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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

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · 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

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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 30 107 348 290 40 65 5 0 12 30 2 0 56 73 .224 .352 .366 .717 85 106 8 1 0
2 1B Whitey Lockman* 26 150 665 607 85 179 22 4 9 61 3 4 52 36 .295 .351 .389 .739 90 236 5 0 5
3 2B Davey Williams 25 112 391 340 51 101 11 2 3 34 2 5 44 19 .297 .382 .368 .750 94 125 6 3 3
4 SS Al 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 -9 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 33 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 Monty 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
Team Totals 28.2 155 5958 5362 768 1452 195 45 176 739 31 21 499 608 .271 .336 .422 .758 94 2265 129 28 67
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 6 7 2 6 5 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 5 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 Ruben Gomez 25 13 11 .542 3.40 29 26 0 13 3 0 204.0 166 89 77 17 101 113 4 0 3 872 128 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 96 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 1 786 105 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 1 620 105 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 9 628 143 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 71 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 Monty Kennedy* 31 0 0 7.15 18 0 10 0 0 0 22.2 30 18 18 2 19 11 1 0 2 113 62 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 40 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 68 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 65 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
15 Al Dark 31 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 33 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 4
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Sam Calderone 27 31 6 5 58 50 6 2 2 .966 1.81 0 4 6 4 40% 40% 0 C
Bill Connelly 28 8 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.25 0 2 100% 0 P
Al Corwin 26 48 7 2 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 0.38 2 3 60% 0 P
Al Dark 31 154 154 139 782 325 433 24 102 .969 4.68 SS-2B-OF-3B-P
Tookie Gilbert 24 44 36 35 409 381 26 2 34 .995 9.25 1B
Ruben Gomez 25 29 26 13 62 20 39 3 1 .952 2.03 4 1 20% 1 P
Marv Grissom 35 21 7 3 25 6 18 1 2 .960 1.14 1 0 0% 0 P
Jim Hearn 32 36 32 6 56 9 44 3 2 .946 1.47 7 4 36% 0 P
Frank Hiller 32 19 1 0 17 5 10 2 0 .882 0.79 2 0 0% 0 P
Bobby Hofman 27 40 33 29 145 55 83 7 18 .952 3.45 3B-2B
Monte Irvin 34 113 113 97 261 244 10 7 4 .973 2.25 OF
Larry Jansen 32 36 26 6 38 11 27 0 2 1.000 1.06 2 2 50% 1 P
Ray Katt 26 8 8 7 40 33 6 1 0 .975 4.88 1 0 0 3 100% 40% 0 C
Monty Kennedy 31 18 0 0 6 2 4 0 2 1.000 0.33 0 1 100% 0 P
Dave Koslo 33 37 12 2 30 7 22 1 3 .967 0.78 1 2 67% 0 P
Max Lanier 37 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 0 1 P
Whitey Lockman 26 147 147 136 1221 1106 102 13 96 .989 8.05 1B-OF
Sal Maglie 36 27 24 9 24 8 15 1 1 .958 0.85 2 6 75% 0 P
Don Mueller 26 122 117 113 216 203 7 6 0 .972 1.72 OF
Ray Noble 34 41 27 22 168 152 13 3 0 .982 4.02 7 4 8 4 33% 40% 1 C
Dusty Rhodes 26 47 34 32 85 76 6 3 4 .965 1.74 OF
Bill Rigney 35 3 2 0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 3B-2B
Daryl Spencer 24 115 108 101 480 179 269 32 52 .933 3.70 SS-3B-2B
George Spencer 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Hank Thompson 27 111 104 94 307 99 195 13 18 .958 2.65 3B-OF-2B
Bobby Thomson 29 154 152 152 414 391 16 7 0 .983 2.64 OF
Wes Westrum 30 106 101 67 506 441 56 9 9 .982 4.64 6 28 15 18 55% 40% 2 C-3B
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 68 0 0 31 11 19 1 1 .968 0.44 8 7 47% 0 P
Davey Williams 25 95 86 80 453 191 254 8 54 .982 4.68 2B
Al Worthington 24 20 17 5 30 12 16 2 1 .933 1.40 2 4 67% 0 P
Sal Yvars 29 20 13 10 78 70 8 0 1 1.000 3.90 2 4 4 6 60% 40% 0 C
Team Totals 28.5 155 1395 1165 5969 4097 1721 151 410 .975 3.34 16 40 33 35 51% 21% 6
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 6 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Sam Calderone 27 35 46 -5 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -3 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 Rule 5 Draft 2
Bill Connelly* 28 8 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 Purchased /1
Al Corwin 26 54 33 -0 -0 -0 0 4 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 Amateur Free Agent 1
Al Dark 31 155 693 12 2 3 2 8 26 2.4 23 49 4.7 .516 .516 4.7 0.8 48 Traded *64O7/591
Tookie Gilbert* 24 70 182 -17 -0 0 3 -2 -16 -1.7 6 -10 -1.0 .477 .490 -1.3 0.1 -13 Amateur Free Agent 3
Ruben Gomez 25 61 79 -10 1 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 3 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 Free Agency 1
