1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

1938 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersBill Terry
ManagersBill Terry
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The 1938 New York Giants season was the franchise's 56th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–67 record, 5 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 89 63 .586 — 44‍–‍33 45‍–‍30
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 64 .573 2 44‍–‍33 42‍–‍31
New York Giants 83 67 .553 5 43‍–‍30 40‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 .547 6 43‍–‍34 39‍–‍34
Boston Bees 77 75 .507 12 45‍–‍30 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 71 80 .470 17½ 36‍–‍41 35‍–‍39
Brooklyn Dodgers 69 80 .463 18½ 31‍–‍41 38‍–‍39
Philadelphia Phillies 45 105 .300 43 26‍–‍48 19‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League record

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


Opening Day lineup

[2]

Roster

1938 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 120 448 137 .306 9 60
1B Johnny McCarthy 134 470 128 .272 8 59
2B Alex Kampouris 82 268 66 .246 5 37
SS Dick Bartell 127 481 126 .262 9 49
3B Mel Ott 150 527 164 .311 36 116
OF Jimmy Ripple 134 501 131 .261 10 60
OF Jo-Jo Moore 125 506 153 .302 11 56
OF Hank Leiber 98 360 97 .269 12 65

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
Bob Seeds 81 296 86 .291 9 52
Lou Chiozza 57 179 42 .235 3 17
George Myatt 43 170 52 .306 3 10
Gus Mancuso 52 158 55 .348 2 15
Sam Leslie 76 154 39 .253 1 16
Bill Cissell 38 149 40 .268 2 18
Mickey Haslin 31 102 33 .324 3 15
Wally Berger 16 32 6 .188 0 4
Blondy Ryan 12 24 5 .208 0 0
Les Powers 2 3 0 .000 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
Cliff Melton 36 243.0 14 14 3.89 101
Harry Gumbert 38 235.2 15 13 4.01 84
Hal Schumacher 28 185.0 13 8 3.50 54
Carl Hubbell 24 179.0 13 10 3.07 104

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
Bill Lohrman 31 152.0 9 6 3.32 52
Slick Castleman 21 90.2 4 5 4.17 18
Johnnie Wittig 13 39.1 2 3 4.81 14
Hy Vandenberg 6 18.0 0 1 7.50 7

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
Dick Coffman 51 8 4 12 3.48 21
Jumbo Brown 43 5 3 5 1.80 42
Tom Baker 2 0 0 0 6.75 0
Oscar Georgy 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Jersey City Giants International League Travis Jackson and Hank DeBerry
B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Lance Richbourg
C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Frank Brazill
D Milford Giants Eastern Shore League Val Picinich
D Blytheville Giants Northeast Arkansas League Herschel Bobo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ "Boston Bees at New York Giants Box Score, April 19, 1938".
  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

References