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1953 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 70-84, Finished 5th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 768 runs, Allowed 747 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75 Managed by Leo Durocher Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 811,518 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 98   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 Stats (1952/1954) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Wes Westrum         30  107  290   40   65   5  0  12   30  56   73  .224  .352  .366   2   0   8   1   0           86
1B *Whitey Lockman      26  150  607   85  179  22  4   9   61  52   36  .295  .351  .389   3   4   5   0   5           91
2B  Davey Williams      25  112  340   51  101  11  2   3   34  44   19  .297  .382  .368   2   5   6   3   3           95
3B *Hank Thompson       27  114  388   80  117  15  8  24   74  60   39  .302  .400  .567   6   5   5   4   2          147
SS  Alvin Dark          31  155  647  126  194  41  6  23   88  28   34  .300  .335  .488   7   2  19   6  12          110
OF  Bobby Thomson       29  154  608   80  175  22  6  26  106  43   57  .288  .338  .472   4   2  18   3   2          107
OF *Don Mueller         26  131  480   56  160  12  2   6   60  19   13  .333  .360  .404   2   0   7   1   2           97
OF  Monte Irvin         34  124  444   72  146  21  5  21   97  55   34  .329  .406  .541   2   0  20   3   0          142
    Daryl Spencer       24  118  408   55   85  18  5  20   56  42   74  .208  .287  .424   0   1  11   3   2           81
    Bobby Hofman        27   74  169   21   45   7  2  12   34  12   23  .266  .315  .544   1   1   7   0   1          117
   *Dusty Rhodes        26   76  163   18   38   7  0  11   30  10   28  .233  .277  .479   0   1   3   0   0           91
   *Tookie Gilbert      24   70  160   12   27   3  0   3   16  22   21  .169  .269  .244   1   0   2   0   0           34
    Ray Noble           34   46   97   15   20   0  1   4   14  19   14  .206  .353  .351   1   0   2   3   0           83
    Sal Yvars           29   23   47    1   13   0  0   0    1   7    1  .277  .370  .277   0   0   3   0   1           71
    Sam Calderone       27   35   45    4   10   2  0   0    8   1    4  .222  .239  .267   0   0   0   0   0           31
    Ray Katt            26    8   29    2    5   1  0   0    1   1    3  .172  .200  .207   0   0   0   0   1            5
    Bill Rigney         35   19   20    2    5   0  0   0    1   0    5  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           30
   *George Wilson       27   11    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .125  .364  .125   0   0   0   1   0           33

    Ruben Gomez         25   61   72   15   15   1  0   0    4   1    8  .208  .219  .222   0   0   2   0   6           15
    Jim Hearn           32   37   66    5    9   1  2   0    7   8   27  .136  .230  .212   0   0   3   0   6           15
    Larry Jansen        32   36   60    5    8   0  0   0    2   6   21  .133  .212  .133   0   0   0   0   3           -8
    Sal Maglie          36   27   48    6   13   1  0   0    9   2   13  .271  .300  .292   0   0   3   0   6           54
    Hoyt Wilhelm        30   68   33    5    5   2  1   0    1   4    8  .152  .243  .273   0   0   2   0   5           33
    Al Corwin           26   54   32    5    9   1  1   2    4   0   12  .281  .281  .563   0   0   1   0   2          111
    Al Worthington      24   20   31    5    2   1  0   0    0   2   14  .065  .121  .097   0   0   0   0   4          -43
   *Dave Koslo          33   37   30    0    1   0  0   0    0   1   11  .033  .065  .033   0   0   1   0   3          -74
    Marv Grissom        35   21   27    2    2   1  0   0    1   2    7  .074  .138  .111   0   0   1   0   1          -35
   *Bill Connelly       28    8    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Frank Hiller        32   19    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0          160
    Monte Kennedy       31   19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Max Lanier          37    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  155 5362  768 1452 195 45 176  739 499  608  .271  .333  .422  31  21 129  28  67          102
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    3   6  7   2        6    7     3     3     3   6   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jim Hearn           32  36   4.53   9  12  0  32   2   6   0  196.7  206  111   99  22   84   77  871  10   3  0      95
SP  Ruben Gomez         25  29   3.40  13  11  0  26   0  13   3  204.0  166   89   77  17  101  113  872   3   4  0     127
SP  Larry Jansen        32  36   4.14  11  16  1  26   3   6   0  184.7  185   96   85  24   55   88  786   1   2  0     104
SP  Sal Maglie          36  27   4.15   8   9  0  24   1   9   3  145.3  158   79   67  19   47   80  620   1   1  0     104
SP  Al Worthington      24  20   3.44   4   8  0  17   2   5   2  102.0  103   55   39   6   54   52  461   2   2  0     126

CL  Hoyt Wilhelm        30  68   3.04   7   8 15   0  39   0   0  145.0  127   61   49  13   77   71  628   9   4  0     142
RP  Al Corwin           26  48   4.98   6   4  2   7  16   2   1  106.7  122   65   59  17   68   49  495   1   3  1      87
RP *Dave Koslo          33  37   4.76   6  12  2  12  14   2   0  111.7  135   70   59   8   36   36  496   1   1  1      91
RP  Frank Hiller        32  19   6.15   2   1  0   1  10   0   0   33.7   43   29   23   6   15   10  163   1   4  1      70
RP *Monte Kennedy       31  18   7.15   0   0  0   0  10   0   0   22.7   30   18   18   2   19   11  113   2   1  0      60

