"Silent" Mike Tiernan played his entire baseball career at the highest level with the New York Giants (1887-99), where the Rightfielder (pardon the pun) quietly was one of the better hitters of the 1890s.

Tiernan had 10 Home Runs as a rookie (which was great for this era), and he would help the Giants win the 1888 and 1889 versions of the World Series.  Tiernan batted .335 in 1189, and he had six more .300 seasons.  His best seasons were in 1890 and 1891, where his 13 and 16 Home Runs would respectively lead the National League, and he had five .490 plus Slugging years, including a league-leading .495 in 1890.

He retired with 106 Home Runs, which, again, we have to state was a very good number for a player who never had a Major League At Bat after 1899!  Tiernan also had 1,838 career Hits and a lifetime Batting Average of .311.  Despite those accomplishments, Tiernan was never on a Hall of Fame ballot.

Tim Keefe played 14 years in Major League Baseball, the meat of which was with the New York Giants.

The righthanded Pitcher joined New York in 1885 after four years on a major level and made an immediate impact winning the ERA Title (1.58) while also topping the NL in H/9 (6.8).  He won 32 Games in 1885 but raised that 42 in 1886, again giving him a first-place finish in a major statistical category.  

1887 was not as smooth for Keefe, who missed a lot of Games when he suffered a nervous breakdown when he struck a batter in the head with a pitch.  Keefe still went 35 and 19 with a league-leading WHIP (1.114) and H/9 (8.1).  Following that stress, Keefe rebounded with his best year in Baseball.  Leading the Giants to a World Series title, he was the best Pitcher in the game, finishing first in Wins (35), ERA (1.74), FIP (1.90), WHIP (0.937), H/9 (6.6), SO/9 (5.6 and SO/BB (1.49).  We will argue it is one of the finest seasons in Giants history, and don’t we wish we had footage of it?

Keefe helped New York win another World Series in 1889, though he was less effective (28-13, 3.36 ERA).  Like many baseball players, he felt underpaid, and he helped found the Player's League and pitched for the New York franchise.  The upstart league was a failed experiment, and he rejoined the Giants of the NL, but he felt unwanted and played poorly, leading to a summer release.

Keefe had a record of 174-82 with a 2.54 ERA with the Giants.

Keefe entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964 as a Veteran’s Committee Selection.

One of the New York Giants best players for years, “Laughing” Larry Doyle, came in with high expectations when his contract was purchased from Springfield of the Central League for a then-record $4,500.  The money was well spent.

After a slow start, Doyle led the NL in Hits (172) in his third season (1909) in the Majors.  Establishing himself as one of the top-hitting infielders in Baseball, Doyle led the NL in Triples in 1911 (25) and won the MVP in 1912, off of a 330 Season.  Doyle's best year was in 1915 when he topped the NL in Hits (189), Doubles (40), and Batting Average (.320). 

Doyle struggled after that and was surprisingly traded to the Cubs during the 1916 Season.  He returned to close his career in 1918, playing a reduced role for three seasons before retiring.

The man who once famously said, "It is great to be young and a Giant," compiled 1,751 Hits while batting .292 for New York.

A San Francisco Giant for all his 12 seasons in the Majors, Bister Posey is regarded by many as the best Catcher of the 2010s.  

Posey was a superstar at the University of Florida, winning the 2008 Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award. The Giants took him fifth overall in the Amateur Draft that year, and after a brief seven-game run with San Francisco, he took over as the Giants everyday Catcher and won the National League Rookie of the Year. Posey capped that magical year by leading San Francisco to a World Series Championship.

An All-Star for the first of seven times, the Gants again won the World Series, with Posey deserving much of the credit. A fractured fibula took him out early in 2011, but he was healthy the year after, not only winning the Comeback Player of the Year but posting the best numbers of his career, winning the Batting Title (.336), Silver Slugger, while also having career-highs in Home Runs (24) and RBIs (104). Posey was named the MVP that year.

Posey continued to be one of the best behind the plate in the NL. Catapulting San Francisco to another World Series win in 2014, Posey continued to be a threat to bat over .300, go deep, handle his Pitchers, and provide an above-average defense. Posey won two Wilson Defensive Awards, one Gold Glove, and five Silver Sluggers.

Opting out of the 2020 Season due to COVID-19, Posey came back to win his second Comeback Player of the Year, and with Baseball now doling out All-MLB awards, he earned All-MLB 2 honors. This abrupt conclusion allowed Posey to retire on top, as he surprised many by calling it quits after the 2021 Season.

Posey left the game with an even 1,500 Hits, a .302 Batting Average, and 158 Home Runs.