# 1903 New York Giants season

The 1903 New York Giants season was the franchise's 21st season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 84–55 record, 6.5 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates— a dramatic improvement from their abysmal 48–88 record the previous season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 49 | .650 | — | 46‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍25 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 55 | .604 | 6½ | 41‍–‍27 | 43‍–‍28 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 56 | .594 | 8 | 45‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 65 | .532 | 16½ | 41‍–‍35 | 33‍–‍30 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 70 | 66 | .515 | 19 | 40‍–‍33 | 30‍–‍33 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 58 | 80 | .420 | 32 | 31‍–‍35 | 27‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 49 | 86 | .363 | 39½ | 25‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍53 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 94 | .314 | 46½ | 22‍–‍45 | 21‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1903 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BRO | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 7–13–1 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 10–8–1 | 5–15 | 12–8 |
| Brooklyn | 11–9 | — | 8–12 | 10–10 | 7–12–2 | 11–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–4–1 |
| Chicago | 13–7–1 | 12–8 | — | 9–11 | 8–12 | 12–6 | 12–8 | 16–4 |
| Cincinnati | 13–7 | 10–10 | 11–9 | — | 12–10 | 12–8–2 | 4–16 | 12–7 |
| New York | 12–8 | 12–7–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — | 15–5 | 10–10 | 15–5–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–10–1 | 8–11–1 | 6–12 | 8–12–2 | 5–15 | — | 4–16–1 | 10–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 16–4–1 | — | 15–5 |
| St. Louis | 8–12 | 4–14–1 | 4–16 | 7–12 | 5–15–1 | 10–10 | 5–15 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | 89 | 285 | 81 | .284 | 0 | 34 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 129 | 482 | 130 | .270 | 3 | 50 |
| 2B | Billy Gilbert | 128 | 413 | 104 | .252 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Billy Lauder | 108 | 395 | 111 | .281 | 0 | 53 |
| SS | Charlie Babb | 121 | 424 | 105 | .248 | 0 | 46 |
| OF | George Browne | 141 | 591 | 185 | .313 | 3 | 45 |
| OF | Sam Mertes | 138 | 517 | 145 | .280 | 7 | 104 |
| OF | Roger Bresnahan | 113 | 406 | 142 | .350 | 4 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| George Van Haltren | 84 | 280 | 72 | .257 | 0 | 28 |
| Jack Dunn | 78 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 0 | 37 |
| Frank Bowerman | 64 | 210 | 58 | .276 | 1 | 31 |
| George Davis | 4 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
| John McGraw | 12 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 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 |
| Joe McGinnity | 55 | 434.0 | 31 | 20 | 2.43 | 171 |
| Christy Mathewson | 45 | 366.1 | 30 | 13 | 2.26 | 267 |
| Dummy Taylor | 33 | 244.2 | 13 | 13 | 4.23 | 94 |
| Red Ames | 2 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 | 14 |

#### 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 Cronin | 20 | 115.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.81 | 50 |
| Roscoe Miller | 15 | 85.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.13 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Bartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |