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1937 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938)
95-57, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 732 runs, Allowed 602 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-63
Manager: Bill Terry (95-57)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 926,887 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
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Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees

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1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Harry Danning 25 93 312 292 30 84 12 4 8 51 0 18 20 .288 .331 .438 .770 107 128 8 1 1
2 1B Johnny McCarthy* 27 114 455 420 53 117 19 3 10 65 2 24 37 .279 .322 .410 .732 97 172 9 3 8
3 2B Burgess Whitehead 27 152 613 574 64 164 15 6 5 52 7 28 20 .286 .323 .359 .682 84 206 11 4 7
4 SS Dick Bartell 29 128 580 516 91 158 38 2 14 62 5 40 38 .306 .367 .469 .836 125 242 9 10 14
5 3B Lou Chiozza* 27 117 468 439 49 102 11 2 4 29 6 20 30 .232 .266 .294 .560 51 129 2 0 9
6 OF Mel Ott* 28 151 654 545 99 160 28 2 31 95 7 102 69 .294 .408 .523 .931 150 285 4 3 4
7 OF Jimmy Ripple* 27 121 466 426 70 135 23 3 5 66 3 29 20 .317 .362 .420 .782 111 179 10 1 10
8 OF Jo-Jo Moore* 28 142 633 580 89 180 37 10 6 57 7 46 37 .310 .364 .440 .804 116 255 9 3 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Gus Mancuso 31 86 307 287 30 80 17 1 4 39 1 17 20 .279 .319 .387 .706 90 111 4 0 3
10 OF Wally Berger 31 59 221 199 40 58 11 2 12 43 3 18 30 .291 .359 .548 .907 142 109 5 3 1
11 1B Sam Leslie* 31 72 213 191 25 59 7 2 3 30 1 20 12 .309 .380 .414 .794 115 79 8 2 0
12 OF Hank Leiber 26 51 202 184 24 54 7 3 4 32 1 15 27 .293 .347 .429 .776 109 79 9 0 3
13 OF Kiddo Davis 35 56 88 76 20 20 10 0 0 9 1 10 7 .263 .356 .395 .751 103 30 2 1 1
14 SS Blondy Ryan 31 21 82 75 10 18 3 1 1 13 0 6 8 .240 .296 .347 .643 73 26 3 0 1
15 IF Mickey Haslin 27 27 53 42 8 8 1 0 0 5 1 9 3 .190 .333 .214 .548 51 9 3 0 2
16 C Ed Madjeski 28 5 15 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 3 0 0 0
17 OF Phil Weintraub* 29 6 10 9 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .400 .556 .956 156 5 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
18 P Carl Hubbell 34 39 100 97 4 21 4 0 0 6 0 0 13 .216 .216 .258 .474 28 25 1 0 3
19 P Cliff Melton* 25 46 93 82 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 21 .122 .133 .122 .254 -31 10 3 0 10
20 P Hal Schumacher 26 45 85 81 9 18 2 0 2 7 0 3 16 .222 .250 .321 .571 53 26 3 0 1
21 P Harry Gumbert 27 34 75 72 3 13 0 0 1 5 0 1 15 .181 .192 .222 .414 12 16 1 0 2
22 P Slick Castleman 23 23 62 57 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 22 .070 .102 .088 .189 -48 5 3 0 3
23 P Al Smith* 29 33 26 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .120 .120 .120 .240 -35 3 0 0 1
24 P Dick Coffman 30 42 19 19 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 .368 .368 .474 .842 126 9 0 0 0
25 P Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 6 11 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 .300 .300 .700 1.000 163 7 0 0 1
26 P Tom Baker 24 13 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 21 2 0 0 0
27 P Hy Vandenberg 31 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
28 P Bill Lohrman 24 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
29 P Don Brennan 33 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 0 0 0
30 P Ben Cantwell 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
31 P Frank Gabler 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Jumbo Brown 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 152 5862 5329 732 1484 251 41 111 677 45 0 412 492 .278 .334 .403 .737 99 2150 108 31 90 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 4 5 6 1 6 7 7 4 4 3 3 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Tom Baker 24 9 7 0 0.0 102 .286 .222 .281 .222 .343 .222 .399 .444 .742 21 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .000 .000 1
Dick Bartell 29 580 381 86 6.0 102 .310 .306 .281 .367 .343 .469 .399 .836 .742 125 .629 18.6 1.8 .809 .250 .163 7.4 *6
Wally Berger 31 221 147 38 6.9 102 .293 .291 .281 .359 .343 .548 .399 .907 .742 142 .685 11.0 1.1 .911 .362 .256 4.8 O
Don Brennan 33 2 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .281 .500 .343 .000 .399 .500 .742 46 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000 /1
Jumbo Brown 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Ben Cantwell 35 1 0 0 1.000 .343 0.3 0.0 /1
Slick Castleman 23 62 59 1 0.4 102 .114 .070 .281 .102 .343 .088 .399 .189 .742 -48 .015 -12.0 -1.2 .125 .053 .018 1
*Lou Chiozza 27 468 348 34 2.6 102 .242 .232 .281 .266 .343 .294 .399 .560 .742 51 .268 -31.2 -3.1 .457 .121 .062 4.8 5O/4
Dick Coffman 30 19 12 3 6.7 102 .636 .368 .281 .368 .343 .474 .399 .842 .742 126 .672 0.7 0.1 .750 .105 .105 1
Harry Danning 25 312 217 42 5.2 102 .288 .288 .281 .331 .343 .438 .399 .770 .742 107 .561 1.4 0.1 .681 .212 .151 .0 2
Kiddo Davis 35 88 59 10 4.5 102 .290 .263 .281 .356 .343 .395 .399 .751 .742 103 .501 1.1 0.1 .724 .276 .132 .0 O
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 11 8 2 6.7 102 .286 .300 .281 .300 .343 .700 .399 1.000 .742 163 .672 0.8 0.1 1.000 .400 .400 .0 /1
Frank Gabler 25 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Harry Gumbert 27 75 62 3 1.3 102 .214 .181 .281 .192 .343 .222 .399 .414 .742 12 .092 -9.2 -0.9 .283 .056 .042 .0 1
Mickey Haslin 27 53 39 3 2.0 102 .205 .190 .281 .333 .343 .214 .399 .548 .742 51 .192 -2.4 -0.2 .514 .262 .024 .0 /645
Carl Hubbell 34 100 80 5 1.7 102 .250 .216 .281 .216 .343 .258 .399 .474 .742 28 .139 -10.0 -1.0 .325 .041 .041 1
Hank Leiber 26 202 142 27 5.1 102 .327 .293 .281 .347 .343 .429 .399 .776 .742 109 .553 1.8 0.2 .683 .223 .136 1.6 O
*Sam Leslie 31 213 140 30 5.7 102 .318 .309 .281 .380 .343 .414 .399 .794 .742 115 .607 4.4 0.4 .729 .215 .105 1.5 3
Bill Lohrman 24 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .281 .000 .343 .000 .398 .000 .742 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ed Madjeski 28 15 12 1 2.2 102 .231 .200 .281 .200 .343 .200 .399 .400 .742 8 .215 -2.0 -0.2 .250 .000 .000 /2
Gus Mancuso 31 307 214 35 4.4 102 .289 .279 .281 .319 .343 .387 .399 .706 .742 90 .484 -4.3 -0.4 .611 .171 .108 1.6 2
*Johnny McCarthy 27 455 320 55 4.6 102 .287 .279 .281 .322 .343 .410 .399 .732 .742 97 .508 -3.2 -0.3 .644 .193 .131 3.3 *3
*Cliff Melton 25 93 85 1 0.3 102 .164 .122 .281 .133 .343 .122 .399 .254 .742 -31 .007 -15.2 -1.5 .147 .012 .000 1
*Jo-Jo Moore 28 633 413 92 5.9 102 .324 .310 .281 .364 .343 .440 .399 .804 .742 116 .624 13.4 1.3 .760 .221 .129 6.5 *O
*Mel Ott 28 654 393 115 7.8 102 .290 .294 .281 .408 .343 .523 .399 .931 .742 150 .732 42.0 4.1 1.021 .429 .229 11.4 O5
*Jimmy Ripple 27 466 311 65 5.6 102 .324 .317 .281 .362 .343 .420 .399 .782 .742 111 .596 6.5 0.6 .704 .178 .103 3.8 *O
Blondy Ryan 31 82 61 8 3.5 102 .258 .240 .281 .296 .343 .347 .399 .643 .742 73 .386 -3.0 -0.3 .533 .187 .107 .0 6/45
Hal Schumacher 26 85 67 7 2.8 102 .254 .222 .281 .250 .343 .321 .399 .571 .742 53 .293 -5.6 -0.6 .439 .136 .099 .0 1
*Al Smith 29 26 23 0 0.0 102 .188 .120 .281 .120 .343 .120 .399 .240 .742 -35 .000 -4.8 -0.5 .136 .000 .000 1
Hy Vandenberg 31 4 5 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .281 .000 .343 .000 .399 .000 .742 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Phil Weintraub 29 10 6 2 8.9 102 .375 .333 .281 .400 .343 .556 .399 .956 .742 156 .776 0.8 0.1 1.000 .333 .222 /O
Burgess Whitehead 27 613 428 66 4.1 102 .290 .286 .281 .323 .343 .359 .399 .682 .742 84 .459 -14.0 -1.4 .582 .134 .073 5.8 *4
League Average 4.5 101 .292 .271 .280 .331 .342 .382 .397 .714 .739 93 .501 .643 .208 .111
Team Total 5862 4043 731 4.8 102 .291 .278 .281 .334 .343 .403 .399 .737 .742 99 .531 -16.8 -1.9 .667 .211 .125 64.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Tom Baker 24 21 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20 20
Dick Bartell 29 135 593 541 93 164 39 2 15 64 5 42 40 .303 .364 .466 .830 88 128 128
Wally Berger 31 94 364 329 57 94 21 3 18 69 3 31 66 .286 .354 .532 .886 61 89 89
Don Brennan 33 17 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 16 16
Jumbo Brown 30 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 8 8
Ben Cantwell 35 15 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 14 14
Slick Castleman 23 24 62 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 23 23
*Lou Chiozza 27 123 481 460 50 105 11 2 4 29 6 21 32 .228 .262 .287 .549 35 117 117
Dick Coffman 30 44 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 42 42
Harry Danning 25 98 326 306 31 87 12 4 8 52 0 19 21 .284 .328 .428 .756 43 93 93
Kiddo Davis 35 101 252 223 41 58 17 0 1 15 2 27 14 .260 .345 .350 .695 26 96 96
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 20 45 43 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 1 9 .209 .244 .302 .547 3 19 19
Frank Gabler 25 26 25 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .174 .240 .174 .414 1 25 25
Harry Gumbert 27 36 77 76 3 14 0 0 1 5 0 1 16 .184 .195 .224 .418 3 34 34
Mickey Haslin 27 28 53 44 8 8 1 0 0 5 1 9 3 .182 .321 .205 .525 3 27 27
Carl Hubbell 34 41 102 102 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 39 39
Hank Leiber 26 54 209 193 25 56 7 3 4 33 1 16 28 .290 .344 .420 .764 28 51 51
*Sam Leslie 31 76 223 200 26 61 7 2 3 31 1 21 13 .305 .377 .405 .782 31 72 72
Bill Lohrman 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Ed Madjeski 28 5 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
Gus Mancuso 31 90 317 300 30 82 17 1 4 39 1 17 21 .273 .312 .377 .689 36 86 86
*Johnny McCarthy 27 120 468 440 54 121 20 3 10 66 2 25 39 .275 .318 .402 .721 56 114 114
*Cliff Melton 25 48 86 85 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 22 .106 .116 .106 .222 1 46 46
*Jo-Jo Moore 28 149 656 606 91 185 38 10 6 58 7 47 39 .305 .358 .431 .789 94 142 142
*Mel Ott 28 159 678 570 101 165 29 2 32 97 7 105 73 .289 .403 .516 .918 118 151 151
*Jimmy Ripple 27 127 477 446 72 140 24 3 5 68 3 30 21 .314 .358 .415 .773 66 121 121
Blondy Ryan 31 22 84 78 10 18 3 1 1 12 0 6 8 .231 .286 .333 .619 7 21 21
Hal Schumacher 26 47 87 84 9 18 2 0 2 7 0 3 17 .214 .241 .310 .551 6 45 45
*Al Smith 29 35 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33 33
Hy Vandenberg 31 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Phil Weintraub 29 58 218 196 32 54 13 4 3 22 1 21 27 .276 .349 .429 .777 29 55 55
Burgess Whitehead 27 160 634 601 66 170 16 6 5 53 7 29 21 .283 .320 .354 .675 67 152 152
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Tom Baker 24 3 60 68 60 58 5 18 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .310 .333 .379 .713 92 22 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Bartell 29 11 5950 1342 5950 5244 805 1553 323 62 45 486 72 430 397 .296 .356 .407 .763 98 2135 46 57 219
Wally Berger 31 8 4770 1116 4770 4352 691 1321 259 54 211 789 32 364 574 .304 .361 .533 .895 141 2321 53 31 23
Don Brennan 33 5 123 141 123 110 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 45 .155 .205 .173 .378 4 19 0 1 6
Jumbo Brown 30 8 118 103 118 111 9 23 4 1 0 9 0 0 5 33 .207 .241 .261 .503 32 29 0 0 2 0 0
Ben Cantwell 35 11 538 340 538 503 46 116 9 2 0 31 1 12 57 .231 .249 .256 .505 37 129 5 0 23
Slick Castleman 23 4 176 89 176 167 13 22 3 0 2 10 0 6 53 .132 .162 .186 .347 -6 31 4 0 3
*Lou Chiozza 27 4 2133 519 2133 1967 269 553 97 19 8 168 37 124 148 .281 .328 .362 .690 79 712 19 14 28
Dick Coffman 30 11 393 348 393 352 20 47 11 1 0 16 0 0 20 125 .134 .180 .170 .351 -10 60 0 0 21
Harry Danning 25 5 651 246 651 612 57 164 32 7 11 82 1 30 50 .268 .304 .397 .701 88 243 23 2 7
Kiddo Davis 35 7 1976 570 1976 1806 278 510 111 16 19 171 32 0 141 137 .282 .336 .393 .729 94 710 29 4 25
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 13 1023 416 1023 947 90 197 30 7 13 92 0 0 22 140 .208 .233 .296 .529 40 280 11 9 45
Frank Gabler 25 3 97 94 97 86 3 16 4 1 0 11 0 0 5 23 .186 .231 .256 .487 33 22 5 0 6 0 0
Harry Gumbert 27 3 130 79 130 124 8 24 2 0 1 11 0 4 30 .194 .219 .234 .453 22 29 1 0 2
Mickey Haslin 27 5 955 287 955 872 112 232 30 8 6 94 8 55 60 .266 .310 .339 .650 70 296 27 1 27
Carl Hubbell 34 10 1035 389 1035 959 77 191 24 2 3 76 0 24 129 .199 .220 .238 .457 22 228 6 1 51
Hank Leiber 26 5 1471 375 1471 1331 196 398 68 17 37 231 3 104 112 .299 .355 .459 .814 119 611 39 11 25
*Sam Leslie 31 9 2545 746 2545 2306 299 710 116 27 35 373 14 205 112 .308 .370 .427 .797 119 985 64 22 12
Bill Lohrman 24 2 5 6 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 1
Ed Madjeski 28 4 508 166 508 481 58 116 19 2 5 56 2 0 21 61 .241 .274 .320 .595 53 154 0 1 5
Gus Mancuso 31 9 3168 876 3168 2879 268 817 143 13 44 388 5 227 153 .284 .337 .388 .725 94 1118 60 2 60
*Johnny McCarthy 27 4 563 157 563 523 70 143 22 4 12 76 4 28 49 .273 .314 .400 .714 92 209 11 3 9
*Cliff Melton 25 1 93 46 93 82 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 21 .122 .133 .122 .254 -31 10 3 0 10
*Jo-Jo Moore 28 8 3632 813 3632 3388 523 1044 163 39 45 324 28 208 158 .308 .353 .419 .772 110 1420 26 25 11
*Mel Ott 28 12 6642 1589 6642 5621 1131 1775 313 55 306 1190 58 917 469 .316 .415 .554 .969 155 3116 36 32 72
*Jimmy Ripple 27 2 811 217 811 737 112 230 40 5 12 113 4 57 35 .312 .363 .429 .792 113 316 16 2 15
Blondy Ryan 31 5 1383 374 1383 1306 126 313 36 13 8 133 6 0 56 181 .240 .272 .306 .578 58 399 38 2 19
Hal Schumacher 26 7 537 250 537 515 57 112 14 2 11 68 0 11 113 .217 .237 .317 .553 50 163 9 2 9
*Al Smith 29 4 166 146 166 146 16 21 1 0 1 11 0 10 33 .144 .209 .171 .380 4 25 5 2 8
Hy Vandenberg 31 2 5 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 1 0 0
*Phil Weintraub 29 4 445 158 445 387 64 107 17 7 5 43 1 55 51 .276 .368 .395 .763 109 153 10 1 2
Burgess Whitehead 27 5 2021 525 2021 1883 265 523 69 16 10 157 31 80 86 .278 .313 .347 .660 76 654 38 16 42
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics