1939_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season
1939 New York Giants (MLB) season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1939 New York Giants season was the franchise's 57th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 77–74 record, 18½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
1939 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
General managers | Bill Terry | |||
Managers | Bill Terry | |||
Radio | WABC (Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen) | |||
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- December 7, 1938: Les Powers was purchased from the Giants by the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–25 | 42–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | 0.601 | 4½ | 51–27 | 41–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 12½ | 51–27 | 33–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 44–34 | 40–36 |
New York Giants | 77 | 74 | 0.510 | 18½ | 41–33 | 36–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | 0.444 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–43 |
Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | 0.417 | 32½ | 37–35 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | 0.298 | 50½ | 29–44 | 16–62 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased by the Giants from the Boston Bees.[2]
- August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.[3]
Roster
1939 New York Giants roster | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Harry Danning | 135 | 520 | 163 | .313 | 16 | 74 |
1B | Zeke Bonura | 123 | 455 | 146 | .321 | 11 | 85 |
2B | Burgess Whitehead | 95 | 335 | 80 | .239 | 2 | 24 |
SS | Billy Jurges | 138 | 543 | 155 | .285 | 6 | 63 |
3B | Tom Hafey | 70 | 256 | 62 | .242 | 6 | 26 |
OF | Mel Ott | 125 | 396 | 122 | .308 | 27 | 80 |
OF | Frank Demaree | 150 | 560 | 170 | .304 | 11 | 79 |
OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 138 | 562 | 151 | .269 | 10 | 47 |
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 |
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Alex Kampouris | 74 | 201 | 50 | .249 | 5 | 29 |
Bob Seeds | 63 | 173 | 46 | .266 | 5 | 26 |
Lou Chiozza | 40 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 3 | 12 |
Jimmy Ripple | 66 | 123 | 28 | .228 | 1 | 12 |
Ken O'Dea | 52 | 97 | 17 | .175 | 3 | 11 |
Johnny McCarthy | 50 | 80 | 21 | .263 | 1 | 11 |
Babe Young | 22 | 75 | 23 | .307 | 3 | 14 |
George Myatt | 22 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 0 | 3 |
Tony Lazzeri | 13 | 44 | 13 | .295 | 1 | 8 |
Johnny Dickshot | 10 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 5 |
Al Glossop | 10 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 1 | 3 |
Skeeter Scalzi | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Hayworth | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 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 |
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Harry Gumbert | 36 | 243.2 | 18 | 11 | 4.32 | 81 |
Hal Schumacher | 29 | 181.2 | 13 | 10 | 4.81 | 58 |
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 |
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Cliff Melton | 41 | 207.1 | 12 | 15 | 3.56 | 95 |
Bill Lohrman | 38 | 185.2 | 12 | 13 | 4.07 | 70 |
Carl Hubbell | 29 | 154.0 | 11 | 9 | 2.75 | 62 |
Manny Salvo | 32 | 136.0 | 4 | 10 | 4.63 | 69 |
Slick Castleman | 12 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.54 | 6 |
Johnnie Wittig | 5 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.56 | 4 |
Hy Vandenberg | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 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 |
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Jumbo Brown | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4.15 | 24 |
Dick Coffman | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.08 | 9 |
Red Lynn | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.08 | 22 |
Tom Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
Johnny McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Bert Niehoff |
B | Clinton Giants | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Blondy Ryan |
C | Fort Smith Giants | Western Association | Herschel Bobo |
D | Milford Giants | Eastern Shore League | Earl Smith and Val Picinich |
D | Salisbury Giants | North Carolina State League | Dick Luckey and John Cortuzzo |
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007