1948 New York Giants (MLB) season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = New York Giants

| season = 1948

| misc =

| image = New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1933 to 1935, 1947 to 1948).svg

| league = National League

| ballpark = Polo Grounds

| city = New York

| owners = Horace Stoneham

| general_managers = Chub Feeney

| managers = Mel Ott, Leo Durocher

| television = WNBT
(Steve Ellis)

| radio = WMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell)

| prev_season = 1947 New York Giants (MLB) season

| next_season = 1949 New York Giants (MLB) season

| season_list = List of San Francisco Giants seasons

|}}

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.

Offseason

November 20, 1947: 1947 minor league draft
Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted by the Giants from the Boston Braves.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at Baseball Reference
Ed Albrecht was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/albreed01.shtml Ed Albrecht] at Baseball Reference
Pete Milne was drafted by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milnepe01.shtml Pete Milne] at Baseball Reference
Prior to 1948 season: Marv Grissom was acquired from the Giants by the Sacramento Solons.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grissma01.shtml Marv Grisson] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Opening Day lineup =

= Roster =

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" \| 1948 New York Giants
colspan="10" style="background-color: #fd5a1e; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|38\|Hub Andrews}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Joe Beggs}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Clem Dreisewerd}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Paul Erickson}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Jack Hallett}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Andy Hansen}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Clint Hartung}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Larry Jansen}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Sheldon Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Monte Kennedy}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Alex Konikowski}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Dave Koslo}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Thornton Lee}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Lou Lombardo}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Mickey McGowan}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Bobo Newsom}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Ray Poat}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Ken Trinkle}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Red Webb}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Walker Cooper}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Mickey Livingston}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Wes Westrum}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Sal Yvars}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Buddy Blattner}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Jack Conway}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Lonny Frey}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Sid Gordon}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Jack Harshman}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Buddy Kerr}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Jack Lohrke}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Johnny McCarthy}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Johnny Mize}} {{MLBplayer\|12,22\|Bobby Rhawn}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Bill Rigney}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|33\|Hal Bamberger}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Les Layton}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Whitey Lockman}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Willard Marshall}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Pete Milne}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Don Mueller}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Bobby Thomson}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|26\|Joe Lafata}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Leo Durocher}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Mel Ott}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Hank Gowdy}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Travis Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|2,7\|Red Kress}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | 1948 New York Giants

colspan="10" style="background-color: #fd5a1e; color: #FFFDD0; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Walker\|Cooper}}	91	290	77	.266	16	54
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Johnny\|Mize}}	152	560	162	.289	40	125
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Bill\|Rigney}}	113	424	112	.264	10	43
align="center" \| SS	Buddy Kerr	144	496	119	.240	0	46
align=center \| 3B	{{sortname\|Sid\|Gordon}}	142	521	156	.299	30	107
align="center" \| OF	Willard Marshall	143	537	146	.272	14	86
align=center \| OF	Whitey Lockman	146	584	167	.286	18	59
align=center \| OF	{{sortname\|Bobby\|Thomson}}	138	471	117	.248	16	63

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Jack Lohrke	97	280	70	.250	5	31
align=center \| Wes Westrum	66	125	20	.160	4	16
align=center \| Mickey Livingston	45	99	21	.212	2	12
align=center \| Les Layton	63	91	21	.231	2	12
align=center \| Don Mueller	36	81	29	.358	1	9
align=center \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|McCarthy\|Johnny McCarthy (baseball)}}	56	57	15	.263	2	12
align="center" \| Lonny Frey	29	51	13	.255	1	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Conway\|Jack Conway (baseball)}}	24	49	12	.245	1	3
align="center" \| Bobby Rhawn	36	44	12	.273	1	8
align=center \| Sal Yvars	15	38	8	.211	1	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Pete\|Milne}}	12	27	6	.222	0	2
align="center" \| Buddy Blattner	8	20	4	.200	0	0
align=center \| Hal Bamberger	7	12	1	.083	0	0
align=center \| Jack Harshman	5	8	2	.250	0	1
align=center \| Joe Lafata	1	1	0	.000	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

class="wikitable sortable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Larry\|Jansen}}	42	277.0	18	12	3.61	126
align="center"

class="wikitable sortable"

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

align="center"

| {{sortname|Larry|Jansen}}

277.0

3.61

126

align="center"

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Sheldon Jones	55	201.1	16	8	3.35	82
align=center \| Ray Poat	39	157.2	11	10	4.34	57
align=center \| Clint Hartung	36	153.1	8	8	4.75	42
align=center \| Dave Koslo	35	149.0	8	10	3.87	58
align=center \| Monte Kennedy	25	114.1	3	9	4.01	63
align=center \| {{sortname\|Andy\|Hansen}}	36	100.0	5	3	2.97	27
align="center" \| Thornton Lee	11	32.2	1	3	4.41	17
align=center \| {{sortname\|Red\|Webb}}	5	28.0	2	1	3.21	9
align="center" \| Bobo Newsom	11	25.2	0	4	4.21	9

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ken Trinkle	53	4	5	7	3.18	20
align=center \| Alex Konikowski	22	2	3	1	7.56	9
align=center \| {{sortname\|Clem\|Dreisewerd}}	4	0	0	1	5.68	2
align="center" \| Mickey McGowan	3	0	0	0	7.36	2
align=center \| Lou Lombardo	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Hallett}}	2	0	0	0	4.50	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Paul\|Erickson\|Paul Erickson (baseball)}}	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hub\|Andrews}}	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Beggs}}	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level4=AAA|team4=Minneapolis Millers|league4=American Association|manager4=Frank Shellenback and Billy Herman

|level5=AAA|team5=Jersey City Giants|league5=International League|manager5=Bruno Betzel

|level6=A|team6=Jacksonville Tars|league6=Sally League|manager6=Johnny Hudson

|level7=A|team7=Sioux City Soos|league7=Western League|manager7=Joe Becker

|level8=B|team8=Trenton Giants|league8=Interstate League|manager8=Tommy Heath

|level9=B|team9=Richmond Colts|league9=Piedmont League|manager9=Charlie "Greek" George

|level10=B|team10=Knoxville Smokies|league10=Tri-State League|manager10=Dale Alexander and Dave Garcia

|level11=C|team11=Ogdensburg Maples|league11=Border League|manager11=Russ Wein

|level12=C|team12=Quebec Alouettes|league12=Canadian–American League|manager12=Tony Ravish and Bernie Woycik

|level13=C|team13=Erie Sailors|league13=Middle Atlantic League|manager13=Donald Ramsay

|level14=C|team14=St. Cloud Rox|league14=Northern League|manager14=Charlie Fox

|level15=C|team15=Reno Silver Sox|league15=Sunset League|manager15=Tom Lloyd

|level16=C|team16=Fort Smith Giants|league16=Western Association|manager16=Jack Aragón

|level17=D|team17=Bristol Twins|league17=Appalachian League|manager17=Rufus Jackson and Dale Alexander

|level18=D|team18=Seaford Eagles|league18=Eastern Shore League|manager18=Robert Westfall and Socks Seibold

|level19=D|team19=Pittsburg/Roseville Diamonds|league19=Far West League|manager19=Gus Suhr, Arnold Rose and Bill Shewey

|level20=D|team20=Sanford Giants|league20=Florida State League|manager20=Hal Gruber

}}

{{MLB Farm System

|level16=D|team16=Chanute Giants|league16=Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League|manager16=Al Smith

|level17=D|team17=Hickory Rebels|league17=North Carolina State League|manager17=Sammy Bell

|level18=D|team18=Springfield Giants|league18=Ohio–Indiana League|manager18=Robert Roth and Rufus Jackson

|level19=D|team19=Lawton Giants|league19=Sooner State League|manager19=Louis Brower

|level20=D|team20=Oshkosh Giants|league20=Wisconsin State League|manager20=Ray Lucas

}}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sioux City, Trenton, Ogdensburg, Erie, Reno
Pittsburg franchise moved to Roseville, July 30, 1948Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1948.shtml 1948 New York Giants] at Baseball Reference
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1948&t=NYG 1948 New York Giants] at Baseball Almanac

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