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1948 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

78-76, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mel Ott (37-38) and Leo Durocher (41-38)
Scored 780 runs, Allowed 703 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · 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 - 101, Pitching - 100


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1947 / 1949 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
Hub Andrews 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 31, 1922 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Hal Bamberger 23 L R 6' 0" 173 Oct 29, 1924 1st 7 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 -0.2
Joe Beggs 37 R R 6' 1" 182 Nov 4, 1910 9 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Buddy Blattner 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 8, 1920 4 8 4 8 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
Jack Conway 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 30, 1918 4 24 9 24 21 0 0 0 13 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.2
Walker Cooper 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 8, 1915 9 91 75 91 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.1 All-Star
Clem Dreisewerd 32 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 24, 1916 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Paul Erickson 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 14, 1915 8 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Lonny Frey 37 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 23, 1910 14 29 8 29 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0.0
Sid Gordon 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 6 142 136 142 137 0 0 0 0 115 0 21 0 2 23 5 0 6.0 All-Star
Jack Hallett 33 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 13, 1914 6 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Andy Hansen 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 12, 1924 4 36 9 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Jack Harshman 20 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 1st 5 1 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Clint Hartung 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 10, 1922 2 43 19 43 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.3
Larry Jansen 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 2 42 36 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5
Sheldon Jones 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1922 3 55 21 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Monty Kennedy 26 R L 6' 2" 185 May 11, 1922 3 26 16 26 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2
Buddy Kerr 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 6, 1922 6 144 140 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.9 All-Star
Alex Konikowski 20 R R 6' 1" 187 Jun 8, 1928 1st 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Dave Koslo 28 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 5 35 18 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Joe Lafata 26 L L 6' 0" 163 Aug 3, 1921 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Les Layton 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Nov 18, 1921 1st 63 15 63 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 4 20 35 8 0.3
Thornton Lee 41 L L 6' 3" 205 Sep 13, 1906 16 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mickey Livingston 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 15, 1914 8 45 31 45 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3
Whitey Lockman 21 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 3 146 144 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 92 0 144 1 1 4.7
Jack Lohrke 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 25, 1924 2 98 70 98 85 0 0 0 36 51 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.6
Lou Lombardo 19 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 18, 1928 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Willard Marshall 27 L R 6' 1" 205 Feb 8, 1921 4 143 142 143 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 142 1 0 2.3
Johnny McCarthy 38 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 7, 1910 11 56 2 56 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0.1
Mickey McGowan 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Nov 26, 1921 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pete Milne 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Apr 10, 1925 1st 12 7 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 9 1 2 -0.2
Johnny Mize HOF 35 L R 6' 2" 215 Jan 7, 1913 10 152 152 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 All-Star
Don Mueller 21 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 1st 36 19 36 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 3 22 14 0 0.4
Bobo Newsom 40 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 18 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ray Poat 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 19, 1917 5 39 24 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bobby Rhawn 29 R R 5' 8" 180 Feb 13, 1919 2 37 11 37 20 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 0 0 0 4 13 0.5
Bill Rigney 30 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 29, 1918 3 113 108 113 109 0 0 0 105 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 All-Star
Bobby Thomson 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 3 138 115 138 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 58 4 125 12 1 1.1 All-Star
Ken Trinkle 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 15, 1919 4 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Red Webb 23 L R 6' 0" 175 Sep 25, 1924 1st 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Wes Westrum 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 2 67 36 67 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0
Sal Yvars 24 R R 5' 10" 187 Feb 20, 1924 2 15 13 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 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 WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Walker Cooper
Wes Westrum
Jack Harshman
Mickey Livingston
Buddy Kerr
Bobby Rhawn
Johnny McCarthy
Johnny Mize
Jack Lohrke

Buddy Blattner
Bill Rigney
Bobby Thomson
Sid Gordon
Les Layton
Don Mueller
Bobby Rhawn
Clint Hartung
Whitey Lockman

Joe Lafata
Willard Marshall
Jack Conway
Lonny Frey
Red Webb
Ray Poat
Dave Koslo
Monty Kennedy
Hal Bamberger
Joe Beggs
Clem Dreisewerd

Ken Trinkle
Lou Lombardo
Alex Konikowski
Mickey McGowan
Sheldon Jones
Hub Andrews
Pete Milne
Jack Hallett
Andy Hansen

Sal Yvars
Larry Jansen
Bobo Newsom
Paul Erickson
Thornton Lee

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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