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1952 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953) 92-62, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 722 runs, Allowed 639 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Managed by Leo Durocher Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 984,940 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 101   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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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         29  114  322   47   71  11  0  14   43  76   68  .220  .374  .385   1   2   5   3   2          110
1B *Whitey Lockman      25  154  606   99  176  17  4  13   58  67   52  .290  .363  .396   2   4   8   2  11          109
2B  Davey Williams      24  138  540   70  137  26  3  13   55  48   63  .254  .324  .385   2   3   6   8   9           95
3B  Bobby Thomson       28  153  608   89  164  29 14  24  108  52   74  .270  .331  .482   5   2  16   4   2          122
SS  Alvin Dark          30  151  589   92  177  29  3  14   73  47   39  .301  .357  .431   6   6  10   5   8          117
OF *Don Mueller         25  126  456   61  128  14  7  12   49  34   24  .281  .333  .421   2   1   8   2   4          107
OF *Hank Thompson       26  128  423   67  110  13  9  17   67  50   38  .260  .344  .454   4   4   7   4   7          119
OF  Bob Elliott         35   98  272   33   62   6  2  10   35  36   20  .228  .323  .375   1   0   7   2   3           92
   *Dusty Rhodes        25   67  176   34   44   8  1  10   36  23   33  .250  .340  .477   1   0   5   1   0          123
    Sal Yvars           28   66  151   15   37   3  0   4   18  10   16  .245  .296  .344   0   0   7   1   2           76
    Willie Mays         21   34  127   17   30   2  4   4   23  16   17  .236  .326  .409   4   1   2   1   0          102
    Monte Irvin         33   46  126   10   39   2  1   4   21  10   11  .310  .365  .437   0   1   3   1   0          120
   *George Wilson       26   62  112    9   27   7  0   2   16   3   14  .241  .261  .357   0   0   0   0   1           69
    Bill Rigney         34   60   90   15   27   5  1   1   14  11    6  .300  .388  .411   2   3   2   2   2          121
    Clint Hartung       29   28   78    6   17   2  1   3    8   9   24  .218  .299  .385   0   0   1   0   0           87
    Bobby Hofman        26   32   63   11   18   2  2   2    4   8   10  .286  .375  .476   0   0   2   1   0          133
    Ray Katt            25    9   27    4    6   0  0   0    1   1    5  .222  .250  .222   0   0   2   0   0           31
    Chuck Diering       29   41   23    2    4   1  1   0    2   4    3  .174  .296  .304   0   2   0   0   0           66
    Daryl Spencer       23    7   17    0    5   0  1   0    3   1    4  .294  .333  .412   0   0   0   0   0          105
   *Bill Howerton       30   11   15    2    1   1  0   0    1   3    2  .067  .222  .133   0   0   0   0   0            0
    Ray Noble           33    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Dick Wakefield      31    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   1   0   0           -1

    Jim Hearn           31   37   77    7   14   2  0   3    7   4   33  .182  .222  .325   0   0   0   0   5           49
    Sal Maglie          35   35   69    5    5   0  0   0    1   4   25  .072  .135  .072   0   0   3   1  12          -41
   *Dave Koslo          32   41   54    3    2   1  0   0    3   3   31  .037  .088  .056   0   0   0   0   3          -60
    Larry Jansen        31   34   45    7    8   1  0   0    9  11   13  .178  .339  .200   0   0   0   0   6           52
    Max Lanier          36   38   41    4   11   2  0   0    2   1    4  .268  .286  .317   0   0   0   0   5           66
    Hoyt Wilhelm        29   71   38    4    6   0  0   1    2   1   11  .158  .179  .237   0   1   0   0   3           14
    Monte Kennedy       30   34   22    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    8  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1          -50
    Al Corwin           25   23   21    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    7  .095  .136  .095   0   0   1   0   1          -35
   *Bill Connelly       27   11   11    2    4   2  2   0    3   1    5  .364  .417  .909   0   1   0   0   0          257
    George Spencer      25   35   10    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0           11
    Hal Gregg           30   16    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0          -31
   *Jack Harshman       24    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Mario Picone        25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Roger Bowman        24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  154 5229  722 1337 186 56 151  663 536  672  .256  .325  .399  30  31  96  38  88          108
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    2    5   7  1   2        4    6     5     4     1   8   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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           31  37   3.78  14   7  1  34   2  11   1  223.7  208  113   94  16   97   89  962   1   5  0      98
SP  Sal Maglie          35  35   2.92  18   8  1  31   3  12   5  216.0  199   80   70  16   75  112  904   2   6  1     127
SP  Larry Jansen        31  34   4.09  11  11  2  27   5   8   1  167.3  183   91   76  16   47   74  716   0   6  0      90

CL  Hoyt Wilhelm        29  71   2.43  15   3 11   0  32   0   0  159.3  127   60   43  12   57  108  646   3   5  0     152
RP  George Spencer      25  35   5.55   3   5  3   4  18   0   0   60.0   57   39   37  13   21   27  256   1   3  0      67
RP *Monte Kennedy       30  31   3.02   3   4  0   6   9   2   1   83.3   73   37   28   6   31   48  355   0   2  0     122
RP *Dave Koslo          32  41   3.19  10   7  5  17  11   8   2  166.3  154   66   59  10   47   67  691   2   2  0     116
RP *Max Lanier          36  37   3.94   7  12  5  16  10   6   1  137.0  124   64   60  11   65   47  584   2   3  0      94

