The 1896 New York Giants season was the franchise's 14th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 64–67 record, 27 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1896 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 Parke Wilson 75 253 60 .237 0 23 1B 72 247 72 .291 0 33 2B Kid Gleason 133 541 162 .299 4 89 SS Frank Connaughton 88 315 82 .260 2 43 3B 124 494 158 .320 6 99 OF General Stafford 59 230 66 .287 0 40 OF 133 562 197 .351 5 74 OF Mike Tiernan 133 521 192 .369 7 89
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 64 233 64 .275 2 50 Duke Farrell 58 191 54 .283 1 37 46 182 55 .302 6 38 49 165 61 .370 5 43 Shorty Fuller 18 72 12 .167 0 7 Dave Zearfoss 19 60 13 .217 0 6 19 54 14 .259 0 3 George Ulrich 14 45 8 .178 0 1 Fred Pfeffer 4 14 2 .143 0 4 Tom Bannon 2 7 1 .143 0 0 1 1 0 .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 48 351.0 17 24 4.26 66 42 334.1 26 14 3.82 110 Mike Sullivan 25 185.1 10 13 4.16 42 17 108.1 6 7 4.49 39 Cy Seymour 11 70.1 2 4 6.40 33
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 6 27.0 1 1 4.00 6 4 14.0 1 0 9.64 5 Bill Reidy 2 13.0 0 1 7.62 1 2 12.0 0 1 6.00 3 3 10.2 0 2 11.81 4
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 2 1 0 0 2.25 3 1 0 0 0 13.50 0
References 1896 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference