1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

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.

1939 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Bill Terry
Managers	Bill Terry
Radio	WABC (Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 7, 1938: Les Powers was purchased from the Giants by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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	—

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased by the Giants from the Boston Bees.
• August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.

Roster

1939 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers 20 Jumbo Brown 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 15 Tom Gorman 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 12 Bill Lohrman 26 Red Lynn 16 Cliff Melton 18 Manny Salvo 17 Hal Schumacher 27 Hy Vandenberg 19 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers  8 Harry Danning 14 Ray Hayworth  9 Ken O'Dea Infielders  5 Zeke Bonura 21 Lou Chiozza  2 Al Glossop 19 Tom Hafey  7 Billy Jurges 22 Alex Kampouris 19 Tony Lazzeri 23 Johnny McCarthy 19 George Myatt  1 Skeeter Scalzi  2 Burgess Whitehead 21 Babe Young		Outfielders  6 Frank Demaree 28 Johnny Dickshot  3 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott 24 Jimmy Ripple 25 Bob Seeds		Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Travis Jackson 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	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

References

• 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac