1917 New York Giants season

1917 New York Giants
1917 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Harry Hempstead
Manager(s) John McGraw
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The 1917 New York Giants season was the franchise's 35th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the first time in four years. The team went on to lose to the Chicago White Sox in the 1917 World Series, four games to two.

Regular season

New York had no real superstars, but they had a very balanced roster and led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed.

Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman had a fine offensive season, pacing the circuit in runs batted in, but suffered through an embarrassment in the World Series. A third baseman, Zimmerman had the unfortunate task of chasing White Sox star Eddie Collins across home plate when there was no one to throw to. The Giants lost in six games.

Between July 31 and August 10, the Giants hit at least one triple in each of 11 games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).[1]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 98 56 0.636 — 50–28 48–28
Philadelphia Phillies 87 65 0.572 10 46–29 41–36
St. Louis Cardinals 82 70 0.539 15 38–38 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 78 76 0.506 20 39–38 39–38
Chicago Cubs 74 80 0.481 24 35–42 39–38
Boston Braves 72 81 0.471 25½ 35–42 37–39
Brooklyn Robins 70 81 0.464 26½ 36–38 34–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 51 103 0.331 47 25–53 26–50

Record vs. opponents

1917 National League Records

Sources:

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1917 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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 101 266 72 .271 0 25
1B Holke, WalterWalter Holke 153 527 146 .277 2 55
2B Herzog, BuckBuck Herzog
3B Zimmerman, HeinieHeinie Zimmerman 150 585 174 .297 5 102
SS Fletcher, ArtArt Fletcher
OF Kauff, BennyBenny Kauff 153 559 172 .308 5 68
OF Robertson, DaveDave Robertson
OF Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns 152 597 180 .302 5 45

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
Thorpe, JimJim Thorpe 26 57 11 .193 0 4

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 35 215 17 7 1.88 72
Benton, RubeRube Benton 35 215 15 9 2.72 70

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
Anderson, FredFred Anderson 38 162 8 8 1.44 69

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

Fred Anderson

George Burns

Benny Kauff

Pol Perritt

Dave Robertson

Ferdie Schupp

Heinie Zimmerman

1917 World Series

Main article: 1917 World Series

Game 1

October 6, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 010 000 171
Chicago 001 100 00x 271
W: Eddie Cicotte (1–0)  L: Slim Sallee (0–1)
HR: CHI – Happy Felsch (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 020 000 000 281
Chicago 020 050 00x 7141
W: Red Faber (1–0)  L: Fred Anderson (0–1)

Game 3

October 10, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 000 000 000 053
New York 000 200 00x 282
W: Rube Benton (1–0)  L: Eddie Cicotte (1–1)

Game 4

October 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 000 000 000 070
New York 000 110 12x 5101
W: Ferdie Schupp (1–0)  L: Red Faber (1–1)
HR: NYG – Benny Kauff (1), Benny Kauff (2)

Game 5

October 13, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 200 200 100 5123
Chicago 001 001 33x 8146
W: Red Faber (2–1)  L: Slim Sallee (0–2)

Game 6

October 15, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 000 300 001 471
New York 000 020 000 263
W: Red Faber (3–1)  L: Rube Benton (1–1)

References

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