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1940 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

72-80, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Terry (72-80)
Scored 663 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-76

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 747,852 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101


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1939 / 1941 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
Jumbo Brown 33 R R 6' 4" 255 Apr 30, 1907 11 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bob Carpenter 22 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 12, 1917 1st 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Tony Cuccinello 32 R R 5' 7" 160 Nov 8, 1907 11 88 80 88 83 0 0 0 46 38 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.7 $
Harry Danning 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 6, 1911 8 140 130 140 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.6 $15,000 All-Star
Paul Dean 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1912 7 27 7 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Frank Demaree 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Jun 10, 1910 8 121 118 121 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 73 38 119 2 0 2.0 $
Al Glossop 25 B R 6' 0" 170 Jul 12, 1914 2 27 24 27 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.5 $
Harry Gumbert 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 6 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Carl Hubbell HOF 37 R L 6' 0" 170 Jun 22, 1903 13 31 28 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $ All-Star
Willis Hudlin 34 R R 6' 0" 190 May 23, 1906 15 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roy Joiner 33 L L 6' 0" 170 Oct 30, 1906 3 30 2 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Billy Jurges 32 R R 5' 11" 175 May 9, 1908 10 63 60 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $ All-Star
Bill Lohrman 27 R R 6' 1" 185 May 22, 1913 5 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Red Lynn 26 R R 6' 0" 162 Dec 27, 1913 2 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Buster Maynard 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 25, 1913 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 0 0 0.2 $
Johnny McCarthy 30 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 7, 1910 7 51 6 51 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 -0.1 $
Cliff Melton 28 L L 6' 5" 203 Jan 3, 1912 4 37 21 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jo-Jo Moore 31 L R 5' 11" 155 Dec 25, 1908 11 138 129 138 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 133 5 0 1.3 $ All-Star
Ken O'Dea 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 16, 1913 6 48 22 48 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.2 $
Mel Ott HOF 31 L R 5' 9" 170 Mar 2, 1909 15 151 150 151 151 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 111 111 0 0 5.1 $ All-Star
Johnny Rucker 23 L R 6' 2" 175 Jan 15, 1917 1st 86 55 86 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 57 23 6 0.6 $
Hal Schumacher 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1910 10 35 30 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.1 $
Bob Seeds 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 24, 1907 9 56 35 56 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 25 0 40 16 0 0.5 $
Glen Stewart 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 29, 1912 1st 15 6 15 11 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Red Tramback 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Oct 1, 1915 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 $
Hy Vandenberg 34 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 17, 1906 5 13 3 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Burgess Whitehead 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 29, 1910 7 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 57 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Mickey Witek 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 19, 1915 1st 119 114 119 118 0 0 0 32 0 89 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.8 $
Babe Young 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 1, 1915 3 149 146 149 147 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.2 $
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

Jo-Jo Moore

Billy Jurges
Red Tramback

Frank Demaree

Mel Ott

Babe Young

Mickey Witek

Burgess Whitehead

Harry Danning

Ken O'Dea

Harry Gumbert

Carl Hubbell

Bill Lohrman

Red Lynn

Cliff Melton

Hal Schumacher

Johnny McCarthy

Roy Joiner

Jumbo Brown

Paul Dean

Bob Carpenter
Willis Hudlin
Hy Vandenberg

Glen Stewart

Buster Maynard

Johnny Rucker

Tony Cuccinello
Al Glossop

Bob Seeds

1939 / 1941 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers