1912 New York Giants season

1912 New York Giants
1912 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) John T. Brush
Manager(s) John McGraw
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The 1912 New York Giants season was the franchise's 30th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant. However, they were beaten by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Fred Snodgrass took most of the blame, as he dropped a key fly ball in the deciding contest, but in actuality, there were a number of errors besides that.

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 3rd. 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.

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 Glory of Their Times – Marquard, Meyers, and Snodgrass were three of the players interviewed.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 103 48 0.682 — 49–25 54–23
Pittsburgh Pirates 93 58 0.616 10 44–31 49–27
Chicago Cubs 91 59 0.607 11½ 46–30 45–29
Cincinnati Reds 75 78 0.490 29 45–32 30–46
Philadelphia Phillies 73 79 0.480 30½ 34–41 39–38
St. Louis Cardinals 63 90 0.412 41 37–40 26–50
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 58 95 0.379 46 33–43 25–52
Boston Braves 52 101 0.340 52 31–47 21–54

Record vs. opponents

1912 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 5–17 11–11 3–18–1 10–12 4–18–1 10–12
Brooklyn 13–9 — 5–17 6–16 6–16 9–13 8–14 11–10
Chicago 17–5 17–5 — 11–10–1 13–9–1 10–10 8–13 15–7
Cincinnati 11–11 16–6 10–11–1 — 6–16–1 8–14 11–11 13–9
New York 18–3–1 16–6 9–13–1 16–6–1 — 17–5 12–8 15–7
Philadelphia 12–10 13–9 10–10 14–8 5–17 — 8–14 11–11
Pittsburgh 18–4–1 14–8 13–8 11–11 8–12 14–8 — 15–7
St. Louis 12–10 10–11 7–15 9–13 7–15 11–11 7–15 —

Roster

1912 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers 126 371 133 .358 6 54
1B Merkle, FredFred Merkle 129 479 148 .309 11 84
2B Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle 143 558 184 .330 10 90
3B Herzog, BuckBuck Herzog 140 482 127 .263 2 47
SS Fletcher, ArtArt Fletcher 129 419 118 .282 1 57
OF Snodgrass, FredFred Snodgrass 146 535 144 .269 3 69
OF Murray, RedRed Murray 143 549 152 .277 3 92
OF Becker, BealsBeals Becker 125 402 106 .264 6 58

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

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 43 310 23 12 2.12 134
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard 43 294.2 26 11 2.57 175
Tesreau, JeffJeff Tesreau 36 243 17 7 1.96 119
Ames, RedRed Ames 33 179 11 5 2.46 83

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
Crandall, DocDoc Crandall 37 162 13 7 3.61 60
Bader, LoreLore Bader 2 10 2 0 0.90 3

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

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Rube Marquard

Christy Mathewson

Chief Meyers

Red Murray

Fred Snodgrass

Jeff Tesreau

1912 World Series

Main article: 1912 World Series

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

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Boston Red Sox – 4, New York Giants – 3, October 8Polo Grounds35,730
2New York Giants – 6, Boston Red Sox – 6October 9Fenway Park30,148
3New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 1October 10Fenway Park34,624
4Boston Red Sox – 3, New York Giants – 1October 11Polo Grounds36,502
5New York Giants – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2October 12Fenway Park34,683
6Boston Red Sox – 2, New York Giants – 5October 14Polo Grounds30,622
7 New York Giants – 11, Boston Red Sox – 4October 15Fenway Park32,694
8New York Giants – 2, Boston Red Sox – 3October 16Fenway Park17,034

References

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

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