1916 New York Giants season

1916 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Harry Hempstead
Manager(s) John McGraw
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John Purroy Mitchel, the Mayor of New York throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Opening Day game of the 1916 New York Giants season at the Polo Grounds on April 20, 1916

The 1916 New York Giants season was the franchise's 34th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 86-66 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins. This season introduced a new uniform design.[1]

Opening day games

The first game of the home season was on April 20, 1916 at the Polo Grounds. John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.[1]

Regular season

The 1916 Giants set a major league record with the longest streak by a team of consecutive games without a loss: 27 games. The Giants won 26 of games and had one tie between September 7 to 30.[2] Earlier in the season, the Giants had won 17 consecutive games. Despite the winning streak, the Giants did not have a pitcher with at least 20 wins.

For the only time in franchise history,[3] the Giants failed to score a run in a three-game series; they were shut out in all three games against St. Louis, August 20–22.[4][5]

Former Federal League star Benny Kauff led the team in runs batted in and stolen bases.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 94 60 0.610 — 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Phillies 91 62 0.595 2½ 50–29 41–33
Boston Braves 89 63 0.586 4 41–31 48–32
New York Giants 86 66 0.566 7 47–30 39–36
Chicago Cubs 67 86 0.438 26½ 37–41 30–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 89 0.422 29 37–40 28–49
St. Louis Cardinals 60 93 0.392 33½ 36–40 24–53
Cincinnati Reds 60 93 0.392 33½ 32–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1916 National League Records

Sources:

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1916 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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 Rariden, BillBill Rariden 120 351 78 .222 1 29
1B Merkle, FredFred Merkle 112 401 95 .237 7 44
2B Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle 113 441 118 .268 2 47
3B McKechnie, BillBill McKechnie 71 260 64 .246 0 17
SS Fletcher, ArtArt Fletcher 133 500 143 .286 3 66
OF Kauff, BennyBenny Kauff 154 552 146 .264 9 74
OF Robertson, DaveDave Robertson 150 587 180 .307 12 69
OF Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns 155 623 174 .279 5 41

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
Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman 40 151 41 .272 0 19
Kelly, GeorgeGeorge Kelly 49 76 12 .158 0 3
Doolan, MickeyMickey Doolan 18 51 12 .235 1 3
Hunter, HerbHerb Hunter 21 28 7 .250 1 4
Rodríguez, JoséJosé Rodríguez 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Kelleher, DukeDuke Kelleher 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
Perritt, PolPol Perritt 40 251 18 11 2.62 115
Benton, RubeRube Benton 38 238.2 16 8 2.87 115
Anderson, FredFred Anderson 38 188 9 13 3.40 98
Sallee, SlimSlim Sallee 15 111.2 9 4 1.37 35

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
Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson 12 65.2 3 4 2.33 16
Palmero, EmilioEmilio Palmero 4 15.2 0 3 8.04 8

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
Smith, GeorgeGeorge Smith 9 3 0 0 2.61 9
Ritter, HankHank Ritter 3 1 0 0 0.00 3

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

Benny Kauff

Dave Robertson

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mayor Mitchel To Pitch". New York Times. April 20, 1916. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
  2. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.48, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  3. ↑ As of 2014, considering only games from 1914 onwards.
  4. ↑ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with R=0 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ The three shutouts by Montreal in September 1980 were part of a four game series.
  6. ↑ Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference

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