1912 New York Giants season

The 1912 New York Giants season was the franchise's 30th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant. They were beaten by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. Fred Snodgrass took most of the blame, as he dropped a fly ball in the deciding contest.
Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants dominated the NL, opening the season 54–11 and building a 16 1/2-game lead by July 3. On the offensive side, they easily led the league in runs scored. Larry Doyle finished fourth in the batting race and was voted league MVP. Chief Meyers had one of the greatest offensive seasons ever for a catcher and was second in batting.
They had arguably the best pitching staff, too. Jeff Tesreau, Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, and Red Ames finished 1–2–5 in league ERA. Rube Marquard's 18-game winning streak was the top story in baseball.
Taken together with the [1911 New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants season|1911] and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time. It also makes up a good portion of the 1966 book The Glory of Their Times, as Marquard, Meyers, and Snodgrass were three of the players interviewed.

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		126	371	133	.358	6	54
1B		129	479	148	.309	11	84
2B		143	558	184	.330	10	90
3B		140	482	127	.263	2	47
SS		129	419	118	.282	1	57
OF		146	535	144	.269	3	69
OF		143	549	152	.277	3	92
OF		125	402	106	.264	6	58

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
	106	327	90	.275	2	37
	78	163	47	.288	0	24
	65	121	35	.289	3	20
	29	51	15	.294	0	5
	27	48	13	.271	0	3
	42	39	13	.333	0	7
	25	34	8	.235	0	7
	3	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
	43	310.0	23	12	2.12	134
	43	294.2	26	11	2.57	175
	36	243.0	17	7	1.96	119
	33	179.0	11	5	2.46	83
	1	7.0	0	0	6.43	6

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
	37	162.0	13	7	3.61	60
	28	134.0	9	6	3.16	58
	2	16.0	1	0	1.69	11
	3	11.0	1	0	5.73	2
	2	10.0	2	0	0.90	3

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
	1	0	0	1	13.50	0
	1	0	0	1	27.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Rube Marquard

NL leader in wins
#3 in NL in strikeouts

Christy Mathewson

#2 in NL in ERA
#2 in NL in complete games
#4 in NL in wins

Chief Meyers

NL leader in on-base percentage
#2 in NL in batting average
#4 in NL in slugging percentage

Red Murray

#4 in NL in stolen bases

Fred Snodgrass

#3 in NL in stolen bases

Jeff Tesreau

NL leader in ERA

1912 World Series

'''AL Boston Red Sox vs. NL New York Giants '''