1888 New York Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac

1888 New York Giants Roster

The 1888 New York Giants team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1888 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1888 New York Giants Opening Day starters list, a 1888 New York Giants salary list, a 1888 New York Giants uniform number breakdown and a 1888 New York Giants primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Ed Crane

5-10½

204

Right

1862-05-27

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Tim Keefe

5-10½

185

Right

1857-01-01

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Cannonball Titcomb

5-06

157

Left

1866-08-21

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Mickey Welch

5-08

160

Right

1859-07-04

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Stump Wiedman

5-07½

165

Right

1861-02-17

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Willard Brown

6-02

190

Right

1866-00-00

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Buck Ewing

5-10

188

Right

1859-10-17

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Pat Murphy

5-10

160

Right

1857-01-02

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Elmer Cleveland

5-11

190

Right

1862-09-15

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Roger Connor

6-03

220

Left

1857-07-01

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Gil Hatfield

5-09½

168

Right

Unknown

1855-01-27

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Danny Richardson

5-08

165

Right

1863-01-25

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John Ward

5-09

165

Right

Left

1860-03-03

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Art Whitney

5-08

155

Right

1858-01-16

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Elmer Foster

5-10

178

Left

Right

1861-08-15

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Bill George

5-08

165

Left

Right

1865-01-27

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George Gore

5-11

195

Right

Left

1857-05-03

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Jim O'Rourke

5-08

185

Right

1850-09-01

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Mike Slattery

6-02

210

Left

1866-11-26

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Mike Tiernan

5-11

165

Left

1867-01-21

The 1888 New York Giants played 131 games during the regular season, won 84 games, lost 47 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at the Polo Grounds (Park Factors: 99/96) where 305,455 fans witnessed their 1888 Giants finish the season with a .641 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1888 New York Giants Opening Day starters list, a 1888 New York Giants salary list, a 1888 New York Giants uniform number breakdown and a 1888 New York Giants primary starters list:

1888 New York Giants
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1888 New York Giants
Most Games by Position
C Buck Ewing (78)
1B Roger Connor (133)
2B Danny Richardson (135)
3B Art Whitney (90)
SS John Ward (122)
LF George Gore (42)
CF Mike Slattery (90)
RF Mike Tiernan (112)

SP Tim Keefe
SP Cannonball Titcomb
SP Mickey Welch

CL Ed Crane

1888 New York Giants
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1888 New York Giants
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1888 New York Giants Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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