1948 New York (N) Giants
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 861
Runs Allowed: 771
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,314,237
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the NL
AA: 68-69, 3rd in the NL
A: 80-57, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
Won NL League Series 4-3 over 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 33 156 601 110 172 43 4 31 113 2 0 59 19 .286 .350 .526 .876 99.3 20.5 6.7
CF *Wally Judnich 31 154 574 94 177 41 2 22 106 0 0 69 71 .308 .377 .502 .879 104.6 24.1 3.9
LF *Hank Edwards 29 155 577 84 177 41 4 15 94 0 2 66 41 .307 .376 .470 .846 94.7 20.9 4.6
SS  Phil Rizzuto 30 150 609 80 160 33 5 5 57 19 6 23 25 .263 .295 .358 .653 59.8 6.0 11.2
SS  Eddie Lake 32 155 516 109 151 41 0 15 91 0 1 120 80 .293 .425 .459 .885 102.6 24.6 5.7
CF *Elmer Valo 27 155 528 99 142 18 3 8 53 18 17 106 10 .269 .393 .360 .753 78.6 14.0 4.9
C  Andy Seminick 27 143 466 86 108 14 3 27 95 1 0 84 108 .232 .348 .448 .797 76.6 12.9 3.1
1B  Merv Connors 34 101 337 48 85 9 2 13 60 0 0 58 62 .252 .360 .407 .767 53.0 9.3 4.4
3B  Jim Tabor 31 134 292 38 62 15 0 7 39 1 0 36 54 .212 .296 .336 .632 30.0 2.0 2.7
RF  Johnny Rizzo 35 92 144 21 44 5 0 8 35 0 0 14 17 .306 .366 .507 .873 25.1 5.3 0.9
C  Frankie Hayes 33 40 126 16 35 6 1 3 17 0 0 6 17 .278 .309 .413 .722 14.8 1.6 0.7
P  Red Embree 30 41 113 9 27 7 1 0 16 0 0 3 21 .239 .256 .319 .575 9.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Johnson 29 65 115 17 29 5 2 1 9 1 0 13 2 .252 .333 .357 .690 14.5 2.3 1.5
P #Johnny Vander Meer 33 42 104 7 22 3 0 1 12 0 0 4 33 .212 .239 .269 .508 7.2 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Antonelli 18 37 93 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 25 .086 .130 .086 .216 -1.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Al Libke 29 65 104 9 29 4 0 0 13 0 0 9 10 .279 .336 .317 .654 10.6 1.3 0.7
P  Ray Scarborough 30 26 57 8 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 9 .140 .167 .175 .342 1.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Chet Ross 31 34 52 5 19 3 1 1 5 0 0 5 12 .365 .421 .519 .940 9.9 2.8 0.5
RF *Gene Hermanski 28 38 36 12 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 5 .250 .325 .389 .714 4.9 0.6 0.2
P  Ken Heintzelman 32 39 21 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .095 .190 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 24 30 21 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .333 .524 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Warren Hacker 23 5 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Paul Lehner 27 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7 0.1 0.0
3B  Jimmy Outlaw 35 9 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.2 0.1
P  Sal Maglie 31 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Clyde Kluttz 30 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Mickey Harris 31 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Calvert 30 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jake Mooty 35 16 1 1 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 29.9 2027 5533 861 1479 292 30 158 834 42 26 687 638 .267 .348 .417 .764 797.2 148.8 51.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 3 6 1 8 4 3 4 6 3 4 4 5 4 4 4  
* - 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 30 21 12 .636 41 41 0 317.0 296 149 47 130 171 4.23 20.8
*Johnny Vander Meer 33 20 13 .606 42 42 0 305.3 219 137 35 179 277 4.04 22.0
*Johnny Antonelli 18 18 10 .643 37 37 0 281.3 290 144 36 112 124 4.61 12.8
 Ray Scarborough 30 14 8 .636 26 23 0 169.7 150 79 17 92 95 4.19 11.3
 Paul Calvert 30 8 5 .615 83 0 25 93.3 85 35 8 38 41 3.38 16.1
*Ken Heintzelman 32 5 2 .714 39 8 6 84.7 87 39 8 35 33 4.15 6.7
 Bob Porterfield 24 5 4 .556 30 7 1 72.3 80 40 4 27 17 4.98 3.7
 Warren Hacker 23 1 2 .333 5 5 0 40.7 47 19 2 6 13 4.21 1.8
*Mickey Harris 31 5 3 .625 34 0 4 38.3 43 28 7 21 12 6.57 0.8
 Sal Maglie 31 1 0 1.000 16 0 3 21.0 22 17 0 15 7 7.29 0.3
 Jake Mooty 35 0 2 .000 16 0 2 18.3 28 15 1 11 5 7.36 0.0
 Johnny Hutchings 32 0 1 .000 8 0 0 8.7 12 7 2 10 6 7.27 0.0
 Jesse Flores 33 0 0 .000 6 0 0 4.3 4 3 0 3 2 6.24 0.0
 Elmer Singleton 30 1 1 .500 3 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 29.4 99 63 .611 386 163 41 1457.0 1366 713 167 681 803 4.40 96.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 1 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 .990 30.9
A.Seminick 1179.0 129 141 684 39 8 2 .989 21.6
F.Hayes 274.3 33 35 153 6 3 0 .981 30.0
C.Kluttz 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 178 838 45 11 2 .988 23.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.13
W.Judnich 1328.0 148 152 1561 132 9 130 .995 11.47
G.Hermanski 67.3 7 11 81 6 0 8 1.000 11.63
J.Rizzo 57.0 7 9 72 4 0 4 1.000 12.00
C.Kluttz 3.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 173 1719 142 9 142 .995 11.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.10
E.Lake 1298.0 147 151 283 505 15 98 .981 5.46
B.Johnson 141.3 15 22 33 55 1 9 .989 5.60
C.Ross 13.0 0 4 3 5 0 2 1.000 5.54
J.Tabor 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 179 320 565 16 109 .982 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 3.04
J.Tabor 536.7 63 67 32 139 7 16 .961 2.87
M.Connors 534.0 63 65 29 133 11 10 .936 2.73
B.Johnson 64.0 3 18 2 16 0 2 1.000 2.53
F.Hayes 7.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
E.Lake 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Valo 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Outlaw 1.4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1151.1 130 160 65 291 18 28 .952 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.50
P.Rizzuto 1244.0 145 149 200 516 20 86 .973 5.18
M.Connors 290.1 33 36 54 131 6 23 .969 5.74
J.Tabor 140.3 12 29 26 52 2 11 .975 5.00
B.Johnson 66.7 5 17 6 32 1 3 .974 5.13
J.Outlaw 5.8 2 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.21
E.Lake 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1747.2 197 234 287 734 29 124 .972 5.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.03
H.Edwards 1304.3 145 151 275 6 1 1 .996 1.94
J.Rizzo 76.0 8 13 20 0 1 0 .952 2.37
A.Libke 41.0 5 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.20
E.Valo 17.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53
C.Ross 16.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
J.Outlaw 2.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hermanski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 163 176 311 6 4 1 .988 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
J.Dimaggio 1316.3 145 155 386 3 8 2 .980 2.66
A.Libke 55.7 7 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
C.Ross 50.0 6 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
P.Lehner 16.3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10
E.Valo 16.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Outlaw 2.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
W.Judnich 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1457.4 163 178 429 3 8 2 .982 2.67
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
E.Valo 1273.0 146 148 284 8 5 3 .983 2.06
J.Rizzo 91.0 8 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
A.Libke 56.0 6 9 15 1 1 1 .941 2.57
