The 1942 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85–67 record, 20 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Bill Terry | |
Managers | Mel Ott | |
Radio | WOR (Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) | |
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Offseason
editRegular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | .688 | — | 60–17 | 46–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | .675 | 2 | 57–22 | 47–28 |
New York Giants | 85 | 67 | .559 | 20 | 47–31 | 38–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | .500 | 29 | 38–39 | 38–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | .449 | 36½ | 41–34 | 25–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | .442 | 38 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | .399 | 44 | 33–36 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | .278 | 62½ | 23–51 | 19–58 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 7–12–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–5–1 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–9–1 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 5–17 | — | 6–13 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–7–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–12–1 | 7–15 | 13–6 | — | 8–14–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8–2 | — |
Opening Day lineup
edit- Billy Werber 3b
- Billy Jurges ss
- Mel Ott rf
- Johnny Mize 1b
- Willard Marshall lf
- Hank Leiber cf
- Harry Danning c
- Mickey Witek 2b
- Carl Hubbell p
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Harry Danning | 119 | 408 | 114 | .279 | 1 | 34 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 142 | 541 | 165 | .305 | 26 | 110 |
2B | Mickey Witek | 148 | 553 | 144 | .260 | 5 | 48 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 127 | 464 | 119 | .256 | 2 | 30 |
3B | Billy Werber | 98 | 370 | 76 | .205 | 1 | 13 |
OF | Mel Ott | 152 | 549 | 162 | .295 | 30 | 93 |
OF | Babe Barna | 104 | 331 | 85 | .257 | 6 | 58 |
OF | Willard Marshall | 116 | 401 | 103 | .257 | 11 | 59 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Dick Bartell | 90 | 316 | 77 | .244 | 5 | 24 |
Babe Young | 101 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 11 | 59 |
Buster Maynard | 89 | 190 | 47 | .247 | 4 | 32 |
Hank Leiber | 58 | 147 | 32 | .218 | 4 | 23 |
Gus Mancuso | 39 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 0 | 8 |
Ray Berres | 12 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
Connie Ryan | 11 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
Sid Gordon | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
Howie Moss | 7 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Fox | 3 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hal Schumacher | 29 | 216.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.04 | 49 |
Bob Carpenter | 28 | 185.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.15 | 53 |
Bill Lohrman | 26 | 158.0 | 13 | 4 | 2.56 | 41 |
Carl Hubbell | 24 | 157.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.95 | 61 |
Cliff Melton | 23 | 143.2 | 11 | 5 | 2.63 | 61 |
Hank Leiber | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 5 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harry Feldman | 31 | 114.0 | 7 | 1 | 3.16 | 49 |
Bill McGee | 31 | 104.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.94 | 40 |
Dave Koslo | 19 | 78.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.08 | 42 |
Tom Sunkel | 19 | 63.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.81 | 29 |
Van Mungo | 9 | 36.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.94 | 27 |
Bill Voiselle | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 5 |
Hugh East | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.82 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ace Adams | 61 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.84 | 33 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith, Bristol
Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Al Sima page at Baseball Reference
- ^ New York Giants Official Program April 14, 1942
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007