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1917 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918)
98-56, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 635 runs, Allowed 457 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-54
Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 500,264 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 93
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Chicago White Sox

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1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics

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 Bill Rariden 29 101 314 266 20 72 10 1 0 25 3 42 17 .271 .372 .316 .688 115 84 1 5
2 1B Walter Holke# 24 153 583 527 55 146 12 7 2 55 13 34 54 .277 .327 .338 .665 107 178 5 17
3 2B Buck Herzog 31 114 477 417 69 98 10 8 2 31 12 31 36 .235 .308 .312 .620 93 130 13 16
4 SS Art Fletcher 32 151 608 557 70 145 24 5 4 56 12 23 28 .260 .312 .343 .655 103 191 19 9
5 3B Heinie Zimmerman 30 150 620 585 61 174 22 9 5 102 13 16 43 .297 .317 .391 .709 120 229 1 18
6 OF Benny Kauff* 27 153 644 559 89 172 22 4 5 68 30 59 54 .308 .379 .388 .767 138 217 5 21
7 OF Dave Robertson* 27 142 560 532 64 138 16 9 12 54 17 10 47 .259 .276 .391 .667 106 208 2 16
8 OF George Burns 27 152 678 597 103 180 25 13 5 45 40 75 55 .302 .380 .412 .792 146 246 1 5
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 C Lew McCarty 28 56 181 162 15 40 3 2 2 19 1 14 6 .247 .311 .327 .638 98 53 1 4
10 2B Jimmy Smith# 22 36 109 96 12 22 5 1 0 9 6 9 18 .229 .295 .302 .597 86 29 0 4
11 C George Gibson 36 35 91 82 1 14 3 0 0 5 1 7 2 .171 .236 .207 .443 38 17 0 2
12 2B Pete Kilduff 24 31 85 78 12 16 3 0 1 12 2 4 11 .205 .253 .282 .535 66 22 1 2
13 OF Jim Thorpe 30 26 68 57 12 11 3 2 0 4 1 8 10 .193 .303 .316 .619 92 18 1 2
14 3B Hans Lobert 35 50 59 52 4 10 1 0 1 5 2 5 5 .192 .276 .269 .545 70 14 1 1
15 OF Joe Wilhoit* 31 34 59 50 9 17 2 2 0 8 0 8 5 .340 .431 .460 .891 177 23 0 1
16 OF Ross Youngs* 20 7 29 26 5 9 2 3 0 1 1 1 5 .346 .370 .654 1.024 215 17 0 2
17 UT Red Murray 33 22 27 22 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 3 .045 .192 .091 .283 -11 2 0 1
18 3B Ed Hemingway# 24 7 27 25 3 8 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 .320 .370 .440 .810 151 11 0 0
19 MI Al Baird 22 10 26 24 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 .292 .346 .292 .638 99 7 0 0
20 1B Jose Rodriguez 23 7 22 20 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 78 6 0 0
21 C Ernie Krueger 26 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 C Jack Onslow 28 9 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .375 .708 120 3 1 0
23 UT George Kelly 21 11 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
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
24 P Ferdie Schupp 26 36 102 93 6 15 2 1 0 4 0 8 35 .161 .228 .204 .432 35 19 0 1
25 P Slim Sallee 32 34 85 77 7 17 0 0 0 11 0 2 12 .221 .241 .221 .461 44 17 0 6
26 P Rube Benton* 27 35 79 72 1 12 1 1 0 2 0 2 18 .167 .189 .208 .398 23 15 0 5
27 P Pol Perritt 25 35 72 70 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 20 .157 .157 .171 .329 2 12 0 2
28 P Jeff Tesreau 29 33 65 61 4 14 0 1 0 5 1 1 9 .230 .242 .262 .504 57 16 0 3
29 P Fred Anderson 31 38 50 42 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 14 .071 .133 .071 .205 -36 3 0 5
30 P Al Demaree* 32 15 22 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 .111 .158 .111 .269 -16 2 0 3
31 P George Smith 25 14 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Jim Middleton 28 13 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Ad Swigler 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 158 5787 5211 635 1360 170 71 39 537 162 373 533 .261 .317 .343 .660 105 1789 52 151
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 1 2 4 5 1 1 5 5 2 1 2 2 2
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Fred Anderson 31 50 44 0 0.0 76 .107 .071 .253 .133 .310 .071 .334 .205 .644 -36 .000 -6.6 -0.8 .154 .071 .000 1
Al Baird 22 26 17 2 3.2 76 .318 .292 .253 .346 .310 .292 .334 .638 .644 99 .476 0.0 0.0 .647 .167 .000 .0 /46
*Rube Benton 27 79 65 3 1.2 76 .222 .167 .253 .189 .310 .208 .334 .398 .644 23 .141 -6.7 -0.8 .283 .069 .042 1
George Burns 27 678 422 93 6.0 76 .326 .302 .253 .380 .310 .412 .334 .792 .644 146 .742 34.8 4.0 .868 .303 .111 8.9 *O
*Al Demaree 32 22 19 0 0.0 76 .167 .111 .253 .158 .310 .111 .334 .269 .644 -16 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .250 .111 .000 .0 1
Art Fletcher 32 608 421 55 3.5 76 .269 .260 .253 .312 .310 .343 .334 .655 .644 103 .524 2.4 0.3 .595 .145 .083 6.0 *6
George Gibson 36 91 70 4 1.6 76 .175 .171 .253 .236 .310 .207 .334 .443 .644 38 .196 -5.7 -0.7 .368 .134 .037 .0 2
#Ed Hemingway 24 27 17 4 6.4 76 .333 .320 .253 .370 .310 .440 .334 .810 .644 151 .764 1.4 0.2 .882 .280 .120 .0 /5
Buck Herzog 31 477 335 37 3.0 76 .253 .235 .253 .308 .310 .312 .334 .620 .644 93 .448 -3.1 -0.4 .583 .180 .077 3.4 *4
#Walter Holke 24 583 398 57 3.9 76 .306 .277 .253 .327 .310 .338 .334 .665 .644 107 .566 3.8 0.4 .604 .150 .061 3.5 *3
*Benny Kauff 27 644 408 81 5.4 76 .334 .308 .253 .379 .310 .388 .334 .767 .644 138 .703 28.0 3.2 .804 .240 .081 8.6 *O
George Kelly 21 7 7 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /O341
Pete Kilduff 24 85 64 5 2.1 76 .227 .205 .253 .253 .310 .282 .334 .535 .644 66 .300 -3.1 -0.4 .468 .154 .077 1.3 4/65
Ernie Krueger 26 10 10 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /2
Hans Lobert 35 59 43 4 2.5 76 .196 .192 .253 .276 .310 .269 .334 .545 .644 70 .373 -1.7 -0.2 .524 .212 .077 1.3 5
Lew McCarty 28 181 126 16 3.4 76 .247 .247 .253 .311 .310 .327 .334 .638 .644 98 .511 -0.3 -0.0 .566 .173 .080 1.3 2
Jim Middleton 28 8 8 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 1
Red Murray 33 27 22 0 0.0 76 .053 .045 .253 .192 .310 .091 .334 .283 .644 -11 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .286 .227 .045 O/2
Jack Onslow 28 9 6 1 4.5 76 .286 .250 .253 .333 .310 .375 .334 .708 .644 120 .633 0.3 0.0 .667 .125 .125 /2
Pol Perritt 25 72 61 2 0.9 76 .220 .157 .253 .157 .310 .171 .334 .329 .644 2 .081 -8.1 -1.0 .203 .014 .014 1
Bill Rariden 29 314 199 31 4.2 76 .289 .271 .253 .372 .310 .316 .334 .688 .644 115 .603 7.6 0.9 .670 .214 .045 .0 2
*Dave Robertson 27 560 410 57 3.8 76 .266 .259 .253 .276 .310 .391 .334 .667 .644 106 .553 -0.1 -0.0 .602 .182 .132 14.1 *O
Jose Rodriguez 23 22 16 2 3.4 76 .211 .200 .253 .273 .310 .300 .334 .573 .644 78 .504 -0.6 -0.1 .625 .300 .100 .0 /3
Slim Sallee 32 85 66 4 1.6 76 .262 .221 .253 .241 .310 .221 .334 .461 .644 44 .213 -5.2 -0.6 .317 .026 .000 1
Ferdie Schupp 26 102 79 4 1.4 76 .259 .161 .253 .228 .310 .204 .334 .432 .644 35 .163 -7.1 -0.8 .346 .129 .043 1
George Smith 25 9 9 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 1
#Jimmy Smith 22 109 78 9 3.1 76 .282 .229 .253 .295 .310 .302 .334 .597 .644 86 .468 -1.3 -0.2 .595 .229 .073 .0 4/6
Ad Swigler 21 2 2 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .253 .000 .310 .000 .334 .000 .644 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jeff Tesreau 29 65 50 4 2.2 76 .269 .230 .253 .242 .310 .262 .334 .504 .644 57 .309 -3.4 -0.4 .383 .066 .033 .0 1
Jim Thorpe 30 68 48 5 2.8 76 .234 .193 .253 .303 .310 .316 .334 .619 .644 92 .422 -0.2 -0.0 .609 .281 .123 .0 O
*Joe Wilhoit 31 59 34 10 8.0 76 .378 .340 .253 .431 .310 .460 .334 .891 .644 177 .830 4.9 0.6 .939 .280 .120 O
*Ross Youngs 20 29 19 6 8.5 76 .429 .346 .253 .370 .310 .654 .334 1.024 .644 215 .847 3.0 0.3 1.118 .385 .308 .0 /O
Heinie Zimmerman 30 620 429 72 4.5 76 .315 .297 .253 .317 .310 .391 .334 .709 .644 120 .636 10.4 1.2 .630 .144 .094 7.2 *5/4
League Average 3.5 78 .276 .249 .257 .305 .314 .328 .339 .633 .653 94 .520 .582 .181 .079
Team Total 5787 4002 568 3.8 76 .285 .261 .253 .317 .310 .343 .334 .660 .644 105 .562 29.7 3.2 .617 .185 .082 62.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Fred Anderson 31 39 51 46 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 15 .109 .196 .109 .305 1 38 38
Al Baird 22 10 28 26 1 8 0 0 0 5 2 2 2 .308 .357 .308 .665 3 10 10
*Rube Benton 27 36 79 77 1 15 1 1 0 3 0 2 19 .195 .215 .234 .449 4 35 35
George Burns 27 158 746 653 139 220 31 16 6 61 49 92 57 .337 .420 .461 .881 126 152 152
*Al Demaree 32 40 69 63 3 9 0 0 0 5 1 6 24 .143 .217 .143 .360 2 39 39
Art Fletcher 32 157 653 602 93 174 29 6 5 75 14 28 29 .289 .345 .382 .727 74 151 151
George Gibson 36 36 95 87 1 16 3 0 0 6 1 8 2 .184 .253 .218 .471 5 35 35
#Ed Hemingway 24 7 29 27 4 9 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 .333 .379 .444 .824 5 7 7
Buck Herzog 31 118 502 449 92 118 12 10 2 41 14 37 37 .263 .341 .347 .688 50 114 114
#Walter Holke 24 159 620 573 74 177 15 8 2 74 16 41 56 .309 .361 .373 .735 77 153 153
*Benny Kauff 27 159 690 612 120 210 27 5 6 91 37 72 56 .343 .417 .433 .850 109 153 153
George Kelly 21 20 34 32 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 .094 .147 .219 .366 1 19 19
Pete Kilduff 24 90 323 300 44 84 14 6 1 34 15 19 31 .280 .331 .377 .708 36 87 87
Ernie Krueger 26 40 109 100 13 28 3 3 1 8 1 6 11 .280 .339 .400 .739 12 39 39
Hans Lobert 35 52 63 56 6 12 1 0 1 7 2 6 5 .214 .302 .286 .587 5 50 50
Lew McCarty 28 58 193 175 20 48 4 2 2 25 1 17 6 .274 .342 .354 .696 22 56 56
Jim Middleton 28 14 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Red Murray 33 23 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .000 .148 .000 .148 0 22 22
Jack Onslow 28 9 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 1 9 9
Pol Perritt 25 36 73 73 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 35 35
Bill Rariden 29 105 340 288 27 87 12 1 0 33 4 51 18 .302 .409 .351 .760 42 101 101
*Dave Robertson 27 147 589 575 85 166 19 11 14 72 20 12 49 .289 .306 .433 .739 76 142 142
Jose Rodriguez 23 7 24 22 3 5 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 .227 .292 .318 .610 2 7 7
Slim Sallee 32 35 84 82 9 20 0 0 0 14 0 2 12 .244 .262 .244 .506 5 34 34
Ferdie Schupp 26 37 110 100 9 19 3 1 0 6 0 10 36 .190 .264 .240 .504 6 36 36
George Smith 25 15 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14 14
#Jimmy Smith 22 37 114 103 16 26 6 1 0 12 7 11 19 .252 .325 .330 .655 11 36 36
Ad Swigler 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Jeff Tesreau 29 34 67 66 5 17 0 1 0 7 1 1 9 .258 .269 .288 .557 5 33 33
Jim Thorpe 30 107 352 333 56 89 6 12 5 55 15 17 47 .267 .307 .402 .709 40 103 103
*Joe Wilhoit 31 101 302 270 40 87 9 2 1 25 6 32 22 .322 .394 .381 .776 42 97 97
*Ross Youngs 20 7 30 29 7 11 2 4 0 1 1 1 5 .379 .400 .724 1.124 8 7 7
Heinie Zimmerman 30 156 658 638 82 211 27 11 6 138 16 19 45 .331 .351 .436 .787 98 150 150
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Fred Anderson 31 6 314 162 314 293 15 41 6 1 0 12 0 10 92 .140 .171 .167 .338 0 49 1 10
Al Baird 22 1 26 10 26 24 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 .292 .346 .292 .638 99 7 0 0
*Rube Benton 27 8 526 250 526 494 25 75 10 4 0 38 4 1 9 136 .152 .169 .188 .357 5 93 1 22
George Burns 27 7 3486 801 3486 3076 485 882 152 49 18 254 213 46 350 294 .287 .362 .386 .748 126 1186 13 47
*Al Demaree 32 6 399 181 399 367 24 46 3 1 0 13 3 21 126 .125 .173 .139 .312 -7 51 0 11
Art Fletcher 32 9 3985 1029 3985 3639 476 1009 146 56 18 459 131 18 139 237 .277 .323 .363 .686 103 1321 105 102
George Gibson 36 13 4188 1209 4188 3774 295 892 141 49 15 345 40 2 286 132 .236 .295 .312 .606 81 1176 26 102
#Ed Hemingway 24 2 33 10 33 30 3 8 1 1 0 1 3 3 2 .267 .333 .367 .700 117 11 0 0
Buck Herzog 31 10 4646 1159 4646 4038 567 1073 158 58 19 358 266 44 355 240 .266 .339 .348 .687 101 1404 93 160
#Walter Holke 24 3 710 189 710 644 71 187 16 9 2 68 23 40 70 .290 .338 .352 .690 115 227 6 20
*Benny Kauff 27 5 2538 602 2538 2176 376 697 111 43 34 322 201 26 287 224 .320 .405 .458 .863 156 996 22 53
George Kelly 21 3 155 85 155 144 8 20 2 2 1 7 1 1 8 45 .139 .184 .201 .386 20 29 0 3
Pete Kilduff 24 1 310 87 310 280 35 72 12 5 1 27 13 16 30 .257 .304 .346 .651 95 97 3 11
Ernie Krueger 26 3 136 54 136 126 13 27 3 2 1 6 1 1 5 18 .214 .261 .294 .555 67 37 3 2
Hans Lobert 35 14 5227 1317 5227 4563 640 1252 159 82 32 482 316 15 395 156 .274 .337 .366 .703 109 1671 38 231
Lew McCarty 28 5 1065 319 1065 966 78 258 35 13 3 92 13 4 58 78 .267 .313 .340 .653 97 328 7 34
Jim Middleton 28 1 8 13 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Red Murray 33 11 4786 1264 4786 4334 555 1170 168 96 37 579 321 8 299 194 .270 .323 .379 .702 108 1641 40 113
Jack Onslow 28 2 95 45 95 77 8 13 2 0 0 4 1 10 1 .169 .289 .195 .484 42 15 3 5
Pol Perritt 25 6 405 193 405 381 21 56 8 2 0 19 2 1 7 127 .147 .162 .178 .341 3 68 0 17
Bill Rariden 29 9 2748 800 2748 2375 232 569 91 20 6 221 40 303 217 .240 .329 .302 .631 84 718 12 58
*Dave Robertson 27 5 2041 518 2041 1921 249 547 63 30 29 214 70 27 56 182 .285 .309 .394 .703 117 757 11 53
Jose Rodriguez 23 2 22 8 22 20 2 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 78 6 0 0
Slim Sallee 32 10 825 366 825 749 47 124 9 2 2 38 1 34 152 .166 .204 .191 .395 18 143 2 40
Ferdie Schupp 26 5 159 102 159 149 8 22 3 2 0 4 0 9 59 .148 .196 .195 .391 22 29 0 1
George Smith 25 2 12 23 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
#Jimmy Smith 22 4 681 203 681 624 58 131 19 7 5 56 13 40 128 .210 .262 .287 .549 65 179 4 13
Ad Swigler 21 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Jeff Tesreau 29 6 586 236 586 552 38 117 11 8 2 45 2 1 17 77 .212 .236 .272 .507 51 150 0 17
Jim Thorpe 30 4 458 169 458 426 60 96 9 11 5 45 19 2 17 74 .225 .258 .333 .592 82 142 2 13
*Joe Wilhoit 31 2 708 213 708 629 73 158 20 6 3 56 23 53 66 .251 .310 .316 .627 97 199 1 25
*Ross Youngs 20 1 29 7 29 26 5 9 2 3 0 1 1 1 5 .346 .370 .654 1.024 215 17 0 2
Heinie Zimmerman 30 11 4762 1212 4762 4397 596 1327 236 89 53 682 153 33 208 351 .302 .338 .432 .770 125 1900 32 125
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics