1942 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1942
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Bill Terry
Managers:	Mel Ott
Radio:	WOR (Mel Allen, Connie Desmond)
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Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1942 New York Giants season was the franchise's 60th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85–67 record, 20 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

• Prior to 1942 season: Al Sima was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

^[2]

Opening Day lineup

• Billy Werber 3b
• Billy Jurges ss
• Mel Ott rf
• Johnny Mize 1b
• Willard Marshall lf
• Hank Leiber cf
• Harry Danning c
• Mickey Witek 2b
• Carl Hubbell p

Roster

1942 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		119	408	114	.279	1	34
1B		142	541	165	.305	26	110
2B		148	553	144	.260	5	48
SS		127	464	119	.256	2	30
3B		98	370	76	.205	1	13
OF		152	549	162	.295	30	93
OF		104	331	85	.257	6	58
OF		116	401	103	.257	11	59

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
	90	316	77	.244	5	24
	101	287	80	.279	11	59
	89	190	47	.247	4	32
	58	147	32	.218	4	23
	39	109	21	.193	0	8
	12	32	6	.188	0	1
	11	27	5	.185	0	2
	6	19	6	.316	0	2
	7	14	0	.000	0	0
	3	7	3	.429	0	1

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
	29	216.0	12	13	3.04	49
	28	185.2	11	10	3.15	53
	26	158.0	13	4	2.56	41
	24	157.1	11	8	3.95	61
	23	143.2	11	5	2.63	61
	1	9.0	0	1	6.00	5

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
	31	114.0	7	1	3.16	49
	31	104.0	6	3	2.94	40
	19	78.0	3	6	5.08	42
	19	63.2	3	6	4.81	29
	9	36.1	1	2	5.94	27
	2	9.0	0	1	2.00	5
	4	7.1	0	2	9.82	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith, Bristol

Evangeline League folded, May 30, 1942^[3]

References

• 1942 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1942 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simaal01.shtml Al Sima page at Baseball Reference
2. New York Giants Official Program April 14, 1942
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007