1903 New York Giants season

1903 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	John T. Brush
Managers	John McGraw
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The 1903 New York Giants season was the franchise's 21st season.^[1] The team finished in second place in the National League with an 84–55 record, 6.5 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates— a dramatic improvement from their abysmal 48–88 record the previous season.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	91	49	0.650	—	46–24	45–25
New York Giants	84	55	0.604	6½	41–27	43–28
Chicago Cubs	82	56	0.594	8	45–28	37–28
Cincinnati Reds	74	65	0.532	16½	41–35	33–30
Brooklyn Superbas	70	66	0.515	19	40–33	30–33
Boston Beaneaters	58	80	0.420	32	31–35	27–45
Philadelphia Phillies	49	86	0.363	39½	25–33	24–53
St. Louis Cardinals	43	94	0.314	46½	22–45	21–49

Record vs. opponents

1903 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–11	7–13–1	7–13	8–12	10–8–1	5–15	12–8
Brooklyn	11–9	—	8–12	10–10	7–12–2	11–8–1	9–11	14–4–1
Chicago	13–7–1	12–8	—	9–11	8–12	12–6	12–8	16–4
Cincinnati	13–7	10–10	11–9	—	12–10	12–8–2	4–16	12–7
New York	12–8	12–7–2	12–8	8–12	—	15–5	10–10	15–5–1
Philadelphia	8–10–1	8–11–1	6–12	8–12–2	5–15	—	4–16–1	10–10
Pittsburgh	15–5	11–9	8–12	16–4	10–10	16–4–1	—	15–5
St. Louis	8–12	4–14–1	4–16	7–12	5–15–1	10–10	5–15	—

Roster

1903 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Bill Bartley Jack Cronin Christy Mathewson Joe McGinnity Roscoe Miller Dummy Taylor		Catchers Frank Bowerman Jack Warner Infielders Charlie Babb George Davis Jack Dunn Billy Gilbert Billy Lauder Dan McGann John McGraw		Outfielders Roger Bresnahan George Browne Sam Mertes George Van Haltren		Manager John McGraw

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	89	285	81	.284	0	34
1B	Dan McGann	129	482	130	.270	3	50
2B	Billy Gilbert	128	413	104	.252	1	40
3B	Billy Lauder	108	395	111	.281	0	53
SS	Charlie Babb	121	424	105	.248	0	46
OF	George Browne	141	591	185	.313	3	45
OF	Sam Mertes	138	517	145	.280	7	104
OF	Roger Bresnahan	113	406	142	.350	4	55

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
George Van Haltren	84	280	72	.257	0	28
Jack Dunn	78	257	62	.241	0	37
Frank Bowerman	64	210	58	.276	1	31
George Davis	4	15	4	.267	0	1
John McGraw	12	11	3	.273	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
Joe McGinnity	55	434.0	31	20	2.43	171
Christy Mathewson	45	366.1	30	13	2.26	267
Dummy Taylor	33	244.2	13	13	4.23	94
Red Ames	2	14.0	2	0	1.29	14

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 Cronin	20	115.2	6	4	3.81	50
Roscoe Miller	15	85.0	2	5	4.13	30

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
Bill Bartley	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

External links

• 1903 New York Giants roster at Baseball Almanac

References