Forever Giants: 1913 National League Champion New York Giants(Year 31)

1912 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.

1913 101-51 NL Pennant (lost to A’s 4 games to 1)

C Chief Meyers  4.8

1B Fred Merkle .3 

2B Larry Doyle 2.3 

SS Art Fletcher 5.15 

3B Buck Herzog 1.65 

LF George Burns 2.6

CF Fred Snodgrass 1.85 

RF Red Murray .95 

Uti Tillie Shafer 2.4

SP Christy Mathewson 7

SP Rube Marquard 4.95 

SP Jeff Tesreau 5.2

SP Al Demaree 2.95

RP Doc Crandall 1.05 

RP Art Fromme -.25


-Third straight pennant, third straight hundred + pythag win season, third straight WS loss.  Hey, look.  It's Jim Thorpe. 

Forever Giants: 1912 National League Champion New York Giants(Year 30)

1911 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.

1912 107-55 NL Pennant (lost to Red Sox 4-3)

C Chief Meyers 4.4 

1B Fred Merkle 1.9

2B Larry Doyle 4.35 

SS Art Fletcher 3.2 

3B Buck Herzog 3.1

LF Beals Becker .65 

CF Fred Snodgrass .4

RF Red Murray 1.7 

OF Josh Devore .25 

IF Tillie Shafer 1.05

C Art Wilson .6 

SP Christy Mathewson 7.45 

SP Rube Marquard  5.7 

SP Jeff Tesreau 4.3

SP Red Ames 1.95 

SP Hooks Wiltse 1.7 

RP Doc Crandall 1.1

-30 years of Giants. Another hundred win NL pennant, another loss in the series, this one was crushing, Snodgrass dropping a game 7 tenth inning fly ball that would have put the club 2 outs from the title.  

I Pick Football Games, Week 14 2014

Last week was here.

58-72
Georgia Tech +4 Florida St. win
Ohio St. +4.5 Wisc. win

60-72

34-37

Mia -2.5 Balt loss

Wash +2.5 StL loss 

Ten over NYG loss

KC over Ariz loss

Cle +3.5 Ind win 
Hou v. Jax Under 42.5 win 
Carol v. NO under 49.5 loss 

2-5
36-42

Forever Giants: 1911 National League Champion New York Giants(Year 29)

1910 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.

1911 104-58 NL Pennant (lost to A’s 4-2)

C Chief Meyers 3.45 

1B Fred Merkle 3.6 

2B Larry Doyle 4.5 

SS Al Bridwell  1.55 (13.05) Last Season

3B Art Devlin 1.8 (34.4) Last Season

LF Josh Devore 1.75 

CF Fred Snodgrass 2.9 

RF Red Murray 1.15

SS Art Fletcher 3.7

3B Buck Herzog 1.15 

OF Beals Becker .25

C Art Wilson .9

SP Christy Mathewson 7.25 

SP Rube Marquard 5.05

SP Red Ames 2.8

SP Hooks Wiltse 1.75 

RP Doc Crandall 3.4

-Giants win first pennant in six years, but lose the Series to the A's 4 games to 2.  This was the year the Polo Grounds burned down and the Giants played much of the whole year in the Yankees stadium.  Mathewson beat Cy Young in their only ever matchup in September.  It's Devlin's last season; through 2016 he's still a top 25 all time Giant.  Bridwell also finishes up here.  

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.