# 1911 New York Giants season

The 1911 New York Giants season was the franchise's 29th season. The Giants won their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were defeated by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. The team set and still holds the Major League Baseball single-season record for stolen bases during the modern era (since 1901), with 347.
Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the National League pennant by 7+1⁄2 games. On the offensive side, they finished second in runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in earned run average, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts. The Giants hit 103 triples, the most in franchise history.
Taken together with the 1912 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 99 | 54 | .647 | — | 49‍–‍25 | 50‍–‍29 |
| Chicago Cubs | 92 | 62 | .597 | 7½ | 49‍–‍32 | 43‍–‍30 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 69 | .552 | 14½ | 48‍–‍29 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 79 | 73 | .520 | 19½ | 42‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 74 | .503 | 22 | 36‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 83 | .458 | 29 | 38‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers | 64 | 86 | .427 | 33½ | 31‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Boston Rustlers | 44 | 107 | .291 | 54 | 19‍–‍54 | 25‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1911 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | 4–17–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 3–19 | 7–13–3 |
| Brooklyn | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–16–1 | 8–13–1 | 14–8 | 9–11–1 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 9–13 | — | 14–8–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6–2 |
| Cincinnati | 17–4–1 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 8–14 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 6–16–3 |
| New York | 15–7 | 16–5–1 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 16–6 | 13–8–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | 8–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 19–3 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 13–7–3 | 11–9–1 | 6–16–2 | 16–6–3 | 7–15 | 13–8 | 9–13 | — |

### Charlie "Victory" Faust

One of the Giants' drawing cards came in the form of unknown pitcher Charlie Faust, whose story was retold by Fred Snodgrass in The Glory of Their Times. Faust was considered something of a "good-luck charm" by manager McGraw, and was used sparingly. In 1911, Faust appeared in just two games for the team, which was the entirety of his major league playing career. As a pitcher, he pitched two innings, giving up one run. As a batter, he tallied one hit by pitch, two stolen bases, and one run scored, in zero at bats.

## 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 | 133 | 391 | 133 | .332 | 1 | 61 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 149 | 541 | 153 | .283 | 12 | 84 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 143 | 526 | 163 | .310 | 13 | 77 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 95 | 260 | 71 | .273 | 0 | 25 |
| SS | Al Bridwell | 76 | 263 | 71 | .270 | 0 | 31 |
| OF | Josh Devore | 149 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 3 | 50 |
| OF | Fred Snodgrass | 151 | 534 | 157 | .294 | 1 | 77 |
| OF | Red Murray | 140 | 488 | 142 | .291 | 3 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Art Fletcher | 112 | 326 | 104 | .319 | 1 | 37 |
| Buck Herzog | 69 | 247 | 66 | .267 | 1 | 26 |
| Beals Becker | 88 | 172 | 45 | .262 | 1 | 20 |
| Art Wilson | 66 | 109 | 33 | .303 | 1 | 17 |
| Grover Hartley | 11 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| George Burns | 6 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Donlin | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 1 | 1 |
| Gene Paulette | 10 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Hank Gowdy | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Admiral Schlei | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 | 45 | 307.0 | 26 | 13 | 1.99 | 141 |
| Rube Marquard | 45 | 277.2 | 24 | 7 | 2.50 | 237 |
| Red Ames | 34 | 205.0 | 11 | 10 | 2.68 | 118 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 30 | 187.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.27 | 92 |
| Bert Maxwell | 4 | 31.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.90 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Crandall | 41 | 198.2 | 15 | 5 | 2.63 | 94 |
| Bugs Raymond | 17 | 81.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.31 | 89 |
| Louis Drucke | 15 | 75.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Faust | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## 1911 World Series
### Game 1

October 14, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Christy Mathewson (1–0) L: Chief Bender (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 16, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Eddie Plank (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 17, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| W: Jack Coombs (1–0) L: Christy Mathewson (1–1) |||||||||||||||
| HR: PHI – Home Run Baker (2) |||||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 24, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| W: Chief Bender (1–1) L: Christy Mathewson (1–2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 25, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Doc Crandall (1–0) L: Eddie Plank (1–1) ||||||||||||||
| HR: PHI – Rube Oldring (1) ||||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 26, 1911, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | x | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| W: Chief Bender (2–1) L: Red Ames (0–1) |||||||||||||