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1916 New York Giants season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1916
image	New York Giants MLB Primary Logo (1913 to 1914, 1916).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	4th
owners	Harry Hempstead
managers	John McGraw
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

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The 1916 New York Giants season was the franchise's 34th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 86–66 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins. This season introduced a new uniform design.

Opening day games

The first game of the home season was on April 20, 1916, at the Polo Grounds. John Purroy Mitchel threw the ceremonial first pitch.

Regular season

The 1916 Giants set a still-standing Major League record for the longest winning streak at 26 games between September 7 to 30. Earlier in the season, the Giants had won 17 consecutive games. Despite the winning streaks, no Giants pitcher won 20 games.

For the only time in franchise history, the Giants failed to score a run in a three-game series; they were shut out in all three games against St. Louis, August 20–22.

Former Federal League star Benny Kauff led the team in runs batted in and stolen bases.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

August 28, 1916: Larry Doyle, Merwin Jacobson, and Herb Hunter were traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Heinie Zimmerman and Mickey Doolan.

Roster

1916 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	120	351	78	.222	1	29
1B	112	401	95	.237	7	44
2B	113	441	118	.268	2	47
3B	71	260	64	.246	0	17
SS	133	500	143	.286	3	66
OF	154	552	146	.264	9	74
OF	150	587	180	.307	12	69
OF	155	623	174	.279	5	41

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
77	280	73	.261	0	25
40	151	41	.272	0	19
34	111	39	.351	0	13
48	76	17	.224	0	11
49	76	12	.158	0	3
39	69	13	.188	0	5
25	68	27	.397	0	9
34	65	7	.108	0	1
18	51	12	.235	1	3
21	28	7	.250	1	4
15	17	2	.118	0	0
2	7	0	.000	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	0
2	1	1	1.000	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	268.1	18	14	2.92	113
40	251.0	18	11	2.62	115
38	238.2	16	8	2.87	115
38	188.0	9	13	3.40	98
15	111.2	9	4	1.37	35

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	140.1	9	3	0.90	86
12	65.2	3	4	2.33	16
10	46.2	1	2	2.70	16
19	45.2	1	4	2.96	24
4	15.2	0	3	8.04	8

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
	9	3	0	0	2.61	9
	3	1	0	0	0.00	3

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Burns

NL leader in runs scored (105)
4th in NL in stolen bases (37)

Benny Kauff

2nd in NL in stolen bases (40)
4th in NL in RBI (74)

Dave Robertson

MLB leader in home runs (12)
3rd in NL in runs scored (88)

References

(April 20, 1916). "Mayor Mitchel To Pitch". [[The New York Times]].
''Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records'', p.48, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, {{ISBN. 978-1-55365-507-7
As of 2014, considering only games from 1914 onwards.
"Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with R=0 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG". [[Baseball-Reference.com]].
The three shutouts by Montreal in September 1980 were part of a four game series.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huntehe01.shtml Herb Hunter page at Baseball Reference]

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