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1939 New York Giants (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
Managed by Bill Terry

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats / Schedule (1938/1940) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   77-74 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   18.5
Days in First:                   2 (last on April 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           8 (last on July 2)
Most Games under .500:           6 (last on May 25)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       19.5 (last on September 24)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (June 8 to June 17)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (July 15 to July 23)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (September 18)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (June 6)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:          6

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        77  74     703     685    .510

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           41  33     360     315    .554
Road           36  41     343     370    .468

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           3   6      32      50    .333
May            14  15     144     149    .483
June           18   7     140      97    .720
July            9  18     101     135    .333
August         15  12     127     101    .556
September      17  16     154     153    .515
October         1   0       5       0   1.000

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  33     358     336    .548
Second Half    37  41     345     349    .474
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        20  23     159     162    .465

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  26     247     256    .458

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            10  12      98      96    .455
BSN            11  10      89     101    .524
CHC            11  11     102     104    .500
CIN            11  11     101     108    .500
PHI            14   7     126      73    .667
PIT            11  11      97      98    .500
STL             9  12      90     105    .429

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     NYG @BRO  W   7-3        1-0     1    Tied  2:19 H Gumbert                  25,496 +
  2 Thu, Apr 20     NYG @BRO  L   3-5        1-1     3     1.0  2:12 L Hamlin                   14,602 -
  3 Fri, Apr 21     NYG  BSN  L   3-10       1-2     6     2.0  2:27 D MacFayden                13,433 --
  4 Sat, Apr 22     NYG  BSN  W   6-5        2-2     3     1.0  2:25 B Lohrman                         +
  5 Sun, Apr 23     NYG  BSN  W   4-2        3-2     1    Tied  2:02 H Gumbert                  33,211 ++
  6 Mon, Apr 24     NYG @PHI  L   5-6        3-3     5     1.0  2:03 M Butcher                   3,000 -
  7 Tue, Apr 25     NYG @PHI  L   1-8        3-4     5     2.0  2:32 C Passeau                   3,500 --
  8 Sat, Apr 29     NYG @BSN  L   1-8        3-5     7     3.0  2:25 J Turner                    7,357 ---
  9 Sun, Apr 30     NYG @BSN  L   2-3        3-6     7     3.5  2:00 L Fette                    23,428 ----
 10 Mon, May  1     NYG @BSN  L   2-7        3-7     7     4.5  2:00 B Posedel                   3,188 -----
 11 Tue, May  2     NYG  CIN  W   8-7        4-7     7     3.5  2:09 D Coffman                   9,078 +
 12 Wed, May  3     NYG  CIN  W   6-4        5-7     7     3.0  2:51 J Brown                     4,652 ++
 13 Thu, May  4     NYG  STL  W   6-3        6-7     5     2.5  2:38 M Salvo                     8,932 +++
