1907 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	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 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	26	24	12	.667	2.00	41	36	4	31	8	2	315.0	250	88	70	5	53		178	2	0	5	1235	123	0.962	7.1	0.1	1.5	5.1	3.36
2	SP	Joe McGinnity	36	18	18	.500	3.16	47	34	12	23	3	4	310.1	320	126	109	6	58		120	15	0	3	1277	78	1.218	9.3	0.2	1.7	3.5	2.07
3	SP	Red Ames	24	10	12	.455	2.16	39	26	8	17	2	1	233.1	184	93	56	4	108		146	10	0	20	959	114	1.251	7.1	0.2	4.2	5.6	1.35
4	SP	Hooks Wiltse*	27	13	12	.520	2.18	33	21	9	14	3	2	190.1	171	63	46	3	48		79	5	0	3	762	114	1.151	8.1	0.1	2.3	3.7	1.65
5	SP	Dummy Taylor	32	11	7	.611	2.42	28	21	5	11	3	1	171.0	145	66	46	1	46		56	3	1	2	674	102	1.117	7.6	0.1	2.4	2.9	1.22
6	SP	Mike Lynch	27	3	6	.333	3.38	12	10	2	7	0	1	72.0	68	35	27	3	30		34	0	0	1	303	74	1.361	8.5	0.4	3.8	4.3	1.13
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
7	RP	Cecil Ferguson	23	3	2	.600	2.11	15	5	7	4	0	1	64.0	63	32	15	2	20		37	5	1	6	262	118	1.297	8.9	0.3	2.8	5.2	1.85
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
8		Roy Beecher	23	0	2	.000	2.57	2	2	0	2	0	0	14.0	17	8	4	0	6		5	0	0	0	64	100	1.643	10.9	0.0	3.9	3.2	0.83
9		Henry Mathewson	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	28.7	82	71	.536	2.45	155	155	48	109	19	13	1371.0	1219	511	373	24	369		655	40	2	41	5540	101	1.158	8.0	0.2	2.4	4.3	1.78
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		6				8	3	1	2	6	3	6	7	2		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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Red Ames	24	39		95	11	76	8	0	.916	2.23							P
Roy Beecher	23	2		4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50							P
Frank Bowerman	38	91		691	606	79	6	14	.991	7.53	7		51	49	49%		C-1B
Roger Bresnahan	28	104		661	547	101	13	12	.980	6.23	11		78	66	46%		C-1B-OF-3B
George Browne	31	121		170	146	14	10	5	.941	1.32							OF
Tommy Corcoran	38	62		310	108	183	19	15	.939	4.69							2B
Harry Curtis	24	6		22	16	4	2	1	.909	3.33	1		3	3	50%		C
Bill Dahlen	37	143		763	292	426	45	39	.941	5.02							SS
Art Devlin	27	143		504	181	292	31	12	.938	3.31							3B-SS
Larry Doyle	20	69		312	128	158	26	7	.917	4.14							2B
Cecil Ferguson	23	15		21	8	12	1	0	.952	1.33							P
Matty Fitzgerald	26	6		21	16	4	1	1	.952	3.33	0		3	3	50%		C
Jack Hannifin	24	50		311	271	36	4	9	.987	6.14							1B-3B-SS-OF
Mike Lynch	27	12		23	5	18	0	3	1.000	1.92							P
Christy Mathewson	26	41		109	16	87	6	0	.945	2.51							P
Henry Mathewson	20	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							P
Dan McGann	35	81		841	781	55	5	36	.994	10.32							1B
Joe McGinnity	36	47		116	18	94	4	0	.966	2.38							P
Fred Merkle	18	15		136	122	7	7	4	.949	8.60							1B
Monty Pfyl	21	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							1B
Cy Seymour	34	126		316	300	8	8	4	.975	2.44							OF
Spike Shannon	29	155		307	282	18	7	3	.977	1.94							OF
Danny Shay	30	24		103	40	53	10	3	.903	3.88							2B-SS-OF
Sammy Strang	30	96		247	174	61	12	8	.951	2.45							OF-2B-3B-1B-SS
Dummy Taylor	32	29		58	8	46	4	0	.931	1.86							P-3B
Ham Wade	27	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00							OF
Hooks Wiltse	27	34		72	11	59	2	2	.972	2.06							P-OF
Team Totals	30.6	155		6215	4089	1894	232	178	.963	3.95	19		135	121	47%
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	7	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

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 Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Red Ames	24	233.1	26	93	102	-2	1.0	9	1.4	$
Roy Beecher	23	14.0	2	8	6	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$	Rule 5 Draft
Cecil Ferguson	23	64.0	5	32	28	-1	1.0	-4	-0.4	$	Traded
Mike Lynch	27	72.0	10	35	32	-1	1.0	-3	-0.3	$	Free Agency
Christy Mathewson	26	315.0	36	88	138	-3	1.0	50	6.6	$	Traded
Henry Mathewson	20	1.0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0.1	$
Joe McGinnity	36	310.1	34	126	136	-3	1.0	10	1.6	$	Free Agency
Dummy Taylor	32	171.0	21	66	75	-1	1.0	9	1.3	$	Jumped Lgs
Hooks Wiltse*	27	190.1	21	63	83	-2	1.0	20	2.8	$	Purchased
Team Total	28.7	1371.0	155	511	600	-13	1.0	89	12.9	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1906 / 1908 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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