    Al Corwin           25  21   2.66   6   1  2   7   5   1   0   67.7   58   23   20   5   36   36  288   1   0  0     139
    Hal Gregg           30  16   4.71   0   1  1   4   6   1   0   36.3   42   22   19   7   17   13  170   0   2  0      78
    Bill Connelly       27  11   4.55   5   0  0   4   2   0   0   31.7   22   18   16   4   25   22  134   2   0  0      81
    Mario Picone        25   2   7.00   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    9.0   11    8    7   2    5    3   41   0   0  0      53
   *Jack Harshman       24   2  14.21   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    6.3   12   10   10   2    6    6   36   0   0  0      26
    George Bamberger    28   5   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    6    4    4   1    6    0   23   0   0  0      41
   *Roger Bowman        24   2  12.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    6    4    4   0    3    3   18   0   1  0      31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0 154   3.59  92  62 31 154 105  49  12 1371.0 1282  639  547 121  538  655 5824  14  35  1     103
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   2   7  1           5   3      5    3    5        6    6    5

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WWestrum 112 481 64 12 11 .978 13 SYvars 59 202 40 3 3 .988 8 RKatt 8 39 4 0 0 1.000 2 RNoble 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 726 109 15 14 .982 23 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WLockman 154 1435 111 13 155 .992 10.04 GWilson 2 24 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 BHofman 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 BRigney 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1465 111 13 157 .992 10.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWilliams 138 279 375 18 102 .973 4.74 BHofman 21 37 43 3 9 .964 3.81 BRigney 9 10 17 0 3 1.000 3.00 HThompson 4 7 7 1 2 .933 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 333 442 22 116 .972 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .954 2.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BThomson 91 82 184 17 13 .940 2.92 HThompson 46 47 96 11 8 .929 3.11 BElliott 13 19 25 2 3 .957 3.38 BRigney 10 7 9 2 2 .889 1.60 DSpencer 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 BHofman 2 2 3 2 0 .714 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 158 322 34 26 .934 3.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 150 324 423 27 116 .965 4.98 BRigney 4 11 11 4 4 .846 5.50 DSpencer 3 6 9 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 341 443 31 121 .962 5.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMueller 120 221 8 3 4 .987 1.91 0 0 120 HThompson 72 182 5 4 1 .979 2.60 20 51 1 BElliott 65 83 6 2 0 .978 1.37 52 0 15 BThomson 63 152 3 1 0 .994 2.46 0 63 0 DRhodes 56 97 3 9 0 .917 1.79 55 2 0 CDiering 36 25 1 0 0 1.000 0.72 27 4 5 WMays 34 109 6 1 2 .991 3.38 0 34 0 MIrvin 32 44 3 0 1 1.000 1.47 30 1 1 CHartung 24 38 3 3 1 .932 1.71 3 0 22 GWilson 21 36 0 3 0 .923 1.71 16 1 4 BHowerton 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 1 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 993 38 26 9 .975 2.26 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHearn 37 14 57 0 6 1.000 2.86 SMaglie 35 18 41 3 3 .952 2.46 LJansen 34 9 38 3 5 .940 2.53 DKoslo 41 16 33 4 7 .925 2.65 HWilhelm 71 9 32 2 0 .953 2.32 MLanier 37 13 37 3 4 .943 3.28 MKennedy 31 6 15 1 4 .955 2.27 ACorwin 21 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.20 GSpencer 35 5 10 1 1 .937 2.25 HGregg 16 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.99 BConnelly 11 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.84 MPicone 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 JHarshman 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.86 GBamberger 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 RBowman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 97 285 17 33 .957 2.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Dark .301 On-base % Lockman .363 Slugging % Thomson .482 OPS Thomson .813 Games Lockman 154 At Bats Thomson 608 Plate Appearances (approx.) Lockman 686 Runs Lockman 99 Hits Dark 177 Total Bases Thomson 293 Doubles Dark and Thomson 29 Triples Thomson 14 Home Runs Thomson 24 RBI Thomson 108 Bases on Balls Westrum 76 Strikeouts Thomson 74 Stolen Bases Dark 6 Singles Lockman 142 Adjusted OPS+ Thomson 122 Runs Created Thomson 96 Adjusted Batting Runs Thomson 15 Batting Wins Thomson 1.6 Extra-Base Hits Thomson 67 Times on Base Lockman 245 Offensive Win% Thomson .629 Hit By Pitch Williams 8 Sac. Hits Maglie 12 Grounded into Double Plays Thomson 16 Caught Stealing Dark 6 Power/Speed Number Dark 8.4 At Bats per Strikeout Mueller 19.0 At Bats per Home Run Thompson 24.9 Outs Thomson 464

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Wilhelm 2.43 Wins Maglie 18 Won-Loss % Wilhelm .833 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wilhelm 1.155 Hits Allowed/9IP Wilhelm 7.17 Bases on Balls/9IP Jansen 2.53 Strikeouts/9IP Wilhelm 6.10 Games Wilhelm 71 Saves Wilhelm 11 Innings Hearn 223.7 Strikeouts Maglie 112 Games Started Hearn 34 Comp. Games Maglie 12 Shutouts Maglie 5 Home Runs Allow. Hearn, Jansen, and Maglie 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Hearn 97 Hits Allowed Hearn 208 SO to Walk Wilhelm 1.89 Losses Lanier 12 Earned Runs Allow. Hearn 94 Wild Pitches Wilhelm 3 Hit Batsmen Jansen and Maglie 6 Batters Faced Hearn 962 Games Finished Wilhelm 32 Adjusted ERA+ Wilhelm 152

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Alvin Dark
Jim Hearn
Monte Irvin
Whitey Lockman (Starting 1B)
Sal Maglie
Bobby Thomson (Starting 3B)
Wes Westrum

1951/1953

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