Marv Grissom 35 21 30 -4 0 -0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 Waivers 1
Jim Hearn 32 37 80 -9 0 -0 0 9 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 Waivers 1
Frank Hiller 32 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 Traded 1
Bobby Hofman 27 74 182 2 -0 -1 -1 1 0 -0.0 6 6 0.6 .500 .500 0.8 -0.1 7 Amateur Free Agent 54
Monte Irvin 34 124 502 30 -0 -3 7 -5 28 2.6 17 45 4.3 .522 .517 3.7 0.1 37 $25,000 Free Agency *O79
Larry Jansen 32 36 69 -10 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 Purchased 1
Ray Katt 26 8 31 -4 0 -0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .445 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 Amateur Free Agent /2
Monty Kennedy 31 19 2 -1 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Dave Koslo* 33 37 34 -9 0 0 0 4 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -4 Purchased 1
Max Lanier 37 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Traded /1
Whitey Lockman* 26 150 665 -7 -1 5 0 -7 -9 -1.0 22 13 1.2 .494 .495 1.3 -0.7 13 Amateur Free Agent *3O7/8
Sal Maglie 36 27 56 -4 0 -0 0 6 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .505 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 Rule 5 Draft 1
Don Mueller* 26 131 502 -3 2 2 -2 -6 -7 -0.8 17 10 0.9 .495 .496 1.2 -0.8 12 Amateur Free Agent *O97
Ray Noble 34 46 119 0 -0 0 -1 1 -0 -0.1 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.5 -0.0 5 Traded 2
Dusty Rhodes* 26 76 173 -3 -1 1 0 -2 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .494 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 Minor Lg Working Ag O79
Bill Rigney 35 19 20 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .485 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 Traded /54
Daryl Spencer 24 118 455 -16 -1 -0 -9 5 -22 -2.3 15 -7 -0.8 .481 .486 0.2 -0.5 2 Purchased 654
George Spencer 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Amateur Free Agent /1
Hank Thompson* 27 114 454 27 -1 3 3 0 32 3.1 15 48 4.5 .528 .519 4.4 0.2 45 Free Agency 5/O947
Bobby Thomson 29 154 656 3 3 -1 -10 -1 -7 -0.8 22 15 1.4 .496 .496 2.5 -1.2 25 Amateur Free Agent *O8/9
Wes Westrum 30 107 348 -0 0 -2 3 3 4 0.4 12 16 1.5 .504 .503 1.3 0.6 13 Unknown *2/5
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 68 42 -4 -0 -0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 MinorLg Draft 1
Davey Williams 25 112 391 -2 -1 0 1 4 2 0.1 13 15 1.4 .502 .501 1.4 0.4 14 Traded 4
George Wilson* 27 11 11 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 Purchased
Al Worthington 24 20 37 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 Unknown 1
Sal Yvars 29 23 55 -1 0 -1 1 0 -0 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .498 .500 0.0 0.1 0 Amateur Free Agent 2
Team Total 28.2 1938 5958 -48 2 6 -4 51 6 -0.9 199 205 17.5 .500 .500 19.2 -1.4 209 $25,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Bill Connelly 28 20.1 8 2 26 11.51 4.75 -0.03 0.00 99.4 4.75 -15 -1.3 .4 0.2 -0.8 -13 .340 .492 Purchased
Al Corwin 26 106.2 48 7 65 5.48 4.93 -0.03 0.00 99.7 4.94 -6 -0.5 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .489 .497 Amateur Free Agent
Al Dark 31 1.0 1 1 2 18.00 4.09 -0.03 0.00 108.0 4.45 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .369 .499 Traded
Ruben Gomez 25 204.0 29 26 89 3.93 4.77 -0.02 0.00 101.3 4.86 23 2.4 .6 -0.1 4.1 45 .582 .515 Free Agency
Marv Grissom 35 84.1 21 7 40 4.27 4.90 -0.02 0.00 98.6 4.86 6 0.6 1.2 -0.1 1.3 16 .530 .504 Waivers
Jim Hearn 32 197.2 36 32 111 5.05 4.84 -0.03 0.00 101.4 4.93 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.6 21 .497 .499 Waivers
Frank Hiller 32 33.2 19 1 29 7.75 4.80 -0.03 0.00 99.2 4.79 -11 -1.0 .9 0.0 -0.7 -7 .446 .494 Traded
Larry Jansen 32 184.2 36 26 96 4.68 4.70 -0.02 0.00 100.9 4.77 3 0.3 1.7 -0.1 1.9 24 .509 .502 Purchased
Monty Kennedy* 31 22.2 18 0 18 7.15 5.12 -0.03 0.00 99.9 5.14 -5 -0.5 .2 0.1 -0.1 -2 .474 .497 Minor Lg Working Ag
Dave Koslo* 33 111.2 37 12 70 5.64 4.91 -0.03 0.00 100.3 4.95 -8 -0.7 1.4 -0.2 0.1 5 .480 .495 Purchased
Max Lanier* 37 5.1 3 0 4 6.75 4.88 -0.03 0.00 103.2 5.06 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .469 .499 Traded
Sal Maglie 36 145.1 27 24 79 4.89 5.01 -0.02 0.00 100.6 5.06 4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 1.6 20 .515 .502 Rule 5 Draft
George Spencer 26 2.1 1 0 2 7.71 6.17 -0.03 0.00 102.0 6.32 -0 -0.0 .0 0.0 0.0 -0 .467 .500 Amateur Free Agent
Hoyt Wilhelm 30 145.0 68 0 61 3.79 4.82 -0.02 0.00 101.8 4.94 20 2.0 1.4 0.1 3.4 36 .529 .512 MinorLg Draft
Al Worthington 24 102.0 20 17 55 4.85 4.90 -0.03 0.00 100.7 4.96 2 0.2 .3 -0.1 1.1 13 .510 .501 Unknown
Team Total 30.3 1366.2 372 155 747 4.92 4.85 -0.03 0.00 100.7 4.91 10 1.5 1.0 -0.3 13.8 161 .504 .501
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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