Forever Giants: 1910 New York Giants(Year 28)

1909 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season.  The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1910 97-65

C  Chief Meyers  2.75 

1B Fred Merkle 3

2B Larry Doyle 2.45

SS Al Bridwell 2.75

3B Art Devlin 2.35 

LF Josh Devore 1.25

CF Fred Snodgrass 4.1

RF Red Murray 3.25

OF Cy Seymour -.1.05 

OF Beals Becker 1.25

SS Art Fletcher -.75

C Admiral Schlei .4

SP Christy Mathewson 8.35 MVPQ 

SP Hooks Wiltse 2.6 

SP Louis Drucke 4.5

SP Red Ames 2 

SP Bugs Raymond -1.45 

RP Doc Crandall 3.35 

-Art Devlin gets tossed in jail for a fight with a fan, a former Giant, Dan McGann, who had the best first base season of the just concluded decade, kills himself. And another 90+ wins for McGraw.  

Forever Giants: 1909 New York Giants(Year 27)

1908 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1909 91-63

C Admiral Schlei 2.15

1B Fred Tenney 1.3 

2B Larry Doyle 3.05 

SS Al Bridwell 4.5

3B Art Devlin 4.05

LF Red Murray 1.9

CF Bill O’Hara .9

RF Moose McCormick 1.75 

OF Cy Seymour 2.4 

1B Fred Merkle -1.5

C Chief Meyers 1.9

OF Buck Herzog -1.05
Ut Tillie Shaffer -.45

SS Art Fletcher -.8

SP Christy Mathewson 10.65 MVPQ  

SP Bugs Raymond 3.35

SP Hooks Wiltse 4.55 

SP Red Ames -.1 

SP Rube Marquard -.35 

RP Doc Crandall .15

-McGraw's worst of his 7 Giants teams, still wins 90+ pythagorean games.  

   

Forever Giants: 1908 New York Giants(Year 26)

1907 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1908 106-56

C Roger Bresnahan 5.55 (26.3) Last Season

1B Fred Tenney 2.25

2B Larry Doyle 2.5 

SS Al Bridwell 4.3

3B Art Devlin 4.6

LF Spike Shannon -.55 

CF Cy Seymour 1.9 

RF Mike Donlin 6.1 

OF Moose McCormick -.1

2B Buck Herzog 2.25
C Tom Needham  .25

SP Christy Mathewson 11.9 MVPQ 

SP Hooks Wiltse 6.85 

SP Doc Crandall 1.15

SP Joe McGinnity .6 (28.4) Last Season

SP Dummy Taylor 0 (14.45) Last season

SP Red Ames 1.7

-McGraw's third 100+ win club, this is the year Fred Merkle doesn't run from first to second on what should have been a game winning hit, resulting in a tie with the Cubs, and the Giants lose the makeup on the last day of the season to lose the pennant. Mathewson has the best season in Giants history to that date and passes Connor to become the greatest Giant of all time.  This is also the end of the Giants careers of McGinnity and Bresnahan.

Forever Giants: 1907 New York Giants(Year 25)

1906 is here.

My WAR calculation is a combination of Baseball-reference and Clay Davenport; I believe it to be the "best" WAR number available for historical comparison. 8 WAR is an MVP quality season. The record is pythagorean adjusted for 162 games.

1907 90-72

C Roger Bresnahan 3.05 

1B Dan McGann 2.4 

2B Larry Doyle -1.1

SS Bill Dahlen 1.05 

3B Art Devlin 5 

LF Spike Shannon 1.45 

CF Cy Seymour 3.65 

RF George Browne 0 

OF Sammy Strang 2.5 

Uti Frank Bowerman .7 

2B Tommy Corcoran -.2

1B Jack Hannifin .45

SP Christy Mathewson 7.55 

SP Joe McGinnity 1.9 

SP Red Ames 1.65 

SP Hooks Wiltse 3.15 

SP Dummy Taylor 1.25

-A quarter century of Giants.  Bresnahan starts using shinguards and, following a June beaning in which he's given last rites, a padded mask.  Giants are at 90+ wins each of McGraw's five years as full season manager.  

I Pick Football Games, Week 13 2014

Week 12 was here.

48-67
Kent +3.5 Akron win 
Missouri +2.5 Ark win 
UCLA -5.5 Stan loss 
Virg Te +1 UVA win
Northw -8 Ill loss
Temp +7 UC win
GT +12.5 UGA win
Louis -12.5 UK loss
UNC -6.5 NC St loss
Idaho +17.5 App St.  win
FlSt. -7.5 UF loss
Miss +2 Miss St. win
Hawaii +11 Fres St. win
Mid Tenn +4 UTEP win
Nev -9.5 UNLV win

10-5
58-72



31-35
Tampa +3.5 Cin win
Jags +2.5 NYG win
GB -3 NE win

KC +1.5 Den loss

Oak +6.5 StL loss 

3-2
34-37