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),N.Y. Journal American, 1946 July 7The Yale Book of Quotations, Fred R. Shapiro, Yale University Press, 2006, p. 221 seventh place being second-to-last place in the National League consisting of eight teams.
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 16, 1946: Red Kress was released by the Giants.Red Kress at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1946 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erie, PeekskillJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac