Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952
98-59, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (98-59)
Scored 781 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-64
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
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Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | 120 | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 1B | 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 | 3B | 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 | ||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 9 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 3B | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Sal Maglie | 34 | 23 | 6 | .793 | 2.93 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 298.0 | 254 | 110 | 97 | 27 | 86 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1210 | 134 | 1.141 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 1.70 | |
| 2 | SP | Larry Jansen | 30 | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3.04 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 278.2 | 254 | 102 | 94 | 26 | 56 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1133 | 129 | 1.112 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 2.59 | |
| 3 | SP | Jim Hearn | 30 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.62 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 211.1 | 204 | 102 | 85 | 21 | 82 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 902 | 108 | 1.353 | 8.7 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.80 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 4 | CL | George Spencer | 24 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.75 | 57 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 132.0 | 125 | 62 | 55 | 21 | 56 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 555 | 104 | 1.371 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | RP | Dave Koslo* | 31 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.31 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 149.2 | 153 | 68 | 55 | 18 | 45 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 644 | 118 | 1.323 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.20 | |
| 6 | RP | Sheldon Jones | 29 | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.26 | 41 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 120.1 | 119 | 77 | 57 | 12 | 52 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 523 | 92 | 1.421 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 1.12 | |
| 7 | RP | Monte Kennedy* | 29 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.25 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 68 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 286 | 174 | 1.456 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.71 | |
| 8 | RP | Al Gettel | 33 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.87 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 52 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 246 | 81 | 1.343 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 1.44 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Al Corwin | 24 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.66 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59.0 | 49 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 107 | 1.186 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.43 | ||
| 10 | Roger Bowman* | 23 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 142 | 64 | 2.165 | 12.0 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 1.09 | ||
| 11 | Jack Kramer | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 3.000 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 0.67 | |||
| 12 | Alex Konikowski | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.500 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | |||||
| 13 | George Bamberger | 27 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 3.000 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0.50 | |||
| 14 | Red Hardy | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 3.750 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 98 | 59 | .624 | 3.48 | 157 | 157 | 93 | 64 | 9 | 18 | 1412.2 | 1334 | 641 | 546 | 148 | 482 | 625 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 5945 | 113 | 1.286 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.30 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4747 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bamberger | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bowman | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Corwin | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.07 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Dark | 29 | 156 | 805 | 295 | 465 | 45 | 114 | .944 | 4.87 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 33 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 0.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Hardy | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hearn | 30 | 34 | 79 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 2.26 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Monte Irvin | 32 | 39 | 406 | 348 | 50 | 8 | 47 | .980 | 10.21 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Jansen | 30 | 39 | 84 | 29 | 54 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 2.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Sheldon Jones | 29 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 0.68 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Spider Jorgensen | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Monte Kennedy | 29 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 0.59 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Konikowski | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Koslo | 31 | 39 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.15 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Kramer | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Lockman | 24 | 119 | 1150 | 1045 | 89 | 16 | 113 | .986 | 9.53 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Lohrke | 27 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.89 | 3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Sal Maglie | 34 | 42 | 76 | 23 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Noble | 32 | 41 | 156 | 144 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .974 | 3.71 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Rigney | 33 | 21 | 67 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 10 | .955 | 3.05 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| George Spencer | 24 | 57 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 0.74 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Stanky | 34 | 140 | 786 | 356 | 412 | 18 | 117 | .977 | 5.49 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Thompson | 25 | 71 | 199 | 64 | 120 | 15 | 16 | .925 | 2.59 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Thomson | 27 | 69 | 240 | 90 | 136 | 14 | 13 | .942 | 3.28 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Wes Westrum | 28 | 122 | 624 | 554 | 62 | 8 | 9 | .987 | 5.05 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Davey Williams | 23 | 22 | 81 | 38 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.68 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Artie Wilson | 30 | 8 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .962 | 3.13 | SS-2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sal Yvars | 27 | 23 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 2.13 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.9 | 157 | 6194 | 4238 | 1785 | 171 | 487 | .972 | 3.57 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |