1947 New York (N) Giants
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 882
Runs Allowed: 776
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,167,534
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 7th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the NL
A: 73-64, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Cincinnati Reds
 
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
CF  Joe Dimaggio 32 156 591 127 179 40 4 32 125 0 0 78 18 .303 .386 .547 .932 108.3 22.4 5.5
LF *Hank Edwards 28 155 599 114 189 39 2 33 134 0 0 63 61 .316 .378 .553 .930 113.8 24.5 4.2
SS  Eddie Lake 31 155 528 110 145 18 2 16 75 1 0 124 53 .275 .410 .407 .817 93.9 17.3 7.3
CF *Elmer Valo 26 154 559 101 180 32 4 13 80 30 17 90 15 .322 .414 .463 .877 105.5 22.1 4.4
CF *Wally Judnich 30 151 561 92 186 40 3 24 117 1 0 63 53 .332 .395 .542 .937 108.8 23.9 3.7
SS  Phil Rizzuto 29 147 556 64 146 21 2 6 71 15 7 20 25 .263 .287 .340 .627 50.6 3.4 7.9
SS  George Kell 24 147 474 73 132 26 4 8 47 2 0 42 23 .278 .335 .401 .736 62.4 9.7 5.9
C *Ken Sears 29 119 399 39 118 12 0 7 59 0 0 26 23 .296 .339 .378 .717 46.8 6.3 0.8
3B  Joe Orengo 32 124 333 49 92 14 2 8 43 1 0 46 62 .276 .359 .402 .762 47.7 7.4 3.5
C  Andy Seminick 26 113 255 42 67 13 0 10 36 0 0 43 54 .263 .369 .431 .801 41.2 7.6 0.6
P  Red Embree 29 41 102 3 24 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 14 .235 .257 .255 .512 7.1 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 32 43 104 9 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 22 .125 .150 .154 .303 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Heintzelman 31 36 96 4 10 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 22 .104 .111 .115 .226 -1.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Al Libke 28 73 97 14 27 9 0 1 13 1 0 8 12 .278 .333 .402 .735 12.3 2.0 0.4
3B  Jim Tabor 30 68 94 13 24 2 0 4 11 0 0 7 15 .255 .301 .404 .705 13.0 1.8 0.9
P  Dizzy Trout 32 27 63 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 .095 .094 .111 .205 -1.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Johnson 28 29 49 8 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 .224 .333 .265 .599 4.9 0.4 0.6
RF *Gene Hermanski 27 29 30 7 8 1 0 1 9 0 0 9 6 .267 .425 .400 .825 6.2 1.1 0.2
CF  Chet Ross 30 11 23 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .391 .440 .522 .962 4.6 1.1 0.1
P  Marv Grissom 29 41 21 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .095 .095 .238 .333 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Baker 34 20 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Mickey Harris 30 38 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Sal Maglie 30 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 34 11 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.3
P  Paul Calvert 29 92 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Elmer Singleton 29 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Schmitz 26 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jesse Flores 32 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2015 5573 882 1574 280 24 163 853 51 24 636 513 .282 .354 .429 .783 824.6 151.1 46.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 2 1 1 8 2 2 5 5 3 2 1 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Red Embree 29 22 12 .647 41 41 0 319.3 306 159 42 139 164 4.48 18.1
*Johnny Vander Meer 32 18 16 .529 43 42 0 305.3 257 136 33 182 245 4.01 15.9
*Ken Heintzelman 31 19 13 .594 36 36 0 261.3 262 115 15 115 112 3.96 15.1
 Dizzy Trout 32 9 8 .529 27 27 0 189.7 193 92 16 83 79 4.37 8.4
 Paul Calvert 29 11 5 .688 92 0 19 107.7 100 44 14 33 36 3.68 14.6
 Marv Grissom 29 8 6 .571 41 6 7 85.3 94 53 17 32 28 5.59 3.2
*Mickey Harris 30 1 1 .500 38 2 2 61.0 47 20 4 37 34 2.95 5.4
 Tom Baker 34 3 5 .375 20 4 0 41.3 49 41 11 34 20 8.93 0.0
 Sal Maglie 30 2 1 .667 10 2 1 23.0 23 13 5 13 10 5.09 0.9
 Jesse Flores 32 1 0 1.000 13 0 0 14.3 18 5 0 2 6 3.14 1.3
 Elmer Singleton 29 0 1 .000 2 2 0 11.7 13 5 0 2 7 3.86 0.4
*Johnny Schmitz 26 0 0 .000 10 0 1 11.3 18 10 3 3 4 7.94 0.0
 Tom Ferrick 32 0 0 .000 8 0 1 7.0 4 1 1 4 2 1.29 1.3
Team Totals 30.4 94 68 .580 381 162 31 1438.3 1384 694 161 679 747 4.34 84.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 5 2 8 4 6 1 4  
* - 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 .989 31.3
K.Sears 888.7 105 106 465 23 7 0 .986 24.1
A.Seminick 549.7 57 87 310 20 5 1 .985 24.0
Team Total 1438.3 162 193 775 43 12 1 .986 24.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
W.Judnich 1281.0 145 150 1587 115 9 148 .995 11.96
G.Hermanski 79.0 8 13 82 7 0 10 1.000 10.14
J.Orengo 75.3 9 10 81 8 0 5 1.000 10.63
A.Seminick 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 174 1753 130 9 164 .995 11.78
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
E.Lake 1273.0 146 148 298 542 19 127 .978 5.94
B.Johnson 117.7 13 18 24 44 2 6 .971 5.20
G.Kell 37.7 3 10 7 12 0 4 1.000 4.54
J.Tabor 8.0 0 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
