1947 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1947
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Chub Feeney
Managers:	Mel Ott
Radio:	WMCA (Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis)
Television:	WNBT (Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis)
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The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 65th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 81–73 record, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the first season to be broadcast on television, with WNBT acting as the official team television broadcast partner.

Offseason

• December 19, 1946: Harry Danning was released by the Giants.^[1]
• Prior to 1947 season: Nick Testa was acquired by the Giants from the Walden Hummingbirds.^[2]

Regular season

• April 18: In the third inning of a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dave Koslo gave up Jackie Robinson's first major league home run.^[3]
• April 19: 32,355 paying fans and 736 servicemen set the record for the biggest Saturday attendance at the Polo Grounds. Jackie Robinson had three at bats and had two singles and one double. The Giants still managed to win the game by a score of 4–3.^[4]

Between September 5 and 23, the Giants hit at least one home run in each of 19 games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).^[5]

Opening Day lineup

• Centerfield: Fuzz White
• Shortstop: Bill Rigney
• Leftfield: Clint Hartung
• First base: Johnny Mize
• Rightfield: Willard Marshall
• Catcher: Walker Cooper
• Third base: Sid Gordon
• Second base: Bobby Thomson
• Pitcher: Bill Voiselle^[6]

Notable transactions

• April 12, 1947: Jess Pike was released by the Giants.^[7]

Roster

1947 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		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		140	515	157	.305	35	122
1B		154	586	177	.302	51	138
2B		130	531	142	.267	17	59
3B		112	329	79	.240	11	35
SS		138	547	157	.287	7	49
OF		130	437	119	.272	13	57
OF		155	587	171	.291	36	107
OF		138	545	154	.283	29	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
	73	179	44	.246	6	17
	51	160	35	.219	3	17
	55	153	40	.261	0	13
	48	110	31	.282	4	21
	62	95	21	.221	2	18
	13	45	14	.311	1	3
	14	14	1	.071	0	0
	7	13	3	.231	0	0
	6	12	5	.417	0	2
	5	6	1	.167	0	0
	3	5	1	.200	0	0
	1	5	1	.200	0	0
	4	4	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	1	.500	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
	42	248.0	21	5	3.16	104
	39	217.1	15	10	4.39	86
	23	138.0	9	7	4.57	54
	7	60.0	4	3	2.55	25
	8	36.2	1	5	7.12	12

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
	34	148.1	9	12	4.85	60
	27	82.1	1	5	4.37	18
	20	71.1	3	8	5.93	46
	15	55.2	2	2	3.88	24
	11	42.2	1	4	4.64	20
	13	35.1	0	3	8.15	22
	7	12.0	0	0	10.50	6
	2	7.0	0	0	7.71	1

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
	62	8	4	10	3.75	37
	32	3	3	2	4.23	23
	15	4	2	0	4.29	13
	7	0	0	0	6.23	2
	2	0	0	0	12.00	0
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seaford^[8]

References

• 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference
• 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/danniha01.shtml Harry Danning
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/testani01.shtml Nick Testa
3. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 68, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York,
4. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 69
5. Web site: Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with HR>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG. Baseball-Reference.com. May 8, 2014.
6. Web site: New York Giants at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score. baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. August 14, 2017. April 15, 1947.
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pikeje01.shtml Jess Pike
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007