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1951 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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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National League  Champions

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
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 Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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 2 6 4 2 1 1 1 6 1 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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
Clint Hartung 28 12 0 0 12 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Jim Hearn 30 34 79 16 61 2 7 .975 2.26 P
Monte Irvin 32 151 89 0 27 654 585 60 9 48 .986 4.27 OF-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 12 0 0 11 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.25 OF-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 24 153 34 0 0 1229 1120 92 17 115 .986 7.92 1B-OF
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
Jack Maguire 26 8 0 0 8 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.63 OF
Willie Mays 20 121 0 121 0 374 353 12 9 2 .976 3.02 OF
Don Mueller 24 115 0 0 115 242 233 5 4 1 .983 2.07 OF
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 27 146 33 43 3 417 258 139 20 14 .952 2.72 OF-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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics