1952 New York Giants (MLB) season

1952 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1883);
Location
	Polo Grounds (since 1911); New York City (since 1883);
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Chub Feeney
Manager(s)	Leo Durocher
Local television	WPIX; (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
Local radio	WMCA; (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1952 New York Giants season was the franchise's 70th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 92-62 record, 4½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

December 11, 1951: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Diering and Max Lanier.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	96	57	0.627	—	45–33	51–24
New York Giants	92	62	0.597	4½	50–27	42–35
St. Louis Cardinals	88	66	0.571	8½	48–29	40–37
Philadelphia Phillies	87	67	0.565	9½	47–29	40–38
Chicago Cubs	77	77	0.500	19½	42–35	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	69	85	0.448	27½	38–39	31–46
Boston Braves	64	89	0.418	32	31–45	33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	112	0.273	54½	23–54	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1952 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	3–18–1	12–10	9–13	9–13	9–13	15–7–1	7–15
Brooklyn	18–3–1	—	13–9–1	17–5	8–14	10–12	19–3	11–11
Chicago	10–12	9–13–1	—	13–9	10–12	10–12	14–8	11–11
Cincinnati	13–9	5–17	9–13	—	6–16	10–12	16–6	10–12
New York	13–9	14–8	12–10	16–6	—	10–12	15–7	12–10
Philadelphia	13–9	12–10	12–10	12–10	12–10	—	16–6	10–12
Pittsburgh	7–15–1	3–19	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	—	5–17
St. Louis	15–7	11–11	11–11	12–10	10–12	12–10	17–5	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 17, 1952: Bill Howerton was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[2]

Roster

1952 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

39 George Bamberger

38 Roger Bowman

26 Bill Connelly

17,40 Al Corwin

26 Hal Gregg

39 Jack Harshman

21 Jim Hearn

46 Larry Jansen

32 Monte Kennedy

31 Dave Koslo

42,37 Max Lanier

35 Sal Maglie

24 Mario Picone

30 George Spencer

49 Hoyt Wilhelm

Catchers

8 Ray Katt

5 Ray Noble

9 Wes Westrum

7 Sal Yvars

Infielders

19 Alvin Dark

14 Bobby Hofman

25 Whitey Lockman

18 Bill Rigney

5 Daryl Spencer

23 Bobby Thomson

10 Davey Williams

Outfielders

28 Chuck Diering

12,37 Bob Elliott

33 Clint Hartung

8 Bill Howerton

20 Monte Irvin

24 Willie Mays

22 Don Mueller

38 Dusty Rhodes

16 Hank Thompson

40 George Wilson

Other batters

26 Dick Wakefield

Manager

2 Leo Durocher

Coaches

6 Fred Fitzsimmons

3 Herman Franks

1 Frank Shellenback

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
C	Wes Westrum	114	322	71	.220	14	43
1B	Whitey Lockman	154	606	176	.290	13	58
2B	Davey Williams	138	540	137	.254	13	55
SS	Al Dark	151	589	177	.301	14	73
3B	Bobby Thomson	153	608	164	.270	24	108
OF	Hank Thompson	128	423	110	.260	17	67
OF	Bob Elliott	98	272	62	.228	10	35
OF	Don Mueller	126	456	128	.281	12	49

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
Dusty Rhodes	67	176	44	.250	10	36
Sal Yvars	66	151	37	.245	4	18
Willie Mays	34	127	30	.236	4	23
Monte Irvin	46	126	39	.310	4	21
George Wilson	62	112	27	.241	2	16
Bill Rigney	60	90	27	.300	1	14
Clint Hartung	28	78	17	.218	3	8
Bobby Hofman	32	63	18	.286	2	4
Ray Katt	9	27	6	.222	0	1
Chuck Diering	41	23	4	.174	0	2
Bill Howerton	11	15	1	.067	0	1
Daryl Spencer	7	17	5	.294	0	3
Ray Noble	6	5	0	.000	0	0
Dick Wakefield	3	2	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
Jim Hearn	37	223.2	14	7	3.78	89
Sal Maglie	35	216	18	8	2.92	112
Larry Jansen	34	167.1	11	11	4.09	74
Jack Harshman	2	6.1	0	2	14.21	6

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
Dave Koslo	41	166.1	10	7	3.19	67
Max Lanier	37	137	7	12	3.94	37
Al Corwin	21	67.2	6	1	2.66	36
Hal Gregg	16	36.1	0	1	4.71	13
Bill Connelly	11	31.2	5	0	4.55	22
Mario Picone	2	9	0	1	7.00	3
Roger Bowman	2	3	0	0	12.00	0

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
Hoyt Wilhelm	71	15	3	11	2.43	108
George Spencer	35	3	5	3	5.55	27
Monte Kennedy	31	3	4	0	3.02	48
George Bamberger	5	0	0	0	9.00	0

Award winners

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Minneapolis Millers	American Association	Frank Genovese
AA	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Hugh Poland
A	Jacksonville Tars	Sally League	Ben Geraghty
A	Sioux City Soos	Western League	Ray Mueller
B	Sunbury Giants	Interstate League	Skeeter Scalzi and Jim Reggio
B	Knoxville Smokies	Tri-State League	Jack Aragón and Fred Gerken
C	St. Cloud Rox	Northern League	Charlie Fox
C	Muskogee Giants	Western Association	Andy Gilbert
D	Kingsport Cherokees	Appalachian League	Harold Kollar
D	Moultrie Giants	Georgia–Florida League	Richie Klaus
D	Big Stone Gap Rebels	Mountain States League	Len Cross
D	Statesville Owls	North Carolina State League	Ed Sokol and Bob Deese
D	Pauls Valley Raiders	Sooner State League	Louis Brower
D	Oshkosh Giants	Wisconsin State League	Dave Garcia

[3]

Notes

Eddie Stanky at Baseball Reference
Bill Howerton 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

References

1952 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
1952 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Eddie Stanky at Baseball Reference

[2] Bill Howerton at Baseball Reference

[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

1952 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1952 All-Star Game 1952 World Series