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

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1939 National League record

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1939 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 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
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
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
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
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

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Notes

  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

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