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1928 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

93-61, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McGraw (93-61)
Scored 807 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 916,191 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98


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1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Shanty Hogan 22 131 470 411 48 137 25 2 10 71 0 42 25 .333 .406 .477 .883 130 196 8 9
2 1B Bill Terry* 29 149 649 568 100 185 36 11 17 101 7 64 36 .326 .394 .518 .912 136 294 0 17
3 2B Andy Cohen 23 129 548 504 64 138 24 7 9 59 3 31 17 .274 .318 .403 .721 87 203 2 11
4 SS Travis Jackson 24 150 626 537 73 145 35 6 14 77 8 56 46 .270 .339 .436 .775 101 234 0 33
5 3B Freddie Lindstrom 22 153 687 646 99 231 39 9 14 107 15 25 21 .358 .383 .511 .894 132 330 2 14
6 OF Mel Ott* 19 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 3 52 36 .322 .397 .524 .921 139 228 2 10
7 OF Jimmy Welsh* 25 124 526 476 77 146 22 5 9 54 4 29 30 .307 .357 .431 .787 105 205 8 13
8 OF Lefty O'Doul* 31 114 390 354 67 113 19 4 8 46 9 30 8 .319 .372 .463 .836 117 164 0 6
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 UT Andy Reese 24 109 432 406 61 125 18 4 6 44 7 13 24 .308 .331 .416 .747 94 169 1 12
10 OF Les Mann 35 82 224 193 29 51 7 1 2 25 2 18 9 .264 .330 .342 .672 76 66 1 12
11 OF Edd Roush* 35 46 180 163 20 41 5 3 2 13 1 14 8 .252 .315 .356 .670 75 58 1 2
12 C Bob O'Farrell 31 75 175 133 23 26 6 0 2 20 2 34 16 .195 .359 .286 .645 70 38 0 8
13 OF George Harper* 36 19 71 57 11 13 1 0 2 7 1 10 4 .228 .353 .351 .704 84 20 1 3
14 OF Art Jahn 32 10 32 29 7 8 1 0 1 7 0 2 5 .276 .323 .414 .736 91 12 0 1
15 C Jack Cummings 24 33 32 27 4 9 2 0 2 9 0 3 4 .333 .400 .630 1.030 165 17 0 2
16 1B Russ Wrightstone* 35 30 28 25 3 4 0 0 1 5 0 3 2 .160 .250 .280 .530 38 7 0 0
17 OF Pat Veltman 22 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 1.000 1.500 283 3 0 0
18 C Al Spohrer 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 Ray Foley* 22 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 41 0 0 0
20 Chick Fullis 24 11 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 41 0 0 0
21 C Bill Haeffner 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 OF Joe Price 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
23 P Larry Benton 30 42 123 112 12 16 2 1 0 8 0 5 17 .143 .179 .179 .358 -6 20 0 6
24 P Freddie Fitzsimmons 26 40 103 94 7 18 4 1 0 9 0 3 12 .191 .224 .255 .480 25 24 1 5
25 P Joe Genewich 31 26 67 64 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 1 6 .203 .215 .203 .419 10 13 0 2
26 P Carl Hubbell 25 20 50 47 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 11 .106 .143 .128 .271 -29 6 0 1
27 P Jim Faulkner# 28 38 43 39 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 .231 .268 .256 .525 38 10 0 2
28 P Vic Aldridge 34 22 42 40 7 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 .275 .275 .350 .625 62 14 0 2
29 P Bill Walker 24 22 24 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 2 0 2
30 P Virgil Barnes 31 10 22 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .091 .091 .091 .182 -52 2 0 0
31 P Dutch Henry* 26 17 20 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .158 .200 .158 .358 -5 3 0 0
32 P Jack Scott* 36 16 16 15 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .267 .313 .333 .646 69 5 0 0
33 P Tiny Chaplin 22 12 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Ben Cantwell 26 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 162 2 0 0
35 P Garland Buckeye# 30 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 283 2 0 0
36 P Leo Mangum 32 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 424 1 0 0
37 P Bill Clarkson 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Chet Nichols 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.8 155 6103 5459 807 1600 276 59 118 758 62 444 376 .293 .349 .430 .779 103 2348 27 173
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 2 2 2 6 1 6 1 6 6 2 3 1 2 1 5 1
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.

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 Larry Benton 30 25 9 .735 2.73 42 36 4 28 2 4 310.1 299 106 94 14 71 90 0 0 6 1263 144 1.192 8.7 0.4 2.1 2.6 1.27
2 SP Freddie Fitzsimmons 26 20 9 .690 3.68 40 32 7 16 1 1 261.1 264 119 107 13 65 67 4 0 6 1084 106 1.259 9.1 0.4 2.2 2.3 1.03
3 SP Joe Genewich 31 11 4 .733 3.18 26 18 4 10 2 3 158.1 136 62 56 10 54 37 1 0 2 655 123 1.200 7.7 0.6 3.1 2.1 0.69
4 SP Carl Hubbell* 25 10 6 .625 2.83 20 14 5 8 1 1 124.0 117 49 39 7 21 37 3 0 1 511 139 1.113 8.5 0.5 1.5 2.7 1.76
5 SP Vic Aldridge 34 4 7 .364 4.83 22 16 4 3 0 2 119.1 133 68 64 7 45 33 3 0 4 522 81 1.492 10.0 0.5 3.4 2.5 0.73
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
6 RP Jim Faulkner* 28 9 8 .529 3.53 38 8 17 3 0 2 117.1 131 61 46 5 41 32 3 0 1 516 111 1.466 10.0 0.4 3.1 2.5 0.78
7 RP Bill Walker* 24 3 6 .333 4.72 22 8 10 1 0 0 76.1 79 43 40 9 31 39 1 0 2 330 83 1.441 9.3 1.1 3.7 4.6 1.26
8 RP Dutch Henry* 26 3 6 .333 3.80 17 8 5 4 0 1 64.0 82 36 27 4 25 23 1 0 1 288 104 1.672 11.5 0.6 3.5 3.2 0.92
9 RP Jack Scott 36 4 1 .800 3.58 16 3 10 3 0 1 50.1 59 22 20 3 11 17 2 0 1 217 110 1.391 10.5 0.5 2.0 3.0 1.55
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 Virgil Barnes 31 3 3 .500 5.04 10 9 0 3 1 0 55.1 71 32 31 3 18 11 0 0 1 245 78 1.608 11.5 0.5 2.9 1.8 0.61
11 Tiny Chaplin 22 0 2 .000 4.50 12 1 4 0 0 0 24.0 27 15 12 0 8 5 0 0 0 106 88 1.458 10.1 0.0 3.0 1.9 0.63
12 Ben Cantwell 26 1 0 1.000 4.42 7 1 3 0 0 1 18.1 20 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0 79 90 1.309 9.8 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.00
13 Bill Clarkson 29 0 0 7.94 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 25 53 1.941 15.9 0.0 1.6 4.8 3.00
14 Garland Buckeye* 30 0 0 14.73 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 9 6 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 24 29 3.000 22.1 2.5 4.9 7.4 1.50
15 Leo Mangum 32 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 20 29 3.667 18.0 0.0 15.0 3.0 0.20
16 Chet Nichols 30 0 0 23.63 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 11 13 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 24 19 5.250 37.1 0.0 10.1 3.4 0.33
Team Totals 28.6 93 61 .604 3.67 155 155 76 79 7 16 1394.0 1454 653 568 77 405 399 20 0 25 5909 107 1.334 9.4 0.5 2.6 2.6 0.99
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 4 3 5 2 3 4 4 4 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Vic Aldridge 34 22 17 3 28 4 24 0 2 1.000 1.27 P
Virgil Barnes 31 10 9 3 14 0 12 2 1 .857 1.20 P
Larry Benton 30 42 36 28 85 15 69 1 5 .988 2.00 P
Garland Buckeye 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Ben Cantwell 26 7 1 0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.29 P
Tiny Chaplin 22 12 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.42 P
Bill Clarkson 29 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Andy Cohen 23 129 127 125 781 310 446 25 91 .968 5.82 2B-SS-3B
Jack Cummings 24 4 1 0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.25 0 0 0 C
Jim Faulkner 28 38 8 3 35 3 31 1 3 .971 0.89 P
Freddie Fitzsimmons 26 40 31 16 86 23 63 0 4 1.000 2.15 P
Joe Genewich 31 26 18 10 47 5 41 1 2 .979 1.77 P
Bill Haeffner 33 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 0 0 0 C
George Harper 36 18 16 14 46 40 4 2 1 .957 2.44 OF
Dutch Henry 26 17 8 4 22 4 17 1 5 .955 1.24 P
Shanty Hogan 22 124 119 84 456 389 57 10 11 .978 3.60 3 39 24 38% C
Carl Hubbell 25 20 14 8 51 6 40 5 2 .902 2.30 P
Travis Jackson 24 149 149 146 946 354 547 45 112 .952 6.05 SS
Art Jahn 32 8 7 6 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.63 OF
Freddie Lindstrom 22 153 153 147 506 145 340 21 34 .958 3.17 3B
Leo Mangum 32 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 P
Les Mann 35 69 56 34 105 97 3 5 1 .952 1.47 OF
Chet Nichols 30 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Lefty O'Doul 31 94 83 77 159 149 4 6 0 .962 1.63 OF
Bob O'Farrell 31 63 35 30 167 138 27 2 1 .988 2.62 1 15 11 42% C
Mel Ott 19 120 107 96 265 228 29 8 8 .970 2.12 OF-2B-3B
Joe Price 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Andy Reese 24 104 93 80 384 232 136 16 21 .958 3.41 OF-2B-1B-3B-SS
Edd Roush 35 39 36 34 112 100 7 5 0 .955 2.74 OF
Jack Scott 36 16 3 3 15 3 11 1 2 .933 0.88 P
Al Spohrer 25 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Bill Terry 29 149 149 146 1674 1584 78 12 148 .993 11.15 1B
Pat Veltman 22 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Bill Walker 24 22 8 1 18 0 17 1 0 .944 0.77 P
Jimmy Welsh 25 117 108 100 324 310 8 6 3 .981 2.72 OF
Russ Wrightstone 35 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1B
Team Totals 26.1 155 1395 1199 6386 4180 2028 178 458 .972 3.80 4 54 35 39%
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 4
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Vic Aldridge 34 42 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Virgil Barnes 31 22 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Larry Benton 30 123 -18 1 0 0 0 9 4 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Garland Buckeye# 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Ben Cantwell 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Tiny Chaplin 22 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Andy Cohen 23 548 -12 0 0 0 12 4 16 20 2.0 8 0.8 1.2 $7,500 Purchased *4/65
Jack Cummings 24 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ /2
Jim Faulkner# 28 43 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Freddie Fitzsimmons 26 103 -11 0 0 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ray Foley* 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Chick Fullis 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
Joe Genewich 31 67 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bill Haeffner 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
George Harper* 36 71 -1 0 0 0 2 -1 2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ Traded O9
Dutch Henry* 26 20 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Shanty Hogan 22 470 18 -4 0 0 1 4 14 33 3.3 32 3.2 0.1 $ Traded *2
Carl Hubbell 25 50 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Travis Jackson 24 626 -3 0 0 0 25 10 18 50 5.0 25 2.5 2.5 $ Purchased *6
Art Jahn 32 32 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O78
Freddie Lindstrom 22 687 26 1 0 0 11 5 19 62 6.2 51 5.1 1.1 $ Purchased *5
Leo Mangum 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Les Mann 35 224 -7 0 0 0 -5 -3 6 -9 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $ Waivers O98/7
Lefty O'Doul* 31 390 8 2 0 0 -4 -4 12 14 1.4 18 1.8 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft 7O
Bob O'Farrell 31 175 -5 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 2
Mel Ott* 19 499 23 -2 0 0 4 -5 15 35 3.5 31 3.1 0.4 $ Free Agency *O9/4758
Joe Price 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /8O
Andy Reese 24 432 -6 1 0 0 2 -2 13 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ O74/35698
Edd Roush* 35 180 -6 0 0 0 0 -1 5 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $23,333 Traded 8O
Jack Scott* 36 16 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Al Spohrer 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Bill Terry* 29 649 28 1 0 0 -2 -7 18 38 3.8 40 4.0 -0.2 $ Purchased *3
Pat Veltman 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /8O
Bill Walker 24 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Jimmy Welsh* 25 526 2 1 0 0 4 -3 15 19 1.9 15 1.5 0.4 $ Traded *O8/79
Russ Wrightstone* 35 28 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /3
Team Total 25.8 6103 -3 2 0 0 50 37 176 262 26.2 212 21.2 5.0 $30,833
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Vic Aldridge 34 119.1 17 68 71 3 1.0 3 -0.2 $ Traded
Virgil Barnes 31 55.1 9 32 33 1 1.0 1 -0.1 $
Larry Benton 30 310.1 35 106 184 8 1.0 78 6.9 $ Traded
Garland Buckeye* 30 3.2 0 6 2 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Free Agency
Ben Cantwell 26 18.1 1 10 11 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
Tiny Chaplin 22 24.0 1 15 14 1 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
Bill Clarkson 29 5.2 0 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Jim Faulkner* 28 117.1 8 61 70 3 1.0 9 0.4 $
Freddie Fitzsimmons 26 261.1 32 119 155 7 1.0 36 2.7 $ Traded
Joe Genewich 31 158.1 18 62 94 4 1.0 32 2.7 $ Traded
Dutch Henry* 26 64.0 8 36 38 2 1.0 2 0.0 $
Carl Hubbell* 25 124.0 14 49 74 3 1.0 25 2.1 $ Purchased
Leo Mangum 32 3.0 1 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Chet Nichols 30 2.2 0 13 2 0 1.0 -11 -1.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Jack Scott 36 50.1 3 22 30 1 1.0 8 0.6 $ Free Agency
Bill Walker* 24 76.1 8 43 45 2 1.0 2 -0.1 $
Team Total 28.6 1394.0 155 653 828 35 1.0 175 12.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics