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1908 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 29 140 562 449 70 127 25 3 1 54 14 83 33 .283 .401 .359 .760 138 161 6 24
2 1B Fred Tenney* 36 156 684 583 101 149 20 1 2 49 17 72 39 .256 .344 .304 .648 103 177 7 22
3 2B Larry Doyle* 21 104 429 377 65 116 16 9 0 33 17 22 21 .308 .354 .398 .752 135 150 5 25
4 SS Al Bridwell* 24 147 545 467 53 133 14 1 0 46 20 52 20 .285 .364 .319 .683 114 149 6 20
5 3B Art Devlin 28 157 629 534 59 135 18 4 2 45 19 62 31 .253 .346 .313 .659 106 167 14 19
6 OF Cy Seymour* 35 156 653 587 60 157 23 2 5 92 18 30 34 .267 .306 .339 .645 102 199 3 33
7 OF Mike Donlin* 30 155 654 593 71 198 26 13 6 106 30 23 39 .334 .364 .452 .816 155 268 5 33
8 OF Spike Shannon# 30 77 313 268 34 60 2 1 1 21 13 28 24 .224 .314 .250 .564 77 67 7 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 Moose McCormick* 27 73 263 252 31 76 16 3 0 32 6 4 23 .302 .315 .389 .704 120 98 1 6
10 2B Buck Herzog 22 64 213 160 38 48 6 2 0 11 16 36 14 .300 .448 .363 .811 154 58 7 10
11 C Tom Needham 29 54 115 91 8 19 3 0 0 11 0 12 11 .209 .339 .242 .581 82 22 6 6
12 OF Shad Barry 29 37 81 67 5 10 1 1 0 5 1 9 4 .149 .260 .194 .454 42 13 1 4
13 UT Sammy Strang# 31 28 80 53 8 5 0 0 0 2 5 23 5 .094 .385 .094 .479 51 5 2 2
14 UT Fred Merkle 19 38 47 41 6 11 2 1 1 7 0 4 9 .268 .333 .439 .772 141 18 0 2
15 UT Dave Brain 29 11 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 .176 .263 .176 .440 38 3 0 0
16 OF Josh Devore* 20 5 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 42 1 0 0
17 C Fred Snodgrass 20 6 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 56 1 0 0
18 OF Steve Evans* 23 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 213 1 0 0
19 OF Jack Hannifin 25 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Art Wilson 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Christy Mathewson 27 56 147 129 11 20 2 2 0 11 0 9 12 .155 .221 .202 .423 32 26 2 7
22 P Hooks Wiltse 28 45 130 110 9 26 2 0 0 14 1 11 9 .236 .317 .255 .572 79 28 2 7
23 P Doc Crandall 20 34 83 72 8 16 4 0 2 6 0 4 11 .222 .273 .361 .634 98 26 1 6
24 P Joe McGinnity 37 37 68 61 3 11 1 0 0 7 1 1 8 .180 .206 .197 .403 26 12 1 5
25 P Dummy Taylor 33 27 45 35 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 5 11 .229 .325 .229 .554 74 8 0 5
26 P Red Ames# 25 18 41 36 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 12 .194 .216 .194 .411 29 7 0 4
27 P Bill Malarkey 29 15 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Roy Beecher* 24 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 211 2 0 0
29 P Rube Marquard# 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Bull Durham 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.0 157 5826 5006 652 1339 182 43 20 562 181 494 378 .267 .342 .333 .675 111 1667 76 250
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 1 1 3 7 3 5 1 8 1 1 1 1 2 1
Non-Pitcher Totals 29.1 157 5302 4553 614 1250 172 41 18 518 179 463 312 .275 .351 .342 .693 117 1558 70 216
Pitcher Totals 27.8 157 524 453 38 89 10 2 2 44 2 31 66 .196 .257 .241 .498 56 109 6 34
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 27 37 11 .771 1.43 56 44 9 34 11 5 390.2 281 85 62 5 42 259 3 0 2 1469 168 0.827 6.5 0.1 1.0 6.0 6.17
2 SP Hooks Wiltse* 28 23 14 .622 2.24 44 38 5 30 7 2 330.0 266 95 82 4 73 118 9 0 4 1269 107 1.027 7.3 0.1 2.0 3.2 1.62
3 SP Doc Crandall 20 12 12 .500 2.93 32 24 8 13 0 0 214.2 198 83 70 3 59 77 9 1 2 866 82 1.197 8.3 0.1 2.5 3.2 1.31
4 SP Joe McGinnity 37 11 7 .611 2.27 37 20 14 7 5 5 186.0 192 73 47 8 37 55 7 0 3 762 106 1.231 9.3 0.4 1.8 2.7 1.49
5 SP Dummy Taylor 33 8 5 .615 2.33 27 15 9 6 1 2 127.2 127 56 33 5 34 50 4 0 4 539 103 1.261 9.0 0.4 2.4 3.5 1.47
