1907 New York Giants season

1907 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	John T. Brush
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1907 New York Giants season was the franchise's 25th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 82-71 record, 25½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	107	45	0.704	—	54–19	53–26
Pittsburg Pirates	91	63	0.591	17	47–29	44–34
Philadelphia Phillies	83	64	0.565	21½	45–30	38–34
New York Giants	82	71	0.536	25½	45–30	37–41
Brooklyn Superbas	65	83	0.439	40	37–38	28–45
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	41½	43–36	23–51
Boston Doves	58	90	0.392	47	31–42	27–48
St. Louis Cardinals	52	101	0.340	55½	31–47	21–54

Record vs. opponents

1907 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–7–2	5–17	9–13	9–13	8–11–1	9–13–1	6–16
Brooklyn	7–12–2	—	5–15–1	15–7–1	10–12–1	8–13	6–16	14–8
Chicago	17–5	15–5–1	—	17–5	16–6	14–8	12–10–1	16–6–1
Cincinnati	13–9	7–15–1	5–17	—	9–13–1	8–13	10–12–1	14–8
New York	13–9	12–10–1	6–16	13–9–1	—	11–10	10–12	17–5
Philadelphia	11–8–1	13–8	8–14	13–8	10–11	—	14–8	14–7–1
Pittsburg	13–9–1	16–6	10–12–1	12–10–1	12–10	8–14	—	20–2
St. Louis	16–6	8–14	6–16–1	8–14	5–17	7–14–1	2–20	—

Roster

1907 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Roy Beecher George Ferguson Mike Lynch Christy Mathewson Henry Mathewson Joe McGinnity Dummy Taylor Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Frank Bowerman Roger Bresnahan Harry Curtis Matty Fitzgerald Infielders Tommy Corcoran Bill Dahlen Art Devlin Larry Doyle Jack Hannifin Dan McGann Fred Merkle Monte Pfyl Danny Shay		Outfielders George Browne Cy Seymour Spike Shannon Sammy Strang Ham Wade		Manager John McGraw

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	Bresnahan, RogerRoger Bresnahan	110	328	83	.253	4	38
1B	McGann, DanDan McGann	81	262	78	.298	2	36
2B	Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	69	227	59	.260	0	16
3B	Devlin, ArtArt Devlin	143	491	136	.277	1	54
SS	Dahlen, BillBill Dahlen	143	464	96	.207	0	34
OF	Seymour, CyCy Seymour
OF	Browne, GeorgeGeorge Browne	127	458	119	.260	5	37
OF	Shannon, SpikeSpike Shannon	155	585	155	.265	1	33

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
Strang, SammySammy Strang
Bowerman, FrankFrank Bowerman
Corcoran, TommyTommy Corcoran	62	226	60	.265	0	24
Hannifin, JackJack Hannifin
Shay, DannyDanny Shay
Merkle, FredFred Merkle
Fitzgerald, MattyMatty Fitzgerald
Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis
Pfyl, MonteMonte Pfyl	1	0	0	----	0	0
Wade, HamHam Wade	1	0	0	----	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
Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson	41	315	24	12	2.00	178
McGinnity, JoeJoe McGinnity
Ames, RedRed Ames	39	233.1	10	12	2.16	146
Taylor, DummyDummy Taylor
Lynch, MikeMike Lynch	12	72	3	6	3.38	34
Beecher, RoyRoy Beecher	2	14	0	2	2.57	5

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
Wiltse, HooksHooks Wiltse	33	190.1	13	12	2.18	79
Ferguson, GeorgeGeorge Ferguson	15	64	3	2	2.11	37

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
Mathewson, HenryHenry Mathewson	1	0	0	1	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

• Red Ames: #3 strikeouts (146)
• Art Devlin: #5 stolen bases (38)
• Christy Mathewson: #1 wins (24)
• Christy Mathewson: #1 strikeouts (178)
• Christy Mathewson: #1 shutouts (8)
• Spike Shannon: #1 runs scored (104)
• Sammy Strang: #4 on-base percentage (.388)

External links

• 1907 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference