1896 New York Giants season
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.
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 |