1919 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1918 Seasons 1920 →

The 1919 New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 87–53 record, 9 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 96 44 0.686 — 51–19 45–25
New York Giants 87 53 0.621 9 46–23 41–30
Chicago Cubs 75 65 0.536 21 40–31 35–34
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 68 0.511 24½ 39–31 32–37
Brooklyn Robins 69 71 0.493 27 36–34 33–37
Boston Braves 57 82 0.410 38½ 29–38 28–44
St. Louis Cardinals 54 83 0.394 40½ 34–35 20–48
Philadelphia Phillies 47 90 0.343 47½ 26–44 21–46

Record vs. opponents

1919 National League record

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


Notable transactions

Roster

1919 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Lew McCarty 85 210 59 .281 2 21
1B Hal Chase 110 408 116 .284 5 45
2B Larry Doyle 113 381 110 .289 7 52
SS Art Fletcher 127 488 135 .277 3 54
3B Heinie Zimmerman 123 444 113 .255 4 58
OF Ross Youngs 130 489 152 .311 2 43
OF Benny Kauff 135 491 136 .277 10 67
OF George Burns 139 534 162 .303 2 46

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
Frankie Frisch 54 190 43 .226 2 24
Mike González 58 158 30 .190 0 8
High Pockets Kelly 32 107 31 .290 1 14
Frank Snyder 32 92 21 .228 0 11
Al Baird 38 83 20 .241 0 5
Jigger Statz 21 60 18 .300 0 6
Earl Smith 21 36 9 .250 0 8
Lee King 21 20 2 .100 0 1
Ed Sicking 6 15 5 .333 0 3
Jimmy Cooney 5 14 3 .214 0 1
Bob Kinsella 3 9 2 .222 0 0
Chick Bowen 3 5 1 .200 0 1
Jim Thorpe 2 3 1 .333 0 1
Dave Robertson 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
Jesse Barnes 38 295.2 25 9 2.40 92
Rube Benton 35 209.0 17 11 2.63 53
Fred Toney 24 181.0 13 6 1.84 40
Red Causey 19 105.0 9 3 3.69 25
Art Nehf 13 102.0 9 2 1.50 24
Phil Douglas 8 51.1 2 4 2.10 21
Bill Hubbell 2 18.1 1 1 1.96 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
Ferdie Schupp 9 32.0 1 3 5.63 17
Rosy Ryan 4 20.1 1 2 3.10 7
George Smith 3 11.0 0 2 5.73 0
Colonel Snover 2 9.0 0 1 1.00 4

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
Jean Dubuc 36 6 4 3 2.66 32
Jesse Winters 16 1 2 3 5.46 6
Pol Perritt 11 1 1 1 7.11 2
Pat Ragan 7 1 0 0 1.59 7
Joe Oeschger 5 0 1 0 4.50 3
Johnny Jones 2 0 0 1 5.40 3
Bob Steele 1 0 1 0 6.00 0
Virgil Barnes 1 0 0 0 18.00 1

Notes

  1. ^ Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference

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