1952 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1952
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Chub Feeney
Managers:	Leo Durocher
Television:	WPIX (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
Radio:	WMCA (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1952 New York Giants season was the franchise's 70th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 92–62 record, games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

December 11, 1951: Eddie Stanky was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Diering and Max Lanier.^[1]

May 17, 1952: Bill Howerton was selected off waivers by the Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[2]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	114	322	71	.220	14	43
1B	154	606	176	.290	13	58
2B	138	540	137	.254	13	55
SS	151	589	177	.301	14	73
3B	153	608	164	.270	24	108
OF	128	423	110	.260	17	67
OF	98	272	62	.228	10	35
OF	126	456	128	.281	12	49

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
67	176	44	.250	10	36
66	151	37	.245	4	18
34	127	30	.236	4	23
46	126	39	.310	4	21
62	112	27	.241	2	16
60	90	27	.300	1	14
28	78	17	.218	3	8
32	63	18	.286	2	4
9	27	6	.222	0	1
41	23	4	.174	0	2
7	17	5	.294	0	3
11	15	1	.067	0	1
6	5	0	.000	0	0
3	2	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	223.2	14	7	3.78	89
35	216.0	18	8	2.92	112
34	167.1	11	11	4.09	74
2	6.1	0	2	14.21	6

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	166.1	10	7	3.19	67
37	137.0	7	12	3.94	37
21	67.2	6	1	2.66	36
16	36.1	0	1	4.71	13
11	31.2	5	0	4.55	22
2	9.0	0	1	7.00	3
2	3.0	0	0	12.00	0

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
71	15	3	11	2.43	108
35	3	5	3	5.55	27
31	3	4	0	3.02	48
5	0	0	0	9.00	0

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml Eddie Stanky
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/howerbi01.shtml Bill Howerton
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007