1B Roger Connor 5.9 

2B Danny Richardson 3.4 

SS Monte Ward 2.05 

3B Art Whitney .35 

LF Jim O’Rourke 1.2 

CF George Gore 3.35 

RF Mike Tiernan 6.15 

C William Brown -.15

SS Gil Hatfield -.7 

P Mickey Welch 5

P Tim Keefe 3.2 

P Ed Crane 1.15

-The Giants beat Brooklyn 5-4 in the series played against the AA champs after the season; Brooklyn won 3 of the first 4 games (each Brooklyn win on a game called early for darkness) the fans stormed the Polo Grounds after winning 4-2 in Game 9. 

Forever Giants: 1888 World Champion New York Giants(Year 6)

1887 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.

1888 (105-57) – WS Winner* (d. Browns 111-51)

C Buck Ewing 5.85 

1B Roger Connor 8.4 

2B Danny Richardson 1.9 

SS Monte Ward .9 

3B Art Whitney -.2

LF Jim O’Rourke 2.65 

CF Mike Slattery .25

RF Mike Tiernan 5.45 

OF George Gore -.45 

OF Elmer Foster -1.2

C Pat Murphy -.2

IF Gil Hatfield -.75

P Tim Keefe 7.3 

P Mickey Welch 6.35 

P Cannonball Titcomb .8

-It's the embryonic World Series, 10 games played against the AA Champion Browns after the season; we won 6 of first 8.  

Forever Giants: 1887 New York Giants(Year 5)

1886 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.

1887 (90-62)

C William Brown -.9

1B Roger Connor 5.85 

2B Danny Richardson 3.7 

SS Monte Ward 6.2 

3B Buck Ewing 2.9 

LF Patrick Gillespie -.4 

CF George Gore 1.65

RF Mike Tiernan 1

Uti/LF Jim O’Rourke 2.1 

RF Mike Dorgan -.1 

C Pat Deasley .05 

P Tim Keefe 6.7 

P Mickey Welch 4.3 

P Bill George -1.55

I Pick Football Games, Week 10 2014

Last week was here.

35-55
NWestern+1 Mich push
GT -3.5 NC St win
Duke -3.5 Syr win
UTSA +10 Rice push
FIU +4.5 ODU win
UCLA-4.5 Wash win
NMex St +16 ULL loss

4-1
39-56


25-27
GB-7 Chi win
Ariz -7 StL win
Jax +6.5 Dall loss
Pitt -5 NYJ loss
Buff +2 KC loss

2-3
27-30

Forever Giants - 1886 New York Giants(Year 4)

1885 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.

1886 (96-66)

C Buck Ewing 3.8 

1B Roger Connor 7.5 

2B Joe Gerhardt -3.25 

SS Monte Ward 1

3B Dude Esterbrook .1 

LF Patrick Gillespie -.6

CF Danny Richardson -.3 

RF Mike Dorgan 1.5 

Uti/RF  Jim O’Rourke 4.7 

C Pat Deasley .3 

P Tim Keefe 7.25 

P Mickey Welch 3.55