1912 New York Giants season

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1912  New York Giants
National League champions
League National League
Ballpark Polo Grounds
CityNew York City
Owners John T. Brush
Managers John 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 ]

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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

1912 New York Giants New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, New York, September 1912 (baseball) cropped.jpg
1912 New York Giants

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10348.68249255423
Pittsburgh Pirates 9358.6161044314927
Chicago Cubs 9159.60711½46304529
Cincinnati Reds 7578.4902945323046
Philadelphia Phillies 7379.48030½34413938
St. Louis Cardinals 6390.4124137402650
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 5895.3794633432552
Boston Braves 52101.3405231472154

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 9–135–1711–113–18–110–124–18–110–12
Brooklyn 13–95–176–166–169–138–1411–10
Chicago 17–517–511–10–113–9–110–108–1315–7
Cincinnati 11–1116–610–11–16–16–18–1411–1113–9
New York 18–3–116–69–13–116–6–117–512–815–7
Philadelphia 12–1013–910–1014–85–178–1411–11
Pittsburgh 18–4–114–813–811–118–1214–815–7
St. Louis 12–1010–117–159–137–1511–117–15

Roster

1912 New York Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chief Meyers 126371133.358654
1B Fred Merkle 129479148.3091184
2B Larry Doyle 143558184.3301090
3B Buck Herzog 140482127.263247
SS Art Fletcher 129419118.282157
OF Fred Snodgrass 146535144.269369
OF Red Murray 143549152.277392
OF Beals Becker 125402106.264658

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Josh Devore 10632790.275237
Tillie Shafer 7816347.288024
Art Wilson 6512135.289320
George Burns 295115.29405
Heinie Groh 274813.27103
Moose McCormick 423913.33307
Grover Hartley 25348.23507
Dave Robertson 321.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Christy Mathewson 43310.023122.12134
Rube Marquard 43294.226112.57175
Jeff Tesreau 36243.01771.96119
Red Ames 33179.01152.4683
Ted Goulait 17.0006.436

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Doc Crandall 37162.01373.6160
Hooks Wiltse 28134.0963.1658
Al Demaree 216.0101.6911
LaRue Kirby 311.0105.732
Lore Bader 210.0200.903

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Louis Drucke 100113.500
Ernie Shore 100127.001

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Rube Marquard

Christy Mathewson

Chief Meyers

Red Murray

Fred Snodgrass

Jeff Tesreau

1912 World Series

AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL New York Giants (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Boston Red Sox – 4, New York Giants – 3,October 8 Polo Grounds 35,730
2New York Giants – 6, Boston Red Sox – 6October 9 Fenway Park 30,148
3New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 1October 10 Fenway Park 34,624
4Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Giants – 1October 11 Polo Grounds 36,502
5New York Giants – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2October 12 Fenway Park 34,683
6Boston Red Sox – 2, New York Giants – 5October 14 Polo Grounds 30,622
7New York Giants – 11, Boston Red Sox – 4October 15 Fenway Park 32,694
8New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3October 16 Fenway Park 17,034

References

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