Forever Giants: 1892 New York Giants(Year 10)

1891 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.

1892 79-83

C Jack Boyle -2.2

1B Buck Ewing 4.15 (40.8) LAST SEASON

2B Eddie Burke 1.35

SS Shorty Fuller .5

3B Denny Lyons 2.55

LF Jim O’Rourke 1.05 

CF Harry Lyons -.55

RF Mike Tiernan 3.5

Uti Jack Doyle 1.05

Uti Hardy Richardson .2

OF George Gore 1.95 

1B Jack McMahon -.1

2B Charley Bassett -.1

P Amos Rusie 7.3 

P Silver King 4

P Ed Crane 0

P Mickey Welch -.15 (40.85) LAST SEASON

-The tenth anniversary team. We lost Keefe the year before, Connor and Ward will both eventually come back but they're currently gone - and 1892 ends the Giants careers of Ewing and Welch, the latter had been on every Giants club in history to that date.  Through 2016, they both remain in the top 20 for all time franchise WAR.

Forever Giants: 1891 New York Giants(Year 9)

1890 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.

1891 86-76

C Dick Buckley .6 

1B Roger Connor 6.75 

2B Danny Richardson 4.05 

SS Jack Glasscock .95 

3B Charley Bassett 2 

LF George Gore 3 

CF Jim O’Rourke 1.8 

RF Mike Tiernan 5.05

Uti Lew Whistler -.4

C Artie Clarke -1.25

P Amos Rusie 7.65 

P John Ewing 4.7

P Mickey Welch -1.5 

P Tim Keefe -.95 (28.3) LAST SEASON

-That ends the Giants career of Tim Keefe; he's headed for the Hall of Fame and finishes his Giants career with 28.3 WAR.  

Forever Giants: 1890 New York Giants (Year 8)

1889 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.

1890 83-79

C Dick Buckley .7

1B Dude Esterbrook .2

2B Charley Bassett 1.65

SS Jack Glasscock 6.1

3B Jerry Denny -.95

LF/P Jesse Burkett .9

CF Joe Hornung -2.2

RF Mike Tiernan 4.3

UT Artie Clarke -.3

1B Lew Whistler .9

OF John Henry -.55

C Pat Murphy -.2

P Amos Rusie 7.6

P Mickey Welch 3.95 

P Jack Sharott 1.15

-So, what happened to the Giants?  Ewing and Keefe and Connor and Ward and O'Rourke?  The 2 time Champion Giants?  The Gilded Age happened, like workers all across the country, the players had a job action; they formed their own league, and the core Giants all broke away (they're coming back).  The replacements were interesting - Glasscock and Rusie are headed for the Hall of Fame. 

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.