1948 New York Giants Statistics and Roster

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1948 New York Giants (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
Managed by Mel Ott and Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,459,269 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Walker Cooper       33   91  290   40   77  12  0  16   54  28   29  .266  .332  .472   1      14   1   3          115
1B *Johnny Mize         35  152  560  110  162  26  4  40  125  94   37  .289  .395  .564   4       7   4   0          156
2B  Bill Rigney         30  113  424   72  112  17  3  10   43  47   54  .264  .342  .389   4       9   3   4           97
3B  Sid Gordon          30  142  521  100  156  26  4  30  107  74   39  .299  .390  .537   8      18   3   7          148
SS  Buddy Kerr          25  144  496   41  119  16  4   0   46  56   36  .240  .317  .288   9       7   0   3           64
OF *Whitey Lockman      21  146  584  117  167  24 10  18   59  68   63  .286  .361  .454   8       4   1   6          118
OF *Willard Marshall    27  143  537   72  146  21  8  14   86  64   34  .272  .350  .419   2      11   1   2          107
OF  Bobby Thomson       24  138  471   75  117  20  2  16   63  30   77  .248  .296  .401   2      15   2   3           86
    Jack Lohrke         24   97  280   35   70  15  1   5   31  30   30  .250  .323  .364   3       6   0   4           85
    Wes Westrum         25   66  125   14   20   3  1   4   16  20   36  .160  .276  .296   3       1   0   0           54
    Mickey Livingston   33   45   99    9   21   4  1   2   12  21   11  .212  .350  .333   1       3   0   2           85
    Les Layton          26   63   91   14   21   4  4   2   12   6   21  .231  .286  .429   1       2   1   0           90
   *Don Mueller         21   36   81   12   29   4  1   1    9   0    3  .358  .358  .469   0       3   0   1          121
   *Johnny McCarthy     38   56   57    6   15   0  1   2   12   3    2  .263  .300  .404   0       1   0   0           88
   *Lonny Frey          37   29   51    6   13   1  0   1    6   4    6  .255  .309  .333   0       0   0   0           73
    Jack Conway         29   24   49    8   12   2  1   1    3   5   10  .245  .315  .388   0       1   0   0           88
    Bobby Rhawn         29   36   44   11   12   2  1   1    8   8    6  .273  .385  .432   3       2   0   0          120
    Sal Yvars           24   15   38    4    8   1  0   1    6   3    1  .211  .286  .316   0       1   1   0           62
   *Pete Milne          23   12   27    0    6   0  1   0    2   1    6  .222  .250  .296   0       0   0   0           47
    Buddy Blattner      28    8   20    3    4   1  0   0    0   3    2  .200  .304  .250   2       0   0   1           51
   *Hal Bamberger       23    7   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .083  .154  .083   0       0   0   0          -35
   *Jack Harshman       20    5    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    3  .250  .333  .250   0       0   0   0           59
   *Joe Lafata          26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Larry Jansen        27   42   95    4   13   3  0   0    7   4   22  .137  .172  .168   0       2   0   7           -8
    Sheldon Jones       26   55   64    5   13   3  1   0    6   1   19  .203  .215  .281   0       1   0   9           33
    Clint Hartung       25   43   56    5   10   1  1   0    3   7   24  .179  .270  .232   0       0   0   0           36
    Ray Poat            30   39   56    4    7   2  0   0    7   4   26  .125  .183  .161   0       1   0   1           -7
   *Dave Koslo          28   35   44    2    5   2  0   0    4   1   16  .114  .152  .159   0       0   1   3          -16
    Monte Kennedy       26   26   31    4    4   0  0   0    2   3    8  .129  .206  .129   0       1   0   2           -8
    Andy Hansen         23   36   20    3    1   0  0   0    1   5   11  .050  .269  .050   0       0   1   3           -9
   *Thornton Lee        41   11   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .091  .091  .091   0       2   0   0          -51
   *Red Webb            23    5    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0       0   0   2           20
    Ken Trinkle         28   53    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .333  .250   0       1   0   0           59
    Bobo Newsom         40   11    7    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .429  .429  .429   0       0   0   1          132
   *Clem Dreisewerd     32    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .250  .500  .250   0       0   0   0          108
    Alex Konikowski     20   22    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .500  .000   0       0   0   1           45
   *Lou Lombardo        19    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Jack Hallett        33    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Mickey McGowan      26    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.6  155 5277  780 1352 210 49 164  733 599  648  .256  .332  .408  51     113  19  65          106
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    1    7   7  4   1        3    2     7     5     1   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Larry Jansen        27  42   3.61  18  12  2  36   4  15   4  277.0  283  125  111  25   54  126 1137   0   3  0     110
SP  Ray Poat            30  39   4.34  11  10  0  24   8   7   3  157.7  162   95   76  21   67   57  698   1   3  1      91
SP  Clint Hartung       25  36   4.75   8   8  1  19   7   6   2  153.3  146   89   81  15   72   42  655   2   5  0      83
SP *Dave Koslo          28  35   3.87   8  10  3  18   6   5   3  149.0  168   69   64   7   62   58  655   1   1  0     102
SP *Monte Kennedy       26  25   4.01   3   9  0  16   3   7   1  114.3  118   64   51  10   57   63  510   3   3  0      99

CL  Ken Trinkle         28  53   3.18   4   5  7   0  31   0   0   70.7   66   28   25   6   41   20  316   3   3  0     124
RP  Sheldon Jones       26  55   3.35  16   8  5  21  17   8   1  201.3  204   89   75  16   90   82  879  10   6  0     118
RP  Andy Hansen         23  36   2.97   5   3  1   9  11   3   0  100.0   96   40   33   4   36   27  419   1   0  0     133
RP  Alex Konikowski     20  22   7.56   2   3  1   1   6   0   0   33.3   46   34   28   7   17    9  154   0   0  0      52
RP *Thornton Lee        41  11   4.41   1   3  0   4   0   1   0   32.7   41   20   16   3   12   17  150   0   1  0      90

    Red Webb            23   5   3.21   2   1  0   3   2   2   0   28.0   27   12   10   2   10    9  124   0   1  0     123
    Bobo Newsom         40  11   4.21   0   4  0   4   1   0   0   25.7   35   16   12   1   13    9  123   1   0  0      94
   *Clem Dreisewerd     32   4   5.68   0   0  1   0   2   0   0   12.7   17    8    8   3    5    2   58   0   0  0      70
   *Lou Lombardo        19   2   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.3    5    4    4   1    5    0   27   1   1  0      59
    Jack Hallett        33   2   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    3    2   0    4    3   18   0   0  0      88
   *Mickey McGowan      26   3   7.36   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    3    3    3   1    4    2   18   0   0  0      54
    Hub Andrews         25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    1    0   0    0    0   10   0   0  0        
    Paul Erickson       32   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    2    1    5   0   0  0        
    Joe Beggs           37   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    2    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 155   3.93  78  76 21 155 101  54  15 1373.0 1425  704  600 122  556  527 5959  23  27  1     101
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   5   4  2           5   1      3    8    5        8    3    8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WCooper 79 307 21 7 3 .979 4 WWestrum 63 179 25 4 4 .981 2 MLivingston 42 135 10 3 2 .980 1 SYvars 15 50 8 0 2 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 671 64 14 11 .981 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMize 152 1359 111 13 114 .991 9.67 JMcCarthy 6 27 1 1 2 .966 4.67 JHarshman 3 17 1 0 2 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1403 113 14 118 .991 9.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .971 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRigney 105 258 275 18 48 .967 5.08 JLohrke 36 88 101 10 17 .950 5.25 JConway 13 30 35 1 9 .985 5.00 LFrey 13 24 22 4 4 .920 3.54 BBlattner 7 8 22 0 4 1.000 4.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 408 455 33 82 .963 5.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGordon 115 126 220 19 19 .948 3.01 JLohrke 50 37 69 12 4 .898 2.12 BRhawn 7 5 6 0 1 1.000 1.57 JConway 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 168 296 31 24 .937 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKerr 143 269 456 25 72 .967 5.07 BRhawn 14 12 22 5 3 .872 2.43 BRigney 7 7 12 2 1 .905 2.71 JConway 6 3 9 1 2 .923 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 291 499 33 78 .960 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.20 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WLockman 144 388 6 5 0 .987 2.74 53 91 0 WMarshall 142 266 16 5 2 .983 1.99 0 0 142 BThomson 125 313 10 10 2 .970 2.58 64 57 4 SGordon 23 40 3 0 0 1.000 1.87 18 0 2 DMueller 22 33 3 1 0 .973 1.64 18 1 1 LLayton 20 38 1 2 0 .951 1.95 12 3 3 PMilne 9 13 0 2 0 .867 1.44 2 5 2 HBamberger 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1097 39 25 4 .978 2.48 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LJansen 42 20 56 1 7 .987 2.47 SJones 55 10 38 2 1 .960 2.15 RPoat 39 2 20 1 5 .957 1.26 CHartung 36 6 29 0 1 1.000 2.05 DKoslo 35 8 24 0 1 1.000 1.93 MKennedy 25 3 17 1 0 .952 1.57 AHansen 36 7 13 0 0 1.000 1.80 KTrinkle 53 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.80 AKonikowski 22 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.97 TLee 11 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.20 RWebb 5 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.57 BNewsom 11 1 4 1 0 .833 1.75 CDreisewerd 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 LLombardo 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.40 JHallett 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MMcGowan 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 HAndrews 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 PErickson 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JBeggs 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 68 245 6 18 .981 2.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Gordon .299

On-base % Mize .395

Slugging % Mize .564

OPS Mize .959

Games Mize 152

At Bats Lockman 584

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lockman 659

Runs Lockman 117

Hits Lockman 167

Total Bases Mize 316

Doubles Gordon and Mize 26

Triples Lockman 10

Home Runs Mize 40

RBI Mize 125

Bases on Balls Mize 94

Strikeouts Thomson 77

Stolen Bases Kerr 9

Singles Lockman 115

Adjusted OPS+ Mize 156

Runs Created Mize 124

Adjusted Batting Runs Mize 45

Batting Wins Mize 4.4

Extra-Base Hits Mize 70

Times on Base Mize 260

Offensive Win% Mize .751

Hit By Pitch Mize 4

Sac. Hits Jones 9

Grounded into Double Plays Gordon 18

Power/Speed Number Gordon 12.6

At Bats per Strikeout Marshall 15.8

At Bats per Home Run Mize 14.0

Outs Lockman 427

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Jones 3.35

Wins Jansen 18

Won-Loss % Jones .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jansen 1.217

Hits Allowed/9IP Jones 9.12

Bases on Balls/9IP Jansen 1.75

Strikeouts/9IP Jansen 4.09

Games Jones 55

Saves Trinkle 7

Innings Jansen 277.0

Strikeouts Jansen 126

Games Started Jansen 36

Comp. Games Jansen 15

Shutouts Jansen 4

Home Runs Allow. Jansen 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Jones 90

Hits Allowed Jansen 283

SO to Walk Jansen 2.33

Losses Jansen 12

Earned Runs Allow. Jansen 111

Wild Pitches Jones 10

Hit Batsmen Jones 6

Batters Faced Jansen 1137

Games Finished Trinkle 31

Adjusted ERA+ Jones 118

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Walker Cooper (Starting C)
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Johnny Mize (Starting 1B)
Bill Rigney
Bobby Thomson

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