The 1933 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season. The team won the National League pennant and defeated the American League pennant winner Washington Senators in the World Series in five games.
1933 New York Giants | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Charles Stoneham | |
Managers | Bill Terry | |
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Offseason edit
- December 29, 1932: Shanty Hogan was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Braves.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 91 | 61 | 0.599 | — | 48–27 | 43–34 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 5 | 50–27 | 37–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 6 | 56–23 | 30–45 |
Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 9 | 45–31 | 38–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 9½ | 47–30 | 35–41 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 65 | 88 | 0.425 | 26½ | 36–41 | 29–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 60 | 92 | 0.395 | 31 | 32–40 | 28–52 |
Cincinnati Reds | 58 | 94 | 0.382 | 33 | 37–42 | 21–52 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | |||||
Brooklyn | 9–13–1 | — | 9–13 | 10–12–1 | 8–14–2 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 9–12 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 12–10–1 | 11–11 | — | 4–17 | 7–14 | 7–15 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 10–12–1 | 14–8–2 | 13–9 | 17–4 | — | 15–6 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–7 | 6–15 | — | 7–15 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 9–13 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7 | — | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 12–9 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 16–6 | 8–14 | — |
Opening Day lineup edit
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Gus Mancuso | 144 | 481 | 127 | .264 | 6 | 56 |
1B | Bill Terry | 123 | 475 | 153 | .322 | 6 | 58 |
2B | Hughie Critz | 133 | 558 | 137 | .246 | 2 | 33 |
SS | Blondy Ryan | 146 | 525 | 125 | .238 | 3 | 48 |
3B | Johnny Vergez | 123 | 458 | 124 | .271 | 16 | 72 |
OF | Mel Ott | 152 | 580 | 164 | .283 | 23 | 103 |
OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 132 | 524 | 153 | .292 | 0 | 42 |
OF | Kiddo Davis | 126 | 434 | 112 | .258 | 7 | 37 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Lefty O'Doul | 78 | 229 | 70 | .306 | 9 | 35 |
Homer Peel | 84 | 148 | 38 | .257 | 1 | 12 |
Sam Leslie | 40 | 137 | 44 | .321 | 3 | 27 |
Bernie James | 60 | 125 | 28 | .224 | 1 | 10 |
Travis Jackson | 53 | 122 | 30 | .246 | 0 | 12 |
Paul Richards | 92 | 87 | 17 | .195 | 0 | 10 |
Chuck Dressen | 16 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Malay | 8 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Phil Weintraub | 8 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
Hank Leiber | 6 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Danning | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Carl Hubbell | 45 | 308.2 | 23 | 12 | 1.66 | 156 |
Hal Schumacher | 35 | 258.2 | 19 | 12 | 2.16 | 96 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 36 | 251.2 | 16 | 11 | 2.90 | 65 |
Roy Parmelee | 32 | 218.1 | 13 | 8 | 3.17 | 132 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Salveson | 8 | 30.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.82 | 8 |
George Uhle | 6 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 7.90 | 4 |
Ray Starr | 6 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Hi Bell | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2.05 | 24 |
Dolf Luque | 35 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2.69 | 23 |
Glenn Spencer | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.13 | 14 |
Watty Clark | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.70 | 11 |
Bill Shores | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.93 | 20 |
World series edit
Game 1 edit
October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
New York (N) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 4 | 10 | 2 |
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0) L: Lefty Stewart (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1) |
Game 2 edit
October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 10 | 0 |
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0) L: Alvin Crowder (0–1) | ||||||||||||
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1) |
Game 3 edit
October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Washington (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 4 | 9 | 1 |
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0) L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1) S: Hi Bell (1) |
Game 4 edit
October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0) L: Monte Weaver (0–1) | ||||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1) |
Game 5 edit
October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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New York (N) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Washington (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
W: Dolf Luque (2–0) L: Jack Russell (baseball) (0–1) | |||||||||||||
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2) WAS – Fred Schulte (1) |
Awards and honors edit
- Carl Hubbell, Associated Press Athlete of the Year
Farm system edit
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Attleboro/Lawrence/Woonsocket Weavers | New England League | Bill Hunnefield and Mark Devlin. |
Attleboro club moved to Lawrence, May 26, 1933, and then to Woonsocket, July 18[2]
References edit
- ^ Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007