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1952 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953

92-62, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (92-62)
Scored 722 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 984,940 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1951 / 1953 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 Salary
George Bamberger 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 1, 1923 2 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Roger Bowman 24 R L 6' 0" 175 Aug 18, 1927 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bill Connelly 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 29, 1925 3 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Al Corwin 25 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 3, 1926 2 23 7 23 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.3 $
Al Dark 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 6 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Chuck Diering 29 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 6 41 4 41 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 4 5 36 1 10 -0.7 $
Bob Elliott 35 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 14 98 74 98 78 0 0 0 0 13 0 52 0 13 65 21 0 0.3 $
Hal Gregg 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 11, 1921 9 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jack Harshman 24 L L 6' 2" 178 Jul 12, 1927 3 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8 $
Clint Hartung 29 R R 6' 5" 210 Aug 10, 1922 6 28 22 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 24 4 1 0.0 $
Jim Hearn 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 6 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Bobby Hofman 26 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 5, 1925 2 32 15 32 24 0 0 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.5 $
Bill Howerton 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1921 4 11 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 1 -0.2 $
Monte Irvin HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 4 46 31 46 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 1 32 15 0 0.7 $25,000 All-Star
Larry Jansen 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 6 34 27 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ray Katt 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 1st 9 6 9 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Monty Kennedy 30 R L 6' 2" 185 May 11, 1922 7 34 6 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.7 $
Dave Koslo 32 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 9 41 17 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Max Lanier 36 R L 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1915 13 38 16 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Whitey Lockman 25 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 7 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Sal Maglie 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 4 35 31 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Willie Mays HOF 21 R R 5' 10" 170 May 6, 1931 2 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 0 1.0 $
Don Mueller 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 5 126 115 126 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 120 8 0 2.3 $
Ray Noble 33 R R 5' 11" 210 Mar 15, 1919 2 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Mario Picone 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 5, 1926 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dusty Rhodes 25 L R 6' 0" 178 May 13, 1927 1st 67 43 67 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3 0 56 10 4 1.1 $
Bill Rigney 34 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 29, 1918 7 60 15 60 24 0 0 1 9 10 4 0 0 0 0 38 3 0.7 $
Daryl Spencer 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 13, 1928 1st 7 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 $
George Spencer 25 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 7, 1926 3 35 4 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Hank Thompson 26 L R 5' 9" 174 Dec 8, 1925 5 128 114 128 120 0 0 0 4 46 0 20 51 1 72 12 0 3.2 $
Bobby Thomson 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 25, 1923 7 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 63 0 63 0 0 4.3 $ All-Star
Dick Wakefield 31 L R 6' 4" 210 May 6, 1921 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Wes Westrum 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 6 114 108 114 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 1st 71 0 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Davey Williams 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 2, 1927 3 138 133 138 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
George Wilson 26 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 30, 1925 1st 62 15 62 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 1 4 21 43 0 -0.2 $
Sal Yvars 28 R R 5' 10" 187 Feb 20, 1924 6 66 40 66 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Ray Noble

Sal Yvars

Bill Howerton
Ray Katt

Wes Westrum

Davey Williams

Bob Elliott

Bobby Hofman

Hank Thompson

George Bamberger
Al Corwin

Bill Rigney

Al Dark

Monte Irvin

Jim Hearn
George Spencer

Don Mueller

Bobby Thomson

Willie Mays
Mario Picone

Whitey Lockman

Bill Connelly
Hal Gregg
Dick Wakefield

Chuck Diering

Jack Harshman

Daryl Spencer

Dave Koslo

Monty Kennedy

Clint Hartung

Sal Maglie

Bob Elliott
Max Lanier

Roger Bowman
Dusty Rhodes

Al Corwin
George Wilson

Max Lanier

Larry Jansen

Hoyt Wilhelm

1951 / 1953 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers