1948 New York Giants (MLB) season

1948 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Horace Stoneham
General manager(s) Chub Feeney
Manager(s) Mel Ott, Leo Durocher
Local television WNBT
(Steve Ellis)
Local radio WMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell)
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1948 National League Records

Sources:

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 —

Roster

1948 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
C Cooper, WalkerWalker Cooper 91 290 77 .266 16 54
1B Mize, JohnnyJohnny Mize 152 560 162 .289 40 125
2B Rigney, BillBill Rigney 113 424 112 .264 10 43
3B Gordon, SidSid Gordon 142 521 156 .299 30 107
OF Thomson, BobbyBobby 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
McCarthy, JohnnyJohnny McCarthy 56 57 15 .263 2 12
Conway, JackJack Conway 24 49 12 .245 1 3
Milne, PetePete Milne 12 27 6 .222 0 2

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
Jansen, LarryLarry Jansen 42 277 18 12 3.61 126

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
Hansen, AndyAndy Hansen 36 100 5 3 2.97 27
Webb, RedRed Webb 5 28 2 1 3.21 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
Dreisewerd, ClemClem Dreisewerd 4 0 0 1 5.68 2
Hallett, JackJack Hallett 2 0 0 0 4.50 3
Erickson, PaulPaul Erickson 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Andrews, HubHub Andrews 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Beggs, JoeJoe Beggs 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Notes

  1. ↑ Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Ed Albrecht at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Pete Milne at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Marv Grisson at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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