1918_New_York_Giants_season
1918 New York Giants season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1918 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 71–53 record, 10½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.
1918 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Harry Hempstead | |||
Managers | John McGraw | |||
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Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 84 | 45 | 0.651 | — | 49–25 | 35–20 |
New York Giants | 71 | 53 | 0.573 | 10½ | 35–21 | 36–32 |
Cincinnati Reds | 68 | 60 | 0.531 | 15½ | 46–24 | 22–36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 60 | 0.520 | 17 | 42–28 | 23–32 |
Brooklyn Robins | 57 | 69 | 0.452 | 25½ | 33–21 | 24–48 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 68 | 0.447 | 26 | 27–29 | 28–39 |
Boston Braves | 53 | 71 | 0.427 | 28½ | 23–29 | 30–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 78 | 0.395 | 33 | 32–40 | 19–38 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–6 | 5–14 | 10–8 | 1–15 | 7–12 | 10–9 | 12–7 | |||||
Brooklyn | 6–8 | — | 10–9 | 6–12 | 8–12 | 9–8 | 10–9 | 8–11 | |||||
Chicago | 14–5 | 9–10 | — | 10–7–1 | 14–6 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 | 15–3 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–10 | 12–6 | 7–10–1 | — | 12–7 | 12–7 | 4–12 | 13–8 | |||||
New York | 15–1 | 12–8 | 6–14 | 7–12 | — | 10–3 | 8–11 | 13–4 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–7 | 8–9 | 6–12 | 7–12 | 3–10 | — | 11–7 | 8–11–2 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–10 | 9–10 | 8–10–1 | 12–4 | 11–8 | 7–11 | — | 9–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–12 | 11–8 | 3–15 | 8–13 | 4–13 | 11–8–2 | 7–9 | — |
Roster
1918 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Lew McCarty | 86 | 257 | 69 | .268 | 0 | 24 |
1B | Walter Holke | 88 | 326 | 82 | .252 | 1 | 27 |
2B | Larry Doyle | 75 | 257 | 67 | .261 | 3 | 36 |
SS | Art Fletcher | 124 | 468 | 123 | .263 | 0 | 47 |
3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 121 | 463 | 126 | .272 | 1 | 56 |
OF | George Burns | 119 | 465 | 135 | .290 | 4 | 51 |
OF | Ross Youngs | 121 | 474 | 143 | .302 | 1 | 25 |
OF | Benny Kauff | 67 | 270 | 85 | .315 | 2 | 39 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Bill Rariden | 69 | 183 | 41 | .224 | 0 | 17 |
Joe Wilhoit | 64 | 135 | 37 | .274 | 0 | 15 |
Ed Sicking | 46 | 132 | 33 | .250 | 0 | 12 |
José Rodríguez | 50 | 125 | 20 | .160 | 0 | 15 |
Jim Thorpe | 58 | 113 | 28 | .248 | 1 | 11 |
Pete Compton | 21 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 5 |
Jay Kirke | 17 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Bert Niehoff | 7 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 1 |
George Gibson | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pol Perritt | 35 | 233.0 | 18 | 13 | 2.74 | 60 |
Slim Sallee | 18 | 132.0 | 8 | 8 | 2.25 | 33 |
Fred Toney | 11 | 85.1 | 6 | 2 | 1.69 | 19 |
Jeff Tesreau | 12 | 73.2 | 4 | 4 | 2.32 | 31 |
Jesse Barnes | 9 | 54.2 | 6 | 1 | 1.81 | 12 |
Rube Benton | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.88 | 9 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Causey | 29 | 158.1 | 11 | 6 | 2.79 | 48 |
Al Demaree | 26 | 142.0 | 8 | 6 | 2.47 | 39 |
Fred Anderson | 18 | 70.2 | 4 | 2 | 2.67 | 24 |
Bob Steele | 12 | 66.0 | 3 | 5 | 2.59 | 24 |
Ferdie Schupp | 10 | 33.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.56 | 22 |
George Smith | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 3 | 4.05 | 4 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jack Ogden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 1 |
George Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |
Waite Hoyt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
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