C.Ross 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Hermanski 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Edwards 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Hayes 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Outlaw 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 185 329 9 6 4 .983 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.29
R.Embree 317.0 41 41 29 54 0 3 1.000 2.36
J.Vander Meer 305.3 42 42 11 43 3 3 .947 1.59
J.Antonelli 281.3 37 37 16 60 2 5 .974 2.43
R.Scarborough 169.7 23 26 12 34 3 3 .939 2.44
P.Calvert 93.3 0 83 6 20 0 1 1.000 2.51
K.Heintzelman 84.7 8 39 4 16 1 0 .952 2.13
B.Porterfield 72.3 7 30 5 14 1 2 .950 2.36
W.Hacker 40.7 5 5 4 19 0 1 1.000 5.09
M.Harris 38.3 0 34 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.11
S.Maglie 21.0 0 16 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Mooty 18.3 0 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.Hutchings 8.7 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04
J.Flores 4.3 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
E.Singleton 2.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.0 163 386 93 275 10 18 .974 2.27
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Judnich .308
On-Base Pct Lake .425
Slugging Pct Dimaggio .526
OPS Lake .885
XR Judnich 104.6
Games Dimaggio 156
At-Bats Rizzuto 609
Runs Dimaggio 110
Hits Judnich, Edwards 177
Total Bases Dimaggio 316
Singles Edwards, Rizzuto 117
Doubles Dimaggio 43
Triples Rizzuto 5
Homeruns Dimaggio 31
RBIs Dimaggio 113
Stolen Bases Rizzuto 19
Caught Stealing Valo 17
Walks Lake 120
Strikeouts Seminick 108
ERA Vander Meer 4.04
Wins Embree 21
Losses Vander Meer 13
Winning Pct Antonelli .643
Saves Calvert 25
Games Pitched Calvert 83
Games Started Vander Meer 42
Complete Games Embree 11
Shutouts Embree 2
Innings Pitched Embree 317.0
Hits Allowed Embree 296
Homeruns Allowed Embree 47
Strikeouts Vander Meer 277
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 179
Walks per 9IP Antonelli 3.6
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 8.2
WHiP Vander Meer 1.30
OAVG Vander Meer .199
OOBP Vander Meer .308
OSLG Vander Meer .347
OOPS Vander Meer .656
Team All-Stars
Andy Seminick
Johnny Vander Meer
Player Salaries
Joe Dimaggio $ 11,000,000
Wally Judnich $ 9,500,000
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Merv Connors $ 7,500,000
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
Ken Heintzelman $ 3,300,000
Ray Scarborough $ 2,000,000
Johnny Rizzo $ 1,292,000
Jim Tabor $ 1,250,000
Paul Calvert $ 880,000
Frankie Hayes $ 400,000
Mickey Harris $ 370,000
Jesse Flores $ 360,000
Bert Haas $ 300,000
Warren Hacker $ 300,000
Gene Hermanski $ 300,000
Johnny Hutchings $ 300,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 300,000
Clyde Kluttz $ 300,000
Paul Lehner $ 300,000
Al Libke $ 300,000
Sal Maglie $ 300,000
Bob Porterfield $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Andy Seminick $ 300,000
Elmer Singleton $ 300,000
Billy Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded George Kell Boston (N) Jake Jones
2/15 Signed     Frankie Hayes
3/3 Traded Walt Lanfranconi Pittsburgh Jake Mooty
Johnny Hutchings
$2,760,000
4/2 Signed     Johnny Rizzo
4/2 Traded Ken Sears
Tom Baker
Minnesota Jess Dobernic
Round Draft Pick.
5/1 Signed     Bobby Estalella
6/1 Traded Jake Mooty
Jimmy Outlaw
Bobby Estalella
Tampa Bay Merv Connors
Ray Scarborough
$550,000
9/22 Released Frank Drews    
9/22 Released Danny Murtaugh    
9/22 Released Pinky Woods    
9/22 Signed     Bert Haas
9/22 Signed     Buddy Lively
9/22 Signed     Fats Dantonio