1912_New_York_Giants_season

1912 New York Giants
1912 New York Giants
National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	John T. Brush
Managers	John McGraw

1912 New York Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1912 New York Giants season was the franchise's 30th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant. They were beaten by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Fred Snodgrass took most of the blame, as he dropped a fly ball in the deciding contest.^{[citation needed]}

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Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants dominated the NL, opening the season 54–11 and building a 16 1/2-game lead by July 3. On the offensive side, they easily led the league in runs scored. Larry Doyle finished fourth in the batting race and was voted league MVP. Chief Meyers had one of the greatest offensive seasons ever for a catcher and was second in batting.^{[according to whom?]}

They had arguably the best pitching staff, too. Jeff Tesreau, Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, and Red Ames finished 1–2–5 in league ERA. Rube Marquard's 18-game winning streak was the top story in baseball.

Taken together with the 1911 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.^[1] It also makes up a good portion of the 1966 book The Glory of Their Times, as Marquard, Meyers, and Snodgrass were three of the players interviewed.

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Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	103	48	0.682	—	49–25	54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates	93	58	0.616	10	44–31	49–27
Chicago Cubs	91	59	0.607	11½	46–30	45–29
Cincinnati Reds	75	78	0.490	29	45–32	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	73	79	0.480	30½	34–41	39–38
St. Louis Cardinals	63	90	0.412	41	37–40	26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	58	95	0.379	46	33–43	25–52
Boston Braves	52	101	0.340	52	31–47	21–54

1912 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	11–11	3–18–1	10–12	4–18–1	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	6–16	6–16	9–13	8–14	11–10
Chicago	17–5	17–5	—	11–10–1	13–9–1	10–10	8–13	15–7
Cincinnati	11–11	16–6	10–11–1	—	6–16–1	8–14	11–11	13–9
New York	18–3–1	16–6	9–13–1	16–6–1	—	17–5	12–8	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	10–10	14–8	5–17	—	8–14	11–11
Pittsburgh	18–4–1	14–8	13–8	11–11	8–12	14–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	12–10	10–11	7–15	9–13	7–15	11–11	7–15	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chief Meyers	126	371	133	.358	6	54
1B	Fred Merkle	129	479	148	.309	11	84
2B	Larry Doyle	143	558	184	.330	10	90
3B	Buck Herzog	140	482	127	.263	2	47
SS	Art Fletcher	129	419	118	.282	1	57
OF	Fred Snodgrass	146	535	144	.269	3	69
OF	Red Murray	143	549	152	.277	3	92
OF	Beals Becker	125	402	106	.264	6	58

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Josh Devore	106	327	90	.275	2	37
Tillie Shafer	78	163	47	.288	0	24
Art Wilson	65	121	35	.289	3	20
George Burns	29	51	15	.294	0	5
Heinie Groh	27	48	13	.271	0	3
Moose McCormick	42	39	13	.333	0	7
Grover Hartley	25	34	8	.235	0	7
Dave Robertson	3	2	1	.500	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Christy Mathewson	43	310.0	23	12	2.12	134
Rube Marquard	43	294.2	26	11	2.57	175
Jeff Tesreau	36	243.0	17	7	1.96	119
Red Ames	33	179.0	11	5	2.46	83
Ted Goulait	1	7.0	0	0	6.43	6

1912_New_York_Giants_season

1912 New York Giants season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

1912 World Series

References

External links

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Doc Crandall	37	162.0	13	7	3.61	60
Hooks Wiltse	28	134.0	9	6	3.16	58
Al Demaree	2	16.0	1	0	1.69	11
LaRue Kirby	3	11.0	1	0	5.73	2
Lore Bader	2	10.0	2	0	0.90	3

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Boston Red Sox – 4, New York Giants – 3,	October 8	Polo Grounds	35,730
2	New York Giants – 6, Boston Red Sox – 6	October 9	Fenway Park	30,148
3	New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 1	October 10	Fenway Park	34,624
4	Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Giants – 1	October 11	Polo Grounds	36,502
5	New York Giants – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2	October 12	Fenway Park	34,683
6	Boston Red Sox – 2, New York Giants – 5	October 14	Polo Grounds	30,622
7	New York Giants – 11, Boston Red Sox – 4	October 15	Fenway Park	32,694
8	New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3	October 16	Fenway Park	17,034

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Louis Drucke	1	0	0	1	13.50	0
Ernie Shore	1	0	0	1	27.00	1