Overview
How far can you go in the League of Nations with power and front-line pitching? Pretty far, probably, but the Giants aren't quite in the position to test that idea. They did lead the AA in hitting, but have yet to unleash the awesome power of the home run that they've been telling everyone about. They plan on moving back into their old haunts, the Polo Grounds, next year, and that ought to add a bit to their homerun totals. Otherwise, a rough September is what stood between them and 90 victories.
Retirements
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None
Code:
85-77, .525 PCT 4th, 12.0 GB
Home 41-40, .506 PCT
Road 44-37, .543 PCT
X-inning games 7-5, .583 PCT
One-run games 25-19, .568 PCT
Versus LHP 19-10, .655 PCT
Versus RHP 66-67, .496 PCT
April 8-8, .500 PCT
May 19-9, .679 PCT
June 17-16, .515 PCT
July 14-18, .438 PCT
August 16-13, .552 PCT
September 11-13, .458 PCT
Batting Average .286 - 1st in AA
On-Base Percentage .337 - 3rd in AA
Slugging Percentage .379 - 2nd in AA
Runs Scored 808 - 3rd in AA
Hits 1664 - 1st in AA
Extra-Base Hits 380 - 5th in AA
Home Runs 44 - tied for 4th in AA
Bases-On-Balls 451 - 5th in AA
Strikeouts 460 - 4th in AA
Stolen Bases 119 - 8th in AA
Earned Run Average 3.71 - 6th in AA
Runs allowed 723 - 4th in AA
Hits allowed 1469 - 2nd in AA
Opponents AVG .261 - 2nd in AA
Home Runs allowed 42 - 7th in AA
Bases-On-Balls 547 - 8th in AA
Strikeouts 423 - 9th in AA
Pitching
There were some really bad pitchers on this team in 1920. How David McClendon did not implode with a 1:4 K/W ratio and 17 homeruns allowed (3rd in the AA) is beyond even us. And we know baseball because we are Giants fans. Geraldo Alvarado managed an even worse ratio than McClendon, although in fairness he did kind of implode. Steve "Two Armed" Daly was the ace of the staff and Jim Jones should be better in a full season (he came in in a midseason deal with the US Army and missed the last month and a half with bone chips in his elbow). Also, Juan Lozano figures to only improve upon an up and down campaign.
Code:
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
Juan Lozano 24 19 17 0.528 39 38 1 316.2 317 139 4 113 92 3.95
Steve Daly 31 18 14 0.563 34 34 0 273 271 90 4 60 100 2.97
David McLendon 26 15 14 0.517 32 32 0 245.1 245 109 17 120 33 4.00
Jeffery William 26 11 7 0.611 26 19 0 157.1 147 52 3 48 48 2.97
Gerardo Alvarado 23 8 8 0.500 21 20 0 152.2 185 86 8 91 22 5.07
Jim Jones 33 5 5 0.500 15 13 0 104 113 45 3 36 43 3.89
Jeffery Lewis 33 7 6 0.538 48 0 4 94.2 77 26 0 25 52 2.47
Jessie Franklin 23 1 2 0.333 30 0 5 57.1 58 19 2 25 23 2.98
Steve Ivey 18 1 4 0.200 6 6 0 40.2 48 25 1 27 8 5.53
Ralph Bryant 26 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 3.1 4 2 0 1 2 5.40
Ryan James 20 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 13.50
Team Totals 25.7 85 77 0.525 253 162 10 1447 1469 596 42 547 423 3.71
Batting
On top of being impressively hit-worthy, this team is also impressively young. That means adaptable. And adaptable means they'll keep on hitting until the cows come home. And since cows do not, as a general thing, live in New York City, that could be a long, long time. The core of the lineup - C Mike Bryan, 2B Duane Bunch, 3B John Baird, CF Terry "Slacker" Schroeder, and RF Stephen Everett are all well under 30. If they can just coax some more good performances from their moundsmen, the sky is the limit for these boys.
Code:
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG
C Mike Bryan 24 148 145 569 47 171 24 8 5 85 0 0 19 57 0.301 0.322 0.397
C Vincent Newman 28 64 17 104 7 19 2 1 0 8 0 0 10 14 0.183 0.252 0.221
1B Travis Hamilton 27 132 79 349 40 86 11 4 0 48 2 1 31 8 0.246 0.305 0.301
1B *Clay Davis 35 46 42 164 25 55 17 3 1 28 1 1 18 7 0.335 0.400 0.494
1B *Mark Johnston 18 25 25 85 4 12 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 20 0.141 0.167 0.200
1B Adam Walker 21 38 16 65 8 17 1 1 1 7 1 1 4 14 0.262 0.314 0.354
1B Dave Banks 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
2B Duane Bunch 25 160 160 661 111 229 26 6 3 69 5 8 49 16 0.346 0.388 0.418
3B John Baird 26 148 148 625 89 200 25 4 5 69 4 2 40 20 0.320 0.359 0.397
3B Pablo Cuevas 24 60 16 74 7 18 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 10 0.243 0.300 0.257
SS *Harry Williams 28 159 159 533 54 145 23 4 3 68 4 1 42 49 0.272 0.336 0.347
SS Lawrence Ellis 28 69 3 34 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 0.176 0.200 0.176
LF #Dave Gillespie 24 139 96 453 74 122 15 9 4 41 43 20 33 59 0.269 0.324 0.369
LF *Robert Beatty 22 51 51 207 46 66 14 6 4 21 6 3 32 10 0.319 0.411 0.502
CF *Terry Schroeder 26 162 162 611 135 195 34 22 11 106 37 22 105 25 0.319 0.417 0.501
RF *Steven Everett 27 159 159 614 72 190 41 5 5 116 10 4 34 59 0.309 0.342 0.417
RF Ralph Forrest 25 107 18 153 30 38 6 2 1 25 3 1 12 17 0.248 0.318 0.333
RF Floyd Carson 22 40 0 12 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0.250 0.250 0.250
RF Micheal Shelton 31 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
RF *John Trimble 17 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 25.2 1975 1458 5826 808 1664 259 77 44 742 119 67 451 460 0.286 0.337 0.379