# 1910 New York Giants season

The 1910 New York Giants season was the franchise's 28th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 91–63 record, 13 games behind the Chicago Cubs.
The Giants offense scored the most runs in the NL. Fred Snodgrass had his breakthrough season, finishing fourth in the batting race and also leading the team in on-base percentage and OPS.
Their pitching staff was once again led by Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson, who won a league-best 27 games. His 1.89 earned run average ranked third.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 46‍–‍31 |
| New York Giants | 91 | 63 | .591 | 13 | 52‍–‍26 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 67 | .562 | 17½ | 46‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 75 | .510 | 25½ | 40‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 79 | .487 | 29 | 39‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 64 | 90 | .416 | 40 | 39‍–‍39 | 25‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 63 | 90 | .412 | 40½ | 35‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Boston Doves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 50½ | 29‍–‍48 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1910 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 5–17 | 8–14–1 | 6–16–1 | 4–17–2 | 8–14 | 12–10 |
| Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 17–5 | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 |
| Cincinnati | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 12–10 |
| New York | 16–6–1 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 12–10 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 17–4–2 | 13–9–1 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 17–4 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 4–17 | — |

### 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 | 127 | 365 | 104 | .285 | 1 | 62 |
| 1B | Fred Merkle | 144 | 506 | 148 | .292 | 4 | 70 |
| 2B | Larry Doyle | 151 | 575 | 164 | .285 | 8 | 69 |
| 3B | Art Devlin | 147 | 493 | 128 | .260 | 2 | 67 |
| SS | Al Bridwell | 142 | 492 | 136 | .276 | 0 | 48 |
| OF | Josh Devore | 133 | 490 | 149 | .304 | 2 | 27 |
| OF | Fred Snodgrass | 123 | 396 | 127 | .321 | 2 | 44 |
| OF | Red Murray | 149 | 553 | 153 | .277 | 4 | 87 |

#### 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 |
| Cy Seymour | 79 | 287 | 76 | .265 | 1 | 40 |
| Beals Becker | 80 | 126 | 36 | .286 | 3 | 24 |
| Art Fletcher | 51 | 125 | 28 | .224 | 0 | 13 |
| Admiral Schlei | 55 | 99 | 19 | .192 | 0 | 8 |
| Art Wilson | 26 | 52 | 14 | .269 | 0 | 5 |
| Tillie Shafer | 29 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Hank Gowdy | 7 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Willie Keeler | 19 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Zacher | 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 | 38 | 318.1 | 27 | 9 | 1.89 | 184 |
| Hooks Wiltse | 36 | 235.1 | 14 | 12 | 2.72 | 88 |
| Louis Drucke | 34 | 215.1 | 12 | 10 | 2.47 | 151 |
| Red Ames | 33 | 190.1 | 12 | 11 | 2.22 | 94 |

#### 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 | 42 | 207.2 | 17 | 4 | 2.56 | 73 |
| Bugs Raymond | 19 | 99.1 | 4 | 11 | 3.81 | 55 |
| Rube Marquard | 13 | 70.2 | 4 | 4 | 4.46 | 52 |
| Dick Rudolph | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 9 |
| Ed Hendricks | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.75 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Walt Dickson | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.46 | 9 |
| Al Klawitter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors
### League top ten finishers

Red Ames
* #4 in NL in ERA (2.22)
Larry Doyle
* #4 in NL in runs scored (97)
Louis Drucke
* #4 in NL in strikeouts (151)
Christy Mathewson
* NL leader in wins (27)
* #2 in NL in strikeouts (184)
* #3 in NL in ERA (1.89)
Fred Merkle
* #4 in NL in slugging percentage (.441)
Red Murray
* #2 in NL in stolen bases (57)
* #3 in NL in RBI (87)
Fred Snodgrass
* #2 in NL in on-base percentage (.440)
* #4 in NL in batting average (.321)