1905 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1904 / 1906

105-48, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (105-48)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 505 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 105-48

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV · Attendance: 552,700 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 96

Postseason:

Won World Series (4-1) over Philadelphia Athletics

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1904 / 1906 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Roger Bresnahan	26	104	399	331	58	100	18	3	0	46	11		50	21	.302	.411	.375	.785	132	124		11	7
2	1B	Dan McGann#	33	136	584	491	88	147	23	14	5	75	22		55	31	.299	.391	.434	.825	143	213		19	19
3	2B	Billy Gilbert	29	115	437	376	45	93	11	3	0	24	11		41	44	.247	.331	.293	.624	85	110		6	14
4	SS	Bill Dahlen	35	148	601	520	67	126	20	4	7	81	37		62	43	.242	.337	.337	.673	99	175		12	7
5	3B	Art Devlin	25	153	616	525	74	129	14	7	2	61	59		66	48	.246	.344	.310	.655	94	163		13	12
6	OF	Mike Donlin*	27	150	676	606	124	216	31	16	7	80	33		56	41	.356	.413	.495	.908	167	300		2	12
7	OF	George Browne*	29	127	569	536	95	157	16	14	4	43	26		20	59	.293	.321	.397	.718	112	213		2	11
8	OF	Sam Mertes	32	150	627	551	81	154	27	17	5	108	52		56	51	.279	.351	.417	.769	127	230		5	15
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Sammy Strang#	28	111	369	294	51	76	9	4	3	29	23		58	44	.259	.389	.347	.736	118	102		5	12
10	UT	Frank Bowerman	36	98	327	297	37	80	8	1	3	41	6		12	19	.269	.322	.333	.655	93	99		11	7
11	UT	Boileryard Clarke	36	31	56	50	2	9	0	0	1	4	1		4	5	.180	.241	.240	.481	42	12		0	2
12	IF	Offa Neal*	29	4	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
13	OF	Bob Hall?	26	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1		0	0
14	OF	Moonlight Graham*	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0
15	OF	John McGraw*	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0						0		0	0
16	P	Christy Mathewson	24	44	141	127	13	30	5	0	2	16	2		10	12	.236	.307	.323	.630	86	41		3	1
17	P	Joe McGinnity	34	46	128	120	11	28	6	1	0	11	4		7	15	.233	.276	.300	.576	70	36		0	1
18	P	Red Ames#	22	34	107	97	6	14	0	3	0	7	0		4	40	.144	.178	.206	.384	13	20		0	6
19	P	Hooks Wiltse	25	33	87	72	13	20	2	0	0	12	2		12	6	.278	.388	.306	.694	106	22		1	2
20	P	Dummy Taylor	30	32	83	69	10	9	1	1	0	4	0		4	14	.130	.178	.174	.352	4	12		0	10
21	P	Claude Elliott	28	10	16	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375	11	3		0	0
		Team Totals	29.7	155	5839	5094	778	1392	191	88	39	642	291		517	497	.273	.351	.368	.719	112	1876		90	138
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	1	2	1	3	1		1		1	8	1	1	1	1		1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.0	155	5277	4593	723	1288	177	83	37	592	282		480	408	.280	.359	.379	.739	118	1742		86	118
		Pitcher Totals	27.1	155	562	501	55	104	14	5	2	50	9		37	89	.208	.268	.267	.535	58	134		4	20
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Christy Mathewson	24	31	9	.775	1.28	43	37	6	32	8	3	338.2	252	85	48	4	64		206	1	3	6	1294	230	0.933	6.7	0.1	1.7	5.5	3.22
2	SP	Joe McGinnity	34	21	15	.583	2.87	46	38	5	26	2	3	320.1	289	131	102	6	71		125	14	0	3	1291	102	1.124	8.1	0.2	2.0	3.5	1.76
3	SP	Red Ames	22	22	8	.733	2.74	34	31	3	21	2	0	262.2	220	113	80	2	105		198	3	0	30	1064	107	1.237	7.5	0.1	3.6	6.8	1.89
4	SP	Dummy Taylor	30	16	9	.640	2.66	32	28	4	18	4	0	213.1	200	85	63	5	51		91	8	0	8	869	111	1.177	8.4	0.2	2.2	3.8	1.78
5	SP	Hooks Wiltse*	25	15	6	.714	2.47	32	19	12	18	1	3	197.0	158	71	54	5	61		120	4	0	10	786	119	1.112	7.2	0.2	2.8	5.5	1.97
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Claude Elliott	28	0	1	.000	4.03	10	2	8	2	0	6	38.0	41	20	17	3	12		20	1	0	1	165	74	1.395	9.7	0.7	2.8	4.7	1.67
		Team Totals	27.1	105	48	.686	2.39	155	155	38	117	17	15	1370.0	1160	505	364	25	364		760	31	3	58	5469	123	1.112	7.6	0.2	2.4	5.0	2.09
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		2				7	2	1	5	2	2	2	6	1		1
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Red Ames	22	34		86	12	69	5	1	.942	2.38								P
Frank Bowerman	36	90		617	528	76	13	12	.979	6.71	6		51	50	50%	45%		C-1B-2B
Roger Bresnahan	26	95		637	503	115	19	15	.970	6.51	18		69	86	55%	45%		C-OF
George Browne	29	127		201	175	9	17	1	.915	1.45								OF
Boileryard Clarke	36	27		147	137	6	4	4	.973	5.30	0		3	2	40%	45%		1B-C
Bill Dahlen	35	148		860	314	501	45	58	.948	5.51								SS-OF
Art Devlin	25	153		488	156	299	33	14	.932	2.97								3B
Mike Donlin	27	150		286	250	17	19	4	.934	1.78								OF
Claude Elliott	28	10		14	3	11	0	1	1.000	1.40								P
Billy Gilbert	29	115		646	245	367	34	41	.947	5.32								2B
Moonlight Graham	27	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Bob Hall	26	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Christy Mathewson	24	43		135	15	116	4	4	.970	3.05								P
Dan McGann	33	136		1449	1350	86	13	59	.991	10.56								1B
Joe McGinnity	34	46		124	23	94	7	3	.944	2.54								P
John McGraw	32	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Sam Mertes	32	150		250	230	10	10	3	.960	1.60								OF
Offa Neal	29	4		9	5	4	0	2	1.000	2.25								3B-2B
Sammy Strang	28	96		292	123	144	25	11	.914	2.78								2B-OF-SS-3B-1B
Dummy Taylor	30	32		80	13	62	5	1	.938	2.34								P
Hooks Wiltse	25	33		96	20	71	5	3	.948	2.76								P-OF
Team Totals	29.7	155		6417	4102	2057	258	237	.960	4.13	24		123	138	53%	45%
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	6	3
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Red Ames#	22	34	107	-12	0	0	0	8	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	0.0	-0			1
Frank Bowerman	36	98	327	-1	-1	0	2	4	4	0.5	11	15	1.6	.505	.503	1.4	0.7	13		Assigned	23/4
Roger Bresnahan	26	104	399	17	-1	0	1	6	22	2.4	13	35	3.7	.523	.515	3.7	0.8	34		Free Agency	2/O
George Browne*	29	127	569	5	-0	0	2	-7	0	0.0	17	17	1.8	.500	.500	1.6	-0.5	15		Purchased	*O
Boileryard Clarke	36	31	56	-3	-0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-1		Free Agency	32
Bill Dahlen	35	148	601	2	2	0	18	10	31	3.5	20	51	5.5	.524	.521	3.5	3.1	33		Traded	*6/O
Art Devlin	25	153	616	-1	7	0	8	5	19	2.1	20	39	4.2	.514	.513	3.3	1.5	31		Purchased	*5
Mike Donlin*	27	150	676	48	-1	0	-2	-4	41	4.5	20	62	6.5	.530	.527	6.8	-0.6	64		Traded	*O
Claude Elliott	28	10	16	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.0	.496	.500	-0.0	0.0	0		Purchased	1
Billy Gilbert	29	115	437	-6	-1	0	10	0	3	0.4	14	18	1.9	.503	.502	0.8	1.1	8		Jumped Lgs	*4
Moonlight Graham*	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		Rule 5 Draft	/O
Bob Hall?	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0		Loaned--Return	/O
Christy Mathewson	24	44	141	-2	-0	0	0	10	9	0.9	5	13	0.9	.521	.506	0.9	0.0	13		Traded	1
Dan McGann#	33	136	584	29	-1	0	5	-4	28	3.1	18	46	5.0	.522	.519	4.4	0.1	41		Free Agency	*3
Joe McGinnity	34	46	128	-4	-0	0	0	9	5	0.6	4	9	0.6	.512	.503	0.6	0.0	9	$5,000	Free Agency	1
John McGraw*	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		Free Agency	/O
Sam Mertes	32	150	627	17	6	0	-2	-8	13	1.5	20	33	3.5	.510	.509	3.8	-1.1	35		Jumped Lgs	*O
Offa Neal*	29	4	13	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.417	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2			/54
Sammy Strang#	28	111	369	9	0	0	3	-1	11	1.2	12	23	2.4	.511	.507	2.1	0.2	20		Purchased	4O/635
Dummy Taylor	30	32	83	-9	0	0	0	6	-3	-0.3	3	0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	0		Jumped Lgs	1
Hooks Wiltse	25	33	87	1	-0	0	0	6	8	0.8	3	10	0.8	.525	.505	0.8	0.0	10		Purchased	1/O
Team Total	29.7	1531	5839	84	10	0	44	42	181	20.0	186	367	37.1	.513	.506	32.6	5.4	323	$5,000
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Red Ames	22	262.2	34	31	113	3.87	3.97	0.26	0.00	98.0	3.64	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.2	1.5	14	.481	.496
Claude Elliott	28	38.0	10	2	20	4.74	3.97	0.31	0.00	98.0	3.59	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.497		Purchased
Christy Mathewson	24	338.2	43	37	85	2.26	3.97	0.28	0.00	98.0	3.62	52	6.4	1.0	-0.3	9.1	79	.648	.539		Traded
Joe McGinnity	34	320.1	46	38	131	3.68	3.97	0.31	0.00	98.0	3.59	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.2	2.4	23	.495	.498	$5,000	Free Agency
Dummy Taylor	30	213.1	32	28	85	3.59	3.97	0.31	0.00	98.0	3.59	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.8	17	.503	.501		Jumped Lgs
Hooks Wiltse*	25	197.0	32	19	71	3.24	3.97	0.28	0.00	98.0	3.62	9	1.0	1.0	-0.1	2.6	24	.531	.506		Purchased
Team Total	27.1	1370.0	197	155	505	3.32	3.97	0.29	0.00	98.0	3.61	49	6.0	1.0	-1.0	17.3	156	.531	.506	$5,000
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1904 / 1906 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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