1943 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
Managers	Mel Ott
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The 1943 New York Giants season was the franchise's 61st season. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a 55–98 record, 49½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Roster

1943 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 20 Johnny Allen 27 Ken Chase 24 Bobby Coombs 32 Hugh East 18 Harry Feldman 29 Rube Fischer 11 Carl Hubbell 22 Bill Lohrman 15 Cliff Melton 17 Van Mungo 20 Bill Sayles 28 Frank Seward 16 Tom Sunkel 19 Ken Trinkle  5 Bill Voiselle 12 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers 10 Ray Berres  9 Ernie Lombardi  8 Gus Mancuso 10 Hugh Poland 25 Joe Stephenson Infielders 14 Dick Bartell  1 Sid Gordon  7 Billy Jurges 18 Buddy Kerr 26,28 Joe Orengo 21,23 Nap Reyes  2 Mickey Witek		Outfielders  5 Babe Barna 29 Vic Bradford  6 Buster Maynard 22 Charlie Mead 19 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  3 Johnny Rucker		Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Gus Mancuso	94	252	50	.198	2	20
1B	Joe Orengo	83	266	58	.218	6	29
2B	Mickey Witek	153	622	195	.314	6	55
SS	Bill Jurges	136	481	110	.229	4	29
3B	Dick Bartell	99	337	91	.270	5	28
OF	Mel Ott	125	380	89	.234	18	47
OF	Joe Medwick	78	324	91	.281	5	45
OF	Johnny Rucker	132	505	138	.273	2	46

Other batters

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
Sid Gordon	131	474	119	.251	9	63
Buster Maynard	121	393	81	.206	9	32
Ernie Lombardi	104	295	90	.305	10	51
Charlie Mead	37	146	40	.274	1	13
Nap Reyes	40	125	32	.256	0	13
Babe Barna	40	113	23	.204	1	12
Buddy Kerr	27	98	28	.286	2	12
Ray Berres	20	28	4	.143	0	0
Joe Stephenson	9	24	6	.250	0	1
Hugh Poland	4	12	1	.083	0	2
Vic Bradford	6	5	1	.200	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cliff Melton	34	186.1	9	13	3.19	55
Rube Fischer	22	130.2	5	10	4.61	47
Ken Chase	21	129.1	4	12	4.11	86
Bill Lohrman	17	80.1	5	6	5.15	16
Carl Hubbell	12	66.0	4	4	4.91	31
Bill Voiselle	4	31.0	1	2	2.03	19
Frank Seward	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	2
Tom Sunkel	1	2.2	0	1	10.13	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnnie Wittig	40	164.0	5	15	4.23	56
Van Mungo	45	154.1	3	7	3.91	83
Harry Feldman	31	104.2	4	5	4.30	49
Bill Sayles	18	53.0	1	3	4.75	38
Ken Trinkle	11	45.2	1	5	3.74	10
Hugh East	13	40.1	1	3	5.36	21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ace Adams	70	11	7	9	2.82	46
Johnny Allen	15	1	3	2	3.07	24
Bobby Coombs	9	0	1	0	12.94	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Gabby Hartnett
A	Springfield Rifles	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	Hal Gruber

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References

External links

• 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac