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1951 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 98-59, Finished 1st in National League View League Standings and Leaders Won NL Pennant Scored 781 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-64 Managed by Leo Durocher Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,059,539 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees 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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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         28  124  361   59   79  12  0  20   70 104   93  .219  .400  .418   1   0  10   5   4          119
1B *Whitey Lockman      24  153  614   85  173  27  7  12   73  50   32  .282  .339  .407   4   5  17   3   6           99
2B  Eddie Stanky        34  145  515   88  127  17  2  14   43 127   63  .247  .401  .369   8   5   5   6   5          108
3B *Hank Thompson       25   87  264   37   62   8  4   8   33  43   23  .235  .342  .386   1   2   7   0   1           95
SS  Alvin Dark          29  156  646  114  196  41  7  14   69  42   39  .303  .352  .454  12   7  11   6   6          114
OF  Willie Mays         20  121  464   59  127  22  5  20   68  57   60  .274  .356  .472   7   4  11   2   1          120
OF *Don Mueller         24  122  469   58  130  10  7  16   69  19   13  .277  .307  .431   1   1   4   1   4           95
OF  Monte Irvin         32  151  558   94  174  19 11  24  121  89   44  .312  .415  .514  12   2  15   9   1          147
    Bobby Thomson       27  148  518   89  152  27  8  32  101  73   57  .293  .385  .562   5   5  14   4   7          150
    Ray Noble           32   55  141   16   33   6  0   5   26   6   26  .234  .265  .383   0   0   6   0   1           72
    Bill Rigney         33   44   69    9   16   2  0   4    9   8    7  .232  .321  .435   0   1   0   1   2          100
    Davey Williams      23   30   64   17   17   1  0   2    8   5    8  .266  .319  .375   1   1   3   0   1           85
   *Spider Jorgensen    31   28   51    5   12   0  0   2    8   3    2  .235  .291  .353   0   0   0   1   1           72
    Clint Hartung       28   21   44    4    9   1  0   0    2   1    9  .205  .222  .227   0   0   2   0   0           21
    Sal Yvars           27   25   41    9   13   2  0   2    3   5    7  .317  .417  .512   0   0   0   2   2          147
    Jack Lohrke         27   23   40    3    8   0  0   1    3  10    2  .200  .360  .275   0   0   3   0   1           73
   *Artie Wilson        30   19   22    2    4   0  0   0    1   2    1  .182  .250  .182   2   0   0   0   0           18
    Jack Maguire        26   16   20    6    8   1  1   1    4   2    2  .400  .455  .700   0   0   0   0   0          205
   *Earl Rapp           30   13   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   2    3  .091  .231  .091   0   0   1   0   0          -10
    Hank Schenz         32    8    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

    Sal Maglie          34   42  112    9   17   1  0   1    5   1   22  .152  .159  .188   0   0   2   0   9           -7
    Larry Jansen        30   39   96    5    9   0  0   0    5   7   33  .094  .155  .094   0   0   2   0  12          -32
    Jim Hearn           30   34   74    7   12   0  0   1    6   4   29  .162  .205  .203   0   0   0   0   9           10
   *Dave Koslo          31   39   50    1    5   1  0   0    1   6   18  .100  .196  .120   1   1   1   0   0          -13
    George Spencer      24   57   32    2    4   0  0   0    3   3   11  .125  .200  .125   0   0   1   0   3          -11
    Sheldon Jones       29   41   31    1    3   1  1   0    1   1    6  .097  .125  .194   0   0   0   0   0          -16
    Al Corwin           24   15   20    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    6  .050  .050  .100   0   0   1   0   2          -61
    Monte Kennedy       29   29   15    0    3   1  0   0    1   0    5  .200  .200  .267   0   0   0   0   3           24
    Al Gettel           33   30   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   0          -55
    Roger Bowman        23    9    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   1          -58
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  157 5360  781 1396 201 53 179  734 671  624  .260  .343  .418  55  34 116  40  82          114
    Rank among 8 NL teams          2    2    3   6  3   2        1    3     4     2     2   5   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Sal Maglie          34  42   2.93  23   6  4  37   5  22   3  298.0  254  110   97  27   86  146 1210   4   6  2     134
SP  Jim Hearn           30  34   3.62  17   9  0  34   0  11   0  211.3  204  102   85  21   82   66  902   6   2  1     108
SP  Larry Jansen        30  39   3.04  23  11  0  34   5  18   3  278.7  254  102   94  26   56  145 1133   3   3  0     129
SP  Al Corwin           24  15   3.66   5   1  1   8   3   3   1   59.0   49   27   24   7   21   30  244   0   0  0     107
SP *Roger Bowman        23   9   6.15   2   4  0   5   2   0   0   26.3   35   18   18   2   22   24  142   1   1  1      64

CL  George Spencer      24  57   3.75  10   4  6   4  20   2   0  132.0  125   62   55  21   56   36  555   2   1  0     104
RP  Al Gettel           33  30   4.87   1   2  0   1  11   0   0   57.3   52   37   31  12   25   36  246   1   0  0      81
RP  Sheldon Jones       29  41   4.26   6  11  4  12  14   2   0  120.3  119   77   57  12   52   58  523   8   4  0      92
RP *Monte Kennedy       29  29   2.25   1   2  0   5  12   1   0   68.0   68   25   17   0   31   22  286   1   0  0     174
RP *Dave Koslo          31  39   3.31  10   9  3  16  17   5   2  149.7  153   68   55  18   45   54  644   0   2  0     118

