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1908 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907/1909) 98-56, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 652 runs, Allowed 456 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-53 Managed by John McGraw Ballpark: Polo Grounds III (ballparks.com) Attendance: 910,000 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 Stats (1907/1909) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Roger Bresnahan     29  140  449   70  127  25  3   1   54  83       .283  .401  .359  14           6  24          138
1B *Fred Tenney         36  156  583  101  149  20  1   2   49  72       .256  .344  .304  17           7  22          103
2B *Larry Doyle         21  104  377   65  116  16  9   0   33  22       .308  .354  .398  17           5  25          135
3B  Art Devlin          28  157  534   59  135  18  4   2   45  62       .253  .346  .313  19          14  19          106
SS *Al Bridwell         24  147  467   53  133  14  1   0   46  52       .285  .364  .319  20           6  20          114
OF *Mike Donlin         30  155  593   71  198  26 13   6  106  23       .334  .364  .452  30           5  33          155
OF *Cy Seymour          35  156  587   60  157  23  2   5   92  30       .267  .306  .339  18           3  33          102
OF #Spike Shannon       30   77  268   34   60   2  1   1   21  28       .224  .314  .250  13           7  10           77
   *Moose McCormick     27   73  252   31   76  16  3   0   32   4       .302  .315  .389   6           1   6          120
    Buck Herzog         22   64  160   38   48   6  2   0   11  36       .300  .448  .363  16           7  10          154
    Tom Needham         29   54   91    8   19   3  0   0   11  12       .209  .339  .242   0           6   6           82
    Shad Barry          29   37   67    5   10   1  1   0    5   9       .149  .260  .194   1           1   4           42
   #Sammy Strang        31   28   53    8    5   0  0   0    2  23       .094  .385  .094   5           2   2           51
    Fred Merkle         19   38   41    6   11   2  1   1    7   4       .268  .333  .439   0           0   2          141
    Dave Brain          29   11   17    2    3   0  0   0    1   2       .176  .263  .176   1           0   0           38
   *Josh Devore         20    5    6    1    1   0  0   0    2   1       .167  .286  .167   1           0   0           42
    Fred Snodgrass      20    6    4    2    1   0  0   0    1   0       .250  .250  .250   1           0   0           56
   *Steve Evans         23    2    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0       .500  .500  .500   0           0   0          213
    Jack Hannifin       25    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Art Wilson          22    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0                          0           0   0             

    Christy Mathewson   27   56  129   11   20   2  2   0   11   9       .155  .221  .202   0           2   7           32
    Hooks Wiltse        28   45  110    9   26   2  0   0   14  11       .236  .317  .255   1           2   7           79
    Doc Crandall        20   34   72    8   16   4  0   2    6   4       .222  .273  .361   0           1   6           98
    Joe McGinnity       37   37   61    3   11   1  0   0    7   1       .180  .206  .197   1           1   5           26
   #Red Ames            25   18   36    5    7   0  0   0    2   1       .194  .216  .194   0           0   4           29
    Dummy Taylor        33   27   35    0    8   0  0   0    4   5       .229  .325  .229   0           0   5           74
    Bill Malarkey       29   15    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
   *Roy Beecher         24    3    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0       .333  .333  .667   0           0   0          211
   #Rube Marquard       21    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0       .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  157 5006  652 1339 182 43  20  562 494       .267  .333  .333 181          76 250          117
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    1    1   3  7   3        1          1     1     1   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Christy Mathewson   27  56   1.43  37  11  5  44  10  34  11  390.7  285   85   62   5   42  259 1499   2   3  0     168
SP *Hooks Wiltse        28  44   2.24  23  14  2  38   5  30   7  330.0  266   95   82   4   73  118 1269   4   9  0     107
SP  Doc Crandall        20  32   2.93  12  12  0  24   8  13   0  214.7  198   83   70   3   59   77  866   2   9  1      82
SP  Joe McGinnity       37  37   2.27  11   7  5  20  14   7   5  186.0  192   73   47   8   37   55  782   3   7  0     105
SP  Red Ames            25  18   1.81   7   4  1  15   2   5   0  114.3   96   33   23   0   27   81  441   2   1  0     132
SP  Dummy Taylor        33  27   2.33   8   5  2  15   9   6   1  127.7  127   56   33   5   34   50  539   4   4  0     103

RP  Bill Malarkey       29  15   2.57   0   2  2   0  13   0   0   35.0   31   16   10   1   10   12  139   0   1  0      93

    Roy Beecher         24   2   7.94   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    5.7   11    5    5   0    3    0   28   0   0  0      30
   *Rube Marquard       21   1   3.60   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    5.0    6    5    2   0    2    2   22   1   1  0      66
    Bull Durham         31   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    1    2    9   0   0  0      27
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 157   2.14  98  56 18 157  62  95  25 1411.0 1214  456  336  26  288  656 5594  18  35  1     112
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   2   6  1           7   2      2    5    2        7    1    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RBresnahan 139 657 140 12 12 .985 17 TNeedham 47 168 30 5 2 .975 6 FSnodgrass 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 829 171 17 14 .983 23 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .986 10.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FTenney 156 1624 117 18 68 .990 11.16 FMerkle 11 60 1 0 2 1.000 5.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1684 118 18 70 .990 11.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .954 5.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LDoyle 102 180 291 33 28 .935 4.62 BHerzog 42 61 125 16 19 .921 4.43 SStrang 14 22 41 10 5 .863 4.50 DBrain 3 5 8 2 0 .867 4.33 DCrandall 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FMerkle 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 270 467 61 53 .924 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .932 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADevlin 157 203 331 30 19 .947 3.40 BHerzog 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 DBrain 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 FMerkle 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 204 332 30 19 .947 3.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .930 5.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABridwell 147 277 486 55 39 .933 5.19 BHerzog 12 22 33 6 2 .902 4.58 SStrang 3 4 4 2 0 .800 2.67 DBrain 1 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 305 525 65 41 .927 5.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .960 1.99 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MDonlin 155 239 21 6 1 .977 1.68 29 0 127 CSeymour 155 340 29 20 9 .949 2.38 0 155 0 SShannon 74 114 8 3 3 .976 1.65 60 0 15 MMcCormick 65 97 3 11 2 .901 1.54 59 0 12 SBarry 31 34 0 1 0 .971 1.10 20 0 10 FMerkle 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 2 0 3 SStrang 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 3 2 DBrain 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 JDevore 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 2 SEvans 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 JHannifin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 BHerzog 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 831 63 41 15 .956 1.90 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CMathewson 56 27 141 2 1 .988 3.87 HWiltse 44 25 89 2 1 .983 3.11 DCrandall 32 15 52 1 2 .985 2.81 JMcGinnity 37 10 50 5 4 .923 2.90 DTaylor 27 8 35 4 1 .915 3.03 RAmes 18 5 32 3 4 .925 2.91 BMalarkey 15 1 9 1 0 .909 2.57 RBeecher 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.32 RMarquard 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 BDurham 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 92 412 18 13 .966 3.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Donlin .334 On-base % Bresnahan .401 Slugging % Donlin .452 OPS Donlin .816 Games Devlin 157 At Bats Donlin 593 Plate Appearances (approx.) Tenney 684 Runs Tenney 101 Hits Donlin 198 Total Bases Donlin 268 Doubles Donlin 26 Triples Donlin 13 Home Runs Donlin 6 RBI Donlin 106 Bases on Balls Bresnahan 83 Stolen Bases Donlin 30 Singles Donlin 153 Adjusted OPS+ Donlin 155 Runs Created Donlin 96 Adjusted Batting Runs Donlin 34 Batting Wins Donlin 4.1 Extra-Base Hits Donlin 45 Times on Base Tenney 228 Offensive Win% Donlin .784 Hit By Pitch Devlin 14 Sac. Hits Donlin and Seymour 33 Power/Speed Number Donlin 10.0 At Bats per Home Run Donlin 98.8 Outs Seymour 463

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Mathewson 1.43 Wins Mathewson 37 Won-Loss % Mathewson .771 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mathewson 0.837 Hits Allowed/9IP Mathewson 6.57 Bases on Balls/9IP Mathewson 0.97 Strikeouts/9IP Mathewson 5.97 Games Mathewson 56 Saves Mathewson and McGinnity 5 Innings Mathewson 390.7 Strikeouts Mathewson 259 Games Started Mathewson 44 Comp. Games Mathewson 34 Shutouts Mathewson 11 Home Runs Allow. McGinnity 8 Bases On Balls Allow. Wiltse 73 Hits Allowed Mathewson 285 SO to Walk Mathewson 6.17 Losses Wiltse 14 Earned Runs Allow. Wiltse 82 Wild Pitches Taylor and Wiltse 4 Hit Batsmen Crandall and Wiltse 9 Batters Faced Mathewson 1499 Games Finished McGinnity 14 Adjusted ERA+ Mathewson 168

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