Franchise Encyclopedia: 1915 / 1917
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
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) · 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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Bill Rariden | 28 | 120 | 415 | 351 | 23 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 55 | 32 | .222 | .333 | .274 | .606 | 91 | 96 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 1B | Fred Merkle | 27 | 112 | 449 | 401 | 45 | 95 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 17 | 33 | 46 | .237 | .308 | .352 | .659 | 107 | 141 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 2B | Larry Doyle* | 29 | 113 | 488 | 441 | 55 | 118 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 27 | 23 | .268 | .316 | .381 | .697 | 118 | 168 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | SS | Art Fletcher | 31 | 133 | 542 | 500 | 53 | 143 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 15 | 13 | 36 | .286 | .323 | .382 | .705 | 121 | 191 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 3B | Bill McKechnie# | 29 | 71 | 273 | 260 | 22 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 20 | .246 | .269 | .288 | .557 | 75 | 75 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | OF | Benny Kauff* | 26 | 154 | 632 | 552 | 71 | 146 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 74 | 40 | 26 | 68 | 65 | .264 | .348 | .408 | .756 | 137 | 225 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 7 | OF | Dave Robertson* | 26 | 150 | 620 | 587 | 88 | 180 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 69 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 56 | .307 | .326 | .426 | .752 | 135 | 250 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 8 | OF | George Burns | 26 | 155 | 696 | 623 | 105 | 174 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 37 | 26 | 63 | 47 | .279 | .346 | .368 | .714 | 124 | 229 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | IF | Buck Herzog | 30 | 77 | 319 | 280 | 40 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 24 | .261 | .326 | .325 | .651 | 104 | 91 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 29 | 40 | 161 | 151 | 22 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | .272 | .304 | .298 | .602 | 89 | 45 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 1B | Walter Holke# | 23 | 34 | 121 | 111 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | .351 | .390 | .423 | .813 | 155 | 47 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 3B | Hans Lobert | 34 | 48 | 85 | 76 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .224 | .272 | .316 | .587 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | UT | George Kelly | 20 | 49 | 84 | 76 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .158 | .220 | .211 | .430 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | C | Lew McCarty | 27 | 25 | 77 | 68 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .397 | .453 | .559 | 1.012 | 217 | 38 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | OF | Edd Roush* | 23 | 39 | 71 | 69 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .200 | .217 | .417 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | C | Brad Kocher | 28 | 34 | 67 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .108 | .134 | .138 | .273 | -14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | SS | Mickey Doolan | 36 | 18 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .235 | .264 | .392 | .656 | 105 | 20 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 18 | CI | Herb Hunter* | 20 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | C | Red Dooin | 37 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | -26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | 3B | Fred Brainard | 24 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Lew Wendell | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Red Killefer | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 528 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Heinie Stafford | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | Jose Rodriguez | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 25 | C | Duke Kelleher? | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | P | Jeff Tesreau | 28 | 41 | 98 | 94 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .191 | .200 | .266 | .466 | 46 | 25 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 27 | P | Pol Perritt | 24 | 40 | 92 | 83 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .084 | .126 | .120 | .247 | -22 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 28 | P | Rube Benton* | 26 | 38 | 84 | 78 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .090 | .113 | .115 | .228 | -28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 29 | P | Fred Anderson | 30 | 38 | 64 | 58 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .138 | .167 | .207 | .374 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 30 | P | Ferdie Schupp | 25 | 30 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .098 | .119 | .098 | .217 | -32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | P | Slim Sallee | 31 | 15 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .257 | .297 | .286 | .583 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 32 | P | Christy Mathewson | 35 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .190 | .000 | .190 | -38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 33 | P | Sailor Stroud | 31 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | -35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 34 | P | Rube Schauer | 25 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | P | Emilio Palmero* | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | P | George Smith | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 37 | P | Hank Ritter | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.6 | 155 | 5686 | 5152 | 597 | 1305 | 188 | 74 | 42 | 500 | 206 | 93 | 356 | 558 | .253 | .307 | .343 | .650 | 104 | 1767 | 0 | 44 | 134 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Jeff Tesreau | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.92 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 268.1 | 249 | 103 | 87 | 9 | 65 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1090 | 83 | 1.170 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 1.74 | |
| 2 | SP | Pol Perritt | 24 | 18 | 11 | .621 | 2.62 | 40 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 251.0 | 243 | 82 | 73 | 11 | 56 | 115 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1030 | 93 | 1.191 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 2.05 | |
| 3 | SP | Rube Benton* | 26 | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.87 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 238.2 | 210 | 84 | 76 | 5 | 58 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 960 | 85 | 1.123 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 1.98 | |
| 4 | SP | Fred Anderson | 30 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.40 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 188.0 | 206 | 99 | 71 | 7 | 38 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 806 | 71 | 1.298 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 2.58 | |
| 5 | SP | Slim Sallee* | 31 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 111.2 | 96 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 426 | 177 | 0.949 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.50 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Ferdie Schupp* | 25 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 0.90 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 140.1 | 79 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 525 | 271 | 0.827 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 2.32 | |
| 7 | RP | Christy Mathewson | 35 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 65.2 | 59 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 104 | 1.005 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.29 | |
| 8 | RP | Sailor Stroud | 31 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.2 | 47 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 90 | 1.200 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 1.78 | |
| 9 | RP | Rube Schauer | 25 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.96 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.2 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 82 | 1.314 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.50 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | George Smith | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.61 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 93 | 0.968 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.50 | ||
| 11 | Emilio Palmero* | 21 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.04 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 30 | 1.596 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1.00 | ||
| 12 | Hank Ritter | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.600 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.3 | 86 | 66 | .566 | 2.60 | 155 | 155 | 67 | 88 | 22 | 12 | 1397.1 | 1267 | 503 | 404 | 41 | 310 | 638 | 39 | 2 | 38 | 5651 | 93 | 1.129 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 2.06 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4828 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Anderson | 30 | 38 | 40 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.05 | P | ||||
| Rube Benton | 26 | 38 | 63 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.66 | P | ||||
| Fred Brainard | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 2.50 | 3B | ||||
| George Burns | 26 | 155 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 320 | 289 | 19 | 12 | 3 | .963 | 1.99 | OF | |
| Red Dooin | 37 | 15 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 2.33 | 1 | C | |||
| Mickey Doolan | 36 | 18 | 81 | 32 | 46 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 4.33 | SS-2B | ||||
| Larry Doyle | 29 | 113 | 648 | 270 | 352 | 26 | 53 | .960 | 5.50 | 2B | ||||
| Art Fletcher | 31 | 133 | 798 | 253 | 497 | 48 | 56 | .940 | 5.64 | SS | ||||
| Buck Herzog | 30 | 80 | 395 | 140 | 238 | 17 | 28 | .957 | 4.73 | 2B-3B-SS | ||||
| Walter Holke | 23 | 34 | 345 | 331 | 13 | 1 | 15 | .997 | 10.12 | 1B | ||||
| Herb Hunter | 20 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.25 | 3B-1B | ||||
| Benny Kauff | 26 | 154 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 365 | 329 | 22 | 14 | 6 | .962 | 2.28 | OF | |
| Duke Kelleher | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | C | ||||
| George Kelly | 20 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 111 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .982 | 4.19 | 1B-OF-3B | |
| Brad Kocher | 28 | 30 | 92 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 3.00 | 4 | C | |||
| Hans Lobert | 34 | 20 | 51 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 2.45 | 3B | ||||
| Christy Mathewson | 35 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.50 | P | ||||
| Lew McCarty | 27 | 24 | 139 | 112 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 5.75 | 0 | C | |||
| Bill McKechnie | 29 | 71 | 217 | 70 | 134 | 13 | 8 | .940 | 2.87 | 3B | ||||
| Fred Merkle | 27 | 112 | 1261 | 1183 | 58 | 20 | 61 | .984 | 11.08 | 1B | ||||
| Emilio Palmero | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.75 | P | ||||
| Pol Perritt | 24 | 40 | 71 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 2 | .944 | 1.68 | P | ||||
| Bill Rariden | 28 | 119 | 741 | 576 | 144 | 21 | 10 | .972 | 6.05 | 12 | C | |||
| Hank Ritter | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||
| Dave Robertson | 26 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 276 | 248 | 17 | 11 | 5 | .960 | 1.84 | OF | |
| Edd Roush | 23 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.33 | OF | |
| Slim Sallee | 31 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.33 | P | ||||
| Rube Schauer | 25 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 0.63 | P | ||||
| Ferdie Schupp | 25 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 0.83 | P | ||||
| George Smith | 24 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Sailor Stroud | 31 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.20 | P | ||||
| Jeff Tesreau | 28 | 40 | 80 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 1.98 | P | ||||
| Heinie Zimmerman | 29 | 41 | 123 | 39 | 77 | 7 | 5 | .943 | 2.83 | 3B-2B | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.6 | 155 | 6432 | 4184 | 2031 | 217 | 278 | .966 | 3.95 | 17 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |