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
Record vs. opponents
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.Heinie Mueller page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1926 New York Giants Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 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 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 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 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 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 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Al Smith 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Notes
References 1926 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1926 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac