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1938 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939)
83-67, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 705 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-68
Managed by Bill Terry

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 799,633 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats / Schedule (1937/1939) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   83-67 , Final Rank: 3, GB:    5.0
Days in First:                  60 (last on July 17, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          21 (last on July 10)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  6.0 (last on May 17)
Farthest Behind Leader:        7.5 (last on September 4)

Longest Winning Streak:         11 (April 21 to May 2)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (May 30 to June 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (July 12 and August 7)
Most Runs Scored:               20 (September 10)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      15
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        83  67     705     637    .553

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           43  30     365     297    .589
Road           40  37     340     340    .519

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          10   1      69      36    .909
May            15  10     120     103    .600
June           15  13     135     115    .536
July           14  15     114     127    .483
August         13  16     131     159    .448
September      14  12     120      90    .538
October         2   0      16       7   1.000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     45  25     359     262    .643
Second Half    38  42     346     375    .475
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  16     164     156    .600

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  24     283     245    .478

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            14   8     116      78    .636
BSN            14   8      95      81    .636
CHC            10  12      71      81    .455
CIN             9  12      71      93    .429
PHI            16   5     157      78    .762
PIT             9  13     101     126    .409
STL            11   9      94     100    .550

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     NYG  BSN  W  13-1        1-0     1    Tied  2:08 C Melton                   39,742 +
  2 Wed, Apr 20     NYG  BSN  L   4-6        1-1     3     1.0  2:17 J Turner                   10,192 -
  3 Thu, Apr 21     NYG  BSN  W   3-2        2-1     2     1.0  2:25 C Hubbell                   5,403 +
  4 Fri, Apr 22     NYG @BRO  W   3-2        3-1     2     1.0  2:22 H Gumbert                  31,154 ++
  5 Sat, Apr 23     NYG @BRO  W   8-5        4-1     2     1.0  2:45 C Melton                   29,477 +++
  6 Sun, Apr 24     NYG @BRO  W   1-0        5-1     2     1.0  2:12 H Schumacher               35,078 ++++
  7 Tue, Apr 26     NYG  PHI  W  12-8        6-1     2     0.5  2:57 D Coffman                   5,871 +++++
  8 Wed, Apr 27     NYG  PHI  W   7-3        7-1     1    Tied  2:10 H Gumbert                       0 ++++++
  9                 NYG  PHI  W  11-6        8-1     1    Tied  2:40 C Melton                          +++++++
 10 Thu, Apr 28     NYG @BSN  W   4-2        9-1     1  up 1.0  1:56 H Schumacher                6,390 ++++++++
 11 Sat, Apr 30     NYG  BRO  W   3-1       10-1     1  up 2.0  2:23 C Hubbell                  31,723 +++++++++
 12 Sun, May  1     NYG  BRO  W   7-6       11-1     1  up 2.5  2:27 B Lohrman                  40,248 ++++++++++
 13 Mon, May  2     NYG  BRO  W   7-4       12-1     1  up 3.5  2:10 C Melton                   12,088 +++++++++++
