# 1950 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1950 New York Giants season was the franchise's 68th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 86–68 record, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Offseason

* December 14, 1949: Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb were traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark.
* Prior to 1950 season: Al Sima was purchased from the Giants by the Washington Senators.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 48‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 5 | 44‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 12½ | 48‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 24½ | 38‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 26½ | 35‍–‍42 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | .373 | 33½ | 33‍–‍44 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 20, 1950: Willie Mays was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

### 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 | 140 | 437 | 103 | .236 | 23 | 71 |
| 1B | Tookie Gilbert | 113 | 322 | 71 | .220 | 4 | 32 |
| 2B | Eddie Stanky | 152 | 527 | 158 | .300 | 8 | 51 |
| SS | Alvin Dark | 154 | 587 | 164 | .279 | 16 | 67 |
| 3B | Hank Thompson | 148 | 512 | 148 | .289 | 20 | 91 |
| OF | Whitey Lockman | 129 | 532 | 157 | .295 | 6 | 52 |
| OF | Don Mueller | 132 | 525 | 153 | .291 | 7 | 84 |
| OF | Bobby Thomson | 149 | 563 | 142 | .252 | 25 | 85 |

#### 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 |
| Monte Irvin | 110 | 374 | 112 | .299 | 15 | 66 |
| Bill Rigney | 56 | 83 | 15 | .181 | 0 | 8 |
| Roy Weatherly | 52 | 69 | 18 | .261 | 0 | 11 |
| Sam Calderone | 34 | 67 | 20 | .299 | 1 | 12 |
| Jack Lohrke | 30 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Maguire | 29 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 3 |
| Spider Jorgensen | 24 | 37 | 5 | .135 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Harshman | 9 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 2 | 4 |
| Sal Yvars | 9 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mueller | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCormick | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Milne | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Nap Reyes | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Marv Blaylock | 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 | 40 | 275.0 | 19 | 13 | 3.01 | 161 |
| Sheldon Jones | 40 | 199.0 | 13 | 16 | 4.61 | 97 |
| Jim Hearn | 16 | 125.0 | 11 | 3 | 1.94 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Sal Maglie | 47 | 206.0 | 18 | 4 | 2.71 | 96 |
| Dave Koslo | 40 | 186.2 | 13 | 15 | 3.91 | 56 |
| Monty Kennedy | 36 | 114.1 | 5 | 4 | 4.72 | 41 |
| Jack Kramer | 35 | 86.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.53 | 27 |
| Clint Hartung | 20 | 65.1 | 3 | 3 | 6.61 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Andy Hansen | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.53 | 19 |
| Kirby Higbe | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.93 | 17 |
| George Spencer | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.49 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Minneapolis Millers | American Association | Tommy Heath |
| AAA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Joe Becker |
| A | Jacksonville Tars | Sally League | Hal Gruber and Dale Alexander |
| A | Sioux City Soos | Western League | Hugh Poland |
| B | Trenton Giants | Interstate League | Frank Genovese |
| B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Vinnie Smith |
| B | Vicksburg Billies | Southeastern League | Buddy Blair |
| B | Knoxville Smokies | Tri-State League | Jack Aragón |
| C | Erie Sailors | Middle Atlantic League | Pete Pavich |
| C | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | Charlie Fox |
| C | Idaho Falls Russets | Pioneer League | Lilio Marcucci |
| C | Enid Giants | Western Association | Harold Kollar |
| D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Ben Geraghty |
| D | Galax Leafs | Blue Ridge League | Jim Grigg |
| D | Medford Rogues | Far West League | Tommy Nelson and Wilfred Jonas |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Sanford Giants | Florida State League | Ed Levy |
| D | Springfield Giants | Ohio–Indiana League | Andy Gilbert |
| D | Lawton Giants | Sooner State League | Louis Brower |
| D | Lenoir Red Sox | Western Carolina League | Claude Jonnard |
| D | Oshkosh Giants | Wisconsin State League | Dave Garcia |