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1952 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951/1953)
92-62, Finished 2nd in National League
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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.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 Stats / Schedule (1951/1953) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   92-62 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    4.5
Days in First:                  15 (last on May 30, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          32 (last on September 26)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on April 19)

Biggest Lead:                  2.5 (last on May 28)
Farthest Behind Leader:       10.5 (last on August 26)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (April 29 to May 5 and May 21 to May 28)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (August 7 to August 13)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (June 15 and September 14)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (June 3)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      10
Times Opponent Shutout:         12

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        92  62     722     639    .597

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           50  27     369     327    .649
Road           42  35     353     312    .545

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           7   4      58      44    .636
May            20   6     124      77    .769
June           17  12     145     131    .586
July           14  13     113     120    .519
August         16  16     154     144    .500
September      18  11     128     123    .621

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     47  26     344     272    .644
Second Half    45  36     378     367    .556
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  16     185     174    .628

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        19  14     215     180    .576

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            14   8      99      92    .636
BSN            13   9      96      83    .591
CHC            12  10     111     100    .545
CIN            16   6      97      78    .727
PHI            10  12      82      81    .455
PIT            15   7     127     105    .682
STL            12  10     110     100    .545

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 16     NYG  PHI  W   5-3        1-0     3     0.5  2:04 S Maglie                   17,472 +
  2 Thu, Apr 17     NYG  PHI  L   3-5        1-1     3     1.5  2:36 J Konstanty                13,697 -
  3 Fri, Apr 18     NYG @BRO  L   6-7        1-2     5     2.5  3:50 B Loes                     31,032 --
  4 Sat, Apr 19     NYG @BRO  L   6-11       1-3     7     3.5  2:25 R Branca                   20,301 ---
  5 Sun, Apr 20     NYG @BRO  W   6-0        2-3     5     2.5  2:39 S Maglie                   29,266 +
  6 Mon, Apr 21     NYG @PHI  W  10-4        3-3     4     2.0  2:37 J Hearn                    14,609 ++
  7 Tue, Apr 22     NYG @PHI  W   4-1        4-3     4     2.5  2:51 L Jansen                   12,405 +++
  8 Wed, Apr 23     NYG  BSN  W   9-5        5-3     4     2.0  2:44 H Wilhelm                   4,611 ++++
  9 Thu, Apr 24     NYG  BSN  L   3-6        5-4     4     2.5  3:05 L Burdette                  4,733 -
 10 Tue, Apr 29     NYG @CIN  W   2-1        6-4     4     2.5  2:08 S Maglie                   19,531 +
 11 Wed, Apr 30     NYG @CIN  W   4-1        7-4     3     1.5  2:30 L Jansen                    4,001 ++
 12 Thu, May  1     NYG @PIT  W  13-5        8-4     3     1.0  2:52 J Hearn                     4,801 +++
 13 Fri, May  2     NYG @PIT  W   5-3        9-4     2     0.5  2:47 H Wilhelm                  17,111 ++++
 14 Sat, May  3     NYG @PIT  W   3-2       10-4     1    Tied  2:33 S Maglie                    7,451 +++++
 15 Sun, May  4     NYG @CHC  W   6-3       11-4     1  up 0.5  3:05 H Wilhelm                  32,903 ++++++
 16 Mon, May  5     NYG @CHC  W   3-2       12-4     1  up 0.5  2:12 M Kennedy                   9,470 +++++++
 17 Tue, May  6     NYG @STL  L   4-9       12-5     2     0.5  2:59 J Presko                   11,810 -
 18 Wed, May  7     NYG @STL  W   3-1       13-5     2     0.5  2:43 S Maglie                   11,211 +
 19 Thu, May  8     NYG @STL  W   3-0       14-5     1    Tied  2:24 D Koslo                     4,899 ++
 20 Sat, May 10     NYG @BSN  W   4-2       15-5     1  up 1.5  2:34 J Hearn                     5,964 +++
 21 Tue, May 13     NYG  CIN  W   7-4       16-5     1  up 1.0  2:14 L Jansen                   13,357 ++++
 22 Wed, May 14     NYG  CIN  W   8-3       17-5     1  up 2.0  2:18 S Maglie                    6,366 +++++
 23 Fri, May 16     NYG  CHC  L   2-3       17-6     1    Tied  2:42 B Rush                            -
 24                 NYG  CHC  L   4-6       17-7     1    Tied  2:17 J Klippstein               11,350 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 17     NYG  CHC  W   9-8       18-7     1    Tied  3:04 M Lanier                   12,957 +
 26 Mon, May 19     NYG  PIT  W   4-0       19-7     1    Tied  2:07 S Maglie                    4,461 ++
 27 Wed, May 21     NYG  STL  L   0-3       19-8     2     0.5  1:58 C Chambers                  6,950 -
 28                 NYG  STL  W   8-1       20-8     2     0.5  2:29 D Koslo                    19,321 +
 29 Thu, May 22     NYG  STL  W   6-0       21-8     2     0.5  2:14 M Kennedy                   8,459 ++
 30 Fri, May 23     NYG  BSN  W   5-3       22-8     2     0.5  1:50 S Maglie                   24,812 +++
 31 Sat, May 24     NYG  BSN  W   5-4       23-8     2     0.5  2:11 H Wilhelm                  13,387 ++++
 32 Mon, May 26     NYG  BRO  W   4-2       24-8     1  up 0.5  2:22 G Spencer                  40,456 +++++
 33 Tue, May 27     NYG @BRO  W   3-0       25-8     1  up 1.5  4:02 S Maglie                   28,089 ++++++
 34 Wed, May 28     NYG @BRO  W   6-2       26-8     1  up 2.5  2:32 J Hearn                    15,835 +++++++
 35 Thu, May 29     NYG @PHI  L   5-6       26-9     1  up 1.5  2:52 K Drews                     3,919 -
 36 Fri, May 30     NYG @PHI  L   0-3       26-10    1  up 0.5  1:50 R Meyer                    31,273 --
 37                 NYG @PHI  W   4-2       27-10    1  up 0.5  2:04 L Jansen                   31,273 +
 38 Sun, Jun  1     NYG @STL  L   7-8       27-11    2     1.0  3:17 A Brazle                          -
 39                 NYG @STL  L   2-8       27-12    2     1.0  2:13 J Staley                   32,399 --
 40 Mon, Jun  2     NYG @STL  L   4-5       27-13    2     1.0  2:29 J Presko                    9,793 ---
 41 Tue, Jun  3     NYG @CHC  W  17-4       28-13    2     1.0  2:43 J Hearn                    10,531 +
 42 Wed, Jun  4     NYG @CHC  L   2-6       28-14    2     2.0  1:36 B Rush                     12,555 -
 43 Thu, Jun  5     NYG @CHC  L   1-3       28-15    2     3.0  2:05 P Minner                   18,494 --
 44 Fri, Jun  6     NYG @PIT  L   1-8       28-16    2     4.0  2:51 M Dickson                  20,163 ---
 45 Sat, Jun  7     NYG @PIT  W   7-5       29-16    2     4.0  2:50 G Spencer                   7,656 +
 46 Sun, Jun  8     NYG @PIT  W   9-1       30-16    2     4.5  2:31 L Jansen                   13,942 ++
 47 Tue, Jun 10     NYG @CIN  L   5-6       30-17    2     5.0  4:21 F Smith                    13,803 -
 48 Wed, Jun 11     NYG @CIN  W   3-2       31-17    2     4.0  2:36 J Hearn                    10,044 +
 49 Sat, Jun 14     NYG  STL  W   4-3       32-17    2     4.0  2:38 L Jansen                   20,003 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 15     NYG  STL  L  12-14      32-18    2     3.5  3:02 E Yuhas                           -
 51                 NYG  STL  W   3-0       33-18    2     3.5  1:50 D Koslo                    41,899 +
 52 Mon, Jun 16     NYG  STL  W   8-7       34-18    2     3.0  0:00 G Spencer                       0 ++
 53 Tue, Jun 17     NYG  PIT  L   2-6       34-19    2     4.0  0:00 W Main                          0 -
 54 Wed, Jun 18     NYG  PIT  W   5-2       35-19    2     4.0  2:17 J Hearn                     3,346 +
 55 Thu, Jun 19     NYG  PIT  L   1-8       35-20    2     5.0  0:00 M Dickson                       0 -
 56 Fri, Jun 20     NYG  CHC  W   4-3       36-20    2     5.0  0:00 M Lanier                        0 +
 57 Sat, Jun 21     NYG  CHC  W   6-2       37-20    2     5.0  2:11 D Koslo                     5,815 ++
 58 Tue, Jun 24     NYG  CIN  W   3-1       38-20    2     4.0  2:46 J Hearn                         0 +++
 59                 NYG  CIN  W   7-4       39-20    2     4.0  0:00 H Wilhelm                       0 ++++
 60 Wed, Jun 25     NYG  CIN  W   3-2       40-20    2     4.0  2:06 D Koslo                     4,651 +++++
 61 Thu, Jun 26     NYG  BRO  W   3-0       41-20    2     3.0  2:02 S Maglie                   32,767 ++++++
 62 Fri, Jun 27     NYG @PHI  L   0-6       41-21    2     4.0  2:03 C Simmons                  13,569 -
 63 Sat, Jun 28     NYG @PHI  L   2-7       41-22    2     5.0  2:27 R Roberts                  17,182 --
 64 Sun, Jun 29     NYG @PHI  W  12-3       42-22    2     5.0  2:45 H Wilhelm                  12,034 +
 65 Mon, Jun 30     NYG @BSN  W   8-7       43-22    2     3.5  2:38 S Maglie                          ++
 66                 NYG @BSN  W   4-0       44-22    2     3.5  2:10 L Jansen                    9,010 +++
 67 Tue, Jul  1     NYG @BSN  W   6-3       45-22    2     3.5  2:23 H Wilhelm                   5,442 ++++
 68 Wed, Jul  2     NYG @BSN  L   1-2       45-23    2     3.0  1:54 W Spahn                     1,923 -
 69 Thu, Jul  3     NYG @BRO  W   4-3       46-23    2     2.0  3:00 J Hearn                    16,922 +
 70 Fri, Jul  4     NYG  BRO  L   1-5       46-24    2     3.0  2:47 C Labine                   49,443 -
 71 Sat, Jul  5     NYG  PHI  L   2-3       46-25    2     4.0  2:37 H Fox                      12,691 --
 72 Sun, Jul  6     NYG  PHI  W   2-0       47-25    2     4.5  1:58 M Lanier                          +
 73                 NYG  PHI  L   1-4       47-26    2     4.5  2:13 R Meyer                    24,236 -
 74 Thu, Jul 10     NYG @PIT  L   4-6       47-27    2     4.5       T Wilks                    15,226 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul 11     NYG @PIT  L   2-6       47-28    2     5.5  1:46 M Dickson                   4,482 ---
 76 Sat, Jul 12     NYG @CIN  W   5-3       48-28    2     5.5  2:05 M Lanier                    3,943 +
 77 Sun, Jul 13     NYG @CIN  L   2-10      48-29    2     5.5  2:16 H Perkowski                       -
 78                 NYG @CIN  W   4-2       49-29    2     5.5  2:23 L Jansen                   16,135 +
 79 Mon, Jul 14     NYG @CIN  W   6-2       50-29    2     5.5  2:31 J Hearn                     2,247 ++
 80 Tue, Jul 15     NYG @STL  W   6-3       51-29    2     5.0  2:40 D Koslo                     9,868 +++
 81 Wed, Jul 16     NYG @STL  W   8-7       52-29    2     5.0  3:58 L Jansen                   15,326 ++++
 82 Thu, Jul 17     NYG @STL  L   2-3       52-30    2     6.0  2:49 J Presko                   11,491 -
 83 Sat, Jul 19     NYG @CHC  L   0-3       52-31    2     7.5  2:12 W Hacker                    8,853 --
 84 Sun, Jul 20     NYG @CHC  W   9-7       53-31    2     7.5  2:25 L Jansen                   29,297 +
 85 Tue, Jul 22     NYG  STL  W   3-2       54-31    2     7.5  2:23 D Koslo                    24,089 ++
 86 Thu, Jul 24     NYG  STL  W   9-5       55-31    2     6.5  2:17 M Lanier                    7,551 +++
 87 Fri, Jul 25     NYG  CIN  W   3-1       56-31    2     5.5  2:00 J Hearn                     3,955 ++++
 88 Sat, Jul 26     NYG  CIN  W   7-2       57-31    2     4.5  2:13 L Jansen                    7,097 +++++
 89 Sun, Jul 27     NYG  CIN  L   4-11      57-32    2     4.5  2:50 H Perkowski                       -
 90 Tue, Jul 29     NYG  CHC  L   2-4       57-33    2     4.0  2:30 W Hacker                   15,657 --
 91 Wed, Jul 30     NYG  CHC  W  10-6       58-33    2     4.5  2:50 H Wilhelm                       0 +
 92                 NYG  CHC  L   2-6       58-34    2     4.5  2:26 J Klippstein               15,425 -
 93 Thu, Jul 31     NYG  CHC  L   8-11      58-35    2     6.0  3:04 P Minner                    4,733 --
 94 Fri, Aug  1     NYG  PIT  W   7-3       59-35    2     5.0  2:15 J Hearn                    10,458 +
 95 Sat, Aug  2     NYG  PIT  W   4-3       60-35    2     4.5  1:32 H Wilhelm                   4,174 ++
 96 Sun, Aug  3     NYG  PIT  L   0-7       60-36    2     6.5  2:40 M Dickson                       0 -
 97                 NYG  PIT  L   8-10      60-37    2     6.5  2:20 H Pollet                   17,965 --
 98 Tue, Aug  5     NYG  BRO  W   7-6       61-37    2     5.5  4:59 A Corwin                   43,373 +
 99 Thu, Aug  7     NYG  BRO  W   8-2       62-37    2     5.5  3:20 A Corwin                   27,140 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 NYG  BRO  L   5-7       62-38    2     5.5  3:26 J Black                    36,694 -
101 Fri, Aug  8     NYG @BSN  L   0-2       62-39    2     6.5  1:44 M Surkont                   4,151 --
102 Sat, Aug  9     NYG @BSN  L   0-2       62-40    2     8.0  2:02 W Spahn                     3,553 ---
103 Mon, Aug 11     NYG @BSN  L  10-11      62-41    2     9.0  2:52 B Chipman                       0 ----
104                 NYG @BSN  L   2-4       62-42    2     9.0  2:01 L Burdette                  3,463 -----
105 Wed, Aug 13     NYG @BRO  L   4-5       62-43    2     9.0  3:17 J Black                    22,104 ------
106                 NYG @BRO  W   8-4       63-43    2     9.0  3:05 H Wilhelm                  29,019 +
107 Thu, Aug 14     NYG @BRO  W   4-3       64-43    2     8.0  3:11 S Maglie                   16,592 ++
108 Fri, Aug 15     NYG  BSN  L   3-4       64-44    2     7.5  2:24 E Johnson                       0 -
109                 NYG  BSN  W   3-1       65-44    2     7.5  2:05 M Lanier                   13,969 +
110 Sun, Aug 17     NYG  BSN  L   3-7       65-45    2     7.5  2:42 M Surkont                       0 -
111                 NYG  BSN  W   4-2       66-45    2     7.5  1:49 D Koslo                    22,918 +
112 Tue, Aug 19     NYG @CHC  W   5-0       67-45    2     6.5  2:33 S Maglie                        0 ++
113                 NYG @CHC  W   3-1       68-45    2     6.5  3:10 H Wilhelm                  29,179 +++
114 Thu, Aug 21     NYG @CHC  L   6-8       68-46    2     7.0  2:18 J Klippstein                    0 -
115                 NYG @CHC  W  10-5       69-46    2     7.0  2:55 B Connelly                 15,630 +
116 Fri, Aug 22     NYG @STL  L   1-3       69-47    2     7.5  1:53 S Miller                   25,820 -
117 Sat, Aug 23     NYG @STL  L   1-3       69-48    3     8.5  2:27 A Brazle                   26,673 --
118 Sun, Aug 24     NYG @CIN  L   4-5       69-49    3     9.0  3:05 J Nuxhall                         ---
119                 NYG @CIN  W   6-3       70-49    3     9.0  2:08 A Corwin                   23,207 +
120 Mon, Aug 25     NYG @CIN  L   0-3       70-50    2    10.5  2:07 K Raffensber                5,878 -
121 Tue, Aug 26     NYG @PIT  W  14-7       71-50    2    10.5  2:59 H Wilhelm                  14,011 +
122 Wed, Aug 27     NYG @PIT  W   5-4       72-50    2     9.5  2:47 B Connelly                  4,069 ++
123 Thu, Aug 28     NYG @PIT  W  14-7       73-50    2     9.5  3:09 D Koslo                     3,561 +++
124 Sat, Aug 30     NYG @BRO  W   4-3       74-50    2     8.0  2:26 S Maglie                   32,154 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Aug 31     NYG @BRO  L   1-9       74-51    2     9.0  2:35 B Loes                     23,445 -
126 Mon, Sep  1     NYG @BSN  W   3-1       75-51    2     9.0  1:52 M Lanier                        0 +
127                 NYG @BSN  L   1-5       75-52    2     9.0  2:16 E Johnson                   7,253 -
128 Wed, Sep  3     NYG  PHI  W   4-3       76-52    2     8.0  3:04 B Connelly                 15,984 +
129 Thu, Sep  4     NYG  PHI  W   4-3       77-52    2     7.0  3:19 A Corwin                    5,219 ++
130 Fri, Sep  5     NYG  PHI  W   5-4       78-52    2     6.0  2:45 A Corwin                    5,391 +++
131 Sat, Sep  6     NYG  BRO  W   6-4       79-52    2     4.0  3:38 B Connelly                        ++++
132                 NYG  BRO  W   7-3       80-52    2     4.0  2:30 J Hearn                    49,011 +++++
133 Sun, Sep  7     NYG  BRO  L   1-4       80-53    2     5.0  2:41 P Roe                      40,037 -
134 Mon, Sep  8     NYG  BRO  L   2-10      80-54    2     5.0  3:12 J Black                    21,226 --
135                 NYG  BRO  W   3-2       81-54    2     5.0  2:37 S Maglie                   35,420 +
136 Tue, Sep  9     NYG  PIT  W  11-6       82-54    2     4.0  2:30 B Connelly                  2,894 ++
137 Wed, Sep 10     NYG  PIT  W   3-2       83-54    2     4.5  3:15 H Wilhelm                   3,742 +++
138 Thu, Sep 11     NYG  PIT  W   5-4       84-54    2     3.5  2:04 S Maglie                    3,094 ++++
139 Fri, Sep 12     NYG  CIN  W   4-2       85-54    2     4.0  2:17 A Corwin                        0 +++++
140                 NYG  CIN  L   7-8       85-55    2     4.0  2:40 F Smith                     8,706 -
141 Sat, Sep 13     NYG  CIN  W   3-2       86-55    2     3.0  2:34 M Kennedy                   8,843 +
142 Sun, Sep 14     NYG  STL  L   4-14      86-56    2     3.0  2:25 H Haddix                   20,283 -
143 Mon, Sep 15     NYG  STL  W  12-1       87-56    2     3.0  2:25 S Maglie                    4,316 +
144 Tue, Sep 16     NYG  CHC  L   0-9       87-57    2     4.0  2:04 W Hacker                    7,637 -
145 Wed, Sep 17     NYG  CHC  W   2-0       88-57    2     3.0  1:56 J Hearn                     5,033 +
146 Fri, Sep 19     NYG @PHI  L   0-1       88-58    2     4.0  1:54 C Simmons                  10,882 -
147 Sat, Sep 20     NYG @PHI  L   2-3       88-59    2     5.0  2:18 R Roberts                  21,712 --
148 Sun, Sep 21     NYG @PHI  L   2-6       88-60    2     6.0  2:15 R Meyer                    12,391 ---
149 Wed, Sep 24     NYG  BSN  W  11-8       89-60    2     4.5  2:50 H Wilhelm                       0 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 NYG  BSN  W   8-2       90-60    2     4.5  2:05 D Koslo                     3,018 ++
151 Thu, Sep 25     NYG  BSN  W   3-2       91-60    2     4.0  2:15 H Wilhelm                   1,269 +++
152 Fri, Sep 26     NYG  PHI  W   8-0       92-60    2     4.0  2:07 S Maglie                    1,684 ++++
153 Sat, Sep 27     NYG  PHI  L   3-7       92-61    2     4.0  2:15 P Stuffel                   3,535 -
154 Sun, Sep 28     NYG  PHI  L   4-7       92-62    2     4.5  2:31 R Roberts                   5,933 --

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