1942 New York Giants (MLB) season

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.

1942 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Bill Terry
Manager(s)Mel Ott
Local radioWOR
(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1942 season: Al Sima was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10648 0.688 — 60–17 46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers 10450 0.675 2 57–22 47–28
New York Giants 8567 0.559 20 47–31 38–36
Cincinnati Reds 7676 0.500 29 38–39 38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6681 0.449 36½ 41–34 25–47
Chicago Cubs 6886 0.442 38 36–41 32–45
Boston Braves 5989 0.399 44 33–36 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 42109 0.278 62½ 23–51 19–58

Record vs. opponents
1942 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —6–1613–95–16–18–1214–87–12–16–16
Brooklyn 16–6—16–615–714–8–118–416–69–13
Chicago 9–136–16—13–99–13–114–811–116–16
Cincinnati 16–5–17–159–13—9–1316–612–9–17–15
New York 12–88–14–113–9–113–9—17–515–77–15
Philadelphia 8–144–188–146–165–17—6–135–17
Pittsburgh 12–7–16–1611–119–12–17–1513–6—8–14–2
St. Louis 16–613–916–615–715–717–514–8–2—

[2]

Opening Day lineup

Werber 3b Jurges ss Ott rf Mize 1b Marshall lf Leiber cf Danning c Witek 2b Hubbell p

Roster
1942 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
3BBilly Werber9837076.205113
OFMel Ott152549162.2953093

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

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

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
Van Mungo936.1125.9427

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
Ace Adams6174111.8433

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Jersey City Giants International League Frank Snyder
A1 Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Homer Peel, Jimmy Payton,
John Kroner and Clay Touchstone
B Jacksonville Tars Sally League Babe Ganzel
C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Freddie Lindstrom
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Hal Gruber
D Natchez Giants Evangeline League Herschel Bobo
D Salisbury Giants North Carolina State League Johnnie Heving
D Oshkosh Giants Wisconsin State League Fred Schulte

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith, Bristol

Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942[3]

Notes
  1. Al Sima page at Baseball Reference
  2. New York Giants Official Program April 14,1942
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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