    Jack Kramer         33   4  15.43   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    4.7   11    8    8   0    3    2   26   0   0  0      25
    Alex Konikowski     23   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    2    0    0   0    0    5   13   0   0  0        
    George Bamberger    27   2  18.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    4    4   2    2    1   11   0   0  0      22
    Red Hardy           28   2   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    4    1    1   0    1    0   10   0   1  0      58
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8 157   3.48  98  59 18 157  93  64   9 1412.0 1334  641  546 148  482  625 5945  26  20  4     113
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  4           2   6      2    1    1        6    1    2

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WWestrum 122 554 62 8 9 .987 5 RNoble 41 144 8 4 3 .974 2 SYvars 23 46 3 3 1 .942 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 157 744 73 15 13 .982 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WLockman 119 1045 89 16 113 .986 9.53 MIrvin 39 348 50 8 47 .980 10.21 AWilson 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 1396 139 24 161 .985 9.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EStanky 140 356 412 18 117 .977 5.49 DWilliams 22 38 43 0 7 1.000 3.68 BRigney 9 12 11 1 5 .958 2.56 AWilson 3 7 5 0 3 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 413 471 19 132 .979 5.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HThompson 71 64 120 15 16 .925 2.59 BThomson 69 90 136 14 13 .942 3.28 JLohrke 17 10 23 2 2 .943 1.94 BRigney 12 13 28 2 5 .953 3.42 SJorgensen 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 177 308 33 36 .936 3.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 156 295 465 45 114 .944 4.87 AWilson 3 4 6 1 1 .909 3.33 JLohrke 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 300 471 46 115 .944 4.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WMays 121 353 12 9 2 .976 3.02 0 121 0 DMueller 115 233 5 4 1 .983 2.07 0 0 115 MIrvin 112 237 10 1 1 .996 2.21 89 0 27 BThomson 77 168 3 6 1 .966 2.22 33 43 3 WLockman 34 75 3 1 2 .987 2.29 34 0 0 CHartung 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 12 SJorgensen 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 0 0 11 JMaguire 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 157 1103 35 21 7 .982 2.42 157 157 157 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SMaglie 42 23 53 0 7 1.000 2.30 LJansen 39 29 54 1 3 .988 2.68 JHearn 34 16 61 2 7 .975 3.28 DKoslo 39 7 38 0 2 1.000 2.71 GSpencer 57 13 29 4 2 .913 2.86 SJones 41 5 23 2 2 .933 2.09 MKennedy 29 4 13 2 0 .895 2.25 ACorwin 15 0 1 1 0 .500 0.15 AGettel 30 4 13 1 0 .944 2.67 RBowman 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.03 JKramer 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.83 AKonikowski 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 GBamberger 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RHardy 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 157 105 288 13 23 .968 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Irvin .312 On-base % Irvin .415 Slugging % Thomson .562 OPS Thomson .947 Games Dark 156 At Bats Dark 646 Plate Appearances (approx.) Dark 700 Runs Dark 114 Hits Dark 196 Total Bases Dark 293 Doubles Dark 41 Triples Irvin 11 Home Runs Thomson 32 RBI Irvin 121 Bases on Balls Stanky 127 Strikeouts Westrum 93 Stolen Bases Dark and Irvin 12 Singles Dark 134 Adjusted OPS+ Thomson 150 Runs Created Irvin 118 Adjusted Batting Runs Irvin 40 Batting Wins Irvin 3.9 Extra-Base Hits Thomson 67 Times on Base Irvin 272 Offensive Win% Irvin .735 Hit By Pitch Irvin 9 Sac. Hits Jansen 12 Grounded into Double Plays Lockman 17 Caught Stealing Dark 7 Power/Speed Number Irvin 16.0 At Bats per Strikeout Mueller 36.1 At Bats per Home Run Thomson 16.2 Outs Dark 474

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Maglie 2.93 Wins Jansen and Maglie 23 Won-Loss % Maglie .793 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jansen 1.112 Hits Allowed/9IP Maglie 7.67 Bases on Balls/9IP Jansen 1.81 Strikeouts/9IP Jansen 4.68 Games Spencer 57 Saves Spencer 6 Innings Maglie 298.0 Strikeouts Maglie 146 Games Started Maglie 37 Comp. Games Maglie 22 Shutouts Jansen and Maglie 3 Home Runs Allow. Maglie 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Maglie 86 Hits Allowed Jansen and Maglie 254 SO to Walk Jansen 2.59 Losses Jansen and Jones 11 Earned Runs Allow. Maglie 97 Wild Pitches Jones 8 Hit Batsmen Maglie 6 Batters Faced Maglie 1210 Games Finished Spencer 20 Adjusted ERA+ Maglie 134

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Alvin Dark (Starting SS)
Larry Jansen
Sal Maglie

1950/1952

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