1919 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1919 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 87 53 y 2nd Charles Stoneham John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1919 New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 87–53 record, nine games behind the Cincinnati Reds. Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Notable transactions May 21, 1919: Jim Thorpe was traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Pat Ragan.Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference Roster 1919 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Jesse Barnes Virgil Barnes Rube Benton Red Causey Phil Douglas Jean Dubuc Bill Hubbell Johnny Jones Art Nehf Joe Oeschger Pol Perritt Pat Ragan Rosy Ryan Ferdie Schupp George Smith Colonel Snover Bob Steele Fred Toney Jesse Winters Catchers Mike González Lew McCarty Earl Smith Frank Snyder Infielders Al Baird Hal Chase Jimmy Cooney Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Frankie Frisch George Kelly Ed Sicking Heinie Zimmerman Outfielders Chick Bowen George Burns Benny Kauff Lee King Bob Kinsella Jigger Statz Jim Thorpe Ross Youngs Other batters Dave Robertson Manager John McGraw Coaches Christy Mathewson 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 Lew McCarty 85 210 59 .281 2 21 1B Hal Chase 110 408 116 .284 5 45 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 113 381 110 .289 7 52 SS Art Fletcher 127 488 135 .277 3 54 3B Heinie Zimmerman 123 444 113 .255 4 58 OF Ross Youngs 130 489 152 .311 2 43 OF Benny Kauff 135 491 136 .277 10 67 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 139 534 162 .303 2 46 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 Frankie Frisch 54 190 43 .226 2 24 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 58 158 30 .190 0 8 High Pockets Kelly 32 107 31 .290 1 14 Frank Snyder 32 92 21 .228 0 11 Al Baird 38 83 20 .241 0 5 Jigger Statz 21 60 18 .300 0 6 Earl Smith Earl Smith (catcher) 21 36 9 .250 0 8 Lee King Lee King (outfielder, born 1892) 21 20 2 .100 0 1 Ed Sicking 6 15 5 .333 0 3 Jimmy Cooney Jimmy Cooney (1920s shortstop) 5 14 3 .214 0 1 Bob Kinsella 3 9 2 .222 0 0 Chick Bowen 3 5 1 .200 0 1 Jim Thorpe 2 3 1 .333 0 1 Dave Robertson Dave Robertson (baseball) 1 0 0 ---- 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 Jesse Barnes 38 295.2 25 9 2.40 92 Rube Benton 35 209.0 17 11 2.63 53 Fred Toney 24 181.0 13 6 1.84 40 Red Causey 19 105.0 9 3 3.69 25 Art Nehf 13 102.0 9 2 1.50 24 Phil Douglas Phil Douglas (baseball) 8 51.1 2 4 2.10 21 Bill Hubbell 2 18.1 1 1 1.96 3 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 Ferdie Schupp 9 32.0 1 3 5.63 17 Rosy Ryan 4 20.1 1 2 3.10 7 George Smith George Smith (National League pitcher) 3 11.0 0 2 5.73 0 Colonel Snover 2 9.0 0 1 1.00 4 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 Jean Dubuc 36 6 4 3 2.66 32 Jesse Winters 16 1 2 3 5.46 6 Pol Perritt 11 1 1 1 7.11 2 Pat Ragan 7 1 0 0 1.59 7 Joe Oeschger 5 0 1 0 4.50 3 Johnny Jones Johnny Jones (pitcher) 2 0 0 1 5.40 3 Bob Steele Bob Steele (baseball) 1 0 1 0 6.00 0 Virgil Barnes 1 0 0 0 18.00 1 Notes 2 References 1919 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York G Category:1910s in Washington Heights, Manhattan