1908 New York Giants

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

98-56, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 455 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV · Attendance: 910,000 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 100

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1907 / 1909 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	98-56, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Days in First	34	last on Wednesday, Oct 7, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	41	last on Oct 7, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	4.5	last on Friday, Sep 18, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	6.5	last on Thursday, Jun 18, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	43	last on Wednesday, Oct 7
Most Games under .500	1	last on Monday, May 25
Longest Winning Streak	11	Tuesday, Sep 8 to Friday, Sep 18
Longest Losing Streak	4	Saturday, May 16 to Wednesday, May 20 and Saturday, Sep 19 to Tuesday, Sep 22
Most Runs Allowed	14	Thursday, Jun 25
Most Runs Scored	14	Friday, Apr 17
Times Shutout by Opponent	10
Times Opponent Shutout	25

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	98	56	651	455	.636
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	52	25	342	234	.675
Road	46	31	309	221	.597
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	8	6	53	37	.571
May	11	10	89	69	.524
June	18	11	123	96	.621
July	16	10	114	78	.615
August	16	8	84	59	.667
September	24	8	152	94	.750
October	5	3	36	22	.625

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	46	32	330	246	.590
Second Half	52	24	321	209	.684
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	26	20	133	127	.565
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	27	6	229	82	.818

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BRO	16	6	81	59	.727
BSN	16	6	111	64	.727
CHC	11	11	85	69	.500
CIN	14	8	76	70	.636
PHI	16	6	108	56	.727
PIT	11	11	92	78	.500
STL	14	8	98	59	.636

