1948 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 1,459,269, Avg. 22,125
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Mel Ott (37-38)
Manager: Leo Durocher (41-38)
Location: New York, New York

1948 New York Giants Roster
1948 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1948 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Giants led the league with 780 runs, ignited by 164 home runs. New York surrendered 704 runs. Johnny Mize walloped 40 home runs for the team, while Whitey Lockman, Bobby Thomson, Walker Cooper and Sid Gordon each swatted 20 or more as well. Johnny Mize drove in 125 runs. Sid Gordon paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Larry Jansen topped the team with 18 wins, and Sheldon Jones, too added 15 or more wins, too Sheldon Jones recorded a 3.35 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Mel Ott and Leo Durocher coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Larry Jansen	18	12	.600	3.61	42	36	4	15	4	2	277.0	283	125	111	25	54	126	3	0	0	1137
Sheldon Jones	16	8	.667	3.35	55	21	17	8	1	5	201.3	204	89	75	16	90	82	6	0	10	879
Ray Poat	11	10	.524	4.34	39	24	8	7	3	0	157.7	162	95	76	21	67	57	3	1	1	698
Clint Hartung	8	8	.500	4.75	36	19	7	6	2	1	153.3	146	89	81	15	72	42	5	0	2	655
Dave Koslo	8	10	.444	3.87	35	18	6	5	3	3	149.0	168	69	64	7	62	58	1	0	1	655
Andy Hansen	5	3	.625	2.97	36	9	11	3	0	1	100.0	96	40	33	4	36	27	0	0	1	419
Ken Trinkle	4	5	.444	3.18	53	0	31	0	0	7	70.7	66	28	25	6	41	20	3	0	3	316
Monty Kennedy	3	9	.250	4.01	25	16	3	7	1	0	114.3	118	64	51	10	57	63	3	0	3	510
Red Webb	2	1	.667	3.21	5	3	2	2	0	0	28.0	27	12	10	2	10	9	1	0	0	124
Alex Konikowski	2	3	.400	7.56	22	1	6	0	0	1	33.3	46	34	28	7	17	9	0	0	0	154
Thornton Lee	1	3	.250	4.41	11	4	0	1	0	0	32.7	41	20	16	3	12	17	1	0	0	150
Hub Andrews	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Paul Erickson	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5
Joe Beggs	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jack Hallett	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	3	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	18
Clem Dreisewerd	0	0		5.68	4	0	2	0	0	1	12.7	17	8	8	3	5	2	0	0	0	58
Lou Lombardo	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	5	4	4	1	5	0	1	0	1	27
Mickey McGowan	0	0		7.36	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	3	3	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	18
Bobo Newsom	0	4	.000	4.21	11	4	1	0	0	0	25.7	35	16	12	1	13	9	0	0	1	123
Totals	78	76	.506	3.93	385	155	101	54	14	21	1373.0	1425	700	599	122	551	527	27	1	23	5959

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Whitey Lockman	146	659	584	117	167	24	10	18	59	8	68	63	.286	.361	.454	.815	265	4	1	6
Johnny Mize	152	658	560	110	162	26	4	40	125	4	94	37	.289	.395	.564	.959	316	7	4	0
Sid Gordon	142	605	521	100	156	26	4	30	107	8	74	39	.299	.390	.537	.927	280	18	3	7
Willard Marshall	143	604	537	72	146	21	8	14	86	2	64	34	.272	.350	.419	.769	225	11	1	2
Buddy Kerr	144	555	496	41	119	16	4	0	46	9	56	36	.240	.317	.288	.605	143	7	0	3
Bobby Thomson	138	506	471	75	117	20	2	16	63	2	30	77	.248	.296	.401	.697	189	15	2	3
Bill Rigney	113	478	424	72	112	17	3	10	43	4	47	54	.264	.342	.389	.731	165	9	3	4
Walker Cooper	91	322	290	40	77	12	0	16	54	1	28	29	.266	.332	.472	.805	137	14	1	3
Jack Lohrke	97	314	280	35	70	15	1	5	31	3	30	30	.250	.323	.364	.687	102	6	0	4
Don Mueller	36	82	81	12	29	4	1	1	9	0	0	3	.358	.358	.469	.827	38	3	0	1
Les Layton	63	98	91	14	21	4	4	2	12	1	6	21	.231	.286	.429	.714	39	2	1	0
Mickey Livingston	45	122	99	9	21	4	1	2	12	1	21	11	.212	.350	.333	.683	33	3	0	2
Wes Westrum	66	145	125	14	20	3	1	4	16	3	20	36	.160	.276	.296	.572	37	1	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	56	60	57	6	15	0	1	2	12	0	3	2	.263	.300	.404	.704	23	1	0	0
Lonny Frey	29	55	51	6	13	1	0	1	6	0	4	6	.255	.309	.333	.642	17	0	0	0
Sheldon Jones	55	74	64	5	13	3	1	0	6	0	1	19	.203	.215	.281	.497	18	1	0	9
Larry Jansen	42	106	95	4	13	3	0	0	7	0	4	22	.137	.172	.168	.340	16	2	0	7
Bobby Rhawn	36	52	44	11	12	2	1	1	8	3	8	6	.273	.385	.432	.816	19	2	0	0
Jack Conway	24	54	49	8	12	2	1	1	3	0	5	10	.245	.315	.388	.703	19	1	0	0
Clint Hartung	43	63	56	5	10	1	1	0	3	0	7	24	.179	.270	.232	.502	13	0	0	0
Sal Yvars	15	42	38	4	8	1	0	1	6	0	3	1	.211	.286	.316	.602	12	1	1	0
Ray Poat	39	61	56	4	7	2	0	0	7	0	4	26	.125	.183	.161	.344	9	1	0	1
Pete Milne	12	28	27	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	6	.222	.250	.296	.546	8	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	35	49	44	2	5	2	0	0	4	0	1	16	.114	.152	.159	.311	7	0	1	3
Buddy Blattner	8	24	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	.200	.304	.250	.554	5	0	0	1
Monty Kennedy	26	36	31	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	.129	.206	.129	.335	4	1	0	2
Bobo Newsom	11	8	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	3	0	0	1
Ken Trinkle	53	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	1	0	0
Jack Harshman	5	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	0	0	0
Red Webb	5	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	2
Clem Dreisewerd	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0
Thornton Lee	11	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	2	0	0
Hal Bamberger	7	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	0
Andy Hansen	36	29	20	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	.050	.269	.050	.319	1	0	1	3
Jack Hallett	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alex Konikowski	22	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	1
Joe Lafata	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lou Lombardo	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mickey McGowan	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hub Andrews	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Joe Beggs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1962	5958	5277	780	1352	210	49	164	733	51	597	643	.256	.334	.408	.742	2152	113	19	65

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Johnny Mize	1B	152	1359	111	13	114	.991	9.671	0
Johnny McCarthy	1B	6	27	1	1	2	.966	4.667	0
Jack Harshman	1B	3	17	1	0	2	1.000	6.000	0
Bill Rigney	2B	105	258	275	18	48	.967	5.076	0
Jack Lohrke	2B	36	88	101	10	17	.950	5.250	0
Lonny Frey	2B	13	24	22	4	4	.920	3.538	0
Jack Conway	2B	13	30	35	1	9	.985	5.000	0
Buddy Blattner	2B	7	8	22	0	4	1.000	4.286	0
Bobby Rhawn	3B	7	5	6	0	1	1.000	1.571	0
Jack Lohrke	3B	50	37	69	12	4	.898	2.120	0
Sid Gordon	3B	115	126	220	19	19	.948	3.009	0
Jack Conway	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Sal Yvars	C	15	50	8	0	2	1.000	3.867	0
Wes Westrum	C	63	179	25	4	4	.981	3.238	2
Mickey Livingston	C	42	135	10	3	2	.980	3.452	1
Walker Cooper	C	79	307	21	7	3	.979	4.152	4
Bobby Thomson	OF	125	313	10	10	2	.970	2.584	0
Don Mueller	OF	22	33	3	1	0	.973	1.636	0
Pete Milne	OF	9	13	0	2	0	.867	1.444	0
Willard Marshall	OF	142	266	16	5	2	.983	1.986	0
Whitey Lockman	OF	144	388	6	5	0	.987	2.736	0
Les Layton	OF	20	38	1	2	0	.951	1.950	0
Sid Gordon	OF	23	40	3	0	0	1.000	1.870	0
Hal Bamberger	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Red Webb	P	5	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.600	0
Ken Trinkle	P	53	4	18	0	1	1.000	.415	0
Ray Poat	P	39	2	20	1	5	.957	.564	0
Bobo Newsom	P	11	1	4	1	0	.833	.455	0
Mickey McGowan	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Lou Lombardo	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Thornton Lee	P	11	1	7	0	0	1.000	.727	0
Dave Koslo	P	35	8	24	0	1	1.000	.914	0
Alex Konikowski	P	22	3	8	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Monty Kennedy	P	25	3	17	1	0	.952	.800	0
Sheldon Jones	P	55	10	38	2	1	.960	.873	0
Larry Jansen	P	42	20	56	1	7	.987	1.810	0
Clint Hartung	P	36	6	29	0	1	1.000	.972	0
Andy Hansen	P	36	7	13	0	0	1.000	.556	0
Jack Hallett	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Paul Erickson	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Clem Dreisewerd	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Joe Beggs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hub Andrews	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bill Rigney	SS	7	7	12	2	1	.905	2.714	0
Bobby Rhawn	SS	14	12	22	5	3	.872	2.429	0
Buddy Kerr	SS	143	269	456	25	72	.967	5.070	0
Jack Conway	SS	6	3	9	1	2	.923	2.000	0
Totals		1752	4106	1711	156	335	.974	3.320	7

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