1918 New York Giants season

The 1918 New York Giants season was the franchise's 36th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 71–53 record, 10½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

1918 New York Giants

1918 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHarry Hempstead
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1917Seasons1919 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National LeagueWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Chicago Cubs84450.65149–2535–20
New York Giants71530.57310½35–2136–32
Cincinnati Reds68600.53115½46–2422–36
Pittsburgh Pirates65600.5201742–2823–32
Brooklyn Robins57690.45225½33–2124–48
Philadelphia Phillies55680.4472627–2928–39
Boston Braves53710.42728½23–2930–42
St. Louis Cardinals51780.3953332–4019–38

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston8–65–1410–81–157–1210–912–7
Brooklyn6–810–96–128–129–810–98–11
Chicago14–59–1010–7–114–612–610–8–115–3
Cincinnati8–1012–67–10–112–712–74–1213–8
New York15–112–86–147–1210–38–1113–4
Philadelphia12–78–96–127–123–1011–78–11–2
Pittsburgh9–109–108–10–112–411–87–119–7
St. Louis7–1211–83–158–134–1311–8–27–9


Roster

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1918 New York Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CLew McCarty8625769.268024
1BWalter Holke8832682.252127
2BLarry Doyle7525767.261336
SSArt Fletcher124468123.263047
3BHeinie Zimmerman121463126.272156
OFGeorge Burns119465135.290451
OFRoss Youngs121474143.302125
OFBenny Kauff6727085.315239

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Rariden6918341.224017
Joe Wilhoit6413537.274015
Ed Sicking4613233.250012
José Rodríguez5012520.160015
Jim Thorpe5811328.248111
Pete Compton216013.21705
Jay Kirke175614.25003
Bert Niehoff7236.26101
George Gibson421.50000

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pol Perritt35233.018132.7460
Slim Sallee18132.0882.2533
Fred Toney1185.1621.6919
Jeff Tesreau1273.2442.3231
Jesse Barnes954.2611.8112
Rube Benton324.0121.889

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Red Causey29158.11162.7948
Al Demaree26142.0862.4739
Fred Anderson1870.2422.6724
Bob Steele1266.0352.5924
Ferdie Schupp1033.1017.5622
George Smith526.2234.054

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jack Ogden50003.121
George Ross10010.002
Waite Hoyt10000.002

References

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