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Tuesday, Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	W	3	1		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 16	NYG	@	PHI	L	3	6		1-1	3	1.0							`-`
3	3	Friday, Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	W	14	2		2-1	3	1.0							`+`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W	4	0		3-1	2	0.5							`++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W	4	1		4-1	2	0.5							`+++`
6	6	Tuesday, Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W	6	1		5-1	1	Tied							`++++`
7	7	Wednesday, Apr 22	NYG		BRO	W	3	2		6-1	1	Tied							`+++++`
8	8	Thursday, Apr 23	NYG		BRO	L	1	4		6-2	2	1.0							`-`
9	9	Friday, Apr 24	NYG		BRO	L	1	4		6-3	2	1.0							`--`
10	10	Saturday, Apr 25	NYG		BRO	L	1	4		6-4	2	1.5							`---`
11	11	Monday, Apr 27	NYG	@	BSN	W	2	0		7-4	2	1.0							`+`
12	12	Tuesday, Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W	3	2		8-4	2	0.5							`++`
13	13	Wednesday, Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L	6	7		8-5	2	0.5							`-`
14	14	Thursday, Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L	2	3		8-6	3	1.5							`--`
15	15	Saturday, May 2	NYG		PHI	L	1	2		8-7	3	2.5							`---`
16	16	Monday, May 4	NYG		PHI	W	12	2		9-7	3	3.0							`+`
17	17	Tuesday, May 5	NYG		PHI	W	4	0		10-7	3	2.5							`++`
18	18	Saturday, May 9	NYG		BSN	W	7	3		11-7	2	2.0							`+++`
19	19	Monday, May 11	NYG	@	PIT	L	2	5		11-8	3	2.5							`-`
20	20	Tuesday, May 12	NYG	@	PIT	W	8	2		12-8	2	1.5							`+`
21	21	Wednesday, May 13	NYG	@	PIT	L	1	5		12-9	3	2.0							`-`
22	22	Friday, May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W	9	2		13-9	2	1.0							`+`
23	23	Saturday, May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L	1	3		13-10	3	2.0							`-`
24	24	Sunday, May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L	2	7		13-11	4	3.0							`--`
25	25	Monday, May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L	5	9		13-12	4	3.5							`---`
26	26	Wednesday, May 20	NYG	@	STL	L	0	1		13-13	5	4.5							`----`
27	27	Thursday, May 21	NYG	@	STL	W	8	4		14-13	4	3.5							`+`
28	28	Saturday, May 23 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L	2	6		14-14	5	5.5							`-`
29	29	Saturday, May 23 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L	0	2		14-15	5	5.5							`--`
30	30	Sunday, May 24	NYG	@	CHC	W	6	4		15-15	5	4.5							`+`
31	31	Monday, May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L	7	8		15-16	5	5.5							`-`
32	32	Tuesday, May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W	7	4		16-16	5	4.5							`+`
33	33	Wednesday, May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W	1	0		17-16	5	3.5							`++`
34	34	Friday, May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W	1	0		18-16	4	3.0							`+++`
35	35	Saturday, May 30	NYG	@	BRO	W	5	0		19-16	2	3.5							`++++`
36	36	Monday, Jun 1	NYG	@	BSN	L	0	4		19-17	5	3.5							`-`
37	37	Tuesday, Jun 2	NYG	@	BSN	L	3	4		19-18	5	3.5							`--`
38	38	Wednesday, Jun 3	NYG	@	BSN	W	3	0		20-18	4	3.0							`+`
39	39	Thursday, Jun 4	NYG		STL	L	5	7		20-19	4	3.5							`-`
40	40	Friday, Jun 5	NYG		STL	L	2	4		20-20	5	4.5							`--`
41	41	Saturday, Jun 6	NYG		STL	W	3	2		21-20	4	4.5							`+`
42	42	Monday, Jun 8	NYG		STL	W	4	0		22-20	4	4.5							`++`
43	43	Tuesday, Jun 9	NYG		PIT	W	8	2		23-20	4	4.5							`+++`
44	44	Wednesday, Jun 10	NYG		PIT	L	0	1		23-21	4	4.5							`-`
45	45	Thursday, Jun 11	NYG		PIT	L	2	5		23-22	4	5.5							`--`
46	46	Friday, Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L	0	4		23-23	4	6.5							`---`
47	47	Saturday, Jun 13	NYG		CIN	W	3	2		24-23	4	6.5							`+`
48	48	Wednesday, Jun 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W	2	1		25-23	4	5.5							`++`
49	49	Wednesday, Jun 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	W	4	2		26-23	4	5.5							`+++`
50	50	Thursday, Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L	5	7		26-24	4	6.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W	6	3		27-24	4	5.5							`+`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W	4	0		28-24	4	4.5							`++`
53	53	Monday, Jun 22	NYG		CHC	W	7	1		29-24	4	3.5							`+++`
54	54	Tuesday, Jun 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	W	6	3		30-24	4	3.5							`++++`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	L	7	9		30-25	4	3.5							`-`
56	56	Wednesday, Jun 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W	4	0		31-25	3	3.0							`+`
57	57	Wednesday, Jun 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W	7	1		32-25	3	3.0							`++`
58	58	Thursday, Jun 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	L	10	14		32-26	3	3.5							`-`
59	59	Thursday, Jun 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W	7	4		33-26	3	3.5							`+`
60	60	Friday, Jun 26	NYG		BSN	W	2	0		34-26	3	3.5							`++`
61	61	Saturday, Jun 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W	4	3		35-26	3	2.0							`+++`
62	62	Saturday, Jun 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W	5	2		36-26	3	2.0							`++++`
63	63	Monday, Jun 29	NYG	@	BRO	L	7	11		36-27	3	3.5							`-`
64	64	Tuesday, Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	W	3	0		37-27	3	3.0							`+`
65	65	Wednesday, Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	L	0	4		37-28	3	3.5							`-`
66	66	Thursday, Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W	4	3		38-28	3	3.0							`+`
67	67	Friday, Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W	8	3		39-28	3	3.0							`++`
68	68	Saturday, Jul 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W	1	0		40-28	3	1.5							`+++`
69	69	Saturday, Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W	9	3		41-28	3	1.5							`++++`
70	70	Monday, Jul 6	NYG	@	CIN	W	2	1		42-28	2	1.5							`+++++`
71	71	Tuesday, Jul 7	NYG	@	CIN	L	3	4		42-29	3	2.0							`-`
72	72	Wednesday, Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	L	3	8		42-30	3	1.5							`--`
73	73	Thursday, Jul 9	NYG	@	CIN	W	2	1		43-30	3	1.5							`+`
74	74	Friday, Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L	6	7		43-31	3	2.5							`-`
75	75	Saturday, Jul 11	NYG	@	PIT	L	2	6		43-32	3	2.5							`--`
76	76	Monday, Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W	7	0		44-32	3	1.0							`+`
77	77	Monday, Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W	7	4		45-32	3	1.0							`++`
78	78	Wednesday, Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	W	11	0		46-32	2	0.5							`+++`
79	79	Thursday, Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W	4	3		47-32	2	0.5							`++++`
80	80	Friday, Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	L	0	1		47-33	2	0.5							`-`
81	81	Saturday, Jul 18	NYG	@	CHC	L	4	5		47-34	3	1.5							`--`
82	82	Sunday, Jul 19	NYG	@	STL	W	6	4		48-34	2	1.0							`+`
83	83	Tuesday, Jul 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W	4	2		49-34	2	2.0							`++`
84	84	Tuesday, Jul 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L	1	3		49-35	2	2.0							`-`
85	85	Friday, Jul 24	NYG		PIT	W	2	1		50-35	2	1.0							`+`
86	86	Saturday, Jul 25	NYG		PIT	L	2	7		50-36	2	2.0							`-`
87	87	Monday, Jul 27	NYG		PIT	L	3	4		50-37	3	3.0							`--`
88	88	Tuesday, Jul 28	NYG		PIT	T	2	2		50-37	3	3.0							`--`
89	89	Wednesday, Jul 29	NYG		STL	W	1	0		51-37	3	3.0							`+`
90	90	Thursday, Jul 30	NYG		STL	W	11	0		52-37	3	2.0							`++`
91	91	Friday, Jul 31	NYG		STL	W	9	2		53-37	3	2.0							`+++`
92	92	Saturday, Aug 1	NYG		STL	W	6	1		54-37	3	2.0							`++++`
93	93	Monday, Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W	6	0		55-37	3	2.0							`+++++`
94	94	Tuesday, Aug 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W	4	3		56-37	2	0.5							`++++++`
95	95	Tuesday, Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	W	4	1		57-37	2	0.5							`+++++++`
96	96	Wednesday, Aug 5	NYG		CIN	T	4	4		57-37	2	0.5							`+++++++`
97	97	Thursday, Aug 6	NYG		CIN	L	0	5		57-38	2	1.5							`-`
98	98	Saturday, Aug 8	NYG		CHC	W	4	1		58-38	2	1.5							`+`
99	99	Monday, Aug 10	NYG		CHC	W	3	2		59-38	2	0.5							`++`
100	100	Tuesday, Aug 11	NYG		CHC	L	0	4		59-39	2	1.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Aug 12	NYG		BRO	L	1	5		59-40	2	1.5							`--`
102	102	Thursday, Aug 13	NYG		BRO	W	5	3		60-40	2	1.5							`+`
103	103	Saturday, Aug 15	NYG	@	STL	W	5	1		61-40	2	2.0							`++`
104	104	Sunday, Aug 16 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L	5	6		61-41	2	3.0							`-`
105	105	Sunday, Aug 16 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L	2	3		61-42	2	3.0							`--`
106	106	Monday, Aug 17	NYG	@	STL	W	3	0		62-42	2	2.5							`+`
107	107	Wednesday, Aug 19	NYG	@	CIN	W	3	1		63-42	2	1.0							`++`
