1943 New York Giants

55-98 • .359 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
98 Losses
.359 Win %
8th Rank
558 R 713 RA
Diff -155

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⚡ Quick Stats

558 Runs Scored
713 Runs Allowed
-155 Run Diff
542K Attendance

📈 vs. 1943 NL Average

Batting Avg .247 4% below the 1943 league average (.257)
OBP .312 4% below the 1943 league average (.324)
SLG .334 4% below the 1943 league average (.347)
Team ERA 4.08 21% worse than the 1943 league average (3.39)
Runs Scored 558 9% below the 1943 league average (612 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 542,842
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Avg per Game 7,049

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1943

Batting Avg

1 Mickey Witek 0.314 2 Ernie Lombardi 0.305 3 Buddy Kerr 0.286 4 Joe Medwick 0.281 5 Charlie Mead 0.274

Home Runs

1 Mel Ott 18 2 Ernie Lombardi 10 3 Sid Gordon 9 4 Buster Maynard 9 5 Joe Orengo 6

RBI

1 Sid Gordon 63 2 Mickey Witek 55 3 Ernie Lombardi 51 4 Mel Ott 47 5 Johnny Rucker 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Witek 153 622 68 195 17 0 6 55 41 23 1 0.314
Johnny Rucker 132 505 56 138 19 4 2 46 22 44 4 0.273
Billy Jurges 136 481 46 110 8 2 4 29 53 38 2 0.229
Sid Gordon 131 474 50 119 9 11 9 63 43 32 2 0.251
Buster Maynard 121 393 43 81 8 2 9 32 24 27 3 0.206
Mel Ott 125 380 65 89 12 2 18 47 95 48 7 0.234
Dick Bartell 99 337 48 91 14 0 5 28 47 27 5 0.270
Joe Medwick 78 324 41 91 20 3 5 45 9 14 0 0.281
Ernie Lombardi 104 295 19 90 7 0 10 51 16 11 1 0.305
Joe Orengo 83 266 28 58 8 2 6 29 36 46 1 0.218
Gus Mancuso 94 252 11 50 5 0 2 20 28 16 0 0.198
Charlie Mead 37 146 9 40 6 1 1 13 10 15 3 0.274
Nap Reyes 40 125 13 32 4 2 0 13 4 12 2 0.256
Babe Barna 40 113 11 23 5 1 1 12 16 9 3 0.204
Buddy Kerr 27 98 14 28 3 0 2 12 8 5 1 0.286
Cliff Melton 34 54 3 8 0 1 0 2 8 14 0 0.148
Johnnie Wittig 40 51 3 5 1 0 0 2 1 14 0 0.098
Van Mungo 49 44 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 14 0 0.159
Rube Fischer 22 43 6 11 2 1 1 6 2 9 0 0.256
Ken Chase 23 42 2 9 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.214
Ace Adams 70 32 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.125
Harry Feldman 44 30 5 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.133
Ray Berres 20 28 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.143
Bill Lohrman 21 27 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0.037
Joe Stephenson 9 24 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.250
Carl Hubbell 12 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Johnny Allen 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Hugh East 17 13 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.077
Bill Sayles 19 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.308
Hugh Poland 4 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.083
Ken Trinkle 11 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.250
Bill Voiselle 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.111
Vic Bradford 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.200
Frank Seward 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bobby Coombs 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Tom Sunkel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1943

ERA

1 Bill Voiselle 2.03 2 Ace Adams 2.82 3 Johnny Allen 3.07 4 Cliff Melton 3.19 5 Ken Trinkle 3.74

Wins

1 Ace Adams 11 2 Cliff Melton 9 3 Rube Fischer 5 4 Bill Lohrman 5 5 Johnnie Wittig 5

Strikeouts

1 Ken Chase 86 2 Van Mungo 83 3 Johnnie Wittig 56 4 Cliff Melton 55 5 Harry Feldman 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cliff Melton 9 13 3.19 34 28 0 186.1 184 66 69 55
Johnnie Wittig 5 15 4.23 40 22 4 164.0 172 77 76 56
Van Mungo 3 7 3.91 45 13 2 154.1 140 67 79 83
Ace Adams 11 7 2.82 70 3 9 140.1 121 44 55 46
Rube Fischer 5 10 4.61 22 17 1 130.2 140 67 59 47
Ken Chase 4 12 4.11 21 20 0 129.1 140 59 74 86
Harry Feldman 4 5 4.30 31 10 0 104.2 114 50 58 49
Bill Lohrman 5 6 5.15 17 12 1 80.1 110 46 25 16
Carl Hubbell 4 4 4.91 12 11 0 66.0 87 36 24 31
Bill Sayles 1 3 4.75 18 3 0 53.0 60 28 23 38
Ken Trinkle 1 5 3.74 11 6 0 45.2 51 19 15 10
Johnny Allen 1 3 3.07 15 0 2 41.0 37 14 14 24
Hugh East 1 3 5.36 13 5 0 40.1 51 24 25 21
Bill Voiselle 1 2 2.03 4 4 0 31.0 18 7 14 19
Bobby Coombs 0 1 12.94 9 0 0 16.0 33 23 8 5
Frank Seward 0 1 3.00 1 1 0 9.0 12 3 5 2
Tom Sunkel 0 1 10.13 1 1 0 2.2 4 3 3 0

👥 Roster (36)

Ace Adams Johnny Allen Babe Barna Dick Bartell Ray Berres Vic Bradford Ken Chase Bobby Coombs Hugh East Harry Feldman Rube Fischer Sid Gordon +24 more

36 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1943 New York Giants

What was the 1943 New York Giants record?
The 1943 New York Giants finished 55-98 (.359 win pct).
Who led the 1943 New York Giants in home runs?
Mel Ott led the 1943 New York Giants with 18 home runs.
What was the 1943 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1943 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 4.08.
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