    Marv Grissom        35  21   3.95   4   2  0   7   7   3   0   84.3   83   40   37   6   31   46  363   3   1  0     110
    Bill Connelly       28   8  11.07   0   1  0   2   4   0   0   20.3   33   26   25   4   17   11  106   1   0  0      39
   *Max Lanier          37   3   6.75   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.3    8    4    4   1    3    2   26   0   0  0      64
    George Spencer      26   1   7.71   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    3    2    2   0    2    1   12   0   0  0      56
    Alvin Dark          31   1  18.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    2    2   1    1    0    5   0   0  0      24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4 155   4.25  70  84 20 155 109  46  10 1365.0 1403  747  645 146  610  647 6017  35  26  3     102
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   5   4  4           7   5      5    3    5        4    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WWestrum 106 441 53 9 9 .982 6 RNoble 41 152 13 3 0 .982 7 SCalderone 31 50 6 2 2 .966 0 SYvars 20 70 8 0 1 1.000 2 RKatt 8 33 6 1 0 .975 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 746 86 15 12 .982 16 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WLockman 120 1042 100 13 96 .989 9.52 TGilbert 44 381 26 2 34 .995 9.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1423 126 15 130 .990 10.21 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWilliams 95 191 254 8 54 .982 4.68 DSpencer 32 66 85 6 23 .962 4.72 ADark 26 68 72 2 17 .986 5.38 BHofman 17 34 48 2 13 .976 4.82 BRigney 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 HThompson 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 362 459 18 107 .979 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HThompson 101 90 194 13 18 .956 2.81 DSpencer 36 33 47 9 3 .899 2.22 BHofman 23 21 35 5 5 .918 2.43 ADark 8 12 17 3 5 .906 3.62 BRigney 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 WWestrum 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 159 297 30 31 .938 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .958 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 110 219 343 19 79 .967 5.11 DSpencer 53 80 137 17 26 .927 4.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 299 480 36 105 .956 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.11 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BThomson 154 391 16 7 0 .983 2.64 0 153 1 DMueller 122 203 7 6 0 .972 1.72 11 0 111 MIrvin 113 244 10 7 4 .973 2.25 102 0 13 DRhodes 47 76 6 3 4 .965 1.74 25 0 22 WLockman 30 64 2 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 3 28 ADark 17 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.59 13 0 4 HThompson 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1012 43 23 9 .979 2.32 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGomez 29 20 39 3 1 .952 2.60 JHearn 36 9 44 3 2 .946 2.43 LJansen 36 11 27 0 2 1.000 1.85 SMaglie 27 8 15 1 1 .958 1.42 HWilhelm 68 11 19 1 1 .968 1.86 DKoslo 37 7 22 1 3 .967 2.34 ACorwin 48 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.52 AWorthingto 20 12 16 2 1 .933 2.47 MGrissom 21 6 18 1 2 .960 2.56 FHiller 19 5 10 2 0 .882 4.01 MKennedy 18 2 4 0 2 1.000 2.38 BConnelly 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 MLanier 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 GSpencer 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ADark 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 96 230 14 16 .959 2.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Mueller .333 On-base % Irvin .406 Slugging % Irvin .541 OPS Irvin .947 Games Dark 155 At Bats Dark 647 Plate Appearances (approx.) Dark 693 Runs Dark 126 Hits Dark 194 Total Bases Dark 316 Doubles Dark 41 Triples Thompson 8 Home Runs Thomson 26 RBI Thomson 106 Bases on Balls Thompson 60 Strikeouts Spencer 74 Stolen Bases Dark 7 Singles Lockman 144 Adjusted OPS+ Irvin 142 Runs Created Dark 104 Adjusted Batting Runs Irvin 29 Batting Wins Irvin 2.7 Extra-Base Hits Dark 70 Times on Base Lockman 231 Offensive Win% Irvin .719 Hit By Pitch Dark 6 Sac. Hits Dark 12 Grounded into Double Plays Irvin 20 Caught Stealing Thompson and Williams 5 Power/Speed Number Dark 10.7 At Bats per Strikeout Mueller 36.9 At Bats per Home Run Irvin 21.1 Outs Dark 486

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gomez 3.40 Wins Gomez 13 Won-Loss % Gomez .542 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jansen 1.300 Hits Allowed/9IP Gomez 7.32 Bases on Balls/9IP Jansen 2.68 Strikeouts/9IP Gomez 4.99 Games Wilhelm 68 Saves Wilhelm 15 Innings Gomez 204.0 Strikeouts Gomez 113 Games Started Hearn 32 Comp. Games Gomez 13 Shutouts Gomez and Maglie 3 Home Runs Allow. Jansen 24 Bases On Balls Allow. Gomez 101 Hits Allowed Hearn 206 SO to Walk Jansen 1.60 Losses Jansen 16 Earned Runs Allow. Hearn 99 Wild Pitches Hearn 10 Hit Batsmen Gomez, Hiller, and Wilhelm 4 Batters Faced Gomez 872 Games Finished Wilhelm 39 Adjusted ERA+ Gomez 127

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