1891 New York Giants season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = New York Giants

| season = 1891

| misc =

| league = National League

| ballpark = Polo Grounds

| city = New York City

| owner = John B. Day

| manager = Jim Mutrie

| television =

| radio =

| season_list = List of San Francisco Giants seasons

|}}

The 1891 New York Giants season was the franchise's ninth season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 71–61 record, 13 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

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= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer	Bob Barr}} {{MLBplayer	Dad Clarkson}} {{MLBplayer	Roscoe Coughlin}} {{MLBplayer	Andy Dunning}} {{MLBplayer	John Ewing}} {{MLBplayer	Tim Keefe}} {{MLBplayer	Amos Rusie}} {{MLBplayer	Jack Sharrott}} {{MLBplayer	Mike Sullivan}} {{MLBplayer	Jack Taylor}} {{MLBplayer	Mickey Welch}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer	Dick Buckley}} {{MLBplayer	Buster Burrell}} {{MLBplayer	Artie Clarke}} Infielders {{MLBplayer	Charley Bassett}} {{MLBplayer	Roger Connor}} {{MLBplayer	Jerry Denny}} {{MLBplayer	Buck Ewing}} {{MLBplayer	Jack Glasscock}} {{MLBplayer	Danny Richardson}} {{MLBplayer	Lew Whistler}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer	George Gore}} {{MLBplayer	Jim O'Rourke}} {{MLBplayer	Mike Tiernan}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer	Jim Mutrie}}

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Dick Buckley}}

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Buster Burrell}}

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Artie Clarke}}

Infielders

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George Gore}}

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Jim O'Rourke}}

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Mike Tiernan}}

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Jim Mutrie}}

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
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align="center" \| C	Dick Buckley	75	253	55	.217	4	31
align="center" \| 1B	Roger Connor	129	479	139	.290	7	94
align="center" \| 2B	Danny Richardson	123	516	139	.269	4	51
align="center" \| SS	Jack Glasscock	97	369	89	.241	0	55
align="center" \| 3B	Charley Bassett	130	524	136	.260	4	68
align="center" \| OF	George Gore	130	528	150	.284	2	48
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Jim\|O'Rourke\|Jim O'Rourke (baseball)}}	136	555	164	.295	5	95
align="center" \| OF	Mike Tiernan	134	542	166	.306	16	73

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
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align="center" \| Lew Whistler	72	265	65	.245	3	38
align="center" \| Artie Clarke	48	174	33	.190	0	21
align="center" \| Buster Burrell	15	53	5	.094	0	1
align="center" \| Buck Ewing	14	49	17	.347	0	18
align="center" \| Jerry Denny	4	16	4	.250	0	1

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
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align="center" \| Amos Rusie	61	500.1	33	20	2.55	337
align="center" \| John Ewing	33	269.1	21	8	2.27	138
align="center" \| Jack Sharrott	10	69.1	5	5	2.60	41
align="center" \| Roscoe Coughlin	8	61.0	3	4	3.84	22
align="center" \| Tim Keefe	8	55.0	2	5	5.24	30
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Barr\|Bob Barr (1880s pitcher)}}	5	27.0	0	4	5.33	11
align="center" \| Mike Sullivan	3	24.0	1	2	3.38	11
align="center" \| Jack Taylor	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	3
align="center" \| Andy Dunning	1	2.0	0	1	4.50	1

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| Mickey Welch	22	160.0	5	9	4.28	46
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dad\|Clarkson}}	5	28.0	1	2	2.89	11

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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

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| Mickey Welch

160.0

4.28