1917 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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

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

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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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		1				5	3	1	1	1	1	1	5	2		4496
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

* - 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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