# 1945 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1945 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–74 record, 19 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1945 season: Ed Albrecht was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 49‍–‍26 | 49‍–‍30 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 | 48‍–‍29 | 47‍–‍30 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 11 | 48‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 45‍–‍34 | 37‍–‍38 |
| New York Giants | 78 | 74 | .513 | 19 | 47‍–‍30 | 31‍–‍44 |
| Boston Braves | 67 | 85 | .441 | 30 | 36‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 61 | 93 | .396 | 37 | 36‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 | .299 | 52 | 22‍–‍55 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1945 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–10–2 | 14–8 | 7–15 | 10–12 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9–1 | — | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 14–8–1 | — | 21–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10 | 11–11 | 1–21 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 9–13 |
| New York | 10–10–2 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 17–5 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — | 6–16 | 9–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | — | 10–12–1 |
| St. Louis | 12–10 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — |

### 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 | Ernie Lombardi | 115 | 368 | 113 | .307 | 19 | 70 |
| 1B | Phil Weintraub | 82 | 283 | 77 | .272 | 10 | 42 |
| 2B | George Hausmann | 154 | 623 | 174 | .279 | 2 | 45 |
| SS | Buddy Kerr | 149 | 546 | 136 | .249 | 4 | 40 |
| 3B | Nap Reyes | 122 | 431 | 124 | .288 | 5 | 44 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 135 | 451 | 139 | .308 | 21 | 79 |
| OF | Danny Gardella | 121 | 430 | 117 | .272 | 18 | 71 |
| OF | Johnny Rucker | 105 | 429 | 117 | .273 | 7 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Red Treadway | 88 | 224 | 54 | .241 | 4 | 23 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 73 | 222 | 62 | .279 | 4 | 21 |
| Billy Jurges | 61 | 176 | 57 | .324 | 3 | 24 |
| Whitey Lockman | 32 | 129 | 44 | .341 | 3 | 18 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 35 | 112 | 23 | .205 | 2 | 16 |
| Mike Schemer | 31 | 108 | 36 | .333 | 1 | 10 |
| Roy Zimmerman | 27 | 98 | 27 | .276 | 5 | 15 |
| Jim Mallory | 37 | 94 | 28 | .298 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Medwick | 26 | 92 | 28 | .304 | 3 | 11 |
| Charlie Mead | 11 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 1 | 6 |
| Ray Berres | 20 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Gardella | 16 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnny Hudson | 28 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill DeKoning | 3 | 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 |
| Bill Voiselle | 41 | 232.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.49 | 115 |
| Harry Feldman | 35 | 217.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.27 | 74 |
| Van Mungo | 26 | 183.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.20 | 101 |
| Jack Brewer | 28 | 159.2 | 8 | 6 | 3.83 | 49 |
| Sal Maglie | 13 | 84.1 | 5 | 4 | 2.35 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Slim Emmerich | 31 | 100.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.86 | 27 |
| Andy Hansen | 23 | 92.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.66 | 37 |
| Adrian Zabala | 11 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.78 | 14 |
| Don Fisher | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 |
| Roy Lee | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.57 | 0 |
| Ewald Pyle | 6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 17.05 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Ace Adams | 65 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3.42 | 39 |
| Rube Fischer | 31 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5.63 | 27 |
| Ray Harrell | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 7 |
| Loren Bain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 1 |
| Johnny Gee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Jack Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Gabby Hartnett |
| AA | San Francisco Seals | Pacific Coast League | Lefty O'Doul |
| B | Richmond Colts | Piedmont League | Frank Rodgers |
| C | Danville-Scholfield Leafs | Carolina League | Herb Brett |
| D | Bristol Twins | Appalachian League | Hal Gruber |
| D | Hickory Rebels | North Carolina State League | Herschel Bobo |
| D | Springfield Giants | Ohio State League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Erie Sailors | PONY League | Bill Harris |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco, Danville-Scholfield