1953 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954

70-84, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (70-84)
Scored 768 runs, Allowed 747 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

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, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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
6		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
7		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
8		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
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		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

* - 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	Ruben Gomez	25	13	11	.542	3.40	29	26	0	13	3	0	204.0	166	89	77	17	101		113	4	0	3	872	127	1.309	7.3	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12
2	SP	Jim Hearn	32	9	12	.429	4.53	36	32	2	6	0	0	196.2	206	111	99	22	84		77	3	0	10	871	95	1.475	9.4	1.0	3.8	3.5	0.92
3	SP	Larry Jansen	32	11	16	.407	4.14	36	26	3	6	0	1	184.2	185	96	85	24	55		88	2	0	1	786	104	1.300	9.0	1.2	2.7	4.3	1.60
4	SP	Sal Maglie	36	8	9	.471	4.15	27	24	1	9	3	0	145.1	158	79	67	19	47		80	1	0	1	620	104	1.411	9.8	1.2	2.9	5.0	1.70
5	SP	Al Worthington	24	4	8	.333	3.44	20	17	2	5	2	0	102.0	103	55	39	6	54		52	2	0	2	461	126	1.539	9.1	0.5	4.8	4.6	0.96
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
6	CL	Hoyt Wilhelm	30	7	8	.467	3.04	68	0	39	0	0	15	145.0	127	61	49	13	77		71	4	0	9	628	142	1.407	7.9	0.8	4.8	4.4	0.92
7	RP	Dave Koslo*	33	6	12	.333	4.76	37	12	14	2	0	2	111.2	135	70	59	8	36		36	1	1	1	496	91	1.531	10.9	0.6	2.9	2.9	1.00
8	RP	Al Corwin	26	6	4	.600	4.98	48	7	16	2	1	2	106.2	122	65	59	17	68		49	3	1	1	495	87	1.781	10.3	1.4	5.7	4.1	0.72
9	RP	Marv Grissom	35	4	2	.667	3.95	21	7	7	3	0	0	84.1	83	40	37	6	31		46	1	0	3	363	110	1.352	8.9	0.6	3.3	4.9	1.48
10	RP	Frank Hiller	32	2	1	.667	6.15	19	1	10	0	0	0	33.2	43	29	23	6	15		10	4	1	1	163	70	1.723	11.5	1.6	4.0	2.7	0.67
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
11		Monte Kennedy*	31	0	0		7.15	18	0	10	0	0	0	22.2	30	18	18	2	19		11	1	0	2	113	60	2.162	11.9	0.8	7.5	4.4	0.58
12		Bill Connelly	28	0	1	.000	11.07	8	2	4	0	0	0	20.1	33	26	25	4	17		11	0	0	1	106	39	2.459	14.6	1.8	7.5	4.9	0.65
13		Max Lanier*	37	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	4	1	3		2	0	0	0	26	64	2.063	13.5	1.7	5.1	3.4	0.67
14		George Spencer	26	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2		1	0	0	0	12	56	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
15		Alvin Dark	31	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1		0	0	0	0	5	24	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	30.3	70	84	.455	4.25	155	155	109	46	9	20	1365.2	1403	747	645	146	610		647	26	3	35	6017	102	1.474	9.2	1.0	4.0	4.3	1.06
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	4		5				7	5	4	5	3	5	4	4	8		5308
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	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
Sam Calderone	27	31			58	50	6	2	2	.966										1.81	0					C
Bill Connelly	28	8			2	0	2	0	0	1.000										0.25						P
Al Corwin	26	48			18	5	13	0	1	1.000										0.38						P
Alvin Dark	31	145			755	299	432	24	101	.968										5.04						SS-2B-3B-P
Tookie Gilbert	24	44			409	381	26	2	34	.995										9.25						1B
Ruben Gomez	25	29			62	20	39	3	1	.952										2.03						P
Marv Grissom	35	21			25	6	18	1	2	.960										1.14						P
Jim Hearn	32	36			56	9	44	3	2	.946										1.47						P
Frank Hiller	32	19			17	5	10	2	0	.882										0.79						P
Bobby Hofman	27	40			145	55	83	7	18	.952										3.45						3B-2B
Larry Jansen	32	36			38	11	27	0	2	1.000										1.06						P
Ray Katt	26	8			40	33	6	1	0	.975										4.88	1					C
Monte Kennedy	31	18			6	2	4	0	2	1.000										0.33						P
Dave Koslo	33	37			30	7	22	1	3	.967										0.78						P
Max Lanier	37	3			1	0	1	0	0	1.000										0.33						P
Whitey Lockman	26	120			1155	1042	100	13	96	.989										9.52						1B
Sal Maglie	36	27			24	8	15	1	1	.958										0.85						P
Ray Noble	34	41			168	152	13	3	0	.982										4.02	7					C
Bill Rigney	35	3			6	5	1	0	0	1.000										2.00						3B-2B
Daryl Spencer	24	121			480	179	269	32	52	.933										3.70						SS-3B-2B
George Spencer	26	1			0	0	0	0	0											0.00						P
Hank Thompson	27	102			298	91	194	13	18	.956										2.79						3B-2B
Wes Westrum	30	107			506	441	56	9	9	.982										4.64	6					C-3B
Hoyt Wilhelm	30	68			31	11	19	1	1	.968										0.44						P
Davey Williams	25	95			453	191	254	8	54	.982										4.68						2B
Al Worthington	24	20			30	12	16	2	1	.933										1.40						P
Sal Yvars	29	20			78	70	8	0	1	1.000										3.90	2					C
Team Totals	28.5	155			5969	4097	1721	151	410	.975										3.34	16
Rank in 8 NL teams								3	6	5
	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

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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