1916 New York Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1916 New York Giants

League| National League
Ballpark| Polo Grounds
City| New York City
Owners| Harry Hempstead
Managers| John McGraw
| <- 1915 | Seasons | 1917 ->

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John Purroy Mitchel, the Mayor of New York throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Opening Day game of the 1916 New York Giants season at the Polo Grounds on April 20, 1916

The 1916 New York Giants season was the franchise's 34th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 86–66 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins. This season introduced a new uniform design.[1]

## Opening day games

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The first game of the home season was on April 20, 1916, at the Polo Grounds. John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.[1]

## Regular season

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The 1916 Giants set a still-standing Major League record for the longest winning streak at 26 games between September 7 to 30.[2] Earlier in the season, the Giants had won 17 consecutive games. Despite the winning streaks, no Giants pitcher won 20 games.

For the only time in franchise history,[3] the Giants failed to score a run in a three-game series; they were shut out in all three games against St. Louis, August 20–22.[4][5]

Former Federal League star Benny Kauff led the team in runs batted in and stolen bases.

### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Brooklyn Robins | 94 | 60  | .610  | —  | 50‍–‍27  | 44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 62  | .595  | 2½  | 50‍–‍29  | 41‍–‍33
Boston Braves | 89 | 63  | .586  | 4  | 41‍–‍31  | 48‍–‍32
New York Giants | 86 | 66  | .566  | 7  | 47‍–‍30  | 39‍–‍36
Chicago Cubs | 67 | 86  | .438  | 26½  | 37‍–‍41  | 30‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 89  | .422  | 29  | 37‍–‍40  | 28‍–‍49
St. Louis Cardinals | 60 | 93  | .392  | 33½  | 36‍–‍40  | 24‍–‍53
Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 93  | .392  | 33½  | 32‍–‍44  | 28‍–‍49

### Record vs. opponents

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1916 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

### Notable transactions

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* August 28, 1916: Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter were traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan.[6]

### Roster

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1916 New York Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* Fred Anderson
* Rube Benton
* Christy Mathewson
* Emilio Palmero
* Pol Perritt
* Hank Ritter
* Slim Sallee
* Rube Schauer
* Ferdie Schupp
* George Smith
* Sailor Stroud
* Jeff Tesreau

|  | Catchers

* Red Dooin
* Duke Kelleher
* Brad Kocher
* Lew McCarty
* Bill Rariden

Infielders

* Fred Brainard
* Mickey Doolan
* Larry Doyle
* Art Fletcher
* Buck Herzog
* Walter Holke
* Herb Hunter
* George Kelly
* Hans Lobert
* Bill McKechnie
* Fred Merkle
* Heinie Zimmerman

|  | Outfielders

* George Burns
* Benny Kauff
* Dave Robertson
* Edd Roush

Other batters

* Red Killefer
* José Rodríguez
* Heinie Stafford
* Lew Wendell

|  | Manager

* John McGraw

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Bill Rariden | 120 | 351 | 78 | .222 | 1 | 29
1B | Fred Merkle | 112 | 401 | 95 | .237 | 7 | 44
2B | Larry Doyle | 113 | 441 | 118 | .268 | 2 | 47
3B | Bill McKechnie | 71 | 260 | 64 | .246 | 0 | 17
SS | Art Fletcher | 133 | 500 | 143 | .286 | 3 | 66
OF | Benny Kauff | 154 | 552 | 146 | .264 | 9 | 74
OF | Dave Robertson | 150 | 587 | 180 | .307 | 12 | 69
OF | George Burns | 155 | 623 | 174 | .279 | 5 | 41

#### Other batters

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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

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Buck Herzog | 77 | 280 | 73 | .261 | 0 | 25
Heinie Zimmerman | 40 | 151 | 41 | .272 | 0 | 19
Walter Holke | 34 | 111 | 39 | .351 | 0 | 13
Hans Lobert | 48 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 11
George Kelly | 49 | 76 | 12 | .158 | 0 | 3
Edd Roush | 39 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 | 5
Lew McCarty | 25 | 68 | 27 | .397 | 0 | 9
Brad Kocher | 34 | 65 | 7 | .108 | 0 | 1
Mickey Doolan | 18 | 51 | 12 | .235 | 1 | 3
Herb Hunter | 21 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 1 | 4
Red Dooin | 15 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0
Fred Brainard | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Lew Wendell | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Red Killefer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1
Heinie Stafford | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
José Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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Duke Kelleher | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Jeff Tesreau | 40 | 268.1 | 18 | 14 | 2.92 | 113
Pol Perritt | 40 | 251.0 | 18 | 11 | 2.62 | 115
Rube Benton | 38 | 238.2 | 16 | 8 | 2.87 | 115
Fred Anderson | 38 | 188.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.40 | 98
Slim Sallee | 15 | 111.2 | 9 | 4 | 1.37 | 35

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ferdie Schupp | 30 | 140.1 | 9 | 3 | 0.90 | 86
Christy Mathewson | 12 | 65.2 | 3 | 4 | 2.33 | 16
Sailor Stroud | 10 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.70 | 16
Rube Schauer | 19 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | 2.96 | 24
Emilio Palmero | 4 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.04 | 8

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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George Smith | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 9
Hank Ritter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3

## Awards and honors

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### League top five finishers

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George Burns

* NL leader in runs scored (105)
* 4th in NL in stolen bases (37)

Benny Kauff

* 2nd in NL in stolen bases (40)
* 4th in NL in RBI (74)

Dave Robertson

* MLB leader in home runs (12)
* 3rd in NL in runs scored (88)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Mayor Mitchel To Pitch" (PDF). The New York Times. April 20, 1916. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
2. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.48, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
3. ^ As of 2014, considering only games from 1914 onwards.
4. ^ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with R=0 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
5. ^ The three shutouts by Montreal in September 1980 were part of a four game series.
6. ^ Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference

## External links

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* 1916 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

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