1911 New York Giants season

1911 New York Giants
1911 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1911 Information
Owner(s) John T. Brush
Manager(s) John McGraw
Previous season     Next season

The 1911 New York Giants season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Giants winning their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were beaten by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.

Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the NL by 7½ games. On the offensive side, they finished second in total runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in ERA, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts.

Taken together with the 1912 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.[1]

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
New York Giants 99 54 -- .647
Chicago Cubs 92 62 7.5 .597
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 69 14.5 .552
Philadelphia Phillies 79 73 19.5 .520
St. Louis Cardinals 75 74 22 .503
Cincinnati Reds 70 83 29 .458
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 64 86 33.5 .427
Boston Rustlers 44 107 54 .291

Roster

1911 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Charlie "Victory" Faust

One of the Giants' drawing cards came in the form of unknown pitcher Charlie Faust, whose story was retold by Fred Snodgrass in The Glory of Their Times. Faust was considered something of a "good-luck charm" by manager McGraw, and was used sparingly. In 1911, Faust appeared in just two games for the team, which was the entirety of his major league playing career. As a pitcher, he pitched two innings, giving up one run. As a batter, he tallied one hit by pitch, two stolen bases, and one run scored, in zero at bats.

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 Meyers, ChiefChief Meyers 133 391 133 .332 1 61
1B Merkle, FredFred Merkle 149 541 153 .283 12 84
2B Doyle, LarryLarry Doyle 143 526 163 .310 13 77
3B Devlin, ArtArt Devlin 95 260 71 .273 0 25
SS Bridwell, AlAl Bridwell 76 263 71 .270 0 31
OF Devore, JoshJosh Devore 149 565 158 .280 3 50
OF Snodgrass, FredFred Snodgrass 151 534 157 .294 1 77
OF Murray, RedRed Murray 140 488 142 .291 3 78

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
Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns 6 17 1 .059 0 0

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
Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson 45 307 26 13 1.99 141
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard 45 277.2 24 7 2.50 237
Ames, RedRed Ames 34 205 11 10 2.68 118
Maxwell, BertBert Maxwell 4 31 1 2 2.90 8

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
Crandall, DocDoc Crandall 41 198.2 15 5 2.63 94
Raymond, BugsBugs Raymond 17 81.2 6 4 3.31 89
Drucke, LouisLouis Drucke 15 75.2 4 4 4.04 42

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
Faust, CharlieCharlie Faust 2 0 0 10 4.50 0

1911 World Series

Main article: 1911 World Series

Game 1

October 14, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
New York 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x 2 5 0
W: Christy Mathewson (1-0)  L: Chief Bender (0-1)

Game 2

October 16, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 3 4 0
W: Eddie Plank (1-0)  L: Rube Marquard (0-1)
HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (1)

Game 3

October 17, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 9 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5
W: Jack Coombs (1-0)  L: Christy Mathewson (1-1)
HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (2)

Game 4

October 24, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x 4 11 1
W: Chief Bender (1-1)  L: Christy Mathewson (1-2)

Game 5

October 25, 1911 at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Philadelphia 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 9 2
W: Doc Crandall (1-0)  L: Eddie Plank (1-1)
HR: PHI – Rube Oldring (1)

Game 6

October 26, 1911 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 3
Philadelphia 0 0 1 4 0 1 7 0 x 13 13 5
W: Chief Bender (2-1)  L: Red Ames (0-1)

Notes

  1. ^ Neyer, Rob and Eddie Epstein. Baseball Dynasties.

References

American League
National League
Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
Preceded by
Chicago Cubs
1910		 National League Championship Season
1911		 Succeeded by
New York Giants
1912
Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants · Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Rivalries
Retired Numbers
3 · 4 · 11 · 20 · 24 · 27 · 30 · 36 · 42 · 44 · NY · NY
World Series Champions (6)
1905 · 1921 · 1922 · 1933 · 1954 · 2010
National League
Championships (21)
1888 · 1889 · 1904 · 1905 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1917 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1933 · 1936 · 1937 · 1951 · 1954 · 1962 · 1989 · 2002 · 2010
Division Titles
Western: 1971 · 1987 · 1989 · 1997 · 2000 · 2003 · 2010 · Wild Card: 2002
Minors