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1946 New York Giants (MLB) season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | New York Giants |
| season | 1946 |
| image | New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg |
| league | National League |
| ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| city | New York City |
| record | |
| league_place | 8th |
| owners | Horace Stoneham |
| general_managers | Chub Feeney |
| managers | Mel Ott |
| radio | WMCA |
| (Jack Brickhouse, Steve Ellis) | |
| prev_season | 1945 New York Giants (MLB) season |
| next_season | 1947 New York Giants (MLB) season |
| season_list | List of San Francisco Giants seasons |
(Jack Brickhouse, Steve Ellis) |}} The 1946 season was the 64th season of the New York Giants. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a 61–93 record, 36 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Regular season
Season standings
The 1946 Giants are the original subject of the phrase "nice guys finish last", a condensation of a reference to 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. opponents
Notable transactions
- September 16, 1946: Red Kress was released by the Giants.
Roster
| 1946 New York Giants |
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| Roster |
| Pitchers |
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 | 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Young | 104 | 291 | 81 | .278 | 7 | 33 |
| Mickey Witek | 82 | 284 | 75 | .264 | 4 | 29 |
| 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 |
| 31 | 68 | 5 | .074 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bobby Thomson | 18 | 54 | 17 | .315 | 2 | 9 |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Thompson | 39 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1.29 | 31 |
| Jack Kraus | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.12 | 7 |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 6 | |
| Rube Fischer | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.31 | 14 |
| 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 system
and Tom Sheehan LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erie, Peekskill
Notes
References
- 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference
- 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac
References
- ''N.Y. Journal American'', 1946 July 7
- ''The Yale Book of Quotations'', Fred R. Shapiro, Yale University Press, 2006, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA221&dq=%22nice+guys+finish+last%22 p. 221]
- ""Nice guys finish last" - phrase meaning and origin".
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml 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
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