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1948 New York Giants
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York, New York
OwnersHorace Stoneham
ManagersMel Ott, Leo Durocher
TelevisionWNBT
(Steve Ellis)
RadioWMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell)
← 1947 Seasons 1949 →

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 91 62 .595 — 45‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Cardinals 85 69 .552 6½ 44‍–‍33 41‍–‍36
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 .545 7½ 36‍–‍41 48‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 83 71 .539 8½ 47‍–‍31 36‍–‍40
New York Giants 78 76 .506 13½ 37‍–‍40 41‍–‍36
Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 25½ 32‍–‍44 34‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 64 89 .418 27 32‍–‍45 32‍–‍44
Chicago Cubs 64 90 .416 27½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍48

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1948 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Walker Cooper 91 290 77 .266 16 54
1B Johnny Mize 152 560 162 .289 40 125
2B Bill Rigney 113 424 112 .264 10 43
3B Sid Gordon 142 521 156 .299 30 107
OF Bobby Thomson 138 471 117 .248 16 63

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Johnny McCarthy 56 57 15 .263 2 12
Jack Conway 24 49 12 .245 1 3
Pete Milne 12 27 6 .222 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Jansen 42 277 18 12 3.61 126

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Hansen 36 100 5 3 2.97 27
Red Webb 5 28 2 1 3.21 9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clem Dreisewerd 4 0 0 1 5.68 2
Jack Hallett 2 0 0 0 4.50 3
Paul Erickson 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Hub Andrews 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Joe Beggs 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Notes

  1. ^ Hoyt Wilhelm page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Ed Albrecht page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Pete Milne page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Marv Grisson page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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