1901 New York Giants season

1901 New York Giants
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Andrew Freedman
Managers	George Davis
Seasons

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

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 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	—

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
SS	George Davis	130	491	148	.301	7	65
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
Jim Jones	21	91	19	.209	0	5

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
Roger Denzer	11	61.2	2	6	3.36	22

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	2	5	4.50	36
Dummy Deegan	2	17	0	1	6.35	8

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
George Van Haltren	1	0	0	0	3.00	2

External links

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