The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 65th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 81–73 record, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the first season to be broadcast on television, with WNBT acting as the official team television broadcast partner.
Offseason December 19, 1946: Harry Danning was released by the Giants.Harry Danning at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1947 season: Nick Testa was acquired by the Giants from the Walden Hummingbirds.Nick Testa at Baseball-Reference
Regular season April 18: In the third inning of a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dave Koslo gave up Jackie Robinson's first major league home run.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 68, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, April 19: 32,355 paying fans and 736 servicemen set the record for the biggest Saturday attendance at the Polo Grounds. Jackie Robinson had three at bats and had two singles and one double. The Giants still managed to win the game by a score of 4–3.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 69
Between September 5 and 23, the Giants hit at least one home run in each of 19 games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Centerfield: Fuzz White Shortstop: Bill Rigney Leftfield: Clint Hartung First base: Johnny Mize Rightfield: Willard Marshall Catcher: Walker Cooper Third base: Sid Gordon Second base: Bobby Thomson Pitcher: Bill Voiselle
Notable transactions April 12, 1947: Jess Pike was released by the Giants.Jess Pike at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1947 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 140 515 157 .305 35 122 1B 154 586 177 .302 51 138 2B 130 531 142 .267 17 59 3B 112 329 79 .240 11 35 SS 138 547 157 .287 7 49 OF 130 437 119 .272 13 57 OF 155 587 171 .291 36 107 OF 138 545 154 .283 29 85
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 73 179 44 .246 6 17 51 160 35 .219 3 17 55 153 40 .261 0 13 48 110 31 .282 4 21 62 95 21 .221 2 18 13 45 14 .311 1 3 14 14 1 .071 0 0 7 13 3 .231 0 0 6 12 5 .417 0 2 5 6 1 .167 0 0 3 5 1 .200 0 0 1 5 1 .200 0 0 4 4 0 .000 0 0 2 2 1 .500 0 1
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 42 248.0 21 5 3.16 104 39 217.1 15 10 4.39 86 23 138.0 9 7 4.57 54 7 60.0 4 3 2.55 25 8 36.2 1 5 7.12 12
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 34 148.1 9 12 4.85 60 27 82.1 1 5 4.37 18 20 71.1 3 8 5.93 46 15 55.2 2 2 3.88 24 11 42.2 1 4 4.64 20 13 35.1 0 3 8.15 22 7 12.0 0 0 10.50 6 2 7.0 0 0 7.71 1
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 62 8 4 10 3.75 37 32 3 3 2 4.23 23 15 4 2 0 4.29 13 7 0 0 0 6.23 2 2 0 0 0 12.00 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SeafordJohnson, 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 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac