1917 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1917 National League champions New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 98 56 y 1st Harry Hempstead John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1917 New York Giants season was the franchise's 35th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the first time in four years. The team went on to lose to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series, four games to two. Regular season New York had no real superstars, but they had a balanced roster and led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed. Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman had a fine offensive season, pacing the circuit in runs batted in, but suffered through an embarrassment in the World Series. A third baseman, Zimmerman had the unfortunate task of chasing White Sox star Eddie Collins across home plate when there was no one to throw to. The Giants lost in six games. Between July 31 and August 10, the Giants hit at least one triple in each of 11 consecutive games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with 3B>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/0RMf9 Baseball-Reference.com May 20, 2014 Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Notable transactions April 23, 1917: Jim Thorpe was purchased from the Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference August 18, 1917: Jim Thorpe was returned to the Giants by the Cincinnati Reds. Roster 1917 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Fred Anderson Rube Benton Al Demaree Jim Middleton Pol Perritt Slim Sallee Ferdie Schupp George Smith Ad Swigler Jeff Tesreau Catchers George Gibson Ernie Krueger Lew McCarty Jack Onslow Bill Rariden Infielders Al Baird Art Fletcher Ed Hemingway Buck Herzog Walter Holke Pete Kilduff Hans Lobert José Rodríguez Jimmy Smith Heinie Zimmerman Outfielders George Burns Benny Kauff George Kelly Red Murray Dave Robertson Jim Thorpe Joe Wilhoit Ross Youngs 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 Bill Rariden 101 266 72 .271 0 25 1B Walter Holke 153 527 146 .277 2 55 2B Buck Herzog 114 417 98 .235 2 31 3B Heinie Zimmerman 150 585 174 .297 5 102 SS Art Fletcher 151 557 145 .260 4 62 OF Benny Kauff 153 559 172 .308 5 68 OF Dave Robertson Dave Robertson (baseball) 142 532 138 .259 12 55 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 152 597 180 .302 5 45 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 Lew McCarty 56 162 40 .247 2 20 Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith (baseball, born 1895) 36 96 22 .229 0 8 George Gibson George Gibson (baseball) 35 82 14 .171 0 5 Pete Kilduff 31 78 16 .205 1 13 Jim Thorpe 26 57 11 .193 0 4 Hans Lobert 50 52 10 .192 1 4 Joe Wilhoit 34 50 17 .340 0 9 Ross Youngs 7 26 9 .346 0 1 Ed Hemingway 7 25 8 .320 0 2 Al Baird 10 24 7 .292 0 4 Red Murray 22 22 1 .045 0 3 José Rodríguez José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894) 7 20 4 .200 0 3 Ernie Krueger 8 10 0 .000 0 0 Jack Onslow 9 8 2 .250 0 0 George Kelly George Kelly (baseball) 11 7 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 Ferdie Schupp 36 272.0 21 7 1.95 147 Slim Sallee 34 215.2 18 7 2.17 54 Pol Perritt 35 215.0 17 7 1.88 72 Rube Benton 35 215.0 15 9 2.72 70 Jeff Tesreau 33 183.2 13 8 3.09 85 Al Demaree 15 78.1 4 5 2.64 23 Ad Swigler 1 6.0 0 1 6.00 4 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 Fred Anderson Fred Anderson (baseball) 38 162.0 8 8 1.44 69 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 George Smith George Smith (National League pitcher) 14 0 3 0 2.84 16 Jim Middleton Jim Middleton (baseball) 13 1 1 1 2.75 9 Awards and honors League top five finishers Fred Anderson MLB leader in ERA (1.44) George Burns NL leader in runs scored (103) #2 in NL in stolen bases (40) #3 in NL in on-base percentage (.380) Benny Kauff #3 in NL in runs scored (89) #3 in NL in stolen bases (30) #4 in NL in batting average (.308) Pol Perritt #3 in NL in ERA (1.88) Dave Robertson MLB leader in home runs (12) Ferdie Schupp #4 in NL in wins (21) #4 in NL in ERA (1.95) #4 in NL in strikeouts (147) Heinie Zimmerman NL leader in RBI (102) 1917 World Series 1917 World Series Game 1 October 6, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago Team123456789RHENew York000010000171Chicago00110000x271W: Eddie Cicotte (1–0)  L: Slim Sallee (0–1)HR: CHI – Happy Felsch (1) Game 2 October 7, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago Team123456789RHENew York020000000281Chicago02005000x7141W: Red Faber (1–0)  L: Fred Anderson (0–1) Game 3 October 10, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEChicago000000000053New York00020000x282W: Rube Benton (1–0)  L: Eddie Cicotte (1–1) Game 4 October 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEChicago000000000070New York00011012x5101W: Ferdie Schupp (1–0)  L: Red Faber (1–1)HR: NYG – Benny Kauff (1), Benny Kauff (2) Game 5 October 13, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago Team123456789RHENew York2002001005123Chicago00100133x8146W: Red Faber (2–1)  L: Slim Sallee (0–2) Game 6 October 15, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEChicago000300001471New York000020000263W: Red Faber (3–1)  L: Rube Benton (1–1) References External links 1917 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season Category:National League champion seasons New York G Category:1910s in Manhattan Category:1910s in Washington Heights, Manhattan