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1953 New York (N) Giants
Record: 54-108
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 684
Runs Allowed: 923
Exp W-L: 59-103
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,694,596
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 1st in the NL
AA: 64-73, 6th in the NL
A: 85-52, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Steve Bilko 24 158 590 101 142 29 1 47 119 0 0 74 149 .241 .325 .532 .858 99.4 14.9 2.3
RF *Gene Hermanski 33 156 549 83 125 21 4 14 53 15 3 93 105 .228 .340 .357 .697 78.5 9.5 1.9
CF  Chet Ross 36 154 572 67 168 41 1 18 90 0 0 26 128 .294 .323 .463 .787 80.4 11.7 4.8
LF  Bob Borkowski 27 151 533 58 133 17 1 9 59 0 0 28 71 .250 .286 .336 .622 48.1 2.8 2.2
SS  Damon Phillips 34 141 461 49 120 29 2 2 37 0 0 26 59 .260 .299 .345 .643 42.6 2.9 3.0
C *Bill Salkeld 36 108 346 46 83 10 1 10 51 0 0 65 63 .240 .362 .361 .723 48.1 6.1 3.3
CF *Willard Marshall 32 83 305 41 69 12 0 10 40 0 0 38 23 .226 .313 .364 .677 37.5 3.8 1.6
CF *Dave Pope 32 122 317 38 87 17 4 6 39 12 10 15 47 .274 .312 .410 .722 37.1 3.9 1.7
C  Clyde Kluttz 35 115 296 31 90 13 2 1 34 0 0 22 29 .304 .350 .372 .721 36.0 4.3 2.5
2B *Johnny Bero 30 102 237 25 45 7 0 5 14 0 0 31 48 .190 .289 .283 .572 20.1 0.1 3.1
LF  George Case 37 125 245 32 68 12 6 5 22 13 3 9 61 .278 .303 .437 .740 30.7 3.9 1.0
2B  Roy Smalley 27 55 201 25 39 6 2 5 19 0 0 25 41 .194 .283 .318 .602 18.7 0.7 2.3
2B  Jack Merson 31 71 197 23 52 17 0 3 24 0 0 12 25 .264 .308 .396 .704 22.0 2.2 2.9
1B  Lennie Merullo 36 77 181 15 38 6 0 1 13 0 0 15 25 .210 .270 .260 .530 11.4 0.0 1.3
CF *Earl Rapp 32 57 108 7 25 7 1 0 11 4 5 5 15 .231 .265 .315 .580 7.1 0.0 0.4
P  Johnny Sain 35 43 93 8 20 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 .215 .223 .258 .481 3.6 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Antonelli 23 39 94 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 28 .170 .170 .223 .394 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 35 34 76 4 14 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 15 .184 .195 .197 .392 2.4 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 33 52 75 4 15 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 14 .200 .218 .240 .458 3.4 0.0 0.0
C  Frank Mancuso 35 77 78 13 22 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 8 .282 .321 .308 .629 7.7 0.5 0.1
2B *Bama Rowell 37 54 71 7 15 2 0 2 9 0 0 6 13 .211 .273 .324 .597 6.4 0.3 0.5
P *Dave Koslo 33 14 31 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .065 .091 .065 .155 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Lucier 35 26 12 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Malloy 35 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Hetki 31 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Moore 27 56 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.2 0.0
P  Al Jurisich 31 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.3 2233 5677 684 1392 256 26 139 665 45 23 500 984 .245 .307 .373 .680 643.1 67.7 34.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 7 7 3 8 7 7 4 6 8 8 7 8 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Johnny Sain 35 10 23 .303 43 43 0 278.7 288 181 46 160 199 5.85 7.2
*Johnny Antonelli 23 10 17 .370 39 39 0 269.0 232 129 38 131 196 4.32 15.9
 Early Wynn 33 11 13 .458 52 29 0 258.0 273 129 37 115 117 4.50 15.3
 Ray Scarborough 35 7 21 .250 34 34 0 256.3 254 144 32 126 140 5.06 10.2
*Dave Koslo 33 4 8 .333 14 6 0 98.0 109 64 15 37 61 5.88 1.5
 Al Jurisich 31 2 7 .222 72 0 1 91.3 92 49 13 49 61 4.83 4.7
 Ray Moore 27 5 7 .417 56 2 6 68.7 77 47 7 45 35 6.16 2.1
 Johnny Hetki 31 1 7 .125 56 0 10 57.3 74 43 12 29 24 6.75 0.0
 Bob Malloy 35 2 4 .333 35 0 1 46.0 61 37 9 22 9 7.24 0.0
 Lou Lucier 35 2 1 .667 26 1 1 39.7 35 20 7 18 11 4.54 2.5
Team Totals 31.8 54 108 .333 427 154 19 1463.0 1495 843 216 732 853 5.19 59.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 7 8 3 7 8 8 8 4 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 30.8
B.Salkeld 853.3 95 104 521 21 6 0 .989 23.5
C.Kluttz 573.7 65 68 327 26 1 0 .997 41.7
F.Mancuso 32.0 2 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
J.Merson 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.0 162 180 866 48 7 0 .992 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.51
G.Hermanski 1306.3 147 153 1496 114 18 170 .989 11.09
E.Rapp 121.7 15 17 137 13 0 18 1.000 11.10
B.Borkowski 17.0 0 6 20 1 2 3 .913 11.12
S.Bilko 11.0 0 5 14 1 0 0 1.000 12.27
C.Kluttz 7.0 0 3 9 2 0 0 1.000 14.14
Team Total 1463.0 162 184 1676 131 20 191 .989 11.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.90
C.Ross 1259.3 144 148 303 533 20 134 .977 5.97
B.Rowell 111.3 10 22 29 49 3 13 .963 6.31
L.Merullo 86.3 8 14 15 36 1 11 .981 5.32
J.Merson 6.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1463.0 162 186 347 619 24 158 .976 5.94
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.87
D.Phillips 1018.3 123 128 69 226 22 24 .931 2.61
L.Merullo 284.0 28 46 17 55 3 8 .960 2.28
J.Bero 107.3 8 29 7 32 2 4 .951 3.27
J.Merson 50.3 3 15 4 14 1 1 .947 3.22
R.Smalley 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 220 98 328 28 37 .938 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
J.Bero 500.0 52 70 83 202 6 37 .979 5.13
R.Smalley 453.0 53 53 83 173 9 52 .966 5.09
J.Merson 423.3 51 52 77 185 4 47 .985 5.57
L.Merullo 50.3 4 14 11 16 3 3 .900 4.83
D.Phillips 30.0 2 11 7 11 2 3 .900 5.40
B.Borkowski 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Pope 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Rowell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 203 262 587 24 142 .973 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
B.Borkowski 1207.3 150 150 259 4 3 0 .989 1.96
D.Pope 112.7 7 36 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.76
G.Case 78.0 2 31 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
W.Marshall 39.9 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Rapp 37.7 3 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
B.Rowell 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Bilko 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Hermanski 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Ross 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1495.9 166 241 328 5 3 0 .991 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.56
W.Marshall 632.1 59 67 166 6 4 1 .977 2.45
D.Pope 461.7 55 61 139 6 1 3 .993 2.83
G.Case 266.7 24 45 72 0 1 0 .986 2.43
E.Rapp 28.0 3 7 9 0 1 0 .900 2.89
Team Total 1388.4 141 180 386 12 7 4 .983 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.97
S.Bilko 1306.7 145 149 270 4 2 1 .993 1.89
G.Case 55.3 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
D.Pope 53.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
E.Rapp 36.0 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25
W.Marshall 19.5 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
C.Ross 11.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Borkowski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.5 164 171 311 4 2 1 .994 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.19
J.Sain 278.7 43 43 10 57 2 7 .971 2.16
J.Antonelli 269.0 39 39 9 48 3 3 .950 1.91
E.Wynn 258.0 29 52 18 49 4 5 .944 2.34
R.Scarborough 256.3 34 34 18 51 1 8 .986 2.42
D.Koslo 98.0 6 14 5 13 1 0 .947 1.65
A.Jurisich 91.3 0 72 6 18 1 1 .960 2.37
R.Moore 68.7 2 56 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Hetki 57.3 0 56 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Malloy 46.0 0 35 6 10 1 0 .941 3.13
L.Lucier 39.7 1 26 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.36
Team Total 1463.0 154 427 79 277 13 25 .965 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ross .294
On-Base Pct Hermanski .340
Slugging Pct Bilko .532
OPS Bilko .858
XR Bilko 99.4
Games Bilko 158
At-Bats Bilko 590
Runs Bilko 101
Hits Ross 168
Total Bases Bilko 314
Singles Ross 108
Doubles Ross 41
Triples Case 6
Homeruns Bilko 47
RBIs Bilko 119
Stolen Bases Hermanski 15
Caught Stealing Pope 10
Walks Hermanski 93
Strikeouts Bilko 149
ERA Antonelli 4.32
Wins Wynn 11
Losses Sain 23
Winning Pct Wynn .458
Saves Hetki 10
Games Pitched Jurisich 72
Games Started Sain 43
Complete Games Scarborough 10
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Sain 278.7
Hits Allowed Sain 288
Homeruns Allowed Sain 46
Strikeouts Sain 199
Walks Allowed Sain 160
Walks per 9IP Wynn 4.0
Hits per 9IP Antonelli 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 6.6
WHiP Antonelli 1.35
OAVG Antonelli .230
OOBP Antonelli .320
OSLG Antonelli .390
OOPS Antonelli .710
Team All-Stars
Ray Moore
Chet Ross
Player Salaries
Johnny Sain $ 7,000,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 4,614,286
Early Wynn $ 3,100,000
Willard Marshall $ 2,000,000
Paul Calvert $ 800,000
Gene Hermanski $ 500,500
Johnny Bero $ 450,054
Lou Lucier $ 300,003
Steve Bilko $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
George Case $ 300,000
Al Jurisich $ 300,000
Clyde Kluttz $ 300,000
Frank Mancuso $ 300,000
Jack Merson $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
Ray Moore $ 300,000
Damon Phillips $ 300,000
Dave Pope $ 300,000
Earl Rapp $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Bama Rowell $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Bob Malloy $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Moe Burtschy Detroit Red Embree
2/1 Traded Red Embree
Eddie Bockman
Charlie Silvera		 Cincinnati Chuck Connors
2/14 Signed     Bob Lemon
2/14 Signed     Lou Lucier
2/16 Signed     Bill Salkeld
2/21 Signed     Johnny Bero
2/23 Signed     Gene Hermanski
3/3 Traded Jim Mallory Detroit Ted Beard
3/3 Traded Johnny Lindell Boston (N) Early Wynn
Johnny Sain
3/3 Traded Bob Lemon
$8,000,000		 Minnesota Paul Calvert
Ray Scarborough
4/2 Released Julio Gonzalez    
4/2 Released Chuck Connors    
4/2 Signed     George Case
4/2 Signed     Frank Mancuso
4/2 Signed     Damon Phillips
6/1 Traded Bill Butland Detroit Willard Marshall
Bob Talbot
6/1 Traded Dave Koslo Cincinnati Charlie Mead
10/3 Released Johnny Hetki    
10/3 Released Bill Salkeld    
10/3 Released Ray Scarborough    
 
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