1943 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1943 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 59 98 y 8th Horace Stoneham Mel Ott 1942 New York Giants (MLB) season 1944 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons 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. Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG 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 C Gus Mancuso 94 252 50 .198 2 20 1B Joe Orengo 83 266 58 .218 6 29 2B Mickey Witek 153 622 195 .314 6 55 SS Bill Jurges 136 481 110 .229 4 29 3B Dick Bartell 99 337 91 .270 5 28 OF Mel Ott 125 380 89 .234 18 47 OF Joe Medwick 78 324 91 .281 5 45 OF Johnny Rucker 132 505 138 .273 2 46 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 Sid Gordon 131 474 119 .251 9 63 Buster Maynard 121 393 81 .206 9 32 Ernie Lombardi 104 295 90 .305 10 51 Charlie Mead 37 146 40 .274 1 13 Nap Reyes 40 125 32 .256 0 13 Babe Barna 40 113 23 .204 1 12 Buddy Kerr 27 98 28 .286 2 12 Ray Berres 20 28 4 .143 0 0 Joe Stephenson 9 24 6 .250 0 1 Hugh Poland 4 12 1 .083 0 2 Vic Bradford 6 5 1 .200 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 Cliff Melton 34 186.1 9 13 3.19 55 Rube Fischer 22 130.2 5 10 4.61 47 Ken Chase 21 129.1 4 12 4.11 86 Bill Lohrman 17 80.1 5 6 5.15 16 Carl Hubbell 12 66.0 4 4 4.91 31 Bill Voiselle 4 31.0 1 2 2.03 19 Frank Seward 1 9.0 0 1 3.00 2 Tom Sunkel 1 2.2 0 1 10.13 0 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 Johnnie Wittig 40 164.0 5 15 4.23 56 Van Mungo Van Lingle Mungo 45 154.1 3 7 3.91 83 Harry Feldman 31 104.2 4 5 4.30 49 Bill Sayles 18 53.0 1 3 4.75 38 Ken Trinkle 11 45.2 1 5 3.74 10 Hugh East 13 40.1 1 3 5.36 21 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 Johnny Allen 15 1 3 2 3.07 24 Bobby Coombs 9 0 1 0 12.94 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Jersey City Giants International League Gabby Hartnett A Springfield Rifles Eastern League Spencer Abbott D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Hal GruberJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1943 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Category:1940s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan