1951 San Francisco Giants roster

28 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1951 MLB season. They reached the 1951 World Series and lost 4-2.

1951 Giants roster: batting

1951 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Alvin Dark156646114196146912.303.352.805
Whitey Lockman1536148517312734.282.339.746
Monte Irvin151558941742412112.312.415.929
Bobby Thomson14851889152321015.293.385.947
Eddie Stanky1455158812714438.247.401.770
Don Mueller1224695813016691.277.307.737
Willie Mays1214645912720687.274.356.828
Wes Westrum124361597920701.219.400.818
Hank Thompson8726437628331.235.342.728
Ray Noble5514116335260.234.265.648
Bill Rigney4469916490.232.321.755
Davey Williams30641717281.266.319.694
Spider Jorgensen2851512280.235.291.644
Sal Yvars2541913230.317.417.929
Jack Lohrke234038130.200.360.635
Artie Wilson192224012.182.250.432

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1951 Giants roster: pitching

1951 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Sal MaglieP42372362.93298.01461.144
Larry JansenP393423113.04278.21451.110
Jim HearnP34341793.62211.1661.350
Dave KosloP39161093.31149.2541.323
Sheldon JonesP41126114.26120.1581.424
Monte KennedyP295122.2568.0221.460
Al CorwinP158513.6659.0301.191
Al GettelP301124.8757.1361.340
Roger BowmanP95246.1526.1242.160
Alex KonikowskiP30000.004.050.500
George BambergerP200018.002.013.000
Red HardyP20006.751.103.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.