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1939 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

77-74, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Terry (77-74)
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 685 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-74

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 702,457 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99


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1938 / 1940 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
Zeke Bonura 30 R R 6' 0" 210 Sep 20, 1908 6 123 121 123 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.5 $
Jumbo Brown 32 R R 6' 4" 255 Apr 30, 1907 10 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Slick Castleman 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 8, 1913 6 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lou Chiozza 29 L R 6' 0" 172 May 17, 1910 6 40 35 40 37 0 0 0 0 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.1 $
Dick Coffman 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 18, 1906 13 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Harry Danning 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 6, 1911 7 135 131 135 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.8 $ All-Star
Frank Demaree 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 10, 1910 7 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 115 38 150 0 0 2.8 $
Johnny Dickshot 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 24, 1910 4 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 -0.3 $
Al Glossop 24 B R 6' 0" 170 Jul 12, 1914 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tom Gorman 20 R L 6' 2" 200 Mar 16, 1919 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Harry Gumbert 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 5 37 34 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Tom Hafey 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 12, 1913 1st 70 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ray Hayworth 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 29, 1904 12 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Carl Hubbell HOF 36 R L 6' 0" 170 Jun 22, 1903 12 29 18 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Billy Jurges 31 R R 5' 11" 175 May 9, 1908 9 138 137 138 137 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.7 $ All-Star
Alex Kampouris 26 R R 5' 8" 155 Nov 13, 1912 6 74 60 74 73 0 0 0 62 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $
Tony Lazzeri HOF 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 6, 1903 14 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bill Lohrman 26 R R 6' 1" 185 May 22, 1913 4 38 24 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Red Lynn 25 R R 6' 0" 162 Dec 27, 1913 1st 26 0 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Johnny McCarthy 29 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 7, 1910 6 50 9 50 17 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 33 0 -0.3 $
Cliff Melton 27 L L 6' 5" 203 Jan 3, 1912 3 41 23 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Jo-Jo Moore 30 L R 5' 11" 155 Dec 25, 1908 10 138 133 138 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 2 0 -0.1 $
George Myatt 25 L R 5' 11" 167 Jun 14, 1914 2 22 13 22 14 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 -0.3 $
Ken O'Dea 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 16, 1913 5 52 17 52 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 -0.6 $
Mel Ott HOF 30 L R 5' 9" 170 Mar 2, 1909 14 125 115 125 115 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 96 96 10 0 5.4 $17,500 All-Star
Jimmy Ripple 29 L R 5' 10" 170 Oct 14, 1909 4 66 20 66 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 11 23 43 0 -0.5 $
Manny Salvo 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 30, 1912 1st 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Skeeter Scalzi 26 R R 5' 6" 160 Jun 16, 1913 1st 11 4 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.1 $
Hal Schumacher 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1910 9 31 27 31 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 -0.3 $
Bob Seeds 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 24, 1907 8 63 44 63 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 36 0 50 13 0 -0.2 $
Hy Vandenberg 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 17, 1906 4 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Burgess Whitehead 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 29, 1910 6 95 92 95 95 0 0 0 91 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Johnnie Wittig 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 16, 1914 2 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Babe Young 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 1, 1915 2 22 21 22 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
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

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers