1910 New York Giants season

1910 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersJohn McGraw
Seasons

The 1910 New York Giants season was the franchise's 28th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 91–63 record, 13 games behind the Chicago Cubs.[1]

The Giants offense scored the most runs in the NL. Fred Snodgrass had his breakthrough season, finishing fourth in the batting race and also leading the team in on-base percentage and OPS.

Their pitching staff was once again led by Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, who won a league-best 27 games. His 1.89 earned run average ranked third.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 104 50 .675 — 58‍–‍19 46‍–‍31
91 63 .591 13 52‍–‍26 39‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 67 .562 17½ 46‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Philadelphia Phillies 78 75 .510 25½ 40‍–‍36 38‍–‍39
Cincinnati Reds 75 79 .487 29 39‍–‍37 36‍–‍42
Brooklyn Superbas 64 90 .416 40 39‍–‍39 25‍–‍51
St. Louis Cardinals 63 90 .412 40½ 35‍–‍41 28‍–‍49
Boston Doves 53 100 .346 50½ 29‍–‍48 24‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1910 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHI CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 10–12 5–17 8–14–1 6–16–1 4–17–2 8–14 12–10
Brooklyn 12–10 — 6–16 7–15 8–14 9–13–1 10–12–1 12–10
Chicago 17–5 16–6 — 16–6 14–8 14–8 12–10 15–7
Cincinnati 14–8–1 15–7 6–16 — 8–14 10–12–1 10–12 12–10
16–6–1 14–8 8–14 14–8 — 15–7 12–10 12–10
Philadelphia 17–4–2 13–9–1 8–14 12–10–1 7–15 — 11–11 10–12
Pittsburgh 14–8 12–10–1 10–12 12–10 10–12 11–11 — 17–4
St. Louis 10–12 10–12 7–15 10–12 10–12 12–10 4–17 —


Roster

1910 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 127 365 104 .285 1 62
1B Fred Merkle 144 506 148 .292 4 70
2B Larry Doyle 151 575 164 .285 8 69
3B Art Devlin 147 493 128 .260 2 67
SS Al Bridwell 142 492 136 .276 0 48
OF Josh Devore 133 490 149 .304 2 27
OF Fred Snodgrass 123 396 127 .321 2 44
OF Red Murray 149 553 153 .277 4 87

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
Cy Seymour 79 287 76 .265 1 40
Beals Becker 80 126 36 .286 3 24
Art Fletcher 51 125 28 .224 0 13
Admiral Schlei 55 99 19 .192 0 8
Art Wilson 26 52 14 .269 0 5
Tillie Shafer 29 21 4 .190 0 1
Hank Gowdy 7 14 3 .214 0 2
Willie Keeler 19 10 3 .300 0 0
Elmer Zacher 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
Christy Mathewson 38 318.1 27 9 1.89 184
Hooks Wiltse 36 235.1 14 12 2.72 88
Louis Drucke 34 215.1 12 10 2.47 151
Red Ames 33 190.1 12 11 2.22 94

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
Doc Crandall 42 207.2 17 4 2.56 73
Bugs Raymond 19 99.1 4 11 3.81 55
Rube Marquard 13 70.2 4 4 4.46 52
Dick Rudolph 3 12.0 0 1 7.50 9
Ed Hendricks 4 12.0 0 1 3.75 2

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
Walt Dickson 12 1 0 0 5.46 9
Al Klawitter 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Red Ames

  • #4 in NL in ERA (2.22)

Larry Doyle

  • #4 in NL in runs scored (97)

Louis Drucke

  • #4 in NL in strikeouts (151)

Christy Mathewson

  • NL leader in wins (27)
  • #2 in NL in strikeouts (184)
  • #3 in NL in ERA (1.89)

Fred Merkle

  • #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.441)

Red Murray

  • #2 in NL in stolen bases (57)
  • #3 in NL in RBI (87)

Fred Snodgrass

  • #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.440)
  • #4 in NL in batting average (.321)

References

  1. ^ "National League Race Ends in the East". New-York Tribune. October 13, 1910. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.


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