1943 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1943 New York Giants season was the franchise's 61st season. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a 55–98 record, 49½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

1943 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
Manager(s)	Mel Ott
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	49	0.682	—	58–21	47–28
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	18	48–29	39–38
Brooklyn Dodgers	81	72	0.529	23½	46–31	35–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	25	47–30	33–44
Chicago Cubs	74	79	0.484	30½	36–38	38–41
Boston Braves	68	85	0.444	36½	38–39	30–46
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	41	33–43	31–47
New York Giants	55	98	0.359	49½	34–43	21–55

Record vs. opponents

1943 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	12–9	8–14	11–11	11–11	11–11	12–10	3–19
Brooklyn	9–12	—	10–12	13–9	14–8	17–5	11–11	7–15
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	9–13	12–9–1	10–12	8–14	9–13
Cincinnati	11–11	9–13	13–9	—	16–6–1	19–3	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	8–14	9–12–1	6–16–1	—	8–14–1	9–13	4–18
Philadelphia	11–11	5–17	12–10	3–19	14–8–1	—	10–12–1	9–13–1
Pittsburgh	10–12	11–11	14–8	13–9	13–9	12–10–1	—	7–15–2
St. Louis	19–3	15–7	13–9	12–10	18–4	13–9–1	15–7–2	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1943 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 20 Johnny Allen 27 Ken Chase 24 Bobby Coombs 32 Hugh East 18 Harry Feldman 29 Rube Fischer 11 Carl Hubbell 22 Bill Lohrman 15 Cliff Melton 17 Van Mungo 20 Bill Sayles 28 Frank Seward 16 Tom Sunkel 19 Ken Trinkle  5 Bill Voiselle 12 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers 10 Ray Berres  9 Ernie Lombardi  8 Gus Mancuso 10 Hugh Poland 25 Joe Stephenson Infielders 14 Dick Bartell  1 Sid Gordon  7 Billy Jurges 18 Buddy Kerr 26,28 Joe Orengo 21,23 Nap Reyes  2 Mickey Witek		Outfielders  5 Babe Barna 29 Vic Bradford  6 Buster Maynard 22 Charlie Mead 19 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  3 Johnny Rucker		Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 Adolfo Luque

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
OF	Mel Ott	125	380	89	.234	18	47

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

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

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
Van Mungo	45	154.1	3	7	3.91	83

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
Ace Adams	70	11	7	9	2.82	46

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Gabby Hartnett
A	Springfield Rifles	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	Hal Gruber

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References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac