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1917 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

98-56, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Scored 635 runs, Allowed 457 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-54

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Chicago White Sox

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1916 / 1918 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 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1885 6 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Al Baird 22 R R 5' 9" 160 Jun 2, 1895 1st 10 10 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Rube Benton 27 R L 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1890 8 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
George Burns 27 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 24, 1889 7 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 7.2 $
Al Demaree 32 L R 6' 0" 170 Sep 8, 1884 6 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Art Fletcher 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 5, 1885 9 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 6.6 $
George Gibson 36 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 22, 1880 13 35 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ed Hemingway 24 B R 5' 11" 165 May 8, 1893 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Buck Herzog 31 R R 5' 11" 160 Jul 9, 1885 10 114 114 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $10,000
Walter Holke 24 B L 6' 1" 185 Dec 25, 1892 3 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Benny Kauff 27 L L 5' 8" 157 Jan 5, 1890 5 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 150 0 153 5.6 $8,500
High Pockets Kelly HOF 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 10, 1895 3 11 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.1 $
Pete Kilduff 24 R R 5' 7" 155 Apr 4, 1893 1st 31 31 0 0 0 21 1 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ernie Krueger 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Dec 27, 1890 3 8 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hans Lobert 35 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 18, 1881 14 50 50 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lew McCarty 28 R R 5' 11" 192 Nov 17, 1888 5 56 56 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Jim Middleton 28 R R 5' 11" 165 May 28, 1889 1st 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Red Murray 33 R R 5' 10" 190 Mar 4, 1884 11 22 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 11 -0.3 $
Jack Onslow 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 13, 1888 2 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pol Perritt 25 R R 6' 2" 168 Aug 30, 1891 6 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $8,000
Bill Rariden 29 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 5, 1888 9 101 101 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Dave Robertson 27 L L 6' 0" 186 Sep 25, 1889 5 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 140 140 2.2 $
Jose Rodriguez 23 R R 5' 8" 150 Feb 23, 1894 2 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Slim Sallee 32 R L 6' 3" 180 Feb 3, 1885 10 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Ferdie Schupp 26 R L 5' 10" 150 Jan 16, 1891 5 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $
George Smith 25 R R 6' 2" 163 May 31, 1892 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jimmy Smith 22 B R 5' 9" 152 May 15, 1895 4 36 36 0 0 0 29 0 7 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Ad Swigler 21 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 21, 1895 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jeff Tesreau 29 R R 6' 2" 218 Mar 5, 1888 6 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jim Thorpe 30 R R 6' 1" 185 May 28, 1887 4 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 13 18 0.2 $
Joe Wilhoit 31 L R 6' 2" 175 Dec 20, 1885 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 11 0.7 $
Ross Youngs HOF 20 L R 5' 8" 162 Apr 10, 1897 1st 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 0.5 $
Heinie Zimmerman 30 R R 5' 11" 176 Feb 9, 1887 11 150 150 0 0 0 5 149 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $
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

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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