1941 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersBill Terry
ManagersBill Terry
← 1940 Seasons 1942 →

The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 59th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74–79 record, 25½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 100 54 0.649 — 52–25 48–29
St. Louis Cardinals 97 56 0.634 2½ 53–24 44–32
Cincinnati Reds 88 66 0.571 12 45–34 43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates 81 73 0.526 19 45–32 36–41
New York Giants 74 79 0.484 25½ 38–39 36–40
Chicago Cubs 70 84 0.455 30 38–39 32–45
Boston Braves 62 92 0.403 38 32–44 30–48
Philadelphia Phillies 43 111 0.279 57 23–52 20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 4–18–2 11–11 9–13 6–16 14–8 10–12 8–14
Brooklyn 18–4–2 — 13–9 14–8 14–8 18–4 12–10 11–11–1
Chicago 11–11 9–13 — 8–14 9–13 14–8–1 9–13 10–12
Cincinnati 13–9 8–14 14–8 — 15–7 16–6 12–10 10–12
New York 16–6 8–14 13–9 7–15 — 16–6 8–14–2 6–15–1
Philadelphia 8–14 4–18 8–14–1 6–16 6–16 — 6–16 5–17
Pittsburgh 12–10 10–12 13–9 10–12 14–8–2 16–6 — 6–16
St. Louis 14–8 11–11–1 12–10 12–10 15–6–1 17–5 16–6 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1941 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 130 459 112 .244 7 56
1B Babe Young 152 574 152 .265 25 104
2B Burgess Whitehead 116 403 92 .228 1 23
SS Billy Jurges 134 471 138 .293 5 61
3B Dick Bartell 104 373 113 .303 5 35
OF Mel Ott 148 525 150 .286 27 90
OF Jo-Jo Moore 121 428 117 .273 7 40
OF Johnny Rucker 143 622 179 .288 1 42

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
Joe Orengo 77 252 54 .214 4 25
Morrie Arnovich 85 207 58 .280 2 22
Gabby Hartnett 46 150 45 .300 5 26
Odell Hale 41 102 20 .196 0 9
Mickey Witek 26 94 34 .362 1 16
Ken O'Dea 59 89 19 .213 3 17
John Davis 21 70 15 .214 0 5
Babe Barna 10 42 9 .214 1 5
Johnny McCarthy 14 40 13 .325 0 12
Frank Demaree 16 35 6 .171 0 1
Sid Gordon 9 31 8 .258 0 4
Rae Blaemire 2 5 2 .400 0 0
Jack Aragón 1 0 0 ---- 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
Hal Schumacher 30 206.0 12 10 3.36 63
Carl Hubbell 26 164.0 11 9 3.57 75
Harry Gumbert 5 32.1 1 1 4.45 9
Dave Koslo 4 23.2 1 2 1.90 12
Harry Feldman 3 20.1 1 1 3.98 9
Hugh East 2 15.2 1 1 3.45 4
Tom Sunkel 2 15.1 1 1 2.93 14

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 42 194.1 8 11 3.01 100
Bill Lohrman 33 159.0 9 10 4.02 61
Bob Carpenter 29 131.2 11 6 3.83 42
Bill McGee 22 106.0 2 9 4.92 41
Johnnie Wittig 25 85.1 3 5 5.59 47
Bob Bowman 29 80.1 6 7 5.71 25
Bump Hadley 3 13.0 1 0 6.23 4
Rube Fischer 2 11.0 1 0 2.45 9

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 1 5 8 3.32 30
Ace Adams 38 4 1 1 4.82 18
Paul Dean 5 0 0 0 3.18 3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Jersey City Giants International League Tony Cuccinello
AA Hollywood Stars Pacific Coast League Bill Sweeney
B Clinton Giants Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Josh Billings
C San Bernardino Stars California League Jack Rothrock
C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Herschel Bobo
D Milford Giants Eastern Shore League Hal Gruber
D Salisbury Giants North Carolina State League Johnnie Heving

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury
San Bernardino franchise folded, June 29, 1941[3]

References

  1. ^ Glen Stewart page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1941 MLB season by team
San Francisco Giants
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