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1919 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1918 / 1920

87-53, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (87-53)
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 470 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-54

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 708,857 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97


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1918 / 1920 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
Al Baird 24 R R 5' 9" 160 Jun 2, 1895 2 38 18 38 37 0 0 0 24 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Jesse Barnes 26 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 26, 1892 5 46 34 46 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 3.5
Virgil Barnes 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 5, 1897 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Rube Benton 29 R L 6' 1" 190 Jun 27, 1890 10 35 28 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Chick Bowen 21 R R 5' 7" 165 Jul 26, 1897 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0.0
George Burns 29 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 24, 1889 9 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 2 139 0 0 6.2
Red Causey 25 R R 6' 1" 160 Aug 11, 1893 2 21 16 21 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.3
Hal Chase 36 R L 6' 0" 175 Feb 13, 1883 15 110 107 110 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.9
Jimmy Cooney 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Aug 24, 1894 2 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Phil Douglas 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 17, 1890 6 8 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Larry Doyle 32 L R 5' 10" 165 Jul 31, 1886 13 113 99 113 99 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4.3
Jean Dubuc 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 15, 1888 9 37 5 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4
Art Fletcher 34 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 5, 1885 11 127 126 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7
Frankie Frisch HOF 20 B R 5' 11" 165 Sep 9, 1898 1st 54 46 54 50 0 0 0 28 20 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.1
Mike Gonzalez 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 24, 1890 7 58 49 58 55 0 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Bill Hubbell 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 17, 1897 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Johnny Jones 26 R R 6' 1" 151 Aug 25, 1892 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Benny Kauff 29 L L 5' 8" 157 Jan 5, 1890 7 135 134 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 1 0 3.6
High Pockets Kelly HOF 23 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 10, 1895 4 32 31 32 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Lee King 26 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 26, 1892 4 22 1 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 11 8 -0.4
Bob Kinsella 20 L R 5' 9" 165 Jan 5, 1899 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 -0.1
Lew McCarty 30 R R 5' 11" 192 Nov 17, 1888 7 85 56 85 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 1.3
Art Nehf 26 L L 5' 9" 176 Jul 31, 1892 5 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Joe Oeschger 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 24, 1892 6 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pol Perritt 27 R R 6' 2" 168 Aug 30, 1891 8 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Pat Ragan 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Nov 15, 1885 10 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Dave Robertson 29 L L 6' 0" 186 Sep 25, 1889 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rosy Ryan 21 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 15, 1898 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ferdie Schupp 28 R L 5' 10" 150 Jan 16, 1891 7 9 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Ed Sicking 22 R R 5' 9" 165 Mar 30, 1897 3 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Earl Smith 22 L R 5' 10" 180 Feb 14, 1897 1st 21 7 21 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2
George Smith 27 R R 6' 2" 163 May 31, 1892 4 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Colonel Snover 24 L L 6' 0" 200 May 16, 1895 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Frank Snyder 25 R R 6' 2" 185 May 27, 1894 8 32 30 32 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1
Jigger Statz 21 R R 5' 7" 150 Oct 20, 1897 1st 21 14 21 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 8 18 1 4 0.2
Bob Steele 25 B L 5' 10" 175 Mar 29, 1894 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jim Thorpe 32 R R 6' 1" 185 May 28, 1887 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0.0
Fred Toney 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 11, 1888 8 24 20 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4
Jesse Winters 25 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 22, 1893 1st 16 2 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Ross Youngs HOF 22 L R 5' 8" 162 Apr 10, 1897 3 130 129 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 130 1 0 4.7
Heinie Zimmerman 32 R R 5' 11" 176 Feb 9, 1887 13 123 123 123 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1918 / 1920 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers