# 1952 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1952 New York Giants season was the franchise's 70th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 92–62 record, 4+1⁄2 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

## Offseason

* December 11, 1951: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Diering and Max Lanier.
* February 1952: Han Urbanus, of the Netherlands, arrives for a month of spring training with Giants.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 45‍–‍33 | 51‍–‍24 |
| New York Giants | 92 | 62 | .597 | 4½ | 50‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 8½ | 48‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 67 | .565 | 9½ | 47‍–‍29 | 40‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Cubs | 77 | 77 | .500 | 19½ | 42‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 69 | 85 | .448 | 27½ | 38‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Boston Braves | 64 | 89 | .418 | 32 | 31‍–‍45 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 | .273 | 54½ | 23‍–‍54 | 19‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1952 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 3–18–1 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 |
| Brooklyn | 18–3–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 19–3 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 5–17 | 9–13 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 10–12 |
| New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 16–6 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 10–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 6–16 | — | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 17, 1952: Bill Howerton was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 | Wes Westrum | 114 | 322 | 71 | .220 | 14 | 43 |
| 1B | Whitey Lockman | 154 | 606 | 176 | .290 | 13 | 58 |
| 2B | Davey Williams | 138 | 540 | 137 | .254 | 13 | 55 |
| SS | Al Dark | 151 | 589 | 177 | .301 | 14 | 73 |
| 3B | Bobby Thomson | 153 | 608 | 164 | .270 | 24 | 108 |
| OF | Hank Thompson | 128 | 423 | 110 | .260 | 17 | 67 |
| OF | Bob Elliott | 98 | 272 | 62 | .228 | 10 | 35 |
| OF | Don Mueller | 126 | 456 | 128 | .281 | 12 | 49 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| Dusty Rhodes | 67 | 176 | 44 | .250 | 10 | 36 |
| Sal Yvars | 66 | 151 | 37 | .245 | 4 | 18 |
| Willie Mays | 34 | 127 | 30 | .236 | 4 | 23 |
| Monte Irvin | 46 | 126 | 39 | .310 | 4 | 21 |
| George Wilson | 62 | 112 | 27 | .241 | 2 | 16 |
| Bill Rigney | 60 | 90 | 27 | .300 | 1 | 14 |
| Clint Hartung | 28 | 78 | 17 | .218 | 3 | 8 |
| Bobby Hofman | 32 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 2 | 4 |
| Ray Katt | 9 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Diering | 41 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
| Daryl Spencer | 7 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Howerton | 11 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Noble | 6 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Wakefield | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jim Hearn | 37 | 223.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.78 | 89 |
| Sal Maglie | 35 | 216.0 | 18 | 8 | 2.92 | 112 |
| Larry Jansen | 34 | 167.1 | 11 | 11 | 4.09 | 74 |
| Jack Harshman | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 14.21 | 6 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Dave Koslo | 41 | 166.1 | 10 | 7 | 3.19 | 67 |
| Max Lanier | 37 | 137.0 | 7 | 12 | 3.94 | 37 |
| Al Corwin | 21 | 67.2 | 6 | 1 | 2.66 | 36 |
| Hal Gregg | 16 | 36.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.71 | 13 |
| Bill Connelly | 11 | 31.2 | 5 | 0 | 4.55 | 22 |
| Mario Picone | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 3 |
| Roger Bowman | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 71 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2.43 | 108 |
| George Spencer | 35 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5.55 | 27 |
| Monte Kennedy | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.02 | 48 |
| George Bamberger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Minneapolis Millers | American Association | Frank Genovese |
| AA | Nashville Vols | Southern Association | Hugh Poland |
| A | Jacksonville Tars | Sally League | Ben Geraghty |
| A | Sioux City Soos | Western League | Ray Mueller |
| B | Sunbury Giants | Interstate League | Skeeter Scalzi and Jim Reggio |
| B | Knoxville Smokies | Tri-State League | Jack Aragón and Fred Gerken |
| C | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | Charlie Fox |
| C | Muskogee Giants | Western Association | Andy Gilbert |
| D | Kingsport Cherokees | Appalachian League | Harold Kollar |
| D | Moultrie Giants | Georgia–Florida League | Richie Klaus |
| D | Big Stone Gap Rebels | Mountain States League | Len Cross |
| D | Statesville Owls | North Carolina State League | Ed Sokol and Bob Deese |
| D | Pauls Valley Raiders | Sooner State League | Louis Brower |
| D | Oshkosh Giants | Wisconsin State League | Dave Garcia |