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1940 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
72-80, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 663 runs, Allowed 659 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-76
Manager: Bill Terry (72-80)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
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 - 100, Pitching - 100

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1939 / 1941 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 28 140 566 524 65 157 34 4 13 91 3 35 31 .300 .349 .454 .803 119 238 18 5 2
2 1B Babe Young* 24 149 632 556 75 159 27 4 17 101 4 69 28 .286 .367 .441 .807 121 245 11 2 5
3 2B Tony Cuccinello 32 88 324 307 26 64 9 2 5 36 1 16 42 .208 .248 .300 .547 50 92 9 0 1
4 SS Mickey Witek 24 119 461 433 34 111 7 0 3 31 2 24 17 .256 .295 .293 .589 62 127 13 0 4
5 3B Burgess Whitehead 30 133 606 568 68 160 9 6 4 36 9 26 17 .282 .319 .340 .659 81 193 16 5 7
6 OF Mel Ott* 31 151 647 536 89 155 27 3 19 79 6 100 50 .289 .407 .457 .864 137 245 9 6 5
7 OF Frank Demaree 30 121 521 460 68 139 18 6 7 61 5 45 39 .302 .364 .413 .777 113 190 9 0 16
8 OF Jo-Jo Moore* 31 138 605 543 83 150 33 4 6 46 7 43 30 .276 .337 .385 .722 98 209 8 7 12
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 OF Johnny Rucker* 23 86 287 277 38 82 7 5 4 23 4 7 32 .296 .313 .401 .714 95 111 3 0 3
10 SS Billy Jurges 32 63 248 214 23 54 3 3 2 36 2 25 14 .252 .347 .322 .669 85 69 11 6 3
11 OF Bob Seeds 33 56 177 155 18 45 5 2 4 16 0 17 19 .290 .371 .426 .797 118 66 4 3 2
12 C Ken O'Dea* 27 48 114 96 9 23 4 1 0 12 0 16 15 .240 .348 .302 .650 80 29 2 0 2
13 2B Al Glossop# 25 27 102 91 16 19 3 0 4 8 1 10 16 .209 .294 .374 .668 82 34 1 1 0
14 1B Johnny McCarthy* 30 51 69 67 6 16 4 0 0 5 0 2 8 .239 .261 .299 .559 53 20 3 0 0
15 OF Buster Maynard 27 7 31 29 6 8 2 2 1 2 0 2 6 .276 .323 .586 .909 145 17 0 0 0
16 IF Glen Stewart 27 15 30 29 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .138 .167 .172 .339 -7 5 2 0 0
17 OF Red Tramback* 24 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 82 1 0 0 0
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
18 P Harry Gumbert 30 35 91 87 9 17 2 1 1 5 0 2 29 .195 .213 .276 .489 33 24 2 0 2
19 P Hal Schumacher 29 35 85 78 11 15 1 2 1 8 0 3 18 .192 .232 .295 .527 44 23 3 1 3
20 P Carl Hubbell 37 31 84 81 5 15 3 0 0 10 0 1 15 .185 .195 .222 .417 14 18 2 0 2
21 P Bill Lohrman 27 31 72 65 6 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 24 .123 .162 .138 .300 -17 9 2 0 4
22 P Cliff Melton* 28 37 62 54 6 12 1 1 0 3 0 2 14 .222 .250 .278 .528 45 15 1 0 6
23 P Paul Dean 27 27 31 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .115 .115 .115 .231 -36 3 0 0 5
24 P Roy Joiner* 33 30 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .273 .333 .273 .606 68 3 0 0 1
25 P Bob Carpenter 22 5 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .100 .250 .100 .350 -0 1 0 1 0
26 P Hy Vandenberg 34 13 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 1 1 0 1
27 P Jumbo Brown 33 41 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 1 0 0 0
28 P Red Lynn 26 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
29 P Willis Hudlin 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 152 5900 5324 663 1423 201 46 91 614 45 453 478 .267 .329 .374 .703 93 1989 130 37 86
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 6 5 7 6 3 7 5 8 3 4 6 6 6
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 30 12 14 .462 3.76 35 30 4 14 2 2 237.0 230 110 99 17 81 77 3 1 8 1007 103 1.312 8.7 0.6 3.1 2.9 0.95
2 SP Hal Schumacher 29 13 13 .500 3.25 34 30 4 12 1 1 227.0 218 93 82 14 96 123 0 0 4 974 120 1.383 8.6 0.6 3.8 4.9 1.28
3 SP Carl Hubbell* 37 11 12 .478 3.65 31 27 3 11 2 0 214.1 220 102 87 22 59 86 2 0 3 916 106 1.302 9.2 0.9 2.5 3.6 1.46
4 SP Bill Lohrman 27 10 15 .400 3.78 31 28 2 11 4 1 195.0 200 98 82 19 43 73 3 1 3 810 103 1.246 9.2 0.9 2.0 3.4 1.70
5 SP Cliff Melton* 28 10 11 .476 4.91 37 21 6 4 1 2 166.2 185 103 91 9 68 91 3 0 1 737 79 1.518 10.0 0.5 3.7 4.9 1.34
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
6 CL Jumbo Brown 33 2 4 .333 3.42 41 0 23 0 0 7 55.1 49 25 21 5 25 31 0 0 5 240 114 1.337 8.0 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.24
7 RP Paul Dean 27 4 4 .500 3.90 27 7 11 2 0 0 99.1 110 50 43 8 29 32 0 0 1 426 100 1.399 10.0 0.7 2.6 2.9 1.10
8 RP Roy Joiner* 33 3 2 .600 3.40 30 2 15 0 0 1 53.0 66 26 20 8 17 25 5 0 1 242 114 1.566 11.2 1.4 2.9 4.2 1.47
9 RP Red Lynn 26 4 3 .571 3.83 33 0 18 0 0 3 42.1 40 21 18 3 24 25 1 0 0 189 102 1.512 8.5 0.6 5.1 5.3 1.04
10 RP Hy Vandenberg 34 1 1 .500 3.90 13 3 8 1 0 1 32.1 27 15 14 2 16 17 1 0 1 139 100 1.330 7.5 0.6 4.5 4.7 1.06
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 Bob Carpenter 22 2 0 1.000 2.73 5 3 1 2 0 0 33.0 29 11 10 2 14 25 0 0 0 137 142 1.303 7.9 0.5 3.8 6.8 1.79
12 Willis Hudlin 34 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 23 36 2.000 16.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.00
Team Totals 30.1 72 80 .474 3.79 152 152 95 57 10 18 1360.1 1383 660 573 110 473 606 18 2 27 5840 103 1.364 9.1 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.28
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 7 3 2 6 3 4 4 8 4 2
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
Jumbo Brown 33 41 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.17 P
Bob Carpenter 22 5 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.40 P
Tony Cuccinello 32 84 350 136 207 7 24 .980 4.08 2B-3B
Harry Danning 28 131 740 634 91 15 13 .980 5.53 7 C
Paul Dean 27 27 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Frank Demaree 30 119 9 74 37 244 233 6 5 5 .980 2.01 OF
Al Glossop 25 24 147 54 86 7 8 .952 5.83 2B
Harry Gumbert 30 35 76 11 65 0 4 1.000 2.17 P
Carl Hubbell 37 31 58 4 52 2 3 .966 1.81 P
Willis Hudlin 34 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Roy Joiner 33 30 17 4 11 2 0 .882 0.50 P
Billy Jurges 32 63 330 123 196 11 36 .967 5.06 SS
Bill Lohrman 27 31 57 4 52 1 4 .982 1.81 P
Red Lynn 26 33 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.12 P
Buster Maynard 27 7 0 3 4 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.86 OF
Johnny McCarthy 30 6 62 57 5 0 6 1.000 10.33 1B
Cliff Melton 28 37 44 6 38 0 4 1.000 1.19 P
Jo-Jo Moore 31 133 133 0 0 273 259 9 5 1 .982 2.02 OF
Ken O'Dea 27 31 119 89 29 1 1 .992 3.81 2 C
Mel Ott 31 153 0 0 111 344 240 92 12 10 .965 2.17 OF-3B
Johnny Rucker 23 57 0 57 0 130 121 3 6 0 .954 2.18 OF
Hal Schumacher 29 34 76 14 61 1 2 .987 2.21 P
Bob Seeds 33 40 16 24 0 68 64 3 1 0 .985 1.68 OF
Glen Stewart 27 11 31 7 21 3 3 .903 2.55 3B-SS
Red Tramback 24 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 OF
Hy Vandenberg 34 13 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.31 P
Burgess Whitehead 30 135 590 238 336 16 50 .973 4.25 3B-2B-SS
Mickey Witek 24 121 698 257 412 29 62 .958 5.53 SS-2B
Babe Young 24 147 1604 1505 86 13 112 .992 10.82 1B
Team Totals 28.9 152 6116 4081 1896 139 349 .977 3.78 9
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 7 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics