1952 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 984,940, Avg. 14,948
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Leo Durocher (92-62)
Location: New York, New York

1952 New York Giants Roster
1952 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1952 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Giants scored 722 runs and gave up 639 runs. Bobby Thomson led New York with 24 home runs, while Hank Thompson walloped 20 or more, too. Bobby Thomson drove in 108 runs. Al Dark topped all regular batters by hitting .301. Sal Maglie paced the team with 18 wins, plus Hoyt Wilhelm added 15 or more wins, too Hoyt Wilhelm recorded a 2.43 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Leo Durocher coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Sal Maglie	18	8	.692	2.92	35	31	3	12	5	1	216.0	199	80	70	16	75	112	6	1	2	904
Hoyt Wilhelm	15	3	.833	2.43	71	0	32	0	0	11	159.3	127	60	43	12	57	108	5	0	3	646
Jim Hearn	14	7	.667	3.78	37	34	2	11	1	1	223.7	208	113	94	16	97	89	5	0	1	962
Larry Jansen	11	11	.500	4.09	34	27	5	8	1	2	167.3	183	91	76	16	47	74	6	0	0	716
Dave Koslo	10	7	.588	3.19	41	17	11	8	2	5	166.3	154	66	59	10	47	67	2	0	2	691
Max Lanier	7	12	.368	3.94	37	16	10	6	1	5	137.0	124	64	60	11	65	47	3	0	2	584
Al Corwin	6	1	.857	2.66	21	7	5	1	0	2	67.7	58	23	20	5	36	36	0	0	1	288
Bill Connelly	5	0	1.000	4.55	11	4	2	0	0	0	31.7	22	18	16	4	25	22	0	0	2	134
Monty Kennedy	3	4	.429	3.02	31	6	9	2	1	0	83.3	73	37	28	6	31	48	2	0	0	355
George Spencer	3	5	.375	5.55	35	4	18	0	0	3	60.0	57	39	37	13	21	27	3	0	1	256
George Bamberger	0	0		9.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	1	6	0	0	0	0	23
Roger Bowman	0	0		12.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	0	3	3	1	0	0	18
Hal Gregg	0	1	.000	4.71	16	4	6	1	0	1	36.3	42	22	19	7	17	13	2	0	0	170
Mario Picone	0	1	.000	7.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	7	2	5	3	0	0	0	41
Jack Harshman	0	2	.000	14.21	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.3	12	10	10	2	6	6	0	0	0	36
Totals	92	62	.597	3.59	380	154	105	49	11	31	1371.0	1282	639	547	121	538	655	35	1	14	5824

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Al Dark	151	649	589	92	177	29	3	14	73	6	6	47	39	.301	.357	.431	.788	254	10	5	8
Whitey Lockman	154	686	606	99	176	17	4	13	58	2	4	67	52	.290	.363	.396	.759	240	8	2	11
Bobby Thomson	153	666	608	89	164	29	14	24	108	5	2	52	74	.270	.331	.482	.813	293	16	4	2
Davey Williams	138	605	540	70	137	26	3	13	55	2	3	48	63	.254	.324	.385	.709	208	6	8	9
Don Mueller	126	496	456	61	128	14	7	12	49	2	1	34	24	.281	.333	.421	.754	192	8	2	4
Hank Thompson	128	484	423	67	110	13	9	17	67	4	4	50	38	.260	.344	.454	.798	192	7	4	7
Wes Westrum	114	403	322	47	71	11	0	14	43	1	2	76	68	.220	.374	.385	.759	124	5	3	2
Bob Elliott	98	313	272	33	62	6	2	10	35	1	0	36	20	.228	.323	.375	.698	102	7	2	3
Dusty Rhodes	67	200	176	34	44	8	1	10	36	1	0	23	33	.250	.340	.477	.817	84	5	1	0
Monte Irvin	46	137	126	10	39	2	1	4	21	0	1	10	11	.310	.365	.437	.801	55	3	1	0
Sal Yvars	66	164	151	15	37	3	0	4	18	0	0	10	16	.245	.296	.344	.641	52	7	1	2
Willie Mays	34	144	127	17	30	2	4	4	23	4	1	16	17	.236	.326	.409	.736	52	2	1	0
Bill Rigney	60	105	90	15	27	5	1	1	14	2	3	11	6	.300	.388	.411	.799	37	2	2	2
George Wilson	62	116	112	9	27	7	0	2	16	0	0	3	14	.241	.261	.357	.618	40	0	0	1
Bobby Hofman	32	72	63	11	18	2	2	2	4	0	0	8	10	.286	.375	.476	.851	30	2	1	0
Clint Hartung	28	87	78	6	17	2	1	3	8	0	0	9	24	.218	.299	.385	.683	30	1	0	0
Jim Hearn	37	86	77	7	14	2	0	3	7	0	0	4	33	.182	.222	.325	.547	25	0	0	5
Max Lanier	38	47	41	4	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.268	.286	.317	.603	13	0	0	5
Larry Jansen	34	62	45	7	8	1	0	0	9	0	0	11	13	.178	.339	.200	.539	9	0	0	6
Ray Katt	9	28	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.222	.250	.222	.472	6	2	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	71	42	38	4	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	11	.158	.179	.237	.416	9	0	0	3
Daryl Spencer	7	18	17	0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	4	.294	.333	.412	.745	7	0	0	0
Sal Maglie	35	86	69	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	25	.072	.135	.072	.208	5	3	1	12
Bill Connelly	11	12	11	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	5	.364	.417	.909	1.326	10	0	0	0
Chuck Diering	41	27	23	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	4	3	.174	.296	.304	.601	7	0	0	0
George Spencer	35	10	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0
Al Corwin	23	23	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.095	.136	.095	.232	2	1	0	1
Monty Kennedy	34	23	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	0	1
Dave Koslo	41	60	54	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	31	.037	.088	.056	.143	3	0	0	3
Hal Gregg	16	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0
Bill Howerton	11	18	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.067	.222	.133	.356	2	0	0	0
Jack Harshman	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Wakefield	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1	0	0
Mario Picone	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Ray Noble	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Roger Bowman	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Bamberger	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1922	5891	5229	722	1337	186	56	151	663	30	31	536	672	.256	.329	.399	.729	2088	96	38	88

