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1912 New York Giants season

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1912 New York Giants
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1911 Seasons 1913 →

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]

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.

Regular season

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1912 New York Giants

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 103 48 .682 49‍–‍25 54‍–‍23
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 58 .616 10 44‍–‍31 49‍–‍27
Chicago Cubs 91 59 .607 11½ 46‍–‍30 45‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 75 78 .490 29 45‍–‍32 30‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies 73 79 .480 30½ 34‍–‍41 39‍–‍38
St. Louis Cardinals 63 90 .412 41 37‍–‍40 26‍–‍50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 58 95 .379 46 33‍–‍43 25‍–‍52
Boston Braves 52 101 .340 52 31‍–‍47 21‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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


Roster

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1912 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

Other batters

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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
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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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

Awards and honors

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League top five finishers

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Rube Marquard

  • NL leader in wins (26)
  • #3 in NL in strikeouts (175)

Christy Mathewson

  • #2 in NL in ERA (2.12)
  • #2 in NL in complete games (27)
  • #4 in NL in wins (23)

Chief Meyers

  • NL leader in on-base percentage (.441)
  • #2 in NL in batting average (.358)
  • #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.477)

Red Murray

  • #4 in NL in stolen bases (38)

Fred Snodgrass

  • #3 in NL in stolen bases (43)

Jeff Tesreau

  • NL leader in ERA (1.96)

1912 World Series

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AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL New York Giants (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

References

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  1. ^ Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.
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