The New York Giants won their second consecutive pennant this year. They faced their cross-town rivals in the World Series for the second straight year, and for the second time defeated the Yankees and Babe Ruth in the Series.

         The Giants had the best pitching staff in the league. Art Nehf was a solid pitcher who was in his prime, and who posted some fine records for a great Giants' team. Nehf won 184 games in his career, with a fine winning percentage. Shufflin' Phil Douglas started his career with some ugly seasons with the Reds and the Cubs, but he too started to pitch better and win after joining the Giants. This was his best season, but unfortunately it was also his last; in August, Shufflin' Phil (who was a notorious drunk) offered to fix a game to prevent the Giants from winning, and was barred from the game for life.
        Eppa Rixey set a career high in wins this year. Rixey is a Hall Of Famer; he pitched for 21 years, splitting time with the Phillies and Cincinnati. Rixey won 266 games in his career, but also lost 251, giving him one of the worst winning percentages of any pitcher in the Hall. Four times he won 20+ games in a season, but twice he also lost 20 games. Rixey was a pretty good pitcher, and probably deserved to have a better record, but he is still one of the weaker members of the Hall Of Fame.
        Other pitchers in the league included Pete Donohue, who was only 22 years old, and had his first of five consecutive outstanding seasons for the Reds. Dutch Ruether was a journeyman who changed teams frequently, but won wherever he went. Dazzy Vance was 31 years old; his 18 wins this year were the first 18 of his career. Vance quickly established himself as the premier power pitcher in the NL, leading the league in strikeouts for the first of seven consecutive seasons. Vance had a remarkable career, getting all of his 197 wins past the age of thirty, and he is in the Hall Of Fame.