 14 Fri, May  5     NYG  STL  L   5-7        6-8     5     2.5  2:11 C Davis                     7,615 -
 15 Sat, May  6     NYG  STL  W   6-2        7-8     5     2.0  2:30 H Gumbert                  18,599 +
 16 Sun, May  7     NYG  CHC  W  10-3        8-8     4     2.0  1:56 C Melton                   36,005 ++
 17 Mon, May  8     NYG  CHC  L   2-4        8-9     5     2.0  2:01 B Lee                       6,098 -
 18 Tue, May  9     NYG  CHC  L   7-11       8-10    6     3.0  3:05 K Higbe                     6,026 --
 19 Wed, May 10     NYG  PIT  L   0-5        8-11    7     3.0  1:54 R Sewell                    6,030 ---
 20 Thu, May 11     NYG  PIT  W   4-1        9-11    6     2.5  1:48 C Melton                    4,041 +
 21 Fri, May 12     NYG  PHI  L   6-10       9-12    8     3.5  2:49 S Johnson                   5,995 -
 22 Sun, May 14     NYG  PHI  W   2-1       10-12    6     3.0  2:26 C Hubbell                  22,485 +
 23 Tue, May 16     NYG @STL  L   6-7       10-13    7     4.0  2:25 B McGee                     5,636 -
 24 Wed, May 17     NYG @STL  W   9-5       11-13    6     3.0  2:34 H Schumacher                4,940 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 18     NYG @STL  L   1-6       11-14    7     4.0  2:11 C Davis                     5,172 -
 26 Fri, May 19     NYG @CHC  W  11-5       12-14    6     3.5  2:30 H Gumbert                  25,000 +
 27 Sat, May 20     NYG @CHC  L   4-8       12-15    7     4.5  2:39 L French                   12,698 -
 28 Sun, May 21     NYG @PIT  L   1-4       12-16    7     5.5  1:53 B Klinger                  20,976 --
 29 Mon, May 22     NYG @PIT  W   9-2       13-16    6     5.5  2:16 H Schumacher                2,886 +
 30 Tue, May 23     NYG @PIT  L   4-13      13-17    6     6.5  2:43 R Sewell                    3,823 -
 31 Wed, May 24     NYG @CIN  L   0-6       13-18    6     7.5  1:49 P Derringer                10,259 --
 32 Thu, May 25     NYG @CIN  L   1-6       13-19    7     8.5  2:05 W Moore                     7,848 ---
 33 Sat, May 27     NYG @PHI  W  10-1       14-19    7     9.0  2:10 H Schumacher                5,000 +
 34 Sun, May 28     NYG @PHI  W   7-2       15-19    6     8.5  2:31 B Lohrman                   4,425 ++
 35 Mon, May 29     NYG @PHI  W   7-5       16-19    6     8.5  2:40 M Salvo                     3,000 +++
 36 Tue, May 30     NYG  BRO  W   5-4       17-19    6     7.5  2:15 H Gumbert                       0 ++++
 37                 NYG  BRO  L   1-3       17-20    6     7.5  2:11 H Casey                    58,296 -
 38 Wed, May 31     NYG  BRO  L   4-7       17-21    6     8.0  2:20 L Hamlin                    7,217 --
 39 Thu, Jun  1     NYG  STL  L   0-1       17-22    6     9.0  2:13 B McGee                     5,070 ---
 40 Fri, Jun  2     NYG  STL  W   8-2       18-22    6     9.0  2:06 B Lohrman                   5,417 +
 41 Sat, Jun  3     NYG  STL  W   6-5       19-22    6     8.0  2:34 J Brown                    12,873 ++
 42 Sun, Jun  4     NYG  CIN  L   1-4       19-23    6     9.0  1:59 P Derringer                17,097 -
 43 Mon, Jun  5     NYG  CIN  L   2-8       19-24    6    10.0  2:15 B Walters                   7,297 --
 44 Tue, Jun  6     NYG  CIN  W  17-3       20-24    6     9.0  2:33 M Salvo                     7,405 +
 45 Wed, Jun  7     NYG  CHC  L   1-7       20-25    6    10.0  2:35 C Passeau                   7,058 -
 46 Thu, Jun  8     NYG  CHC  W   5-3       21-25    6    10.0  2:00 H Gumbert                   5,914 +
 47 Fri, Jun  9     NYG  CHC  W   4-3       22-25    6     9.5  2:45 S Castleman                 4,418 ++
 48 Sat, Jun 10     NYG  PIT  W   6-2       23-25    6     8.5  1:54 H Schumacher                6,815 +++
 49 Sun, Jun 11     NYG  PIT  W   7-3       24-25    5     7.5  1:49 H Gumbert                       0 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 NYG  PIT  W   5-4       25-25    5     7.5  2:36 C Melton                   34,749 +++++
 51 Wed, Jun 14     NYG @CHC  W   2-1       26-25    3     7.5  1:46 B Lohrman                  10,686 ++++++
 52 Thu, Jun 15     NYG @CHC  W   7-4       27-25    3     7.5  2:30 J Brown                     6,966 +++++++
 53 Fri, Jun 16     NYG @CHC  W   6-4       28-25    3     7.0  2:32 H Schumacher                9,346 ++++++++
 54 Sat, Jun 17     NYG @STL  W   7-5       29-25    3     7.0  2:33 H Gumbert                   3,123 +++++++++
 55 Sun, Jun 18     NYG @STL  L   4-8       29-26    3     7.5  2:30 B McGee                    13,000 -
 56 Wed, Jun 21     NYG @PIT  W   6-4       30-26    3     7.0  2:37 C Melton                    5,194 +
 57 Thu, Jun 22     NYG @PIT  L   7-8       30-27    3     7.5  3:35 J Bowman                    3,869 -
 58 Fri, Jun 23     NYG @CIN  W   7-0       31-27    3     6.5  2:02 B Lohrman                   9,731 +
 59 Sat, Jun 24     NYG @CIN  W   7-2       32-27    3     5.5  2:23 M Salvo                    10,718 ++
 60 Sun, Jun 25     NYG @CIN  W   3-2       33-27    3     4.5  1:57 H Gumbert                  21,155 +++
 61 Tue, Jun 27     NYG  PHI  W  13-5       34-27    3     4.5  2:34 H Schumacher                6,130 ++++
 62 Wed, Jun 28     NYG  PHI  W   7-1       35-27    2     4.0  2:05 B Lohrman                   6,556 +++++
 63 Thu, Jun 29     NYG  BSN  L   2-8       35-28    2     4.5  2:27 D MacFayden                 4,683 -
 64 Sat, Jul  1     NYG  BRO  W   5-2       36-28    2     4.0  1:55 H Gumbert                  16,478 +
 65 Sun, Jul  2     NYG  BRO  L   2-3       36-29    2     4.0  2:26 L Hamlin                        0 -
 66                 NYG  BRO  W   6-4       37-29    2     4.0  2:09 C Melton                   51,435 +
 67 Tue, Jul  4     NYG @BSN  L   1-3       37-30    2     5.0  2:26 D MacFayden                     0 -
 68                 NYG @BSN  L   2-10      37-31    2     5.0  2:10 M Shoffner                 14,894 --
 69 Wed, Jul  5     NYG @BSN  W  11-7       38-31    2     5.0  2:30 C Hubbell                   3,032 +
 70 Fri, Jul  7     NYG @BRO  L   2-3       38-32    2     6.0  2:33 W Wyatt                    36,444 -
 71 Sat, Jul  8     NYG @BRO  W   8-3       39-32    2     5.5  2:59 R Lynn                          0 +
 72                 NYG @BRO  L   2-3       39-33    2     5.5  2:14 V Mungo                    34,543 -
 73 Sun, Jul  9     NYG @BRO  W   3-2       40-33    2     5.5  2:29 H Gumbert                  13,827 +
 74 Thu, Jul 13     NYG  CIN  L   0-7       40-34    2     6.5  2:14 B Walters                   9,665 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul 14     NYG  CIN  W   4-1       41-34    2     5.5  1:55 B Lohrman                   9,903 +
 76 Sat, Jul 15     NYG  CIN  L   4-8       41-35    2     6.5  2:25 J Thompson                 17,881 -
 77 Sun, Jul 16     NYG  STL  L   1-3       41-36    2     6.0  2:04 M Cooper                   15,143 --
 78 Mon, Jul 17     NYG  STL  L   3-4       41-37    2     7.0  2:17 C Davis                     5,233 ---
 79 Tue, Jul 18     NYG  STL  L   3-5       41-38    3     8.0  2:25 B Weiland                   5,353 ----
 80 Wed, Jul 19     NYG  PIT  L   3-10      41-39    4     9.0  2:15 M Brown                     5,331 -----
 81 Thu, Jul 20     NYG  PIT  L   4-8       41-40    4     9.5  2:05 B Klinger                   4,310 ------
 82 Fri, Jul 21     NYG  PIT  L   3-4       41-41    5    10.0  2:32 R Sewell                    5,355 -------
 83 Sat, Jul 22     NYG  CHC  L   7-8       41-42    6    11.0  2:47 C Passeau                   8,757 --------
 84 Sun, Jul 23     NYG  CHC  L   5-7       41-43    6    12.5  2:20 B Lee                      14,975 ---------
 85 Tue, Jul 25     NYG @STL  W   6-3       42-43    6    12.5  3:14 C Hubbell                   2,428 +
 86 Wed, Jul 26     NYG @STL  L   0-10      42-44    6    13.0  2:31 T Sunkel                    2,053 -
 87 Thu, Jul 27     NYG @STL  L   4-9       42-45    6    14.5  2:24 C Davis                     1,833 --
 88 Fri, Jul 28     NYG @CHC  L   4-5       42-46    6    15.0  1:55 J Russell                   6,978 ---
 89 Sat, Jul 29     NYG @CHC  W   5-2       43-46    6    15.5  1:42 H Gumbert                  12,158 +
 90 Sun, Jul 30     NYG @CHC  W   3-1       44-46    6    16.0  1:52 C Hubbell                  26,626 ++
 91 Tue, Aug  1     NYG @CIN  W   5-4       45-46    6    15.0  2:11 C Melton                   11,794 +++
 92 Wed, Aug  2     NYG @CIN  W  12-2       46-46    5    14.0  2:03 B Lohrman                  10,532 ++++
 93 Fri, Aug  4     NYG @PIT  L   2-3       46-47    5    15.0  2:31 R Sewell                    3,477 -
 94 Sat, Aug  5     NYG @PIT  W   4-3       47-47    5    14.0  1:55 C Hubbell                   8,932 +
 95 Sun, Aug  6     NYG @PIT  W   9-5       48-47    5    14.0  2:19 H Schumacher                    0 ++
 96                 NYG @PIT  L   0-6       48-48    5    14.0  2:07 B Klinger                  37,665 -
 97 Wed, Aug  9     NYG  BSN  W   5-4       49-48    4    14.0  2:15 B Lohrman                         +
 98                 NYG  BSN  W   6-5       50-48    4    14.0  3:00 C Hubbell                  15,687 ++
 99 Thu, Aug 10     NYG  BSN  W   6-3       51-48    4    13.0  1:54 C Melton                    4,990 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Aug 11     NYG  PHI  L   1-2       51-49    4    13.5  2:05 K Higbe                     5,212 -
101 Sat, Aug 12     NYG  PHI  L   3-4       51-50    4    14.5  1:45 H Mulcahy                   6,998 --
102 Sun, Aug 13     NYG  PHI  W  11-2       52-50    4    12.5  2:12 B Lohrman                       0 +
103                 NYG  PHI  W   6-2       53-50    4    12.5  2:10 C Hubbell                  10,853 ++
104 Tue, Aug 15     NYG @BRO  L   5-8       53-51    4    14.0  2:30 L Hamlin                   11,599 -
105 Wed, Aug 16     NYG @BRO  W   7-3       54-51    4    13.0  2:25 C Melton                   12,963 +
106 Thu, Aug 17     NYG @BRO  L   1-5       54-52    4    14.0  1:56 H Casey                    11,144 -
107 Fri, Aug 18     NYG @PHI  L   2-5       54-53    4    14.5  2:05 K Higbe                     5,000 --
108 Sun, Aug 20     NYG @PHI  W   8-4       55-53    4    13.5  2:00 H Schumacher                    0 +
109                 NYG @PHI  L   2-3       55-54    4    13.5  1:55 H Mulcahy                  12,043 -
110 Mon, Aug 21     NYG  CHC  L   3-4       55-55    5    14.5  2:23 L French                    4,402 --
111 Tue, Aug 22     NYG  CHC  W   4-2       56-55    5    13.5  2:09 C Melton                    5,924 +
112 Wed, Aug 23     NYG  CHC  L   3-8       56-56    5    14.5  2:11 B Lee                       5,897 -
113 Thu, Aug 24     NYG  PIT  L   3-4       56-57    5    14.5  2:09 M Butcher                   4,341 --
114 Sat, Aug 26     NYG  PIT  W   6-2       57-57    5    13.5  1:56 H Schumacher                    0 +
115                 NYG  PIT  W   8-0       58-57    5    13.5  1:35 C Melton                   10,756 ++
116 Sun, Aug 27     NYG  CIN  L   2-7       58-58    5    14.5       P Derringer                       -
117 Mon, Aug 28     NYG  CIN  W   3-1       59-58    5    13.5       B Lohrman                         +
118 Sat, Sep  2     NYG  BRO  W  10-6       60-58    5    13.0  2:30 H Gumbert                       0 ++
119                 NYG  BRO  L   2-7       60-59    5    13.0  2:19 H Casey                    40,031 -
120 Sun, Sep  3     NYG  BRO  W   7-1       61-59    5    13.0  2:13 C Hubbell                  18,367 +
121 Mon, Sep  4     NYG  PHI  W  10-0       62-59    4    11.5  1:53 H Schumacher                    0 ++
122                 NYG  PHI  W   7-6       63-59    4    11.5  2:37 J Brown                    13,039 +++
123 Tue, Sep  5     NYG  PHI  W   6-0       64-59    4    11.5  1:40 C Melton                    1,864 ++++
124 Wed, Sep  6     NYG @BSN  W  10-4       65-59    4    11.0  2:05 H Gumbert                   1,821 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Sep  7     NYG @BSN  L   3-4       65-60    4    11.0  1:58 J Sullivan                  1,096 -
126 Sat, Sep  9     NYG @BRO  L   3-8       65-61    5    11.5  2:14 H Casey                    15,559 --
127 Sun, Sep 10     NYG @BRO  L   4-8       65-62    5    12.5  2:15 F Fitzsimmon                      ---
128 Wed, Sep 13     NYG @PIT  W   2-0       66-62    5    13.5  1:37 H Gumbert                       0 +
129                 NYG @PIT  L   4-7       66-63    5    13.5  1:57 B Klinger                   3,426 -
130 Thu, Sep 14     NYG @CIN  L   5-8       66-64    5    15.5  1:56 P Derringer                     0 --
131                 NYG @CIN  L   3-9       66-65    5    15.5  2:19 M Shoffner                 12,652 ---
132 Fri, Sep 15     NYG @CIN  L   6-10      66-66    5    15.5  2:23 J Thompson                      0 ----
133                 NYG @CIN  W   4-3       67-66    5    15.5  2:01 H Schumacher                9,878 +
134 Sat, Sep 16     NYG @CIN  L   1-6       67-67    5    16.5  1:46 B Walters                  10,038 -
135 Sun, Sep 17     NYG @STL  W   2-1       68-67    5    16.5  1:42 C Hubbell                       0 +
136                 NYG @STL  L   1-2       68-68    5    16.5  1:54 B McGee                    20,190 -
137 Mon, Sep 18     NYG @STL  W   7-2       69-68    5    16.5  1:57 C Melton                        0 +
138                 NYG @STL  L   5-15      69-69    5    16.5  2:26 L Warneke                   6,043 -
139 Tue, Sep 19     NYG @CHC  L   2-3       69-70    5    16.5  2:00 L French                    4,549 --
140 Wed, Sep 20     NYG @CHC  W   4-2       70-70    5    16.5  1:59 C Hubbell                   4,166 +
141 Thu, Sep 21     NYG @CHC  L   3-9       70-71    5    17.5  2:10 C Passeau                   3,969 -
142 Sat, Sep 23     NYG  BSN  W   4-1       71-71    5    19.0  1:58 H Schumacher                      +
143 Sun, Sep 24     NYG  BSN  W   5-4       72-71    5    19.5  2:05 H Gumbert                       0 ++
144                 NYG  BSN  L   3-5       72-72    5    19.5  1:21 G Barnicle                 13,970 -
145 Mon, Sep 25     NYG  BSN  W   6-5       73-72    5    19.0  2:05 B Lohrman                   1,122 +
146 Tue, Sep 26     NYG  BRO  W   9-5       74-72    5    19.0  2:10 C Hubbell                       0 ++
147                 NYG  BRO  L   2-3       74-73    5    19.0  1:30 L Hamlin                   13,499 -
148 Thu, Sep 28     NYG @PHI  W   4-3       75-73    5    18.0  1:57 H Gumbert                       0 +
149                 NYG @PHI  W   8-3       76-73    5    18.0  1:58 H Schumacher                3,000 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Sep 30     NYG @BSN  L   2-3       76-74    5    19.0  1:50 J Callahan                    736 -
151 Sun, Oct  1     NYG @BSN  W   5-0       77-74    5    18.5  1:25 H Gumbert                   1,000 +

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