1946 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
General managers | Chub Feeney | |||
Managers | Mel Ott | |||
Radio | WMCA (Jack Brickhouse, Steve Ellis) | |||
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The 1946 New York Giants season was the: franchise's 64th season. The team finished in eighth place in theββNational League with a 61β93 record, 36 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 58 | .628 | β | 49β29 | 49β29 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 96 | 60 | .615 | 2 | 56β22 | 40β38 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 71 | .536 | 14Β½ | 44β33 | 38β38 |
Boston Braves | 81 | 72 | .529 | 15Β½ | 45β31 | 36β41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41β36 | 28β49 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 30 | 35β42 | 32β45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 37β40 | 26β51 |
New York Giants | 61 | 93 | .396 | 36 | 38β39 | 23β54 |
The 1946 Giants are the original subject of the phrase "nice guys finish last", a condensation of a referenceββto them by, Leo Durocher of the "Brooklyn Dodgers." The original quote by Durocher was "The nice guys are all over there, "in seventh place."" (July 6, 1946), seventh place being last place in the National League.
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 5β17 | 12β9β1 | 15β7 | 13β9 | 14β8 | 15β7 | 7β15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 17β5 | β | 11β11 | 14β8β1 | 15β7 | 17β5 | 14β8 | 8β16 | |||||
Chicago | 9β12β1 | 11β11 | β | 13β9 | 17β5 | 12β10 | 12β10β1 | 8β14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 7β15 | 8β14β1 | 9β13 | β | 14β8 | 8β14β1 | 13β9 | 8β14 | |||||
New York | 9β13 | 7β15 | 5β17 | 8β14 | β | 12β10 | 10β12 | 10β12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8β14 | 5β17 | 10β12 | 14β8β1 | 10β12 | β | 14β8 | 8β14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7β15 | 8β14 | 10β12β1 | 9β13 | 12β10 | 8β14 | β | 9β13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15β7 | 16β8 | 14β8 | 14β8 | 12β10 | 14β8 | 13β9 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- September 16, 1946: Red Kress was released by the Giants.
Rosterβ»
1946 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Walker Cooper | 87 | 280 | 75 | .268 | 8 | 46 |
1B | Johnny Mize | 101 | 377 | 127 | .337 | 22 | 70 |
2B | Buddy Blattner | 126 | 420 | 107 | .255 | 11 | 49 |
SS | Buddy Kerr | 145 | 497 | 124 | .249 | 6 | 40 |
3B | Bill Rigney | 110 | 360 | 85 | .236 | 3 | 31 |
OF | Sid Gordon | 135 | 450 | 132 | .293 | 5 | 45 |
OF | Willard Marshall | 131 | 510 | 144 | .282 | 13 | 48 |
OF | Goody Rosen | 100 | 310 | 87 | .281 | 5 | 30 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Babe Young | 104 | 291 | 81 | .278 | 7 | 33 |
Mickey Witek | 82 | 284 | 75 | .264 | 4 | 29 |
Jack Graham | 100 | 270 | 59 | .219 | 14 | 47 |
Ernie Lombardi | 88 | 238 | 69 | .290 | 12 | 39 |
Johnny Rucker | 95 | 197 | 52 | .264 | 1 | 13 |
Bennie Warren | 39 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 4 | 8 |
Mel Ott | 31 | 68 | 5 | .074 | 1 | 4 |
Bobby Thomson | 18 | 54 | 17 | .315 | 2 | 9 |
Jess Pike | 16 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 1 | 6 |
Vince DiMaggio | 15 | 25 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Grasso | 7 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
Garland Lawing | 8 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Gladd | 4 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Lajeskie | 6 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Kluttz | 5 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Buster Maynard | 7 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Morrie Arnovich | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Bartell | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Schemer | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave Koslo | 40 | 265.1 | 14 | 19 | 3.63 | 121 |
Monty Kennedy | 38 | 186.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.42 | 71 |
Bill Voiselle | 36 | 178.0 | 9 | 15 | 3.74 | 89 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ken Trinkle | 48 | 151.0 | 7 | 14 | 3.87 | 49 |
Hal Schumacher | 24 | 96.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.91 | 48 |
Mike Budnick | 35 | 88.1 | 2 | 3 | 3.16 | 36 |
Bob Joyce | 14 | 60.2 | 3 | 4 | 5.34 | 24 |
Johnny Gee | 13 | 47.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.99 | 22 |
Bob Carpenter | 12 | 39.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.85 | 13 |
Sheldon Jones | 6 | 28.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.21 | 24 |
Marv Grissom | 4 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.34 | 9 |
Nate Andrews | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 |
Harry Feldman | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 3 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gene Thompson | 39 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.29 | 31 |
Jack Kraus | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.12 | 7 |
Woody Abernathy | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 6 |
Rube Fischer | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.31 | 14 |
Ace Adams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.88 | 3 |
Slim Emmerich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Red Kress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 1 |
Jack Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |
John Carden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erie, Peekskill
Notesβ»
- ^ N.Y. Journal American, 1946 July 7
- ^ The Yale Book of Quotations, Fred R. Shapiro, "Yale University Press," 2006, p. 221
- ^ ""Nice guys finish last" - phrase meaning. And origin". www.phrases.org.uk. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Red Kress at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and "3rd editions." Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Referencesβ»
- 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference
- 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac