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1918 New York Giants Batting Statistics
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71-53, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 480 runs, Allowed 415 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-54
Manager: John McGraw (71-53)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 256,618 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

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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 Lew McCarty 29 86 286 257 16 69 7 3 0 24 3 17 13 .268 .321 .319 .640 97 82 3 9
2 1B Walter Holke# 25 88 350 326 38 82 17 4 1 27 10 10 26 .252 .276 .337 .613 88 110 1 13
3 2B Larry Doyle* 31 75 298 257 38 67 7 4 3 36 10 37 10 .261 .354 .354 .708 118 91 0 4
4 SS Art Fletcher 33 124 513 468 51 123 20 2 0 47 12 18 26 .263 .311 .314 .625 92 147 15 12
5 3B Heinie Zimmerman 31 121 488 463 43 126 19 10 1 56 14 13 23 .272 .294 .363 .656 101 168 1 11
6 OF Ross Youngs* 21 121 532 474 70 143 16 8 1 25 10 44 49 .302 .368 .376 .744 129 178 6 8
7 OF Benny Kauff* 28 67 294 270 41 85 19 4 2 39 9 16 30 .315 .355 .437 .792 143 118 1 7
8 OF George Burns 28 119 522 465 80 135 22 6 4 51 40 43 37 .290 .354 .389 .743 128 181 3 11
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 Bill Rariden 30 69 207 183 15 41 5 1 0 17 1 15 15 .224 .283 .262 .545 68 48 0 9
10 OF Joe Wilhoit* 32 64 156 135 13 37 3 3 0 15 4 17 14 .274 .355 .341 .696 114 46 0 4
11 2B Jose Rodriguez 24 50 143 125 15 20 0 2 0 15 6 12 3 .160 .239 .192 .431 33 24 1 5
12 IF Ed Sicking 21 46 140 132 9 33 4 0 0 12 2 6 11 .250 .283 .280 .563 73 37 0 2
13 OF Jim Thorpe 31 58 119 113 15 28 4 4 1 11 3 4 18 .248 .286 .381 .666 104 43 2 0
14 OF Pete Compton* 28 21 66 60 5 13 0 1 0 5 2 5 4 .217 .277 .250 .527 62 15 0 1
15 1B Jay Kirke* 30 17 59 56 1 14 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 .250 .263 .268 .531 63 15 0 2
16 2B Bert Niehoff 34 7 23 23 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .261 .261 .261 .522 61 6 0 0
17 C George Gibson 37 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 357 2 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
18 P Pol Perritt 26 36 88 80 6 14 2 0 0 2 0 3 19 .175 .205 .200 .405 25 16 0 5
19 P Al Demaree* 33 26 52 47 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 11 .128 .146 .128 .273 -16 6 0 4
20 P Red Causey 24 29 49 48 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 .125 .125 .125 .250 -23 6 0 1
21 P Slim Sallee 33 18 48 41 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 .122 .182 .122 .304 -6 5 0 4
22 P Fred Toney 29 11 32 32 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 .188 .188 .219 .406 25 7 0 0
23 P Jeff Tesreau 30 12 25 22 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 .318 .348 .364 .711 119 8 0 2
24 P Bob Steele# 24 12 23 21 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 .286 .348 .381 .729 124 8 0 0
25 P Fred Anderson 32 18 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 3
26 P Jesse Barnes* 25 9 21 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 37 4 0 3
27 P Ferdie Schupp 27 10 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -4 1 0 0
28 P George Smith 26 5 9 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 54 2 0 1
29 P Rube Benton* 28 3 9 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .286 .619 91 2 0 0
30 P Waite Hoyt 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P George Ross* 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Jack Ogden 20 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 124 4589 4164 480 1081 150 53 13 400 130 271 365 .260 .310 .330 .640 97 1376 33 121
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 3 4 6 6 3 7 4 3 4 3 3 4
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 32 22 22 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .259 .000 .316 .000 .334 .000 .651 -100 .000 -4.5 -0.5 .000 .000 .000 1
*Jesse Barnes 25 21 17 1 1.6 78 .235 .222 .259 .222 .316 .222 .334 .444 .651 37 .196 -1.4 -0.2 .286 .000 .000 /1
*Rube Benton 28 9 6 1 4.5 78 .167 .143 .259 .333 .316 .286 .334 .619 .651 91 .621 0.1 0.0 .667 .429 .143 /1
George Burns 28 522 341 63 5.0 78 .309 .290 .259 .354 .316 .389 .334 .743 .651 128 .665 16.6 1.9 .809 .277 .099 7.3 *O
Red Causey 24 49 43 1 0.6 78 .200 .125 .259 .125 .316 .125 .334 .250 .651 -23 .043 -7.1 -0.8 .143 .000 .000 1
*Pete Compton 28 66 48 4 2.3 78 .232 .217 .259 .277 .316 .250 .334 .527 .651 62 .317 -2.7 -0.3 .468 .150 .033 .0 O
*Al Demaree 33 52 45 1 0.6 78 .167 .128 .259 .146 .316 .128 .334 .273 .651 -16 .039 -6.5 -0.8 .195 .043 .000 .0 1
*Larry Doyle 31 298 194 32 4.5 78 .262 .261 .259 .354 .316 .354 .334 .708 .651 118 .618 6.8 0.8 .726 .276 .093 4.6 4
Art Fletcher 33 513 357 43 3.3 78 .278 .263 .259 .311 .316 .314 .334 .625 .651 92 .475 -3.6 -0.4 .557 .115 .051 .0 *6
George Gibson 37 2 1 1 27.1 78 .500 .500 .259 .500 .316 1.000 .334 1.500 .651 357 .978 0.6 0.1 2.000 .500 .500 /2
#Walter Holke 25 350 257 30 3.2 78 .271 .252 .259 .276 .316 .337 .334 .613 .651 88 .461 -5.6 -0.6 .537 .147 .086 1.8 *3
Waite Hoyt 18 1 1 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .259 .000 .316 .000 .334 .000 .650 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Benny Kauff 28 294 192 42 5.9 78 .349 .315 .259 .355 .316 .437 .334 .792 .651 143 .730 13.4 1.5 .778 .215 .122 3.3 O
*Jay Kirke 30 59 44 4 2.5 78 .264 .250 .259 .263 .316 .268 .334 .531 .651 63 .351 -2.6 -0.3 .381 .036 .018 3
Lew McCarty 29 286 197 26 3.6 78 .283 .268 .259 .321 .316 .319 .334 .640 .651 97 .517 -0.8 -0.1 .559 .128 .051 .0 2
Bert Niehoff 34 23 17 2 3.2 78 .316 .261 .259 .261 .316 .261 .334 .522 .651 61 .466 -1.2 -0.1 .353 .000 .000 /4
Jack Ogden 20 1 1 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .259 .000 .316 .000 .334 .000 .650 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Pol Perritt 26 88 71 3 1.1 78 .230 .175 .259 .205 .316 .200 .334 .405 .651 25 .117 -7.2 -0.8 .288 .063 .025 1
Bill Rariden 30 207 151 14 2.5 78 .244 .224 .259 .283 .316 .262 .334 .545 .651 68 .360 -6.7 -0.8 .451 .126 .038 .0 2
Jose Rodriguez 24 143 110 6 1.5 78 .164 .160 .259 .239 .316 .192 .334 .431 .651 33 .176 -9.9 -1.2 .410 .176 .032 .0 4/35
*George Ross 26 1 1 0 0.0 78 .000 .259 .000 .316 .000 .334 .000 .650 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Slim Sallee 33 48 40 1 0.7 78 .143 .122 .259 .182 .316 .122 .334 .304 .651 -6 .049 -5.1 -0.6 .222 .073 .000 1
Ferdie Schupp 27 10 8 0 0.0 78 .143 .111 .259 .200 .316 .111 .334 .311 .651 -4 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .250 .111 .000 1
Ed Sicking 21 140 101 10 2.7 78 .273 .250 .259 .283 .316 .280 .334 .563 .651 73 .388 -4.3 -0.5 .455 .091 .030 .0 54/6
George Smith 26 9 7 1 3.9 78 .333 .250 .259 .250 .316 .250 .334 .500 .651 54 .554 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .000 .000 /1
#Bob Steele 24 23 15 3 5.4 78 .316 .286 .259 .348 .316 .381 .334 .729 .651 124 .697 0.5 0.1 .800 .286 .095 .0 1
Jeff Tesreau 30 25 17 3 4.8 78 .368 .318 .259 .348 .316 .364 .334 .711 .651 119 .646 0.5 0.0 .667 .136 .045 .0 1
Jim Thorpe 31 119 85 12 3.8 78 .287 .248 .259 .286 .316 .381 .334 .666 .651 104 .548 -0.2 -0.0 .612 .195 .133 1.5 O
Fred Toney 29 32 26 1 1.0 78 .240 .188 .259 .188 .316 .219 .334 .406 .651 25 .101 -2.9 -0.3 .269 .031 .031 1
*Joe Wilhoit 32 156 102 16 4.2 78 .306 .274 .259 .355 .316 .341 .334 .696 .651 114 .596 2.8 0.3 .684 .222 .067 .0 O
*Ross Youngs 21 532 339 64 5.1 78 .335 .302 .259 .368 .316 .376 .334 .744 .651 129 .674 17.4 2.0 .719 .188 .074 1.8 *O/4
Heinie Zimmerman 31 488 348 49 3.8 78 .285 .272 .259 .294 .316 .363 .334 .656 .651 101 .547 -1.7 -0.2 .582 .149 .091 1.9 *53
League Average 3.6 80 .274 .253 .261 .309 .319 .327 .337 .636 .656 94 .517 .587 .178 .073
Team Total 4589 3204 434 3.7 78 .282 .260 .259 .310 .316 .330 .334 .640 .651 97 .529 -17.5 -2.2 .587 .167 .071 23.6
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 32 23 24 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18 18
*Jesse Barnes 25 11 23 23 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
*Rube Benton 28 4 14 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 .200 .429 .400 .829 1 3 3
George Burns 28 152 685 618 127 197 32 9 6 81 58 63 47 .319 .385 .429 .814 101 119 119
Red Causey 24 37 61 61 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 29 29
*Pete Compton 28 27 85 78 8 18 0 1 0 8 3 7 5 .231 .294 .256 .551 6 21 21
*Al Demaree 33 33 61 60 7 8 0 0 0 3 1 1 14 .133 .148 .133 .281 1 26 26
*Larry Doyle 31 96 394 340 60 98 10 6 4 57 15 54 13 .288 .386 .388 .774 51 75 75
Art Fletcher 33 158 666 618 81 178 29 3 0 75 17 26 33 .288 .339 .345 .684 68 124 124
George Gibson 37 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4 4
#Walter Holke 25 112 444 429 60 118 24 6 1 42 14 14 33 .275 .300 .366 .666 47 88 88
Waite Hoyt 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Benny Kauff 28 85 384 360 65 124 28 6 3 62 13 23 38 .344 .385 .481 .866 66 67 67
*Jay Kirke 30 22 75 74 2 20 1 0 0 5 0 1 4 .270 .280 .284 .564 6 17 17
Lew McCarty 29 110 369 340 25 100 10 4 0 38 4 25 17 .294 .350 .347 .697 41 86 86
Bert Niehoff 34 37 144 140 12 30 3 0 0 9 3 4 18 .214 .236 .236 .472 8 29 29
Jack Ogden 20 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Pol Perritt 26 46 108 104 9 20 3 0 0 3 0 4 24 .192 .222 .221 .443 5 36 36
Bill Rariden 30 88 263 241 24 60 7 1 0 27 1 22 19 .249 .312 .286 .598 22 69 69
Jose Rodriguez 24 64 181 163 24 29 0 3 0 24 9 17 4 .178 .260 .215 .474 9 50 50
*George Ross 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Slim Sallee 33 23 57 53 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 .132 .193 .132 .325 1 18 18
Ferdie Schupp 27 13 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 10 10
Ed Sicking 21 59 183 174 14 48 6 0 0 19 3 9 14 .276 .311 .310 .622 17 46 46
George Smith 26 29 61 55 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 6 23 .182 .262 .182 .444 3 23 23
#Bob Steele 24 28 52 48 6 11 0 3 0 3 4 4 6 .229 .288 .354 .643 5 22 22
Jeff Tesreau 30 15 29 28 3 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 .321 .345 .357 .702 4 12 12
Jim Thorpe 31 74 158 149 24 41 6 6 1 18 4 6 23 .275 .316 .416 .733 19 58 58
Fred Toney 29 41 94 94 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 32 32
*Joe Wilhoit 32 82 202 178 20 53 4 4 0 23 6 24 18 .298 .381 .365 .746 26 64 64
*Ross Youngs 21 154 704 631 111 209 23 12 1 40 15 64 63 .331 .401 .410 .811 102 121 121
Heinie Zimmerman 31 154 633 613 68 183 28 15 1 89 20 19 29 .299 .321 .398 .719 78 121 121
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 32 7 336 180 336 312 17 41 6 1 0 12 0 10 98 .131 .161 .157 .318 -6 49 1 13
*Jesse Barnes 25 4 199 104 199 184 7 40 3 1 0 10 0 7 17 .217 .250 .245 .495 55 45 1 7
*Rube Benton 28 9 535 253 535 501 26 76 11 4 0 38 4 1 11 137 .152 .172 .190 .361 7 95 1 22
George Burns 28 8 4008 920 4008 3541 565 1017 174 55 22 305 253 46 393 331 .287 .361 .386 .747 127 1367 16 58
Red Causey 24 1 49 29 49 48 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 .125 .125 .125 .250 -23 6 0 1
*Pete Compton 28 6 859 291 859 773 78 186 24 8 5 80 26 1 65 40 .241 .303 .312 .615 82 241 4 17
*Al Demaree 33 7 451 207 451 414 29 52 3 1 0 15 4 22 137 .126 .170 .138 .307 -8 57 0 15
*Larry Doyle 31 12 6432 1516 6432 5657 851 1643 264 111 63 691 275 18 547 229 .290 .358 .410 .768 127 2318 46 182
Art Fletcher 33 10 4498 1153 4498 4107 527 1132 166 58 18 506 143 18 157 263 .276 .321 .357 .679 102 1468 120 114
George Gibson 37 14 4190 1213 4190 3776 295 893 142 49 15 345 40 2 286 132 .236 .295 .312 .607 81 1178 26 102
#Walter Holke 25 4 1060 277 1060 970 109 269 33 13 3 95 33 50 96 .277 .317 .347 .665 106 337 7 33
Waite Hoyt 18 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Benny Kauff 28 6 2832 669 2832 2446 417 782 130 47 36 361 210 26 303 254 .320 .400 .455 .855 154 1114 23 60
*Jay Kirke 30 7 1226 320 1226 1148 122 346 49 13 7 148 21 16 35 112 .301 .328 .385 .713 104 442 10 33
Lew McCarty 29 6 1351 405 1351 1223 94 327 42 16 3 116 16 4 75 91 .267 .315 .335 .650 97 410 10 43
Bert Niehoff 34 6 2247 581 2247 2037 210 489 104 19 12 207 71 25 131 242 .240 .288 .327 .615 84 667 5 74
Jack Ogden 20 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Pol Perritt 26 7 493 229 493 461 27 70 10 2 0 21 2 1 10 146 .152 .170 .182 .352 7 84 0 22
Bill Rariden 30 10 2955 869 2955 2558 247 610 96 21 6 238 41 318 232 .238 .325 .299 .625 83 766 12 67
Jose Rodriguez 24 3 165 58 165 145 17 24 0 3 0 17 8 14 4 .166 .244 .207 .451 39 30 1 5
*George Ross 26 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Slim Sallee 33 11 873 384 873 790 49 129 9 2 2 41 1 37 158 .163 .203 .187 .390 16 148 2 44
Ferdie Schupp 27 6 169 112 169 158 9 23 3 2 0 4 0 10 61 .146 .196 .190 .386 20 30 0 1
Ed Sicking 21 2 141 47 141 133 9 33 4 0 0 12 2 6 11 .248 .281 .278 .559 72 37 0 2
George Smith 26 3 58 46 58 51 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .098 .148 .098 .246 -24 5 0 4
#Bob Steele 24 3 181 96 181 177 12 40 2 3 0 7 4 3 30 .226 .239 .271 .510 56 48 0 1
Jeff Tesreau 30 7 611 248 611 574 40 124 12 8 2 46 3 1 18 80 .216 .240 .275 .515 53 158 0 19
Jim Thorpe 31 5 577 227 577 539 75 124 13 15 6 56 22 2 21 92 .230 .264 .343 .607 87 185 4 13
Fred Toney 29 7 426 186 426 397 16 52 6 2 0 21 1 9 117 .131 .150 .156 .306 -6 62 0 20
*Joe Wilhoit 32 3 864 277 864 764 86 195 23 9 3 71 27 70 80 .255 .319 .321 .639 100 245 1 29
*Ross Youngs 21 2 561 128 561 500 75 152 18 11 1 26 11 45 54 .304 .368 .390 .758 133 195 6 10
Heinie Zimmerman 31 12 5250 1333 5250 4860 639 1453 255 99 54 738 167 33 221 374 .299 .334 .426 .759 123 2068 33 136
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

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