# 1948 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1948 New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–76 record, 13½ games behind the Boston Braves.

## Offseason

* November 20, 1947: 1947 minor league draft
** Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted by the Giants from the Boston Braves.
** Ed Albrecht was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Browns.
** Pete Milne was drafted by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.
* Prior to 1948 season: Marv Grissom was acquired from the Giants by the Sacramento Solons.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Braves | 91 | 62 | .595 | — | 45‍–‍31 | 46‍–‍31 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 6½ | 44‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 7½ | 36‍–‍41 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8½ | 47‍–‍31 | 36‍–‍40 |
| New York Giants | 78 | 76 | .506 | 13½ | 37‍–‍40 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 66 | 88 | .429 | 25½ | 32‍–‍44 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 64 | 89 | .418 | 27 | 32‍–‍45 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | .416 | 27½ | 35‍–‍42 | 29‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1948 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 18–4 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 11–11 |
| Cincinnati | 8–13 | 4–18 | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| New York | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | — | 12–10–1 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 10–12 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | — | 13–9–1 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | — |

### 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 | Walker Cooper | 91 | 290 | 77 | .266 | 16 | 54 |
| 1B | Johnny Mize | 152 | 560 | 162 | .289 | 40 | 125 |
| 2B | Bill Rigney | 113 | 424 | 112 | .264 | 10 | 43 |
| SS | Buddy Kerr | 144 | 496 | 119 | .240 | 0 | 46 |
| 3B | Sid Gordon | 142 | 521 | 156 | .299 | 30 | 107 |
| OF | Willard Marshall | 143 | 537 | 146 | .272 | 14 | 86 |
| OF | Whitey Lockman | 146 | 584 | 167 | .286 | 18 | 59 |
| OF | Bobby Thomson | 138 | 471 | 117 | .248 | 16 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Lohrke | 97 | 280 | 70 | .250 | 5 | 31 |
| Wes Westrum | 66 | 125 | 20 | .160 | 4 | 16 |
| Mickey Livingston | 45 | 99 | 21 | .212 | 2 | 12 |
| Les Layton | 63 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 2 | 12 |
| Don Mueller | 36 | 81 | 29 | .358 | 1 | 9 |
| Johnny McCarthy | 56 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 2 | 12 |
| Lonny Frey | 29 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 1 | 6 |
| Jack Conway | 24 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Rhawn | 36 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 1 | 8 |
| Sal Yvars | 15 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 6 |
| Pete Milne | 12 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Buddy Blattner | 8 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Bamberger | 7 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Harshman | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Lafata | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Larry Jansen | 42 | 277.0 | 18 | 12 | 3.61 | 126 |

#### 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 |
| Sheldon Jones | 55 | 201.1 | 16 | 8 | 3.35 | 82 |
| Ray Poat | 39 | 157.2 | 11 | 10 | 4.34 | 57 |
| Clint Hartung | 36 | 153.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.75 | 42 |
| Dave Koslo | 35 | 149.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.87 | 58 |
| Monte Kennedy | 25 | 114.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.01 | 63 |
| Andy Hansen | 36 | 100.0 | 5 | 3 | 2.97 | 27 |
| Thornton Lee | 11 | 32.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.41 | 17 |
| Red Webb | 5 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.21 | 9 |
| Bobo Newsom | 11 | 25.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.21 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Trinkle | 53 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3.18 | 20 |
| Alex Konikowski | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7.56 | 9 |
| Clem Dreisewerd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 2 |
| Mickey McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
| Lou Lombardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
| Jack Hallett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Paul Erickson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Hub Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Joe Beggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Minneapolis Millers | American Association | Frank Shellenback and Billy Herman |
| AAA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Bruno Betzel |
| A | Jacksonville Tars | Sally League | Johnny Hudson |
| A | Sioux City Soos | Western League | Joe Becker |
| B | Trenton Giants | Interstate League | Tommy Heath |
| B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Charlie "Greek" George |
| B | Knoxville Smokies | Tri-State League | Dale Alexander and Dave Garcia |
| C | Ogdensburg Maples | Border League | Russ Wein |
| C | Quebec Alouettes | Canadian–American League | Tony Ravish and Bernie Woycik |
| C | Erie Sailors | Middle Atlantic League | Donald Ramsay |
| C | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | Charlie Fox |
| C | Reno Silver Sox | Sunset League | Tom Lloyd |
| C | Fort Smith Giants | Western Association | Jack Aragón |
| D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Rufus Jackson and Dale Alexander |
| D | Seaford Eagles | Eastern Shore League | Robert Westfall and Socks Seibold |
| D | Pittsburg/Roseville Diamonds | Far West League | Gus Suhr, Arnold Rose and Bill Shewey |
| D | Sanford Giants | Florida State League | Hal Gruber |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Chanute Giants | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Al Smith |
| D | Hickory Rebels | North Carolina State League | Sammy Bell |
| D | Springfield Giants | Ohio–Indiana League | Robert Roth and Rufus Jackson |
| D | Lawton Giants | Sooner State League | Louis Brower |
| D | Oshkosh Giants | Wisconsin State League | Ray Lucas |