1952 New York Giants

92-62 • .597 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
62 Losses
.597 Win %
2nd Rank
722 R 639 RA
Diff +83

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⚡ Quick Stats

722 Runs Scored
639 Runs Allowed
+83 Run Diff
986K Attendance

📈 vs. 1952 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 1% above the 1952 league average (.252)
OBP .329 2% above the 1952 league average (.323)
SLG .399 7% above the 1952 league average (.373)
Team ERA 3.59 4% better than the 1952 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 722 12% above the 1952 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 986,544
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Avg per Game 12,812

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1952

Batting Avg

1 Monte Irvin 0.310 2 Al Dark 0.301 3 Bill Rigney 0.300 4 Whitey Lockman 0.290 5 Bobby Hofman 0.286

Home Runs

1 Bobby Thomson 24 2 Hank Thompson 17 3 Al Dark 14 4 Wes Westrum 14 5 Whitey Lockman 13

RBI

1 Bobby Thomson 108 2 Al Dark 73 3 Hank Thompson 67 4 Whitey Lockman 58 5 Davey Williams 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Thomson 153 608 89 164 29 14 24 108 52 74 5 0.270
Whitey Lockman 154 606 99 176 17 4 13 58 67 52 2 0.290
Al Dark 151 589 92 177 29 3 14 73 47 39 6 0.301
Davey Williams 138 540 70 137 26 3 13 55 48 63 2 0.254
Don Mueller 126 456 61 128 14 7 12 49 34 24 2 0.281
Hank Thompson 128 423 67 110 13 9 17 67 50 38 4 0.260
Wes Westrum 114 322 47 71 11 0 14 43 76 68 1 0.220
Bob Elliott 98 272 33 62 6 2 10 35 36 20 1 0.228
Dusty Rhodes 67 176 34 44 8 1 10 36 23 33 1 0.250
Sal Yvars 66 151 15 37 3 0 4 18 10 16 0 0.245
Willie Mays 34 127 17 30 2 4 4 23 16 17 4 0.236
Monte Irvin 46 126 10 39 2 1 4 21 10 11 0 0.310
George Wilson 62 112 9 27 7 0 2 16 3 14 0 0.241
Bill Rigney 60 90 15 27 5 1 1 14 11 6 2 0.300
Clint Hartung 28 78 6 17 2 1 3 8 9 24 0 0.218
Jim Hearn 37 77 7 14 2 0 3 7 4 33 0 0.182
Sal Maglie 35 69 5 5 0 0 0 1 4 25 0 0.072
Bobby Hofman 32 63 11 18 2 2 2 4 8 10 0 0.286
Dave Koslo 41 54 3 2 1 0 0 3 3 31 0 0.037
Larry Jansen 34 45 7 8 1 0 0 9 11 13 0 0.178
Max Lanier 38 41 4 11 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.268
Hoyt Wilhelm 71 38 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 11 0 0.158
Ray Katt 9 27 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.222
Chuck Diering 41 23 2 4 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 0.174
Monty Kennedy 34 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.091
Al Corwin 23 21 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.095
Daryl Spencer 7 17 0 5 0 1 0 3 1 4 0 0.294
Bill Howerton 11 15 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0.067
Bill Connelly 11 11 2 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 0 0.364
George Spencer 35 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.200
Hal Gregg 16 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.125
Ray Noble 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Harshman 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mario Picone 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Wakefield 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Roger Bowman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
George Bamberger 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1952

ERA

1 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.43 2 Al Corwin 2.66 3 Sal Maglie 2.92 4 Monty Kennedy 3.02 5 Dave Koslo 3.19

Wins

1 Sal Maglie 18 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 15 3 Jim Hearn 14 4 Larry Jansen 11 5 Dave Koslo 10

Strikeouts

1 Sal Maglie 112 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 108 3 Jim Hearn 89 4 Larry Jansen 74 5 Dave Koslo 67
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Hearn 14 7 3.78 37 34 1 223.2 208 94 97 89
Sal Maglie 18 8 2.92 35 31 1 216.0 199 70 75 112
Larry Jansen 11 11 4.09 34 27 2 167.1 183 76 47 74
Dave Koslo 10 7 3.19 41 17 5 166.1 154 59 47 67
Hoyt Wilhelm 15 3 2.43 71 0 11 159.1 127 43 57 108
Max Lanier 7 12 3.94 37 16 5 137.0 124 60 65 47
Monty Kennedy 3 4 3.02 31 6 0 83.1 73 28 31 48
Al Corwin 6 1 2.66 21 7 2 67.2 58 20 36 36
George Spencer 3 5 5.55 35 4 3 60.0 57 37 21 27
Hal Gregg 0 1 4.71 16 4 1 36.1 42 19 17 13
Bill Connelly 5 0 4.55 11 4 0 31.2 22 16 25 22
Mario Picone 0 1 7.00 2 1 0 9.0 11 7 5 3
Jack Harshman 0 2 14.21 2 2 0 6.1 12 10 6 6
George Bamberger 0 0 9.00 5 0 0 4.0 6 4 6 0
Roger Bowman 0 0 12.00 2 1 0 3.0 6 4 3 3

👥 Roster (37)

George Bamberger Roger Bowman Bill Connelly Al Corwin Al Dark Chuck Diering Bob Elliott Hal Gregg Jack Harshman Clint Hartung Jim Hearn Bobby Hofman +25 more

37 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1952 New York Giants

What was the 1952 New York Giants record?
The 1952 New York Giants finished 92-62 (.597 win pct).
Who led the 1952 New York Giants in home runs?
Bobby Thomson led the 1952 New York Giants with 24 home runs.
What was the 1952 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1952 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 3.59.
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