1916 New York Giants season

The 1916 New York Giants season was the franchise's 34th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 86–66 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins. This season introduced a new uniform design.

Opening day games

The first game of the home season was on April 20, 1916, at the Polo Grounds. John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.

Regular season

The 1916 Giants set a still-standing Major League record for the longest winning streak at 26 games between September 7 to 30. Earlier in the season, the Giants had won 17 consecutive games. Despite the winning streaks, no Giants pitcher won 20 games.
For the only time in franchise history, the Giants failed to score a run in a three-game series; they were shut out in all three games against St. Louis, August 20–22.
Former Federal League star Benny Kauff led the team in runs batted in and stolen bases.

Notable transactions

August 28, 1916: Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter were traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan.

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		120	351	78	.222	1	29
1B		112	401	95	.237	7	44
2B		113	441	118	.268	2	47
3B		71	260	64	.246	0	17
SS		133	500	143	.286	3	66
OF		154	552	146	.264	9	74
OF		150	587	180	.307	12	69
OF		155	623	174	.279	5	41

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
	77	280	73	.261	0	25
	40	151	41	.272	0	19
	34	111	39	.351	0	13
	48	76	17	.224	0	11
	49	76	12	.158	0	3
	39	69	13	.188	0	5
	25	68	27	.397	0	9
	34	65	7	.108	0	1
	18	51	12	.235	1	3
	21	28	7	.250	1	4
	15	17	2	.118	0	0
	2	7	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	2	1	1	1.000	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0
	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
	40	268.1	18	14	2.92	113
	40	251.0	18	11	2.62	115
	38	238.2	16	8	2.87	115
	38	188.0	9	13	3.40	98
	15	111.2	9	4	1.37	35

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
	30	140.1	9	3	0.90	86
	12	65.2	3	4	2.33	16
	10	46.2	1	2	2.70	16
	19	45.2	1	4	2.96	24
	4	15.2	0	3	8.04	8

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
	9	3	0	0	2.61	9
	3	1	0	0	0.00	3

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

NL leader in runs scored
4th in NL in stolen bases

Benny Kauff

2nd in NL in stolen bases
4th in NL in RBI

Dave Robertson

MLB leader in home runs
3rd in NL in runs scored