1918 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1918 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 71 53 y 2nd Harry Hempstead John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons thumb|1918 New York Giants 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.https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-1918-nl-standings/173704952/ Final Baseball Records for 1918 Brooklyn Eagle September 3, 1918 16 Newspapers.com Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1918 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Fred Anderson Jesse Barnes Rube Benton Red Causey Al Demaree Waite Hoyt Jack Ogden Pol Perritt George Ross Slim Sallee Ferdie Schupp George Smith Bob Steele Jeff Tesreau Fred Toney Catchers George Gibson Lew McCarty Bill Rariden Infielders Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Walter Holke Jay Kirke Bert Niehoff José Rodríguez Ed Sicking Heinie Zimmerman Outfielders George Burns Pete Compton Benny Kauff 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 Lew McCarty 86 257 69 .268 0 24 1B Walter Holke 88 326 82 .252 1 27 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 75 257 67 .261 3 36 SS Art Fletcher 124 468 123 .263 0 47 3B Heinie Zimmerman 121 463 126 .272 1 56 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 119 465 135 .290 4 51 OF Ross Youngs 121 474 143 .302 1 25 OF Benny Kauff 67 270 85 .315 2 39 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 Bill Rariden 69 183 41 .224 0 17 Joe Wilhoit 64 135 37 .274 0 15 Ed Sicking 46 132 33 .250 0 12 José Rodríguez José Rodríguez (infielder, born 1894) 50 125 20 .160 0 15 Jim Thorpe 58 113 28 .248 1 11 Pete Compton 21 60 13 .217 0 5 Jay Kirke 17 56 14 .250 0 3 Bert Niehoff 7 23 6 .261 0 1 George Gibson George Gibson (baseball) 4 2 1 .500 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 Pol Perritt 35 233.0 18 13 2.74 60 Slim Sallee 18 132.0 8 8 2.25 33 Fred Toney 11 85.1 6 2 1.69 19 Jeff Tesreau 12 73.2 4 4 2.32 31 Jesse Barnes 9 54.2 6 1 1.81 12 Rube Benton 3 24.0 1 2 1.88 9 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 Red Causey 29 158.1 11 6 2.79 48 Al Demaree 26 142.0 8 6 2.47 39 Fred Anderson Fred Anderson (baseball) 18 70.2 4 2 2.67 24 Bob Steele Bob Steele (baseball) 12 66.0 3 5 2.59 24 Ferdie Schupp 10 33.1 0 1 7.56 22 George Smith George Smith (National League pitcher) 5 26.2 2 3 4.05 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 Jack Ogden baseball 5 0 0 0 3.12 1 George Ross George Ross (baseball) 1 0 0 1 0.00 2 Waite Hoyt 1 0 0 0 0.00 2 References External links 1918 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