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1916 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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86-66, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (86-66)
Scored 597 runs, Allowed 504 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-64

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 552,056 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94


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1915 / 1917 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Fred Anderson 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1885 5 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.6 $
Rube Benton 26 R L 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1890 7 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Fred Brainard 24 R R 6' 0" 176 Feb 17, 1892 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
George Burns 26 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 24, 1889 6 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 3.5 $
Red Dooin 37 R R 5' 9" 165 Jun 12, 1879 15 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mickey Doolan 36 R R 5' 10" 170 May 7, 1880 12 18 18 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Larry Doyle 29 L R 5' 10" 165 Jul 31, 1886 10 113 113 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Art Fletcher 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 5, 1885 8 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 6.0 $
Buck Herzog 30 R R 5' 11" 160 Jul 9, 1885 9 77 77 0 0 0 44 27 9 0 0 0 0 1.5 $10,000
Walter Holke 23 B L 6' 1" 185 Dec 25, 1892 2 34 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Herb Hunter 20 L R 6' 0" 165 Dec 25, 1895 1st 21 21 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Benny Kauff 26 L L 5' 8" 157 Jan 5, 1890 4 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 3.9 $8,500
Duke Kelleher 22 R 5' 7" 180 Sep 30, 1893 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
High Pockets Kelly HOF 20 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 10, 1895 2 49 49 0 0 13 0 1 0 0 2 5 7 -1.0 $
Red Killefer 31 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 13, 1885 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Brad Kocher 28 R R 5' 11" 188 Jan 16, 1888 3 34 34 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Hans Lobert 34 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 18, 1881 13 48 48 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Christy Mathewson HOF 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 12, 1880 17 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Lew McCarty 27 R R 5' 11" 192 Nov 17, 1888 4 25 25 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Bill McKechnie HOF 29 B R 5' 10" 160 Aug 7, 1886 8 71 71 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Fred Merkle 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 20, 1888 10 112 112 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Emilio Palmero 21 L L 5' 11" 157 Jun 13, 1895 2 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Pol Perritt 24 R R 6' 2" 168 Aug 30, 1891 5 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $8,000
Bill Rariden 28 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 5, 1888 8 120 120 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Hank Ritter 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 12, 1893 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Dave Robertson 26 L L 6' 0" 186 Sep 25, 1889 4 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 144 4.1 $
Jose Rodriguez 22 R R 5' 8" 150 Feb 23, 1894 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Edd Roush HOF 23 L L 5' 11" 170 May 8, 1893 4 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 15 -0.5 $
Slim Sallee 31 R L 6' 3" 180 Feb 3, 1885 9 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Rube Schauer 25 R R 6' 2" 192 Mar 19, 1891 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ferdie Schupp 25 R L 5' 10" 150 Jan 16, 1891 4 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
George Smith 24 R R 6' 2" 163 May 31, 1892 1st 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Heinie Stafford 24 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 1, 1891 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sailor Stroud 31 R R 6' 0" 160 Mar 15, 1885 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jeff Tesreau 28 R R 6' 2" 218 Mar 5, 1888 5 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Lew Wendell 24 R R 5' 11" 178 Mar 22, 1892 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Heinie Zimmerman 29 R R 5' 11" 176 Feb 9, 1887 10 40 40 0 0 0 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1915 / 1917 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers