# 1926 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1926 New York Giants season was the franchise's 44th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74–77 record, 13½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | .578 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 2 | 53‍–‍23 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 69 | .549 | 4½ | 49‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 72 | .532 | 7 | 49‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍44 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 77 | .490 | 13½ | 43‍–‍33 | 31‍–‍44 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 71 | 82 | .464 | 17½ | 38‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Boston Braves | 66 | 86 | .434 | 22 | 43‍–‍34 | 23‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 93 | .384 | 29½ | 33‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1926 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 6–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 10–11 | 7–15 |
| Brooklyn | 15–6 | — | 14–8 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 18–4 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 13–9 | 14–8 |
| New York | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 15–7 | — | 12–7 | 6–16 | 10–12 |
| Philadelphia | 15–7 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 7–12 | — | 8–14 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–10 | 13–9–2 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 14–8 | — | 9–13–2 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Heinie Groh 3B
* Frankie Frisch 2B
* Ross Youngs RF
* Irish Meusel RF
* High Pockets Kelly 1B
* Ty Tyson CF
* Travis Jackson SS
* Frank Snyder C
* Virgil Barnes P

### Notable transactions

* June 14, 1926: Billy Southworth was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Heinie Mueller.

### 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 | Paul Florence | 76 | 188 | 43 | .229 | 2 | 14 |
| 1B | George Kelly | 136 | 499 | 151 | .303 | 13 | 80 |
| 2B | Frankie Frisch | 135 | 545 | 171 | .314 | 5 | 44 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 111 | 385 | 126 | .327 | 8 | 51 |
| 3B | Freddie Lindstrom | 140 | 543 | 164 | .302 | 9 | 76 |
| OF | Ross Youngs | 95 | 372 | 114 | .306 | 4 | 43 |
| OF | Ty Tyson | 97 | 335 | 98 | .293 | 3 | 35 |
| OF | Irish Meusel | 129 | 449 | 131 | .292 | 6 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Heinie Mueller | 85 | 305 | 76 | .249 | 4 | 29 |
| Bill Terry | 98 | 225 | 65 | .289 | 5 | 43 |
| Doc Farrell | 67 | 171 | 49 | .287 | 2 | 23 |
| Frank Snyder | 55 | 148 | 32 | .216 | 5 | 16 |
| Billy Southworth | 36 | 116 | 38 | .328 | 5 | 30 |
| Hugh McMullen | 57 | 91 | 17 | .187 | 0 | 6 |
| Al Moore | 28 | 81 | 18 | .222 | 0 | 10 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 37 | 69 | 16 | .232 | 0 | 5 |
| Mel Ott | 35 | 60 | 23 | .383 | 0 | 4 |
| Heinie Groh | 12 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 3 |
| Andy Cohen | 32 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 8 |
| Grover Hartley | 13 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackie Carter | 5 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Cummings | 7 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 4 |
| Fresco Thompson | 2 | 8 | 5 | .625 | 0 | 1 |
| Scottie Slayback | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Smith | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hamby | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Connell | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Cote | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Boyle | 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 |
| Kent Greenfield | 39 | 222.2 | 13 | 12 | 3.96 | 74 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 37 | 219.0 | 14 | 10 | 2.88 | 48 |
| Virgil Barnes | 31 | 185.0 | 8 | 13 | 2.87 | 54 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 33 | 167.0 | 11 | 10 | 3.72 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Scott | 50 | 226.0 | 13 | 15 | 4.34 | 82 |
| Jimmy Ring | 39 | 183.1 | 11 | 10 | 4.57 | 76 |
| Jack Wisner | 5 | 28.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.54 | 5 |
| Joe Poetz | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Chick Davies | 38 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.94 | 27 |
| Tim McNamara | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Ned Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Art Nehf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |
| Jack Bentley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Al Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |