1952 New York Giants (MLB) season

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.

1952 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Leo Durocher
Local televisionWPIX
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
Local radioWMCA
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9657 0.627 45–33 51–24
New York Giants 9262 0.597 50–27 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 8866 0.571 48–29 40–37
Philadelphia Phillies 8767 0.565 47–29 40–38
Chicago Cubs 7777 0.500 19½ 42–35 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 6985 0.448 27½ 38–39 31–46
Boston Braves 6489 0.418 32 31–45 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 42112 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 3–18–112–109–139–139–1315–7–17–15
Brooklyn 18–3–113–9–117–58–1410–1219–311–11
Chicago 10–129–13–113–910–1210–1214–811–11
Cincinnati 13–95–179–136–1610–1216–610–12
New York 13–914–812–1016–610–1215–712–10
Philadelphia 13–912–1012–1012–1012–1016–610–12
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–198–146–167–156–165–17
St. Louis 15–711–1111–1112–1010–1212–1017–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1952 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CWes Westrum11432271.2201443
1BWhitey Lockman154606176.2901358
2BDavey Williams138540137.2541355
SSAl Dark151589177.3011473
3BBobby Thomson153608164.27024108
OFHank Thompson128423110.2601767
OFBob Elliott9827262.2281035
OFDon Mueller126456128.2811249

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 Rhodes6717644.2501036
Sal Yvars6615137.245418
Willie Mays3412730.236423
Monte Irvin4612639.310421
George Wilson6211227.241216
Bill Rigney609027.300114
Clint Hartung287817.21838
Bobby Hofman326318.28624
Ray Katt9276.22201
Chuck Diering41234.17402
Bill Howerton11151.06701
Daryl Spencer7175.29403
Ray Noble650.00000
Dick Wakefield320.00000

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 Hearn37223.21473.7889
Sal Maglie352161882.92112
Larry Jansen34167.111114.0974
Jack Harshman26.10214.216

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 Koslo41166.11073.1967
Max Lanier371377123.9437
Al Corwin2167.2612.6636
Hal Gregg1636.1014.7113
Bill Connelly1131.2504.5522
Mario Picone29017.003
Roger Bowman230012.000

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 Wilhelm71153112.43108
George Spencer353535.5527
Monte Kennedy313403.0248
George Bamberger50009.000

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

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Notes

  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

References

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