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1917 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ferdie Schupp* 26 21 7 .750 1.95 36 32 3 25 6 0 272.0 202 69 59 7 70 147 4 0 3 1067 130 1.000 6.7 0.2 2.3 4.9 2.10
2 SP Slim Sallee* 32 18 7 .720 2.17 34 24 9 18 1 4 215.2 199 70 52 4 34 54 1 1 0 861 117 1.080 8.3 0.2 1.4 2.3 1.59
3 SP Pol Perritt 25 17 7 .708 1.88 35 26 8 14 5 1 215.0 186 61 45 3 45 72 7 0 1 855 135 1.074 7.8 0.1 1.9 3.0 1.60
4 SP Rube Benton* 27 15 9 .625 2.72 35 25 8 14 3 3 215.0 190 78 65 5 41 70 7 0 3 865 93 1.074 8.0 0.2 1.7 2.9 1.71
5 SP Jeff Tesreau 29 13 8 .619 3.09 33 20 6 11 1 2 183.2 168 71 63 6 58 85 3 0 8 757 82 1.230 8.2 0.3 2.8 4.2 1.47
6 SP Al Demaree 32 4 5 .444 2.64 15 11 2 1 0 0 78.1 70 33 23 1 17 23 1 0 0 321 96 1.111 8.0 0.1 2.0 2.6 1.35
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Fred Anderson 31 8 8 .500 1.44 38 18 15 8 1 3 162.0 122 40 26 1 34 69 2 0 5 632 176 0.963 6.8 0.1 1.9 3.8 2.03
8 RP George Smith 25 0 3 .000 2.84 14 1 6 1 0 0 38.0 38 13 12 1 11 16 1 0 2 159 89 1.289 9.0 0.2 2.6 3.8 1.45
9 RP Jim Middleton 28 1 1 .500 2.75 13 0 8 0 0 1 36.0 35 18 11 1 8 9 1 0 2 154 92 1.194 8.8 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.13
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Ad Swigler 21 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 8 4 0 0 0 30 42 2.500 10.5 0.0 12.0 6.0 0.50
11 George Kelly 21 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
Team Totals 28.2 98 56 .636 2.27 158 158 66 92 17 14 1426.2 1221 457 360 29 327 551 27 1 24 5721 112 1.085 7.7 0.2 2.1 3.5 1.69
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 5
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Fred Anderson 31 38 47 0 46 1 0 .979 1.21 P
Al Baird 22 10 43 20 22 1 1 .977 4.20 2B-SS
Rube Benton 27 35 63 2 58 3 0 .952 1.71 P
George Burns 27 152 152 0 0 350 325 16 9 4 .974 2.24 OF
Al Demaree 32 15 25 1 24 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Art Fletcher 32 151 880 276 565 39 71 .956 5.57 SS
George Gibson 36 35 145 116 27 2 4 .986 4.09 1 C
Ed Hemingway 24 7 24 8 15 1 2 .958 3.29 3B
Buck Herzog 31 113 610 251 327 32 60 .948 5.12 2B
Walter Holke 24 153 1724 1635 70 19 104 .989 11.14 1B
Benny Kauff 27 153 3 150 0 378 357 12 9 4 .976 2.41 OF
George Kelly 21 7 3 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 0.86 OF-2B-1B-P
Pete Kilduff 24 27 103 39 58 6 12 .942 3.59 2B-SS-3B
Ernie Krueger 26 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 0 C
Hans Lobert 35 21 32 10 19 3 2 .906 1.38 3B
Lew McCarty 28 54 284 235 43 6 0 .979 5.15 1 C
Jim Middleton 28 13 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.15 P
Red Murray 33 12 4 4 3 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 OF-C
Jack Onslow 28 9 14 11 2 1 0 .929 1.44 0 C
Pol Perritt 25 35 76 11 63 2 4 .974 2.11 P
Bill Rariden 29 100 441 354 74 13 7 .971 4.28 5 C
Dave Robertson 27 140 0 1 140 295 266 12 17 1 .942 1.99 OF
Jose Rodriguez 23 7 46 45 1 0 2 1.000 6.57 1B
Slim Sallee 32 34 50 4 46 0 5 1.000 1.47 P
Ferdie Schupp 26 36 69 6 60 3 3 .957 1.83 P
George Smith 25 14 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 0.86 P
Jimmy Smith 22 36 140 53 83 4 5 .971 3.78 2B-SS
Ad Swigler 21 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Jeff Tesreau 29 33 71 6 60 5 2 .930 2.00 P
Jim Thorpe 30 18 6 1 13 33 31 0 2 0 .939 1.72 OF
Joe Wilhoit 31 11 0 2 10 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.45 OF
Ross Youngs 20 7 1 6 0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.57 OF
Heinie Zimmerman 30 154 535 154 352 29 24 .946 3.29 3B-2B
Team Totals 28.2 158 6567 4274 2085 208 319 .968 3.89 7
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 2 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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