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
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 984,940 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
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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 | 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 | Alvin 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | |||
| 7 | 3B | 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 | ||
| 8 | 3B | 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 | ||
| 9 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1B | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Monte 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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 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 | 99 | 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 | 128 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 154 | 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 | 117 | 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 | 95 | 1.380 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0.72 | |
| 7 | RP | Monte 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 53 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 41 | 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 | 31 | 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 | 104 | 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 | 5241 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.20 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bowman | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Connelly | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.91 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Corwin | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Dark | 30 | 150 | 774 | 324 | 423 | 27 | 116 | .965 | 4.98 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Elliott | 35 | 13 | 46 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 3.38 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Gregg | 30 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Harshman | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hearn | 31 | 37 | 71 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.92 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Hofman | 26 | 24 | 92 | 41 | 46 | 5 | 9 | .946 | 3.63 | 2B-3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Jansen | 31 | 34 | 50 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 5 | .940 | 1.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Katt | 25 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.38 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Monte Kennedy | 30 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .955 | 0.68 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Koslo | 32 | 41 | 53 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 7 | .925 | 1.20 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Max Lanier | 36 | 37 | 53 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 4 | .943 | 1.35 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Lockman | 25 | 154 | 1559 | 1435 | 111 | 13 | 155 | .992 | 10.04 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sal Maglie | 35 | 35 | 62 | 18 | 41 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 1.69 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Noble | 33 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Mario Picone | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Rigney | 34 | 24 | 75 | 32 | 37 | 6 | 9 | .920 | 2.88 | 3B-2B-SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Daryl Spencer | 23 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.50 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| George Spencer | 25 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 0.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Thompson | 26 | 50 | 169 | 54 | 103 | 12 | 10 | .929 | 3.14 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Thomson | 28 | 91 | 283 | 82 | 184 | 17 | 13 | .940 | 2.92 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Wes Westrum | 29 | 112 | 557 | 481 | 64 | 12 | 11 | .978 | 4.87 | 13 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 29 | 71 | 43 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 0.58 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Davey Williams | 24 | 138 | 672 | 279 | 375 | 18 | 102 | .973 | 4.74 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| George Wilson | 26 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sal Yvars | 28 | 59 | 245 | 202 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 4.10 | 8 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 154 | 6021 | 4113 | 1750 | 158 | 476 | .974 | 3.37 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |