# 1914 New York Giants season

The 1914 New York Giants season was the franchise's 32nd season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 84–70 record, 10½ games behind the "Miracle Braves." They had finished first the three previous years.
This team featured two Hall of Fame pitchers: Christy Mathewson, one of the greatest ever, and Rube Marquard, whose selection is considered by some to be controversial.

## Regular season

The offense scored the most runs in the league, even though no individual player drove in more than 79. The eight starters, however, all had an OPS+ of over 100. George Burns led the team with a .303 average and walked 89 times en route to a .403 on-base percentage.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Braves | 94 | 59 | .614 | — | 51‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 84 | 70 | .545 | 10½ | 43‍–‍36 | 41‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 72 | .529 | 13 | 42‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 78 | 76 | .506 | 16½ | 46‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍46 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 75 | 79 | .487 | 19½ | 45‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 74 | 80 | .481 | 20½ | 48‍–‍30 | 26‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25½ | 39‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍49 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 60 | 94 | .390 | 34½ | 34‍–‍42 | 26‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1914 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 14–8–2 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 17–5–1 | 15–6–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 5–17 |
| Chicago | 6–16 | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12–2 |
| Cincinnati | 8–14–2 | 11–11 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | 10–12 |
| New York | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | 9–13 |
| Philadelphia | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 14–8–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | — | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–15–1 | 17–5 | 12–10–2 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 7–15–1 | — |

### 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 | Chief Meyers | 134 | 381 | 109 | .286 | 1 | 55 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 146 | 512 | 132 | .258 | 7 | 63 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 145 | 539 | 140 | .260 | 5 | 63 |
| SS | Art Fletcher | 135 | 514 | 147 | .286 | 2 | 79 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 115 | 365 | 96 | .263 | 3 | 41 |
| OF | Bob Bescher | 135 | 512 | 138 | .270 | 6 | 35 |
| OF | Fred Snodgrass | 113 | 392 | 103 | .263 | 0 | 44 |
| OF | George Burns | 154 | 561 | 170 | .303 | 3 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Grant | 88 | 282 | 78 | .277 | 0 | 29 |
| Dave Robertson | 82 | 256 | 68 | .266 | 2 | 32 |
| Larry McLean | 79 | 154 | 40 | .260 | 0 | 14 |
| Red Murray | 86 | 139 | 31 | .223 | 0 | 23 |
| Mike Donlin | 35 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Thorpe | 30 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
| Elmer Johnson | 11 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy Piez | 37 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 3 |
| Harry Smith | 5 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
| Walter Holke | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Brainard | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Dyer | 7 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond Beatty | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Jeff Tesreau | 42 | 322.1 | 26 | 10 | 2.37 | 189 |
| Christy Mathewson | 41 | 312.0 | 24 | 13 | 3.00 | 80 |
| Rube Marquard | 39 | 268.0 | 12 | 22 | 3.06 | 92 |
| Al Demaree | 38 | 224.0 | 10 | 17 | 3.09 | 89 |
| Eric Erickson | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Art Fromme | 38 | 138.0 | 9 | 5 | 3.20 | 57 |
| Marty O'Toole | 10 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.24 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.84 | 19 |
| Ferdie Schupp | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.82 | 9 |
| Rube Schauer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | 6 |
| Hank Ritter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 4 |
| Al Huenke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |

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

George Burns
* NL leader in runs scored (100)
* NL leader in stolen bases (62)
* #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.403)
* #3 in NL in walks drawn (89)
Rube Marquard
* #2 in NL in losses (22)
Jeff Tesreau
* #2 in NL in wins (26)
* #2 in NL in strikeouts (189)