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1951 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
98-59, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 781 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-64
Manager: Leo Durocher (98-59)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,059,539 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
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1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Wes Westrum 28 124 474 361 59 79 12 0 20 70 1 0 104 93 .219 .400 .418 .818 119 151 10 5 4
2 1B Whitey Lockman* 24 153 673 614 85 173 27 7 12 73 4 5 50 32 .282 .339 .407 .746 99 250 17 3 6
3 2B Eddie Stanky 34 145 653 515 88 127 17 2 14 43 8 5 127 63 .247 .401 .369 .770 108 190 5 6 5
4 SS Alvin Dark 29 156 700 646 114 196 41 7 14 69 12 7 42 39 .303 .352 .454 .805 114 293 11 6 6
5 3B Hank Thompson* 25 87 308 264 37 62 8 4 8 33 1 2 43 23 .235 .342 .386 .728 95 102 7 0 1
6 OF Monte Irvin 32 151 657 558 94 174 19 11 24 121 12 2 89 44 .312 .415 .514 .929 147 287 15 9 1
7 OF Willie Mays 20 121 524 464 59 127 22 5 20 68 7 4 57 60 .274 .356 .472 .828 120 219 11 2 1
8 OF Don Mueller* 24 122 493 469 58 130 10 7 16 69 1 1 19 13 .277 .307 .431 .737 95 202 4 1 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Bobby Thomson 27 148 602 518 89 152 27 8 32 101 5 5 73 57 .293 .385 .562 .947 150 291 14 4 7
10 C Ray Noble 32 55 148 141 16 33 6 0 5 26 0 0 6 26 .234 .265 .383 .648 72 54 6 0 1
11 IF Bill Rigney 33 44 80 69 9 16 2 0 4 9 0 1 8 7 .232 .321 .435 .755 100 30 0 1 2
12 2B Davey Williams 23 30 70 64 17 17 1 0 2 8 1 1 5 8 .266 .319 .375 .694 85 24 3 0 1
13 UT Spider Jorgensen* 31 28 56 51 5 12 0 0 2 8 0 0 3 2 .235 .291 .353 .644 72 18 0 1 1
14 3B Jack Lohrke 27 23 51 40 3 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 10 2 .200 .360 .275 .635 73 11 3 0 1
15 C Sal Yvars 27 25 50 41 9 13 2 0 2 3 0 0 5 7 .317 .417 .512 .929 147 21 0 2 2
16 OF Clint Hartung 28 21 45 44 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .205 .222 .227 .449 21 10 2 0 0
17 IF Artie Wilson* 30 19 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 18 4 0 0 0
18 OF Jack Maguire 26 16 22 20 6 8 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 2 .400 .455 .700 1.155 205 14 0 0 0
19 Earl Rapp* 30 13 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 -10 1 1 0 0
20 Hank Schenz 32 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Sal Maglie 34 42 122 112 9 17 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 22 .152 .159 .188 .347 -7 21 2 0 9
22 P Larry Jansen 30 39 115 96 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 33 .094 .155 .094 .249 -32 9 2 0 12
23 P Jim Hearn 30 34 87 74 7 12 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 29 .162 .205 .203 .408 10 15 0 0 9
24 P Dave Koslo* 31 39 56 50 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 18 .100 .196 .120 .316 -13 6 1 0 0
25 P George Spencer 24 57 38 32 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 .125 .200 .125 .325 -11 4 1 0 3
26 P Sheldon Jones 29 41 32 31 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 .097 .125 .194 .319 -16 6 0 0 0
27 P Al Corwin 24 15 22 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .050 .050 .100 .150 -61 2 1 0 2
28 P Monte Kennedy 29 29 18 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .267 .467 24 4 0 0 3
29 P Al Gettel 33 30 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 0
30 P Roger Bowman 23 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 1
