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1937 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .770 106 128 8 1 1
2 1B Johnny McCarthy* 27 114 455 420 53 117 19 3 10 65 2 24 37 .279 .322 .410 .732 96 172 9 3 8
3 2B Burgess Whitehead 27 152 613 574 64 164 15 6 5 52 7 28 20 .286 .323 .359 .682 83 206 11 4 7
4 SS Dick Bartell 29 128 580 516 91 158 38 2 14 62 5 40 38 .306 .367 .469 .836 124 242 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 .931 149 285 4 3 4
7 OF Jimmy Ripple* 27 121 466 426 70 135 23 3 5 66 3 29 20 .317 .362 .420 .782 110 179 10 1 10
8 OF Jo-Jo Moore* 28 142 633 580 89 180 37 10 6 57 7 46 37 .310 .364 .440 .804 115 255 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 89 111 4 0 3
10 OF Wally Berger 31 59 221 199 40 58 11 2 12 43 3 18 30 .291 .359 .548 .907 141 109 5 3 1
11 1B Sam Leslie* 31 72 213 191 25 59 7 2 3 30 1 20 12 .309 .380 .414 .794 114 79 8 2 0
12 OF Hank Leiber 26 51 202 184 24 54 7 3 4 32 1 15 27 .293 .347 .429 .776 108 79 9 0 3
13 OF Kiddo Davis 35 56 88 76 20 20 10 0 0 9 1 10 7 .263 .356 .395 .751 102 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 50 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 .956 155 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 27 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 11 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 -49 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 .842 125 9 0 0 0
25 P Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 6 11 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 .300 .300 .700 1.000 162 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 20 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 45 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
32 P Jumbo Brown 30 4 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 45 412 492 .278 .334 .403 .737 98 2150 108 31 90
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 4 5 6 1 6 1 7 7 4 3 3 2 3 1 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Carl Hubbell* 34 22 8 .733 3.20 39 32 6 18 4 4 261.2 261 108 93 18 55 159 3 0 7 1087 122 1.208 9.0 0.6 1.9 5.5 2.89
2 SP Cliff Melton* 25 20 9 .690 2.61 46 27 14 14 2 7 248.0 216 90 72 9 55 142 6 0 2 1004 150 1.093 7.8 0.3 2.0 5.2 2.58
3 SP Hal Schumacher 26 13 12 .520 3.60 38 29 5 10 1 1 217.2 222 100 87 12 89 100 0 0 6 942 109 1.429 9.2 0.5 3.7 4.1 1.12
4 SP Harry Gumbert 27 10 11 .476 3.68 34 24 4 10 1 1 200.1 194 92 82 11 62 65 4 0 3 847 106 1.278 8.7 0.5 2.8 2.9 1.05
5 SP Slick Castleman 23 11 6 .647 3.31 23 23 0 10 2 0 160.1 148 66 59 19 33 78 0 1 2 639 118 1.129 8.3 1.1 1.9 4.4 2.36
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Al Smith* 29 5 4 .556 4.20 33 9 13 2 0 0 85.2 91 45 40 8 30 41 2 1 0 367 93 1.412 9.6 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.37
7 RP Dick Coffman 30 8 3 .727 3.04 42 1 21 0 0 3 80.0 93 36 27 4 31 30 4 0 1 363 129 1.550 10.5 0.5 3.5 3.4 0.97
8 RP Tom Baker 24 1 0 1.000 4.06 13 0 11 0 0 0 31.0 30 15 14 0 16 11 0 0 4 133 97 1.484 8.7 0.0 4.6 3.2 0.69
9 RP Don Brennan 33 1 0 1.000 6.75 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 12 8 7 0 9 1 1 0 1 50 60 2.250 11.6 0.0 8.7 1.0 0.11
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 2 2 .500 4.61 6 4 1 1 1 0 27.1 28 14 14 3 8 13 0 0 2 111 86 1.317 9.2 1.0 2.6 4.3 1.63
11 Bill Lohrman 24 1 0 1.000 0.90 2 1 1 1 0 1 10.0 5 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 35 451 0.700 4.5 0.0 1.8 2.7 1.50
12 Frank Gabler 25 0 0 10.00 6 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 20 14 10 1 2 3 0 0 1 48 41 2.444 20.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
13 Jumbo Brown 30 1 0 1.000 1.04 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.2 5 2 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 35 394 1.154 5.2 0.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
14 Hy Vandenberg 31 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 7 7 0 6 2 0 0 0 39 52 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
15 Ben Cantwell 35 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 48 1.750 13.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.00
Team Totals 27.8 95 57 .625 3.43 152 152 85 67 11 17 1361.0 1341 602 518 86 404 653 20 2 29 5718 115 1.282 8.9 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.62
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 2 4 3 2 6 1 2 2 5 2 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Tom Baker 24 13 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.46 P
Dick Bartell 29 128 126 124 790 281 476 33 96 .958 5.91 SS
Wally Berger 31 52 50 31 115 107 4 4 0 .965 2.13 OF
Don Brennan 33 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.17 P
Jumbo Brown 30 4 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Ben Cantwell 35 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Slick Castleman 23 23 23 10 30 8 20 2 3 .933 1.22 P
Lou Chiozza 27 105 104 99 310 121 172 17 9 .945 2.74 3B-OF-2B
Dick Coffman 30 42 1 0 23 2 20 1 2 .957 0.52 P
Harry Danning 25 82 70 67 396 332 57 7 7 .982 4.52 3 18 24 57% C
Kiddo Davis 35 37 17 16 44 41 0 3 0 .932 1.11 OF
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 6 4 1 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.83 P
Frank Gabler 25 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Harry Gumbert 27 34 24 10 98 16 80 2 2 .980 2.82 P
Mickey Haslin 27 17 9 9 64 13 47 4 6 .938 3.53 SS-3B-2B
Carl Hubbell 34 39 32 18 60 11 47 2 3 .967 1.49 P
Hank Leiber 26 46 46 42 80 78 1 1 0 .988 1.72 OF
Sam Leslie 31 44 44 42 487 444 38 5 45 .990 10.95 1B
Bill Lohrman 24 2 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Ed Madjeski 28 5 3 3 10 8 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 100% C
Gus Mancuso 31 81 79 66 488 410 69 9 4 .982 5.91 3 18 29 62% C
Johnny McCarthy 27 110 108 108 1221 1123 82 16 89 .987 10.95 1B
Cliff Melton 25 46 27 14 79 10 68 1 3 .987 1.70 P
Jo-Jo Moore 28 140 140 137 244 226 12 6 0 .975 1.70 OF
Mel Ott 28 150 149 146 334 198 126 10 6 .970 2.15 OF-3B
Jimmy Ripple 27 111 100 93 203 193 6 4 1 .980 1.79 OF
Blondy Ryan 31 20 18 16 104 41 57 6 13 .942 4.67 SS-2B-3B
Hal Schumacher 26 38 29 10 65 17 46 2 2 .969 1.66 P
Al Smith 29 33 9 2 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 0.55 P
Hy Vandenberg 31 1 1 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 P
Phil Weintraub 29 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Burgess Whitehead 27 152 152 145 932 394 514 24 106 .974 5.97 2B
Team Totals 28.1 152 1368 1212 6226 4083 1984 159 401 .974 3.83 6 36 54 60%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 2 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Tom Baker 24 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dick Bartell 29 580 19 1 0 0 20 8 16 64 6.4 44 4.5 1.9 $17,000 Traded *6
Wally Berger 31 221 11 1 0 0 2 -1 7 20 2.0 18 1.8 0.2 $ Traded O8/97
Don Brennan 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ben Cantwell 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Slick Castleman 23 62 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
Lou Chiozza* 27 468 -29 1 0 0 1 2 14 -11 -1.2 -12 -1.2 0.0 $ Traded 58O/4
Dick Coffman 30 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Harry Danning 25 312 2 -1 0 0 1 3 9 14 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $7,500 2
Kiddo Davis 35 88 1 1 0 0 -6 -1 3 -2 -0.2 4 0.4 -0.6 $ Traded O87
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded /1
Harry Gumbert 27 75 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Mickey Haslin 27 53 -2 0 0 0 3 1 2 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ Traded /645
Carl Hubbell 34 100 -10 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $22,500 Purchased 1
Hank Leiber 26 202 2 0 0 0 -1 -1 6 6 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ O8/97
Sam Leslie* 31 213 5 -1 0 0 4 -2 6 12 1.3 8 0.8 0.5 $ Purchased 3
Bill Lohrman 24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Ed Madjeski 28 15 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased /2
Gus Mancuso 31 307 -4 -1 0 0 0 3 9 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 2
Johnny McCarthy* 27 455 -2 -1 0 0 5 -5 14 11 1.1 6 0.6 0.5 $ Purchased *3
Cliff Melton* 25 93 -15 0 0 0 0 7 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jo-Jo Moore* 28 633 14 1 0 0 -2 -6 17 24 2.5 26 2.7 -0.2 $ *7O
Mel Ott* 28 654 41 -2 0 0 6 -3 18 60 6.2 54 5.5 0.7 $17,500 Free Agency O95
Jimmy Ripple* 27 466 8 1 0 0 0 -3 14 20 2.0 20 2.0 0.0 $ Purchased *O98/7
Blondy Ryan 31 82 -3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 6/45
Hal Schumacher 26 85 -6 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1
Al Smith* 29 26 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Hy Vandenberg 31 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Phil Weintraub* 29 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /7O
Burgess Whitehead 27 613 -10 0 0 0 17 5 18 30 3.0 13 1.3 1.7 $ Traded *4
Team Total 28.0 5862 -7 0 0 0 51 40 170 254 25.5 203 20.6 4.9 $64,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Tom Baker 24 31.0 0 15 18 1 1.0 3 0.2 $ Traded
Don Brennan 33 9.1 0 8 5 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Jumbo Brown 30 8.2 0 2 5 0 1.0 3 0.3 $ Purchased
Ben Cantwell 35 4.0 1 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Purchased
Slick Castleman 23 160.1 23 66 94 4 1.0 28 2.4 $
Dick Coffman 30 80.0 1 36 47 2 1.0 11 0.9 $ Purchased
Freddie Fitzsimmons 35 27.1 4 14 16 1 1.0 2 0.1 $ Traded
Frank Gabler 25 9.0 0 14 5 0 1.0 -9 -0.9 $
Harry Gumbert 27 200.1 24 92 117 5 1.0 25 2.0 $ Purchased
Carl Hubbell* 34 261.2 32 108 153 7 1.0 45 3.8 $ Purchased
Bill Lohrman 24 10.0 1 1 6 0 1.0 5 0.5 $ Purchased
Cliff Melton* 25 248.0 27 90 145 7 1.0 55 4.9 $ Purchased
Hal Schumacher 26 217.2 29 100 127 6 1.0 27 2.1 $
Al Smith* 29 85.2 9 45 50 2 1.0 5 0.3 $
Hy Vandenberg 31 8.0 1 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Purchased
Team Total 27.8 1361.0 152 602 795 35 1.0 193 15.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics