1941 New York Giants (MLB) season

1941 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Bill Terry
Managers	Bill Terry
Seasons

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

• December 4, 1940: Glen Stewart was purchased from the Giants by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[1]
• Prior to 1941 season: Marv Grissom was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	.649	—	52‍–‍25	48‍–‍29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	.634	2½	53‍–‍24	44‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	.571	12	45‍–‍34	43‍–‍32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	.526	19	45‍–‍32	36‍–‍41
New York Giants	74	79	.484	25½	38‍–‍39	36‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	.455	30	38‍–‍39	32‍–‍45
Boston Braves	62	92	.403	38	32‍–‍44	30‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	.279	57	23‍–‍52	20‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League record v t e 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 27 Ace Adams 16 Bob Bowman 20 Jumbo Brown 28 Bob Carpenter 21 Paul Dean 36 Hugh East 18 Harry Feldman -- Rube Fischer 10 Harry Gumbert 18 Bump Hadley 11 Carl Hubbell 33 Dave Koslo 12 Bill Lohrman 21 Bill McGee 15 Cliff Melton 17 Hal Schumacher 16 Tom Sunkel 19 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers 35 Rae Blaemire  3 Harry Danning  9 Gabby Hartnett  8 Ken O'Dea Infielders 14 Dick Bartell 29 Red Davis 26 Odell Hale  2 Billy Jurges 34 Johnny McCarthy  6 Joe Orengo  7 Burgess Whitehead 25 Mickey Witek  5 Babe Young		Outfielders 22 Morrie Arnovich 23 Babe Barna 24 Frank Demaree 24 Sid Gordon 23 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker Other batters 33 Jack Aragón		Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches  9 Gabby Hartnett 31 Adolfo Luque 32 Frank Snyder

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 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1941 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac