Franchise Encyclopedia: 1901 / 1903
48-88, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Horace Fogel (18-23), Heinie Smith (5-27) and John McGraw (25-38)
Scored 401 runs, Allowed 590 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-91
Ballpark: Polo Grounds III (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 302,875 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 104
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Frank Bowerman | 33 | 107 | 385 | 367 | 38 | 93 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 13 | .253 | .279 | .324 | .603 | 86 | 119 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 1B | Dan McGann# | 30 | 61 | 251 | 227 | 25 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 12 | .300 | .356 | .383 | .740 | 129 | 87 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 2B | Heinie Smith | 30 | 138 | 535 | 511 | 46 | 129 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 17 | .252 | .278 | .297 | .575 | 78 | 152 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | SS | Joe Bean | 28 | 48 | 189 | 176 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .222 | .247 | .244 | .492 | 52 | 43 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Billy Lauder | 28 | 125 | 496 | 482 | 41 | 114 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 19 | 10 | .237 | .252 | .288 | .540 | 67 | 139 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | OF | George Browne* | 26 | 53 | 234 | 216 | 30 | 69 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 9 | .319 | .355 | .407 | .763 | 136 | 88 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | OF | Steve Brodie* | 33 | 109 | 452 | 416 | 37 | 117 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 11 | 22 | .281 | .327 | .332 | .658 | 104 | 138 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Jim Jones | 25 | 67 | 265 | 249 | 16 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 13 | .237 | .275 | .289 | .564 | 74 | 72 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | UT | Jack Dunn | 29 | 100 | 382 | 342 | 26 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 20 | .211 | .256 | .249 | .505 | 56 | 85 | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 10 | UT | Roger Bresnahan | 23 | 51 | 202 | 178 | 16 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 16 | .287 | .352 | .388 | .740 | 129 | 69 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 11 | 1B | Jack Doyle | 32 | 49 | 199 | 186 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | .301 | .340 | .387 | .727 | 125 | 72 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | SS | John McGraw* | 29 | 35 | 139 | 107 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | .234 | .401 | .234 | .635 | 97 | 25 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | OF | Jim Jackson | 24 | 35 | 128 | 110 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 15 | .182 | .280 | .245 | .525 | 63 | 27 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 14 | C | George Yeager | 28 | 38 | 122 | 108 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | .204 | .277 | .241 | .518 | 60 | 26 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 15 | OF | George Van Haltren* | 36 | 24 | 105 | 88 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | .261 | .381 | .318 | .699 | 116 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | UT | Hal O'Hagan? | 32 | 26 | 91 | 84 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 17 | OF | Roy Clark* | 28 | 21 | 77 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .145 | .156 | .158 | .314 | -3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | SS | Heinie Wagner | 21 | 17 | 57 | 56 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .232 | .446 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | OF | Jack Hendricks* | 27 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 20 | OF | Jim Delahanty | 23 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .259 | .269 | .528 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | OF | Joe Wall* | 28 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .438 | .500 | .938 | 190 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | OF | John Burke | 25 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | OF | Libe Washburn# | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .444 | .615 | .444 | 1.060 | 228 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | OF | Henry Thielman | 21 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | C | Jack Robinson? | 21 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | OF | Jim McDonald | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | C | John O'Neill? | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | OF | Jim Callahan | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | OF | Chick Hartley | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 30 | P | Christy Mathewson | 21 | 42 | 137 | 127 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | .205 | .252 | .276 | .527 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 31 | P | Joe McGinnity | 31 | 25 | 74 | 66 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | -25 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 32 | P | Dummy Taylor | 27 | 26 | 70 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .092 | .132 | .108 | .240 | -26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 33 | P | Jack Cronin | 28 | 20 | 69 | 65 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .169 | .194 | .215 | .409 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 34 | P | Roy Evans | 28 | 23 | 65 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .148 | .246 | .148 | .394 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 35 | P | Tully Sparks | 27 | 15 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .135 | .238 | .162 | .400 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 36 | P | Roscoe Miller | 25 | 10 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | -57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 37 | P | Brickyard Kennedy | 34 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .313 | .333 | .646 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 38 | P | Bob Blewett* | 25 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | -72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | P | Bill Magee | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.8 | 139 | 4967 | 4571 | 401 | 1088 | 147 | 34 | 8 | 336 | 188 | 0 | 252 | .238 | .283 | .290 | .573 | 77 | 1327 | 36 | 108 | 0 | |||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Christy Mathewson | 21 | 14 | 17 | .452 | 2.11 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 276.2 | 241 | 114 | 65 | 3 | 73 | 159 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1137 | 133 | 1.135 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 2.18 | |
| 2 | SP | Dummy Taylor | 27 | 7 | 15 | .318 | 2.29 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 200.2 | 194 | 98 | 51 | 4 | 55 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 123 | 1.241 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.58 | |
| 3 | SP | Roy Evans | 28 | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.17 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 176.0 | 186 | 87 | 62 | 2 | 58 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 1.386 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.83 | |
| 4 | SP | Joe McGinnity | 31 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.06 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 153.0 | 122 | 52 | 35 | 1 | 32 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 625 | 136 | 1.007 | 7.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 2.09 | |
| 5 | SP | Tully Sparks | 27 | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.76 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 115.0 | 123 | 62 | 48 | 2 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.417 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.00 | |
| 6 | SP | Jack Cronin | 28 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.45 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 105 | 49 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 1.079 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 2.89 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | Roscoe Miller | 25 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.58 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 72.2 | 77 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 1.211 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.36 | ||
| 8 | Brickyard Kennedy | 34 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.96 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.2 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 1.552 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.56 | ||
| 9 | Bob Blewett* | 25 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.82 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.643 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.14 | ||
| 10 | Jack Dunn | 29 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.71 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1.500 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.50 | ||
| 11 | John Burke | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.79 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1.714 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.00 | ||
| 12 | Henry Thielman | 21 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 2.333 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 0.83 | ||
| 13 | Bill Magee | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 78 | 1.200 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.4 | 48 | 88 | .353 | 2.82 | 139 | 139 | 21 | 118 | 10 | 1 | 1226.1 | 1193 | 589 | 384 | 16 | 332 | 501 | 54 | 2 | 32 | 1783 | 100 | 1.244 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 1.51 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3896 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bean | 28 | 48 | 252 | 71 | 153 | 28 | 19 | .889 | 4.67 | SS | ||||
| Bob Blewett | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 0.60 | P | ||||
| Frank Bowerman | 33 | 101 | 615 | 445 | 144 | 26 | 10 | .958 | 5.83 | 15 | C-1B | |||
| Roger Bresnahan | 23 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 217 | 164 | 40 | 13 | 8 | .940 | 3.92 | 2 | OF-C-SS-1B-3B |
| Steve Brodie | 33 | 109 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 253 | 219 | 22 | 12 | 7 | .953 | 2.21 | OF | |
| George Browne | 26 | 53 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 104 | 7 | 13 | 1 | .895 | 2.09 | OF | |
| John Burke | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | OF-P | |
| Jim Callahan | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | OF | ||
| Roy Clark | 28 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.25 | OF | |
| Jack Cronin | 28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .925 | 2.45 | P-OF | |
| Jim Delahanty | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.57 | OF | |
| Jack Doyle | 32 | 49 | 529 | 490 | 34 | 5 | 28 | .991 | 10.69 | 1B | ||||
| Jack Dunn | 29 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 330 | 154 | 153 | 23 | 17 | .930 | 3.01 | OF-SS-3B-P-2B | |
| Roy Evans | 28 | 23 | 72 | 11 | 54 | 7 | 3 | .903 | 2.83 | P | ||||
| Chick Hartley | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | OF | |
| Jack Hendricks | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.86 | OF | |
| Jim Jackson | 24 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .897 | 1.79 | OF | |
| Jim Jones | 25 | 67 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 146 | 122 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .897 | 1.96 | OF | |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 34 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.83 | P | ||||
| Billy Lauder | 28 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 492 | 195 | 252 | 45 | 17 | .909 | 3.58 | 3B-OF | |
| Bill Magee | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||
| Christy Mathewson | 21 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 49 | 82 | 10 | 8 | .929 | 3.20 | P-OF-1B | |
| Jim McDonald | -- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | OF | |
| Dan McGann | 30 | 61 | 686 | 634 | 39 | 13 | 38 | .981 | 11.03 | 1B | ||||
| Joe McGinnity | 31 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 3 | .906 | 2.52 | P-OF-2B | |
| John McGraw | 29 | 34 | 188 | 59 | 115 | 14 | 12 | .926 | 5.12 | SS | ||||
| Roscoe Miller | 25 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.70 | P | ||||
| Hal O'Hagan | 32 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 203 | 186 | 11 | 6 | 11 | .970 | 7.58 | 1B-OF | |
| John O'Neill | -- | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 7.00 | 0 | C | |||
| Jack Robinson | 21 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.33 | 4 | C | |||
| Heinie Smith | 30 | 138 | 787 | 347 | 403 | 37 | 58 | .953 | 5.43 | 2B | ||||
| Tully Sparks | 27 | 15 | 51 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 3 | .941 | 3.20 | P | ||||
| Dummy Taylor | 27 | 26 | 58 | 5 | 48 | 5 | 0 | .914 | 2.04 | P | ||||
| Henry Thielman | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.00 | OF-P | |
| George Van Haltren | 36 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 2.04 | OF | |
| Heinie Wagner | 21 | 17 | 87 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 5 | .862 | 4.41 | SS | ||||
| Joe Wall | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | OF | |
| Libe Washburn | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | OF | |
| George Yeager | 28 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 152 | 37 | 10 | 6 | .950 | 6.10 | 5 | C-1B-OF |
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 139 | 5819 | 3675 | 1814 | 330 | 261 | .943 | 4.22 | 26 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |