1951 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 98-59
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 1,059,539, Avg. 17,076
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Yankees 4-2
Manager: Leo Durocher (98-59)
Location: New York, New York

1951 New York Giants Roster
1951 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 98 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Giants led the league with just 641 runs allowed. New York scored 781 runs. Bobby Thomson walloped 32 home runs for the team, while Don Mueller, Wes Westrum, Monte Irvin and Willie Mays each swatted 20 or more, too. Monte Irvin drove in 121 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .312. Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen apiece notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Jim Hearn as well added 15 or more victories as well Sal Maglie recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Leo Durocher coached the team. The 1951 New York Giants won the League Championship Series.

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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
Sal Maglie	23	6	.793	2.93	42	37	5	22	3	4	298.0	254	110	97	27	86	146	6	2	4	1210
Larry Jansen	23	11	.676	3.04	39	34	5	18	3	0	278.7	254	102	94	26	56	145	3	0	3	1133
Jim Hearn	17	9	.654	3.62	34	34	0	11	0	0	211.3	204	102	85	21	82	66	2	1	6	902
George Spencer	10	4	.714	3.75	57	4	20	2	0	6	132.0	125	62	55	21	56	36	1	0	2	555
Dave Koslo	10	9	.526	3.31	39	16	17	5	2	3	149.7	153	68	55	18	45	54	2	0	0	644
Sheldon Jones	6	11	.353	4.26	41	12	14	2	0	4	120.3	119	77	57	12	52	58	4	0	8	523
Al Corwin	5	1	.833	3.66	15	8	3	3	1	1	59.0	49	27	24	7	21	30	0	0	0	244
Roger Bowman	2	4	.333	6.15	9	5	2	0	0	0	26.3	35	18	18	2	22	24	1	1	1	142
Monty Kennedy	1	2	.333	2.25	29	5	12	1	0	0	68.0	68	25	17	0	31	22	0	0	1	286
Al Gettel	1	2	.333	4.87	30	1	11	0	0	0	57.3	52	37	31	12	25	36	0	0	1	246
Alex Konikowski	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	13
Red Hardy	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	10
Jack Kramer	0	0		15.43	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.7	11	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	0	26
George Bamberger	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	11
Totals	98	59	.624	3.48	346	157	93	64	9	18	1412.7	1334	641	546	148	482	625	20	4	26	5945

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Al Dark	156	700	646	114	196	41	7	14	69	12	7	42	39	.303	.352	.454	.805	293	11	6	6
Monte Irvin	151	657	558	94	174	19	11	24	121	12	2	89	44	.312	.415	.514	.929	287	15	9	1
Whitey Lockman	153	673	614	85	173	27	7	12	73	4	5	50	32	.282	.339	.407	.746	250	17	3	6
Bobby Thomson	148	602	518	89	152	27	8	32	101	5	5	73	57	.293	.385	.562	.947	291	14	4	7
Don Mueller	122	493	469	58	130	10	7	16	69	1	1	19	13	.277	.307	.431	.737	202	4	1	4
Willie Mays	121	524	464	59	127	22	5	20	68	7	4	57	60	.274	.356	.472	.828	219	11	2	1
Eddie Stanky	145	653	515	88	127	17	2	14	43	8	5	127	63	.247	.401	.369	.770	190	5	6	5
Wes Westrum	124	474	361	59	79	12	0	20	70	1	0	104	93	.219	.400	.418	.818	151	10	5	4
Hank Thompson	87	308	264	37	62	8	4	8	33	1	2	43	23	.235	.342	.386	.728	102	7	0	1
Ray Noble	55	148	141	16	33	6	0	5	26	0	0	6	26	.234	.265	.383	.648	54	6	0	1
Davey Williams	30	70	64	17	17	1	0	2	8	1	1	5	8	.266	.319	.375	.694	24	3	0	1
Sal Maglie	42	122	112	9	17	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	22	.152	.159	.188	.347	21	2	0	9
Bill Rigney	44	80	69	9	16	2	0	4	9	0	1	8	7	.232	.321	.435	.755	30	0	1	2
Sal Yvars	25	50	41	9	13	2	0	2	3	0	0	5	7	.317	.417	.512	.929	21	0	2	2
Spider Jorgensen	28	56	51	5	12	0	0	2	8	0	0	3	2	.235	.291	.353	.644	18	0	1	1
Jim Hearn	34	87	74	7	12	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	29	.162	.205	.203	.408	15	0	0	9
Clint Hartung	21	45	44	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.205	.222	.227	.449	10	2	0	0
Larry Jansen	39	115	96	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	33	.094	.155	.094	.249	9	2	0	12
Jack Maguire	16	22	20	6	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	.400	.455	.700	1.155	14	0	0	0
Jack Lohrke	23	51	40	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	10	2	.200	.360	.275	.635	11	3	0	1
Dave Koslo	39	56	50	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	18	.100	.196	.120	.316	6	1	0	0
Artie Wilson	19	24	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	0	0	0
George Spencer	57	38	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.125	.200	.125	.325	4	1	0	3
Monty Kennedy	29	18	15	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	3
Sheldon Jones	41	32	31	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	.097	.125	.194	.319	6	0	0	0
Earl Rapp	13	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	1	0	0
Al Gettel	30	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0
Al Corwin	15	22	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.050	.050	.100	.150	2	1	0	2
Roger Bowman	9	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1
Jack Kramer	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Red Hardy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Alex Konikowski	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Hank Schenz	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
George Bamberger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1835	6153	5360	781	1396	201	53	179	734	55	34	671	624	.260	.347	.418	.765	2240	116	40	82

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Artie Wilson	1B	2	3	0	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Whitey Lockman	1B	119	1045	89	16	113	.986	9.529	0
Monte Irvin	1B	39	348	50	8	47	.980	1.205	0
Artie Wilson	2B	3	7	5	0	3	1.000	4.000	0
Davey Williams	2B	22	38	43	0	7	1.000	3.682	0
Eddie Stanky	2B	140	356	412	18	117	.977	5.486	0
Bill Rigney	2B	9	12	11	1	5	.958	2.556	0
Bobby Thomson	3B	69	90	136	14	13	.942	3.275	0
Hank Thompson	3B	71	64	120	15	16	.925	2.592	0
Bill Rigney	3B	12	13	28	2	5	.953	3.417	0
Jack Lohrke	3B	17	10	23	2	2	.943	1.941	0
Spider Jorgensen	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Sal Yvars	C	23	46	3	3	1	.942	2.130	2
Wes Westrum	C	122	554	62	8	9	.987	5.049	5
Ray Noble	C	41	144	8	4	3	.974	3.707	2
Bobby Thomson	OF	77	168	3	6	1	.966	2.221	0
Don Mueller	OF	115	233	5	4	1	.983	2.070	0
Willie Mays	OF	121	353	12	9	2	.976	3.017	0
Jack Maguire	OF	8	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.625	0
Whitey Lockman	OF	34	75	3	1	2	.987	2.294	0
Spider Jorgensen	OF	11	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.273	0
Monte Irvin	OF	112	237	10	1	1	.996	2.205	0
Clint Hartung	OF	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
George Spencer	P	57	13	29	4	2	.913	.737	0
Sal Maglie	P	42	23	53	0	7	1.000	1.810	0
Jack Kramer	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Dave Koslo	P	39	7	38	0	2	1.000	1.154	0
Alex Konikowski	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Monty Kennedy	P	29	4	13	2	0	.895	.586	0
Sheldon Jones	P	41	5	23	2	2	.933	.683	0
Larry Jansen	P	39	29	54	1	3	.988	2.128	0
Jim Hearn	P	34	16	61	2	7	.975	2.265	0
Red Hardy	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Al Gettel	P	30	4	13	1	0	.944	.567	0
Al Corwin	P	15	0	1	1	0	.500	.067	0
Roger Bowman	P	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
George Bamberger	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Artie Wilson	SS	3	4	6	1	1	.909	3.333	0
Jack Lohrke	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Dark	SS	156	295	465	45	114	.944	4.872	0
Totals		1686	4238	1785	171	487	.972	3.572	9

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Jim Hearn	WS	1	0	1.000	1.04	2	1	0	0	0	8.7	5	1	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	38
Dave Koslo	WS	1	1	.500	3.00	2	2	0	1	0	15.0	12	5	5	0	7	2	6	0	1	63
Alex Konikowski	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Al Corwin	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Sheldon Jones	WS	0	0		2.08	2	0	1	0	1	4.3	5	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	19
Monty Kennedy	WS	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	13
George Spencer	WS	0	0		18.90	2	0	1	0	0	3.3	6	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	19
Sal Maglie	WS	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	24
Larry Jansen	WS	0	2	.000	6.30	3	2	1	0	0	10.0	8	7	7	2	4	1	6	0	0	41
Totals		2	4	.333	4.67	16	6	5	1	1	52.0	49	29	27	5	26	3	23	1	2	226

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Monte Irvin	WS	6	26	24	3	11	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	.458	.500	.542	1.042	13	0	0	0
Al Dark	WS	6	26	24	5	10	3	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	.417	.462	.667	1.128	16	1	0	0
Whitey Lockman	WS	6	26	25	1	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	.240	.269	.440	.709	11	1	0	0
Bobby Thomson	WS	6	26	21	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	.238	.385	.286	.670	6	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	WS	6	22	17	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.235	.409	.294	.703	5	2	0	0
Willie Mays	WS	6	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	3	0	0
Eddie Stanky	WS	6	26	22	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	.136	.269	.136	.406	3	1	1	0
Hank Thompson	WS	5	19	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	.143	.368	.143	.511	2	1	0	0
Bill Rigney	WS	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Clint Hartung	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Jim Hearn	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Larry Jansen	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	WS	2	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2
Jack Lohrke	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sal Maglie	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Noble	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Davey Williams	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sal Yvars	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Corwin	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Sheldon Jones	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Monty Kennedy	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Alex Konikowski	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Hank Schenz	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
George Spencer	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		77	222	194	18	46	7	1	2	15	2	2	25	22	.237	.327	.314	.642	61	10	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Whitey Lockman	WS	1B	6	6	52.0	48	5	2	4	.964	9.173	8.833
Eddie Stanky	WS	2B	6	6	52.0	14	15	1	3	.967	5.019	4.833
Bobby Thomson	WS	3B	6	6	52.0	13	15	2	0	.933	4.846	4.667
Wes Westrum	WS	C	6	6	49.0	29	2	1	0	.969	5.694	5.167
Ray Noble	WS	C	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500
Willie Mays	WS	CF	6	6	52.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.942	2.833
Monte Irvin	WS	LF	6	6	52.0	17	0	1	0	.944	2.942	2.833
Dave Koslo	WS	P	2	2	15.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.500
Larry Jansen	WS	P	3	2	10.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.000
Jim Hearn	WS	P	2	1	8.7	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.077	1.000
Sal Maglie	WS	P	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Sheldon Jones	WS	P	2	0	4.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.077	.500
George Spencer	WS	P	2	0	3.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	.500
Monty Kennedy	WS	P	2	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500
Al Corwin	WS	P	1	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	1.000
Alex Konikowski	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Hank Thompson	WS	RF	5	5	41.0	4	0	2	0	.667	.878	.800
Clint Hartung	WS	RF	2	1	11.0	1	1	1	0	.667	1.636	1.000
Al Dark	WS	SS	6	6	52.0	10	16	0	4	1.000	4.500	4.333
Totals			67	54	468.0	156	64	10	12	.957	4.231	3.284

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