1950 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersLeo Durocher
TelevisionWPIX
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
RadioWMCA
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
Seasons

The 1950 New York Giants season was the franchise's 68th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 86–68 record, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9163 0.591 — 48–29 43–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 8965 0.578 2 48–30 41–35
New York Giants 8668 0.558 5 44–32 42–36
Boston Braves 8371 0.539 8 46–31 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7875 0.510 12½ 48–28 30–47
Cincinnati Reds 6687 0.431 24½ 38–38 28–49
Chicago Cubs 6489 0.418 26½ 35–42 29–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 5796 0.373 33½ 33–44 24–52

Record vs. opponents

1950 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–139–1317–513–99–13–115–7–111–11
Brooklyn 13–9—10–1212–1012–1011–11–119–312–10
Chicago 13–912–10—4–175–179–13–111–1110–12
Cincinnati 5–1710–1217–4—11–114–1812–107–15
New York 9–1310–1217–511–11—12–1016–611–11
Philadelphia 13–9–111–11–113–9–118–410–12—14–812–10
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–1911–1110–126–168–14—12–9
St. Louis 11–1110–1212–1015–711–1110–129–12—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

  • June 20, 1950: Willie Mays was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[3]

Roster

1950 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CWes Westrum140437103.2362371
1BTookie Gilbert11332271.220432
2BEddie Stanky152527158.300851
SSAlvin Dark154587164.2791667
3BHank Thompson148512148.2892091
OFWhitey Lockman129532157.295652
OFDon Mueller132525153.291784
OFBobby Thomson149563142.2522585

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
Monte Irvin110374112.2991566
Bill Rigney568315.18108
Roy Weatherly526918.261011
Sam Calderone346720.299112
Jack Lohrke30438.18604
Jack Maguire29407.17503
Spider Jorgensen24375.13504
Jack Harshman9324.12524
Sal Yvars9142.14300
Ray Mueller4111.09100
Mike McCormick440.00000
Pete Milne441.25001
Nap Reyes110.00000
Marv Blaylock110.00000

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
Larry Jansen40275.019133.01161
Sheldon Jones40199.013164.6197
Jim Hearn16125.01131.9454

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
Sal Maglie47206.01842.7196
Dave Koslo40186.213153.9156
Monty Kennedy36114.1544.7241
Jack Kramer3586.2363.5327
Clint Hartung2065.1336.6123

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
Andy Hansen310135.5319
Kirby Higbe180304.9317
George Spencer101002.495

Farm system

References

  1. ↑ Eddie Stanky at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Al Sima at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Willie Mays at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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