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1953 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
70-84, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 768 runs, Allowed 747 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Manager: Leo Durocher (70-84)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 811,518 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics

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 30 107 347 290 40 65 5 0 12 30 2 0 56 73 .224 .352 .366 .717 85 106 8 1 0
2 1B Whitey Lockman* 26 150 664 607 85 179 22 4 9 61 3 4 52 36 .295 .351 .389 .739 90 236 5 0 5
3 2B Davey Williams 25 112 390 340 51 101 11 2 3 34 2 5 44 19 .297 .382 .368 .750 94 125 6 3 3
4 SS Alvin Dark 31 155 693 647 126 194 41 6 23 88 7 2 28 34 .300 .335 .488 .823 109 316 19 6 12
5 3B Hank Thompson* 27 114 454 388 80 117 15 8 24 74 6 5 60 39 .302 .400 .567 .967 146 220 5 4 2
6 OF Monte Irvin 34 124 502 444 72 146 21 5 21 97 2 0 55 34 .329 .406 .541 .947 141 240 20 3 0
7 OF Don Mueller* 26 131 502 480 56 160 12 2 6 60 2 0 19 13 .333 .360 .404 .764 96 194 7 1 2
8 OF Bobby Thomson 29 154 656 608 80 175 22 6 26 106 4 2 43 57 .288 .338 .472 .810 106 287 18 3 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
9 IF Daryl Spencer 24 118 455 408 55 85 18 5 20 56 0 1 42 74 .208 .287 .424 .711 80 173 11 3 2
10 IF Bobby Hofman 27 74 182 169 21 45 7 2 12 34 1 1 12 23 .266 .315 .544 .859 116 92 7 0 1
11 1B Tookie Gilbert* 24 70 182 160 12 27 3 0 3 16 1 0 22 21 .169 .269 .244 .513 33 39 2 0 0
12 OF Dusty Rhodes* 26 76 173 163 18 38 7 0 11 30 0 1 10 28 .233 .277 .479 .756 90 78 3 0 0
13 C Ray Noble 34 46 119 97 15 20 0 1 4 14 1 0 19 14 .206 .353 .351 .703 82 34 2 3 0
14 C Sal Yvars 29 23 55 47 1 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 .277 .370 .277 .647 70 13 3 0 1
15 C Sam Calderone 27 35 46 45 4 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 4 .222 .239 .267 .506 30 12 0 0 0
16 C Ray Katt 26 8 31 29 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .172 .200 .207 .407 5 6 0 0 1
17 IF Bill Rigney 35 19 20 20 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .250 .500 29 5 0 0 0
18 George Wilson* 27 11 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .364 .125 .489 33 1 0 1 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
19 P Jim Hearn 32 37 80 66 5 9 1 2 0 7 0 0 8 27 .136 .230 .212 .442 15 14 3 0 6
20 P Ruben Gomez 25 61 79 72 15 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .208 .219 .222 .441 14 16 2 0 6
21 P Larry Jansen 32 36 69 60 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 21 .133 .212 .133 .345 -8 8 0 0 3
22 P Sal Maglie 36 27 56 48 6 13 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 13 .271 .300 .292 .592 53 14 3 0 6
23 P Hoyt Wilhelm 30 68 42 33 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 8 .152 .243 .273 .516 33 9 2 0 5
24 P Al Worthington 24 20 37 31 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .065 .121 .097 .218 -43 3 0 0 4
25 P Dave Koslo* 33 37 34 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .033 .065 .033 .098 -74 1 1 0 3
26 P Al Corwin 26 54 34 32 5 9 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 12 .281 .281 .563 .844 110 18 1 0 2
27 P Marv Grissom 35 21 30 27 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .074 .138 .111 .249 -35 3 1 0 1
28 P Bill Connelly* 28 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
29 P Frank Hiller 32 19 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 2 0 0 0
30 P Monte Kennedy 31 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Max Lanier 37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P George Spencer 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 155 5956 5362 768 1452 195 45 176 739 31 21 499 608 .271 .336 .422 .758 94 2265 129 28 67 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 6 7 2 6 5 6 7 3 3 3 3 3
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 Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Sam Calderone 27 46 35 3 2.3 112 .244 .222 .278 .239 .349 .267 .433 .506 .782 30 .201 -4.7 -0.5 .371 .067 .044 2
*Bill Connelly 28 6 6 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
Al Corwin 26 34 26 5 5.1 113 .389 .281 .278 .281 .349 .563 .433 .844 .782 110 .524 0.1 0.0 .750 .281 .281 .0 1
Alvin Dark 31 693 486 104 5.7 112 .290 .300 .278 .335 .349 .488 .433 .823 .782 109 .572 6.2 0.6 .749 .240 .189 10.7 *64O/51
*Tookie Gilbert 24 182 135 11 2.2 112 .176 .169 .278 .269 .349 .244 .433 .513 .782 33 .187 -16.1 -1.6 .459 .219 .075 1.5 3
Ruben Gomez 25 79 65 4 1.6 112 .234 .208 .278 .219 .349 .222 .433 .441 .782 14 .120 -9.4 -0.9 .288 .028 .014 1
Marv Grissom 35 30 27 0 0.0 113 .100 .074 .278 .138 .349 .111 .433 .249 .782 -35 .000 -5.5 -0.5 .192 .111 .037 1
Jim Hearn 32 80 66 3 1.2 113 .231 .136 .278 .230 .349 .212 .433 .442 .782 15 .073 -8.8 -0.9 .367 .197 .076 1
Frank Hiller 32 4 2 1 13.2 113 .500 .500 .278 .500 .350 .500 .433 1.000 .782 159 .863 0.3 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 1
Bobby Hofman 27 182 133 29 5.8 112 .246 .266 .278 .315 .349 .544 .433 .859 .782 116 .581 2.7 0.3 .788 .349 .278 1.8 54
Monte Irvin 34 502 318 97 8.1 112 .321 .329 .278 .406 .349 .541 .433 .947 .782 141 .719 28.1 2.7 .943 .340 .212 3.7 *O
Larry Jansen 32 69 55 2 1.0 112 .205 .133 .278 .212 .349 .133 .433 .345 .782 -8 .049 -9.9 -1.0 .269 .100 .000 1
Ray Katt 26 31 25 1 1.1 112 .192 .172 .278 .200 .349 .207 .433 .407 .782 5 .059 -4.2 -0.4 .292 .069 .034 /2
Monte Kennedy 31 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .278 .000 .350 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
*Dave Koslo 33 34 33 0 0.0 112 .053 .033 .278 .065 .349 .033 .433 .098 .782 -74 .000 -7.9 -0.8 .067 .033 .000 1
Max Lanier 37 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .278 .000 .349 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Whitey Lockman 26 664 442 82 4.9 112 .302 .295 .278 .351 .349 .389 .433 .739 .782 90 .508 -8.8 -0.8 .657 .178 .094 4.5 *3O
Sal Maglie 36 56 44 4 2.4 112 .371 .271 .278 .300 .349 .292 .433 .592 .782 53 .218 -3.4 -0.3 .421 .063 .021 1
*Don Mueller 26 502 329 70 5.6 112 .334 .333 .278 .360 .349 .404 .433 .764 .782 96 .570 -3.4 -0.3 .661 .115 .071 3.0 *O
Ray Noble 34 119 79 12 4.0 113 .203 .206 .278 .353 .349 .351 .433 .703 .782 82 .417 -2.3 -0.2 .722 .351 .144 1.6 2
*Dusty Rhodes 26 173 129 21 4.3 112 .218 .233 .278 .277 .349 .479 .433 .756 .782 90 .448 -3.5 -0.3 .674 .301 .245 .0 O
Bill Rigney 35 20 15 1 1.8 112 .333 .250 .278 .250 .349 .250 .433 .500 .782 29 .136 -2.2 -0.2 .333 .000 .000 /54
Daryl Spencer 24 455 337 48 3.8 112 .207 .208 .278 .287 .349 .424 .433 .711 .782 80 .389 -14.2 -1.4 .648 .316 .216 .0 654
George Spencer 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Hank Thompson 27 454 283 86 8.0 112 .286 .302 .278 .400 .349 .567 .433 .967 .782 146 .718 26.7 2.5 1.014 .423 .265 9.6 5/O4
Bobby Thomson 29 656 455 96 5.6 112 .284 .288 .278 .338 .349 .472 .433 .810 .782 106 .566 2.8 0.3 .740 .258 .184 6.9 *O
Wes Westrum 30 347 233 37 4.2 112 .259 .224 .278 .352 .349 .366 .433 .717 .782 85 .436 -5.4 -0.5 .708 .341 .141 3.4 *2/5
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 42 35 2 1.5 112 .200 .152 .278 .243 .349 .273 .433 .516 .782 33 .106 -3.5 -0.3 .433 .242 .121 1
Davey Williams 25 390 253 46 4.8 112 .308 .297 .278 .382 .349 .368 .433 .750 .782 94 .498 -1.0 -0.1 .676 .191 .071 2.4 4
*George Wilson 27 11 7 0 0.0 112 .167 .125 .278 .364 .349 .125 .433 .489 .782 33 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .571 .250 .000
Al Worthington 24 37 33 0 0.0 112 .118 .065 .278 .121 .349 .097 .433 .218 .782 -43 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .172 .097 .032 1
Sal Yvars 29 55 38 5 3.5 113 .283 .277 .278 .370 .349 .277 .433 .647 .782 70 .354 -1.8 -0.2 .541 .149 .000 2
League Average 4.8 110 .280 .265 .274 .335 .345 .409 .427 .744 .773 93 .494 .678 .247 .144
Team Total 5956 4127 770 4.9 112 .279 .271 .278 .336 .349 .422 .433 .758 .782 94 .510 -59.1 -5.9 .690 .247 .152 52.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Sam Calderone 27 36 48 47 4 11 2 0 0 9 0 1 4 .234 .250 .277 .527 3 35 35
*Bill Connelly 28 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Al Corwin 26 56 33 33 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 54 54
Alvin Dark 31 161 693 660 118 190 40 6 23 82 7 27 35 .288 .322 .471 .793 98 155 155
*Tookie Gilbert 24 73 187 165 12 27 3 0 3 16 1 22 22 .164 .262 .236 .498 10 70 70
Ruben Gomez 25 63 74 73 13 14 1 0 0 4 0 1 8 .192 .203 .205 .408 3 61 61
Marv Grissom 35 35 49 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .000 .041 .000 .041 0 34 34
Jim Hearn 32 38 76 68 5 9 1 2 0 7 0 8 28 .132 .224 .206 .430 3 37 37
Frank Hiller 32 20 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
Bobby Hofman 27 77 185 173 20 44 7 2 12 32 1 12 24 .254 .303 .526 .829 27 74 74
Monte Irvin 34 129 509 452 68 143 21 5 21 91 2 54 35 .316 .393 .524 .917 91 124 124
Larry Jansen 32 37 70 63 6 9 0 0 0 2 0 7 22 .143 .229 .143 .371 2 36 36
Ray Katt 26 8 31 30 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .167 .194 .200 .394 1 8 8
Monte Kennedy 31 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19 19
*Dave Koslo 33 38 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 37 37
Max Lanier 37 14 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
*Whitey Lockman 26 156 669 618 80 174 21 4 9 57 3 51 37 .282 .336 .372 .708 77 150 150
Sal Maglie 36 28 51 49 6 13 1 0 0 9 0 2 14 .265 .294 .286 .580 4 27 27
*Don Mueller 26 136 508 488 52 156 12 2 6 56 2 19 14 .320 .346 .389 .736 65 131 131
Ray Noble 34 48 120 99 13 19 0 1 4 13 1 18 15 .192 .333 .333 .667 10 46 46
*Dusty Rhodes 26 79 177 167 17 37 7 0 11 28 0 10 29 .222 .266 .461 .727 20 76 76
Bill Rigney 35 20 21 21 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
Daryl Spencer 24 123 462 418 52 83 18 5 20 53 0 41 77 .199 .275 .409 .684 46 118 118
*Hank Thompson 27 118 456 394 75 113 14 8 23 69 6 58 40 .287 .384 .538 .922 80 114 114
Bobby Thomson 29 160 666 621 75 171 21 6 25 100 4 42 59 .275 .324 .449 .774 90 154 154
Wes Westrum 30 111 354 298 38 64 5 0 12 28 2 55 76 .215 .339 .352 .691 35 107 107
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 71 38 34 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 4 8 .147 .237 .265 .502 2 68 68
Davey Williams 25 116 389 344 47 96 10 2 3 31 2 42 20 .279 .362 .346 .708 43 112 112
*George Wilson 27 11 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .273 .000 .273 0 11 11
Al Worthington 24 21 34 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 20 20
Sal Yvars 29 55 116 105 5 25 2 0 1 6 0 10 7 .238 .310 .286 .596 9 53 53
