1948 New York Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac

1948 New York Giants Roster

The 1948 New York Giants team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1948 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1948 New York Giants Opening Day starters list, a 1948 New York Giants salary list, a 1948 New York Giants uniform number breakdown and a 1948 New York Giants primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
38	Hub Andrews	6-00	170	Right	Right	1922-08-31
33	Joe Beggs	6-01	182	Right	Right	1910-11-04
33	Clem Dreisewerd	6-01�	195	Left	Left	1916-01-24
49	Paul Erickson	6-02	200	Right	Right	1915-12-14
40	Jack Hallett	6-04	215	Right	Right	1914-11-13
44	Andy Hansen	6-03	190	Right	Right	1924-11-12
23	Clint Hartung	6-04	215	Right	Right	1922-08-10
46	Larry Jansen	6-02	190	Right	Right	1920-07-16
37	Sheldon Jones	6-00	180	Right	Right	1922-02-02
32	Monte Kennedy	6-02	185	Left	Right	1922-05-11
36	Alex Konikowski	6-01	187	Right	Right	1928-06-08
31	Dave Koslo	5-11	180	Left	Left	1920-03-31
49	Thornton Lee	6-03	205	Left	Left	1906-09-13
50	Lou Lombardo	6-02	210	Left	Left	1928-11-18
36	Mickey McGowan	6-02	200	Left	Left	1921-11-26
48	Bobo Newsom	6-02	220	Right	Right	1907-08-11
30	Ray Poat	6-02	200	Right	Right	1917-12-19
34	Ken Trinkle	6-01�	175	Right	Right	1919-12-15
29	Red Webb	6-00	175	Right	Left	1924-09-25
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
5	Walker Cooper	6-03	210	Right	Right	1915-01-08
8	Mickey Livingston	6-01�	185	Right	Right	1914-11-15
6	Wes Westrum	5-11	185	Right	Right	1922-11-28
45	Sal Yvars	5-10	187	Right	Right	1924-02-20
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
17	Buddy Blattner	6-00�	180	Right	Right	1920-02-08
28	Jack Conway	5-11�	175	Right	Right	1918-07-30
28	Lonny Frey	5-10	160	Right	Left	1910-08-23
20	Sid Gordon	5-10	185	Right	Right	1917-08-13
8	Jack Harshman	6-02	185	Left	Left	1927-07-12
10	Buddy Kerr	6-02	180	Right	Right	1922-11-06
16	Jack Lohrke	6-00	180	Right	Right	1924-02-25
14	Johnny McCarthy	6-01�	185	Left	Left	1910-01-07
15	Johnny Mize	6-02	215	Right	Left	1913-01-07
12, 22	Bobby Rhawn	5-08	180	Right	Right	1919-02-13
18	Bill Rigney	6-01	178	Right	Right	1918-01-29
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
33	Hal Bamberger	6-00	173	Right	Left	1924-10-29
21	Les Layton	6-00	165	Right	Right	1921-11-18
25	Whitey Lockman	6-01	175	Right	Left	1926-07-25
27	Willard Marshall	6-01	205	Right	Left	1921-02-08
39	Pete Milne	6-01	180	Right	Left	1925-04-10
22	Don Mueller	6-00	185	Right	Left	1927-04-14
19	Bobby Thomson	6-02	185	Right	Right	1923-10-25
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
26	Joe Lafata	6-00	163	Left	Left	1921-08-03
1948 New York Giants Roster

The 1948 New York Giants played 154 games during the regular season, won 78 games, lost 76 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at the Polo Grounds (Park Factors: 101/100) where 1,459,269 fans witnessed their 1948 Giants finish the season with a .506 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1948 New York Giants Opening Day starters list, a 1948 New York Giants salary list, a 1948 New York Giants uniform number breakdown and a 1948 New York Giants primary starters list:

1948 New York Giants
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1948 New York Giants
Most Games by Position
C Walker Cooper (79)
1B Johnny Mize (152)
2B Bill Rigney (105)
3B Sid Gordon (115)
SS Buddy Kerr (143)
LF Bobby Thomson (63)
CF Whitey Lockman (92)
RF Willard Marshall (142)

SP Clint Hartung
SP Larry Jansen
SP Sheldon Jones
SP Monte Kennedy
SP Dave Koslo
SP Ray Poat

RP Andy Hansen
RP Alex Konikowski
CL Ken Trinkle

1948 New York Giants
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1948 New York Giants
Uniform Numbers
#5 Walker Cooper
#6 Wes Westrum
#8 Jack Harshman
#8 Mickey Livingston
#10 Buddy Kerr
#12 Bobby Rhawn
#14 Johnny McCarthy
#15 Johnny Mize
#16 Jack Lohrke
#17 Buddy Blattner
#18 Bill Rigney
#19 Bobby Thomson
#20 Sid Gordon
#21 Les Layton
#22 Don Mueller
#22 Bobby Rhawn
#23 Clint Hartung
#25 Whitey Lockman
#26 Joe Lafata
#27 Willard Marshall
#28 Jack Conway
#28 Lonny Frey
#29 Red Webb
#30 Ray Poat
#31 Dave Koslo
#32 Monte Kennedy
#33 Hal Bamberger
#33 Joe Beggs
#33 Clem Dreisewerd
#34 Ken Trinkle
#36 Alex Konikowski
#36 Mickey McGowan
#37 Sheldon Jones
#38 Hub Andrews
#39 Pete Milne
#40 Jack Hallett
#44 Andy Hansen
#45 Sal Yvars
#46 Larry Jansen
#48 Bobo Newsom
#49 Paul Erickson
#49 Thornton Lee
#50 Lou Lombardo

Did you know that a 1948 New York Giants Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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