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1948 New York Giants Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
78-76, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 780 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Mel Ott (37-38) and Leo Durocher (41-38)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,459,269 (3rd 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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1947 / 1949 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Hub Andrews 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 31, 1922 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Bamberger 23 L R 6' 0" 173 Oct 29, 1924 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Joe Beggs 37 R R 6' 1" 182 Nov 4, 1910 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Blattner 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 8, 1920 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Conway 29 R R 175 Jul 30, 1918 4 24 24 24 0 0 0 13 3 6 0 0 0 0
Walker Cooper 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 9 91 91 91 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Clem Dreisewerd 32 L L 195 Jan 24, 1916 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Erickson 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lonny Frey 37 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 23, 1910 14 29 29 29 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sid Gordon 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 6 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 115 0 18 0 2 23 All-Star
Jack Hallett 33 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 13, 1914 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Hansen 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 12, 1924 4 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Harshman 20 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 12, 1927 1st 5 5 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hartung 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 10, 1922 2 43 43 43 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Jansen 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 2 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheldon Jones 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 3 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monte Kennedy 26 R L 6' 2" 185 May 11, 1922 3 26 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Kerr 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 6, 1922 6 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Alex Konikowski 20 R R 6' 1" 187 Jun 8, 1928 1st 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Koslo 28 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 5 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Lafata 26 L L 6' 0" 163 Aug 3, 1921 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les Layton 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Nov 18, 1921 1st 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 3 20
Thornton Lee 41 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 16 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Livingston 33 R R 185 Nov 15, 1914 8 45 45 45 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Lockman 21 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 3 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 91 0 144
Jack Lohrke 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 2 97 97 97 0 0 0 36 50 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Lombardo 19 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 18, 1928 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willard Marshall 27 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 4 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 142
Johnny McCarthy 38 L L 185 Jan 7, 1910 11 56 56 56 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey McGowan 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 26, 1921 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Milne 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Apr 10, 1925 1st 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 9
Johnny Mize HOF 35 L R 6' 2" 215 Jan 7, 1913 10 152 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Don Mueller 21 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 1st 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 1 22
Bobo Newsom 40 R R 6' 2" 220 Aug 11, 1907 18 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Poat 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 19, 1917 5 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Rhawn 29 R R 5' 8" 180 Feb 13, 1919 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 0 0 0
Bill Rigney 30 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 29, 1918 3 113 113 113 0 0 0 105 0 7 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bobby Thomson 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 25, 1923 3 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 57 4 125 All-Star
Ken Trinkle 28 R R 175 Dec 15, 1919 4 53 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Webb 23 L R 6' 0" 175 Sep 25, 1924 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Westrum 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 2 66 66 66 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sal Yvars 24 R R 5' 10" 187 Feb 20, 1924 2 15 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1947 / 1949 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played