1916 New York Giants Statistics

1915 Season 1917 Season

Record: 86-66-3, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John McGraw (86-66-3)

Ballpark: Polo Grounds V

Attendance: 552,056 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 88-64, 597 Runs, 504 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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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	Bill Rariden	28	120	416	351	23	78	9	3	1	29	4		55	32	.222	.333	.274	.606	92	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	489	441	55	118	24	10	2	47	17		27	23	.268	.316	.381	.697	119	168		4	16
4	SS	Art Fletcher	31	133	542	500	53	143	23	8	3	66	15		13	36	.286	.323	.382	.705	122	191		14	15
5	3B	Bill McKechnie#	29	71	273	260	22	64	9	1	0	17	7		7	20	.246	.269	.288	.557	76	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	138	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	136	250		3	16
8	OF	George Burns	26	155	697	623	105	174	24	8	5	41	37	26	63	47	.279	.346	.368	.714	125	229		1	9
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	IF	Buck Herzog	30	77	320	280	40	73	10	4	0	25	19	16	22	24	.261	.326	.325	.651	105	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	90	45		0	3
11	1B	Walter Holke#	23	34	121	111	16	39	4	2	0	13	10		6	16	.351	.390	.423	.813	156	47		1	3
12	3B	Hans Lobert	34	48	85	76	6	17	3	2	0	11	2		5	8	.224	.272	.316	.587	85	24		0	4
13	UT	George Kelly	20	49	84	76	4	12	2	1	0	3	1		6	24	.158	.220	.211	.430	36	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	218	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 Doolin	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	90	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	531	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		José Rodríguez	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	-31	4		0	0
31	P	Slim Sallee	31	15	38	35	1	9	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.257	.297	.286	.583	84	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	Ralph 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	74	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
		Team Totals	27.7	155	5690	5152	597	1305	188	74	42	500	206	93	356	558	.253	.307	.343	.650	105	1767		44	134
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	1	3	4	4	2		1		6	2	3	3	2	3		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.7	155	5217	4718	569	1249	179	71	41	481	204	93	339	444	.265	.320	.359	.679	114	1693		43	113
		Pitcher Totals	27.4	155	473	434	28	56	9	3	1	19	2		17	114	.129	.164	.171	.334	5	74		1	21
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	Jeff Tesreau	28	18	14	.563	2.92	40	32	4	23	5	2	268.1	249	103	87	9	65		113	6	2	9	1090	83	2.70	1.170	8.4	0.3	2.2	3.8	1.74
2	SP	Pol Perritt	24	18	11	.621	2.62	40	29	7	17	5	2	251.0	243	82	73	11	56		115	7	0	3	1030	93	2.72	1.191	8.7	0.4	2.0	4.1	2.05
3	SP	Rube Benton*	26	16	8	.667	2.87	38	29	6	15	3	2	238.2	210	84	76	5	58		115	10	0	5	960	85	2.48	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	72	2.44	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	178	2.19	0.949	7.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	3.50
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
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	272	2.08	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	105	2.74	1.005	8.1	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.29
8	RP	Ralph Stroud	31	1	2	.333	2.70	10	4	3	0	0	1	46.2	47	18	14	1	9		16	1	0	2	194	91	2.55	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	83	2.45	1.314	8.7	0.0	3.2	4.7	1.50
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
10		George Smith	24	1	0	1.000	2.61	9	1	6	0	0	0	20.2	14	8	6	0	6		9	1	0	3	82	96	2.46	0.968	6.1	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
11		Emilio Palmero*	21	0	3	.000	8.04	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	17	14	14	2	8		8	1	0	1	71	31	4.68	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		1.72	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	94	2.53	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		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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