1911 New York Giants season
1911 New York Giants | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds (since 1889) Hilltop Park (since 1911) Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | John T. Brush | |
Managers | John McGraw | |
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The 1911 New York Giants season was the franchise's 29th season. The Giants won their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were defeated by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. The team set and still holds the Major League Baseball single-season record for stolen bases during the modern era (since 1901), with 347.[1]
Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the National League pennant by 7+1⁄2 games. On the offensive side, they finished second in runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in earned run average, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts. The Giants hit 103 triples, the most in franchise history.[2]
Taken together with the 1912 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.[3]
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 99 | 54 | .647 | — | 49–25 | 50–29 |
Chicago Cubs | 92 | 62 | .597 | 7½ | 49–32 | 43–30 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 69 | .552 | 14½ | 48–29 | 37–40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 79 | 73 | .520 | 19½ | 42–34 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 74 | .503 | 22 | 36–38 | 39–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 83 | .458 | 29 | 38–42 | 32–41 |
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 64 | 86 | .427 | 33½ | 31–42 | 33–44 |
Boston Rustlers | 44 | 107 | .291 | 54 | 19–54 | 25–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | 4–17–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 3–19 | 7–13–3 | |||||
Brooklyn | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–16–1 | 8–13–1 | 14–8 | 9–11–1 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 9–13 | — | 14–8–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6–2 | |||||
Cincinnati | 17–4–1 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 6–16–3 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 16–5–1 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 16–6 | 13–8–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 8–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 19–3 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–7–3 | 11–9–1 | 6–16–2 | 16–6–3 | 7–15 | 13–8 | 9–13 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Charlie "Victory" Faust
[edit]One of the Giants' drawing cards came in the form of unknown pitcher Charlie Faust, whose story was retold by Fred Snodgrass in The Glory of Their Times. Faust was considered something of a "good-luck charm" by manager McGraw, and was used sparingly. In 1911, Faust appeared in just two games for the team, which was the entirety of his major league playing career. As a pitcher, he pitched two innings, giving up one run. As a batter, he tallied one hit by pitch, two stolen bases, and one run scored, in zero at bats.
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Chief Meyers | 133 | 391 | 133 | .332 | 1 | 61 |
1B | Fred Merkle | 149 | 541 | 153 | .283 | 12 | 84 |
2B | Larry Doyle | 143 | 526 | 163 | .310 | 13 | 77 |
3B | Art Devlin | 95 | 260 | 71 | .273 | 0 | 25 |
SS | Al Bridwell | 76 | 263 | 71 | .270 | 0 | 31 |
OF | Josh Devore | 149 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 3 | 50 |
OF | Fred Snodgrass | 151 | 534 | 157 | .294 | 1 | 77 |
OF | Red Murray | 140 | 488 | 142 | .291 | 3 | 78 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Art Fletcher | 112 | 326 | 104 | .319 | 1 | 37 |
Buck Herzog | 69 | 247 | 66 | .267 | 1 | 26 |
Beals Becker | 88 | 172 | 45 | .262 | 1 | 20 |
Art Wilson | 66 | 109 | 33 | .303 | 1 | 17 |
Grover Hartley | 11 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
George Burns | 6 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Donlin | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 1 | 1 |
Gene Paulette | 10 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Hank Gowdy | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Admiral Schlei | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Christy Mathewson | 45 | 307.0 | 26 | 13 | 1.99 | 141 |
Rube Marquard | 45 | 277.2 | 24 | 7 | 2.50 | 237 |
Red Ames | 34 | 205.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.68 | 118 |
Hooks Wiltse | 30 | 187.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.27 | 92 |
Bert Maxwell | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 8 |
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 |
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Doc Crandall | 41 | 198.2 | 15 | 5 | 2.63 | 94 |
Bugs Raymond | 17 | 81.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.31 | 89 |
Louis Drucke | 15 | 75.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 42 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Charlie Faust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
1911 World Series
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Game 1
[edit]October 14, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2 | 5 | 0 |
W: Christy Mathewson (1–0) L: Chief Bender (0–1) |
Game 2
[edit]October 16, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 4 | 0 |
W: Eddie Plank (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (1) |
Game 3
[edit]October 17, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
W: Jack Coombs (1–0) L: Christy Mathewson (1–1) | ||||||||||||||
HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (2) |
Game 4
[edit]October 24, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 11 | 1 |
W: Chief Bender (1–1) L: Christy Mathewson (1–2) |
Game 5
[edit]October 25, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
W: Doc Crandall (1–0) L: Eddie Plank (1–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: PHI – Rube Oldring (1) |
Game 6
[edit]October 26, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | x | 13 | 13 | 5 |
W: Chief Bender (2–1) L: Red Ames (0–1) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Since 1901, the New York Giants have the most stolen bases by a team in a season, with 347 steals in 1911". statmuse.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 3B>=90, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Triples". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
- ^ Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.
External links
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