The 1948 New York Giants season was the franchise's 66th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–76 record, 13½ games behind the Boston Braves.
Offseason November 20, 1947: 1947 minor league draft Hoyt Wilhelm was drafted by the Giants from the Boston Braves.Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball Reference Ed Albrecht was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Browns.Ed Albrecht at Baseball Reference Pete Milne was drafted by the Giants from the Cleveland Indians.Pete Milne at Baseball Reference Prior to 1948 season: Marv Grissom was acquired from the Giants by the Sacramento Solons.Marv Grisson at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster 1948 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 91 290 77 .266 16 54 1B 152 560 162 .289 40 125 2B 113 424 112 .264 10 43 SS Buddy Kerr 144 496 119 .240 0 46 3B 142 521 156 .299 30 107 OF Willard Marshall 143 537 146 .272 14 86 OF Whitey Lockman 146 584 167 .286 18 59 OF 138 471 117 .248 16 63
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 Jack Lohrke 97 280 70 .250 5 31 Wes Westrum 66 125 20 .160 4 16 Mickey Livingston 45 99 21 .212 2 12 Les Layton 63 91 21 .231 2 12 Don Mueller 36 81 29 .358 1 9 56 57 15 .263 2 12 Lonny Frey 29 51 13 .255 1 6 24 49 12 .245 1 3 Bobby Rhawn 36 44 12 .273 1 8 Sal Yvars 15 38 8 .211 1 6 12 27 6 .222 0 2 Buddy Blattner 8 20 4 .200 0 0 Hal Bamberger 7 12 1 .083 0 0 Jack Harshman 5 8 2 .250 0 1 Joe Lafata 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 42 277.0 18 12 3.61 126
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 Sheldon Jones 55 201.1 16 8 3.35 82 Ray Poat 39 157.2 11 10 4.34 57 Clint Hartung 36 153.1 8 8 4.75 42 Dave Koslo 35 149.0 8 10 3.87 58 Monte Kennedy 25 114.1 3 9 4.01 63 36 100.0 5 3 2.97 27 Thornton Lee 11 32.2 1 3 4.41 17 5 28.0 2 1 3.21 9 Bobo Newsom 11 25.2 0 4 4.21 9
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 Ken Trinkle 53 4 5 7 3.18 20 Alex Konikowski 22 2 3 1 7.56 9 4 0 0 1 5.68 2 Mickey McGowan 3 0 0 0 7.36 2 Lou Lombardo 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 2 0 0 0 4.50 3 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sioux City, Trenton, Ogdensburg, Erie, RenoPittsburg franchise moved to Roseville, July 30, 1948Johnson, 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 1948 New York Giants at Baseball Reference 1948 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac