1917 New York Giants season

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1917 New York Giants
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHarry Hempstead
ManagersJohn McGraw
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The 1917 New York Giants season was the franchise's 35th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the first time in four years. The team went on to lose to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series, four games to two.

Regular season

New York had no real superstars, but they had a very balanced roster and led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed.

Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman had a fine offensive season, pacing the circuit in runs batted in, but suffered through an embarrassment in the World Series. A third baseman, Zimmerman had the unfortunate task of chasing White Sox star Eddie Collins across home plate when there was no one to throw to. The Giants lost in six games.

Between July 31 and August 10, the Giants hit at least one triple in each of 11 consecutive games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).[1]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 .636 — 50‍–‍28 48‍–‍28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 .572 10 46‍–‍29 41‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 .539 15 38‍–‍38 44‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 .506 20 39‍–‍38 39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 .481 24 35‍–‍42 39‍–‍38
Boston Braves 72 81 .471 25½ 35‍–‍42 37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 .464 26½ 36‍–‍38 34‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 .331 47 25‍–‍53 26‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 13–9–1 11–11 10–12–2 7–15 11–11 14–8 6–15–1
Brooklyn 9–13–1 — 7–15 10–12 9–13–2 9–11–1 16–6–1 10–11
Chicago 11–11 15–7 — 8–14–1 7–15–1 6–16–1 17–5 10–12
Cincinnati 12–10–2 12–10 14–8–1 — 11–11 8–14 12–10 9–13
New York 15–7 13–9–2 15–7–1 11–11 — 14–8 16–6–1 14–8
Philadelphia 11–11 11–9–1 16–6–1 14–8 8–14 — 14–8 13–9
Pittsburgh 8–14 6–16–1 5–17 10–12 6–16–1 8–14 — 8–14–1
St. Louis 15–6–1 11–10 12–10 13–9 8–14 9–13 14–8–1 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1917 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
C Bill Rariden 101 266 72 .271 0 25
1B Walter Holke 153 527 146 .277 2 55
2B Buck Herzog 114 417 98 .235 2 31
3B Heinie Zimmerman 150 585 174 .297 5 102
SS Art Fletcher 151 557 145 .260 4 62
OF Benny Kauff 153 559 172 .308 5 68
OF Dave Robertson 142 532 138 .259 12 55
OF George Burns 152 597 180 .302 5 45

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
Lew McCarty 56 162 40 .247 2 20
Jimmy Smith 36 96 22 .229 0 8
George Gibson 35 82 14 .171 0 5
Pete Kilduff 31 78 16 .205 1 13
Jim Thorpe 26 57 11 .193 0 4
Hans Lobert 50 52 10 .192 1 4
Joe Wilhoit 34 50 17 .340 0 9
Ross Youngs 7 26 9 .346 0 1
Ed Hemingway 7 25 8 .320 0 2
Al Baird 10 24 7 .292 0 4
Red Murray 22 22 1 .045 0 3
José Rodríguez 7 20 4 .200 0 3
Ernie Krueger 8 10 0 .000 0 0
Jack Onslow 9 8 2 .250 0 0
George Kelly 11 7 0 .000 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
Ferdie Schupp 36 272.0 21 7 1.95 147
Slim Sallee 34 215.2 18 7 2.17 54
Pol Perritt 35 215.0 17 7 1.88 72
Rube Benton 35 215.0 15 9 2.72 70
Jeff Tesreau 33 183.2 13 8 3.09 85
Al Demaree 15 78.1 4 5 2.64 23
Ad Swigler 1 6.0 0 1 6.00 4

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
Fred Anderson 38 162.0 8 8 1.44 69

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
George Smith 14 0 3 0 2.84 16
Jim Middleton 13 1 1 1 2.75 9

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Fred Anderson

  • MLB leader in ERA (1.44)

George Burns

  • NL leader in runs scored (103)
  • #2 in NL in stolen bases (40)
  • #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.380)

Benny Kauff

  • #3 in NL in runs scored (89)
  • #3 in NL in stolen bases (30)
  • #4 in NL in batting average (.308)

Pol Perritt

  • #3 in NL in ERA (1.88)

Dave Robertson

  • MLB leader in home runs (12)

Ferdie Schupp

  • #4 in NL in wins (21)
  • #4 in NL in ERA (1.95)
  • #4 in NL in strikeouts (147)

Heinie Zimmerman

  • NL leader in RBI (102)

1917 World Series

Main article: 1917 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Chicago 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x 2 7 1
W: Eddie Cicotte (1–0)  L: Slim Sallee (0–1)
HR: CHI – Happy Felsch (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1
Chicago 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 x 7 14 1
W: Red Faber (1–0)  L: Fred Anderson (0–1)

Game 3

October 10, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
New York 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 2 8 2
W: Rube Benton (1–0)  L: Eddie Cicotte (1–1)

Game 4

October 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
New York 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 x 5 10 1
W: Ferdie Schupp (1–0)  L: Red Faber (1–1)
HR: NYG – Benny Kauff (1), Benny Kauff (2)

Game 5

October 13, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 3
Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 x 8 14 6
W: Red Faber (2–1)  L: Slim Sallee (0–2)

Game 6

October 15, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1
New York 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 3
W: Red Faber (3–1)  L: Rube Benton (1–1)

References

  1. ^ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with 3B>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference