1914 New York Giants season

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.

1914 New York Giants
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Other information
Owner(s)Harry Hempstead
Manager(s)John McGraw
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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 9459 0.614 — 51–25 43–34
New York Giants 8470 0.545 10½ 43–36 41–34
St. Louis Cardinals 8172 0.529 13 42–34 39–38
Chicago Cubs 7876 0.506 16½ 46–30 32–46
Brooklyn Robins 7579 0.487 19½ 45–34 30–45
Philadelphia Phillies 7480 0.481 20½ 48–30 26–50
Pittsburgh Pirates 6985 0.448 25½ 39–36 30–49
Cincinnati Reds 6094 0.390 34½ 34–42 26–52

Record vs. opponents
1914 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–1316–614–8–211–11–112–1017–5–115–6–1
Brooklyn 13–9—10–1211–119–1311–1116–65–17
Chicago 6–1612–10—17–59–1312–1012–1010–12–2
Cincinnati 8–14–211–115–17—9–139–138–14–110–12
New York 11–11–113–913–913–9—12–1013–9–19–13
Philadelphia 10–1211–1110–1213–910–12—12–108–14
Pittsburgh 5–17–16–1610–1214–8–19–13–110–12—15–7–1
St. Louis 6–15–117–512–10–212–1013–914–87–15–1—

Roster
1914 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Player stats

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
CChief Meyers134381109.286155
1BFred Merkle146512132.258763
2BLarry Doyle145539140.260563
SSArt Fletcher135514147.286279
3BMilt Stock11536596.263341
OFBob Bescher135512138.270635
OFFred Snodgrass113392103.263044
OFGeorge Burns154561170.303360

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 Grant8828278.277029
Dave Robertson8225668.266232
Larry McLean7915440.260014
Red Murray8613931.223023
Mike Donlin35315.16113
Jim Thorpe30316.19402
Elmer Johnson11122.16700
Sandy Piez3783.37503
Harry Smith573.42902
Walter Holke262.33300
Fred Brainard251.20000
Ben Dyer741.25000
Desmond Beatty230.00001

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 Tesreau42322.126102.37189
Christy Mathewson4131224133.0080
Rube Marquard3926812223.0692
Al Demaree3822410173.0989
Eric Erickson15010.003

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 Fromme38138953.2057
Marty O'Toole1034114.2413

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 Wiltse201112.8419
Ferdie Schupp80015.829
Rube Schauer60003.226
Hank Ritter11001.134
Al Huenke10004.502

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

  • NL leader in runs scored (100)
  • NL leader in stolen bases (62)
  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.403)
  • #3 in NL in walks drawn (89)

Rube Marquard

  • #2 in NL in losses (22)

Jeff Tesreau

  • #2 in NL in wins (26)
  • #2 in NL in strikeouts (189)

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


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