1901 New York Giants season

1901 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Andrew Freedman
Managers	George Davis
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The 1901 New York Giants season was the franchise's 19th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 52–85 record, 37 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	49	0.647	—	45–24	45–25
Philadelphia Phillies	83	57	0.593	7½	46–23	37–34
Brooklyn Superbas	79	57	0.581	9½	43–25	36–32
St. Louis Cardinals	76	64	0.543	14½	40–31	36–33
Boston Beaneaters	69	69	0.500	20½	41–29	28–40
Chicago Orphans	53	86	0.381	37	30–39	23–47
New York Giants	52	85	0.380	37	30–38	22–47
Cincinnati Reds	52	87	0.374	38	27–43	25–44

Record vs. opponents

1901 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–10	13–6	11–8–1	14–6–1	7–13	5–15	9–11
Brooklyn	10–10	—	13–7	14–6–1	11–6	11–9	11–8	9–11
Chicago	6–13	7–13	—	10–10	11–9–1	3–17	6–14	10–10
Cincinnati	8–11–1	6–14–1	10–10	—	8–12	4–16	7–13	9–11–1
New York	6–14–1	6–11	9–11–1	12–8	—	8–12	4–16–1	7–13–1
Philadelphia	13–7	9–11	17–3	16–4	12–8	—	7–13	9–11
Pittsburgh	15–5	8–11	14–6	13–7	16–4–1	13–7	—	11–9
St. Louis	11–9	11–9	10–10	11–9–1	13–7–1	11–9	9–11	—

Roster

1901 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Dummy Deegan Roger Denzer Ed Doheny Harry Felix Chauncey Fisher Larry Hesterfer Dummy Leitner Jake Livingstone Bill Magee Christy Mathewson Al Maul Willie Mills Bill Phyle Dummy Taylor Ike Van Zandt		Catchers Frank Bowerman Aleck Smith Joe Wall Jack Warner Infielders Charlie Buelow George Davis John Ganzel Jim Miller Danny Murphy Frank Murphy Ray Nelson Heinie Smith Sammy Strang		Outfielders Curt Bernard Charlie Hickman Jim Jones Algie McBride Kip Selbach George Van Haltren		Manager George Davis

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	Jack Warner	87	291	70	.241	0	20
1B	John Ganzel	138	526	113	.215	2	66
2B	Ray Nelson	39	130	26	.200	0	7
SS	George Davis	130	491	148	.301	7	65
3B	Sammy Strang	135	493	139	.282	1	34
OF	Kip Selbach	125	502	145	.289	1	56
OF	Algie McBride	68	264	74	.280	2	29
OF	George Van Haltren	135	543	182	.335	1	47

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
Charlie Hickman	112	406	113	.278	4	62
Frank Bowerman	59	191	38	.199	0	14
Frank Murphy	35	130	21	.162	0	8
Jim Jones	21	91	19	.209	0	5
Aleck Smith	26	78	11	.141	0	6
Curt Bernard	23	76	17	.224	0	6
Charlie Buelow	22	72	8	.111	0	4
Jim Miller	18	58	8	.138	0	3
Heinie Smith	9	29	6	.207	1	4
Danny Murphy	5	20	4	.200	0	0
Joe Wall	4	8	4	.500	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
Luther Taylor	45	353.1	18	27	3.18	136
Christy Mathewson	40	336.0	20	17	2.41	221
Bill Phyle	24	168.2	7	10	4.27	62
Charlie Hickman	9	65.0	3	5	4.57	11
Roger Denzer	11	61.2	2	6	3.36	22
Bill Magee	6	42.1	0	4	5.95	14
Al Maul	3	19.0	0	3	11.37	5
George Leitner	2	18.0	0	2	4.50	3
Willie Mills	2	16.0	0	2	8.44	3
Larry Hesterfer	1	6.0	0	1	7.50	2
Jim Jones	1	5.0	0	1	10.80	3
Chauncey Fisher	1	4.0	0	0	15.75	1

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
Ed Doheny	10	74.0	2	5	4.50	36
Dummy Deegan	2	17.0	0	1	6.35	8
Heinie Smith	2	13.1	0	1	8.10	5

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
Ike Van Zandt	2	0	0	0	7.11	2
Jake Livingstone	2	0	0	0	9.00	6
George Van Haltren	1	0	0	0	3.00	2
Harry Felix	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

External links

• 1901 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference
• 1901 New York Giants historical game recaps at www.chronicledbaseball.com