1926 New York Giants (MLB) season

1926 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
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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

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 89 65 .578 — 47‍–‍30 42‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds 87 67 .565 2 53‍–‍23 34‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 69 .549 4½ 49‍–‍28 35‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 82 72 .532 7 49‍–‍28 33‍–‍44
New York Giants 74 77 .490 13½ 43‍–‍33 31‍–‍44
Brooklyn Robins 71 82 .464 17½ 38‍–‍38 33‍–‍44
Boston Braves 66 86 .434 22 43‍–‍34 23‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 58 93 .384 29½ 33‍–‍42 25‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1926 National League record

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

  • 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

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Notable transactions

Roster

1926 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 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

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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Scott 50 226.0 13 15 4.34 82
Jimmy Ring 39 183.1 11 10 4.57 76
Jack Wisner 5 28.0 2 2 3.54 5
Joe Poetz 2 8.0 0 1 3.38 0

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
Chick Davies 38 2 4 6 3.94 27
Tim McNamara 6 0 0 0 9.00 4
Ned Porter 2 0 0 0 4.50 1
Art Nehf 2 0 0 0 10.80 0
Jack Bentley 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Al Smith 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ "Brooklyn Robins 3, NY Giants 0, April 13, 1926". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Heinie Mueller page at Baseball Reference

References