1947 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 65th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 81-73 record, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the first season to be broadcast on television, with WNBT acting as the official team television broadcast partner.

1947 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Mel Ott
Local televisionWNBT
(Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis)
Local radioWMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis)
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Offseason
  • December 19, 1946: Harry Danning was released by the Giants.[1]
  • Prior to 1947 season: Nick Testa was acquired by the Giants from the Walden Hummingbirds.[2]

Regular season
  • April 18: In the third inning of a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dave Koslo gave up Jackie Robinson's first major league home run.[3]
  • April 19: 32,355 paying fans and 736 servicemen set the record for the biggest Saturday attendance at the Polo Grounds. Jackie Robinson had three at bats and had two singles and one double. The Giants still managed to win the game by a score of 4–3.[4]

Between September 5 and 23, the Giants hit at least one home run in each of 19 games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).[5]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9460 0.610 — 52–25 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 5 46–31 43–34
Boston Braves 8668 0.558 8 50–27 36–41
New York Giants 8173 0.526 13 45–31 36–42
Cincinnati Reds 7381 0.474 21 42–35 31–46
Chicago Cubs 6985 0.448 25 36–43 33–42
Philadelphia Phillies 6292 0.403 32 38–38 24–54
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 32 32–45 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1947 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —12–1013–913–913–914–812–109–13
Brooklyn 10–12—15–715–714–814–815–711–11–1
Chicago 9–137–15—12–107–1516–6–18–1410–12
Cincinnati 9–137–1510–12—13–913–913–98–14
New York 9–138–1415–79–13—12–1015–7–113–9
Philadelphia 8–148–146–16–19–1310–12—13–98–14
Pittsburgh 10–127–1514–89–137–15–19–13—6–16–1
St. Louis 13–911–11–112–1014–89–1314–816–6–1—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1947 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
CWalker Cooper140515157.30535122
1BJohnny Mize154586177.30251138
2BBill Rigney130531142.2671759
3BJack Lohrke11232979.2401135
SSBuddy Kerr138547157.287749
OFSid Gordon130437119.2721357
OFWillard Marshall155587171.29136107
OFBobby Thomson138545154.2832985

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
Mel Ott440.00000

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
Dave Koslo39217.115104.3986

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

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
Woody Abernathy10009.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Tom Sheehan
AAA Jersey City Giants International League Bruno Betzel
A Jacksonville Tars Sally League Johnny Hudson
A Sioux City Soos Western League Joe Becker
B Trenton Giants Interstate League Tommy Heath
B Manchester Giants New England League Hal Gruber
B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Bob Latshaw
C Danville Leafs Carolina League Herb Brett and Gene Petty
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Donald Cross
C Reno Silver Sox Sunset League Tom Lloyd
C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Earl Wolgamot
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Charlie Fox
D Seaford Eagles Eastern Shore League Robert Westfall
D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Al Gardella
D Hickory Rebels North Carolina State League Sammy Bell
D Springfield Giants Ohio State League Donald Ramsay
D Oshkosh Giants Wisconsin State League Ray Lucas

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seaford[8]

Notes
  1. Harry Danning at Baseball-Reference
  2. Nick Testa at Baseball-Reference
  3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 68, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN 978-0-7432-9461-4
  4. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 69
  5. "Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with HR>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  6. "New York Giants at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. April 15, 1947. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  7. Jess Pike at Baseball-Reference
  8. 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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