1945 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1945 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 78–74 record, 19 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

1945 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
Managers	Mel Ott
Radio	WINS (Al Helfer, Bill Slater)
Seasons

Offseason

• Prior to 1945 season: Ed Albrecht was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	56	.636	—	49‍–‍26	49‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	3	48‍–‍29	47‍–‍30
Brooklyn Dodgers	87	67	.565	11	48‍–‍30	39‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	72	.532	16	45‍–‍34	37‍–‍38
New York Giants	78	74	.513	19	47‍–‍30	31‍–‍44
Boston Braves	67	85	.441	30	36‍–‍38	31‍–‍47
Cincinnati Reds	61	93	.396	37	36‍–‍41	25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	46	108	.299	52	22‍–‍55	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1945 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13–1	7–15	10–12	10–10–2	14–8	7–15	10–12
Brooklyn	13–9–1	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	19–3	12–10	9–13
Chicago	15–7	14–8–1	—	21–1	11–11	17–5	14–8	6–16
Cincinnati	12–10	11–11	1–21	—	6–16	12–10	10–12	9–13
New York	10–10–2	7–15	11–11	16–6	—	17–5	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	8–14	3–19	5–17	10–12	5–17	—	6–16	9–13
Pittsburgh	15–7	10–12	8–14	12–10	11–11	16–6	—	10–12–1
St. Louis	12–10	13–9	16–6	13–9	16–6	13–9	12–10–1	—

Roster

1945 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 19 Loren Bain 21 Jack Brewer 24 Slim Emmerich 14 Harry Feldman 15 Rube Fischer 15 Don Fisher 20 Johnny Gee 28 Andy Hansen 18,23 Ray Harrell 22 Roy Lee 19 Sal Maglie 16 Van Mungo 37 Jack Phillips 18 Ewald Pyle 17 Bill Voiselle 28 Adrián Zabala		Catchers  9 Ray Berres 37 Bill DeKoning 23 Clyde Kluttz  8 Ernie Lombardi Infielders 29 Al Gardella 12 George Hausmann  7 Johnny Hudson 26 Billy Jurges 10 Buddy Kerr  6 Nap Reyes 35 Mike Schemer  5 Phil Weintraub  5 Roy Zimmerman		Outfielders 34 Steve Filipowicz 33 Danny Gardella 22 Whitey Lockman  3 Jim Mallory  3 Charlie Mead  3 Joe Medwick  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker  2 Red Treadway		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
C	Ernie Lombardi	115	368	113	.307	19	70
1B	Phil Weintraub	82	283	77	.272	10	42
2B	George Hausmann	154	623	174	.279	2	45
SS	Buddy Kerr	149	546	136	.249	4	40
3B	Nap Reyes	122	431	124	.288	5	44
OF	Mel Ott	135	451	139	.308	21	79
OF	Danny Gardella	121	430	117	.272	18	71
OF	Johnny Rucker	105	429	117	.273	7	51

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
Red Treadway	88	224	54	.241	4	23
Clyde Kluttz	73	222	62	.279	4	21
Billy Jurges	61	176	57	.324	3	24
Whitey Lockman	32	129	44	.341	3	18
Steve Filipowicz	35	112	23	.205	2	16
Mike Schemer	31	108	36	.333	1	10
Roy Zimmerman	27	98	27	.276	5	15
Jim Mallory	37	94	28	.298	0	9
Joe Medwick	26	92	28	.304	3	11
Charlie Mead	11	37	10	.270	1	6
Ray Berres	20	30	5	.167	0	2
Al Gardella	16	26	2	.077	0	1
Johnny Hudson	28	11	0	.000	0	0
Bill DeKoning	3	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
Bill Voiselle	41	232.1	14	14	4.49	115
Harry Feldman	35	217.2	12	13	3.27	74
Van Mungo	26	183.0	14	7	3.20	101
Jack Brewer	28	159.2	8	6	3.83	49
Sal Maglie	13	84.1	5	4	2.35	32

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
Slim Emmerich	31	100.0	4	4	4.86	27
Andy Hansen	23	92.2	4	3	4.66	37
Adrian Zabala	11	43.1	2	4	4.78	14
Don Fisher	2	18.0	1	0	2.00	4
Roy Lee	3	7.0	0	2	11.57	0
Ewald Pyle	6	6.1	0	0	17.05	2

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	65	11	9	15	3.42	39
Rube Fischer	31	3	8	1	5.63	27
Ray Harrell	12	0	0	0	4.97	7
Loren Bain	3	0	0	0	7.88	1
Johnny Gee	2	0	0	1	9.00	1
Jack Phillips	1	0	0	0	10.38	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Gabby Hartnett
AA	San Francisco Seals	Pacific Coast League	Lefty O'Doul
B	Richmond Colts	Piedmont League	Frank Rodgers
C	Danville-Scholfield Leafs	Carolina League	Herb Brett
D	Bristol Twins	Appalachian League	Hal Gruber
D	Hickory Rebels	North Carolina State League	Herschel Bobo
D	Springfield Giants	Ohio State League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Erie Sailors	PONY League	Bill Harris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco, Danville-Scholfield

References

• 1945 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1945 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac