1948_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season
1948 New York Giants (MLB) season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1948 New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–76 record, 13½ games behind the Boston Braves.
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
General managers | Chub Feeney | |||
Managers | Mel Ott, Leo Durocher | |||
Television | WNBT (Steve Ellis) | |||
Radio | WMCA (Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell) | |||
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- November 20, 1947: 1947 minor league draft
- Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted by the Giants from the Boston Braves.[1]
- Ed Albrecht was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Browns.[2]
- Pete Milne was drafted by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.[3]
- Prior to 1948 season: Marv Grissom was acquired from the Giants by the Sacramento Solons.[4]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Braves | 91 | 62 | 0.595 | — | 45–31 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 6½ | 44–33 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 7½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 8½ | 47–31 | 36–40 |
New York Giants | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 13½ | 37–40 | 41–36 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 25½ | 32–44 | 34–44 |
Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 27 | 32–45 | 32–44 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 27½ | 35–42 | 29–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 18–4 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 8–13 | 4–18 | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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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 | Walker Cooper | 91 | 290 | 77 | .266 | 16 | 54 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 152 | 560 | 162 | .289 | 40 | 125 |
2B | Bill Rigney | 113 | 424 | 112 | .264 | 10 | 43 |
SS | Buddy Kerr | 144 | 496 | 119 | .240 | 0 | 46 |
3B | Sid Gordon | 142 | 521 | 156 | .299 | 30 | 107 |
OF | Willard Marshall | 143 | 537 | 146 | .272 | 14 | 86 |
OF | Whitey Lockman | 146 | 584 | 167 | .286 | 18 | 59 |
OF | Bobby Thomson | 138 | 471 | 117 | .248 | 16 | 63 |
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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Jack Lohrke | 97 | 280 | 70 | .250 | 5 | 31 |
Wes Westrum | 66 | 125 | 20 | .160 | 4 | 16 |
Mickey Livingston | 45 | 99 | 21 | .212 | 2 | 12 |
Les Layton | 63 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 2 | 12 |
Don Mueller | 36 | 81 | 29 | .358 | 1 | 9 |
Johnny McCarthy | 56 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 2 | 12 |
Lonny Frey | 29 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 1 | 6 |
Jack Conway | 24 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 1 | 3 |
Bobby Rhawn | 36 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 1 | 8 |
Sal Yvars | 15 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 6 |
Pete Milne | 12 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Buddy Blattner | 8 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Bamberger | 7 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Harshman | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Lafata | 1 | 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
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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Sheldon Jones | 55 | 201.1 | 16 | 8 | 3.35 | 82 |
Ray Poat | 39 | 157.2 | 11 | 10 | 4.34 | 57 |
Clint Hartung | 36 | 153.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.75 | 42 |
Dave Koslo | 35 | 149.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.87 | 58 |
Monte Kennedy | 25 | 114.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.01 | 63 |
Andy Hansen | 36 | 100.0 | 5 | 3 | 2.97 | 27 |
Thornton Lee | 11 | 32.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.41 | 17 |
Red Webb | 5 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.21 | 9 |
Bobo Newsom | 11 | 25.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.21 | 9 |
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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Ken Trinkle | 53 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3.18 | 20 |
Alex Konikowski | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7.56 | 9 |
Clem Dreisewerd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 2 |
Mickey McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
Lou Lombardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Jack Hallett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
Paul Erickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Hub Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Joe Beggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
- Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
- Ed Albrecht at Baseball Reference
- Pete Milne at Baseball Reference
- Marv Grisson at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
- 1948 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
- 1948 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac