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1928 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929)
93-61, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 807 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Managed by John McGraw

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 916,191 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 101, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats / Schedule (1927/1929) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   93-61 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    2.0
Days in First:                  17 (last on May 10, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          33 (last on September 27)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  2.0 (last on May 4)
Farthest Behind Leader:        7.5 (last on July 26)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (September 10 to September 15)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (August 23 to August 31)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (August 24)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (April 30 and September 5)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          7

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        93  61     807     653    .604

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           51  26     411     315    .662
Road           42  35     396     338    .545

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   4      79      48    .636
May            16  11     135     112    .593
June           16  11     148     112    .593
July           15  14     121     140    .517
August         14  13     140     134    .519
September      25   8     184     107    .758

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     42  29     397     309    .592
Second Half    51  32     410     344    .614
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        32  22     212     202    .593

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        25  13     293     198    .658

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            13   9     101      75    .591
BSN            16   6     150      90    .727
CHC             8  14      89     103    .364
CIN            14   8     114      90    .636
PHI            17   5     139      81    .773
PIT            11  11     102     107    .500
STL            14   8     112     107    .636

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 11     NYG  BSN  W   5-2        1-0     1    Tied       L Benton                          +
  2 Fri, Apr 13     NYG  BSN  W   7-3        2-0     1    Tied       B Cantwell                        ++
  3 Sun, Apr 15     NYG  PHI  W   8-1        3-0     1  up 0.5       D Henry                           +++
  4 Mon, Apr 16     NYG  PHI  L   5-7        3-1     1  up 0.5       B McGraw                          -
  5 Wed, Apr 18     NYG  PHI  W   5-1        4-1     1  up 1.0       L Benton                          +
  6 Thu, Apr 19     NYG  BSN  L   8-9        4-2     1  up 0.5       E Brandt                          -
  7 Sat, Apr 21     NYG @BSN  W   8-3        5-2     1  up 0.5       V Barnes                          +
  8 Thu, Apr 26     NYG @PHI  L   4-5        5-3     1    Tied       A Walsh                           -
  9 Sun, Apr 29     NYG  BSN  L   3-5        5-4     2     1.5       J Genewich                        --
 10                 NYG  BSN  W  12-8        6-4     2     1.5       J Faulkner                        +
 11 Mon, Apr 30     NYG  BRO  W  14-4        7-4     2     0.5       D Henry                           ++
 12 Tue, May  1     NYG  BRO  W   4-2        8-4     1  up 0.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +++
 13 Wed, May  2     NYG  BRO  W   2-1        9-4     1  up 0.5       L Benton                          ++++
 14 Fri, May  4     NYG @CIN  W  11-7       10-4     1  up 2.0       J Faulkner                        +++++
 15 Sat, May  5     NYG @CIN  L   3-11      10-5     1  up 1.0       E Rixey                           -
 16 Sun, May  6     NYG @CIN  L   3-4       10-6     1    Tied       R Lucas                           --
 17 Mon, May  7     NYG @CIN  W   5-1       11-6     1  up 1.0       L Benton                          +
 18 Tue, May  8     NYG @PIT  L   5-6       11-7     1    Tied       B Grimes                          -
 19 Wed, May  9     NYG @PIT  W   6-0       12-7     1    Tied       V Barnes                          +
 20 Thu, May 10     NYG @PIT  W   5-4       13-7     1  up 1.0       F Fitzsimmon                      ++
 21 Sat, May 12     NYG @CHC  L   2-4       13-8     2     0.5       P Malone                          -
 22 Sun, May 13     NYG @CHC  L   5-6       13-9     3     1.5       S Blake                           --
 23 Mon, May 14     NYG @CHC  L   2-8       13-10    4     2.5       C Root                            ---
 24 Tue, May 15     NYG @CHC  L   7-10      13-11    4     2.5       P Jones                           ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 18     NYG @STL  W  10-6       14-11    4     3.0       L Benton                          +
 26 Sat, May 19     NYG @STL  W   4-3       15-11    3     3.0       D Henry                           ++
 27 Sun, May 20     NYG @STL  W   5-3       16-11    3     2.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +++
 28                 NYG @STL  L   1-2       16-12    3     2.5       S Johnson                         -
 29 Tue, May 22     NYG @BRO  W   9-5       17-12    4     1.5       J Faulkner                        +
 30 Wed, May 23     NYG @BRO  L   3-4       17-13    4     2.0       D McWeeny                         -
 31                 NYG @BRO  W   4-0       18-13    4     2.0       L Benton                          +
 32 Thu, May 24     NYG @BRO  L   0-3       18-14    4     2.0       J Petty                           -
 33 Fri, May 25     NYG  PHI  W   4-3       19-14    4     2.0       V Aldridge                        +
 34 Sat, May 26     NYG  PHI  L   5-6       19-15    5     3.0       L Sweetland                       -
 35 Sun, May 27     NYG  PHI  W   5-4       20-15    3     2.5       L Benton                          +
 36                 NYG  PHI  W   2-1       21-15    3     2.5       V Barnes                          ++
 37 Tue, May 29     NYG @BRO  W  12-5       22-15    3     2.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +++
 38 Wed, May 30     NYG @BRO  W   9-1       23-15    2     2.5       J Faulkner                        ++++
 39                 NYG @BRO  -   2-2       23-15    2     2.5                                         ++++
 40 Fri, Jun  1     NYG  BRO  W   4-3       24-15    2     2.5       L Benton                          +++++
 41 Sat, Jun  2     NYG  BRO  L   4-6       24-16    2     3.5       J Petty                           -
 42 Sun, Jun  3     NYG  CHC  W  10-5       25-16    2     3.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +
 43 Wed, Jun  6     NYG  STL  L   6-11      25-17    3     2.5       C Mitchell                        -
 44 Thu, Jun  7     NYG  STL  W   4-3       26-17    2     1.5       L Benton                          +
 45 Fri, Jun  8     NYG  STL  L   3-8       26-18    3     2.5       B Sherdel                         -
 46 Sat, Jun  9     NYG  STL  W   8-3       27-18    2     1.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +
 47 Sun, Jun 10     NYG  CIN  L   0-3       27-19    3     2.5       J May                             -
 48 Mon, Jun 11     NYG  CIN  L   5-7       27-20    3     3.5       E Rixey                           --
 49 Tue, Jun 12     NYG  CIN  W  10-1       28-20    3     2.5       L Benton                          +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Wed, Jun 13     NYG  CIN  L   3-5       28-21    3     3.5       E Rixey                           -
 51 Thu, Jun 14     NYG  PIT  L   3-4       28-22    3     4.0       J Miljus                          --
 52 Fri, Jun 15     NYG  PIT  W   9-1       29-22    3     3.5       V Aldridge                        +
 53 Sat, Jun 16     NYG  PIT  W   4-0       30-22    3     3.5       L Benton                          ++
 54 Sun, Jun 17     NYG  PIT  L   0-6       30-23    3     4.5       B Grimes                          -
 55 Thu, Jun 21     NYG @BSN  W   9-4       31-23    3     5.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +
 56                 NYG @BSN  L   1-3       31-24    3     5.0       A Delaney                         -
 57 Sat, Jun 23     NYG @PHI  L   1-3       31-25    3     5.0       R Benge                           --
 58                 NYG @PHI  W   5-4       32-25    3     5.0       V Aldridge                        +
 59 Sun, Jun 24     NYG @BRO  L   0-2       32-26    4     6.0       J Petty                           -
 60 Mon, Jun 25     NYG @PHI  W  12-4       33-26    2     5.5       L Benton                          +
 61                 NYG @PHI  W   8-2       34-26    2     5.5       B Walker                          ++
 62 Tue, Jun 26     NYG @PHI  W   7-6       35-26    2     5.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +++
 63 Wed, Jun 27     NYG  PHI  W  11-8       36-26    2     4.5       J Faulkner                        ++++
 64 Thu, Jun 28     NYG  PHI  W   2-1       37-26    2     4.5       J Genewich                        +++++
 65 Sat, Jun 30     NYG  BSN  W   7-4       38-26    2     3.5       F Fitzsimmon                      ++++++
 66                 NYG  BSN  W  12-5       39-26    2     3.5       L Benton                          +++++++
 67 Tue, Jul  3     NYG  BRO  W   8-7       40-26    2     2.5       F Fitzsimmon                      ++++++++
 68 Wed, Jul  4     NYG  BRO  L   3-8       40-27    2     2.5       D Vance                           -
 69                 NYG  BRO  W   5-2       41-27    2     2.5       L Benton                          +
 70 Fri, Jul  6     NYG @PIT  W  11-7       42-27    2     2.0       J Faulkner                        ++
 71 Sat, Jul  7     NYG @PIT  L   6-8       42-28    2     2.5       F Fussell                         -
 72                 NYG @PIT  L   2-5       42-29    2     2.5       E Brame                           --
 73 Mon, Jul  9     NYG @PIT  L   3-5       42-30    2     4.5       B Grimes                          ---
 74 Tue, Jul 10     NYG @STL  L   1-5       42-31    3     5.5       C Mitchell                        ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Jul 11     NYG @STL  W   6-4       43-31    2     4.5       B Walker                          +
 76 Thu, Jul 12     NYG @STL  L   1-11      43-32    3     5.5       J Haines                          -
 77 Fri, Jul 13     NYG @STL  L   6-11      43-33    3     6.5       B Sherdel                         --
 78 Sat, Jul 14     NYG @CIN  W   4-2       44-33    3     5.5       L Benton                          +
 79 Sun, Jul 15     NYG @CIN  W   2-1       45-33    3     4.5       F Fitzsimmon                      ++
 80 Mon, Jul 16     NYG @CIN  W   3-2       46-33    3     4.5       J Genewich                        +++
 81 Tue, Jul 17     NYG @CIN  L   4-5       46-34    3     5.5       D Luque                           -
 82 Fri, Jul 20     NYG @CHC  W   4-3       47-34    3     6.0       J Faulkner                        +
 83 Sat, Jul 21     NYG @CHC  L   1-2       47-35    4     6.5       P Jones                           -
 84                 NYG @CHC  L   4-5       47-36    4     6.5       G Bush                            --
 85 Sun, Jul 22     NYG @CHC  L   2-4       47-37    4     7.5       C Root                            ---
 86 Tue, Jul 24     NYG  PIT  W   6-3       48-37    4     7.5       L Benton                          +
 87 Wed, Jul 25     NYG  PIT  W   6-5       49-37    4     6.5       B Walker                          ++
 88 Thu, Jul 26     NYG  PIT  L   5-7       49-38    4     7.5       B Grimes                          -
 89 Fri, Jul 27     NYG  PIT  W   4-2       50-38    4     6.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +
 90 Sat, Jul 28     NYG  CHC  W   3-2       51-38    4     7.0       J Genewich                        ++
 91 Sun, Jul 29     NYG  CHC  W   4-3       52-38    4     7.0       L Benton                          +++
 92                 NYG  CHC  L   1-3       52-39    4     7.0       G Bush                            -
 93 Mon, Jul 30     NYG  CHC  W   4-1       53-39    3     6.0       J Faulkner                        +
 94 Tue, Jul 31     NYG  CHC  W   8-7       54-39    3     6.5       C Hubbell                         ++
 95                 NYG  CHC  L   4-10      54-40    3     6.5       C Root                            -
 96 Thu, Aug  2     NYG  CIN  W   7-5       55-40    3     6.5       J Genewich                        +
 97 Fri, Aug  3     NYG  CIN  W   7-5       56-40    2     6.5       F Fitzsimmon                      ++
 98 Sat, Aug  4     NYG  CIN  W  13-3       57-40    2     5.5       V Aldridge                        +++
 99                 NYG  CIN  W  10-9       58-40    2     5.5       J Genewich                        ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  5     NYG  STL  L   4-6       58-41    2     6.5       C Mitchell                        -
101 Tue, Aug  7     NYG  STL  W  10-1       59-41    2     5.5       L Benton                          +
102 Wed, Aug  8     NYG  STL  W  10-5       60-41    2     4.5       J Genewich                        ++
103 Fri, Aug 10     NYG  PHI  W   8-4       61-41    2     4.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +++
104 Sat, Aug 11     NYG  PHI  W   4-0       62-41    2     3.0       C Hubbell                         ++++
105 Tue, Aug 14     NYG @CHC  W  10-2       63-41    2     2.5       L Benton                          +++++
106 Wed, Aug 15     NYG @CHC  L   5-6       63-42    2     3.5       S Blake                           -
107 Thu, Aug 16     NYG @CHC  L   2-6       63-43    2     3.5       A Nehf                            --
108 Fri, Aug 17     NYG @STL  W   3-2       64-43    2     2.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +
109 Sat, Aug 18     NYG @STL  W   3-2       65-43    2     1.5       C Hubbell                         ++
110 Sun, Aug 19     NYG @STL  W   3-2       66-43    2     0.5       L Benton                          +++
111 Mon, Aug 20     NYG @CIN  W   5-3       67-43    2     0.5       J Genewich                        ++++
