1917 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 98-56
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 500,264, Avg. 10,938
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Chicago White Sox 4-2
Manager: John McGraw (98-56)
Location: New York, New York

1917 New York Giants Roster
1917 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1917 season with a record of 98 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Giants scored 635 runs, most in the league. New York conceded 457 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Dave Robertson paced the team with 12 home runs Heinie Zimmerman accounted for 102 RBI. Benny Kauff led batters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Ferdie Schupp topped the squad with 21 wins, while Rube Benton, Pol Perritt and Slim Sallee each added 15 or more wins, too Fred Anderson recorded a 1.44 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

John McGraw coached the team. The 1917 New York Giants won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ferdie Schupp	21	7	.750	1.95	36	32	3	25	6	0	272.0	202	69	59	7	70	147	4	0	3	1067
Slim Sallee	18	7	.720	2.17	34	24	9	18	1	4	215.7	199	70	52	4	34	54	1	1	0	861
Pol Perritt	17	7	.708	1.88	35	26	8	14	5	1	215.0	186	61	45	3	45	72	7	0	1	855
Rube Benton	15	9	.625	2.72	35	25	8	14	3	3	215.0	190	78	65	5	41	70	7	0	3	865
Jeff Tesreau	13	8	.619	3.09	33	20	6	11	1	2	183.7	168	71	63	6	58	85	3	0	8	757
Fred Anderson	8	8	.500	1.44	38	18	15	8	1	3	162.0	122	40	26	1	34	69	2	0	5	632
Al Demaree	4	5	.444	2.64	15	11	2	1	0	0	78.3	70	33	23	1	17	23	1	0	0	321
George Kelly	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	20
Jim Middleton	1	1	.500	2.75	13	0	8	0	0	1	36.0	35	18	11	1	8	9	1	0	2	154
Ad Swigler	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	4	0	8	4	0	0	0	30
George Smith	0	3	.000	2.84	14	1	6	1	0	0	38.0	38	13	12	1	11	16	1	0	2	159
Totals	98	56	.636	2.27	255	158	66	92	17	14	1426.7	1221	457	360	29	327	551	27	1	24	5721

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
George Burns	152	678	597	103	180	25	13	5	45	40	75	55	.302	.380	.412	.792	246	1	5
Heinie Zimmerman	150	620	585	61	174	22	9	5	102	13	16	43	.297	.317	.391	.709	229	1	18
Benny Kauff	153	644	559	89	172	22	4	5	68	30	59	54	.308	.379	.388	.767	217	5	21
Walter Holke	153	583	527	55	146	12	7	2	55	13	34	54	.277	.327	.338	.665	178	5	17
Art Fletcher	151	608	557	70	145	24	5	4	56	12	23	28	.260	.312	.343	.655	191	19	9
Dave Robertson	142	560	532	64	138	16	9	12	54	17	10	47	.259	.276	.391	.667	208	2	16
Buck Herzog	114	477	417	69	98	10	8	2	31	12	31	36	.235	.308	.312	.620	130	13	16
Bill Rariden	101	314	266	20	72	10	1	0	25	3	42	17	.271	.372	.316	.688	84	1	5
Lew McCarty	56	181	162	15	40	3	2	2	19	1	14	6	.247	.311	.327	.638	53	1	4
Jimmy Smith	36	109	96	12	22	5	1	0	9	6	9	18	.229	.295	.302	.597	29	0	4
Joe Wilhoit	34	59	50	9	17	2	2	0	8	0	8	5	.340	.431	.460	.891	23	0	1
Slim Sallee	34	85	77	7	17	0	0	0	11	0	2	12	.221	.241	.221	.461	17	0	6
Pete Kilduff	31	85	78	12	16	3	0	1	12	2	4	11	.205	.253	.282	.535	22	1	2
Ferdie Schupp	36	102	93	6	15	2	1	0	4	0	8	35	.161	.228	.204	.432	19	0	1
Jeff Tesreau	33	65	61	4	14	0	1	0	5	1	1	9	.230	.242	.262	.504	16	0	3
George Gibson	35	91	82	1	14	3	0	0	5	1	7	2	.171	.236	.207	.443	17	0	2
Rube Benton	35	79	72	1	12	1	1	0	2	0	2	18	.167	.189	.208	.398	15	0	5
Jim Thorpe	26	68	57	12	11	3	2	0	4	1	8	10	.193	.303	.316	.619	18	1	2
Pol Perritt	35	72	70	4	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	20	.157	.157	.171	.329	12	0	2
Hans Lobert	50	59	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	2	5	5	.192	.276	.269	.545	14	1	1
Ross Youngs	7	29	26	5	9	2	3	0	1	1	1	5	.346	.370	.654	1.024	17	0	2
Ed Hemingway	7	27	25	3	8	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	.320	.370	.440	.810	11	0	0
Al Baird	10	26	24	1	7	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	.292	.346	.292	.638	7	0	0
Jose Rodriguez	7	22	20	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	.200	.273	.300	.573	6	0	0
Fred Anderson	38	50	42	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	14	.071	.133	.071	.205	3	0	5
Jack Onslow	9	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	1	0
Al Demaree	15	22	18	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	3
Red Murray	22	27	22	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	3	.045	.192	.091	.283	2	0	1
George Smith	14	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ad Swigler	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ernie Krueger	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
George Kelly	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Jim Middleton	13	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals	1719	5787	5211	635	1360	170	71	39	537	162	373	533	.261	.317	.343	.660	1789	52	151

