1949 New York (N) Giants
Record: 101-61
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 899
Runs Allowed: 674
Exp W-L: 102-60
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,396,508
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 7th in the NL
AA: 66-71, 5th in the NL
A: 70-67, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 1-4 to Montreal Expos
 
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
LF *Hank Edwards 30 157 613 101 201 31 3 25 109 0 0 65 59 .328 .390 .511 .900 112.5 23.1 4.5
CF  Joe Dimaggio 34 156 590 102 161 28 8 27 112 0 0 81 22 .273 .356 .485 .841 98.6 16.5 5.5
3B  Sid Gordon 31 156 582 92 180 25 6 25 102 0 0 91 33 .309 .400 .502 .902 112.6 23.1 5.9
SS  Phil Rizzuto 31 154 591 93 191 30 2 7 76 22 5 25 31 .323 .355 .416 .771 83.9 15.0 9.2
C  Andy Seminick 28 140 470 91 121 30 2 21 84 0 0 98 114 .257 .386 .464 .850 84.6 15.8 0.0
1B *Eddie Lukon 28 103 371 64 100 18 1 17 65 0 0 37 36 .270 .333 .461 .794 56.1 9.0 2.7
2B  Billy Johnson 30 107 294 50 96 20 3 4 43 0 0 38 9 .327 .403 .456 .859 49.2 9.8 6.1
1B *Ray Sanders 32 116 276 48 84 13 1 8 53 0 0 50 18 .304 .411 .446 .857 49.3 9.8 1.1
2B  Eddie Stanky 32 70 257 46 63 8 1 4 29 0 0 60 27 .245 .388 .331 .718 37.7 5.4 4.0
1B  Merv Connors 35 93 224 32 55 9 0 6 28 0 0 35 30 .246 .346 .366 .712 30.0 4.3 1.4
CF *Willard Marshall 28 61 198 37 61 7 0 15 44 0 0 33 5 .308 .405 .571 .976 43.6 9.4 1.6
3B  Jim Tabor 32 114 205 27 46 8 0 7 33 0 0 21 41 .224 .295 .366 .661 22.1 1.8 2.8
CF *Elmer Valo 28 52 201 43 54 8 2 5 29 8 9 25 5 .269 .351 .403 .754 27.6 4.0 1.9
P  Johnny Sain 31 44 123 11 33 2 0 0 17 0 0 3 1 .268 .289 .285 .574 10.0 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Antonelli 19 40 104 2 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 26 .154 .162 .163 .325 1.2 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 34 37 84 8 13 2 1 0 11 0 0 3 30 .155 .180 .202 .382 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 31 23 65 8 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 .185 .197 .246 .443 2.8 0.0 0.0
C  Clyde Kluttz 31 20 72 8 16 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .222 .233 .264 .497 3.2 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul O'Dea 28 46 62 7 16 5 0 1 12 0 0 4 5 .258 .299 .387 .686 7.3 1.0 0.2
RF *Paul Lehner 28 27 51 12 16 3 0 2 5 0 0 10 1 .314 .419 .490 .910 10.9 2.4 0.4
C  Frankie Hayes 34 17 49 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 .122 .173 .184 .357 0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Chet Ross 32 25 43 7 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 .233 .250 .372 .622 4.7 0.1 0.4
P  Red Embree 31 67 36 0 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .194 .194 .222 .417 1.3 0.0 0.0
1B *Mickey Rocco 33 16 17 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .235 .235 .353 .588 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Papish 31 37 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Elmer Singleton 31 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Calvert 31 41 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Eddie Bockman 28 20 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.1
LF *Al Libke 30 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Manders 32 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Heintzelman 33 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Brissie 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
C  Del Wilber 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2026 5606 899 1565 260 31 176 873 30 14 688 541 .279 .357 .431 .788 852.7 150.5 47.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 2 2 3 5 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 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
 Johnny Sain 31 25 9 .735 44 44 0 333.3 303 143 42 140 179 3.86 23.4
*Johnny Antonelli 19 21 12 .636 40 40 0 298.0 283 113 18 126 128 3.41 21.4
*Johnny Vander Meer 34 17 14 .548 37 37 0 255.0 207 119 26 162 194 4.20 12.9
 Joe Haynes 31 12 4 .750 23 23 0 185.7 155 50 5 42 46 2.42 19.6
 Red Embree 31 13 6 .684 67 13 3 162.0 161 90 23 62 107 5.00 7.2
*Frank Papish 31 1 5 .167 37 2 1 65.3 54 25 5 34 32 3.44 3.7
 Hal Manders 32 4 2 .667 58 0 6 59.0 55 20 2 26 30 3.05 7.2
 Paul Calvert 31 4 6 .400 41 0 16 44.3 34 19 1 23 25 3.86 7.1
 Elmer Singleton 31 0 0 .000 4 3 1 21.3 19 9 0 12 10 3.80 1.2
*Ken Heintzelman 33 1 2 .333 21 10 1 21.0 22 16 3 13 6 6.86 0.0
 Warren Hacker 24 3 1 .750 10 0 0 11.7 15 6 1 5 4 4.63 1.0
*Lou Brissie 25 0 0 .000 2 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.4 101 61 .623 384 174 28 1458.6 1308 610 126 646 761 3.76 104.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 1  
* - 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 .990 33.8
A.Seminick 1182.7 130 137 630 37 10 0 .985 22.4
C.Kluttz 162.0 18 20 90 6 0 0 1.000 16.7
F.Hayes 114.0 14 15 64 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
P.O'Dea 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
D.Wilber 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 172 784 44 10 0 .988 21.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.19
R.Sanders 551.0 58 78 674 40 9 64 .988 11.66
M.Connors 476.0 55 59 572 40 6 50 .990 11.57
E.Lukon 304.0 34 35 412 25 3 39 .993 12.94
P.O'Dea 19.7 3 3 27 3 1 3 .968 13.71
A.Seminick 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
P.Lehner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
E.Bockman 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1353.8 150 178 1687 108 19 158 .990 11.93
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.31
B.Johnson 657.7 76 81 158 326 3 71 .994 6.62
E.Stanky 589.5 68 70 133 246 8 52 .979 5.79
J.Tabor 167.7 18 27 32 70 0 15 1.000 5.48
M.Connors 12.0 0 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 10.50
E.Bockman 8.7 10 10 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.21
M.Rocco 5.0 0 2 2 2 1 0 .800 7.20
C.Ross 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1443.5 172 198 331 659 12 139 .988 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.94
S.Gordon 1338.3 150 150 79 329 17 23 .960 2.74
J.Tabor 101.0 12 14 9 29 2 3 .950 3.39
B.Johnson 8.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
E.Valo 3.9 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Connors 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
E.Bockman 1.9 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.O'Dea 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Wilber 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.4 164 175 89 362 19 28 .960 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.49
P.Rizzuto 1255.3 150 152 194 548 30 111 .961 5.32
J.Tabor 114.0 12 18 19 56 4 9 .949 5.92
M.Connors 47.7 0 25 11 16 1 5 .964 5.10
B.Johnson 33.7 0 14 6 10 1 5 .941 4.28
E.Bockman 0.6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 212 230 630 36 130 .960 5.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
E.Lukon 558.6 62 65 126 4 0 1 1.000 2.09
H.Edwards 448.3 49 50 108 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
W.Marshall 228.8 27 28 48 1 1 1 .980 1.93
P.O'Dea 48.0 6 11 9 0 1 0 .900 1.69
C.Ross 44.0 5 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.43
P.Lehner 19.0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.32
E.Valo 12.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Gordon 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1365.7 152 169 307 7 2 2 .994 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.60
J.Dimaggio 1342.0 148 153 355 3 11 2 .970 2.40
E.Valo 233.9 22 29 68 2 0 0 1.000 2.69
P.Lehner 89.7 11 11 19 0 1 0 .950 1.91
C.Ross 17.0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.76
