1910 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1910
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	John T. Brush
Managers:	John McGraw
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants 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.

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

Roster

1910 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		127	365	104	.285	1	62
1B		144	506	148	.292	4	70
2B		151	575	164	.285	8	69
3B		147	493	128	.260	2	67
SS		142	492	136	.276	0	48
OF		133	490	149	.304	2	27
OF		123	396	127	.321	2	44
OF		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
	79	287	76	.265	1	40
	80	126	36	.286	3	24
	51	125	28	.224	0	13
	55	99	19	.192	0	8
	26	52	14	.269	0	5
	29	21	4	.190	0	1
	7	14	3	.214	0	2
	19	10	3	.300	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
	38	318.1	27	9	1.89	184
	36	235.1	14	12	2.72	88
	34	215.1	12	10	2.47	151
	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
	42	207.2	17	4	2.56	73
	19	99.1	4	11	3.81	55
	13	70.2	4	4	4.46	52
	3	12.0	0	1	7.50	9
	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
	12	1	0	0	5.46	9
	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)

External links

• 1910 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference