1947 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1947 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1933 to 1935, 1947 to 1948).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 81 73 y 4th Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Mel Ott WMCA(Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis) WNBT(Frankie Frisch, Steve Ellis) 1946 New York Giants (MLB) season 1948 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1947 New York Giants season was the franchise's 65th season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with an 81–73 record, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the first season to be broadcast on television, with WNBT acting as the official team television broadcast partner. Offseason December 19, 1946: Harry Danning was released by the Giants.Harry Danning at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1947 season: Nick Testa was acquired by the Giants from the Walden Hummingbirds.Nick Testa at Baseball-Reference Regular season April 18: In the third inning of a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dave Koslo gave up Jackie Robinson's first major league home run.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 68, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, 978-0-7432-9461-4 April 19: 32,355 paying fans and 736 servicemen set the record for the biggest Saturday attendance at the Polo Grounds. Jackie Robinson had three at bats and had two singles and one double. The Giants still managed to win the game by a score of 4–3.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 69 Between September 5 and 23, the Giants hit at least one home run in each of 19 games, the longest such streak in franchise history (considering records from 1914 onwards).Team Batting Streak Finder: Longest Streak with HR>=1 From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/streak_finder.cgi?class=team&type=b#gotresults&as=team_batting&offset=0&suffix=&min_year_game=1914&max_year_game=2014&series=any&series_game=any&team_id=SFG&team_lg=&opp_id=&opp_lg=&HV=any&game_site=&c4criteria=HR&c4gtlt=gt&c4val=1&c5criteria=&c5gtlt=eq&c5val=0&c6criteria=&c6gtlt=eq&c6val=0&c1criteria=&c1gtlt=eq&c1val=0&c2criteria=&c2gtlt=eq&c2val=0&c3criteria=&c3gtlt=eq&c3val=0&ajax=1&submitter=1 Baseball-Reference.com May 8, 2014 Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Opening Day lineup Centerfield: Fuzz White Shortstop: Bill Rigney Leftfield: Clint Hartung First base: Johnny Mize Rightfield: Willard Marshall Catcher: Walker Cooper Third base: Sid Gordon Second base: Bobby Thomson Pitcher: Bill VoiselleNew York Giants at Philadelphia Phillies Box Score https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI194704150.shtml baseball-reference.com sports-reference.com August 14, 2017 April 15, 1947 Notable transactions April 12, 1947: Jess Pike was released by the Giants.Jess Pike at Baseball-Reference Roster 1947 New York Giants Roster Pitchers 37 Woody Abernathy 38 Nate Andrews 39 Bill Ayers 33 Joe Beggs 40 Mike Budnick 33 Bob Carpenter 13,14 Mort Cooper 44 Andy Hansen 23 Clint Hartung 30,35 Hooks Iott 46 Larry Jansen 39 Sheldon Jones 32 Monte Kennedy 31 Dave Koslo -- Mario Picone 30 Ray Poat 35 Junior Thompson 34 Ken Trinkle 30 Bill Voiselle Catchers  5 Walker Cooper  8 Mickey Livingston  6 Ernie Lombardi  9 Bennie Warren -- Wes Westrum  7 Sal Yvars Infielders 12 Buddy Blattner 10 Buddy Kerr 16 Jack Lohrke 15 Johnny Mize -- Bobby Rhawn 18 Bill Rigney 17 Mickey Witek Outfielders 21 Gary Gearhart 20 Sid Gordon 24 Joe Lafata 27 Willard Marshall 19 Bobby Thomson 28 Fuzz White Other batters 25,28 Whitey Lockman  4 Mel Ott 14 Babe Young Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches  3 Hank Gowdy  1 Travis Jackson  2 Red Kress 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 Walker Cooper 140 515 157 .305 35 122 1B Johnny Mize 154 586 177 .302 51 138 2B Bill Rigney 130 531 142 .267 17 59 3B Jack Lohrke 112 329 79 .240 11 35 SS Buddy Kerr 138 547 157 .287 7 49 OF Sid Gordon 130 437 119 .272 13 57 OF Willard Marshall 155 587 171 .291 36 107 OF Bobby Thomson 138 545 154 .283 29 85 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 Gary Gearhart 73 179 44 .246 6 17 Mickey Witek 51 160 35 .219 3 17 Buddy Blattner 55 153 40 .261 0 13 Ernie Lombardi 48 110 31 .282 4 21 Joe Lafata 62 95 21 .221 2 18 Bobby Rhawn 13 45 14 .311 1 3 Babe Young 14 14 1 .071 0 0 Fuzz White 7 13 3 .231 0 0 Wes Westrum 6 12 5 .417 0 2 Mickey Livingston 5 6 1 .167 0 0 Bennie Warren 3 5 1 .200 0 0 Sal Yvars 1 5 1 .200 0 0 Mel Ott 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Whitey Lockman 2 2 1 .500 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 Larry Jansen 42 248.0 21 5 3.16 104 Dave Koslo 39 217.1 15 10 4.39 86 Clint Hartung 23 138.0 9 7 4.57 54 Ray Poat 7 60.0 4 3 2.55 25 Mort Cooper 8 36.2 1 5 7.12 12 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 Monte Kennedy 34 148.1 9 12 4.85 60 Andy Hansen 27 82.1 1 5 4.37 18 Hooks Iott 20 71.1 3 8 5.93 46 Sheldon Jones 15 55.2 2 2 3.88 24 Bill Voiselle 11 42.2 1 4 4.64 20 Bill Ayers Bill Ayers (baseball) 13 35.1 0 3 8.15 22 Mike Budnick 7 12.0 0 0 10.50 6 Mario Picone 2 7.0 0 0 7.71 1 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 62 8 4 10 3.75 37 Joe Beggs 32 3 3 2 4.23 23 Gene Thompson 15 4 2 0 4.29 13 Hub Andrews 7 0 0 0 6.23 2 Bob Carpenter Bob Carpenter (baseball) 2 0 0 0 12.00 0 Woody Abernathy Woody Abernathy (pitcher) 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Tom Sheehan AAA Jersey City Giants International League Bruno Betzel A Jacksonville Tars Sally League Johnny Hudson A Sioux City Soos Western League Joe Becker B Trenton Giants Interstate League Tommy Heath B Manchester Giants New England League Hal Gruber B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Bob Latshaw C Danville Leafs Carolina League Herb Brett and Gene Petty C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Donald Cross C Reno Silver Sox Sunset League Tom Lloyd C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Earl Wolgamot D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Charlie Fox D Seaford Eagles Eastern Shore League Robert Westfall D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Al Gardella D Hickory Rebels North Carolina State League Sammy Bell D Springfield Giants Ohio State League Donald Ramsay D Oshkosh Giants Wisconsin State League Ray LucasLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SeafordJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1947 New York Giants team at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Category:1940s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan