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1939 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
77-74, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 703 runs, Allowed 685 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-74
Manager: Bill Terry (77-74)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 702,457 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1938 / 1940 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 27 135 563 520 79 163 28 5 16 74 4 35 42 .313 .359 .479 .838 122 249 12 2 6
2 1B Zeke Bonura 30 123 517 455 75 146 26 6 11 85 1 46 22 .321 .388 .477 .865 130 217 22 4 12
3 2B Burgess Whitehead 29 95 370 335 31 80 6 3 2 24 1 24 19 .239 .299 .293 .592 59 98 15 5 6
4 SS Billy Jurges 31 138 611 543 84 155 21 11 6 63 3 47 34 .285 .349 .398 .747 99 216 26 6 15
5 3B Tom Hafey 25 70 268 256 37 62 10 1 6 26 1 10 44 .242 .271 .359 .630 67 92 6 0 2
6 OF Mel Ott* 30 125 508 396 85 122 23 2 27 80 2 100 50 .308 .449 .581 1.030 174 230 5 1 11
7 OF Frank Demaree 29 150 643 560 68 170 27 2 11 79 2 66 40 .304 .381 .418 .799 114 234 20 4 13
8 OF Jo-Jo Moore* 30 138 612 562 80 151 23 2 10 47 5 45 17 .269 .324 .370 .694 85 208 7 1 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 2B Alex Kampouris 26 74 238 201 23 50 12 2 5 29 0 30 41 .249 .349 .403 .752 101 81 7 1 6
10 OF Bob Seeds 32 63 198 173 33 46 5 1 5 26 1 22 31 .266 .352 .393 .745 99 68 3 1 2
11 3B Lou Chiozza* 29 40 153 142 19 38 3 1 3 12 3 9 10 .268 .311 .366 .677 81 52 1 0 2
12 OF Jimmy Ripple* 29 66 134 123 10 28 4 0 1 12 0 8 7 .228 .286 .285 .570 53 35 4 2 1
13 C Ken O'Dea* 26 52 109 97 7 17 1 0 3 11 0 10 16 .175 .252 .278 .531 42 27 2 0 2
14 UT Johnny McCarthy* 29 50 84 80 12 21 6 1 1 11 0 3 8 .263 .298 .400 .698 85 32 2 1 0
15 1B Babe Young* 23 22 84 75 8 23 4 0 3 14 0 5 6 .307 .373 .480 .853 127 36 0 3 1
16 3B George Myatt* 25 22 60 53 7 10 2 0 0 3 2 6 6 .189 .271 .226 .498 34 12 1 0 1
17 3B Tony Lazzeri 35 13 51 44 7 13 0 0 1 8 0 7 6 .295 .392 .364 .756 103 16 2 0 0
18 OF Johnny Dickshot 29 10 39 34 3 8 0 0 0 5 0 5 3 .235 .333 .235 .569 54 8 2 0 0
19 2B Al Glossop# 24 10 37 32 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 4 2 .188 .278 .281 .559 50 9 1 0 1
20 IF Skeeter Scalzi 26 11 21 18 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 106 6 2 0 0
21 C Ray Hayworth 35 5 14 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 24 3 0 0 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
22 P Harry Gumbert 29 37 97 90 10 18 2 1 0 9 0 1 24 .200 .209 .244 .453 21 22 1 0 6
23 P Hal Schumacher 28 30 76 69 4 14 3 0 0 5 0 3 14 .203 .236 .246 .482 29 17 3 0 4
24 P Cliff Melton* 27 41 75 66 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 1 10 .182 .194 .197 .391 5 13 1 0 8
25 P Bill Lohrman 26 38 65 60 4 14 2 0 2 10 0 4 15 .233 .292 .367 .659 75 22 2 1 0
26 P Carl Hubbell 36 29 58 53 3 8 1 0 1 6 0 2 3 .151 .182 .226 .408 9 12 2 0 3
27 P Manny Salvo 26 32 42 41 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 18 .098 .119 .195 .314 -17 8 1 0 0
28 P Jumbo Brown 32 31 12 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .364 .417 .364 .780 110 4 0 0 0
29 P Slick Castleman 25 12 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 3 0 0 1
30 P Red Lynn 25 26 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 3 0 0
31 P Johnnie Wittig 25 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Dick Coffman 32 28 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Hy Vandenberg 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Tom Gorman 20 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.9 151 5767 5129 703 1395 211 38 116 651 26 498 499 .272 .340 .396 .736 96 2030 153 32 108
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 5 6 7 8 1 8 4 5 4 3 3 3 5
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 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 Harry Gumbert 29 18 11 .621 4.32 36 34 1 14 2 0 243.2 257 132 117 21 81 81 1 1 5 1047 91 1.387 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.0 1.00
2 SP Cliff Melton* 27 12 15 .444 3.56 41 23 13 9 2 5 207.1 214 94 82 7 65 95 4 0 2 886 110 1.346 9.3 0.3 2.8 4.1 1.46
3 SP Bill Lohrman 26 12 13 .480 4.07 38 24 7 9 1 1 185.2 200 91 84 15 45 70 3 0 5 769 96 1.320 9.7 0.7 2.2 3.4 1.56
4 SP Hal Schumacher 28 13 10 .565 4.81 29 27 1 8 0 0 181.2 199 106 97 14 89 58 3 0 5 828 81 1.585 9.9 0.7 4.4 2.9 0.65
5 SP Carl Hubbell* 36 11 9 .550 2.75 29 18 8 10 0 2 154.0 150 60 47 11 24 62 2 0 2 639 143 1.130 8.8 0.6 1.4 3.6 2.58
6 SP Manny Salvo 26 4 10 .286 4.63 32 18 7 4 0 1 136.0 150 84 70 11 75 69 5 0 3 626 85 1.654 9.9 0.7 5.0 4.6 0.92
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
7 CL Jumbo Brown 32 4 0 1.000 4.15 31 0 20 0 0 7 56.1 69 30 26 1 25 24 1 0 3 260 94 1.669 11.0 0.2 4.0 3.8 0.96
8 RP Red Lynn 25 1 0 1.000 3.08 26 0 11 0 0 1 49.2 44 21 17 3 21 22 2 0 0 214 127 1.309 8.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.05
9 RP Dick Coffman 32 1 2 .333 3.08 28 0 20 0 0 3 38.0 50 18 13 1 6 9 3 0 0 172 127 1.474 11.8 0.2 1.4 2.1 1.50
10 RP Slick Castleman 25 1 2 .333 4.54 12 4 3 0 0 0 33.2 36 18 17 1 23 6 0 0 2 152 86 1.752 9.6 0.3 6.1 1.6 0.26
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
11 Johnnie Wittig 25 0 2 .000 7.56 5 2 0 1 0 0 16.2 18 15 14 0 14 4 1 0 2 82 52 1.920 9.7 0.0 7.6 2.2 0.29
12 Hy Vandenberg 33 0 0 5.68 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 10 5 4 0 6 3 0 0 0 35 69 2.526 14.2 0.0 8.5 4.3 0.50
13 Tom Gorman* 20 0 0 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 22 54 1.600 12.6 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
14 Johnny McCarthy* 29 0 0 7.20 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 24 54 2.000 14.4 1.8 3.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.5 77 74 .510 4.07 151 151 96 55 5 20 1319.0 1412 682 596 86 477 505 25 1 30 5756 96 1.432 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.4 1.06
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 6 7 2 8 4 6 6 6 4 5
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Zeke Bonura 30 122 1306 1205 90 11 110 .992 10.61 1B
Jumbo Brown 32 31 12 0 12 0 1 1.000 0.39 P
Slick Castleman 25 12 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lou Chiozza 29 38 123 39 76 8 11 .935 3.03 3B-SS
Dick Coffman 32 28 11 3 6 2 0 .818 0.32 P
Harry Danning 27 132 636 550 80 6 13 .991 4.77 8 C
Frank Demaree 29 150 1 116 36 345 329 11 5 2 .986 2.27 OF
Johnny Dickshot 29 10 0 0 10 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.40 OF
Al Glossop 24 10 50 15 34 1 7 .980 4.90 2B
Tom Gorman 20 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Harry Gumbert 29 36 97 18 76 3 4 .969 2.61 P
Tom Hafey 25 70 199 61 130 8 10 .960 2.73 3B
Ray Hayworth 35 5 20 16 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 1 C
Carl Hubbell 36 29 38 2 36 0 1 1.000 1.31 P
Billy Jurges 31 137 805 295 482 28 95 .965 5.67 SS
Alex Kampouris 26 73 358 154 193 11 35 .969 4.75 2B-3B
Tony Lazzeri 35 13 36 11 21 4 1 .889 2.46 3B
Bill Lohrman 26 38 44 3 38 3 5 .932 1.08 P
Red Lynn 25 26 8 1 5 2 0 .750 0.23 P
Johnny McCarthy 29 17 0 1 3 118 114 4 0 13 1.000 6.94 1B-OF-P
Cliff Melton 27 41 59 6 49 4 0 .932 1.34 P
Jo-Jo Moore 30 136 136 0 0 277 260 13 4 2 .986 2.01 OF
George Myatt 25 14 43 10 29 4 3 .907 2.79 3B
Ken O'Dea 26 30 94 78 11 5 1 .947 2.97 1 C
Mel Ott 30 116 0 0 96 246 190 45 11 6 .955 2.03 OF-3B
Jimmy Ripple 29 23 9 4 10 38 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 OF
Manny Salvo 26 32 42 8 31 3 2 .929 1.22 P
Skeeter Scalzi 26 6 32 10 18 4 3 .875 4.67 SS-3B
Hal Schumacher 28 30 0 1 0 44 4 37 3 4 .932 1.37 P-OF
Bob Seeds 32 50 12 38 0 81 77 2 2 0 .975 1.58 OF
Hy Vandenberg 33 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Burgess Whitehead 29 96 593 240 336 17 63 .971 6.00 2B-SS-3B
Johnnie Wittig 25 5 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Babe Young 23 22 227 214 9 4 18 .982 10.14 1B
Team Totals 28.8 151 6010 3964 1893 153 411 .975 3.70 10
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 5 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics