The 1949 New York Giants season was the franchise's 67th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 73–81 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The games were now broadcast on the then new station WPIX-TV, which was launched the year before.

Offseason Prior to 1949 season (exact date unknown) Art Fowler was acquired from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference Foster Castleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Foster Castleman at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster 1949 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Wes Westrum 64 169 41 .243 7 28 1B 106 388 102 .263 18 62 2B 75 275 77 .280 9 34 SS Buddy Kerr 90 220 46 .209 0 19 3B 141 489 139 .284 26 90 OF Willard Marshall 141 499 153 .307 12 70 OF Whitey Lockman 151 617 186 .301 11 65 OF Bobby Thomson 156 641 198 .309 27 109

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 Bill Rigney 122 389 108 .278 6 47 Jack Lohrke 55 180 48 .267 5 22 Ray Mueller 56 170 38 .224 5 23 Walker Cooper 42 147 31 .211 4 21 Joe Lafata 64 140 33 .236 3 16 Bert Haas 54 104 27 .260 1 10 36 76 17 .224 0 7 Mickey Livingston 19 57 17 .298 4 12 Don Mueller 51 56 13 .232 0 1 Davey Williams 13 50 12 .240 1 5 Bobby Hofman 19 48 10 .208 0 3 George Hausmann 16 47 6 .128 0 3 Bobby Rhawn 14 29 5 .172 0 2 31 29 7 .241 1 6 Augie Galan 22 17 1 .059 0 2 Rudy Rufer 7 15 1 .067 0 2 Sal Yvars 3 8 0 .000 0 0 Herman Franks 1 3 2 .667 0 0 Dick Culler 7 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 Larry Jansen 37 259.2 15 16 3.85 113 Monty Kennedy 38 223.1 12 14 3.43 95 33 154.2 9 11 5.00 48 2 6.1 0 0 4.26 4

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 Dave Koslo 38 212.0 11 14 2.50 64 Sheldon Jones 42 207.1 15 12 3.34 79 15 41.0 2 3 5.27 13

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 43 3 3 0 4.92 25 Kirby Higbe 37 2 0 2 3.47 38 33 2 6 1 4.61 26 20 1 1 0 4.03 9 Andy Tomasic 2 0 1 0 18.00 2 Ray Poat 2 0 0 0 19.29 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Trenton, Lawton, OshkoshJohnson, 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 1949 New York Giants at Baseball Reference 1949 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac