1926_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season Knowpia

1926 New York Giants
1926 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	John McGraw

The 1926 New York Giants season was the franchise's 44th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74–77 record, 13½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	0.384	29½	33–42	25–51

Record vs. opponents edit

1926 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–15	12–10	12–10–1	12–10	7–15	10–11	7–15
Brooklyn	15–6	—	14–8	4–18	9–13	13–9	9–13–2	7–15
Chicago	10–12	8–14	—	13–9–1	14–8	16–6	10–12	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12–1	18–4	9–13–1	—	7–15	16–6–1	13–9	14–8
New York	10–12	13–9	8–14	15–7	—	12–7	6–16	10–12
Philadelphia	15–7	9–13	6–16	6–16–1	7–12	—	8–14	7–15
Pittsburgh	11–10	13–9–2	12–10	9–13	16–6	14–8	—	9–13–2
St. Louis	15–7	15–7	11–11	8–14	12–10	15–7	13–9–2	—

Opening Day lineup edit

Heinie Groh 3B
Frankie Frisch 2B
Ross Youngs RF
Irish Meusel RF
High Pockets Kelly 1B
Ty Tyson CF
Travis Jackson SS
Frank Snyder C
Virgil Barnes P

^[1]

Notable transactions edit

June 14, 1926: Billy Southworth was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Heinie Mueller.^[2]

Roster edit

1926 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

John McGraw

Coaches

Roger Bresnahan

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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	Paul Florence	76	188	43	.229	2	14
1B	George Kelly	136	499	151	.303	13	80
2B	Frankie Frisch	135	545	171	.314	5	44
SS	Travis Jackson	111	385	126	.327	8	51
3B	Freddie Lindstrom	140	543	164	.302	9	76
OF	Ross Youngs	95	372	114	.306	4	43
OF	Ty Tyson	97	335	98	.293	3	35
OF	Irish Meusel	129	449	131	.292	6	65

Other batters edit

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
Heinie Mueller	85	305	76	.249	4	29
Bill Terry	98	225	65	.289	5	43
Doc Farrell	67	171	49	.287	2	23
Frank Snyder	55	148	32	.216	5	16
Billy Southworth	36	116	38	.328	5	30
Hugh McMullen	57	91	17	.187	0	6
Al Moore	28	81	18	.222	0	10
Jimmy Johnston	37	69	16	.232	0	5
Mel Ott	35	60	23	.383	0	4
Heinie Groh	12	35	8	.229	0	3
Andy Cohen	32	35	9	.257	0	8
Grover Hartley	13	21	1	.048	0	0
Blackie Carter	5	17	4	.235	1	1
Jack Cummings	7	16	5	.313	0	4
Fresco Thompson	2	8	5	.625	0	1
Scottie Slayback	2	8	0	.000	0	0
Mike Smith	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Jim Hamby	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Joe Connell	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Pete Cote	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Jimmy Boyle	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kent Greenfield	39	222.2	13	12	3.96	74
Freddie Fitzsimmons	37	219.0	14	10	2.88	48
Virgil Barnes	31	185.0	8	13	2.87	54
Hugh McQuillan	33	167.0	11	10	3.72	47

Other pitchers edit