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1942 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1942
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Bill Terry
managers	Mel Ott
radio	WOR
(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond)
prev_season	1941 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1943 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) |}} The 1942 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85–67 record, 20 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Prior to 1942 season: Al Sima was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Billy Werber 3b
Billy Jurges ss
Mel Ott rf
Johnny Mize 1b
Willard Marshall lf
Hank Leiber cf
Harry Danning c
Mickey Witek 2b
Carl Hubbell p

Roster

1942 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	119	408	114	.279	1	34
1B	142	541	165	.305	26	110
2B	148	553	144	.260	5	48
SS	127	464	119	.256	2	30
3B	98	370	76	.205	1	13
OF	152	549	162	.295	30	93
OF	104	331	85	.257	6	58
OF	116	401	103	.257	11	59

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
90	316	77	.244	5	24
101	287	80	.279	11	59
89	190	47	.247	4	32
58	147	32	.218	4	23
39	109	21	.193	0	8
12	32	6	.188	0	1
11	27	5	.185	0	2
6	19	6	.316	0	2
7	14	0	.000	0	0
3	7	3	.429	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
29	216.0	12	13	3.04	49
28	185.2	11	10	3.15	53
26	158.0	13	4	2.56	41
24	157.1	11	8	3.95	61
23	143.2	11	5	2.63	61
1	9.0	0	1	6.00	5

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	114.0	7	1	3.16	49
31	104.0	6	3	2.94	40
19	78.0	3	6	5.08	42
19	63.2	3	6	4.81	29
9	36.1	1	2	5.94	27
2	9.0	0	1	2.00	5
4	7.1	0	2	9.82	2

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
	61	7	4	11	1.84	33

Farm system

John Kroner and Clay Touchstone

Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simaal01.shtml Al Sima page at Baseball Reference]
New York Giants Official Program April 14, 1942
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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