 14 Tue, May  3     NYG @CIN  L   2-10      12-2     1  up 2.5  2:16 P Derringer                 5,499 -
 15 Wed, May  4     NYG @CIN  W   3-2       13-2     1  up 3.5  1:54 C Hubbell                   6,162 +
 16 Thu, May  5     NYG @CIN  L   2-5       13-3     1  up 2.5  2:03 R Benge                     3,408 -
 17 Fri, May  6     NYG @PIT  W  11-7       14-3     1  up 2.5  2:20 C Melton                   10,648 +
 18 Sat, May  7     NYG @PIT  W   6-5       15-3     1  up 2.5  2:08 J Brown                    16,064 ++
 19 Sun, May  8     NYG @CHC  W   4-2       16-3     1  up 3.5  1:52 C Hubbell                  20,835 +++
 20 Tue, May 10     NYG @CHC  W   5-1       17-3     1  up 4.5  2:03 H Gumbert                  13,361 ++++
 21 Wed, May 11     NYG @STL  W   5-3       18-3     1  up 5.5  2:27 C Melton                    3,875 +++++
 22 Mon, May 16     NYG @PHI  L   3-12      18-4     1  up 5.0  2:00 B Walters                   1,500 -
 23 Tue, May 17     NYG  CHC  W   6-5       19-4     1  up 6.0  3:10 D Coffman                  19,315 +
 24 Wed, May 18     NYG  CHC  L   2-4       19-5     1  up 5.5  1:50 C Root                     12,938 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 19     NYG  CHC  L   0-1       19-6     1  up 4.5  2:04 B Lee                       7,339 --
 26 Fri, May 20     NYG  CIN  L   0-4       19-7     1  up 3.5  2:20 J Vander Mee                6,021 ---
 27 Sat, May 21     NYG  CIN  L   1-4       19-8     1  up 2.5  1:46 P Derringer                20,729 ----
 28 Sun, May 22     NYG  PIT  W  18-2       20-8     1  up 3.5  1:58 C Hubbell                  30,343 +
 29 Mon, May 23     NYG  PIT  L   3-4       20-9     1  up 2.5  2:14 M Brown                     5,364 -
 30 Tue, May 24     NYG  STL  W   9-4       21-9     1  up 2.5  2:14 S Castleman                 4,275 +
 31 Wed, May 25     NYG  STL  W   3-1       22-9     1  up 2.5  1:40 H Schumacher                4,829 ++
 32 Sat, May 28     NYG  PHI  W   5-4       23-9     1  up 2.5  1:50 C Melton                        0 +++
 33                 NYG  PHI  W  11-0       24-9     1  up 2.5  2:10 C Hubbell                         ++++
 34 Sun, May 29     NYG  PHI  W   7-6       25-9     1  up 3.5  2:10 H Gumbert                  14,889 +++++
 35 Mon, May 30     NYG @BSN  L   0-6       25-10    1  up 2.5  2:04 J Turner                        0 -
 36                 NYG @BSN  L   0-1       25-11    1  up 2.5  2:04 D MacFayden                40,000 --
 37 Wed, Jun  1     NYG @PIT  L   1-4       25-12    1  up 2.0  1:42 R Bauers                    4,001 ---
 38 Fri, Jun  3     NYG @PIT  L   5-6       25-13    1  up 1.5  2:08 B Klinger                   8,513 ----
 39 Sat, Jun  4     NYG @CIN  L   2-11      25-14    1  up 0.5  2:04 J Weaver                    7,121 -----
 40 Sun, Jun  5     NYG @CIN  L   1-4       25-15    2     0.5  1:57 J Vander Mee               27,047 ------
 41 Mon, Jun  6     NYG @CIN  W  11-2       26-15    2     0.5  1:49 H Schumacher                5,974 +
 42 Tue, Jun  7     NYG @CHC  L   2-4       26-16    2     1.5  2:03 B Lee                      16,202 -
 43 Wed, Jun  8     NYG @CHC  W   4-2       27-16    1  up 0.5  1:59 H Gumbert                       0 +
 44                 NYG @CHC  W   4-1       28-16    1  up 0.5  2:10 C Hubbell                  43,000 ++
 45 Thu, Jun  9     NYG @CHC  W   8-5       29-16    1  up 1.5  2:37 J Brown                    14,317 +++
 46 Fri, Jun 10     NYG @STL  W   3-1       30-16    1  up 2.0  1:52 H Schumacher                      ++++
 47 Sat, Jun 11     NYG @STL  -   2-2       30-16    1  up 2.0  1:58                                   ++++
 48 Sun, Jun 12     NYG @STL  W   8-5       31-16    1  up 2.0  2:30 H Gumbert                       0 +++++
 49                 NYG @STL  L   1-4       31-17    1  up 2.0  2:10 B Weiland                         -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun 14     NYG  PIT  W   5-3       32-17    1  up 2.0  2:10 H Schumacher                5,334 +
 51 Wed, Jun 15     NYG  PIT  L   0-2       32-18    1  up 2.0  1:55 J Tobin                     5,874 -
 52 Thu, Jun 16     NYG  PIT  L   2-10      32-19    1  up 1.5  1:58 B Klinger                   6,800 --
 53 Fri, Jun 17     NYG  STL  W  10-3       33-19    1  up 3.0  2:49 S Castleman                14,251 +
 54 Sat, Jun 18     NYG  STL  W   5-3       34-19    1  up 4.0  2:03 B Lohrman                  11,280 ++
 55 Sun, Jun 19     NYG  STL  L   7-8       34-20    1  up 3.0  3:17 L Warneke                       0 -
 56                 NYG  STL  L   2-4       34-21    1  up 3.0  2:04 R Henshaw                  37,420 --
 57 Tue, Jun 21     NYG  CIN  L   2-6       34-22    1  up 1.5  2:05 J Weaver                   10,509 ---
 58 Wed, Jun 22     NYG  CIN  W   6-4       35-22    1  up 2.0  1:55 D Coffman                  10,371 +
 59 Thu, Jun 23     NYG  CIN  L   5-8       35-23    1  up 1.5  2:30 J Vander Mee               22,666 -
 60 Fri, Jun 24     NYG  CHC  W   5-3       36-23    1  up 1.5  2:19 D Coffman                  16,944 +
 61 Sat, Jun 25     NYG  CHC  L   0-5       36-24    1  up 1.5  1:48 C Bryant                   18,914 -
 62 Sun, Jun 26     NYG  CHC  W   5-1       37-24    1  up 2.0  1:42 C Hubbell                  15,919 +
 63 Wed, Jun 29     NYG @PHI  W   9-1       38-24    1  up 3.0  2:31 H Schumacher                    0 ++
 64                 NYG @PHI  W   6-2       39-24    1  up 3.0  2:18 C Melton                    8,000 +++
 65 Thu, Jun 30     NYG @PHI  W  14-1       40-24    1  up 4.0  2:17 S Castleman                 1,500 ++++
 66 Fri, Jul  1     NYG @BRO  W   3-1       41-24    1  up 4.5  2:12 H Gumbert                         +++++
 67 Sat, Jul  2     NYG @BRO  W   8-1       42-24    1  up 4.5  2:07 C Hubbell                  11,251 ++++++
 68 Sun, Jul  3     NYG @BSN  W   5-3       43-24    1  up 3.5  1:59 B Lohrman                       0 +++++++
 69                 NYG @BSN  L   0-2       43-25    1  up 3.5  1:51 L Fette                    15,099 -
 70 Mon, Jul  4     NYG  BRO  W   3-0       44-25    1  up 3.5  1:45 H Schumacher                    0 +
 71                 NYG  BRO  W  16-1       45-25    1  up 3.5  2:07 S Castleman                50,166 ++
 72 Fri, Jul  8     NYG  BSN  W   4-2       46-25    1  up 3.5  1:45 H Gumbert                   6,792 +++
 73 Sat, Jul  9     NYG  BSN  L   0-7       46-26    1  up 2.5  2:07 L Fette                     9,899 -
 74 Sun, Jul 10     NYG  BSN  W   5-2       47-26    1  up 2.0  2:04 C Melton                   15,278 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 12     NYG @BRO  L   5-13      47-27    1  up 0.5  2:20 B Posedel                   9,126 -
 76 Wed, Jul 13     NYG @CIN  L   1-6       47-28    1  up 0.5  1:47 P Derringer                26,082 --
 77 Thu, Jul 14     NYG @CIN  L   0-1       47-29    2     0.5  1:43 B Walters                  19,951 ---
 78 Fri, Jul 15     NYG @CIN  W   3-2       48-29    1  up 0.5  2:03 H Schumacher               27,443 +
 79 Sat, Jul 16     NYG @PIT  L   3-7       48-30    2     0.5  2:15 B Klinger                  15,197 -
 80 Sun, Jul 17     NYG @PIT  W   2-1       49-30    1  up 0.5  1:53 C Hubbell                       0 +
 81                 NYG @PIT  -   7-7       49-30    1  up 0.5  2:35                            43,241 +
 82 Mon, Jul 18     NYG @PIT  L   4-7       49-31    2     0.5  2:12 C Blanton                  11,098 -
 83 Tue, Jul 19     NYG @STL  W   7-6       50-31    2     0.5  2:36 B Lohrman                         +
 84 Wed, Jul 20     NYG @STL  L   2-7       50-32    2     1.5  1:53 C Shoun                         0 -
 85                 NYG @STL  L   1-7       50-33    2     1.5  2:03 B Weiland                         --
 86 Thu, Jul 21     NYG @STL  W   5-2       51-33    2     1.5  2:13 C Hubbell                   3,427 +
 87 Sat, Jul 23     NYG @CHC  L   4-7       51-34    2     2.5  2:04 B Lee                           0 -
 88                 NYG @CHC  L   1-3       51-35    2     2.5  1:39 D Dean                     43,233 --
 89 Sun, Jul 24     NYG @CHC  L   4-5       51-36    2     4.0  3:57 B Lee                      35,078 ---
 90 Tue, Jul 26     NYG  STL  L   5-6       51-37    2     4.0  2:45 C Shoun                     5,784 ----
 91 Wed, Jul 27     NYG  STL  L   0-7       51-38    2     5.0  2:28 L Warneke                   7,300 -----
 92 Thu, Jul 28     NYG  STL  W   2-1       52-38    2     5.0  1:50 C Hubbell                   6,368 +
 93 Fri, Jul 29     NYG  CIN  W   5-4       53-38    2     5.0  2:28 D Coffman                  18,588 ++
 94 Sat, Jul 30     NYG  CIN  W   3-2       54-38    2     5.0  2:05 B Lohrman                  14,157 +++
 95 Sun, Jul 31     NYG  CIN  L   6-7       54-39    2     5.0  2:59 P Davis                    16,802 -
 96 Tue, Aug  2     NYG  CHC  L   0-7       54-40    2     5.0  1:55 C Bryant                    9,627 --
 97 Wed, Aug  3     NYG  CHC  W   8-3       55-40    2     5.5  2:09 H Gumbert                   7,171 +
 98 Thu, Aug  4     NYG  CHC  L   0-6       55-41    2     5.5  1:56 L French                    5,921 -
 99 Fri, Aug  5     NYG  PIT  W   5-3       56-41    2     4.5  2:13 J Brown                    18,535 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  7     NYG  PIT  L   1-5       56-42    2     6.5  2:05 J Tobin                         0 -
101                 NYG  PIT  L   3-13      56-43    2     6.5  2:20 E Brandt                   50,468 --
102 Tue, Aug  9     NYG @BSN  W   5-4       57-43    2     6.5  2:03 B Lohrman                   3,646 +
103 Wed, Aug 10     NYG @BSN  L   2-8       57-44    2     6.5  2:25 D Errickson                 4,167 -
104 Fri, Aug 12     NYG @PHI  W   1-0       58-44    2     5.5  2:02 H Gumbert                   5,000 +
105 Sat, Aug 13     NYG @PHI  W  11-1       59-44    2     5.0  2:13 C Hubbell                       0 ++
106                 NYG @PHI  L   2-4       59-45    2     5.0  2:36 M Butcher                  10,000 -
107 Sun, Aug 14     NYG @PHI  W  11-0       60-45    2     4.5  2:45 H Schumacher                    0 +
108                 NYG @PHI  W  14-6       61-45    2     4.5  2:05 B Lohrman                  12,000 ++
109 Tue, Aug 16     NYG  BRO  L   3-7       61-46    2     5.0  2:35 V Tamulis                  10,434 -
110 Wed, Aug 17     NYG  BRO  W   4-2       62-46    2     5.0  2:13 C Melton                          +
111 Thu, Aug 18     NYG  BRO  L   3-5       62-47    2     5.0  2:15 V Tamulis                   7,844 -
112 Fri, Aug 19     NYG  PHI  W   4-2       63-47    2     4.5  2:05 B Lohrman                  10,967 +
113 Sat, Aug 20     NYG  PHI  L   7-8       63-48    2     5.5  2:45 A Hollingswo                6,771 -
114 Sun, Aug 21     NYG  PHI  L   3-8       63-49    2     5.0  2:25 M Butcher                   8,970 --
115 Tue, Aug 23     NYG @CHC  W   6-2       64-49    2     5.0  2:28 H Gumbert                  14,538 +
116 Wed, Aug 24     NYG @CHC  L   1-6       64-50    2     6.0  1:53 V Page                      1,279 -
117 Thu, Aug 25     NYG @STL  W   8-7       65-50    2     4.5  3:08 J Brown                     4,511 +
118 Fri, Aug 26     NYG @STL  L   6-7       65-51    2     4.5  2:29 M Macon                           -
