1916 New York Giants Statistics

1915 Season 1917 Season

Record: 86-66-3, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John McGraw (86-66-3)

Ballpark: Polo Grounds V

Attendance: 552,056 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 88-64, 597 Runs, 504 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1	Bill Rariden	28	C	1.4	120	416	351	23	78	9	3	1	29	4		55	32	.222	.333	.274	.606	92	.301	99	96	3	6	*2/H
2	Fred Merkle	27	1B	1.2	112	449	401	45	95	19	3	7	44	17		33	46	.237	.308	.352	.659	107	.319	111	141	8	7	*3/5
3	Larry Doyle*	29	2B	3.1	113	489	441	55	118	24	10	2	47	17		27	23	.268	.316	.381	.697	119	.334	122	168	4	16	*4
4	Art Fletcher	31	SS	6.3	133	542	500	53	143	23	8	3	66	15		13	36	.286	.323	.382	.705	122	.335	125	191	14	15	*6
5	Bill McKechnie#	29	3B	0.3	71	273	260	22	64	9	1	0	17	7		7	20	.246	.269	.288	.557	76	.266	74	75	1	5	5
6	George Burns	26	OF	3.2	155	697	*623*	105	174	24	8	5	41	37	26	63	47	.279	.346	.368	.714	125	.344	129	229	1	9	*7
7	Benny Kauff*	26	OF	4.0	154	632	552	71	146	22	15	9	74	40	26	68	65	.264	.348	.408	.756	138	.362	141	225	3	9	*8
8	Dave Robertson*	26	OF	4.1	150	620	587	88	180	18	8	12	69	21	17	14	56	.307	.326	.426	.752	136	.356	139	250	3	16	*9/H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
9	Buck Herzog	30	IF	1.9	77	320	280	40	73	10	4	0	25	19	16	22	24	.261	.326	.325	.651	105	.310	108	91	5	12	45/6
10	Heinie Zimmerman	29	3B	0.4	40	161	151	22	41	4	0	0	19	9	8	7	10	.272	.304	.298	.602	90	.285	90	45	0	3	5/4
11	Walter Holke#	23	1B	1.1	34	121	111	16	39	4	2	0	13	10		6	16	.351	.390	.423	.813	156	.391	157	47	1	3	3/H
12	Hans Lobert	34	3B	0.3	48	85	76	6	17	3	2	0	11	2		5	8	.224	.272	.316	.587	85	.280	83	24	0	4	H5
13	George Kelly	20	UT	-1.0	49	84	76	4	12	2	1	0	3	1		6	24	.158	.220	.211	.430	36	.201	26	16	0	2	H3/985
14	Lew McCarty	27	C	1.7	25	77	68	6	27	3	4	0	9	0		7	9	.397	.453	.559	1.012	218	.472	222	38	0	2	2/H
15	Edd Roush*	23	OF	-0.5	39	71	69	4	13	0	1	0	5	4		1	4	.188	.200	.217	.417	31	.210	26	15	0	1	H9/8
16	Brad Kocher	28	C	-1.2	34	67	65	1	7	2	0	0	1	0		2	10	.108	.134	.138	.273	-14	.134	-22	9	0	0	2/H
17	Mickey Doolin	36	SS	0.6	18	56	51	4	12	3	1	1	3	1		2	4	.235	.264	.392	.656	105	.312	107	20	0	3	6/4H
18	Herb Hunter*	20	CI	0.1	21	28	28	3	7	0	0	1	4	0		0	5	.250	.250	.357	.607	90	.288	88	10	0	0	H/53
19	Red Dooin	37	C	-0.3	15	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.118	.118	.118	.235	-26	.110	-39	2	0	0	2
20	Fred Brainard	24	3B	-0.3	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.009	-111	0	0	0	/5
21	Lew Wendell	24			2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.047	-156	0	0	0	/H
22	Red Killefer	31			2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	531	.832	483	1	0	0	/H
23	Heinie Stafford	24			1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.009	-111	0	0	0	/H
24	José Rodríguez	22			1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0	/H
25	Duke Kelleher	22	C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0	/2
26	Jeff Tesreau	28	P	0.3	41	98	94	8	18	2	1	1	4	0		1	14	.191	.200	.266	.466	46	.221	38	25	0	3	1/H
27	Pol Perritt	24	P	-0.6	40	92	83	7	7	3	0	0	4	0		4	30	.084	.126	.120	.247	-22	.114	-44	10	0	5	1
28	Rube Benton	26	P	-0.6	38	84	78	3	7	0	1	0	3	1		2	21	.090	.113	.115	.228	-28	.104	-50	9	0	4	1
29	Fred Anderson	30	P	-0.1	38	64	58	6	8	2	1	0	3	0		1	18	.138	.167	.207	.374	17	.172	-1	12	1	4	1
30	Ferdie Schupp	25	P	-0.3	30	42	41	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	17	.098	.119	.098	.217	-31	.093	-51	4	0	0	1
31	Slim Sallee	31	P	0.3	15	38	35	1	9	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.257	.297	.286	.583	84	.282	83	10	0	1	1
32	Christy Mathewson	35	P	-0.1	12	23	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	-38	.132	-35	0	0	2	1
33	Ralph Stroud	31	P	-0.1	10	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	4	.071	.133	.071	.205	-35	.115	-54	1	0	1	1
34	Rube Schauer	25	P	0.1	19	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	74	.269	74	3	0	0	1
35	Emilio Palmero*	21	P	0.0	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-18	.185	16	0	0	0	/1H
36	George Smith	24	P	-0.1	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.047	-283	0	0	1	/1
37	Hank Ritter	22	P	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			25.1	155	5690	5152	597	1305	188	74	42	500	206	93	356	558	.253	.307	.343	.650	105	.312	106	1767	44	134
	Non-Pitcher Totals			26.2		5212	4714	569	1248	179	71	41	480	204	93	338	442	.265	.320	.359	.679	114	.325	116	1692	43	113
	Pitcher Totals			-1.1		473	434	28	56	9	3	1	19	2		17	114	.129	.164	.171	.334	5	.158	-11	74	1	21

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	Jeff Tesreau	28	18	14	.563	2.92	40	32	4	23	5	2	268.1	249	103	87	9	65		113	6	2	9	1090	83	2.70	1.170	8.4	0.3	2.2	3.8	1.74
2	SP	Pol Perritt	24	18	11	.621	2.62	40	29	7	17	5	2	251.0	243	82	73	11	56		115	7	0	3	1030	93	2.72	1.191	8.7	0.4	2.0	4.1	2.05
3	SP	Rube Benton*	26	16	8	.667	2.87	38	29	6	15	3	2	238.2	210	84	76	5	58		115	10	0	5	960	85	2.48	1.123	7.9	0.2	2.2	4.3	1.98
4	SP	Fred Anderson	30	9	13	.409	3.40	38	27	5	13	2	2	188.0	206	99	71	7	38		98	5	0	9	806	72	2.44	1.298	9.9	0.3	1.8	4.7	2.58
5	SP	Slim Sallee*	31	9	4	.692	1.37	15	11	2	7	2	0	111.2	96	24	17	2	10		35	0	0	1	426	178	2.19	0.949	7.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	3.50
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	Ferdie Schupp*	25	9	3	.750	0.90	30	11	17	8	4	1	140.1	79	22	14	1	37		86	5	0	2	525	272	2.08	0.827	5.1	0.1	2.4	5.5	2.32
7	RP	Christy Mathewson	35	3	4	.429	2.33	12	6	4	4	1	2	65.2	59	27	17	3	7		16	0	0	0	256	105	2.74	1.005	8.1	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.29
8	RP	Ralph Stroud	31	1	2	.333	2.70	10	4	3	0	0	1	46.2	47	18	14	1	9		16	1	0	2	194	91	2.55	1.200	9.1	0.2	1.7	3.1	1.78
9	RP	Rube Schauer	25	1	4	.200	2.96	19	3	11	1	0	0	45.2	44	22	15	0	16		24	2	0	2	194	83	2.45	1.314	8.7	0.0	3.2	4.7	1.50
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		George Smith	24	1	0	1.000	2.61	9	1	6	0	0	0	20.2	14	8	6	0	6		9	1	0	3	82	96	2.46	0.968	6.1	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
11		Emilio Palmero*	21	0	3	.000	8.04	4	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	17	14	14	2	8		8	1	0	1	71	31	4.68	1.596	9.8	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00
12		Hank Ritter	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	1	17		1.72	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
		Team Totals	27.3	86	66	.566	2.60	155	155	67	88	22	12	1397.1	1267	503	404	41	310		638	39	2	38	5651	94	2.53	1.129	8.2	0.3	2.0	4.1	2.06
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		4				4	3	3	6	5	4	4	8	2		2
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

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