1942 New York Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Bill Terry | |
Managers | Mel Ott | |
Radio |
WOR ( Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) | |
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The 1942 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85–67 record, 20 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 106 | 48 | 0.688 | — | 60–17 | 46–31 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 104 | 50 | 0.675 | 2 | 57–22 | 47–28 |
New York Giants | 85 | 67 | 0.559 | 20 | 47–31 | 38–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 76 | 0.500 | 29 | 38–39 | 38–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 81 | 0.449 | 36½ | 41–34 | 25–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 38 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 59 | 89 | 0.399 | 44 | 33–36 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phils | 42 | 109 | 0.278 | 62½ | 23–51 | 19–58 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 5–16–1 | 8–12 | 14–8 | 7–12–1 | 6–16 | |||||
Brooklyn | 16–6 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 6–16 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–5–1 | 7–15 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–9–1 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–14–1 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 17–5 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 5–17 | — | 6–13 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–7–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–12–1 | 7–15 | 13–6 | — | 8–14–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 14–8–2 | — |
1942 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Harry Danning | 119 | 408 | 114 | .279 | 1 | 34 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 142 | 541 | 165 | .305 | 26 | 110 |
2B | Mickey Witek | 148 | 553 | 144 | .260 | 5 | 48 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 127 | 464 | 119 | .256 | 2 | 30 |
3B | Billy Werber | 98 | 370 | 76 | .205 | 1 | 13 |
OF | Mel Ott | 152 | 549 | 162 | .295 | 30 | 93 |
OF | Babe Barna | 104 | 331 | 85 | .257 | 6 | 58 |
OF | Willard Marshall | 116 | 401 | 103 | .257 | 11 | 59 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Dick Bartell | 90 | 316 | 77 | .244 | 5 | 24 |
Babe Young | 101 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 11 | 59 |
Buster Maynard | 89 | 190 | 47 | .247 | 4 | 32 |
Hank Leiber | 58 | 147 | 32 | .218 | 4 | 23 |
Gus Mancuso | 39 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 0 | 8 |
Ray Berres | 12 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
Connie Ryan | 11 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
Sid Gordon | 6 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 2 |
Howie Moss | 7 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Fox | 3 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hal Schumacher | 29 | 216.0 | 12 | 13 | 3.04 | 49 |
Bob Carpenter | 28 | 185.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.15 | 53 |
Bill Lohrman | 26 | 158.0 | 13 | 4 | 2.56 | 41 |
Carl Hubbell | 24 | 157.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.95 | 61 |
Cliff Melton | 23 | 143.2 | 11 | 5 | 2.63 | 61 |
Hank Leiber | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harry Feldman | 31 | 114.0 | 7 | 1 | 3.16 | 49 |
Bill McGee | 31 | 104.0 | 6 | 3 | 2.94 | 40 |
Dave Koslo | 19 | 78.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.08 | 42 |
Tom Sunkel | 19 | 63.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.81 | 29 |
Van Mungo | 9 | 36.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.94 | 27 |
Bill Voiselle | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 5 |
Hugh East | 4 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.82 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ace Adams | 61 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1.84 | 33 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith, Bristol
Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942 [3]