1914 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHarry Hempstead
ManagersJohn McGraw
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The 1914 New York Giants season was the franchise's 32nd season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 84–70 record, 10½ games behind the "Miracle Braves." They had finished first the three previous years.

This team featured two Hall of Fame pitchers: Christy Mathewson, one of the greatest ever, and Rube Marquard, whose selection is considered by some to be controversial.[1]

Regular season

The offense scored the most runs in the league, even though no individual player drove in more than 79. The eight starters, however, all had an OPS+ of over 100. George Burns led the team with a .303 average and walked 89 times en route to a .403 on-base percentage.

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 94 59 0.614 — 51–25 43–34
New York Giants 84 70 0.545 10½ 43–36 41–34
St. Louis Cardinals 81 72 0.529 13 42–34 39–38
Chicago Cubs 78 76 0.506 16½ 46–30 32–46
Brooklyn Robins 75 79 0.487 19½ 45–34 30–45
Philadelphia Phillies 74 80 0.481 20½ 48–30 26–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 69 85 0.448 25½ 39–36 30–49
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 0.390 34½ 34–42 26–52

Record vs. opponents

1914 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 16–6 14–8–2 11–11–1 12–10 17–5–1 15–6–1
Brooklyn 13–9 — 10–12 11–11 9–13 11–11 16–6 5–17
Chicago 6–16 12–10 — 17–5 9–13 12–10 12–10 10–12–2
Cincinnati 8–14–2 11–11 5–17 — 9–13 9–13 8–14–1 10–12
New York 11–11–1 13–9 13–9 13–9 — 12–10 13–9–1 9–13
Philadelphia 10–12 11–11 10–12 13–9 10–12 — 12–10 8–14
Pittsburgh 5–17–1 6–16 10–12 14–8–1 9–13–1 10–12 — 15–7–1
St. Louis 6–15–1 17–5 12–10–2 12–10 13–9 14–8 7–15–1 —


Roster

1914 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 Chief Meyers 134 381 109 .286 1 55
1B Fred Merkle 146 512 132 .258 7 63
2B Larry Doyle 145 539 140 .260 5 63
SS Art Fletcher 135 514 147 .286 2 79
3B Milt Stock 115 365 96 .263 3 41
OF Bob Bescher 135 512 138 .270 6 35
OF Fred Snodgrass 113 392 103 .263 0 44
OF George Burns 154 561 170 .303 3 60

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
Eddie Grant 88 282 78 .277 0 29
Dave Robertson 82 256 68 .266 2 32
Larry McLean 79 154 40 .260 0 14
Red Murray 86 139 31 .223 0 23
Mike Donlin 35 31 5 .161 1 3
Jim Thorpe 30 31 6 .194 0 2
Elmer Johnson 11 12 2 .167 0 0
Sandy Piez 37 8 3 .375 0 3
Harry Smith 5 7 3 .429 0 2
Walter Holke 2 6 2 .333 0 0
Fred Brainard 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Ben Dyer 7 4 1 .250 0 0
Desmond Beatty 2 3 0 .000 0 1

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
Jeff Tesreau 42 322.1 26 10 2.37 189
Christy Mathewson 41 312.0 24 13 3.00 80
Rube Marquard 39 268.0 12 22 3.06 92
Al Demaree 38 224.0 10 17 3.09 89
Eric Erickson 1 5.0 0 1 0.00 3

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
Art Fromme 38 138.0 9 5 3.20 57
Marty O'Toole 10 34.0 1 1 4.24 13

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
Hooks Wiltse 20 1 1 1 2.84 19
Ferdie Schupp 8 0 0 1 5.82 9
Rube Schauer 6 0 0 0 3.22 6
Hank Ritter 1 1 0 0 1.13 4
Al Huenke 1 0 0 0 4.50 2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

Rube Marquard

Jeff Tesreau

References

  1. ^ James, Bill. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.

External links


1914 MLB season by team
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