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1953 New York Giants Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 70-84-1, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Leo Durocher (70-84-1)

General Manager: Chub Feeney

Ballpark: Polo Grounds V

Attendance: 811,518 (5th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 79-75, 768 Runs, 747 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Wes Westrum	30	107	348	290	40	65	5	0	12	30	2	0	56	73	.224	.352	.366	.717	85	106	8	1	0		9
2	1B	Whitey Lockman*	26	150	665	607	85	179	22	4	9	61	3	4	52	36	.295	.351	.389	.739	90	236	5	0	5		1
3	2B	Davey Williams	25	112	391	340	51	101	11	2	3	34	2	5	44	19	.297	.382	.368	.750	94	125	6	3	3		0
4	SS	Al Dark	31	155	693	647	126	194	41	6	23	88	7	2	28	34	.300	.335	.488	.823	109	316	19	6	12		0
5	3B	Hank Thompson*	27	114	454	388	80	117	15	8	24	74	6	5	60	39	.302	.400	.567	.967	146	220	5	4	2		4
6	OF	Monte Irvin	34	124	502	444	72	146	21	5	21	97	2	0	55	34	.329	.406	.541	.947	141	240	20	3	0		3
7	OF	Don Mueller*	26	131	502	480	56	160	12	2	6	60	2	0	19	13	.333	.360	.404	.764	96	194	7	1	2		1
8	OF	Bobby Thomson	29	154	656	608	80	175	22	6	26	106	4	2	43	57	.288	.338	.472	.810	106	287	18	3	2		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Daryl Spencer	24	118	455	408	55	85	18	5	20	56	0	1	42	74	.208	.287	.424	.711	80	173	11	3	2		0
10	IF	Bobby Hofman	27	74	182	169	21	45	7	2	12	34	1	1	12	23	.266	.315	.544	.859	116	92	7	0	1		2
11	1B	Tookie Gilbert*	24	70	182	160	12	27	3	0	3	16	1	0	22	21	.169	.269	.244	.513	33	39	2	0	0		3
12	OF	Dusty Rhodes*	26	76	173	163	18	38	7	0	11	30	0	1	10	28	.233	.277	.479	.756	90	78	3	0	0		1
13	C	Ray Noble	34	46	119	97	15	20	0	1	4	14	1	0	19	14	.206	.353	.351	.703	82	34	2	3	0		4
14	C	Sal Yvars	29	23	55	47	1	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	.277	.370	.277	.647	70	13	3	0	1		2
15	C	Sam Calderone	27	35	46	45	4	10	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	4	.222	.239	.267	.506	30	12	0	0	0		0
16	C	Ray Katt	26	8	31	29	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.172	.200	.207	.407	5	6	0	0	1		0
17	IF	Bill Rigney	35	19	20	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	29	5	0	0	0		0
18		George Wilson*	28	11	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	33	1	0	1	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Jim Hearn	32	37	80	66	5	9	1	2	0	7	0	0	8	27	.136	.230	.212	.442	15	14	3	0	6		0
20	P	Rubén Gómez	25	61	79	72	15	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.208	.219	.222	.441	14	16	2	0	6		0
21	P	Larry Jansen	32	36	69	60	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	.133	.212	.133	.345	-8	8	0	0	3		0
22	P	Sal Maglie	36	27	56	48	6	13	1	0	0	9	0	0	2	13	.271	.300	.292	.592	53	14	3	0	6		0
23	P	Hoyt Wilhelm	30	68	42	33	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	.152	.243	.273	.516	33	9	2	0	5		0
24	P	Al Worthington	24	20	37	31	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.065	.121	.097	.218	-43	3	0	0	4		0
25	P	Dave Koslo*	33	37	34	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.033	.065	.033	.098	-74	1	1	0	3		0
26	P	Al Corwin	26	54	34	32	5	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	12	.281	.281	.563	.844	111	18	1	0	2		0
27	P	Marv Grissom	35	21	30	27	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.074	.138	.111	.249	-35	3	1	0	1		0
28	P	Bill Connelly*	28	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
29	P	Frank Hiller	32	19	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159	2	0	0	0		0
30	P	Monty Kennedy	31	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Max Lanier	37	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	George Spencer	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.3	155	5959	5362	768	1452	195	45	176	739	31	21	499	608	.271	.336	.422	.758	94	2265	129	28	67		36
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	2	3	6	7	2		6	2	6	2	3	3	3	3		3		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	155	5485	4950	720	1386	187	41	174	711	31	21	473	480	.280	.346	.440	.786	101	2177	116	28	31		36
		Pitcher Totals	30.3	155	474	412	48	66	8	4	2	28	0	0	26	128	.160	.210	.214	.424	9	88	13	0	36		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Rubén Gómez	25	13	11	.542	3.40	29	26	0	13	3	0	204.0	166	89	77	17	101	8	113	4	0	3	872	128	4.11	1.309	7.3	0.8	4.5	5.0	1.12
2	SP	Jim Hearn	32	9	12	.429	4.53	36	32	2	6	0	0	196.2	206	111	99	22	84	5	77	3	0	10	871	96	4.59	1.475	9.4	1.0	3.8	3.5	0.92
3	SP	Larry Jansen	32	11	16	.407	4.14	36	26	3	6	0	1	184.2	185	96	85	24	55	4	88	2	0	1	786	105	4.26	1.300	9.0	1.2	2.7	4.3	1.60
4	SP	Sal Maglie	36	8	9	.471	4.15	27	24	1	9	3	0	145.1	158	79	67	19	47	5	80	1	0	1	620	105	4.18	1.411	9.8	1.2	2.9	5.0	1.70
5	SP	Al Worthington	24	4	8	.333	3.44	20	17	2	5	2	0	102.0	103	55	39	6	54	6	52	2	0	2	461	126	3.99	1.539	9.1	0.5	4.8	4.6	0.96
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Hoyt Wilhelm	30	7	8	.467	3.04	68	0	39	0	0	15	145.0	127	61	49	13	77	8	71	4	0	9	628	143	4.46	1.407	7.9	0.8	4.8	4.4	0.92
7	RP	Dave Koslo*	33	6	12	.333	4.76	37	12	14	2	0	2	111.2	135	70	59	8	36	6	36	1	1	1	496	91	3.87	1.531	10.9	0.6	2.9	2.9	1.00
8	RP	Al Corwin	26	6	4	.600	4.98	48	7	16	2	1	2	106.2	122	65	59	17	68	8	49	3	1	1	495	87	5.74	1.781	10.3	1.4	5.7	4.1	0.72
9	RP	Marv Grissom	35	4	2	.667	3.95	21	7	7	3	0	0	84.1	83	40	37	6	31	6	46	1	0	3	363	110	3.57	1.352	8.9	0.6	3.3	4.9	1.48
10	RP	Frank Hiller	32	2	1	.667	6.15	19	1	10	0	0	0	33.2	43	29	23	6	15	6	10	4	1	1	163	71	6.01	1.723	11.5	1.6	4.0	2.7	0.67
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Monty Kennedy*	31	0	0		7.15	18	0	10	0	0	0	22.2	30	18	18	2	19	1	11	1	0	2	113	62	5.42	2.162	11.9	0.8	7.5	4.4	0.58
12		Bill Connelly	28	0	1	.000	11.07	8	2	4	0	0	0	20.1	33	26	25	4	17	0	11	0	0	1	106	40	6.58	2.459	14.6	1.8	7.5	4.9	0.65
13		Max Lanier*	37	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	4	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	26	68	5.97	2.063	13.5	1.7	5.1	3.4	0.67
14		George Spencer	26	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	65	4.31	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
15		Al Dark	31	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	33	18.59	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	30.3	70	84	.455	4.25	155	155	109	46	9	20	1365.2	1403	747	645	146	610	63	647	26	3	35	6017	102	4.43	1.474	9.2	1.0	4.0	4.3	1.06
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	4		5				7	5	4	5	3	5	4	4	8		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W