1917 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1917
Misc:	National League Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Harry Hempstead
Managers:	John McGraw
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1917 New York Giants season was the franchise's 35th season. It involved the Giants winning the National League pennant for the first time in four years. The team went on to lose to the Chicago White Sox in the World Series, four games to two.

Regular season

New York had no real superstars, but they had a very balanced roster and led the league in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed.

Third baseman Heinie Zimmerman had a fine offensive season, pacing the circuit in runs batted in, but suffered through an embarrassment in the World Series. A third baseman, Zimmerman had the unfortunate task of chasing White Sox star Eddie Collins across home plate when there was no one to throw to. The Giants lost in six games.

Between July 31 and August 10, the Giants hit at least one triple in each of 11 consecutive games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).^[1]

Notable transactions

April 23, 1917: Jim Thorpe was purchased from the Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
August 18, 1917: Jim Thorpe was returned to the Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

Roster

1917 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	101	266	72	.271	0	25
1B	153	527	146	.277	2	55
2B	114	417	98	.235	2	31
3B	150	585	174	.297	5	102
SS	151	557	145	.260	4	62
OF	153	559	172	.308	5	68
OF	142	532	138	.259	12	55
OF	152	597	180	.302	5	45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
56	162	40	.247	2	20
36	96	22	.229	0	8
35	82	14	.171	0	5
31	78	16	.205	1	13
26	57	11	.193	0	4
50	52	10	.192	1	4
34	50	17	.340	0	9
7	26	9	.346	0	1
7	25	8	.320	0	2
10	24	7	.292	0	4
22	22	1	.045	0	3
7	20	4	.200	0	3
8	10	0	.000	0	0
9	8	2	.250	0	0
11	7	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	272.0	21	7	1.95	147
34	215.2	18	7	2.17	54
35	215.0	17	7	1.88	72
35	215.0	15	9	2.72	70
33	183.2	13	8	3.09	85
15	78.1	4	5	2.64	23
1	6.0	0	1	6.00	4

Other pitchers

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

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
	14	0	3	0	2.84	16
	13	1	1	1	2.75	9

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Fred Anderson

MLB leader in ERA (1.44)

George Burns

NL leader in runs scored (103)
#2 in NL in stolen bases (40)
#3 in NL in on-base percentage (.380)

Benny Kauff

#3 in NL in runs scored (89)
#3 in NL in stolen bases (30)
#4 in NL in batting average (.308)

Pol Perritt

#3 in NL in ERA (1.88)

Dave Robertson

MLB leader in home runs (12)

Ferdie Schupp

#4 in NL in wins (21)
#4 in NL in ERA (1.95)
#4 in NL in strikeouts (147)

Heinie Zimmerman

NL leader in RBI (102)

1917 World Series

See main article: article and 1917 World Series.

Game 1

October 6, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
New York	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Chicago	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	x	2	7	1
W: Eddie Cicotte (1–0) L: Slim Sallee (0–1)
HR: CHI – Happy Felsch (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
Chicago	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	x	7	14	1
W: Red Faber (1–0) L: Fred Anderson (0–1)

Game 3

October 10, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
New York	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	x	2	8	2
W: Rube Benton (1–0) L: Eddie Cicotte (1–1)

Game 4

October 11, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
Chicago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
New York	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	x	5	10	1
W: Ferdie Schupp (1–0) L: Red Faber (1–1)
HR: NYG – Benny Kauff (1), Benny Kauff (2)

Game 5

October 13, 1917, at Comiskey Park in Chicago

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
New York	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	3
Chicago	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	x	8	14	6
W: Red Faber (2–1) L: Slim Sallee (0–2)

Game 6

October 15, 1917, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25	6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	R	width=25	H	width=25	E
Chicago	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	1
New York	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	3
W: Red Faber (3–1) L: Rube Benton (1–1)

External links

1917 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with 3B>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG. Baseball-Reference.com. May 20, 2014.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thorpji01.shtml Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference