1914 New York Giants season

The 1914 New York Giants season was the franchise's 32nd season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 84–70 record, 10½ games behind the "Miracle Braves." They had finished first the three previous years.
This team featured two Hall of Fame pitchers: Christy Mathewson, one of the greatest ever, and Rube Marquard, whose selection is considered by some to be controversial.

Regular season

The offense scored the most runs in the league, even though no individual player drove in more than 79. The eight starters, however, all had an OPS+ of over 100. George Burns led the team with a.303 [batting batting average (baseball)|average (baseball)|average] and walked 89 times en route to a.403 on-base percentage.

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		134	381	109	.286	1	55
1B		146	512	132	.258	7	63
2B		145	539	140	.260	5	63
SS		135	514	147	.286	2	79
3B		115	365	96	.263	3	41
OF		135	512	138	.270	6	35
OF		113	392	103	.263	0	44
OF		154	561	170	.303	3	60

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
	88	282	78	.277	0	29
	82	256	68	.266	2	32
	79	154	40	.260	0	14
	86	139	31	.223	0	23
	35	31	5	.161	1	3
	30	31	6	.194	0	2
	11	12	2	.167	0	0
	37	8	3	.375	0	3
	5	7	3	.429	0	2
	2	6	2	.333	0	0
	2	5	1	.200	0	0
	7	4	1	.250	0	0
	2	3	0	.000	0	1

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
	42	322.1	26	10	2.37	189
	41	312.0	24	13	3.00	80
	39	268.0	12	22	3.06	92
	38	224.0	10	17	3.09	89
	1	5.0	0	1	0.00	3

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
	38	138.0	9	5	3.20	57
	10	34.0	1	1	4.24	13

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
	20	1	1	1	2.84	19
	8	0	0	1	5.82	9
	6	0	0	0	3.22	6
	1	1	0	0	1.13	4
	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

NL leader in runs scored
NL leader in stolen bases
#2 in NL in on-base percentage
#3 in NL in walks drawn

Rube Marquard

#2 in NL in losses

Jeff Tesreau

#2 in NL in wins
#2 in NL in strikeouts