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1952 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1952
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Leo Durocher
television	WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
radio	WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
prev_season	1951 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1953 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell) (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell) |}} The 1952 New York Giants season was the franchise's 70th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 92–62 record, games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

December 11, 1951: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Diering and Max Lanier.
February 1952: Han Urbanus, of the Netherlands, arrives for a month of spring training with Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 17, 1952: Bill Howerton was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Roster

1952 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	114	322	71	.220	14	43
1B	154	606	176	.290	13	58
2B	138	540	137	.254	13	55
SS	151	589	177	.301	14	73
3B	153	608	164	.270	24	108
OF	128	423	110	.260	17	67
OF	98	272	62	.228	10	35
OF	126	456	128	.281	12	49

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
67	176	44	.250	10	36
66	151	37	.245	4	18
34	127	30	.236	4	23
46	126	39	.310	4	21
62	112	27	.241	2	16
60	90	27	.300	1	14
28	78	17	.218	3	8
32	63	18	.286	2	4
9	27	6	.222	0	1
41	23	4	.174	0	2
7	17	5	.294	0	3
11	15	1	.067	0	1
6	5	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0

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
37	223.2	14	7	3.78	89
35	216.0	18	8	2.92	112
34	167.1	11	11	4.09	74
2	6.1	0	2	14.21	6

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
41	166.1	10	7	3.19	67
37	137.0	7	12	3.94	37
21	67.2	6	1	2.66	36
16	36.1	0	1	4.71	13
11	31.2	5	0	4.55	22
2	9.0	0	1	7.00	3
2	3.0	0	0	12.00	0

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
71	15	3	11	2.43	108
35	3	5	3	5.55	27
31	3	4	0	3.02	48
5	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

Notes

References

1952 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
1952 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml Eddie Stanky] at ''Baseball Reference''
(25 February 1952). "Sport: Honkballer from Holland".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howerbi01.shtml Bill Howerton] 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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