1923 New York Giants season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1923
Misc:	National League Champions
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Charles Stoneham
Managers:	John McGraw

The 1923 New York Giants season was the franchise's 41st season. The Giants won the National League pennant with a 95–58 record. The team went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to two.

Regular season

Roster

1923 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		120	402	103	.256	5	63
1B		145	560	172	.307	16	103
2B		151	641	223	.348	12	111
SS		107	444	135	.304	1	31
3B		123	465	135	.290	4	48
OF		152	596	200	.336	3	87
OF		87	252	63	.250	6	39
OF		146	595	177	.297	19	125

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
	96	327	90	.275	4	37
	75	218	74	.339	5	43
	79	203	55	.271	5	27
	53	122	40	.328	1	18
	22	39	8	.205	1	5
	24	34	7	.206	1	4
	41	30	6	.200	0	2
	33	13	2	.154	0	0
	3	10	2	.200	0	0
	3	7	1	.143	0	0
	2	8	3	.375	0	1

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	229.2	15	14	3.41	75
	40	220.0	16	7	3.89	79
	34	196.0	13	10	4.50	50
	31	183.0	13	8	4.48	80
	17	108.1	8	5	3.41	26

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
	45	172.2	16	5	3.49	58
	12	36.0	3	1	6.25	12
	6	24.0	1	1	3.38	9
	3	17.0	2	0	4.24	5
	2	8.0	0	1	7.88	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
	45	4	3	5	3.28	45
	22	2	3	1	3.91	6
	12	2	0	0	3.75	2
	3	0	0	1	0.00	3
	2	0	0	0	1.80	1

1923 World Series

See main article: article and 1923 World Series.

Game 1

October 10, 1923, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

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New York (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	0
New York (A)	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	1
W: Rosy Ryan (1–0)   L: Bullet Joe Bush (0–1)
HR: NYG – Casey Stengel (1)

Game 2

October 11, 1923, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

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New York (A)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	0
New York (N)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	2
W: Herb Pennock (1–0)  L: Hugh McQuillan (0–1)
HR: NYY – Aaron Ward (1), Babe Ruth (1), Babe Ruth (2)    NYG – Irish Meusel (1)

Game 3

October 12, 1923, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

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New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
W: Art Nehf (1–0)   L: Sad Sam Jones (0–1)
HR: NYG – Casey Stengel (2)

Game 4

October 13, 1923, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

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New York (A)	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	1
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	13	1
W: Bob Shawkey (1–0)  L: Jack Scott (0–1)   S: Herb Pennock (1)
HR: NYG – Ross Youngs (1)

Game 5

October 14, 1923, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

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New York (N)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
New York (A)	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	x	8	14	0
W: Bullet Joe Bush (1–1)   L: Jack Bentley (0–1)
HR: NYY – Joe Dugan (1)

Game 6

October 15, 1923, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

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New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	5	0
New York (N)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	10	1
W: Herb Pennock (2–0)  L: Art Nehf (1–1)   S: Sad Sam Jones (1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (3), NYG – Frank Snyder (1)

References

• 1923 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1923 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac