1911 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1911 National League champions National League Polo Grounds (since 1889) Hilltop Park (since 1911) New York City 99 54 y 1st John T. Brush John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1911 New York Giants season was the franchise's 29th season. The Giants won their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were defeated by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. The team set and still holds the Major League Baseball single-season record for stolen bases during the modern era (since 1901), with 347.https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/which-team-has-the-most-stolen-bases-in-a-season-after-1900 Since 1901, the New York Giants have the most stolen bases by a team in a season, with 347 steals in 1911. statmuse.com April 17, 2022 Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the National League pennant by 7 1 2 games. On the offensive side, they finished second in runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in earned run average, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts. The Giants hit 103 triples, the most in franchise history.https://stathead.com/tiny/K3k50 Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 3B>=90, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Triples Stathead August 5, 2020 Regular season 350px|thumb|Team photo Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1911 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Red Ames Doc Crandall Louis Drucke Charlie Faust Rube Marquard Christy Mathewson Bert Maxwell Bugs Raymond Dick Rudolph Hooks Wiltse Catchers Grover Hartley Chief Meyers Art Wilson Infielders Al Bridwell Art Devlin Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Hank Gowdy Buck Herzog Fred Merkle Gene Paulette Outfielders Beals Becker George Burns Josh Devore Mike Donlin Red Murray Fred Snodgrass Other batters Admiral Schlei Manager John McGraw Coaches Wilbert Robinson 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 Chief Meyers 133 391 133 .332 1 61 1B Fred Merkle 149 541 153 .283 12 84 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 143 526 163 .310 13 77 3B Art Devlin Art Devlin (baseball) 95 260 71 .273 0 25 SS Al Bridwell 76 263 71 .270 0 31 OF Josh Devore 149 565 158 .280 3 50 OF Fred Snodgrass 151 534 157 .294 1 77 OF Red 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 Art Fletcher 112 326 104 .319 1 37 Buck Herzog 69 247 66 .267 1 26 Beals Becker 88 172 45 .262 1 20 Art Wilson 66 109 33 .303 1 17 Grover Hartley 11 18 4 .222 0 1 George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 6 17 1 .059 0 0 Mike Donlin 12 12 4 .333 1 1 Gene Paulette 10 12 2 .167 0 1 Hank Gowdy 4 4 1 .250 0 0 Admiral Schlei 1 1 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 Christy Mathewson 45 307.0 26 13 1.99 141 Rube Marquard 45 277.2 24 7 2.50 237 Red Ames 34 205.0 11 10 2.68 118 Hooks Wiltse 30 187.1 12 9 3.27 92 Bert Maxwell 4 31.0 1 2 2.90 8 Other pitchers thumb|250px|Bugs Raymond in 1911. He went 6–4 for the Giants before alcoholism led to his release. A year later, he was dead. Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Doc Crandall 41 198.2 15 5 2.63 94 Bugs Raymond 17 81.2 6 4 3.31 89 Louis 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 Charlie Faust 2 0 0 0 4.50 0 1911 World Series 1911 World Series 200px|thumb|Manager John McGraw and pitcher Christy Mathewson. Game 1 October 14, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team123456789RHEPhiladelphia010000000162New York00010010x250W: Christy Mathewson (1–0)  L: Chief Bender (0–1) Game 2 October 16, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia Team123456789RHENew York010000000153Philadelphia10000200x340W: 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 City Team1234567891011RHEPhiladelphia00000010002391New York00100000001235W: 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 Team123456789RHENew York200000000273Philadelphia00031000x4111W: Chief Bender (1–1)  L: Christy Mathewson (1–2) Game 5 October 25, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City Team12345678910RHEPhiladelphia0030000000371New York0010001021492W: Doc Crandall (1–0)  L: Eddie Plank (1–1)HR: PHI – Rube Oldring (1) Game 6 October 26, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia Team123456789RHENew York100000001243Philadelphia00140170x13135W: Chief Bender (2–1)  L: Red Ames (0–1) References 2 External links 1911 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:Washington Heights, Manhattan