1908 New York Giants Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 98-56
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 910,000, Avg. 13,054
Ballpark: Polo Grounds III
Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Location: New York, New York
1908 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 98-56
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 910,000, Avg. 13,054
Ballpark: Polo Grounds III
Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Location: New York, New York
1908 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1908 season with a record of 98 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Giants led the league with 651 runs, powered by 20 home runs. New York yielded 455 runs. Mike Donlin drove in 106 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .334. Christy Mathewson notched 37 wins for the team, while Hooks Wiltse added 15 or more wins, too Christy Mathewson earned a 1.43 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
John McGraw coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christy Mathewson | 37 | 11 | .771 | 1.43 | 56 | 44 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 390.7 | 281 | 85 | 62 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 259 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1469 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 23 | 14 | .622 | 2.24 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 330.0 | 266 | 95 | 82 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1269 |
| Doc Crandall | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.93 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 214.7 | 198 | 83 | 70 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 866 |
| Joe McGinnity | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.27 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 186.0 | 192 | 73 | 47 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 762 |
| Luther Taylor | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.33 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 127.7 | 127 | 56 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 539 |
| Red Ames | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.81 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 114.3 | 96 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 441 |
| Roy Beecher | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Bull Durham | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Rube Marquard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Bill Malarkey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.57 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139 |
| Totals | 98 | 56 | .636 | 2.14 | 233 | 157 | 61 | 95 | 24 | 18 | 1411.0 | 1210 | 455 | 336 | 26 | 288 | 0 | 656 | 35 | 1 | 18 | 5544 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Donlin | 155 | 654 | 593 | 71 | 198 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 106 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 39 | .334 | .364 | .452 | .816 | 268 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Seymour | 156 | 653 | 587 | 60 | 157 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 92 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 34 | .267 | .306 | .339 | .645 | 199 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Tenney | 156 | 684 | 583 | 101 | 149 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 0 | 72 | 39 | .256 | .344 | .304 | .648 | 177 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Devlin | 157 | 629 | 534 | 59 | 135 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 62 | 31 | .253 | .346 | .313 | .659 | 167 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Bridwell | 147 | 545 | 467 | 53 | 133 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 52 | 20 | .285 | .364 | .319 | .683 | 149 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Bresnahan | 140 | 562 | 449 | 70 | 127 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 83 | 33 | .283 | .401 | .359 | .760 | 161 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Doyle | 104 | 429 | 377 | 65 | 116 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 21 | .308 | .354 | .398 | .752 | 150 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry McCormick | 73 | 263 | 252 | 31 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .302 | .315 | .389 | .704 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Spike Shannon | 77 | 313 | 268 | 34 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 24 | .224 | .314 | .250 | .564 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Herzog | 64 | 213 | 160 | 38 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 14 | .300 | .448 | .363 | .811 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 45 | 130 | 110 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .236 | .317 | .255 | .572 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Christy Mathewson | 56 | 147 | 129 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .155 | .221 | .202 | .423 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Needham | 54 | 115 | 91 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .209 | .339 | .242 | .581 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Crandall | 34 | 83 | 72 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .222 | .273 | .361 | .634 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Merkle | 38 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .268 | .333 | .439 | .772 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe McGinnity | 37 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .180 | .206 | .197 | .403 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Barry | 37 | 81 | 67 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .149 | .260 | .194 | .454 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Taylor | 27 | 45 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .229 | .325 | .229 | .554 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Ames | 18 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .194 | .216 | .194 | .411 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Strang | 28 | 80 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 5 | .094 | .385 | .094 | .479 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Brain | 11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Evans | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Beecher | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Snodgrass | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Devore | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Marquard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hannifin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Malarkey | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bull Durham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1649 | 5826 | 5006 | 652 | 1339 | 182 | 43 | 20 | 562 | 181 | 0 | 494 | 378 | .267 | .342 | .333 | .675 | 1667 | 0 | 76 | 250 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Tenney | 1B | 156 | 156 | 1365.0 | 1624 | 117 | 18 | 68 | .990 | 11.479 | 11.160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Merkle | 1B | 11 | 1 | 42.0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 13.071 | 5.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Doyle | 2B | 102 | 101 | 891.0 | 180 | 291 | 33 | 28 | .935 | 4.758 | 4.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Herzog | 2B | 42 | 40 | 366.0 | 61 | 125 | 16 | 19 | .921 | 4.574 | 4.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Strang | 2B | 14 | 13 | 117.0 | 22 | 41 | 10 | 5 | .863 | 4.846 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brain | 2B | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 5.571 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Merkle | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Crandall | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Devlin | 3B | 157 | 157 | 1389.0 | 203 | 331 | 30 | 19 | .947 | 3.460 | 3.401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Herzog | 3B | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Merkle | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Brain | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Bresnahan | C | 139 | 139 | 1156.0 | 657 | 140 | 12 | 12 | .985 | 6.205 | 5.734 | 17 | 0 | 99 | 102 | 50.7 |
| Tom Needham | C | 47 | 18 | 243.0 | 168 | 30 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 7.333 | 4.213 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 37.9 |
| Fred Snodgrass | C | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.429 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Cy Seymour | OF | 155 | 155 | 1381.0 | 340 | 29 | 20 | 9 | .949 | 2.405 | 2.381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Donlin | OF | 155 | 155 | 1358.0 | 239 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .977 | 1.723 | 1.677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Shannon | OF | 74 | 72 | 638.0 | 114 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .976 | 1.721 | 1.649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry McCormick | OF | 65 | 65 | 588.0 | 97 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .901 | 1.531 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Barry | OF | 31 | 20 | 186.0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.645 | 1.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Strang | OF | 5 | 2 | 26.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.731 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Merkle | OF | 5 | 1 | 17.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Devore | OF | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brain | OF | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Herzog | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hannifin | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Evans | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christy Mathewson | P | 56 | 44 | 391.0 | 27 | 141 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 3.867 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hooks Wiltse | P | 44 | 38 | 330.0 | 25 | 89 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 3.109 | 2.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Crandall | P | 32 | 24 | 215.0 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.805 | 2.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe McGinnity | P | 37 | 20 | 186.0 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 4 | .923 | 2.903 | 1.622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luther Taylor | P | 27 | 15 | 128.0 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .915 | 3.023 | 1.593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ames | P | 18 | 15 | 114.0 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 4 | .925 | 2.921 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Malarkey | P | 15 | 0 | 35.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.571 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Beecher | P | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Marquard | P | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bull Durham | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Bridwell | SS | 147 | 147 | 1298.0 | 277 | 486 | 55 | 39 | .933 | 5.290 | 5.190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Herzog | SS | 12 | 8 | 78.0 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .902 | 6.346 | 4.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Strang | SS | 3 | 2 | 20.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 3.600 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brain | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1577 | 1413 | 12654.0 | 4215 | 2088 | 250 | 225 | .962 | 4.483 | 3.997 | 23 | 0 | 137 | 125 | 47.7 |
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