1953 NEW YORK GIANTS

| Level: MLB

Location: New York,NY
Team Record: 70-84 .455
Result: 5th in National League
Manager(s): Leo Durocher
General Manager: Chub Feeney
Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 811,518
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Giants affiliate history

Oldest Player: Max Lanier (37)
Youngest Player: Daryl Spencer (23)
Longest Tenure: Dave Koslo (10)
Top Hitter: Alvin Dark (3)
Top Pitcher: Ruben Gomez (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 89.25%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	105	49	.682	--
Milwaukee	92	62	.597	13.0
Philadelphia	83	71	.539	22.0
St. Louis	83	71	.539	22.0
NY Giants	70	84	.455	35.0
Cincinnati	68	86	.442	37.0
Chi Cubs	65	89	.422	40.0
Pittsburgh	50	104	.325	55.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
19	Alvin Dark	ss-3b	3	31	-	MLB	155	647	126	194	41	6	23	88	7	2	28	34	6		12		19	.300	.000	.488	488	316			-	-
23	Bobby Thomson	of	23	29	-	MLB	154	608	80	175	22	6	26	106	4	2	43	57	3		2		18	.288	.000	.472	472	287			-	-
25	Whitey Lockman	1b-of	29	26	-	MLB	150	607	85	179	22	4	9	61	3	4	52	36	0		5		5	.295	.000	.389	389	236			-	-
22	Don Mueller	of	37	26	-	MLB	131	480	56	160	12	2	6	60	2	0	19	13	1		2		7	.333	.000	.404	404	194			-	-
20	Monte Irvin	of	32	34	-	MLB	124	444	72	146	21	5	21	97	2	0	55	34	3		0		20	.329	.000	.541	541	240			-	-
12	Daryl Spencer	ss-2b	53	23	-	MLB	118	408	55	85	18	5	20	56	0	1	42	74	3		2		11	.208	.000	.424	424	173			-	-
16	Hank Thompson	3b	39	27	-	MLB	114	388	80	117	15	8	24	74	6	5	60	39	4		2		5	.302	.000	.567	567	220			-	-
10	Davey Williams	2b	-	25	-	MLB	112	340	51	101	11	2	3	34	2	5	44	19	3		3		6	.297	.000	.368	368	125			-	-
9	Wes Westrum	c	55	30	-	MLB	107	290	40	65	5	0	12	30	2	0	56	73	1		0		8	.224	.000	.366	366	106			-	-
14	Bobby Hofman	2b-1b	-	27	-	MLB	74	169	21	45	7	2	12	34	1	1	12	23	0		1		7	.266	.000	.544	544	92			-	-
38	Dusty Rhodes	of	-	26	-	MLB	76	163	18	38	7	0	11	30	0	1	10	28	0		0		3	.233	.000	.479	479	78			-	-
17	Tookie Gilbert	1b	-	24	-	MLB	70	160	12	27	3	0	3	16	1	0	22	21	0		0		2	.169	.000	.244	244	39			-	-
8	Ray Noble	c	-	34	-	MLB	46	97	15	20	0	1	4	14	1	0	19	14	3		0		2	.206	.000	.351	351	34			-	-
28	Ruben Gomez	p	-	25	-	MLB	61	72	15	15	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	0		6		2	.208	.000	.222	222	16			-	-
21	Jim Hearn	p	-	32	-	MLB	37	66	5	9	1	2	0	7	0	0	8	27	0		6		3	.136	.000	.212	212	14			-	-
46	Larry Jansen	p	-	32	-	MLB	36	60	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	21	0		3		0	.133	.000	.133	133	8			-	-
35	Sal Maglie	p	-	36	-	MLB	27	48	6	13	1	0	0	9	0	0	2	13	0		6		3	.271	.000	.292	292	14			-	-
7	Sal Yvars	c	-	29	-	MLB	23	47	1	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0		1		3	.277	.000	.277	277	13			-	-
5	Sam Calderone	c	-	27	-	MLB	35	45	4	10	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	4	0		0		0	.222	.000	.267	267	12			-	-
49	Hoyt Wilhelm	p	-	29	-	MLB	68	33	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	8	0		5		2	.152	.000	.273	273	9			-	-
27	Al Corwin	p	-	26	-	MLB	54	32	5	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	12	0		2		1	.281	.000	.562	562	18			-	-
26	Al Worthington	p	-	24	-	MLB	20	31	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0		4		0	.065	.000	.097	97	3			-	-
31	Dave Koslo	p	-	33	-	MLB	37	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0		3		1	.033	.000	.033	33	1			-	-
8	Ray Katt	c	-	26	-	MLB	8	29	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0		1		0	.172	.000	.207	207	6			-	-
42	Marv Grissom	p	-	35	-	MLB	21	27	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0		1		1	.074	.000	.111	111	3			-	-
18	Bill Rigney	2b-3b	-	35	-	MLB	19	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	5			-	-
40	George Wilson	of	-	27	-	MLB	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		0		0	.125	.000	.125	125	1			-	-
26	Bill Connelly	p	-	28	-	MLB	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
42	Frank Hiller	p	-	32	-	MLB	19	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.500	.000	.500	500	2			-	-
32	Monte Kennedy	p	-	31	-	MLB	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
37	Max Lanier	p	-	37	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
28	Ruben Gomez	9	25	-	MLB	13	11	3.40	29	26	13	3	0	0	204.0	166	89	77	17	101	113	3	0	1.31	7.32	0.75	4.46	4.99	0.89	--	1.00
21	Jim Hearn	32	32	-	MLB	9	12	4.53	36	32	6	0	2	0	196.2	206	111	99	22	84	77	10	0	1.47	9.43	1.01	3.84	3.52	1.09	--	0.99
46	Larry Jansen	18	32	-	MLB	11	16	4.14	36	26	6	0	3	1	184.2	185	96	85	24	55	88	1	0	1.30	9.02	1.17	2.68	4.29	0.63	--	0.82
35	Sal Maglie	42	36	-	MLB	8	9	4.15	27	24	9	3	1	0	145.1	158	79	67	19	47	80	1	0	1.41	9.78	1.18	2.91	4.95	0.59	--	0.70
49	Hoyt Wilhelm	23	29	-	MLB	7	8	3.04	68	0	0	0	39	15	145.0	127	61	49	13	77	71	9	0	1.41	7.88	0.81	4.78	4.41	1.08	--	0.98
31	Dave Koslo	55	33	-	MLB	6	12	4.76	37	12	2	0	14	2	111.2	135	70	59	8	36	36	1	1	1.53	10.88	0.64	2.90	2.90	1.00	--	0.82
27	Al Corwin	43	26	-	MLB	6	4	4.98	48	7	2	1	16	2	106.2	122	65	59	17	68	49	1	1	1.78	10.29	1.43	5.74	4.13	1.39	--	0.55
26	Al Worthington	51	24	-	MLB	4	8	3.44	20	17	5	2	2	0	102.0	103	55	39	6	54	52	2	0	1.54	9.09	0.53	4.76	4.59	1.04	--	1.14
42	Marv Grissom	-	35	-	MLB	4	2	3.95	21	7	3	0	7	0	84.1	83	40	37	6	31	46	3	0	1.35	8.86	0.64	3.31	4.91	0.67	--	0.74
42	Frank Hiller	-	32	-	MLB	2	1	6.15	19	1	0	0	10	0	33.2	43	29	23	6	15	10	1	1	1.72	11.50	1.60	4.01	2.67	1.50	--	1.11
32	Monte Kennedy	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	7.15	18	0	0	0	10	0	22.2	30	18	18	2	19	11	2	0	2.16	11.91	0.79	7.54	4.37	1.73	--	0.49
26	Bill Connelly	-	28	-	MLB	0	1	11.07	8	2	0	0	4	0	20.1	33	26	25	4	17	11	1	0	2.46	14.61	1.77	7.52	4.87	1.55	--	0.56
37	Max Lanier	-	37	-	MLB	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	8	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2.06	13.50	1.69	5.06	3.38	1.50	--	1.33
30	George Spencer	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	7.71	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.14	11.57	0.00	7.71	3.86	2.00	--	0.80
19	Alvin Dark	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (31 players)						70	84	4.25	154	154	46	9	108	20	1,366	1403	747	645	176	610	647	35	3	1.43	9.25	0.96	4.02	4.26	0.94	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wes Westrum	C	106		441	53	9	9	.982	0.00
Ray Noble	C	41		152	13	3	0	.982	0.00
Sam Calderone	C	31		50	6	2	2	.966	0.00
Sal Yvars	C	20		70	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ray Katt	C	8		33	6	1	0	.975	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Whitey Lockman	1B	120		1042	100	13	96	.989	0.00
Tookie Gilbert	1B	44		381	26	2	34	.995	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Davey Williams	2B	95		191	254	8	54	.982	0.00
Daryl Spencer	2B	32		66	85	6	23	.962	0.00
Alvin Dark	2B	26		68	72	2	17	.986	0.00
Bobby Hofman	2B	17		34	48	2	13	.976	0.00
Bill Rigney	2B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hank Thompson	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Thompson	3B	101		90	194	13	18	.956	0.00
Daryl Spencer	3B	36		33	47	9	3	.899	0.00
Bobby Hofman	3B	23		21	35	5	5	.918	0.00
Alvin Dark	3B	8		12	17	3	5	.906	0.00
Bill Rigney	3B	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wes Westrum	3B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alvin Dark	SS	110		219	343	19	79	.967	0.00
Daryl Spencer	SS	53		80	137	17	26	.927	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Thomson	OF	154		391	16	7	0	.983	0.00
Don Mueller	OF	122		203	7	6	0	.972	0.00
Monte Irvin	OF	113		244	10	7	4	.973	0.00
Dusty Rhodes	OF	47		76	6	3	4	.965	0.00
Whitey Lockman	OF	30		64	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alvin Dark	OF	17		26	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Hank Thompson	OF	9		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	68	145	11	19	1	1	.968	1.86
Al Corwin	P	48	106	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.53
Dave Koslo	P	37	111	7	22	1	3	.967	2.35
Jim Hearn	P	36	196	9	44	3	2	.946	2.43
Larry Jansen	P	36	184	11	27	0	2	1.000	1.86
Ruben Gomez	P	29	204	20	39	3	1	.952	2.60
Sal Maglie	P	27	145	8	15	1	1	.958	1.43
Marv Grissom	P	21	84	6	18	1	2	.960	2.57
Al Worthington	P	20	102	12	16	2	1	.933	2.47
Frank Hiller	P	19	33	5	10	2	0	.882	4.07
Monte Kennedy	P	18	22	2	4	0	2	1.000	2.43
Bill Connelly	P	8	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.90
Max Lanier	P	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.76
Alvin Dark	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Spencer	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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