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George Wilson	1B	2	24	0	0	2	1.000	12.000	0
Bill Rigney	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Whitey Lockman	1B	154	1435	111	13	155	.992	1.039	0
Bobby Hofman	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Davey Williams	2B	138	279	375	18	102	.973	4.739	0
Hank Thompson	2B	4	7	7	1	2	.933	3.500	0
Bill Rigney	2B	9	10	17	0	3	1.000	3.000	0
Bobby Hofman	2B	21	37	43	3	9	.964	3.810	0
Bobby Thomson	3B	91	82	184	17	13	.940	2.923	0
Hank Thompson	3B	46	47	96	11	8	.929	3.109	0
Daryl Spencer	3B	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bill Rigney	3B	10	7	9	2	2	.889	1.600	0
Bobby Hofman	3B	2	2	3	2	0	.714	2.500	0
Bob Elliott	3B	13	19	25	2	3	.957	3.385	0
Sal Yvars	C	59	202	40	3	3	.988	4.102	8
Wes Westrum	C	112	481	64	12	11	.978	4.866	13
Ray Noble	C	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ray Katt	C	8	39	4	0	0	1.000	5.375	2
George Wilson	OF	21	36	0	3	0	.923	1.714	0
Bobby Thomson	OF	63	152	3	1	0	.994	2.460	0
Hank Thompson	OF	72	182	5	4	1	.979	2.597	0
Dusty Rhodes	OF	56	97	3	9	0	.917	1.786	0
Don Mueller	OF	120	221	8	3	4	.987	1.908	0
Willie Mays	OF	34	109	6	1	2	.991	3.382	0
Monte Irvin	OF	32	44	3	0	1	1.000	1.469	0
Bill Howerton	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Clint Hartung	OF	24	38	3	3	1	.932	1.708	0
Bob Elliott	OF	65	83	6	2	0	.978	1.369	0
Chuck Diering	OF	36	25	1	0	0	1.000	.722	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	71	9	32	2	0	.953	.577	0
George Spencer	P	35	5	10	1	1	.938	.429	0
Mario Picone	P	2	0	3	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Sal Maglie	P	35	18	41	3	3	.952	1.686	0
Max Lanier	P	37	13	37	3	4	.943	1.351	0
Dave Koslo	P	41	16	33	4	7	.925	1.195	0
Monty Kennedy	P	31	6	15	1	4	.955	.677	0
Larry Jansen	P	34	9	38	3	5	.940	1.382	0
Jim Hearn	P	37	14	57	0	6	1.000	1.919	0
Jack Harshman	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Hal Gregg	P	16	1	3	0	1	1.000	.250	0
Al Corwin	P	21	3	6	0	1	1.000	.429	0
Bill Connelly	P	11	3	7	0	0	1.000	.909	0
Roger Bowman	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
George Bamberger	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Daryl Spencer	SS	3	6	9	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Bill Rigney	SS	4	11	11	4	4	.846	5.500	0
Al Dark	SS	150	324	423	27	116	.965	4.980	0
Totals		1742	4113	1750	158	476	.974	3.366	23

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