1943_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season Knowpia

1943 New York Giants
1943 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
Managers	Mel Ott

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 edit

Season standings edit

National League

W

L

GB

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 edit

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 edit

1943 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

4 Mel Ott

Coaches

30 Bubber Jonnard
31 Adolfo Luque

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 edit

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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

^[1]

References edit

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007