1908 New York Giants Statistics

1907 Season 1909 Season

Record: 98-56-3, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John McGraw (98-56-3)

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV

Attendance: 910,000 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 101-53, 651 Runs, 455 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	137	161		6	24
2	1B	Fred Tenney*	36	156	690	583	101	149	20	1	2	49	17		72	39	.256	.344	.304	.648	102	177		7	22
3	2B	Larry Doyle*	21	104	435	377	65	116	16	9	0	33	17		22	21	.308	.354	.398	.752	134	150		5	25
4	SS	Al Bridwell*	24	147	552	467	53	133	14	1	0	46	20		52	20	.285	.364	.319	.683	113	149		6	20
5	3B	Art Devlin	28	157	634	534	59	135	18	4	2	45	19		62	31	.253	.346	.313	.659	105	167		14	19
6	OF	Cy Seymour*	35	156	653	587	60	157	23	2	5	92	18		30	34	.267	.306	.339	.645	101	199		3	33
7	OF	Mike Donlin*	30	155	662	593	71	198	26	13	6	106	30		23	39	.334	.364	.452	.816	154	268		5	33
8	OF	Spike Shannon#	33	77	314	268	34	60	2	1	1	21	13		28	24	.224	.314	.250	.564	76	67		7	10
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Harry McCormick*	27	73	267	252	31	76	16	3	0	32	6		4	23	.302	.315	.389	.704	119	98		1	6
10	2B	Buck Herzog	22	64	218	160	38	48	6	2	0	11	16		36	14	.300	.448	.363	.811	153	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	John Barry	29	37	81	67	5	10	1	1	0	5	1		9	4	.149	.260	.194	.454	42	13		1	4
13	2B	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	49	41	6	11	2	1	1	7	0		4	9	.268	.333	.439	.772	140	18		0	2
15	UT	Dave Brain	29	11	19	17	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		2	3	.176	.263	.176	.440	37	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	212	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	78	28		2	7
23	P	Doc Crandall	20	34	84	72	8	16	4	0	2	6	0		4	11	.222	.273	.361	.634	97	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	Luther Taylor	33	27	45	35	0	8	0	0	0	4	0		5	11	.229	.325	.229	.554	73	8		0	5
26	P	Red Ames#	25	18	41	36	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		1	12	.194	.216	.194	.411	28	7		0	4
27	P	Bill Malarkey	29	15	8	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	210	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	29.2	157	5873	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	1	1	1	1	1		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.3	157	5346	4553	614	1250	172	41	18	518	179		463	312	.275	.351	.342	.693	116	1558		70	216
		Pitcher Totals	27.8	157	527	453	38	89	10	2	2	44	2		31	66	.196	.257	.241	.498	55	109		6	34
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	1485	169	1.29	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	1287	108	2.29	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	880	83	2.52	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	757	107	2.78	1.231	9.3	0.4	1.8	2.7	1.49
5	SP	Luther Taylor	33	8	5	.615	2.33	27	15	9	6	1	2	127.2	127	56	33	5	34		50	4	0	4	536	104	2.72	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	443	134	1.42	1.076	7.6	0.0	2.1	6.4	3.00
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	138	96	2.73	1.171	8.0	0.3	2.6	3.1	1.20
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	24	34	3.69	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	76	3.10	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	8	35	1.60	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	5580	113	2.10	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W

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