6 SP Red Ames 25 7 4 .636 1.81 18 15 2 5 0 1 114.1 96 35 23 0 27 81 1 0 2 441 133 1.076 7.6 0.0 2.1 6.4 3.00
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 Bill Malarkey 29 0 2 .000 2.57 15 0 13 0 0 2 35.0 31 16 10 1 10 12 1 0 0 139 95 1.171 8.0 0.3 2.6 3.1 1.20
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 24 0 0 7.94 2 0 1 0 0 1 5.2 11 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 28 34 2.471 17.5 0.0 4.8 0.0 0.00
9 Rube Marquard* 21 0 1 .000 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 22 75 1.600 10.8 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
10 Bull Durham 31 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 35 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
Team Totals 27.9 98 56 .636 2.14 157 157 61 95 24 18 1411.0 1210 455 336 26 288 656 35 1 18 5544 112 1.062 7.7 0.2 1.8 4.2 2.28
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 6 3 7 2 1 2 5 2 3 7 1 2
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Red Ames 25 18 40 5 32 3 4 .925 2.06 P
Shad Barry 29 31 35 34 0 1 0 .971 1.10 OF
Roy Beecher 24 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Dave Brain 29 9 22 8 10 4 0 .818 2.00 2B-OF-3B-SS
Roger Bresnahan 29 139 809 657 140 12 12 .985 5.73 17 114 102 47% 46% C
Al Bridwell 24 147 818 277 486 55 39 .933 5.19 SS
Doc Crandall 20 33 68 15 52 1 2 .985 2.03 P-2B
Art Devlin 28 157 564 203 331 30 19 .947 3.40 3B
Josh Devore 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 OF
Mike Donlin 30 155 266 239 21 6 1 .977 1.68 OF
Larry Doyle 21 102 504 180 291 33 28 .935 4.62 2B
Bull Durham 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Steve Evans 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Jack Hannifin 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Buck Herzog 22 59 264 83 159 22 21 .917 4.10 2B-SS-3B-OF
Bill Malarkey 29 15 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0.67 P
Rube Marquard 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Christy Mathewson 27 56 170 27 141 2 1 .988 3.00 P
Moose McCormick 27 65 111 97 3 11 2 .901 1.54 OF
Joe McGinnity 37 37 65 10 50 5 4 .923 1.62 P
Fred Merkle 19 18 68 65 3 0 3 1.000 3.78 1B-OF-2B-3B
Tom Needham 29 47 203 168 30 5 2 .975 4.21 6 21 22 51% 46% C
Cy Seymour 35 155 389 340 29 20 9 .949 2.38 OF
Spike Shannon 30 74 125 114 8 3 3 .976 1.65 OF
Fred Snodgrass 20 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 1 100% 46% C
Sammy Strang 31 22 88 29 47 12 5 .864 3.45 2B-OF-SS
Dummy Taylor 33 27 47 8 35 4 1 .915 1.59 P
Fred Tenney 36 156 1759 1624 117 18 68 .990 11.16 1B
Hooks Wiltse 28 44 116 25 89 2 1 .983 2.59 P
Team Totals 28.8 157 6553 4215 2088 250 225 .962 4.00 23 135 125 48% 46%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 2 4
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Red Ames# 25 18 41 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
Shad Barry 29 37 81 -4 -0 0 -2 -2 -7 -1.0 3 -5 -0.7 .474 .494 -0.4 -0.5 -3 Purchased O
Roy Beecher* 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .522 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Rule 5 Draft /1
Dave Brain 29 11 19 -1 0 0 -2 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .465 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -0 Traded /4O56
Roger Bresnahan 29 140 562 22 -1 0 1 9 31 3.9 18 50 5.9 .528 .524 5.8 1.3 49 Free Agency *2
Al Bridwell* 24 147 545 9 -1 0 4 9 21 2.6 18 39 4.6 .518 .517 4.1 1.7 35 Traded *6
Doc Crandall 20 34 83 -0 0 0 0 6 5 0.7 3 8 0.7 .520 .504 0.7 0.0 8 Rule 5 Draft 1/4
Art Devlin 28 157 629 6 -1 0 6 5 17 2.1 20 37 4.3 .514 .513 3.6 1.4 31 Purchased *5
Josh Devore* 20 5 7 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .492 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 /O
Mike Donlin* 30 155 654 33 -0 0 6 -8 31 3.8 21 51 6.0 .525 .524 5.3 -0.3 45 $4,500 Traded *O
Larry Doyle* 21 104 429 14 -0 0 -3 0 10 1.3 14 24 2.8 .513 .508 3.2 -0.4 27 Purchased 4
Bull Durham 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Steve Evans* 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .513 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /O
Jack Hannifin 25 1 2 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .445 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 Purchased /O
Buck Herzog 22 64 213 12 0 0 -1 1 12 1.5 7 19 2.3 .524 .510 2.4 -0.0 20 Rule 5 Draft 46/5O
Bill Malarkey 29 15 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
Rube Marquard# 21 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .484 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 Purchased /1
Christy Mathewson 27 56 147 -9 0 0 0 10 1 0.1 5 6 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 6 Purchased 1
Moose McCormick* 27 73 263 4 -0 0 -4 -4 -4 -0.6 9 5 0.4 .493 .497 0.9 -1.0 9 Purchased O
Joe McGinnity 37 37 68 -5 -0 0 0 5 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 Free Agency 1
Fred Merkle 19 38 47 2 0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .504 .501 0.3 -0.1 3 Purchased 3/O45
Tom Needham 29 54 115 -1 0 0 -1 2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.6 0.1 5 Traded 2
Cy Seymour* 35 156 653 1 -1 0 0 -4 -4 -0.6 21 17 1.7 .497 .497 1.8 -0.6 17 Free Agency *O
Spike Shannon# 30 77 313 -5 -0 0 -2 -4 -12 -1.6 10 -2 -0.5 .480 .491 -0.2 -0.8 0 Traded O
Fred Snodgrass 20 6 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /2
Sammy Strang# 31 28 80 -1 0 0 -3 -0 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .482 .497 0.2 -0.4 2 Traded 4/O6
Dummy Taylor 33 27 45 -1 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 3 Jumped Lgs 1
Fred Tenney* 36 156 684 5 -1 0 9 -5 7 0.8 21 28 3.0 .506 .506 1.9 0.5 19 Traded *3
Art Wilson 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
Hooks Wiltse 28 45 130 -2 -0 0 0 9 6 0.8 4 11 0.8 .518 .505 0.8 -0.0 11 Purchased 1
Team Total 29.0 1649 5826 74 -7 0 8 34 110 13.1 186 296 31.4 .508 .503 31.1 0.8 288 $4,500
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Red Ames 25 114.1 18 15 35 2.76 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 6 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.8 13 .546 .505
Roy Beecher 24 5.2 2 0 5 7.94 3.21 0.07 0.00 102.0 3.20 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .338 .498 Rule 5 Draft
Doc Crandall 20 214.2 32 24 83 3.48 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 1.0 8 .477 .495 Rule 5 Draft
Bull Durham 31 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 3.20 0.04 0.00 102.0 3.22 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .357 .499
Bill Malarkey 29 35.0 15 0 16 4.11 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .471 .497
Rube Marquard* 21 5.0 1 1 5 9.00 3.21 0.06 0.00 102.0 3.21 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .215 .498 Purchased
Christy Mathewson 27 390.2 56 44 85 1.96 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 56 7.9 1.0 -0.3 11.1 80 .642 .549 Purchased
Joe McGinnity 37 186.0 37 20 73 3.53 3.21 0.06 0.00 102.0 3.21 -6 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.7 6 .479 .495 Free Agency
Dummy Taylor 33 127.2 27 15 56 3.95 3.21 0.06 0.00 102.0 3.21 -10 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -2 .453 .492 Jumped Lgs
Hooks Wiltse* 28 330.0 44 38 95 2.59 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 24 3.2 1.0 -0.3 5.9 45 .573 .520 Purchased
Team Total 27.9 1411.0 233 157 455 2.90 3.21 0.05 0.00 102.0 3.22 52 8.0 1.0 -1.1 19.4 142 .534 .505
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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