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jose Rodriguez	1B	7	45	1	0	2	1.000	6.571	0
George Kelly	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Walter Holke	1B	153	1635	70	19	104	.989	11.144	0
Heinie Zimmerman	2B	5	6	3	1	2	.900	1.800	0
Jimmy Smith	2B	29	38	64	3	5	.971	3.517	0
Pete Kilduff	2B	21	34	49	4	11	.954	3.952	0
George Kelly	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Buck Herzog	2B	113	251	327	32	60	.948	5.115	0
Al Baird	2B	7	18	16	0	1	1.000	4.857	0
Heinie Zimmerman	3B	149	148	349	28	22	.947	3.336	0
Hans Lobert	3B	21	10	19	3	2	.906	1.381	0
Pete Kilduff	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Ed Hemingway	3B	7	8	15	1	2	.958	3.286	0
Bill Rariden	C	100	354	74	13	7	.971	4.280	5
Jack Onslow	C	9	11	2	1	0	.929	1.444	0
Red Murray	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Lew McCarty	C	54	235	43	6	0	.979	5.148	1
Ernie Krueger	C	5	6	0	1	0	.857	1.200	0
George Gibson	C	35	116	27	2	4	.986	4.086	1
Ross Youngs	OF	7	16	2	0	1	1.000	2.571	0
Joe Wilhoit	OF	11	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.455	0
Jim Thorpe	OF	18	31	0	2	0	.939	1.722	0
Dave Robertson	OF	140	266	12	17	1	.942	1.986	0
Red Murray	OF	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
George Kelly	OF	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Benny Kauff	OF	153	357	12	9	4	.976	2.412	0
George Burns	OF	152	325	16	9	4	.974	2.243	0
Jeff Tesreau	P	33	6	60	5	2	.930	2.000	0
Ad Swigler	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
George Smith	P	14	2	10	0	0	1.000	.857	0
Ferdie Schupp	P	36	6	60	3	3	.957	1.833	0
Slim Sallee	P	34	4	46	0	5	1.000	1.471	0
Pol Perritt	P	35	11	63	2	4	.974	2.114	0
Jim Middleton	P	13	2	13	0	0	1.000	1.154	0
George Kelly	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Demaree	P	15	1	24	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Rube Benton	P	35	2	58	3	0	.952	1.714	0
Fred Anderson	P	38	0	46	1	0	.979	1.211	0
Jimmy Smith	SS	7	15	19	1	0	.971	4.857	0
Pete Kilduff	SS	5	4	8	2	0	.857	2.400	0
Art Fletcher	SS	151	276	565	39	71	.956	5.570	0
Al Baird	SS	3	2	6	1	0	.889	2.667	0
Totals		1636	4274	2085	208	319	.968	3.887	7

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF
Ferdie Schupp	WS	1	0	1.000	1.74	2	2	0	1	1	10.3	11	2	2	0	2	9	42
Rube Benton	WS	1	1	.500	0.00	2	2	0	1	1	14.0	9	3	0	0	1	8	53
Jeff Tesreau	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
Pol Perritt	WS	0	0		2.16	3	0	2	0	0	8.3	9	2	2	0	3	3	33
Fred Anderson	WS	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	3	11
Slim Sallee	WS	0	2	.000	5.28	2	2	0	1	0	15.3	20	10	9	1	4	4	69
Totals		2	4	.333	3.00	11	6	3	3	2	51.0	54	21	17	1	11	28	211

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Dave Robertson	WS	6	23	22	3	11	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.522	.636	1.158	14	0	1	0	0
Walter Holke	WS	6	22	21	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	.286	.318	.381	.699	8	0	1	0	0
Buck Herzog	WS	6	25	24	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	8	0	0	1	0
Bill Rariden	WS	5	16	13	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.385	.467	.385	.851	5	1	0	1	1
George Burns	WS	6	25	22	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	5	2	0	0	0
Art Fletcher	WS	6	25	25	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.240	.440	6	0	0	0	0
Benny Kauff	WS	6	25	25	2	4	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	2	.160	.160	.440	.600	11	0	0	0	0
Heinie Zimmerman	WS	6	25	25	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.120	.120	.200	.320	5	1	0	0	0
Pol Perritt	WS	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0
Lew McCarty	WS	3	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	4	0	0	0	0
Ferdie Schupp	WS	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
Slim Sallee	WS	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0
Rube Benton	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Wilhoit	WS	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Anderson	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Tesreau	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Jim Thorpe	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		64	210	199	17	51	5	4	2	16	4	2	6	27	.256	.285	.352	.637	70	4	2	3	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Walter Holke	WS	1B	6	6	51.0	67	0	1	1	.985	11.824	11.167	0
Buck Herzog	WS	2B	6	6	51.0	11	12	2	3	.920	4.059	3.833	0
Heinie Zimmerman	WS	3B	6	6	51.0	9	14	2	0	.920	4.059	3.833	0
Bill Rariden	WS	C	5	4	39.7	25	10	0	1	1.000	7.941	7.000	0
Lew McCarty	WS	C	2	2	11.3	7	1	1	0	.889	6.353	4.000	1
Benny Kauff	WS	CF	6	6	51.0	6	0	1	0	.857	1.059	1.000	0
George Burns	WS	LF	6	6	51.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.941	1.833	0
Slim Sallee	WS	P	2	2	15.3	0	8	0	0	1.000	4.696	4.000	0
Rube Benton	WS	P	2	2	14.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.929	1.500	0
Ferdie Schupp	WS	P	2	2	10.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.355	2.500	0
Pol Perritt	WS	P	3	0	8.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.080	.333	0
Fred Anderson	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0
Jeff Tesreau	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Dave Robertson	WS	RF	6	5	51.0	6	2	1	0	.889	1.412	1.333	0
Art Fletcher	WS	SS	6	6	51.0	9	17	3	1	.897	4.588	4.333	0
Totals			60	53	459.0	153	72	11	6	.953	4.412	3.750	1

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