108	108	Thursday, Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	W	2	0		64-42	1	Tied							`+++`
109	109	Saturday, Aug 22	NYG	@	CIN	W	5	1		65-42	2	0.5							`++++`
110	110	Monday, Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W	4	1		66-42	1	up 1.5							`+++++`
111	111	Monday, Aug 24 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W	5	1		67-42	1	up 1.5							`++++++`
112	112	Tuesday, Aug 25	NYG	@	PIT	W	5	3		68-42	1	up 2.5							`+++++++`
113	113	Wednesday, Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	W	4	3		69-42	1	up 3.5							`++++++++`
114	114	Thursday, Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	L	1	5		69-43	1	up 2.5							`-`
115	115	Saturday, Aug 29	NYG	@	CHC	L	2	3		69-44	1	up 1.5							`--`
116	116	Sunday, Aug 30	NYG	@	CHC	L	1	2		69-45	1	up 0.5							`---`
117	117	Tuesday, Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W	4	1		70-45	1	up 0.5							`+`
118	118	Tuesday, Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W	8	0		71-45	1	up 0.5							`++`
119	119	Thursday, Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W	3	0		72-45	1	up 0.5							`+++`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W	8	5		73-45	1	up 0.5							`++++`
121	121	Friday, Sep 4	NYG	@	PHI	W	8	1		74-45	1	up 0.5							`+++++`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W	5	1		75-45	1	up 1.5							`++++++`
123	123	Monday, Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W	5	0		76-45	1	up 0.5							`+++++++`
124	124	Monday, Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L	1	2		76-46	1	up 0.5							`-`
125	125	Tuesday, Sep 8	NYG		BRO	W	1	0		77-46	1	up 0.5							`+`
126	126	Wednesday, Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W	7	3		78-46	1	up 0.5							`++`
127	127	Thursday, Sep 10	NYG	@	BRO	W	6	5		79-46	1	up 1.5							`+++`
128	128	Friday, Sep 11	NYG		BRO	W	6	1		80-46	1	up 1.5							`++++`
129	129	Saturday, Sep 12	NYG		BRO	W	6	3		81-46	1	up 1.5							`+++++`
130	130	Monday, Sep 14	NYG		BRO	W	4	3		82-46	1	up 2.0							`++++++`
131	131	Tuesday, Sep 15	NYG		STL	W	5	4		83-46	1	up 2.5							`+++++++`
132	132	Wednesday, Sep 16	NYG		STL	W	6	2		84-46	1	up 3.0							`++++++++`
133	133	Thursday, Sep 17	NYG		STL	W	10	5		85-46	1	up 3.0							`+++++++++`
134	134	Friday, Sep 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	W	7	0		86-46	1	up 4.5							`++++++++++`
135	135	Friday, Sep 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W	12	7		87-46	1	up 4.5							`+++++++++++`
136	136	Saturday, Sep 19	NYG		PIT	L	2	6		87-47	1	up 3.5							`-`
137	137	Monday, Sep 21	NYG		PIT	L	1	2		87-48	1	up 2.0							`--`
138	138	Tuesday, Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L	3	4		87-49	1	Tied							`---`
139	139	Tuesday, Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L	1	3		87-50	1	Tied							`----`
140	140	Wednesday, Sep 23	NYG		CHC	T	1	1		87-50	1	Tied							`----`
141	141	Thursday, Sep 24	NYG		CHC	W	5	4		88-50	1	up 1.0							`+`
142	142	Friday, Sep 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	L	1	7		88-51	2	0.5							`-`
143	143	Friday, Sep 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	L	2	5		88-52	2	0.5							`--`
144	144	Saturday, Sep 26 (1)	NYG		CIN	W	6	2		89-52	2	0.5							`+`
145	145	Saturday, Sep 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	W	3	1		90-52	2	0.5							`++`
146	146	Monday, Sep 28	NYG		PHI	W	7	6		91-52	1	Tied							`+++`
147	147	Tuesday, Sep 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	W	6	2		92-52	2	0.5							`++++`
148	148	Tuesday, Sep 29 (2)	NYG		PHI	L	0	7		92-53	2	0.5							`-`
149	149	Wednesday, Sep 30	NYG		PHI	W	2	1		93-53	1	Tied							`+`
150	150	Thursday, Oct 1 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W	4	3		94-53	1	Tied							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Thursday, Oct 1 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L	2	6		94-54	1	Tied							`-`
152	152	Friday, Oct 2	NYG	@	PHI	W	7	2		95-54	2	0.5							`+`
153	153	Saturday, Oct 3	NYG	@	PHI	L	2	3		95-55	3	1.5							`-`
154	154	Monday, Oct 5	NYG		BSN	W	8	1		96-55	3	1.0							`+`
155	155	Tuesday, Oct 6	NYG		BSN	W	4	1		97-55	2	0.5							`++`
156	156	Wednesday, Oct 7	NYG		BSN	W	7	2		98-55	1	Tied							`+++`
157	157	Thursday, Oct 8	NYG		CHC	L	2	4		98-56	2	1.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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