1946 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1946 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 61 93 y 8th Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Mel Ott WMCA(Jack Brickhouse, Steve Ellis) 1945 New York Giants (MLB) season 1947 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1946 season was the 64th season of the New York Giants. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a 61–93 record, 36 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. Regular season Season standings New York Giants The 1946 Giants are the original subject of the phrase "nice guys finish last", a condensation of a reference to them by Leo Durocher of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The original quote by Durocher was "The nice guys are all over there, in seventh place." (July 6, 1946),N.Y. Journal American, 1946 July 7The Yale Book of Quotations, Fred R. Shapiro, Yale University Press, 2006, p. 221http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/1838.html "Nice guys finish last" - phrase meaning and origin www.phrases.org.uk en 2017-02-28 seventh place being second-to-last place in the National League consisting of eight teams. Record vs. opponents NYG Notable transactions September 16, 1946: Red Kress was released by the Giants.Red Kress at Baseball-Reference Roster 1946 New York Giants Roster Pitchers 24 Woody Abernathy 27 Ace Adams 28 Nate Andrews 21 Jack Brewer 25 Mike Budnick 16 John Carden 20 Bob Carpenter 29 Slim Emmerich 14 Harry Feldman 18 Rube Fischer 12 Johnny Gee 16 Marv Grissom 28 Sheldon Jones 24 Bob Joyce 23 Monte Kennedy 22 Dave Koslo 14 Jack Kraus 31 Red Kress 9,13 Hal Schumacher 42 Junior Thompson 26 Ken Trinkle 17 Bill Voiselle Catchers  7 Walker Cooper 19 Jim Gladd 29 Mickey Grasso  9 Clyde Kluttz  8 Ernie Lombardi 36 Bennie Warren Infielders 32 Dick Bartell 15 Buddy Blattner 10 Buddy Kerr -- Dick Lajeskie  3 Johnny Mize  1 Bill Rigney 23 Bobby Thomson  2 Mickey Witek  5 Babe Young Outfielders 40 Morrie Arnovich  9 Vince DiMaggio  6 Sid Gordon 18,21,28 Jack Graham 29 Garland Lawing 35 Willard Marshall 41 Buster Maynard  4 Mel Ott 39 Jess Pike 27 Goody Rosen 37 Johnny Rucker Other batters 38 Mike Schemer Manager  4 Mel Ott Coaches 33 Grover Hartley 30 Bubber Jonnard 31 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 87 280 75 .268 8 46 1B Johnny Mize 101 377 127 .337 22 70 2B Buddy Blattner 126 420 107 .255 11 49 SS Buddy Kerr 145 497 124 .249 6 40 3B Bill Rigney 110 360 85 .236 3 31 OF Sid Gordon 135 450 132 .293 5 45 OF Willard Marshall 131 510 144 .282 13 48 OF Goody Rosen 100 310 87 .281 5 30 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 Babe Young 104 291 81 .278 7 33 Mickey Witek 82 284 75 .264 4 29 Jack Graham Jack Graham (baseball) 100 270 59 .219 14 47 Ernie Lombardi 88 238 69 .290 12 39 Johnny Rucker 95 197 52 .264 1 13 Bennie Warren 39 69 11 .159 4 8 Mel Ott 31 68 5 .074 1 4 Bobby Thomson 18 54 17 .315 2 9 Jess Pike 16 41 7 .171 1 6 Vince DiMaggio 15 25 0 .000 0 0 Mickey Grasso 7 22 3 .136 0 1 Garland Lawing 8 12 2 .167 0 0 Jim Gladd 4 11 1 .091 0 0 Dick Lajeskie 6 10 2 .200 0 0 Clyde Kluttz 5 8 3 .375 0 1 Buster Maynard 7 4 0 .000 0 0 Morrie Arnovich 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Dick Bartell 5 2 0 .000 0 0 Mike Schemer 1 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 Dave Koslo 40 265.1 14 19 3.63 121 Monty Kennedy 38 186.2 9 10 3.42 71 Bill Voiselle 36 178.0 9 15 3.74 89 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 Ken Trinkle 48 151.0 7 14 3.87 49 Hal Schumacher 24 96.2 4 4 3.91 48 Mike Budnick 35 88.1 2 3 3.16 36 Bob Joyce 14 60.2 3 4 5.34 24 Johnny Gee 13 47.1 2 4 3.99 22 Bob Carpenter 12 39.0 1 3 4.85 13 Sheldon Jones 6 28.0 1 2 3.21 24 Marv Grissom 4 18.2 0 2 4.34 9 Nate Andrews 3 12.0 1 0 6.00 5 Harry Feldman 3 4.0 0 2 18.00 3 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 Gene Thompson 39 4 6 4 1.29 31 Jack Kraus 17 2 1 0 6.12 7 Woody Abernathy Woody Abernathy (pitcher) 15 1 1 1 3.38 6 Rube Fischer 15 1 2 0 6.31 14 Ace Adams 3 0 1 0 16.88 3 Slim Emmerich 2 0 0 0 4.50 1 Red Kress 1 0 0 0 12.27 1 Jack Brewer 1 0 0 0 13.50 3 John Carden 1 0 0 0 22.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Zeke Bonura, Rosy Ryan and Tom Sheehan AAA Jersey City Giants International League Bruno Betzel A Jacksonville Tars Sally League Johnny Hudson B Trenton Giants Interstate League Earl Wolgamot B Manchester Giants New England League Hal Gruber B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Ray Berres B Anderson A's Tri-State League Bob Richards C Danville-Scholfield Leafs Carolina League Herb Brett C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Steve Mizerak C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Walter Kopp C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Hugh Willingham D Bristol Twins Appalachian League Donald Cross D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Tony Ravish D Hickory Rebels North Carolina State League Sammy Bell D Springfield Giants Ohio State League Donald Ramsay D Oshkosh Giants Wisconsin State League Ray Lucas LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Erie, PeekskillJohnson, 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 1946 New York Giants team at Baseball-Reference 1946 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