1942 New York (N) Giants
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 699
Runs Allowed: 798
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,174,456
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 2nd in the NL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the NL
A: 66-71, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
2B *Cecil Travis 28 152 545 61 168 33 2 1 56 1 0 41 56 .308 .358 .382 .739 70.2 10.5 6.8
3B  Jim Tabor 25 149 542 69 151 31 2 11 83 0 2 41 58 .279 .327 .404 .731 67.6 8.3 6.6
LF *Babe Young 26 132 418 58 104 21 0 10 61 0 0 51 13 .249 .329 .371 .700 50.6 5.0 2.3
RF  Johnny Dickshot 32 128 436 68 118 11 2 1 17 4 4 35 59 .271 .326 .312 .638 43.2 3.5 1.9
CF *Elmer Valo 21 105 399 63 119 19 5 9 47 28 11 63 10 .298 .394 .439 .833 71.8 12.9 3.3
RF #Augie Galan 30 102 400 64 125 31 5 3 40 4 1 52 14 .313 .391 .438 .828 62.3 10.9 2.3
SS *Debs Garms 34 136 406 43 123 22 5 2 52 0 3 39 24 .303 .360 .397 .757 55.8 8.2 2.3
LF *Hank Edwards 23 116 396 59 101 22 4 9 61 2 0 39 29 .255 .320 .399 .719 48.7 5.8 2.3
1B  Frank McCormick 31 122 372 39 109 26 2 2 43 0 0 11 23 .293 .312 .390 .701 39.4 4.4 1.7
C  Al Lopez 33 105 324 30 69 14 2 4 37 0 0 14 37 .213 .243 .306 .548 21.8 0.0 4.3
C  Buddy Rosar 27 83 270 27 75 9 2 2 34 0 0 17 10 .278 .322 .348 .670 27.3 2.4 3.6
1B  Billy Werber 34 111 177 30 44 11 0 4 26 2 1 34 12 .249 .366 .379 .745 23.6 2.7 1.4
3B  Frankie Crosetti 31 53 194 26 70 14 3 5 30 3 2 20 17 .361 .421 .541 .963 38.3 7.8 1.6
3B  George Archie 28 80 144 10 42 8 1 2 20 0 0 13 21 .292 .350 .403 .753 18.4 2.7 1.6
1B *Sam Leslie 36 109 144 21 46 8 1 2 31 1 0 9 7 .319 .359 .431 .790 18.0 2.7 0.4
P  Joe Haynes 24 44 127 4 22 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 19 .173 .173 .181 .354 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Scarborough 24 35 91 6 21 1 0 0 7 1 0 1 14 .231 .239 .242 .481 4.6 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 33 35 89 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 .112 .112 .112 .225 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Allie Reynolds 25 30 75 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 17 .120 .143 .120 .263 -1.2 0.0 0.0
LF  Frenchy Bordagaray 32 32 53 4 20 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .377 .377 .509 .887 8.6 1.9 0.4
RF *Jimmy Ripple 32 15 36 4 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .306 .528 2.0 0.0 0.1
P *Lefty Gomez 33 62 18 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.9 0.2 0.0
P  Paul Derringer 35 34 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Marv Olson 35 8 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Paul Dean 28 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Al Benton 31 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Syd Cohen 36 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Coffman 35 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Center 30 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Red Kress 35 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2115 5701 699 1567 290 36 68 666 46 25 484 493 .275 .331 .374 .705 674.2 90.1 43.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 6 3 1 8 7 6 3 7 5 1 5 5 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Joe Haynes 24 21 14 .600 44 44 0 347.7 358 127 9 60 96 3.29 31.2
 Ray Scarborough 24 15 17 .469 35 35 0 279.0 290 128 24 92 96 4.13 19.3
 Claude Passeau 33 13 16 .448 35 35 0 259.0 290 136 27 70 98 4.73 11.3
 Allie Reynolds 25 6 17 .261 30 30 0 226.0 243 132 11 111 130 5.26 5.3
*Lefty Gomez 33 9 8 .529 62 8 1 115.7 99 59 11 67 73 4.59 8.1
 Paul Derringer 35 1 4 .200 34 7 2 69.7 80 42 8 48 32 5.43 1.8
 Al Benton 31 5 4 .556 45 0 20 51.7 59 24 1 21 15 4.18 7.8
 Dick Coffman 35 3 3 .500 46 0 3 50.7 56 26 5 30 15 4.62 3.8
*Syd Cohen 36 0 3 .000 29 0 0 34.0 39 21 3 12 10 5.56 0.8
 Paul Dean 28 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 18.0 15 3 1 2 13 1.50 2.4
 Pete Center 30 0 0 .000 11 0 0 9.7 24 18 4 7 3 16.77 0.0
 Jimmy Ripple 32 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0.3 1 1 0 3 0 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 75 87 .463 375 162 26 1461.3 1554 717 104 523 581 4.42 91.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 6 6 5 6  
* - 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 .991 30.7
A.Lopez 838.7 95 103 329 32 3 0 .992 21.9
B.Rosar 620.7 67 79 270 27 1 0 .997 36.8
J.Dickshot 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.3 162 183 600 59 4 0 .994 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.52
F.McCormick 742.0 91 93 1064 89 11 93 .991 13.99
B.Young 524.0 66 67 740 54 7 64 .991 13.64
S.Leslie 177.0 5 66 242 25 2 23 .993 13.58
F.Bordagaray 10.3 0 2 14 1 0 2 1.000 13.07
B.Werber 8.0 0 7 10 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1461.3 162 235 2070 171 20 183 .991 13.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.37
C.Travis 1275.7 150 152 320 642 15 122 .985 6.79
F.Crosetti 295.8 33 34 67 124 4 26 .979 5.81
G.Archie 112.7 11 21 33 60 1 12 .989 7.43
B.Werber 54.7 1 22 20 34 1 10 .982 8.89
M.Olson 7.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
F.Bordagaray 6.3 0 6 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.27
J.Tabor 3.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1755.1 195 238 442 868 21 171 .984 6.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.01
D.Garms 878.0 103 106 57 241 15 18 .952 3.05
F.Crosetti 165.2 18 19 6 50 3 3 .949 3.05
G.Archie 108.0 8 23 10 31 3 1 .932 3.42
B.Werber 10.3 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
F.Bordagaray 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Valo 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Tabor 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1170.5 129 159 74 327 21 22 .950 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.63
J.Tabor 1234.0 143 144 213 642 20 126 .977 6.24
G.Archie 125.3 10 27 23 59 1 10 .988 5.89
D.Garms 89.0 8 16 16 44 1 8 .984 6.07
F.Crosetti 3.2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.63
R.Kress 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
C.Travis 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.5 161 190 254 748 22 144 .979 6.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.00
H.Edwards 688.3 81 84 127 4 0 2 1.000 1.71
B.Young 415.0 45 55 77 2 0 1 1.000 1.71
J.Dickshot 205.0 23 26 25 0 1 0 .962 1.10
B.Werber 142.0 13 24 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
A.Galan 22.6 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.80
J.Ripple 4.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25
D.Garms 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.Bordagaray 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1481.9 164 197 261 6 2 3 .993 1.62
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.57
E.Valo 867.3 96 102 210 9 4 1 .982 2.27
A.Galan 334.2 33 39 71 1 5 0 .935 1.94
F.Bordagaray 67.0 9 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
J.Ripple 65.0 8 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.52
B.Young 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.Edwards 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1343.5 146 164 310 11 9 1 .973 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
J.Dickshot 700.0 86 87 122 2 2 1 .984 1.59
A.Galan 508.9 52 54 103 1 3 1 .972 1.84
H.Edwards 161.7 17 22 27 2 0 1 1.000 1.61
B.Werber 139.0 13 26 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Garms 20.7 0 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
B.Young 10.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Bordagaray 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Travis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1545.2 168 203 297 7 5 3 .984 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
J.Haynes 347.7 44 44 32 73 3 4 .972 2.72
R.Scarborough 279.0 35 35 15 53 5 4 .932 2.19
C.Passeau 259.0 35 35 15 61 3 2 .962 2.64
A.Reynolds 226.0 30 30 15 42 2 2 .966 2.27
L.Gomez 115.7 8 62 9 23 1 3 .970 2.49
P.Derringer 69.7 7 34 6 16 1 1 .957 2.84
A.Benton 51.7 0 45 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.92
D.Coffman 50.7 0 46 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.78
S.Cohen 34.0 0 29 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.06
P.Dean 18.0 3 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00
P.Center 9.7 0 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
Team Total 1461.0 162 374 99 293 15 16 .963 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Travis .308
On-Base Pct Valo .367
Slugging Pct Valo .404
OPS Valo .772
XR Valo 71.8
Games Travis 152
At-Bats Travis 545
Runs Tabor 69
Hits Travis 168
Total Bases Tabor 219
Singles Travis 132
Doubles Travis 33
Triples Galan, Garms, Valo 5
Homeruns Tabor 11
RBIs Tabor 83
Stolen Bases Valo 28
Caught Stealing Valo 11
Walks Valo 63
Strikeouts Dickshot 59
ERA Haynes 3.29
Wins Haynes 21
Losses Reynolds, Scarborough 17
Winning Pct Haynes .600
Saves Benton 20
Games Pitched Gomez 62
Games Started Haynes 44
Complete Games Haynes 15
Shutouts Gomez, Haynes, Scarborough 1
Innings Pitched Haynes 347.7
Hits Allowed Haynes 358
Homeruns Allowed Passeau 27
Strikeouts Reynolds 130
Walks Allowed Reynolds 111
Walks per 9IP Haynes 1.6
Hits per 9IP Haynes 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Reynolds 5.2
WHiP Haynes 1.20
OAVG Haynes .264
OOBP Haynes .294
OSLG Haynes .343
OOPS Haynes .638
Team All-Stars
Al Benton
Player Salaries
Frank McCormick $ 5,000,000
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Phil Weintraub $ 2,370,000
Billy Werber $ 2,150,000
Claude Passeau $ 1,900,000
Al Benton $ 1,750,000
Johnny Dickshot $ 1,157,143
Lefty Gomez $ 1,070,000
Dick Coffman $ 740,000
Debs Garms $ 684,000
Al Lopez $ 401,000
Paul Derringer $ 390,000
Buddy Rosar $ 300,000
Elmer Valo $ 300,000
Frenchy Bordagaray $ 300,000
Pete Center $ 300,000
Jim Tabor $ 300,000
Sam Leslie $ 300,000
Hank Edwards $ 300,000
Marv Olson $ 300,000
Jimmy Ripple $ 300,000
Joe Haynes $ 300,000
Red Kress $ 300,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Allie Reynolds $ 300,000
Babe Young $ 300,000
Ray Scarborough $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Al Lopez
2/13 Traded Billy Herman
Tom Padden
Bobo Newsom
St. Louis Charlie Wagner
4/2 Signed     Red Kress
4/2 Signed     Dick Coffman
4/2 Signed     Debs Garms
4/2 Signed     Marv Olson
6/1 Traded Paul Dean
Frankie Crosetti
Tampa Bay Sibby Sisti
Al Lakeman
Fred Caligiuri
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Augie Galan Brooklyn Phil Weintraub
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Herb Bremer Tampa Bay Connie Ryan
10/13 Released Syd Cohen