1928 New York Giants Statistics

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 93-61-1, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John McGraw (93-61-1)

Ballpark: Polo Grounds V

Attendance: 916,191 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 92-62, 807 Runs, 653 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	1	42	25	.333	.406	.477	.883	130	196		8	9		12
2	1B	Bill Terry*	29	149	649	568	100	185	36	11	17	101	7	4	64	36	.326	.394	.518	.912	136	294		0	17		5
3	2B	Andy Cohen	23	129	548	504	64	138	24	7	9	59	3	3	31	17	.274	.318	.403	.721	87	203		2	11		1
4	SS	Travis Jackson	24	150	626	537	73	145	35	6	14	77	8	8	56	46	.270	.339	.436	.775	101	234		0	33		5
5	3B	Freddie Lindstrom	22	153	687	646	99	231	39	9	14	107	15	21	25	21	.358	.383	.511	.894	132	330		2	14		2
6	OF	Mel Ott*	19	124	500	435	69	140	26	4	18	77	3	6	52	36	.322	.397	.524	.921	139	228		2	10		0
7	OF	Jimmy Welsh*	25	124	526	476	77	146	22	5	9	54	4	9	29	30	.307	.357	.431	.787	105	205		8	13		1
8	OF	Lefty O'Doul*	31	114	390	354	67	113	19	4	8	46	9	4	30	8	.319	.372	.463	.836	117	164		0	6		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	433	406	61	125	18	4	6	44	7	4	13	24	.308	.331	.416	.747	94	169		1	12		3
10	OF	Les Mann	34	82	225	193	29	51	7	1	2	25	2	4	18	9	.264	.330	.342	.672	76	66		1	12		2
11	OF	Edd Roush*	35	46	180	163	20	41	5	3	2	13	1	2	14	8	.252	.315	.356	.670	75	58		1	2		2
12	C	Bob O'Farrell	31	75	175	133	23	26	6	0	2	20	2	0	34	16	.195	.359	.286	.645	70	38		0	8		1
13	OF	George Harper*	36	19	71	57	11	13	1	0	2	7	1	1	10	4	.228	.353	.351	.704	84	20		1	3		0
14	OF	Art Jahn	32	10	32	29	7	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	5	.276	.323	.414	.736	91	12		0	1		0
15	C	Jack Cummings	24	33	32	27	4	9	2	0	2	9	0	0	3	4	.333	.400	.630	1.030	165	17		0	2		0
16	1B	Russ Wrightstone*	35	30	28	25	3	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	2	.160	.250	.280	.530	38	7		0	0		0
17	OF	Pat Veltman	22	1	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	1.000	1.500	283	3		0	0		0
18	C	Al Spohrer	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
19		Ray Foley*	22	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	41	0		0	0		0
20		Chick Fullis	27	11	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	41	0		0	0		0
21	C	Bill Haeffner	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
22	OF	Joe Price	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	5	17	.143	.179	.179	.358	-6	20		0	6		0
24	P	Freddie Fitzsimmons	26	40	103	94	7	18	4	1	0	9	0	0	3	12	.191	.224	.255	.480	25	24		1	5		0
25	P	Joe Genewich	31	26	68	64	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	6	.203	.215	.203	.419	10	13		0	2		0
26	P	Carl Hubbell	25	20	50	47	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.106	.143	.128	.271	-29	6		0	1		0
27	P	Jim Faulkner#	28	38	43	39	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.231	.268	.256	.525	38	10		0	2		0
28	P	Vic Aldridge	34	22	42	40	7	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	6	.275	.275	.350	.625	62	14		0	2		0
29	P	Bill Walker	24	22	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	2		0	2		0
30	P	Virgil Barnes	31	10	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	2		0	0		0
31	P	Dutch Henry*	26	17	20	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	-5	3		0	0		0
32	P	Jack Scott*	36	16	16	15	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.333	.646	69	5		0	0		0
33	P	Tiny Chaplin	22	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
34	P	Ben Cantwell	26	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	162	2		0	0		0
35	P	Garland Buckeye#	30	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	283	2		0	0		0
36	P	Leo Mangum	32	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	424	1		0	0		0
37	P	Bill Clarkson	29	4	0	0	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	0		0
		Team Totals	25.8	155	6107	5459	807	1600	276	59	118	758	62	68	444	376	.293	.349	.430	.779	103	2348		27	173		34
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	2	2	2	6	1		6	7	6	3	2	3	1	2		1		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.5	155	5584	4973	762	1513	266	57	117	722	62	67	429	294	.304	.363	.451	.814	111	2244		26	153		34
		Pitcher Totals	28.7	155	523	486	45	87	10	2	1	36	0	1	15	82	.179	.205	.214	.419	10	104		1	20		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Larry Benton	30	25	9	.735	2.73	42	36	4	28	2	4	310.1	299	106	94	14	71	3	90	0	0	6	1263	142	3.72	1.192	8.7	0.4	2.1	2.6	1.27
2	SP	Freddie Fitzsimmons	26	20	9	.690	3.68	40	31	7	16	1	1	261.1	264	119	107	13	65	5	67	4	0	6	1084	105	3.96	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	4	37	1	0	2	655	122	4.43	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	0	37	3	0	1	511	137	3.75	1.113	8.5	0.5	1.5	2.7	1.76
5	SP	Vic Aldridge	34	4	7	.364	4.83	22	17	4	3	0	2	119.1	133	68	64	7	45	0	33	3	0	4	522	80	4.45	1.492	10.0	0.5	3.4	2.5	0.73
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Jim Faulkner*	28	9	8	.529	3.53	38	8	17	3	0	1	117.1	131	61	46	5	41	4	32	3	0	1	516	110	4.16	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	0	39	1	0	2	330	83	4.80	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	1	23	1	0	1	288	103	4.34	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	0	17	2	0	1	217	109	3.91	1.391	10.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	1.55
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Virgil Barnes	31	3	3	.500	5.04	10	9	0	3	1	0	55.1	71	32	31	3	18	3	11	0	0	1	245	77	4.31	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	0	5	0	0	0	106	87	3.61	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	0	1	0	0	79	90	4.56	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	0	3	0	0	0	25	52	2.50	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	0	3	0	0	0	24	29	6.58	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	0	1	0	0	0	20	29	7.36	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	0	1	1	0	0	24	19	6.78	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	15	1394.0	1454	653	568	77	405	20	399	20	0	25	5909	106	4.09	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W