119 Sat, Aug 27     NYG @STL  L   3-12      65-52    2     5.5  2:25 B McGee                     4,387 --
120 Sun, Aug 28     NYG @CIN  W   7-3       66-52    2     4.5  1:59 H Schumacher               20,391 +
121 Mon, Aug 29     NYG @CIN  L   3-6       66-53    2     5.5  1:50 B Walters                   3,527 -
122 Tue, Aug 30     NYG @PIT  L   1-7       66-54    2     6.5  1:52 J Tobin                           --
123 Wed, Aug 31     NYG @PIT  W   6-5       67-54    2     6.5  2:35 J Wittig                        0 +
124                 NYG @PIT  L   3-12      67-55    2     6.5  1:59 R Lucas                    43,586 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Sep  1     NYG @PIT  L   0-6       67-56    4     7.5  1:59 B Klinger                  28,839 --
126 Sat, Sep  3     NYG @BRO  L   4-5       67-57    3     7.0  1:58 F Fitzsimmon                9,122 ---
127 Sun, Sep  4     NYG @BRO  L   4-5       67-58    4     7.5  2:30 L Hamlin                        0 ----
128                 NYG @BRO  W   7-0       68-58    4     7.5  1:45 D Coffman                  33,465 +
129 Mon, Sep  5     NYG @PHI  W   7-0       69-58    4     6.5  1:57 C Melton                        0 ++
130                 NYG @PHI  L   3-4       69-59    4     6.5  2:03 A Hollingswo               10,000 -
131 Tue, Sep  6     NYG  BSN  W   6-5       70-59    4     6.0  2:42 D Coffman                   4,217 +
132 Wed, Sep  7     NYG  BSN  W   6-3       71-59    4     6.0  2:00 J Wittig                    4,289 ++
133 Thu, Sep  8     NYG  BSN  W   6-4       72-59    4     5.0  2:08 H Gumbert                   4,171 +++
134 Fri, Sep  9     NYG  BRO  L   1-7       72-60    4     5.5  1:58 F Fitzsimmon               12,000 -
135 Sat, Sep 10     NYG  BRO  W  20-2       73-60    4     5.5  2:19 C Melton                   10,987 +
136 Sun, Sep 11     NYG  BRO  L   0-3       73-61    4     5.5  2:27 L Hamlin                   13,534 -
137 Wed, Sep 14     NYG  PIT  W   3-0       74-61    3     3.5  1:58 H Schumacher                    0 +
138                 NYG  PIT  W  10-3       75-61    3     3.5  2:04 H Gumbert                  28,185 ++
139 Thu, Sep 15     NYG  PIT  L   2-7       75-62    4     4.5  2:06 J Tobin                     4,978 -
140 Sat, Sep 17     NYG  CHC  L   0-4       75-63    4     6.0  2:08 B Lee                           0 --
141                 NYG  CHC  L   2-4       75-64    4     6.0  1:43 C Bryant                   22,257 ---
142 Thu, Sep 22     NYG  CIN  W   6-1       76-64    3     6.5  1:47 H Schumacher                    0 +
143                 NYG  CIN  W   2-1       77-64    3     6.5  1:39 H Gumbert                   6,197 ++
144 Sat, Sep 24     NYG @BSN  W   9-8       78-64    3     5.5  2:35 J Brown                         0 +++
145                 NYG @BSN  W   2-1       79-64    3     5.5  1:35 C Melton                    7,149 ++++
146 Sun, Sep 25     NYG @BSN  L   2-3       79-65    3     7.0  2:10 D MacFayden                     0 -
147                 NYG @BSN  L   3-4       79-66    3     7.0  1:52 M Shoffner                  8,519 --
148 Tue, Sep 27     NYG @BRO  W   5-3       80-66    3     6.5  2:08 D Coffman                       0 +
149                 NYG @BRO  L   1-5       80-67    3     6.5  1:30 J Gaddy                    12,585 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Thu, Sep 29     NYG  PHI  W   9-2       81-67    3     6.5  1:35 C Melton                          +
151 Sat, Oct  1     NYG  BSN  W  13-5       82-67    3     6.0  2:12 B Lohrman                   1,751 ++
152 Sun, Oct  2     NYG  BSN  W   3-2       83-67    3     5.0  1:31 H Gumbert                   2,973 +++

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