1911 New York Giants season

1911 New York Giants
1911 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds(since 1889) Hilltop Park(since 1911) Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	John T. Brush
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1911 New York Giants season was the franchise's 29th season. It involved the Giants winning their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were beaten by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.

Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the NL by 7½ games. On the offensive side, they finished second in total runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in ERA, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts.

Taken together with the 1912 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.^[1]

Regular season

Team photo

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	99	54	0.647	—	49–25	50–29
Chicago Cubs	92	62	0.597	7½	49–32	43–30
Pittsburg Pirates	85	69	0.552	14½	48–29	37–40
Philadelphia Phillies	79	73	0.520	19½	42–34	37–39
St. Louis Cardinals	75	74	0.503	22	36–38	39–36
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	29	38–42	32–41
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	64	86	0.427	33½	31–42	33–44
Boston Rustlers	44	107	0.291	54	19–54	25–53

Record vs. opponents

1911 National League Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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

1911 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Doc Crandall Louis Drucke Charlie Faust Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Bert Maxwell Bugs Raymond Dick Rudolph Hooks Wiltse		Catchers Grover Hartley Chief Meyers Art Wilson Infielders Al Bridwell Art Devlin Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Hank Gowdy Buck Herzog Fred Merkle Gene Paulette		Outfielders Beals Becker George Burns Josh Devore Mike Donlin Red Murray Fred Snodgrass Other batters Admiral Schlei		Manager John McGraw Coaches Wilbert Robinson

Charlie "Victory" Faust

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

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	Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers	133	391	133	.332	1	61
1B	Merkle, FredFred Merkle	149	541	153	.283	12	84
2B	Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle	143	526	163	.310	13	77
3B	Devlin, ArtArt Devlin	95	260	71	.273	0	25
SS	Bridwell, AlAl Bridwell	76	263	71	.270	0	31
OF	Devore, JoshJosh Devore	149	565	158	.280	3	50
OF	Snodgrass, FredFred Snodgrass	151	534	157	.294	1	77
OF	Murray, RedRed Murray	140	488	142	.291	3	78

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
Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	6	17	1	.059	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	45	307	26	13	1.99	141
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard	45	277.2	24	7	2.50	237
Ames, RedRed Ames	34	205	11	10	2.68	118
Maxwell, BertBert Maxwell	4	31	1	2	2.90	8

Other pitchers

Bugs Raymond in 1911. He went 6–4 for the Giants before alcoholism led to his release. A year later, he was dead.

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Crandall, DocDoc Crandall	41	198.2	15	5	2.63	94
Raymond, BugsBugs Raymond	17	81.2	6	4	3.31	89
Drucke, LouisLouis Drucke	15	75.2	4	4	4.04	42

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
Faust, CharlieCharlie Faust	2	0	0	10	4.50	0

1911 World Series

Manager John McGraw and pitcher Christy Mathewson.

Game 1

October 14, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

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
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

October 24, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

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
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

October 26, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

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

External links

• 1911 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference