# 1907 New York Giants season

The 1907 New York Giants season was the franchise's 25th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 82–71 record, 25½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 107 | 45 | .704 | — | 54‍–‍19 | 53‍–‍26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 91 | 63 | .591 | 17 | 47‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 64 | .565 | 21½ | 45‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 82 | 71 | .536 | 25½ | 45‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 65 | 83 | .439 | 40 | 37‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 41½ | 43‍–‍36 | 23‍–‍51 |
| Boston Doves | 58 | 90 | .392 | 47 | 31‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 52 | 101 | .340 | 55½ | 31‍–‍47 | 21‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1907 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–7–2 | 5–17 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 7–12–2 | — | 5–15–1 | 15–7–1 | 10–12–1 | 8–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 15–5–1 | — | 17–5 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13–1 | 8–13 | 10–12–1 | 14–8 |
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 13–9–1 | — | 11–10 | 10–12 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 11–8–1 | 13–8 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 10–11 | — | 14–8 | 14–7–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 20–2 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 8–14 | 6–16–1 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 7–14–1 | 2–20 | — |

### 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 | Roger Bresnahan | 110 | 328 | 83 | .253 | 4 | 38 |
| 1B | Dan McGann | 81 | 262 | 78 | .298 | 2 | 36 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 69 | 227 | 59 | .260 | 0 | 16 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 143 | 491 | 136 | .277 | 1 | 54 |
| SS | Bill Dahlen | 143 | 464 | 96 | .207 | 0 | 34 |
| OF | Cy Seymour | 131 | 473 | 139 | .294 | 3 | 75 |
| OF | George Browne | 127 | 458 | 119 | .260 | 5 | 37 |
| OF | Spike Shannon | 155 | 585 | 155 | .265 | 1 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Bowerman | 96 | 311 | 81 | .260 | 0 | 32 |
| Sammy Strang | 123 | 306 | 77 | .252 | 4 | 30 |
| Tommy Corcoran | 62 | 226 | 60 | .265 | 0 | 24 |
| Jack Hannifin | 56 | 149 | 34 | .228 | 1 | 15 |
| Danny Shay | 35 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 1 | 6 |
| Fred Merkle | 15 | 47 | 12 | .255 | 0 | 5 |
| Matty Fitzgerald | 7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Curtis | 6 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Monte Pfyl | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Ham Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| John McGraw | 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 |
| Christy Mathewson | 41 | 315.0 | 24 | 12 | 2.00 | 178 |
| Joe McGinnity | 47 | 310.1 | 18 | 18 | 3.16 | 120 |
| Red Ames | 39 | 233.1 | 10 | 12 | 2.16 | 146 |
| Dummy Taylor | 28 | 171.0 | 11 | 7 | 2.42 | 56 |
| Mike Lynch | 12 | 72.0 | 3 | 6 | 3.38 | 34 |
| Roy Beecher | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 2.57 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 33 | 190.1 | 13 | 12 | 2.18 | 79 |
| George Ferguson | 15 | 64.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.11 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Henry Mathewson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

* Red Ames: #3 strikeouts (146)
* Art Devlin: #5 stolen bases (38)
* Christy Mathewson: #1 wins (24)
* Christy Mathewson: #1 strikeouts (178)
* Christy Mathewson: #1 shutouts (8)
* Spike Shannon: #1 runs scored (104)
* Sammy Strang: #4 on-base percentage (.388)