1945_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season
1945 New York Giants (MLB) season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1945 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–74 record, 19 games behind the Chicago Cubs.
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
Managers | Mel Ott | |||
Radio | WINS (Al Helfer, Bill Slater) | |||
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- Prior to 1945 season: Ed Albrecht was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 49–26 | 49–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 48–29 | 47–30 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 11 | 48–30 | 39–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
New York Giants | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 19 | 47–30 | 31–44 |
Boston Braves | 67 | 85 | 0.441 | 30 | 36–38 | 31–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 37 | 36–41 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 | 0.299 | 52 | 22–55 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–10–2 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 21–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 1–21 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–10–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 10–12–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Ernie Lombardi | 115 | 368 | 113 | .307 | 19 | 70 |
1B | Phil Weintraub | 82 | 283 | 77 | .272 | 10 | 42 |
2B | George Hausmann | 154 | 623 | 174 | .279 | 2 | 45 |
SS | Buddy Kerr | 149 | 546 | 136 | .249 | 4 | 40 |
3B | Nap Reyes | 122 | 431 | 124 | .288 | 5 | 44 |
OF | Mel Ott | 135 | 451 | 139 | .308 | 21 | 79 |
OF | Danny Gardella | 121 | 430 | 117 | .272 | 18 | 71 |
OF | Johnny Rucker | 105 | 429 | 117 | .273 | 7 | 51 |
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 |
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Red Treadway | 88 | 224 | 54 | .241 | 4 | 23 |
Clyde Kluttz | 73 | 222 | 62 | .279 | 4 | 21 |
Billy Jurges | 61 | 176 | 57 | .324 | 3 | 24 |
Whitey Lockman | 32 | 129 | 44 | .341 | 3 | 18 |
Steve Filipowicz | 35 | 112 | 23 | .205 | 2 | 16 |
Mike Schemer | 31 | 108 | 36 | .333 | 1 | 10 |
Roy Zimmerman | 27 | 98 | 27 | .276 | 5 | 15 |
Jim Mallory | 37 | 94 | 28 | .298 | 0 | 9 |
Joe Medwick | 26 | 92 | 28 | .304 | 3 | 11 |
Charlie Mead | 11 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 1 | 6 |
Ray Berres | 20 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
Al Gardella | 16 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Hudson | 28 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill DeKoning | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Bill Voiselle | 41 | 232.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.49 | 115 |
Harry Feldman | 35 | 217.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.27 | 74 |
Van Mungo | 26 | 183.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.20 | 101 |
Jack Brewer | 28 | 159.2 | 8 | 6 | 3.83 | 49 |
Sal Maglie | 13 | 84.1 | 5 | 4 | 2.35 | 32 |
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 |
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Slim Emmerich | 31 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.86 | 27 |
Andy Hansen | 23 | 92.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.66 | 37 |
Adrian Zabala | 11 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.78 | 14 |
Don Fisher | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 |
Roy Lee | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.57 | 0 |
Ewald Pyle | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 17.05 | 2 |
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 |
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Ace Adams | 65 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3.42 | 39 |
Rube Fischer | 31 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5.63 | 27 |
Ray Harrell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 7 |
Loren Bain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 1 |
Johnny Gee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
Jack Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 0 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Gabby Hartnett |
AA | San Francisco Seals | Pacific Coast League | Lefty O'Doul |
B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Frank Rodgers |
C | Danville-Scholfield Leafs | Carolina League | Herb Brett |
D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Hal Gruber |
D | Hickory Rebels | North Carolina State League | Herschel Bobo |
D | Springfield Giants | Ohio State League | Earl Wolgamot |
D | Erie Sailors | PONY League | Bill Harris |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco, Danville-Scholfield[2]
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007