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1953 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, 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 30 107 347 290 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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 31 162 13 0 4 782 325 433 24 102 .969 4.68 SS-2B-OF-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
Monte Irvin 34 113 102 0 13 261 244 10 7 4 .973 2.25 OF
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 26 150 0 3 28 1221 1106 102 13 96 .989 8.05 1B-OF
Sal Maglie 36 27 24 8 15 1 1 .958 0.85 P
Don Mueller 26 122 11 0 111 216 203 7 6 0 .972 1.72 OF
Ray Noble 34 41 168 152 13 3 0 .982 4.02 7 C
Dusty Rhodes 26 47 25 0 22 85 76 6 3 4 .965 1.74 OF
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 27 111 1 0 8 307 99 195 13 18 .958 2.65 3B-OF-2B
Bobby Thomson 29 154 0 153 1 414 391 16 7 0 .983 2.64 OF
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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics