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1948 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1948
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1933 to 1935, 1947 to 1948).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York
record
league_place	5th
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Mel Ott, Leo Durocher
television	WNBT
(Steve Ellis)
radio	WMCA
(Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell)
prev_season	1947 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1949 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Steve Ellis) (Frankie Frisch, Maury Farrell) |}} The 1948 New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–76 record, 13½ games behind the Boston Braves.

Offseason

November 20, 1947: 1947 minor league draft
- Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted by the Giants from the Boston Braves.
- Ed Albrecht was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Browns.
- Pete Milne was drafted by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.
Prior to 1948 season: Marv Grissom was acquired from the Giants by the Sacramento Solons.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1948 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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		91	290	77	.266	16	54
1B		152	560	162	.289	40	125
2B		113	424	112	.264	10	43
SS	Buddy Kerr	144	496	119	.240	0	46
3B		142	521	156	.299	30	107
OF	Willard Marshall	143	537	146	.272	14	86
OF	Whitey Lockman	146	584	167	.286	18	59
OF		138	471	117	.248	16	63

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
Jack Lohrke	97	280	70	.250	5	31
Wes Westrum	66	125	20	.160	4	16
Mickey Livingston	45	99	21	.212	2	12
Les Layton	63	91	21	.231	2	12
Don Mueller	36	81	29	.358	1	9
	56	57	15	.263	2	12
Lonny Frey	29	51	13	.255	1	6
	24	49	12	.245	1	3
Bobby Rhawn	36	44	12	.273	1	8
Sal Yvars	15	38	8	.211	1	6
	12	27	6	.222	0	2
Buddy Blattner	8	20	4	.200	0	0
Hal Bamberger	7	12	1	.083	0	0
Jack Harshman	5	8	2	.250	0	1
Joe Lafata	1	1	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
	42	277.0	18	12	3.61	126

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
Sheldon Jones	55	201.1	16	8	3.35	82
Ray Poat	39	157.2	11	10	4.34	57
Clint Hartung	36	153.1	8	8	4.75	42
Dave Koslo	35	149.0	8	10	3.87	58
Monte Kennedy	25	114.1	3	9	4.01	63
	36	100.0	5	3	2.97	27
Thornton Lee	11	32.2	1	3	4.41	17
	5	28.0	2	1	3.21	9
Bobo Newsom	11	25.2	0	4	4.21	9

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
Ken Trinkle	53	4	5	7	3.18	20
Alex Konikowski	22	2	3	1	7.56	9
	4	0	0	1	5.68	2
Mickey McGowan	3	0	0	0	7.36	2
Lou Lombardo	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
	2	0	0	0	4.50	3
	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

1948 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
1948 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/albreed01.shtml Ed Albrecht] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milnepe01.shtml Pete Milne] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grissma01.shtml Marv Grisson] at ''Baseball Reference''
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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