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

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 47–30 42–35
Cincinnati Reds 8767 0.565 2 53–23 34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8469 0.549 49–28 35–41
Chicago Cubs 8272 0.532 7 49–28 33–44
New York Giants 7477 0.490 13½ 43–33 31–44
Brooklyn Robins 7182 0.464 17½ 38–38 33–44
Boston Braves 6686 0.434 22 43–34 23–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5893 0.384 29½ 33–42 25–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 6–1512–1012–10–112–107–1510–117–15
Brooklyn 15–614–84–189–1313–99–13–27–15
Chicago 10–128–1413–9–114–816–610–1211–11
Cincinnati 10–12–118–49–13–17–1516–6–113–914–8
New York 10–1213–98–1415–712–76–1610–12
Philadelphia 15–79–136–166–16–17–128–147–15
Pittsburgh 11–1013–9–212–109–1316–614–89–13–2
St. Louis 15–715–711–118–1412–1015–713–9–2

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
CPaul Florence7618843.229214
1BGeorge Kelly136499151.3031380
2BFrankie Frisch135545171.314544
SSTravis Jackson111385126.327851
3BFreddie Lindstrom140543164.302976
OFRoss Youngs95372114.306443
OFTy Tyson9733598.293335
OFIrish Meusel129449131.292665

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 Mueller8530576.249429
Bill Terry9822565.289543
Doc Farrell6717149.287223
Frank Snyder5514832.216516
Billy Southworth3611638.328530
Hugh McMullen579117.18706
Al Moore288118.222010
Jimmy Johnston376916.23205
Mel Ott356023.38304
Heinie Groh12358.22903
Andy Cohen32359.25708
Grover Hartley13211.04800
Blackie Carter5174.23511
Jack Cummings7165.31304
Fresco Thompson285.62501
Scottie Slayback280.00000
Mike Smith471.14300
Jim Hamby130.00000
Joe Connell210.00000
Pete Cote210.00000
Jimmy Boyle100----00

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 Greenfield39222.213123.9674
Freddie Fitzsimmons37219.014102.8848
Virgil Barnes31185.08132.8754
Hugh McQuillan33167.011103.7247

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 Scott50226.013154.3482
Jimmy Ring39183.111104.5776
Jack Wisner528.0223.545
Joe Poetz28.0013.380

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 Davies382463.9427
Tim McNamara60009.004
Ned Porter20004.501
Art Nehf200010.800
Jack Bentley10000.001
Al Smith10009.000

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

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