1952 New York Giants (MLB) season

1952 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Horace Stoneham
General manager(s) Chub Feeney
Manager(s) Leo Durocher
Local television WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
Local radio WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1952 New York Giants season was the franchise's 70th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 92-62 record, 4½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 96 57 0.627 — 45–33 51–24
New York Giants 92 62 0.597 4½ 50–27 42–35
St. Louis Cardinals 88 66 0.571 8½ 48–29 40–37
Philadelphia Phillies 87 67 0.565 9½ 47–29 40–38
Chicago Cubs 77 77 0.500 19½ 42–35 35–42
Cincinnati Reds 69 85 0.448 27½ 38–39 31–46
Boston Braves 64 89 0.418 32 31–45 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 42 112 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 — 3–18–1 12–10 9–13 9–13 9–13 15–7–1 7–15
Brooklyn 18–3–1 — 13–9–1 17–5 8–14 10–12 19–3 11–11
Chicago 10–12 9–13–1 — 13–9 10–12 10–12 14–8 11–11
Cincinnati 13–9 5–17 9–13 — 6–16 10–12 16–6 10–12
New York 13–9 14–8 12–10 16–6 — 10–12 15–7 12–10
Philadelphia 13–9 12–10 12–10 12–10 12–10 — 16–6 10–12
Pittsburgh 7–15–1 3–19 8–14 6–16 7–15 6–16 — 5–17
St. Louis 15–7 11–11 11–11 12–10 10–12 12–10 17–5 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1952 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
OF Elliott, BobBob Elliott 98 272 62 .228 10 35

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
Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes 67 176 44 .250 10 36
Diering, ChuckChuck Diering 41 23 4 .174 0 2
Howerton, BillBill Howerton 11 15 1 .067 0 1
Noble, RayRay Noble 6 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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

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
Lanier, MaxMax Lanier 37 137 7 12 3.94 37
Corwin, AlAl Corwin 21 67.2 6 1 2.66 36
Gregg, HalHal Gregg 16 36.1 0 1 4.71 13
Connelly, BillBill Connelly 11 31.2 5 0 4.55 22
Bowman, RogerRoger Bowman 2 3 0 0 12.00 0

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
Bamberger, GeorgeGeorge Bamberger 5 0 0 0 9.00 0

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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