1949 New York Giants (MLB) 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
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersLeo Durocher
TelevisionWPIX
(Russ Hodges, Al Helfer)
RadioWMCA
(Russ Hodges, Al Helfer)
← 1948 Seasons 1950 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 57 .630 48‍–‍29 49‍–‍28
St. Louis Cardinals 96 58 .623 1 51‍–‍26 45‍–‍32
Philadelphia Phillies 81 73 .526 16 40‍–‍37 41‍–‍36
Boston Braves 75 79 .487 22 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
New York Giants 73 81 .474 24 43‍–‍34 30‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 83 .461 26 36‍–‍41 35‍–‍42
Cincinnati Reds 62 92 .403 35 35‍–‍42 27‍–‍50
Chicago Cubs 61 93 .396 36 33‍–‍44 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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Roster

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1949 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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

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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
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

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Starting pitchers

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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 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

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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 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

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Tommy Heath
AAA Jersey City Giants International League Joe Becker
A Jacksonville Tars Sally League Jack Aragón
A Sioux City Soos Western League Donald Ramsay
B Trenton Giants Interstate League Hugh Poland
B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Vinnie Smith
B Knoxville Smokies Tri-State League Frank Genovese
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Pete Pavich
C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Charlie Fox
C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Johnny Babich, Lou Garland and Frank Gabler
C Reno Silver Sox Sunset League Lilio Marcucci
C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Harold Kollar
D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Ben Geraghty
D Sanford Giants Florida State League Hal Gruber
D Hickory Rebels North Carolina State League Owen Linn, Thomas Jackson,
William Proctor and Charlie Bowles
D Springfield Giants Ohio–Indiana League Tony Ravish
D Lawton Giants Sooner State League Louis Brower
D Lenoir Red Sox Western Carolina League Claude Jonnard
D Oshkosh Giants Wisconsin State League Dave Garcia

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Trenton, Lawton, Oshkosh[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Foster Castleman 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

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