1948 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1948 New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–76 record, 13½ games behind the Boston Braves.

1948 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Mel Ott, Leo Durocher
Local televisionWNBT
(Steve Ellis)
Local radioWMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 9162 0.595 — 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 6½ 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 7½ 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 8½ 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 7876 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents
1948 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —14–816–6–113–811–1114–812–1011–11
Brooklyn 8–14—11–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–11—10–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–10—10–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–10—14–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–14—12–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–1—13–9–1
St. Louis 11–1110–1211–1112–1015–717–59–13–1—

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
CWalker Cooper9129077.2661654
1BJohnny Mize152560162.28940125
2BBill Rigney113424112.2641043
3BSid Gordon142521156.29930107
OFBobby Thomson138471117.2481663

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 McCarthy565715.263212
Jack Conway244912.24513
Pete Milne12276.22202

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 Jansen4227718123.61126

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 Hansen36100532.9727
Red Webb528213.219

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 Dreisewerd40015.682
Jack Hallett20004.503
Paul Erickson20000.001
Hub Andrews10000.000
Joe Beggs10000.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

Notes
  1. Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference
  2. Ed Albrecht at Baseball Reference
  3. Pete Milne at Baseball Reference
  4. Marv Grisson at Baseball Reference
  5. 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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