1953 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 811,518, Avg. 13,090
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Leo Durocher (70-84)
Location: New York, New York

1953 New York Giants Roster
1953 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Giants plated 768 runs and conceded 747 runs. Bobby Thomson paced New York with 26 home runs, while Daryl Spencer, Hank Thompson, Al Dark and Monte Irvin each walloped 20 or more, too. Bobby Thomson drove in 106 runs. Don Mueller led all regular batters by hitting .333. Ruben Gomez topped the squad with 13 wins, and Hoyt Wilhelm recorded a 3.04 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

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
Ruben Gomez	13	11	.542	3.40	29	26	0	13	3	0	204.0	166	89	77	17	101	113	4	0	3	872
Larry Jansen	11	16	.407	4.14	36	26	3	6	0	1	184.7	185	96	85	24	55	88	2	0	1	786
Jim Hearn	9	12	.429	4.53	36	32	2	6	0	0	196.7	206	111	99	22	84	77	3	0	10	871
Sal Maglie	8	9	.471	4.15	27	24	1	9	3	0	145.3	158	79	67	19	47	80	1	0	1	620
Hoyt Wilhelm	7	8	.467	3.04	68	0	39	0	0	15	145.0	127	61	49	13	77	71	4	0	9	628
Al Corwin	6	4	.600	4.98	48	7	16	2	1	2	106.7	122	65	59	17	68	49	3	1	1	495
Dave Koslo	6	12	.333	4.76	37	12	14	2	0	2	111.7	135	70	59	8	36	36	1	1	1	496
Marv Grissom	4	2	.667	3.95	21	7	7	3	0	0	84.3	83	40	37	6	31	46	1	0	3	363
Al Worthington	4	8	.333	3.44	20	17	2	5	2	0	102.0	103	55	39	6	54	52	2	0	2	461
Frank Hiller	2	1	.667	6.15	19	1	10	0	0	0	33.7	43	29	23	6	15	10	4	1	1	163
Max Lanier	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	8	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	26
Monty Kennedy	0	0		7.15	18	0	10	0	0	0	22.7	30	18	18	2	19	11	1	0	2	113
George Spencer	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	12
Al Dark	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Bill Connelly	0	1	.000	11.07	8	2	4	0	0	0	20.3	33	26	25	4	17	11	0	0	1	106
Totals	70	84	.455	4.25	372	155	109	46	9	20	1365.7	1403	747	645	146	610	647	26	3	35	6017

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	155	693	647	126	194	41	6	23	88	7	2	28	34	.300	.335	.488	.823	316	19	6	12
Whitey Lockman	150	664	607	85	179	22	4	9	61	3	4	52	36	.295	.351	.389	.739	236	5	0	5
Bobby Thomson	154	656	608	80	175	22	6	26	106	4	2	43	57	.288	.338	.472	.810	287	18	3	2
Don Mueller	131	502	480	56	160	12	2	6	60	2	0	19	13	.333	.360	.404	.764	194	7	1	2
Monte Irvin	124	502	444	72	146	21	5	21	97	2	0	55	34	.329	.406	.541	.947	240	20	3	0
Hank Thompson	114	454	388	80	117	15	8	24	74	6	5	60	39	.302	.400	.567	.967	220	5	4	2
Davey Williams	112	390	340	51	101	11	2	3	34	2	5	44	19	.297	.382	.368	.750	125	6	3	3
Daryl Spencer	118	455	408	55	85	18	5	20	56	0	1	42	74	.208	.287	.424	.711	173	11	3	2
Wes Westrum	107	347	290	40	65	5	0	12	30	2	0	56	73	.224	.352	.366	.717	106	8	1	0
Bobby Hofman	74	182	169	21	45	7	2	12	34	1	1	12	23	.266	.315	.544	.859	92	7	0	1
Dusty Rhodes	76	173	163	18	38	7	0	11	30	0	1	10	28	.233	.277	.479	.756	78	3	0	0
Tookie Gilbert	70	182	160	12	27	3	0	3	16	1	0	22	21	.169	.269	.244	.513	39	2	0	0
Ray Noble	46	119	97	15	20	0	1	4	14	1	0	19	14	.206	.353	.351	.703	34	2	3	0
Ruben Gomez	61	79	72	15	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.208	.219	.222	.441	16	2	0	6
Sal Yvars	23	55	47	1	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	.277	.370	.277	.647	13	3	0	1
Sal Maglie	27	56	48	6	13	1	0	0	9	0	0	2	13	.271	.300	.292	.592	14	3	0	6
Sam Calderone	35	46	45	4	10	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	4	.222	.239	.267	.506	12	0	0	0
Al Corwin	54	34	32	5	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	12	.281	.281	.563	.844	18	1	0	2
Jim Hearn	37	80	66	5	9	1	2	0	7	0	0	8	27	.136	.230	.212	.442	14	3	0	6
Larry Jansen	36	69	60	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	.133	.212	.133	.345	8	0	0	3
Bill Rigney	19	20	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	0	0	0
Ray Katt	8	31	29	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.172	.200	.207	.407	6	0	0	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	68	42	33	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	.152	.243	.273	.516	9	2	0	5
Frank Hiller	19	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
Marv Grissom	21	30	27	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.074	.138	.111	.249	3	1	0	1
Al Worthington	20	37	31	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.065	.121	.097	.218	3	0	0	4
George Wilson	11	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	1	0	1	0
Dave Koslo	37	34	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.033	.065	.033	.098	1	1	0	3
Bill Connelly	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Max Lanier	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Monty Kennedy	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Spencer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1938	5956	5362	768	1452	195	45	176	739	31	21	499	608	.271	.336	.422	.758	2265	129	28	67

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Whitey Lockman	1B	120	1042	100	13	96	.989	9.517	0
Tookie Gilbert	1B	44	381	26	2	34	.995	9.250	0
Davey Williams	2B	95	191	254	8	54	.982	4.684	0
Hank Thompson	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Daryl Spencer	2B	32	66	85	6	23	.962	4.719	0
Bill Rigney	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bobby Hofman	2B	17	34	48	2	13	.976	4.824	0
Al Dark	2B	26	68	72	2	17	.986	5.385	0
Wes Westrum	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Hank Thompson	3B	101	90	194	13	18	.956	2.812	0
Daryl Spencer	3B	36	33	47	9	3	.899	2.222	0
Bill Rigney	3B	2	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bobby Hofman	3B	23	21	35	5	5	.918	2.435	0
Al Dark	3B	8	12	17	3	5	.906	3.625	0
Sal Yvars	C	20	70	8	0	1	1.000	3.900	2
Wes Westrum	C	106	441	53	9	9	.982	4.660	6
Ray Noble	C	41	152	13	3	0	.982	4.024	7
Ray Katt	C	8	33	6	1	0	.975	4.875	1
Sam Calderone	C	31	50	6	2	2	.966	1.806	0
Bobby Thomson	OF	154	391	16	7	0	.983	2.643	0
Hank Thompson	OF	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Dusty Rhodes	OF	47	76	6	3	4	.965	1.745	0
Don Mueller	OF	122	203	7	6	0	.972	1.721	0
Whitey Lockman	OF	30	64	2	0	0	1.000	2.200	0
Monte Irvin	OF	113	244	10	7	4	.973	2.248	0
Al Dark	OF	17	26	1	0	1	1.000	1.588	0
Al Worthington	P	20	12	16	2	1	.933	1.400	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	68	11	19	1	1	.968	.441	0
George Spencer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Sal Maglie	P	27	8	15	1	1	.958	.852	0
Max Lanier	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Dave Koslo	P	37	7	22	1	3	.967	.784	0
Monty Kennedy	P	18	2	4	0	2	1.000	.333	0
Larry Jansen	P	36	11	27	0	2	1.000	1.056	0
Frank Hiller	P	19	5	10	2	0	.882	.789	0
Jim Hearn	P	36	9	44	3	2	.946	1.472	0
Marv Grissom	P	21	6	18	1	2	.960	1.143	0
Ruben Gomez	P	29	20	39	3	1	.952	2.034	0
Al Dark	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Corwin	P	48	5	13	0	1	1.000	.375	0
Bill Connelly	P	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Daryl Spencer	SS	53	80	137	17	26	.927	4.094	0
Al Dark	SS	110	219	343	19	79	.967	5.109	0
Totals		1740	4097	1721	151	410	.975	3.344	16

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