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1949 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1949
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	5th
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Leo Durocher
television	WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Al Helfer)
radio	WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Al Helfer)
prev_season	1948 New York Giants (MLB) season
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season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Russ Hodges, Al Helfer) (Russ Hodges, Al Helfer) |}} The 1949 New York Giants season was the franchise's 67th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 73–81 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The games were now broadcast on the then new station WPIX-TV, which was launched the year before.

Offseason

Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown)
- Art Fowler was acquired from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.
- Foster Castleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1949 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	Wes Westrum	64	169	41	.243	7	28
1B		106	388	102	.263	18	62
2B		75	275	77	.280	9	34
SS	Buddy Kerr	90	220	46	.209	0	19
3B		141	489	139	.284	26	90
OF	Willard Marshall	141	499	153	.307	12	70
OF	Whitey Lockman	151	617	186	.301	11	65
OF	Bobby Thomson	156	641	198	.309	27	109

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
Bill Rigney	122	389	108	.278	6	47
Jack Lohrke	55	180	48	.267	5	22
Ray Mueller	56	170	38	.224	5	23
Walker Cooper	42	147	31	.211	4	21
Joe Lafata	64	140	33	.236	3	16
Bert Haas	54	104	27	.260	1	10
	36	76	17	.224	0	7
Mickey Livingston	19	57	17	.298	4	12
Don Mueller	51	56	13	.232	0	1
Davey Williams	13	50	12	.240	1	5
Bobby Hofman	19	48	10	.208	0	3
George Hausmann	16	47	6	.128	0	3
Bobby Rhawn	14	29	5	.172	0	2
	31	29	7	.241	1	6
Augie Galan	22	17	1	.059	0	2
Rudy Rufer	7	15	1	.067	0	2
Sal Yvars	3	8	0	.000	0	0
Herman Franks	1	3	2	.667	0	0
Dick Culler	7	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
Larry Jansen	37	259.2	15	16	3.85	113
Monty Kennedy	38	223.1	12	14	3.43	95
	33	154.2	9	11	5.00	48
	2	6.1	0	0	4.26	4

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
Dave Koslo	38	212.0	11	14	2.50	64
Sheldon Jones	42	207.1	15	12	3.34	79
	15	41.0	2	3	5.27	13

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
	43	3	3	0	4.92	25
Kirby Higbe	37	2	0	2	3.47	38
	33	2	6	1	4.61	26
	20	1	1	0	4.03	9
Andy Tomasic	2	0	1	0	18.00	2
Ray Poat	2	0	0	0	19.29	0

Farm system

William Proctor and Charlie Bowles

Notes

References

1949 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
1949 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castlfo01.shtml Foster Castleman] 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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