C.Ross 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orengo 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 183 329 604 22 138 .977 5.84
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
G.Kell 1050.7 124 125 63 284 14 25 .961 2.97
J.Orengo 324.7 35 44 14 79 3 5 .969 2.58
J.Tabor 41.0 3 9 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.20
E.Valo 7.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Outlaw 7.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14
B.Johnson 4.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Lake 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 193 81 377 17 32 .964 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
P.Rizzuto 1196.3 142 144 194 521 33 100 .956 5.38
J.Orengo 104.7 9 24 15 41 2 9 .966 4.82
J.Tabor 101.0 11 18 13 40 0 7 1.000 4.72
G.Kell 18.0 0 11 6 5 0 2 1.000 5.50
J.Outlaw 8.3 0 5 1 7 0 1 1.000 8.64
E.Lake 7.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Johnson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 206 230 615 35 119 .960 5.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
H.Edwards 1301.3 146 151 273 5 0 3 1.000 1.92
J.Orengo 87.0 10 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
A.Libke 42.0 5 5 9 0 1 0 .900 1.93
C.Ross 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 167 306 5 1 3 .997 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
J.Dimaggio 1293.7 145 152 350 7 10 5 .973 2.48
J.Orengo 91.0 11 12 27 0 1 0 .964 2.67
A.Libke 47.7 5 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
C.Ross 6.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1438.3 162 174 394 7 11 5 .973 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
E.Valo 1270.7 145 147 293 7 11 1 .965 2.12
J.Orengo 101.7 10 16 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
C.Ross 35.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
A.Libke 27.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Outlaw 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hermanski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 177 327 8 11 1 .968 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
R.Embree 319.3 41 41 17 63 5 7 .941 2.25
J.Vander Meer 305.3 42 43 26 62 4 3 .957 2.59
K.Heintzelman 261.3 36 36 15 50 1 4 .985 2.24
D.Trout 189.7 27 27 13 36 2 2 .961 2.33
P.Calvert 107.7 0 92 5 20 0 2 1.000 2.09
M.Grissom 85.3 6 41 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.79
M.Harris 61.0 2 38 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.51
T.Baker 41.3 4 20 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.96
S.Maglie 23.0 2 10 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Flores 14.3 0 13 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.14
E.Singleton 11.7 2 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.09
J.Schmitz 11.3 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
T.Ferrick 7.0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1438.3 162 381 98 271 12 20 .969 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Judnich .332
On-Base Pct Valo .414
Slugging Pct Edwards .553
OPS Judnich .937
XR Edwards 113.8
Games Dimaggio 156
At-Bats Edwards 599
Runs Dimaggio 127
Hits Edwards 189
Total Bases Edwards 331
Singles Valo 131
Doubles Dimaggio, Judnich 40
Triples Dimaggio, Kell, Valo 4
Homeruns Edwards 33
RBIs Edwards 134
Stolen Bases Valo 30
Caught Stealing Valo 17
Walks Lake 124
Strikeouts Orengo 62
ERA Heintzelman 3.96
Wins Embree 22
Losses Vander Meer 16
Winning Pct Calvert .688
Saves Calvert 19
Games Pitched Calvert 92
Games Started Vander Meer 42
Complete Games Embree 12
Shutouts Embree, Heintzelman 3
Innings Pitched Embree 319.3
Hits Allowed Embree 306
Homeruns Allowed Embree 42
Strikeouts Vander Meer 245
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 182
Walks per 9IP Embree 3.9
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 7.2
WHiP Embree 1.39
OAVG Vander Meer .227
OOBP Embree .331
OSLG Vander Meer .372
OOPS Vander Meer .703
Team All-Stars
Joe Dimaggio
Hank Edwards
Red Embree
Ken Heintzelman
Wally Judnich
Elmer Valo
Player Salaries
Joe Dimaggio $ 11,000,000
Wally Judnich $ 9,500,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Hank Edwards $ 5,750,000
Red Embree $ 4,600,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 4,300,000
Elmer Valo $ 4,200,000
Eddie Lake $ 3,900,000
Dizzy Trout $ 3,500,000
Ken Heintzelman $ 3,300,000
Joe Orengo $ 3,121,429
Jim Tabor $ 1,250,000
Ken Sears $ 938,571
Tom Ferrick $ 920,000
Jimmy Outlaw $ 500,000
Mickey Harris $ 370,000
Jesse Flores $ 360,000
Tom Baker $ 300,000
Billy Johnson $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Andy Seminick $ 300,000
George Kell $ 300,000
Marv Grissom $ 300,000
Jim Gleeson $ 300,000
Al Libke $ 300,000
Elmer Singleton $ 300,000
Sal Maglie $ 300,000
Johnny Schmitz $ 300,000
Paul Calvert $ 300,000
Gene Hermanski $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Traded Bob Repass
Gene Bearden
St. Louis Frank Drews
$6,259,708
9/1 Signed     Johnny Schmitz
9/1 Signed     Elmer Singleton