1949 New York Giants

73-81 • .474 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
81 Losses
.474 Win %
5th Rank
736 R 693 RA
Diff +43

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⚡ Quick Stats

736 Runs Scored
693 Runs Allowed
+43 Run Diff
1,221K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 NL Average

Batting Avg .260 1% below the 1949 league average (.262)
OBP .339 2% above the 1949 league average (.334)
SLG .401 3% above the 1949 league average (.389)
Team ERA 3.82 5% better than the 1949 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 736 4% above the 1949 league average (706 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,221,470
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Avg per Game 15,461

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1949

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Thomson 0.309 2 Willard Marshall 0.307 3 Whitey Lockman 0.301 4 Mickey Livingston 0.298 5 Sid Gordon 0.284

Home Runs

1 Bobby Thomson 27 2 Sid Gordon 26 3 Johnny Mize 18 4 Willard Marshall 12 5 Whitey Lockman 11

RBI

1 Bobby Thomson 109 2 Sid Gordon 90 3 Willard Marshall 70 4 Whitey Lockman 65 5 Johnny Mize 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Thomson 156 641 99 198 35 9 27 109 44 45 10 0.309
Whitey Lockman 151 617 97 186 32 7 11 65 62 31 12 0.301
Willard Marshall 141 499 81 153 19 3 12 70 78 20 4 0.307
Sid Gordon 141 489 87 139 26 2 26 90 95 37 1 0.284
Bill Rigney 122 389 53 108 19 6 6 47 47 38 3 0.278
Johnny Mize 106 388 59 102 15 0 18 62 50 19 1 0.263
Hank Thompson 75 275 51 77 10 4 9 34 42 30 5 0.280
Buddy Kerr 90 220 16 46 4 0 0 19 21 23 0 0.209
Jack Lohrke 55 180 32 48 11 4 5 22 16 12 3 0.267
Ray Mueller 56 170 17 38 2 2 5 23 13 14 1 0.224
Wes Westrum 64 169 23 41 4 1 7 28 37 39 1 0.243
Walker Cooper 42 147 14 31 4 2 4 21 7 8 0 0.211
Joe Lafata 64 140 18 33 2 2 3 16 9 23 1 0.236
Bert Haas 54 104 12 27 2 3 1 10 5 8 0 0.260
Larry Jansen 37 97 2 16 3 1 0 4 4 18 0 0.165
Monty Kennedy 39 83 6 12 1 0 1 8 4 20 0 0.145
Monte Irvin 36 76 7 17 3 2 0 7 17 11 0 0.224
Dave Koslo 39 69 4 10 2 0 2 7 5 27 0 0.145
Sheldon Jones 42 66 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 15 0 0.121
Clint Hartung 38 63 7 12 0 0 4 7 4 21 0 0.190
Mickey Livingston 19 57 6 17 2 0 4 12 2 8 0 0.298
Don Mueller 51 56 5 13 4 0 0 1 5 6 0 0.232
Davey Williams 13 50 7 12 1 1 1 5 7 4 0 0.240
Bobby Hofman 19 48 4 10 0 0 0 3 5 6 0 0.208
George Hausmann 16 47 5 6 0 1 0 3 7 6 0 0.128
Pete Milne 31 29 5 7 1 0 1 6 3 6 0 0.241
Bobby Rhawn 14 29 8 5 0 0 0 2 7 2 1 0.172
Augie Galan 22 17 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 3 0 0.059
Kirby Higbe 37 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.067
Rudy Rufer 7 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.067
Hank Behrman 43 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.077
Adrian Zabala 15 13 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.077
Andy Hansen 33 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0.000
Red Webb 20 10 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0.400
Sal Yvars 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Herman Franks 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Roger Bowman 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Culler 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Andy Tomasic 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ray Poat 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1949

ERA

1 Dave Koslo 2.50 2 Sheldon Jones 3.34 3 Monty Kennedy 3.43 4 Kirby Higbe 3.47 5 Larry Jansen 3.85

Wins

1 Larry Jansen 15 2 Sheldon Jones 15 3 Monty Kennedy 12 4 Dave Koslo 11 5 Clint Hartung 9

Strikeouts

1 Larry Jansen 113 2 Monty Kennedy 95 3 Sheldon Jones 79 4 Dave Koslo 64 5 Clint Hartung 48
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Larry Jansen 15 16 3.85 37 35 0 259.2 271 111 62 113
Monty Kennedy 12 14 3.43 38 32 1 223.1 208 85 100 95
Dave Koslo 11 14 2.50 38 23 4 212.0 193 59 43 64
Sheldon Jones 15 12 3.34 42 27 0 207.1 198 77 88 79
Clint Hartung 9 11 5.00 33 25 0 154.2 156 86 86 48
Kirby Higbe 2 0 3.47 37 2 2 80.1 72 31 41 38
Hank Behrman 3 3 4.92 43 4 0 71.1 64 39 52 25
Andy Hansen 2 6 4.61 33 2 1 66.1 58 34 28 26
Red Webb 1 1 4.03 20 0 0 44.2 41 20 21 9
Adrian Zabala 2 3 5.27 15 4 1 41.0 44 24 10 13
Roger Bowman 0 0 4.26 2 2 0 6.1 6 3 7 4
Andy Tomasic 0 1 18.00 2 0 0 5.0 9 10 5 2
Ray Poat 0 0 19.29 2 0 0 2.1 8 5 1 0

👥 Roster (40)

Hank Behrman Roger Bowman Walker Cooper Dick Culler Herman Franks Augie Galan Sid Gordon Bert Haas Andy Hansen Clint Hartung George Hausmann Kirby Higbe +28 more

40 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1949 New York Giants

What was the 1949 New York Giants record?
The 1949 New York Giants finished 73-81 (.474 win pct).
Who led the 1949 New York Giants in home runs?
Bobby Thomson led the 1949 New York Giants with 27 home runs.
What was the 1949 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1949 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 3.82.
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