1949_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season
1949 New York Giants (MLB) season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1949 New York Giants season was the franchise's 67th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 73–81 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The games were now broadcast on the then new station WPIX-TV, which was launched the year before.
1949 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
General managers | Chub Feeney | |||
Managers | Leo Durocher | |||
Television | WPIX (Russ Hodges, Al Helfer) | |||
Radio | WMCA (Russ Hodges, Al Helfer) | |||
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- Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown)
- Art Fowler was acquired from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.[1]
- Foster Castleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[2]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 48–29 | 49–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 1 | 51–26 | 45–32 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 16 | 40–37 | 41–36 |
Boston Braves | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 22 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
New York Giants | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 36–41 | 35–42 |
Cincinnati Reds | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 35 | 35–42 | 27–50 |
Chicago Cubs | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 36 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10–2 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10 | — | 17–5 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 5–17 | 13–9 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17–1 | |||||
New York | 10–12–2 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches |
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 |
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C | Wes Westrum | 64 | 169 | 41 | .243 | 7 | 28 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 106 | 388 | 102 | .263 | 18 | 62 |
2B | Hank Thompson | 75 | 275 | 77 | .280 | 9 | 34 |
SS | Buddy Kerr | 90 | 220 | 46 | .209 | 0 | 19 |
3B | Sid Gordon | 141 | 489 | 139 | .284 | 26 | 90 |
OF | Willard Marshall | 141 | 499 | 153 | .307 | 12 | 70 |
OF | Whitey Lockman | 151 | 617 | 186 | .301 | 11 | 65 |
OF | Bobby Thomson | 156 | 641 | 198 | .309 | 27 | 109 |
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 |
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Bill Rigney | 122 | 389 | 108 | .278 | 6 | 47 |
Jack Lohrke | 55 | 180 | 48 | .267 | 5 | 22 |
Ray Mueller | 56 | 170 | 38 | .224 | 5 | 23 |
Walker Cooper | 42 | 147 | 31 | .211 | 4 | 21 |
Joe Lafata | 64 | 140 | 33 | .236 | 3 | 16 |
Bert Haas | 54 | 104 | 27 | .260 | 1 | 10 |
Monte Irvin | 36 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
Mickey Livingston | 19 | 57 | 17 | .298 | 4 | 12 |
Don Mueller | 51 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 1 |
Davey Williams | 13 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 1 | 5 |
Bobby Hofman | 19 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 3 |
George Hausmann | 16 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 0 | 3 |
Bobby Rhawn | 14 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 2 |
Pete Milne | 31 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 6 |
Augie Galan | 22 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 2 |
Rudy Rufer | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 2 |
Sal Yvars | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Herman Franks | 1 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Culler | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Larry Jansen | 37 | 259.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.85 | 113 |
Monty Kennedy | 38 | 223.1 | 12 | 14 | 3.43 | 95 |
Clint Hartung | 33 | 154.2 | 9 | 11 | 5.00 | 48 |
Roger Bowman | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 4 |
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 |
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Dave Koslo | 38 | 212.0 | 11 | 14 | 2.50 | 64 |
Sheldon Jones | 42 | 207.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.34 | 79 |
Adrián Zabala | 15 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.27 | 13 |
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 |
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Hank Behrman | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.92 | 25 |
Kirby Higbe | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.47 | 38 |
Andy Hansen | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.61 | 26 |
Red Webb | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 | 9 |
Andy Tomasic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 |
Ray Poat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Trenton, Lawton, Oshkosh[3]
- Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference
- Foster Castleman at Baseball-Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
- 1949 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
- 1949 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac