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1947 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

81-73, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mel Ott (81-73)
Scored 830 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 1,600,793 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Woody Abernathy 32 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 1, 1915 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Hub Andrews 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 31, 1922 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bill Ayers 27 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 27, 1919 1st 13 4 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Joe Beggs 36 R R 6' 1" 182 Nov 4, 1910 8 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Buddy Blattner 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 8, 1920 3 55 35 55 44 0 0 0 34 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0.5
Mike Budnick 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Sep 15, 1919 2 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Bob Carpenter 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 12, 1917 5 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Mort Cooper 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 2, 1913 10 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Walker Cooper 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 8 140 130 140 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5.3 All-Star
Gary Gearhart 23 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 10, 1923 1st 73 38 73 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 27 0 45 20 8 0.0
Sid Gordon 29 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 5 130 119 130 126 0 0 0 0 2 0 124 0 0 124 4 0 1.7
Andy Hansen 22 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 12, 1924 3 27 9 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Clint Hartung 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 10, 1922 1st 34 27 34 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 0 1.7
Hooks Iott 27 B L 6' 2" 200 Dec 3, 1919 2 20 9 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Larry Jansen 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 1st 42 30 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8
Sheldon Jones 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 2 15 6 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Monty Kennedy 25 R L 6' 2" 185 May 11, 1922 2 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Buddy Kerr 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 6, 1922 5 138 137 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Dave Koslo 27 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 4 39 31 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Joe Lafata 25 L L 6' 0" 163 Aug 3, 1921 1st 62 21 62 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 1 0 20 37 3 0.0
Mickey Livingston 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 15, 1914 7 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Whitey Lockman 20 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Jack Lohrke 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 1st 112 102 112 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.9
Ernie Lombardi HOF 39 R R 6' 3" 230 Apr 6, 1908 17 48 21 48 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.4
Willard Marshall 26 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 3 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 155 0 0 5.4 All-Star
Johnny Mize HOF 34 L R 6' 2" 215 Jan 7, 1913 9 154 153 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 All-Star
Mel Ott HOF 38 L R 5' 9" 170 Mar 2, 1909 22 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1
Mario Picone 20 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 5, 1926 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ray Poat 29 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 19, 1917 4 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Bobby Rhawn 28 R R 5' 8" 180 Feb 13, 1919 1st 13 12 13 13 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Bill Rigney 29 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 29, 1918 2 130 129 130 129 0 0 0 72 41 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6
Junior Thompson 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 7, 1917 6 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bobby Thomson 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 2 138 135 138 135 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 126 0 126 3 0 3.5
Ken Trinkle 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 15, 1919 3 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Bill Voiselle 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 29, 1919 6 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bennie Warren 35 R R 6' 1" 184 Mar 2, 1912 6 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Wes Westrum 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 1st 6 2 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2
Fuzz White 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 27, 1916 2 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 1 1 -0.1
Mickey Witek 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 19, 1915 6 51 39 51 43 0 0 0 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.1
Babe Young 31 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 1, 1915 7 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.3
Sal Yvars 23 R R 5' 10" 187 Feb 20, 1924 1st 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Mel Ott

Walker Cooper

Ernie Lombardi

Sal Yvars

Mickey Livingston

Bennie Warren

Buddy Kerr

Buddy Blattner

Mort Cooper

Bobby Rhawn
Babe Young

Johnny Mize

Jack Lohrke

Mickey Witek

Bill Rigney

Bobby Thomson

Sid Gordon

Gary Gearhart

Clint Hartung

Woody Abernathy
Joe Lafata

Whitey Lockman

Willard Marshall

Whitey Lockman
Fuzz White

Hooks Iott
Ray Poat
Bill Voiselle

Dave Koslo

Monty Kennedy

Joe Beggs
Bob Carpenter

Ken Trinkle

Hooks Iott
Junior Thompson

Mario Picone

Hub Andrews

Bill Ayers
Sheldon Jones

Mike Budnick
Wes Westrum

Andy Hansen

Larry Jansen

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers