# 1901 New York Giants season

The 1901 New York Giants season was the franchise's 19th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 52–85 record, 37 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 49 | .647 | — | 45‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍25 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 83 | 57 | .593 | 7½ | 46‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 79 | 57 | .581 | 9½ | 43‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 14½ | 40‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 69 | 69 | .500 | 20½ | 41‍–‍29 | 28‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Orphans | 53 | 86 | .381 | 37 | 30‍–‍39 | 23‍–‍47 |
| New York Giants | 52 | 85 | .380 | 37 | 30‍–‍38 | 22‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 52 | 87 | .374 | 38 | 27‍–‍43 | 25‍–‍44 |

### Record vs. opponents

1901 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–10 | 13–6 | 11–8–1 | 14–6–1 | 7–13 | 5–15 | 9–11 |
| Brooklyn | 10–10 | — | 13–7 | 14–6–1 | 11–6 | 11–9 | 11–8 | 9–11 |
| Chicago | 6–13 | 7–13 | — | 10–10 | 11–9–1 | 3–17 | 6–14 | 10–10 |
| Cincinnati | 8–11–1 | 6–14–1 | 10–10 | — | 8–12 | 4–16 | 7–13 | 9–11–1 |
| New York | 6–14–1 | 6–11 | 9–11–1 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 4–16–1 | 7–13–1 |
| Philadelphia | 13–7 | 9–11 | 17–3 | 16–4 | 12–8 | — | 7–13 | 9–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–5 | 8–11 | 14–6 | 13–7 | 16–4–1 | 13–7 | — | 11–9 |
| St. Louis | 11–9 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 11–9–1 | 13–7–1 | 11–9 | 9–11 | — |

### 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 | 87 | 291 | 70 | .241 | 0 | 20 |
| 1B | John Ganzel | 138 | 526 | 113 | .215 | 2 | 66 |
| 2B | Ray Nelson | 39 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 0 | 7 |
| SS | George Davis | 130 | 491 | 148 | .301 | 7 | 65 |
| 3B | Sammy Strang | 135 | 493 | 139 | .282 | 1 | 34 |
| OF | Kip Selbach | 125 | 502 | 145 | .289 | 1 | 56 |
| OF | Algie McBride | 68 | 264 | 74 | .280 | 2 | 29 |
| OF | George Van Haltren | 135 | 543 | 182 | .335 | 1 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Hickman | 112 | 406 | 113 | .278 | 4 | 62 |
| Frank Bowerman | 59 | 191 | 38 | .199 | 0 | 14 |
| Frank Murphy | 35 | 130 | 21 | .162 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Jones | 21 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 0 | 5 |
| Aleck Smith | 26 | 78 | 11 | .141 | 0 | 6 |
| Curt Bernard | 23 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Buelow | 22 | 72 | 8 | .111 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Miller | 18 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 0 | 3 |
| Heinie Smith | 9 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 4 |
| Danny Murphy | 5 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wall | 4 | 8 | 4 | .500 | 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 |
| Luther Taylor | 45 | 353.1 | 18 | 27 | 3.18 | 136 |
| Christy Mathewson | 40 | 336.0 | 20 | 17 | 2.41 | 221 |
| Bill Phyle | 24 | 168.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.27 | 62 |
| Charlie Hickman | 9 | 65.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.57 | 11 |
| Roger Denzer | 11 | 61.2 | 2 | 6 | 3.36 | 22 |
| Bill Magee | 6 | 42.1 | 0 | 4 | 5.95 | 14 |
| Al Maul | 3 | 19.0 | 0 | 3 | 11.37 | 5 |
| George Leitner | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Willie Mills | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.44 | 3 |
| Larry Hesterfer | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 |
| Jim Jones | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 3 |
| Chauncey Fisher | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Doheny | 10 | 74.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 36 |
| Dummy Deegan | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.35 | 8 |
| Heinie Smith | 2 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Ike Van Zandt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 2 |
| Jake Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 |
| George Van Haltren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Harry Felix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |