1919 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1919
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Charles Stoneham
Managers:	John McGraw
Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1919 New York Giants season was the franchise's 37th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 87–53 record, 9 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• May 21, 1919: Jim Thorpe was traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Pat Ragan.^[1]

Roster

1919 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		ManagerCoaches

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		85	210	59	.281	2	21
1B		110	408	116	.284	5	45
2B		113	381	110	.289	7	52
SS		127	488	135	.277	3	54
3B		123	444	113	.255	4	58
OF		130	489	152	.311	2	43
OF		135	491	136	.277	10	67
OF		139	534	162	.303	2	46

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
	54	190	43	.226	2	24
	58	158	30	.190	0	8
	32	107	31	.290	1	14
	32	92	21	.228	0	11
	38	83	20	.241	0	5
	21	60	18	.300	0	6
	21	36	9	.250	0	8
	21	20	2	.100	0	1
	6	15	5	.333	0	3
	5	14	3	.214	0	1
	3	9	2	.222	0	0
	3	5	1	.200	0	1
	2	3	1	.333	0	1
	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	295.2	25	9	2.40	92
	35	209.0	17	11	2.63	53
	24	181.0	13	6	1.84	40
	19	105.0	9	3	3.69	25
	13	102.0	9	2	1.50	24
	8	51.1	2	4	2.10	21
	2	18.1	1	1	1.96	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
	9	32.0	1	3	5.63	17
	4	20.1	1	2	3.10	7
	3	11.0	0	2	5.73	0
	2	9.0	0	1	1.00	4

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
	36	6	4	3	2.66	32
	16	1	2	3	5.46	6
	11	1	1	1	7.11	2
	7	1	0	0	1.59	7
	5	0	1	0	4.50	3
	2	0	0	1	5.40	3
	1	0	1	0	6.00	0
	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

References

• 1919 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thorpji01.shtml Jim Thorpe page at Baseball Reference