A.Libke 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Lukon 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1685.8 183 197 452 5 12 2 .974 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
H.Edwards 880.3 98 102 187 3 4 2 .979 1.94
W.Marshall 232.5 25 27 54 2 3 2 .949 2.17
E.Valo 184.9 18 19 40 2 2 0 .955 2.04
R.Sanders 46.0 5 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.74
C.Ross 33.0 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.O'Dea 23.8 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
P.Lehner 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
E.Lukon 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Hayes 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1424.5 156 171 314 7 10 4 .970 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.33
J.Sain 333.3 44 44 17 48 1 1 .985 1.76
J.Antonelli 298.0 40 40 11 48 3 2 .952 1.78
J.Vander Meer 255.0 37 37 10 39 4 2 .925 1.73
J.Haynes 185.7 23 23 13 41 1 2 .982 2.62
R.Embree 162.0 13 67 8 26 0 2 1.000 1.89
F.Papish 65.3 2 37 5 18 4 1 .852 3.17
H.Manders 59.0 0 58 1 10 1 2 .917 1.68
P.Calvert 44.3 0 41 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.83
E.Singleton 21.3 3 4 3 5 1 0 .889 3.38
K.Heintzelman 21.0 10 21 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.57
W.Hacker 11.7 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
L.Brissie 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 174 384 73 246 15 13 .955 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Edwards .328
On-Base Pct Gordon .400
Slugging Pct Edwards .511
OPS Gordon .902
XR Gordon 112.6
Games Edwards 157
At-Bats Edwards 613
Runs Dimaggio 102
Hits Edwards 201
Total Bases Edwards 313
Singles Rizzuto 152
Doubles Edwards 31
Triples Dimaggio 8
Homeruns Dimaggio 27
RBIs Dimaggio 112
Stolen Bases Rizzuto 22
Caught Stealing Valo 9
Walks Seminick 98
Strikeouts Seminick 114
ERA Haynes 2.42
Wins Sain 25
Losses Vander Meer 14
Winning Pct Haynes .750
Saves Calvert 16
Games Pitched Embree 67
Games Started Sain 44
Complete Games Haynes, Sain, Vander Meer 10
Shutouts Vander Meer 4
Innings Pitched Sain 333.3
Hits Allowed Sain 303
Homeruns Allowed Sain 42
Strikeouts Vander Meer 194
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 162
Walks per 9IP Haynes 2.0
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 6.8
WHiP Haynes 1.06
OAVG Vander Meer .220
OOBP Haynes .271
OSLG Haynes .302
OOPS Haynes .573
Team All-Stars
Paul Calvert
Joe Dimaggio
Hank Edwards
Sid Gordon
Phil Rizzuto
Johnny Sain
Johnny Vander Meer
Player Salaries
Joe Dimaggio $ 11,000,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Joe Haynes $ 6,750,000
Johnny Sain $ 6,500,000
Hank Edwards $ 5,750,000
Sid Gordon $ 5,300,000
Red Embree $ 4,600,000
Merv Connors $ 4,500,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 4,300,000
Willard Marshall $ 3,664,286
Eddie Lukon $ 3,392,857
Ray Sanders $ 2,250,000
Andy Seminick $ 1,971,429
Jim Tabor $ 1,300,000
Hal Manders $ 1,000,000
Paul Calvert $ 920,000
Paul O'Dea $ 646,429
Billy Johnson $ 368,571
Frank Papish $ 300,003
Johnny Antonelli $ 300,000
Clyde Kluttz $ 300,000
Del Wilber $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Elmer Singleton $ 300,000
Lou Brissie $ 300,000
Eddie Bockman $ 300,000
Paul Lehner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ray Scarborough
Bob Porterfield
Eddie Bockman
$2,850,000
Detroit Johnny Sain
Eddie Stanky
2/4 Signed     Frank Papish
3/3 Traded Wally Judnich Detroit Hal Manders
Ray Sanders
3/3 Traded Jim Bagby Cincinnati Sid Gordon
4/2 Signed     Mickey Rocco
6/1 Traded Elmer Valo
Ken Heintzelman
St. Louis Joe Haynes
Sheldon Jones
6/1 Traded Warren Hacker
Johnny Pramesa
Buddy Lively
Jesse Flores
Al Libke
Boston (N) Eddie Lukon
6/1 Signed     Mike Chartak
6/1 Signed     Jim Mallory
6/1 Signed     Charlie Gassaway
7/1 Traded Frankie Hayes
Mickey Rocco
Pittsburgh Del Wilber
Willard Marshall
Lou Brissie
7/1 Traded Eddie Stanky
Gene Hermanski
Detroit Paul O'Dea
Eddie Bockman