31 P Alex Konikowski 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Jack Kramer 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Red Hardy 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P George Bamberger 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.8 157 6153 5360 781 1396 201 53 179 734 55 34 671 624 .260 .347 .418 .765 104 2240 116 40 82 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 2 3 6 3 2 5 3 1 3 4 2 2 2 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
George Bamberger 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Roger Bowman 23 8 7 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .269 .143 .343 .000 .407 .143 .750 -58 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000 /1
Al Corwin 24 22 22 0 0.0 104 .071 .050 .269 .050 .343 .100 .407 .150 .750 -61 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .100 .050 .050 1
Alvin Dark 29 700 474 101 5.7 104 .307 .303 .269 .352 .343 .454 .407 .805 .750 114 .607 11.9 1.2 .739 .223 .150 12.9 *6
Al Gettel 33 12 11 0 0.0 104 .100 .083 .269 .083 .343 .083 .407 .167 .750 -55 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .091 .000 .000 1
Red Hardy 28 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Clint Hartung 28 45 37 2 1.4 104 .257 .205 .269 .222 .343 .227 .407 .449 .750 21 .111 -5.0 -0.5 .297 .045 .023 O
Jim Hearn 30 87 71 3 1.1 104 .250 .162 .269 .205 .343 .203 .407 .408 .750 10 .074 -9.8 -1.0 .306 .095 .041 .0 1
Monte Irvin 32 657 402 118 7.9 104 .306 .312 .269 .415 .343 .514 .407 .929 .750 147 .735 40.0 3.9 .985 .380 .203 16.0 *O3
Larry Jansen 30 115 101 1 0.3 104 .143 .094 .269 .155 .343 .094 .407 .249 .750 -32 .006 -18.3 -1.9 .180 .073 .000 1
Sheldon Jones 29 32 28 1 1.0 104 .120 .097 .269 .125 .343 .194 .407 .319 .750 -16 .055 -5.3 -0.5 .250 .129 .097 1
*Spider Jorgensen 31 56 40 5 3.4 104 .213 .235 .269 .291 .343 .353 .407 .644 .750 72 .368 -2.3 -0.2 .564 .176 .118 .0 O/5
Monte Kennedy 29 18 15 1 1.8 104 .300 .200 .269 .200 .343 .267 .407 .467 .750 24 .155 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .067 .067 1
Alex Konikowski 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Dave Koslo 31 56 47 1 0.6 104 .156 .100 .269 .196 .343 .120 .407 .316 .750 -13 .022 -8.1 -0.8 .255 .140 .020 .0 1
Jack Kramer 33 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Whitey Lockman 24 673 469 83 4.8 104 .282 .282 .269 .339 .343 .407 .407 .746 .750 99 .524 -1.8 -0.2 .652 .205 .125 6.0 *3O
Jack Lohrke 27 51 36 4 3.0 104 .189 .200 .269 .360 .343 .275 .407 .635 .750 73 .320 -1.2 -0.1 .600 .325 .075 .0 5/6
Sal Maglie 34 122 106 3 0.8 104 .180 .152 .269 .159 .343 .188 .407 .347 .750 -7 .037 -17.5 -1.8 .227 .045 .036 .0 1
Jack Maguire 26 22 12 6 13.4 104 .412 .400 .269 .455 .343 .700 .407 1.155 .750 205 .880 2.8 0.3 1.333 .400 .300 .0 /O
Willie Mays 20 524 353 77 5.9 104 .279 .274 .269 .356 .343 .472 .407 .828 .750 120 .617 12.6 1.2 .798 .328 .198 10.4 *O
*Don Mueller 24 493 348 61 4.7 104 .259 .277 .269 .307 .343 .431 .407 .737 .750 95 .519 -6.5 -0.6 .645 .194 .154 1.9 *O
Ray Noble 32 148 115 14 3.3 104 .255 .234 .269 .265 .343 .383 .407 .648 .750 72 .356 -6.4 -0.6 .526 .191 .149 .0 2
*Earl Rapp 30 13 11 0 0.0 104 .125 .091 .269 .231 .343 .091 .407 .322 .750 -10 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .273 .182 .000
Bill Rigney 33 80 56 9 4.3 104 .207 .232 .269 .321 .343 .435 .407 .755 .750 100 .479 -0.2 -0.0 .704 .304 .203 .0 5/4
Hank Schenz 32 0 0 0.0 0.0
George Spencer 24 38 32 1 0.8 104 .190 .125 .269 .200 .343 .125 .407 .325 .750 -11 .044 -5.1 -0.5 .241 .094 .000 1
Eddie Stanky 34 653 403 75 5.0 104 .258 .247 .269 .401 .343 .369 .407 .770 .750 108 .546 13.3 1.3 .819 .375 .122 10.2 *4
*Hank Thompson 25 308 212 34 4.3 104 .232 .235 .269 .342 .343 .386 .407 .728 .750 95 .478 -1.7 -0.2 .682 .311 .152 1.8 5
Bobby Thomson 27 602 392 109 7.5 104 .280 .293 .269 .385 .343 .562 .407 .947 .750 150 .715 36.7 3.6 .956 .409 .268 8.6 O5
Wes Westrum 28 474 296 60 5.4 104 .238 .219 .269 .400 .343 .418 .407 .818 .750 119 .585 15.7 1.6 .894 .490 .199 1.9 *2
Davey Williams 23 70 52 7 3.6 104 .278 .266 .269 .319 .343 .375 .407 .694 .750 85 .400 -1.5 -0.2 .569 .188 .109 1.3 4
*Artie Wilson 30 24 18 1 1.5 104 .190 .182 .269 .250 .343 .182 .407 .432 .750 18 .116 -2.6 -0.3 .444 .182 .000 .0 /463
Sal Yvars 27 50 30 8 7.2 104 .344 .317 .269 .417 .343 .512 .407 .929 .750 147 .699 3.0 0.3 1.000 .317 .195 .0 2
League Average 4.5 104 .272 .259 .268 .331 .342 .389 .406 .720 .748 93 .496 .647 .236 .130
Team Total 6153 4196 785 5.0 104 .267 .260 .269 .347 .343 .418 .407 .765 .750 104 .549 30.9 2.8 .722 .287 .157 84.1
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Roger Bowman 23 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 9 9
Al Corwin 24 16 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
Alvin Dark 29 162 717 668 117 201 42 7 14 71 12 43 40 .301 .349 .448 .796 103 156 156
Al Gettel 33 31 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30 30
Clint Hartung 28 22 46 45 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 .200 .217 .222 .440 2 21 21
Jim Hearn 30 35 80 76 7 12 0 0 1 6 0 4 30 .158 .200 .197 .397 3 34 34
Monte Irvin 32 157 680 579 96 180 20 11 25 123 12 92 46 .311 .413 .513 .926 120 151 151
Larry Jansen 30 40 104 98 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 6 34 .082 .135 .082 .216 1 39 39
Sheldon Jones 29 43 34 33 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 .121 .147 .212 .359 1 41 41
*Spider Jorgensen 31 29 56 52 5 12 0 0 2 8 0 3 2 .231 .286 .346 .632 5 28 28
Monte Kennedy 29 30 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 29 29
*Dave Koslo 31 40 58 52 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 6 19 .096 .190 .115 .305 1 39 39
Jack Kramer 33 24 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .154 .000 .154 0 23 23
*Whitey Lockman 24 159 688 634 86 176 27 7 12 74 4 51 33 .278 .334 .399 .733 84 153 153
Jack Lohrke 27 24 51 41 3 8 0 0 1 3 0 10 2 .195 .353 .268 .621 4 23 23
Sal Maglie 34 44 117 116 8 17 1 0 1 5 0 1 23 .147 .154 .181 .335 3 42 42
Jack Maguire 26 68 176 160 21 41 3 2 2 18 1 16 24 .256 .324 .338 .661 18 65 65
Willie Mays 20 126 539 479 60 129 22 5 20 69 7 58 62 .269 .351 .461 .812 78 121 121
*Don Mueller 24 127 505 485 59 133 10 7 16 70 1 19 14 .274 .303 .423 .726 62 122 122
Ray Noble 32 57 152 146 16 34 6 0 5 26 0 6 27 .233 .263 .377 .640 15 55 55
*Earl Rapp 30 41 127 114 13 34 5 3 2 14 1 13 15 .298 .370 .447 .817 19 39 39
Bill Rigney 33 46 80 71 9 16 2 0 4 9 0 8 7 .225 .313 .423 .735 9 44 44
Hank Schenz 32 34 64 63 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .016 .000 .016 2 33 33
George Spencer 24 59 38 34 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 4 11 .147 .237 .147 .384 1 57 57
Eddie Stanky 34 151 671 534 90 131 18 2 14 44 8 131 65 .245 .399 .365 .765 77 145 145
*Hank Thompson 25 90 317 273 38 63 8 4 8 34 1 44 24 .231 .338 .377 .715 35 87 87
Bobby Thomson 27 154 612 534 90 154 27 8 32 103 5 74 59 .288 .379 .549 .928 111 148 148
Wes Westrum 28 129 486 374 60 81 12 0 21 71 1 107 97 .217 .397 .417 .814 60 124 124
Davey Williams 23 31 71 66 17 17 1 0 2 8 1 5 8 .258 .310 .364 .673 7 30 30
*Artie Wilson 30 20 25 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .174 .240 .174 .414 1 19 19
Sal Yvars 27 26 49 42 9 13 2 0 2 3 0 5 7 .310 .408 .500 .908 8 25 25
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
George Bamberger 27 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Bowman 23 2 10 11 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 1
Al Corwin 24 1 22 15 22 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .050 .050 .100 .150 -61 2 1 0 2
Alvin Dark 29 5 2507 592 2507 2318 352 684 142 23 36 238 30 7 136 181 .295 .338 .423 .761 103 980 35 15 38
Al Gettel 33 6 250 181 250 235 22 52 6 1 0 12 0 0 4 24 .221 .238 .255 .493 36 60 8 1 10
Red Hardy 28 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hartung 28 5 316 168 316 300 36 73 8 5 11 35 0 0 16 88 .243 .282 .413 .695 83 124 4 0 0
Jim Hearn 30 5 235 146 235 209 16 33 3 0 1 11 1 0 12 71 .158 .204 .187 .390 4 39 2 0 14
Monte Irvin 32 3 1182 297 1182 1008 162 303 41 18 39 194 15 2 158 96 .301 .403 .493 .896 137 497 24 14 2
Larry Jansen 30 5 534 200 534 470 23 70 10 1 1 36 0 0 21 112 .149 .185 .181 .366 -2 85 10 0 43
Sheldon Jones 29 6 275 199 275 242 11 34 4 3 0 12 0 0 7 68 .140 .165 .182 .346 -8 44 6 0 26
*Spider Jorgensen 31 5 875 267 875 755 97 201 40 11 9 107 5 0 106 75 .266 .359 .384 .743 95 290 7 3 11
Monte Kennedy 29 6 305 202 305 277 23 44 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 67 .159 .197 .191 .388 5 53 2 2 15
Alex Konikowski 23 2 5 25 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 45 0 0 0 1 0 0
*Dave Koslo 31 8 473 256 473 428 28 53 11 0 3 27 1 1 32 178 .124 .187 .171 .357 -3 73 4 1 12
Jack Kramer 33 12 618 322 618 501 43 72 12 0 5 39 0 1 76 162 .144 .258 .198 .455 23 99 10 1 40 0 0
*Whitey Lockman 24 6 2749 613 2749 2478 387 728 120 29 50 268 26 5 235 165 .294 .358 .426 .784 109 1056 36 11 25
Jack Lohrke 27 5 999 317 999 872 118 213 38 9 22 95 9 0 106 81 .244 .329 .384 .713 90 335 26 4 17
Sal Maglie 34 3 226 103 226 208 12 30 4 1 1 10 1 0 4 54 .144 .164 .188 .352 -6 39 4 1 13
Jack Maguire 26 2 213 94 213 192 25 46 5 2 2 21 1 0 18 36 .240 .305 .318 .622 66 61 7 0 3
Willie Mays 20 1 524 121 524 464 59 127 22 5 20 68 7 4 57 60 .274 .356 .472 .828 120 219 11 2 1
*Don Mueller 24 4 1175 341 1175 1131 135 325 33 14 24 163 2 1 34 48 .287 .311 .405 .715 88 458 23 4 6
Ray Noble 32 1 148 55 148 141 16 33 6 0 5 26 0 0 6 26 .234 .265 .383 .648 72 54 6 0 1
*Earl Rapp 30 2 183 59 183 163 17 47 6 4 2 26 2 1 19 20 .288 .363 .411 .774 107 67 3 0 1
Bill Rigney 33 6 2089 575 2089 1856 264 478 73 13 40 197 23 1 197 195 .258 .332 .376 .708 90 697 39 10 26
Hank Schenz 32 6 575 207 575 538 70 133 22 3 2 24 6 2 27 25 .247 .291 .310 .601 63 167 10 6 4
George Spencer 24 2 42 67 42 36 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .111 .179 .111 .291 -21 4 1 0 3
Eddie Stanky 34 9 5290 1189 5290 4188 793 1127 181 35 29 356 48 5 971 361 .269 .411 .350 .760 110 1465 62 34 97
*Hank Thompson 25 4 1321 337 1321 1129 180 307 36 15 37 163 16 3 178 120 .272 .373 .429 .802 112 484 20 4 10
Bobby Thomson 27 6 3071 747 3071 2792 455 780 134 32 131 452 21 5 246 307 .279 .341 .491 .832 119 1371 70 17 16
Wes Westrum 28 5 1372 400 1372 1104 165 248 33 5 54 187 7 0 253 243 .225 .373 .410 .784 108 453 30 9 6
Davey Williams 23 2 128 43 128 114 24 29 2 1 3 13 1 1 12 12 .254 .325 .368 .694 86 42 3 0 2
*Artie Wilson 30 1 24 19 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 18 4 0 0 0
Sal Yvars 27 5 121 53 121 106 13 24 3 0 3 9 0 0 10 13 .226 .311 .340 .651 74 36 1 3 2
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1950 / 1952 Batting Statistics