Jump to content

1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1939 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersBill Terry
ManagersBill Terry
RadioWABC
(Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen)
← 1938 Seasons 1940 →

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.

Offseason

[edit]

Regular season

[edit]

Season standings

[edit]
National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 97 57 .630 55‍–‍25 42‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 .601 51‍–‍27 41‍–‍34
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 69 .549 12½ 51‍–‍27 33‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs 84 70 .545 13 44‍–‍34 40‍–‍36
New York Giants 77 74 .510 18½ 41‍–‍33 36‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 68 85 .444 28½ 35‍–‍42 33‍–‍43
Boston Bees 63 88 .417 32½ 37‍–‍35 26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 45 106 .298 50½ 29‍–‍44 16‍–‍62

Record vs. opponents

[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

[edit]

Notable transactions

[edit]

Roster

[edit]
1939 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

[edit]

Batting

[edit]

Starters by position

[edit]

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 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

[edit]

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
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

[edit]

Starting pitchers

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Gumbert 36 243.2 18 11 4.32 81
Hal Schumacher 29 181.2 13 10 4.81 58

Other pitchers

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Farm system

[edit]
Level Team League Manager
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

[4]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Les Powers page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

[edit]