112 Tue, Aug 21     NYG @CIN  L   2-3       67-44    2     0.5       R Lucas                           -
113 Wed, Aug 22     NYG @CIN  L   4-5       67-45    2     0.5       D Luque                           --
114 Thu, Aug 23     NYG @PIT  W   6-3       68-45    2     0.5       L Benton                          +
115                 NYG @PIT  L   3-13      68-46    2     0.5       F Fussell                         -
116 Fri, Aug 24     NYG @PIT  L   5-16      68-47    2     1.5       B Grimes                          --
117 Sat, Aug 25     NYG @PIT  L   1-7       68-48    2     2.5       R Kremer                          ---
118 Sun, Aug 26     NYG @BRO  L   3-4       68-49    2     3.5       J Elliott                         ----
119 Tue, Aug 28     NYG  BSN  L   2-3       68-50    2     5.5       B Smith                           -----
120                 NYG  BSN  L   5-7       68-51    2     5.5       J Cooney                          ------
121 Wed, Aug 29     NYG  BSN  L   3-8       68-52    3     6.0       B Cantwell                        -------
122 Fri, Aug 31     NYG  BRO  L   2-4       68-53    3     6.5       D Vance                           --------
123 Sat, Sep  1     NYG  BRO  W   1-0       69-53    3     6.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +
124 Sun, Sep  2     NYG  BSN  W   5-2       70-53    3     6.5       L Benton                          ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Mon, Sep  3     NYG @PHI  W   4-3       71-53    2     4.5       J Scott                           +++
126                 NYG @PHI  W   9-3       72-53    2     4.5       J Genewich                        ++++
127 Tue, Sep  4     NYG @PHI  W   9-4       73-53    3     4.5       C Hubbell                         +++++
128                 NYG @PHI  L   7-8       73-54    3     4.5       R Benge                           -
129 Wed, Sep  5     NYG @PHI  W  14-3       74-54    2     4.0       L Benton                          +
130 Sat, Sep  8     NYG @BRO  W   2-1       75-54    3     4.5       C Hubbell                         ++
131                 NYG @BRO  L   3-4       75-55    3     4.5       J Petty                           -
132 Sun, Sep  9     NYG @BRO  L   2-3       75-56    3     4.5       D Vance                           --
133 Mon, Sep 10     NYG @BSN  W   4-1       76-56    3     3.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +
134                 NYG @BSN  W  11-0       77-56    3     3.0       J Genewich                        ++
135 Tue, Sep 11     NYG @BSN  W  11-6       78-56    2     2.5       J Scott                           +++
136                 NYG @BSN  W   7-6       79-56    2     2.5       C Hubbell                         ++++
137 Thu, Sep 13     NYG @BSN  W  12-2       80-56    2     1.5       L Benton                          +++++
138                 NYG @BSN  W   7-6       81-56    2     1.5       J Faulkner                        ++++++
139 Fri, Sep 14     NYG @BSN  W   6-2       82-56    2     1.0       F Fitzsimmon                      +++++++
140                 NYG @BSN  W   5-1       83-56    2     1.0       J Scott                           ++++++++
141 Sat, Sep 15     NYG  BRO  W   5-4       84-56    2     1.5       F Fitzsimmon                      +++++++++
142 Sun, Sep 16     NYG  PIT  L   0-1       84-57    2     2.0       F Fussell                         -
143 Mon, Sep 17     NYG  PIT  W   9-2       85-57    2     2.0       C Hubbell                         +
144 Tue, Sep 18     NYG  PIT  W   3-2       86-57    2     2.0       F Fitzsimmon                      ++
145 Thu, Sep 20     NYG  STL  L   5-8       86-58    2     2.0       B Sherdel                         -
146                 NYG  STL  W   7-4       87-58    2     2.0       C Hubbell                         +
147 Sat, Sep 22     NYG  STL  W   8-5       88-58    2     1.0       C Hubbell                         ++
148 Sun, Sep 23     NYG  CIN  W   2-1       89-58    2     1.0       J Genewich                        +++
149 Mon, Sep 24     NYG  CIN  W   7-4       90-58    2     1.0       L Benton                          ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 25     NYG  CIN  W   4-3       91-58    2     1.0       J Scott                           +++++
151 Thu, Sep 27     NYG  CHC  L   2-3       91-59    2     1.0       A Nehf                            -
152                 NYG  CHC  W   2-0       92-59    2     1.0       J Genewich                        +
153 Fri, Sep 28     NYG  CHC  L   5-7       92-60    2     2.0       G Bush                            -
154 Sat, Sep 29     NYG  CHC  L   2-6       92-61    2     3.0       S Blake                           --
155 Sun, Sep 30     NYG  STL  W   4-2       93-61    2     2.0       C Hubbell                         +

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