1915 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1915 National League Polo Grounds New York City 69 83 y 8th Harry Hempstead John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons thumb|John Purroy Mitchel at the Giants opening game at the Polo Grounds on April 14, 1915, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch thumb|John Purroy Mitchel at the Giants opening game at the Polo Grounds on April 14, 1915, where he is shaking hands with Christy Mathewson The 1915 New York Giants season was the franchise's 33rd season. The team finished eighth in the eight-team National League with a record of 69–83, 21 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. Opening day game Opening day was April 14, 1915, at the Polo Grounds against the Brooklyn Dodgers with 20,000 attendees. Mayor John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch. The New York Giants Opening Day starting pitcher was Jeff Tesreau. The Giants won 16 to 3.Larry Doyle Hero Of Giants' Opening. Hibernian Slugger Deals Destruction to Brooklyn's German Pitchers. Dodgers Downed, 16 To 3. Happy Crowd of 20,000 Enthuses at Season's First Game at Polo Grounds https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/04/15/104645278.pdf A brand-new season of national frivolity started on its merry way at the Polo Grounds yesterday, the hilarious inaugural being staged with an abundance of pomp ... The New York Times April 15, 1915 2013-12-25 Regular season After finishing first in 1911, 1912, and 1913 and second in 1914, the Giants fell to last place in the National League in 1915. Much of the collapse was due to the pitching staff. Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Rube Marquard both struggled through subpar seasons. Marquard would be placed on waivers in August and claimed by the Brooklyn Robins. Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1915 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Rube Benton Art Fromme Fred Herbert Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Emilio Palmero Pol Perritt Hank Ritter Rube Schauer Ferdie Schupp Sailor Stroud Jeff Tesreau Catchers Red Dooin Brad Kocher Larry McLean Chief Meyers Bobby Schang Harry Smith Lew Wendell Infielders Howard Baker Fred Brainard Larry Doyle Ben Dyer Art Fletcher Eddie Grant George Kelly Hans Lobert Fred Merkle Outfielders Charlie Babington Marty Becker George Burns Merwin Jacobson Red Murray Dave Robertson Fred Snodgrass Jim Thorpe Manager John McGraw 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 Chief Meyers 110 289 67 .232 1 26 1B Fred Merkle 140 505 151 .299 4 62 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 150 591 189 .320 4 70 SS Art Fletcher 149 562 143 .254 3 74 3B Hans Lobert 106 386 97 .251 0 38 OF Fred Snodgrass 80 252 49 .194 0 20 OF Dave Robertson 141 544 160 .294 3 58 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 155 622 169 .272 3 51 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 Fred Brainard 91 249 50 .201 1 21 Eddie Grant 87 192 40 .208 0 10 Red Murray 45 127 28 .220 3 11 Red Dooin 46 124 27 .218 0 9 Marty Becker 17 52 13 .250 0 3 Jim Thorpe 17 52 12 .231 0 1 High Pockets Kelly 17 38 6 .158 1 4 Lew Wendell 20 36 8 .222 0 5 Charlie Babington 28 33 8 .242 0 2 Larry McLean 13 33 5 .152 0 4 Harry Smith 21 32 4 .125 0 3 Merwin Jacobson 8 24 2 .083 0 0 Bobby Schang 12 21 3 .143 0 1 Ben Dyer 7 19 4 .211 0 0 Brad Kocher 4 11 5 .455 0 2 Howard Baker 1 3 0 .000 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 Jeff Tesreau 43 306.0 19 16 2.29 176 Pol Perritt 35 220.0 12 18 2.66 91 Christy Mathewson 27 186.0 8 14 3.58 57 Sailor Stroud 32 184.0 12 9 2.79 62 Rube Marquard 27 169.0 9 8 3.73 79 Fred Herbert baseball 2 17.0 1 1 1.06 6 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 Rube Schauer 32 105.1 2 8 3.50 65 Rube Benton 10 60.2 3 5 2.82 26 Art Fromme 4 12.1 0 1 5.84 4 Emilio Palmero 3 11.2 0 2 3.09 8 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 Ferdie Schupp 23 1 0 0 5.10 28 Hank Ritter 22 2 1 2 4.63 35 Awards and honors League top five finishers George Burns #4 in NL in runs scored (83) Larry Doyle NL leader in batting average (.320) #2 in NL in runs scored (86) Pol Perritt #3 in NL in losses (18) Jeff Tesreau #2 in NL in strikeouts (176) External links 1915 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference References Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York G Category:1910s in Washington Heights, Manhattan