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Sam Calderone 27 2 116 69 116 112 13 30 3 0 1 20 0 0 3 9 .268 .287 .321 .608 58 36 2 0 1
*Bill Connelly 28 4 22 25 22 19 2 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 10 .211 .318 .526 .844 123 10 0 1 0 0 0
Al Corwin 26 3 79 92 79 73 8 12 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 25 .164 .176 .301 .477 24 22 3 0 5
Alvin Dark 31 7 3849 898 3849 3554 570 1055 212 32 73 399 43 15 211 254 .297 .341 .436 .777 106 1550 64 26 58
*Tookie Gilbert 24 2 552 183 552 482 52 98 15 2 7 48 4 0 65 57 .203 .299 .286 .586 53 138 8 1 4
Ruben Gomez 25 1 79 61 79 72 15 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .208 .219 .222 .441 14 16 2 0 6
Marv Grissom 35 4 128 93 128 112 5 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 34 .116 .154 .161 .315 -15 18 2 1 11
Jim Hearn 32 7 401 220 401 352 28 56 6 2 4 25 1 0 24 131 .159 .213 .222 .434 15 78 5 0 25
Frank Hiller 32 7 169 139 169 148 10 26 1 0 0 9 1 1 7 26 .176 .213 .182 .395 7 27 2 0 14
Bobby Hofman 27 3 309 125 309 280 36 73 9 4 14 41 1 1 25 39 .261 .326 .471 .797 107 132 10 2 2
Monte Irvin 34 5 1821 467 1821 1578 244 488 64 24 64 312 17 3 223 141 .309 .401 .502 .903 137 792 47 18 2
Larry Jansen 32 7 665 270 665 575 35 86 11 1 1 47 0 0 38 146 .150 .202 .177 .380 2 102 10 0 52
Ray Katt 26 2 59 17 59 56 6 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .196 .224 .214 .438 17 12 2 0 1
Monte Kennedy 31 8 330 255 330 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 77 .153 .188 .183 .371 1 55 2 2 16
*Dave Koslo 33 10 567 334 567 512 31 56 12 0 3 30 1 1 36 220 .109 .169 .150 .320 -13 77 5 1 18
Max Lanier 37 14 599 328 599 535 46 99 4 1 0 27 0 0 23 45 .185 .219 .196 .415 14 105 17 0 41
*Whitey Lockman 26 8 4099 917 4099 3691 571 1083 159 37 72 387 31 13 354 253 .293 .357 .415 .772 106 1532 49 13 41
Sal Maglie 36 5 368 165 368 325 23 48 5 1 1 20 1 0 10 92 .148 .178 .178 .357 -4 58 10 2 31
*Don Mueller 26 6 2173 598 2173 2067 252 613 59 23 42 272 6 2 87 85 .297 .327 .408 .735 94 844 38 7 12
Ray Noble 34 3 272 107 272 243 31 53 6 1 9 40 1 0 25 41 .218 .299 .362 .661 73 88 8 3 1
*Dusty Rhodes 26 2 373 143 373 339 52 82 15 1 21 66 1 1 33 61 .242 .311 .478 .789 107 162 8 1 0
Bill Rigney 35 8 2214 654 2214 1966 281 510 78 14 41 212 25 4 208 206 .259 .334 .376 .710 91 739 41 12 28
Daryl Spencer 24 2 473 125 473 425 55 90 18 6 20 59 0 1 43 78 .212 .289 .424 .712 81 180 11 3 2
George Spencer 26 4 52 103 52 46 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .130 .184 .130 .314 -14 6 1 0 3 0 0
*Hank Thompson 27 6 2259 579 2259 1940 327 534 64 32 78 304 26 12 288 197 .275 .372 .462 .834 121 896 32 12 19
Bobby Thomson 29 8 4393 1054 4393 4008 624 1119 185 52 181 666 30 9 341 438 .279 .339 .487 .826 118 1951 104 24 20
Wes Westrum 30 7 2122 621 2122 1716 252 384 49 5 80 260 10 2 385 384 .224 .370 .398 .768 104 683 43 13 8
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 2 84 139 84 71 9 11 2 1 1 3 0 1 5 19 .155 .211 .254 .464 23 18 2 0 8
Davey Williams 25 4 1123 293 1123 994 145 267 39 6 19 102 5 9 104 94 .269 .344 .377 .722 94 375 15 11 14
*George Wilson 27 2 137 81 137 129 9 29 7 0 2 17 0 0 6 18 .225 .265 .326 .590 61 42 0 1 1
Al Worthington 24 1 37 20 37 31 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .065 .121 .097 .218 -43 3 0 0 4
Sal Yvars 29 7 402 172 402 361 33 88 8 0 8 34 0 1 31 36 .244 .312 .332 .645 73 120 15 5 5
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1952 / 1954 Batting Statistics