1945 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1945 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 78 74 y 5th Horace Stoneham Mel Ott WINS(Al Helfer, Bill Slater) 1944 New York Giants (MLB) season 1946 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons 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. Offseason Prior to 1945 season: Ed Albrecht was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Ed Albrecht page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG 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 Roy Zimmerman (baseball) 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 Jack Phillips (pitcher) 1 0 0 0 10.38 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 HarrisLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Francisco, Danville-ScholfieldJohnson, 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 1945 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1945 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