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1937 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938

95-57, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Terry (95-57)
Scored 732 runs, Allowed 602 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-63

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 926,887 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees


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1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Tom Baker 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 11, 1913 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dick Bartell 29 R R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1907 11 128 126 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $17,000 All-Star
Wally Berger 31 R R 6' 2" 198 Oct 10, 1905 8 59 50 59 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 45 5 52 7 0 2.0 $
Don Brennan 33 R R 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1903 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jumbo Brown 30 R R 6' 4" 255 Apr 30, 1907 8 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ben Cantwell 35 R R 6' 1" 168 Apr 13, 1902 11 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Slick Castleman 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 8, 1913 4 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Lou Chiozza 27 L R 6' 0" 172 May 17, 1910 4 117 104 117 105 0 0 0 2 93 0 0 12 0 12 9 4 -1.2 $
Dick Coffman 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 18, 1906 11 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Harry Danning 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 6, 1911 5 93 70 93 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1.5 $7,500
Kiddo Davis 35 R R 5' 11" 178 Feb 12, 1902 7 57 17 57 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 26 0 37 14 6 -0.2 $
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 26, 1901 13 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Frank Gabler 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 6, 1911 3 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Harry Gumbert 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 3 34 24 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Mickey Haslin 27 R R 5' 8" 165 Oct 25, 1909 5 27 9 27 17 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.4 $
Carl Hubbell HOF 34 R L 6' 0" 170 Jun 22, 1903 10 39 32 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $22,500 All-Star
Hank Leiber 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Jan 17, 1911 5 51 46 51 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 7 46 5 0 0.6 $
Sam Leslie 31 L L 6' 0" 192 Jul 26, 1905 9 73 44 73 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 1.3 $
Bill Lohrman 24 R R 6' 1" 185 May 22, 1913 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ed Madjeski 28 R R 5' 11" 178 Jul 20, 1908 4 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gus Mancuso 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Dec 5, 1905 9 86 79 86 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.7 $ All-Star
Johnny McCarthy 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 7, 1910 4 114 108 114 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.1 $
Cliff Melton 25 L L 6' 5" 203 Jan 3, 1912 1st 46 27 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Jo-Jo Moore 28 L R 5' 11" 155 Dec 25, 1908 8 142 140 142 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 140 2 0 2.5 $ All-Star
Mel Ott HOF 28 L R 5' 9" 170 Mar 2, 1909 12 151 149 151 150 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 91 91 1 0 6.2 $17,500 All-Star
Jimmy Ripple 27 L R 5' 10" 170 Oct 14, 1909 2 121 100 121 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 53 57 111 10 0 2.0 $
Blondy Ryan 31 R R 6' 1" 178 Jan 4, 1906 5 21 18 21 20 0 0 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Hal Schumacher 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1910 7 45 29 45 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.4 $
Al Smith 29 L L 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1907 4 33 9 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Hy Vandenberg 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 17, 1906 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Phil Weintraub 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Oct 12, 1907 4 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0.1 $
Burgess Whitehead 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 29, 1910 5 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Lou Chiozza

Dick Bartell

Wally Berger
Hank Leiber
Mel Ott

Hank Leiber
Mel Ott

Jo-Jo Moore

Johnny McCarthy

Burgess Whitehead

Gus Mancuso

Harry Danning

Harry Gumbert

Carl Hubbell

Tom Baker
Freddie Fitzsimmons

Dick Coffman

Slick Castleman
Phil Weintraub

Cliff Melton

Hal Schumacher

Al Smith

Don Brennan
Ben Cantwell
Frank Gabler

Sam Leslie

Mickey Haslin

Blondy Ryan

Jimmy Ripple

Kiddo Davis
Bill Lohrman

Ed Madjeski

Hank Leiber

Hy Vandenberg

Jumbo Brown

1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers