1926 New York Giants (MLB) season

1926 New York Giants
Mel Ott's rookie year
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	John 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.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	0.384	29½	33–42	25–51

Record vs. opponents[]

1926 National League Records v t 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[]

Notable transactions[]

• June 14, 1926: Billy Southworth was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Heinie Mueller.^[1]

Roster[]

1926 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Virgil Barnes Jack Bentley Chick Davies Freddie Fitzsimmons Kent Greenfield Tim McNamara Hugh McQuillan Art Nehf Joe Poetz Ned Porter Jimmy Ring Jack Scott Al Smith Jack Wisner		Catchers Jim Boyle Jack Cummings Paul Florence Jim Hamby Grover Hartley Hugh McMullen Frank Snyder Infielders Andy Cohen Doc Farrell Frankie Frisch Heinie Groh Travis Jackson George Kelly Freddie Lindstrom Scottie Slayback Bill Terry Fresco Thompson		Outfielders Blackie Carter Jimmy Johnston Irish Meusel Al Moore Heinie Mueller Mel Ott Mike Smith Billy Southworth Ty Tyson Ross Youngs Other batters Joe Connell Pete Cote		Manager John McGraw Coaches Roger Bresnahan

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	14	10	2.88	48
Virgil Barnes	31	185	8	13	2.87	54
Hugh McQuillan	33	167	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	13	15	4.34	82
Jimmy Ring	39	183.1	11	10	4.57	76
Jack Wisner	5	28	2	2	3.54	5
Joe Poetz	2	8	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

Awards and honors[]

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Notes[]

References[]

• 1926 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1926 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac