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1906 New York Giants

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1905 / 1907

96-56, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (96-56)
Scored 625 runs, Allowed 509 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-62

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV · Attendance: 402,850 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98


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1905 / 1907 Batting Statistics

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 27 124 506 405 69 114 22 4 0 43 25 81 43 .281 .419 .356 .775 140 144 15 5
2 1B Dan McGann# 34 134 545 451 62 107 14 8 0 37 30 60 29 .237 .344 .304 .647 100 137 13 21
3 2B Billy Gilbert 30 104 372 307 44 71 6 1 0 27 22 42 32 .231 .341 .257 .598 85 79 9 14
4 SS Bill Dahlen 36 143 565 471 63 113 18 3 1 49 16 76 48 .240 .357 .297 .655 102 140 10 8
5 3B Art Devlin 26 148 591 498 76 149 23 8 2 65 54 74 48 .299 .396 .390 .786 143 194 6 13
6 OF Cy Seymour* 33 72 294 269 35 86 12 3 4 42 20 18 16 .320 .365 .431 .796 146 116 1 6
7 OF George Browne* 30 122 529 477 61 126 10 4 0 38 32 27 58 .264 .304 .302 .605 87 144 0 25
8 OF Spike Shannon# 28 76 333 287 42 73 5 1 0 25 18 34 36 .254 .342 .279 .620 92 80 4 8
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# 29 113 376 313 50 100 16 4 4 49 21 54 39 .319 .423 .435 .857 165 136 2 7
10 UT Frank Bowerman 37 92 310 285 23 65 7 3 1 42 5 15 18 .228 .274 .284 .558 73 81 3 7
11 OF Sam Mertes 33 71 291 253 37 60 9 6 1 33 21 29 32 .237 .323 .332 .655 102 84 3 6
12 OF Mike Donlin* 28 37 137 121 15 38 5 1 1 14 9 11 10 .314 .371 .397 .768 137 48 0 5
13 UT Doc Marshall 30 38 113 102 8 17 3 2 0 7 7 7 17 .167 .234 .235 .470 45 24 2 2
14 IF Jack Hannifin 23 10 33 30 4 6 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 .200 .250 .267 .517 60 8 0 1
15 UT Aleck Smith? 35 16 31 28 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 .179 .207 .179 .385 19 5 0 2
16 OF Frank Burke? 26 8 10 9 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 .333 .400 .667 1.067 229 6 0 0
17 C Matty Fitzgerald 25 4 7 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 312 4 0 1
18 3B John McGraw* 33 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0
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
19 P Joe McGinnity 35 45 132 115 3 15 1 1 0 8 0 3 18 .130 .167 .157 .323 -0 18 2 12
20 P Hooks Wiltse 26 44 106 94 13 18 2 0 0 4 3 7 10 .191 .255 .213 .468 45 20 1 4
21 P Christy Mathewson 25 38 103 91 6 24 4 1 0 14 0 9 16 .264 .330 .330 .660 104 30 0 3
22 P Dummy Taylor 31 31 80 76 6 14 2 1 0 6 0 2 16 .184 .205 .237 .442 37 18 0 2
23 P Red Ames# 23 31 70 61 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 31 .066 .174 .066 .239 -26 4 0 1
24 P Cecil Ferguson 22 22 16 15 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 .333 .375 .467 .842 160 7 0 0
25 P Henry Mathewson 19 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
Team Totals 30.6 153 5556 4768 625 1217 162 53 14 513 288 563 531 .255 .343 .320 .663 105 1527 71 154
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 2 3 4 6 5 1 1 1 4 3 1 3 2 4 1 1
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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Red Ames# 23 70 -9 0 0 0 0 2 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
Frank Bowerman 37 310 -9 -1 0 0 3 4 9 6 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Assigned 23
Roger Bresnahan 27 506 26 0 0 0 -1 4 15 44 5.0 45 5.0 0.0 $ Free Agency 2O
George Browne* 30 529 -7 3 0 0 -1 -6 15 4 0.3 5 0.6 -0.3 $ Purchased *O
Frank Burke? 26 10 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /O
Bill Dahlen 36 565 6 -1 0 0 -2 9 17 29 3.0 31 3.4 -0.4 $ Traded *6
Art Devlin 26 591 30 3 0 0 15 5 18 71 7.8 56 6.2 1.6 $ Purchased *5
Mike Donlin* 28 137 6 0 0 0 -3 -1 4 6 0.7 9 1.0 -0.3 $ Traded O/3
Cecil Ferguson 22 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Traded 1
Matty Fitzgerald 25 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Billy Gilbert 30 372 -3 1 0 0 2 0 11 11 1.0 9 1.0 0.0 $ Jumped Lgs 4
Jack Hannifin 23 33 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /654
Doc Marshall 30 113 -7 1 0 0 0 0 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased O2/3
Christy Mathewson 25 103 1 -1 0 0 0 4 3 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Henry Mathewson 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Dan McGann# 34 545 3 2 0 0 5 -4 16 22 2.3 17 1.9 0.4 $ Free Agency *3
Joe McGinnity 35 132 -14 -1 0 0 0 4 4 -7 -1.1 -7 -0.8 -0.3 $ Free Agency 1
John McGraw* 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /5
Sam Mertes 33 291 1 2 0 0 0 -4 9 8 0.8 8 0.9 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs O
Cy Seymour* 33 294 14 1 0 0 0 -2 9 22 2.5 22 2.4 0.1 $ Purchased O
Spike Shannon# 28 333 -1 1 0 0 -4 -4 9 1 0.1 5 0.6 -0.5 $ Traded O
Aleck Smith? 35 31 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /23O
Sammy Strang# 29 376 27 0 0 0 3 -1 11 40 4.6 37 4.1 0.5 $ Purchased 4O/653
Dummy Taylor 31 80 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs 1
Hooks Wiltse 26 106 -6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1/O
Team Total 30.6 5556 51 10 0 0 16 18 162 257 27.0 241 26.7 0.3 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Red Ames# 23 70 58 1 0.5 77 .133 .066 .255 .174 .322 .066 .325 .239 .647 -26 .029 -8.9 -1.1 .211 .131 .000 1
Frank Bowerman 37 310 227 22 2.6 77 .241 .228 .255 .274 .322 .284 .325 .558 .647 73 .406 -10.0 -1.2 .473 .126 .056 1.7 23
Roger Bresnahan 27 506 296 58 5.2 77 .315 .281 .255 .419 .322 .356 .325 .775 .647 140 .713 27.2 3.2 .911 .336 .074 .0 2O
George Browne* 30 529 376 44 3.1 77 .301 .264 .255 .304 .322 .302 .325 .605 .647 87 .491 -8.6 -1.0 .578 .161 .038 .0 *O
Frank Burke? 26 10 6 2 8.8 77 .500 .333 .255 .400 .322 .667 .325 1.067 .647 229 .868 1.2 0.2 1.333 .556 .333 .0 /O
Bill Dahlen 36 565 366 48 3.5 77 .265 .240 .255 .357 .322 .297 .325 .655 .647 102 .544 6.5 0.8 .676 .253 .057 1.9 *6
Art Devlin 26 591 362 76 5.6 77 .328 .299 .255 .396 .322 .390 .325 .786 .647 143 .738 29.1 3.4 .940 .347 .090 3.9 *5
Mike Donlin* 28 137 88 18 5.4 77 .336 .314 .255 .371 .322 .397 .325 .768 .647 137 .729 5.3 0.6 .819 .248 .083 1.8 O/3
Cecil Ferguson 22 16 10 3 7.9 77 .455 .333 .255 .375 .322 .467 .325 .842 .647 160 .844 1.1 0.1 .900 .267 .133 .0 1
Matty Fitzgerald 25 7 3 3 26.4 77 .667 .667 .255 .667 .322 .667 .325 1.333 .647 312 .980 1.4 0.2 2.500 .167 .000 .0 /2
Billy Gilbert 30 372 250 26 2.8 77 .258 .231 .255 .341 .322 .257 .325 .598 .647 85 .438 -2.6 -0.3 .644 .235 .026 .0 4
Jack Hannifin 23 33 25 2 2.1 77 .231 .200 .255 .250 .322 .267 .325 .517 .647 60 .326 -1.6 -0.2 .458 .167 .067 .0 /654
Doc Marshall 30 113 87 5 1.5 77 .200 .167 .255 .234 .322 .235 .325 .470 .647 45 .209 -6.8 -0.8 .471 .206 .069 .0 O2/3
Christy Mathewson 25 103 70 10 3.8 77 .320 .264 .255 .330 .322 .330 .325 .660 .647 104 .583 0.5 0.1 .582 .165 .066 1
Henry Mathewson 19 3 3 0 0.0 77 .000 .000 .255 .000 .322 .000 .325 .000 .647 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Dan McGann# 34 545 365 45 3.3 77 .254 .237 .255 .344 .322 .304 .325 .647 .647 100 .516 3.0 0.4 .698 .266 .067 .0 *3
Joe McGinnity 35 132 112 3 0.7 77 .155 .130 .255 .167 .322 .157 .325 .323 .647 -0 .061 -13.9 -1.7 .230 .052 .026 1
John McGraw* 33 3 2 0 0.0 77 .000 .000 .255 .333 .322 .000 .325 .333 .647 4 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000 /5
Sam Mertes 33 291 199 27 3.6 77 .268 .237 .255 .323 .322 .332 .325 .655 .647 102 .560 1.0 0.1 .710 .292 .095 1.9 O
Cy Seymour* 33 294 189 42 5.9 77 .329 .320 .255 .365 .322 .431 .325 .796 .647 146 .758 13.5 1.6 .847 .253 .112 6.7 O
Spike Shannon# 28 333 222 27 3.2 77 .291 .254 .255 .342 .322 .279 .325 .620 .647 92 .510 -1.1 -0.1 .636 .206 .024 .0 O
Aleck Smith? 35 31 25 1 1.1 77 .200 .179 .255 .207 .322 .179 .325 .385 .647 19 .120 -2.7 -0.3 .304 .071 .000 .0 /23O
Sammy Strang# 29 376 220 57 6.8 77 .356 .319 .255 .423 .322 .435 .325 .857 .647 165 .806 27.2 3.2 1.000 .355 .115 6.7 4O/653
Dummy Taylor 31 80 64 4 1.6 77 .233 .184 .255 .205 .322 .237 .325 .442 .647 37 .234 -6.0 -0.7 .323 .079 .053 1
Hooks Wiltse 26 106 80 5 1.6 77 .214 .191 .255 .255 .322 .213 .325 .468 .647 45 .234 -6.0 -0.7 .408 .128 .021 .0 1/O
League Average 3.3 76 .273 .244 .253 .309 .320 .310 .322 .619 .642 93 .517 .583 .186 .065
Team Total 30.6 5556 3705 529 3.8 77 .285 .255 .255 .343 .322 .320 .325 .663 .647 105 .582 48.2 5.4 .690 .243 .065 26.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Red Ames# 23 33 75 65 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 33 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 31 31
Frank Bowerman 37 97 329 307 29 76 8 4 1 53 6 18 19 .248 .298 .309 .607 27 92 92
Roger Bresnahan 27 130 555 441 88 135 26 5 0 55 30 96 45 .306 .449 .388 .836 74 124 124
George Browne* 30 128 550 518 78 149 12 5 0 48 38 32 61 .288 .329 .330 .659 56 122 122
Frank Burke? 26 8 11 10 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 .400 .455 .700 1.155 3 8 8
Bill Dahlen 36 150 613 511 81 134 21 4 1 63 19 90 50 .262 .385 .325 .710 62 143 143
Art Devlin 26 156 639 544 97 177 27 10 2 83 64 88 50 .325 .426 .423 .848 97 148 148
Mike Donlin* 28 39 146 133 19 46 6 1 1 18 11 13 11 .346 .404 .429 .833 23 37 37
Cecil Ferguson 22 23 18 17 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 .353 .389 .471 .859 3 22 22
Matty Fitzgerald 25 4 7 7 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .714 .714 .714 1.429 3 4 4
Billy Gilbert 30 109 393 332 56 84 7 1 0 34 26 50 34 .253 .369 .280 .649 33 104 104
Jack Hannifin 23 12 38 35 6 10 0 1 0 4 1 3 4 .286 .342 .343 .685 4 11 11
Doc Marshall 30 81 265 245 18 62 9 4 0 22 10 16 34 .253 .309 .322 .632 23 77 77
Christy Mathewson 25 40 108 98 8 28 5 1 0 18 0 10 17 .286 .352 .357 .709 13 38 38
Henry Mathewson 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Dan McGann# 34 141 574 488 79 126 16 9 0 47 35 71 31 .258 .369 .328 .697 57 134 134
Joe McGinnity 35 47 127 122 3 17 1 1 0 9 0 3 19 .139 .173 .164 .337 3 45 45
John McGraw* 33 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4 4
Sam Mertes 33 130 542 484 75 129 19 12 1 69 37 54 61 .267 .345 .362 .707 60 124 124
Cy Seymour* 33 159 683 628 89 196 23 6 10 102 34 50 43 .312 .367 .416 .783 94 151 151
Spike Shannon# 28 164 732 643 103 182 11 1 0 66 40 84 84 .283 .370 .303 .673 72 156 156
Aleck Smith? 35 17 30 29 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 .172 .200 .172 .372 1 16 16
Sammy Strang# 29 119 409 343 64 119 19 5 5 62 25 64 41 .347 .452 .475 .928 73 113 113
Dummy Taylor 31 33 82 80 7 15 2 1 0 7 0 2 17 .188 .207 .238 .445 4 31 31
Hooks Wiltse 26 46 110 101 17 21 2 0 0 5 4 8 11 .208 .273 .228 .500 6 44 44
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Red Ames# 23 4 226 83 226 204 11 23 1 3 0 11 0 15 91 .113 .174 .147 .321 -3 30 0 7
Frank Bowerman 37 12 2936 822 2936 2746 292 693 84 35 12 332 66 98 192 .252 .288 .322 .610 77 883 40 52
Roger Bresnahan 27 8 2665 660 2665 2270 382 670 118 40 15 268 111 311 227 .295 .390 .402 .792 131 913 43 41
George Browne* 30 6 2978 671 2978 2723 433 784 79 32 11 209 135 155 281 .288 .330 .353 .683 103 960 16 84
Frank Burke? 26 1 10 8 10 9 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 .333 .400 .667 1.067 229 6 0 0
Bill Dahlen 36 16 9051 2084 9051 7846 1478 2194 364 159 79 1136 523 949 657 .280 .367 .397 .763 113 3113 128 128
Art Devlin 26 3 1769 431 1769 1497 231 411 53 23 5 192 146 202 144 .275 .370 .351 .721 118 525 25 45
Mike Donlin* 28 8 3059 714 3059 2752 534 928 124 74 39 364 166 244 233 .337 .394 .479 .873 147 1317 14 49
Cecil Ferguson 22 1 16 22 16 15 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 .333 .375 .467 .842 160 7 0 0
Matty Fitzgerald 25 1 7 4 7 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 312 4 0 1
Billy Gilbert 30 6 2928 749 2928 2511 359 631 65 17 4 226 160 246 208 .251 .334 .295 .630 83 742 66 105
Jack Hannifin 23 1 34 11 34 31 4 7 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 .226 .273 .290 .563 74 9 0 1
Doc Marshall 30 2 327 109 327 305 21 68 8 4 0 22 10 16 46 .223 .269 .275 .544 70 84 3 3
Christy Mathewson 25 7 833 266 833 746 68 168 22 5 5 87 9 45 111 .225 .276 .288 .564 68 215 7 35
Henry Mathewson 19 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
Dan McGann# 34 10 5193 1221 5193 4489 761 1290 164 94 38 636 264 362 289 .287 .367 .391 .758 118 1756 204 138
Joe McGinnity 35 8 1237 393 1237 1133 100 222 20 10 0 80 22 28 135 .196 .221 .231 .452 28 262 8 68
John McGraw* 33 16 4940 1099 4940 3924 1024 1309 121 70 13 462 436 836 155 .334 .466 .410 .876 135 1609 134 46
Sam Mertes 33 10 4999 1190 4999 4405 695 1227 188 108 40 721 396 422 379 .279 .346 .398 .744 113 1751 33 139
Cy Seymour* 33 11 4308 1044 4308 3986 560 1252 158 77 42 552 157 233 258 .314 .355 .424 .779 122 1690 18 71
Spike Shannon# 28 3 1878 430 1878 1633 235 437 35 7 1 117 94 167 191 .268 .338 .299 .638 98 489 7 71
Aleck Smith? 35 9 1012 287 1012 955 107 252 30 11 1 130 37 26 65 .264 .288 .321 .609 69 307 6 25
Sammy Strang# 29 8 3054 752 3054 2574 415 708 92 24 12 221 190 381 346 .275 .376 .343 .719 111 884 33 66
Dummy Taylor 31 7 622 220 622 562 48 79 5 4 0 31 1 31 137 .141 .187 .164 .351 4 92 1 28
Hooks Wiltse 26 3 267 102 267 233 36 53 6 1 1 23 6 23 21 .227 .305 .275 .580 76 64 3 8
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1905 / 1907 Batting Statistics