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1907 New York Giants

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1906 / 1908

82-71, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (82-71)
Scored 574 runs, Allowed 510 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV · Attendance: 538,350 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104


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1906 / 1908 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 28 110 401 328 57 83 9 7 4 38 15 61 26 .253 .380 .360 .740 129 118 6 6
2 1B Dan McGann# 35 81 306 262 29 78 9 1 2 36 9 29 15 .298 .383 .363 .745 131 95 7 8
3 2B Larry Doyle* 20 69 251 227 16 59 3 0 0 16 3 20 40 .260 .320 .273 .593 84 62 0 4
4 SS Bill Dahlen 37 143 529 464 40 96 20 1 0 34 11 51 34 .207 .291 .254 .545 69 118 4 10
5 3B Art Devlin 27 143 605 491 61 136 16 2 1 54 38 63 40 .277 .376 .324 .700 117 159 15 36
6 OF Cy Seymour* 34 131 527 473 46 139 25 8 3 75 21 36 35 .294 .350 .400 .750 132 189 5 13
7 OF George Browne* 31 127 514 458 54 119 11 10 5 37 15 31 48 .260 .308 .360 .668 107 165 1 24
8 OF Spike Shannon# 29 155 685 585 104 155 12 5 1 33 33 82 58 .265 .363 .308 .671 108 180 8 10
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 OF Sammy Strang# 30 123 378 306 56 77 20 4 4 30 21 60 44 .252 .388 .382 .770 138 117 8 4
10 UT Frank Bowerman 38 96 347 311 31 81 8 2 0 32 11 17 28 .260 .309 .299 .608 88 93 5 14
11 2B Tommy Corcoran 38 62 240 226 21 60 9 2 0 24 9 7 12 .265 .288 .323 .611 89 73 0 7
12 1B Jack Hannifin 24 56 168 149 16 34 7 3 1 15 6 15 19 .228 .303 .336 .639 98 50 1 3
13 MI Danny Shay 30 35 93 79 10 15 1 1 1 6 5 12 5 .190 .304 .266 .570 76 21 1 1
14 1B Fred Merkle 18 15 49 47 0 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 7 .255 .271 .277 .547 69 13 0 1
15 C Matty Fitzgerald 26 7 16 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .133 .133 .200 .333 3 3 0 1
16 C Harry Curtis? 24 6 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586 81 2 0 0
17 1B Monty Pfyl* 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 OF Ham Wade 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 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 Christy Mathewson 26 41 119 107 8 20 3 1 0 7 1 5 12 .187 .250 .234 .484 50 25 4 3
20 P Joe McGinnity 36 47 118 103 6 18 0 0 0 3 3 5 15 .175 .227 .175 .402 24 18 2 8
21 P Red Ames# 24 39 80 69 5 12 0 0 1 5 0 7 34 .174 .250 .217 .467 45 15 0 4
22 P Hooks Wiltse 27 36 74 67 5 9 2 1 0 9 2 5 3 .134 .205 .194 .400 24 13 1 1
23 P Dummy Taylor 32 29 58 48 3 6 1 0 0 6 0 5 18 .125 .208 .146 .353 9 7 0 5
24 P Mike Lynch 27 12 28 27 2 8 2 0 0 8 0 1 4 .296 .321 .370 .692 114 10 0 0
25 P Cecil Ferguson 23 15 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .056 .105 .056 .161 -50 1 0 1
26 P Roy Beecher* 23 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
27 P Henry Mathewson 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.8 155 5624 4874 573 1222 160 48 23 475 205 516 506 .251 .331 .317 .648 101 1547 69 165
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 4 3 7 1 3 1 1 6 2 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# 24 80 -4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Roy Beecher* 23 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Frank Bowerman 38 347 -4 0 0 0 0 3 10 9 0.8 9 1.0 -0.2 $ Assigned 23
Roger Bresnahan 28 401 13 1 0 0 1 6 12 33 3.7 32 3.6 0.1 $ Free Agency 2/3O5
George Browne* 31 514 2 1 0 0 -6 -6 15 6 0.7 12 1.4 -0.7 $ Purchased *O
Tommy Corcoran 38 240 -4 0 0 0 -4 0 7 -1 -0.2 3 0.3 -0.5 $ Purchased 4
Harry Curtis? 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Bill Dahlen 37 529 -16 -2 0 0 -4 9 16 3 -0.2 7 0.8 -1.0 $ Traded *6
Art Devlin 27 605 12 1 0 0 3 5 17 38 4.2 35 4.0 0.2 $ Purchased *5/6
Larry Doyle* 20 251 -4 -2 0 0 -9 0 8 -7 -0.9 2 0.2 -1.1 $ Purchased 4
Cecil Ferguson 23 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Matty Fitzgerald 26 16 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Jack Hannifin 24 168 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 35/6O
Mike Lynch 27 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Christy Mathewson 26 119 -6 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Traded 1
Dan McGann# 35 306 10 -1 0 0 5 -3 9 20 2.3 15 1.7 0.6 $ Free Agency 3
Joe McGinnity 36 118 -9 0 0 0 0 4 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Free Agency 1
Fred Merkle 18 49 -2 -1 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Purchased 3
Cy Seymour* 34 527 16 -1 0 0 3 -3 16 31 3.5 28 3.2 0.3 $ Purchased *O
Spike Shannon# 29 685 8 4 0 0 0 -8 19 23 2.6 23 2.6 0.0 $ Traded *O
Danny Shay 30 93 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 3 0 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $ 4/6O
Sammy Strang# 30 378 16 1 0 0 -2 -3 11 23 2.8 25 2.8 0.0 $ Purchased O4/536
Dummy Taylor 32 58 -5 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Jumped Lgs 1/5
Ham Wade 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Hooks Wiltse 27 74 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1/O
Team Total 30.8 5623 8 1 0 0 -17 19 164 175 18.0 192 21.8 -3.8 $
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# 24 80 61 4 1.7 77 .324 .174 .256 .250 .322 .217 .325 .467 .646 45 .260 -4.5 -0.5 .386 .145 .043 .0 1
Roy Beecher* 23 5 5 0 0.0 77 .000 .000 .256 .000 .322 .000 .325 .000 .647 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
Frank Bowerman 38 347 244 28 3.0 77 .286 .260 .255 .309 .322 .299 .325 .608 .646 88 .494 -4.5 -0.6 .548 .129 .039 .0 23
Roger Bresnahan 28 401 251 44 4.6 77 .265 .253 .256 .380 .322 .360 .325 .740 .647 129 .680 14.5 1.7 .816 .338 .107 6.3 2/3O5
George Browne* 31 514 363 51 3.7 77 .281 .260 .256 .308 .322 .360 .325 .668 .647 107 .586 1.2 0.1 .625 .201 .100 7.5 *O
Tommy Corcoran 38 240 173 21 3.2 77 .280 .265 .256 .288 .322 .323 .325 .611 .646 89 .520 -3.9 -0.5 .536 .128 .058 .0 4
Harry Curtis? 24 11 7 1 3.8 77 .250 .222 .256 .364 .322 .222 .325 .586 .646 81 .593 -0.1 -0.0 .857 .444 .000 .0 /2
Bill Dahlen 37 529 378 34 2.4 77 .223 .207 .256 .291 .322 .254 .325 .545 .647 69 .385 -14.9 -1.8 .500 .181 .047 .0 *6
Art Devlin 27 605 391 57 3.8 77 .300 .277 .255 .376 .322 .324 .325 .700 .647 117 .602 14.2 1.7 .775 .253 .047 1.9 *5/6
Larry Doyle* 20 251 172 20 3.1 77 .316 .260 .255 .320 .322 .273 .325 .593 .647 84 .500 -4.0 -0.5 .506 .115 .013 .0 4
Cecil Ferguson 23 20 18 0 0.0 77 .071 .056 .256 .105 .322 .056 .325 .161 .647 -50 .000 -3.2 -0.4 .118 .056 .000 1
Matty Fitzgerald 26 16 14 0 0.0 77 .143 .133 .255 .133 .322 .200 .325 .333 .646 3 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .231 .067 .067 /2
Jack Hannifin 24 168 118 15 3.4 77 .256 .228 .256 .303 .322 .336 .325 .639 .646 98 .541 -0.5 -0.1 .626 .248 .107 1.7 35/6O
Mike Lynch 27 28 19 3 4.2 77 .348 .296 .255 .321 .322 .370 .325 .692 .646 114 .637 0.4 0.0 .579 .111 .074 1
Christy Mathewson 26 119 90 6 1.8 77 .211 .187 .255 .250 .322 .234 .325 .484 .647 50 .267 -6.3 -0.8 .402 .103 .047 .0 1
Henry Mathewson 20 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Dan McGann# 35 306 192 35 4.8 77 .310 .298 .256 .383 .322 .363 .325 .745 .646 131 .695 11.1 1.3 .761 .210 .065 3.3 3
Joe McGinnity 36 118 93 4 1.1 77 .205 .175 .255 .227 .322 .175 .325 .402 .646 24 .139 -9.2 -1.1 .329 .078 .000 .0 1
Fred Merkle 18 49 36 4 2.9 77 .300 .255 .255 .271 .322 .277 .325 .547 .646 69 .480 -1.9 -0.2 .400 .043 .021 3
Monty Pfyl* 21 1 1 0.0 0.0 /3
Cy Seymour* 34 527 347 65 4.9 77 .313 .294 .256 .350 .322 .400 .325 .750 .646 132 .705 17.1 2.0 .751 .226 .106 5.3 *O
Spike Shannon# 29 685 440 64 3.8 77 .293 .265 .256 .363 .322 .308 .325 .671 .647 108 .601 9.7 1.2 .705 .239 .043 1.9 *O
Danny Shay 30 93 65 6 2.4 77 .192 .190 .255 .304 .322 .266 .325 .570 .647 76 .396 -1.8 -0.2 .609 .291 .076 1.7 4/6O
Sammy Strang# 30 378 233 44 5.0 77 .283 .252 .256 .388 .322 .382 .325 .770 .646 138 .708 18.3 2.2 .900 .395 .131 6.7 O4/536
Dummy Taylor 32 58 47 1 0.6 77 .200 .125 .256 .208 .322 .146 .325 .353 .647 9 .043 -5.0 -0.6 .286 .125 .021 1/5
Ham Wade 27 1 0 1.000 .322 0.3 0.0 /O
Hooks Wiltse 27 74 59 3 1.3 77 .141 .134 .255 .205 .322 .194 .325 .400 .646 24 .181 -6.1 -0.7 .362 .164 .060 .0 1/O
League Average 3.2 75 .269 .243 .253 .307 .318 .308 .321 .615 .639 92 .517 .575 .183 .065
Team Total 30.8 5624 3817 510 3.5 77 .276 .251 .255 .331 .322 .317 .325 .648 .646 101 .564 18.0 2.0 .640 .215 .067 41.4
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# 24 41 84 75 7 15 0 0 1 7 0 9 36 .200 .286 .240 .526 5 39 39
Roy Beecher* 23 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Frank Bowerman 38 101 367 340 41 98 10 2 0 42 13 21 29 .288 .341 .329 .670 37 96 96
Roger Bresnahan 28 116 440 359 75 101 11 9 5 50 18 74 27 .281 .414 .404 .818 58 110 110
George Browne* 31 134 540 501 72 144 13 12 6 49 18 38 50 .287 .339 .397 .736 67 127 127
Tommy Corcoran 38 65 255 247 27 72 11 2 0 31 11 8 13 .291 .314 .352 .666 27 62 62
Harry Curtis? 24 6 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 .300 .462 .300 .762 1 6 6
Bill Dahlen 37 150 571 504 54 117 24 1 0 46 13 62 36 .232 .322 .284 .606 45 143 143
Art Devlin 27 150 632 538 81 165 19 2 1 72 46 76 42 .307 .410 .355 .765 76 143 143
Larry Doyle* 20 73 272 248 21 71 4 0 0 21 4 24 42 .286 .349 .302 .652 26 69 69
Cecil Ferguson 23 16 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 15 15
Matty Fitzgerald 26 7 17 17 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 .176 .176 .294 .471 1 7 7
Jack Hannifin 24 59 181 162 21 41 8 4 1 20 7 18 20 .253 .331 .370 .702 20 56 56
Mike Lynch 27 20 44 42 4 13 2 0 0 10 0 2 5 .310 .341 .357 .698 5 19 19
Christy Mathewson 26 43 127 116 11 24 4 1 0 9 1 6 13 .207 .276 .259 .534 7 41 41
Dan McGann# 35 85 333 289 38 95 11 1 2 48 11 35 16 .329 .417 .394 .812 46 81 81
Joe McGinnity 36 49 119 111 8 22 0 0 0 4 4 6 16 .198 .252 .198 .450 5 47 47
Fred Merkle 18 16 52 51 0 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 7 .275 .288 .294 .583 4 15 15
Monty Pfyl* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Cy Seymour* 34 138 570 520 61 169 30 10 4 100 26 44 37 .325 .384 .444 .828 86 131 131
Spike Shannon# 29 163 751 641 139 189 15 6 1 44 40 100 61 .295 .398 .342 .740 85 155 155
Danny Shay 30 37 100 85 14 18 1 1 1 8 6 14 5 .212 .330 .282 .612 8 35 35
Sammy Strang# 30 129 416 334 74 93 24 5 5 40 25 72 46 .278 .421 .425 .846 58 123 123
Dummy Taylor 32 31 59 52 4 8 1 0 0 9 0 7 19 .154 .254 .173 .427 2 29 29
Ham Wade 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 1
Hooks Wiltse 27 38 78 71 6 10 2 1 0 11 2 6 3 .141 .218 .197 .415 3 36 36
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# 24 5 306 122 306 273 16 35 1 3 1 16 0 22 125 .128 .193 .165 .358 9 45 0 11
Roy Beecher* 23 1 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Frank Bowerman 38 13 3283 918 3283 3057 323 774 92 37 12 364 77 115 220 .253 .290 .319 .610 78 976 45 66
Roger Bresnahan 28 9 3066 770 3066 2598 439 753 127 47 19 306 126 372 253 .290 .389 .397 .786 131 1031 49 47
George Browne* 31 7 3492 798 3492 3181 487 903 90 42 16 246 150 186 329 .284 .327 .354 .680 104 1125 17 108
Tommy Corcoran 38 18 9387 2202 9387 8812 1188 2256 289 155 34 1135 387 383 450 .256 .290 .336 .625 74 2957 35 157
Harry Curtis? 24 1 11 6 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586 81 2 0 0
Bill Dahlen 37 17 9580 2227 9580 8310 1518 2290 384 160 79 1170 534 1000 691 .276 .362 .389 .751 111 3231 132 138
Art Devlin 27 4 2374 574 2374 1988 292 547 69 25 6 246 184 265 184 .275 .372 .344 .716 118 684 40 81
Larry Doyle* 20 1 251 69 251 227 16 59 3 0 0 16 3 20 40 .260 .320 .273 .593 84 62 0 4
Cecil Ferguson 23 2 36 37 36 33 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 2 8 .182 .229 .242 .471 46 8 0 1
Matty Fitzgerald 26 2 23 11 23 21 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 .286 .286 .333 .619 91 7 0 2
Jack Hannifin 24 2 202 67 202 180 20 41 7 4 1 18 7 17 23 .228 .298 .328 .626 94 59 1 4
Mike Lynch 27 4 267 98 267 246 23 50 7 3 0 18 0 12 58 .203 .240 .256 .496 50 63 0 9
Christy Mathewson 26 8 952 307 952 853 76 188 25 6 5 94 10 50 123 .220 .272 .281 .554 66 240 11 38
Henry Mathewson 20 2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
Dan McGann# 35 11 5499 1302 5499 4751 790 1368 173 95 40 672 273 391 304 .288 .368 .390 .758 119 1851 211 146
Joe McGinnity 36 9 1355 440 1355 1236 106 240 20 10 0 83 25 33 150 .194 .221 .227 .448 28 280 10 76
Fred Merkle 18 1 49 15 49 47 0 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 7 .255 .271 .277 .547 69 13 0 1
Monty Pfyl* 21 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cy Seymour* 34 12 4835 1175 4835 4459 606 1391 183 85 45 627 178 269 293 .312 .354 .421 .776 123 1879 23 84
Spike Shannon# 29 4 2563 585 2563 2218 339 592 47 12 2 150 127 249 249 .267 .345 .302 .647 100 669 15 81
Danny Shay 30 4 886 231 886 775 89 186 26 5 2 62 52 88 53 .240 .325 .294 .620 90 228 10 13
Sammy Strang# 30 9 3432 875 3432 2880 471 785 112 28 16 251 211 441 390 .273 .377 .348 .724 114 1001 41 70
Dummy Taylor 32 8 680 249 680 610 51 85 6 4 0 37 1 36 155 .139 .189 .162 .351 5 99 1 33
Ham Wade 27 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
Hooks Wiltse 27 4 341 138 341 300 41 62 8 2 1 32 8 28 24 .207 .283 .257 .540 64 77 4 9
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

1906 / 1908 Batting Statistics