The 1898 New York Giants season was the franchise's 16th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 77–73 record, 25.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1898 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 110 373 96 .257 0 42 1B 145 508 131 .258 10 91 2B Kid Gleason 150 570 126 .221 0 62 SS 121 486 149 .307 2 86 3B Fred Hartman 123 475 129 .272 2 88 OF Mike Tiernan 103 415 116 .280 5 49 OF George Van Haltren 156 654 204 .312 2 68 OF Jack Doyle 82 297 84 .283 1 43
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 Mike Grady 93 287 85 .296 3 49 64 196 49 .250 0 26 Walt Wilmot 35 138 33 .239 2 22 Tom McCreery 35 121 24 .198 1 17 Pop Foster 32 112 30 .268 0 9 Tacks Latimer 5 17 5 .294 0 1 John Puhl 2 9 2 .222 0 1 Joe Regan 2 5 1 .200 0 2 Ed Glenn 2 4 1 .250 0 0 Jack Gilbert 1 4 1 .250 0 0 Parke Wilson 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Dave Zearfoss 1 1 1 1.000 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Cy Seymour 45 356.2 25 19 3.18 239 38 320.0 16 18 3.77 82 Amos Rusie 37 300.0 20 11 3.03 114 28 213.0 7 19 3.68 96 5 39.2 3 1 3.40 10 Jock Menefee 1 9.1 0 1 4.82 3
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 17 115.0 6 3 3.83 14
References 1898 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference