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1952 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 29 114 403 322 47 71 11 0 14 43 1 2 76 68 .220 .374 .385 .759 110 124 5 3 2
2 1B Whitey Lockman* 25 154 686 606 99 176 17 4 13 58 2 4 67 52 .290 .363 .396 .759 109 240 8 2 11
3 2B Davey Williams 24 138 605 540 70 137 26 3 13 55 2 3 48 63 .254 .324 .385 .709 95 208 6 8 9
4 SS Al Dark 30 151 649 589 92 177 29 3 14 73 6 6 47 39 .301 .357 .431 .788 117 254 10 5 8
5 3B Bobby Thomson 28 153 666 608 89 164 29 14 24 108 5 2 52 74 .270 .331 .482 .813 122 293 16 4 2
6 OF Hank Thompson* 26 128 484 423 67 110 13 9 17 67 4 4 50 38 .260 .344 .454 .798 119 192 7 4 7
7 OF Bob Elliott 35 98 313 272 33 62 6 2 10 35 1 0 36 20 .228 .323 .375 .698 92 102 7 2 3
8 OF Don Mueller* 25 126 496 456 61 128 14 7 12 49 2 1 34 24 .281 .333 .421 .754 107 192 8 2 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 OF Dusty Rhodes* 25 67 200 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 1 0 23 33 .250 .340 .477 .817 123 84 5 1 0
10 C Sal Yvars 28 66 164 151 15 37 3 0 4 18 0 0 10 16 .245 .296 .344 .641 76 52 7 1 2
11 OF Willie Mays 21 34 144 127 17 30 2 4 4 23 4 1 16 17 .236 .326 .409 .736 102 52 2 1 0
12 OF Monte Irvin 33 46 137 126 10 39 2 1 4 21 0 1 10 11 .310 .365 .437 .801 120 55 3 1 0
13 OF George Wilson* 26 62 116 112 9 27 7 0 2 16 0 0 3 14 .241 .261 .357 .618 69 40 0 0 1
14 IF Bill Rigney 34 60 105 90 15 27 5 1 1 14 2 3 11 6 .300 .388 .411 .799 121 37 2 2 2
15 OF Clint Hartung 29 28 87 78 6 17 2 1 3 8 0 0 9 24 .218 .299 .385 .683 87 30 1 0 0
16 2B Bobby Hofman 26 32 72 63 11 18 2 2 2 4 0 0 8 10 .286 .375 .476 .851 133 30 2 1 0
17 C Ray Katt 25 9 28 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .222 .250 .222 .472 31 6 2 0 0
18 OF Chuck Diering 29 41 27 23 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 4 3 .174 .296 .304 .601 66 7 0 0 0
19 OF Bill Howerton* 30 11 18 15 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .067 .222 .133 .356 0 2 0 0 0
20 IF Daryl Spencer 23 7 18 17 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .294 .333 .412 .745 105 7 0 0 0
21 C Ray Noble 33 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 Dick Wakefield* 31 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 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
23 P Sal Maglie 35 35 86 69 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 25 .072 .135 .072 .208 -41 5 3 1 12
24 P Jim Hearn 31 37 86 77 7 14 2 0 3 7 0 0 4 33 .182 .222 .325 .547 49 25 0 0 5
25 P Larry Jansen 31 34 62 45 7 8 1 0 0 9 0 0 11 13 .178 .339 .200 .539 52 9 0 0 6
26 P Dave Koslo* 32 41 60 54 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 31 .037 .088 .056 .143 -60 3 0 0 3
27 P Max Lanier 36 38 47 41 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .268 .286 .317 .603 66 13 0 0 5
28 P Hoyt Wilhelm 29 71 42 38 4 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 11 .158 .179 .237 .416 14 9 0 0 3
29 P Monty Kennedy 30 34 23 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 2 0 0 1
30 P Al Corwin 25 23 23 21 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .095 .136 .095 .232 -35 2 1 0 1
31 P Bill Connelly* 27 11 12 11 2 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 5 .364 .417 .909 1.326 257 10 0 0 0
32 P George Spencer 25 35 10 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 2 0 0 0
33 P Hal Gregg 30 16 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 1 0 0 0
34 P Mario Picone 25 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
35 P Jack Harshman* 24 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Roger Bowman 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
37 P George Bamberger 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 154 5891 5229 722 1337 186 56 151 663 30 31 536 672 .256 .329 .399 .729 100 2088 96 38 88
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 2 5 7 1 2 8 8 4 6 5 4 1 3 2 2 1
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
* - 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 Jim Hearn 31 14 7 .667 3.78 37 34 2 11 1 1 223.2 208 113 94 16 97 89 5 0 1 962 98 1.364 8.4 0.6 3.9 3.6 0.92
2 SP Sal Maglie 35 18 8 .692 2.92 35 31 3 12 5 1 216.0 199 80 70 16 75 112 6 1 2 904 127 1.269 8.3 0.7 3.1 4.7 1.49
3 SP Larry Jansen 31 11 11 .500 4.09 34 27 5 8 1 2 167.1 183 91 76 16 47 74 6 0 0 716 91 1.375 9.8 0.9 2.5 4.0 1.57
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 Hoyt Wilhelm 29 15 3 .833 2.43 71 0 32 0 0 11 159.1 127 60 43 12 57 108 5 0 3 646 152 1.155 7.2 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.89
5 RP Dave Koslo* 32 10 7 .588 3.19 41 17 11 8 2 5 166.1 154 66 59 10 47 67 2 0 2 691 116 1.208 8.3 0.5 2.5 3.6 1.43
6 RP Max Lanier* 36 7 12 .368 3.94 37 16 10 6 1 5 137.0 124 64 60 11 65 47 3 0 2 584 94 1.380 8.1 0.7 4.3 3.1 0.72
7 RP Monty Kennedy* 30 3 4 .429 3.02 31 6 9 2 1 0 83.1 73 37 28 6 31 48 2 0 0 355 123 1.248 7.9 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.55
8 RP George Spencer 25 3 5 .375 5.55 35 4 18 0 0 3 60.0 57 39 37 13 21 27 3 0 1 256 67 1.300 8.6 2.0 3.2 4.1 1.29
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 25 6 1 .857 2.66 21 7 5 1 0 2 67.2 58 23 20 5 36 36 0 0 1 288 140 1.389 7.7 0.7 4.8 4.8 1.00
10 Hal Gregg 30 0 1 .000 4.71 16 4 6 1 0 1 36.1 42 22 19 7 17 13 2 0 0 170 79 1.624 10.4 1.7 4.2 3.2 0.76
11 Bill Connelly 27 5 0 1.000 4.55 11 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 22 18 16 4 25 22 0 0 2 134 82 1.484 6.3 1.1 7.1 6.3 0.88
12 Mario Picone 25 0 1 .000 7.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 8 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 41 55 1.778 11.0 2.0 5.0 3.0 0.60
13 Jack Harshman* 24 0 2 .000 14.21 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.1 12 10 10 2 6 6 0 0 0 36 28 2.842 17.1 2.8 8.5 8.5 1.00
14 George Bamberger 28 0 0 9.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 23 45 3.000 13.5 2.3 13.5 0.0 0.00
15 Roger Bowman* 24 0 0 12.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 18 35 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 31.2 92 62 .597 3.59 154 154 105 49 11 31 1371.0 1282 639 547 121 538 655 35 1 14 5824 103 1.327 8.4 0.8 3.5 4.3 1.22
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 4 5 3 1 5 3 5 2 6 6 5
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
George Bamberger 28 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 0 0 0 P
Roger Bowman 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 P
Bill Connelly 27 11 4 0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.91 1 2 67% 0 P
Al Corwin 25 21 7 1 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.43 2 3 60% 0 P
Al Dark 30 150 150 147 774 324 423 27 116 .965 4.98 SS
Chuck Diering 29 36 4 4 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 0.72 OF
Bob Elliott 35 78 74 41 137 102 31 4 3 .971 1.71 OF-3B
Hal Gregg 30 17 4 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.25 0 1 100% 0 P
Jack Harshman 24 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Clint Hartung 29 24 22 18 44 38 3 3 1 .932 1.71 OF
Jim Hearn 31 37 34 11 71 14 57 0 6 1.000 1.92 4 7 64% 0 P
Bobby Hofman 26 24 15 11 92 41 46 5 9 .946 3.63 2B-3B-1B
Bill Howerton 30 3 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Monte Irvin 33 32 31 17 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 OF
Larry Jansen 31 34 27 8 50 9 38 3 5 .940 1.38 2 5 71% 0 P
Ray Katt 25 8 6 6 43 39 4 0 0 1.000 5.38 2 0 3 0 0% 0 C
Monty Kennedy 30 31 6 2 22 6 15 1 4 .955 0.68 0 2 100% 0 P
Dave Koslo 32 41 17 8 53 16 33 4 7 .925 1.20 6 4 40% 0 P
Max Lanier 36 37 16 6 53 13 37 3 4 .943 1.35 0 4 100% 1 P
Whitey Lockman 25 154 154 150 1559 1435 111 13 155 .992 10.04 1B
Sal Maglie 35 35 31 12 62 18 41 3 3 .952 1.69 2 4 67% 0 P
Willie Mays 21 34 34 34 116 109 6 1 2 .991 3.38 OF
Don Mueller 25 120 115 111 232 221 8 3 4 .987 1.91 OF
Ray Noble 33 5 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 0 0% 0 C
Mario Picone 25 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.50 0 0 0 P
Dusty Rhodes 25 56 43 42 109 97 3 9 0 .917 1.79 OF
Bill Rigney 34 24 15 12 75 32 37 6 9 .920 2.88 3B-2B-SS-1B
Daryl Spencer 23 6 4 3 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 3.50 SS-3B
George Spencer 25 35 4 0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 0.43 1 1 50% 0 P
Hank Thompson 26 120 114 105 360 236 108 16 11 .956 2.82 OF-3B-2B
Bobby Thomson 28 153 153 149 439 234 187 18 13 .959 2.73 3B-OF
Wes Westrum 29 112 108 82 557 481 64 12 11 .978 4.87 13 9 15 25 63% 4 C
Hoyt Wilhelm 29 71 0 0 43 9 32 2 0 .953 0.58 6 7 54% 4 P
Davey Williams 24 138 133 123 672 279 375 18 102 .973 4.74 2B
George Wilson 26 23 15 14 63 60 0 3 2 .952 2.61 OF-1B
Sal Yvars 28 59 40 36 245 202 40 3 3 .988 4.10 8 5 9 18 67% 1 C
Team Totals 28.0 154 1386 1156 6021 4113 1750 158 476 .974 3.37 23 14 28 43 61% 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 1 7
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Roger Bowman 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bill Connelly* 27 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Al Corwin 25 23 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Al Dark 30 649 14 1 0 0 5 10 21 51 5.3 46 4.8 0.5 $ Traded *6
Chuck Diering 29 27 -1 -1 0 0 -5 -1 1 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ Traded O7/98
Bob Elliott 35 313 -2 0 0 0 -3 -3 11 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Traded O759
Hal Gregg 30 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Jack Harshman* 24 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Clint Hartung 29 87 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent O9/7
Jim Hearn 31 86 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ Waivers 1
Bobby Hofman 26 72 3 0 0 0 -2 1 3 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 4/53
Bill Howerton* 30 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Waivers /O98
Monte Irvin 33 137 4 -1 0 0 0 -1 5 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $25,000 Free Agency O7/89
Larry Jansen 31 62 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ray Katt 25 28 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Monty Kennedy 30 23 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Dave Koslo* 32 60 -12 0 0 0 0 4 2 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Max Lanier 36 47 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Whitey Lockman* 25 686 10 2 0 0 8 -7 22 35 3.6 27 2.8 0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent *3
Sal Maglie 35 86 -13 0 0 0 0 6 3 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Willie Mays 21 144 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O
Don Mueller* 25 496 5 1 0 0 4 -5 17 22 2.3 18 1.9 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *O9
Ray Noble 33 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /2
Mario Picone 25 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Dusty Rhodes* 25 200 5 1 0 0 0 -3 7 10 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag O7/8
Bill Rigney 34 105 3 0 0 0 -1 1 4 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ Traded 5/463
Daryl Spencer 23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /56
George Spencer 25 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Hank Thompson* 26 484 11 1 0 0 3 -1 17 31 3.2 28 2.9 0.3 $ Free Agency O857/49
Bobby Thomson 28 666 16 3 0 0 1 0 22 42 4.3 41 4.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 58O
Dick Wakefield* 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Wes Westrum 29 403 7 -1 0 0 -1 4 14 23 2.4 24 2.5 -0.1 $ Unknown *2
Hoyt Wilhelm 29 42 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Davey Williams 24 605 -3 0 0 0 5 6 19 27 2.7 22 2.3 0.4 $ Traded *4
George Wilson* 26 116 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased O7/938
Sal Yvars 28 164 -4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 3 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Team Total 27.6 5891 7 7 0 0 17 34 198 263 26.4 246 25.5 0.9 $25,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
George Bamberger 28 4.0 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Roger Bowman* 24 3.0 1 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Connelly 27 31.2 4 18 18 0 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Purchased
Al Corwin 25 67.2 7 23 37 1 1.0 14 1.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hal Gregg 30 36.1 4 22 20 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Traded
Jack Harshman* 24 6.1 2 10 4 0 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Traded
Jim Hearn 31 223.2 34 113 124 2 1.0 11 0.8 $ Waivers
Larry Jansen 31 167.1 27 91 93 1 1.0 2 -0.1 $ Purchased
Monty Kennedy* 30 83.1 6 37 46 1 1.0 9 0.9 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Dave Koslo* 32 166.1 17 66 92 1 1.0 26 2.6 $ Purchased
Max Lanier* 36 137.0 16 64 76 1 1.0 12 1.1 $ Traded
Sal Maglie 35 216.0 31 80 120 2 1.0 40 4.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Mario Picone 25 9.0 1 8 5 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
George Spencer 25 60.0 4 39 33 1 1.0 -6 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Hoyt Wilhelm 29 159.1 0 60 88 1 1.0 28 2.9 $ MinorLg Draft
Team Total 31.2 1371.0 154 639 760 11 1.0 121 11.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1951 / 1953 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics