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1940 New York Giants (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
Managed by Bill Terry

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule (1939/1941) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   72-80 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   27.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          16 (last on July 1)
Most Games under .500:          11 (last on September 24)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       28.5 (last on September 24)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (June 8 to June 15)
Longest Losing Streak:          11 (September 11 to September 19)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (July 26)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (May 9)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        72  80     663     659    .474

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           33  43     323     339    .434
Road           39  37     340     320    .513

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   4      25      30    .500
May            15   8     144      97    .652
June           18  10     129     101    .643
July           12  17     114     124    .414
August         13  19     124     157    .406
September      10  22     127     150    .313

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  28     338     270    .588
Second Half    32  52     325     389    .381
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  22     156     159    .463

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        21  22     229     213    .488

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             5  16      73     108    .238
BSN            15   7     120      76    .682
CHC            10  12      85      97    .455
CIN             7  15      71     103    .318
PHI            12  10      90      79    .545
PIT            12  10     124     100    .545
STL            11  10     100      96    .524

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     NYG  PHI  L   1-3        0-1     5     1.0       K Higbe                    14,840 -
  2 Fri, Apr 19     NYG @BRO  L   0-12       0-2     7     2.0       H Casey                    24,741 --
  3 Tue, Apr 23     NYG @PHI  W   1-0        1-2     5     2.0       H Gumbert                   5,000 +
  4 Wed, Apr 24     NYG @PHI  W   5-2        2-2     4     2.0       H Vandenberg                3,000 ++
  5 Thu, Apr 25     NYG  BSN  W   9-1        3-2     3     2.0       B Lohrman                   4,718 +++
  6 Fri, Apr 26     NYG  BSN  W   5-3        4-2     2     2.0       C Melton                    4,610 ++++
  7 Sat, Apr 27     NYG  BRO  L   1-4        4-3     3     3.0       L Hamlin                   38,122 -
  8 Sun, Apr 28     NYG  BRO  L   3-5        4-4     3     4.0       W Wyatt                    51,659 --
  9 Thu, May  2     NYG @STL  W   7-4        5-4     3     3.5       C Melton                    2,330 +
 10 Sat, May  4     NYG @CHC  L   2-3        5-5     4     4.0       L French                    7,741 -
 11 Sun, May  5     NYG @CIN  L   2-3        5-6     4     5.0       B Walters                  25,390 --
 12 Mon, May  6     NYG @CIN  L   1-9        5-7     4     6.0       J Thompson                  4,668 ---
 13 Tue, May  7     NYG @CIN  L   6-7        5-8     5     6.0       R Barrett                   5,687 ----
 14 Wed, May  8     NYG @PIT  W  10-6        6-8     4     5.5       C Melton                    3,564 +
 15 Thu, May  9     NYG @PIT  W  17-6        7-8     3     5.5       C Hubbell                   3,492 ++
 16 Fri, May 10     NYG @BRO  W   7-2        8-8     3     4.5       H Gumbert                  26,608 +++
 17 Sat, May 11     NYG @BSN  W  10-2        9-8     3     4.0       B Lohrman                   6,278 ++++
 18 Sun, May 12     NYG @BSN  W   3-2       10-8     3     4.5       H Schumacher                7,555 +++++
 19 Mon, May 13     NYG @BSN  W  11-5       11-8     3     4.0       H Gumbert                   1,416 ++++++
 20 Tue, May 14     NYG  PIT  L   2-7       11-9     3     4.5       B Klinger                   4,373 -
 21 Wed, May 15     NYG  PIT  W   5-2       12-9     3     4.0       C Hubbell                   4,234 +
 22 Fri, May 17     NYG  CHC  L   0-4       12-10    4     5.0       C Passeau                   5,119 -
 23 Sat, May 18     NYG  CHC  W   6-4       13-10    3     4.0       H Gumbert                  12,064 +
 24 Sun, May 19     NYG  STL  L   5-6       13-11    4     5.0       J Russell                  23,874 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Mon, May 20     NYG  STL  W   6-0       14-11    4     4.0       C Melton                    4,289 +
 26 Wed, May 22     NYG  CIN  W   6-4       15-11    3     3.0       C Hubbell                   4,997 ++
 27 Fri, May 24     NYG  BSN  W   8-1       16-11    3     2.5       H Gumbert                  20,260 +++
 28 Sun, May 26     NYG  BSN  W  10-8       17-11    3     2.5       R Joiner                    5,950 ++++
 29 Mon, May 27     NYG @BSN  L   1-7       17-12    3     4.0       B Posedel                   1,415 -
 30 Thu, May 30     NYG @BRO  W   7-0       18-12    3     4.0       C Hubbell                         +
 31                 NYG @BRO  W  12-5       19-12    3     4.0       B Lohrman                  34,548 ++
 32 Sun, Jun  2     NYG @PIT  L   1-2       19-13    3     4.5       B Klinger                         -
 33                 NYG @PIT  W   7-3       20-13    3     4.5       C Melton                   18,634 +
 34 Mon, Jun  3     NYG @PIT  W   4-3       21-13    3     4.5       B Lohrman                   1,987 ++
 35 Tue, Jun  4     NYG @CIN  W   5-4       22-13    3     3.5       C Hubbell                   6,422 +++
 36 Wed, Jun  5     NYG @CIN  L   2-7       22-14    3     4.5       J Thompson                        -
 37 Fri, Jun  7     NYG @STL  L   2-3       22-15    3     4.5       L Warneke                   1,219 --
 38 Sat, Jun  8     NYG @STL  W   4-2       23-15    3     4.0       R Joiner                          +
 39                 NYG @STL  W   5-2       24-15    3     4.0       C Melton                    4,843 ++
 40 Sun, Jun  9     NYG @STL  W  11-9       25-15    3     3.0       H Schumacher                      +++
 41                 NYG @STL  W   7-4       26-15    3     3.0       R Lynn                     11,823 ++++
 42 Tue, Jun 11     NYG @CHC  W   4-0       27-15    3     1.5       B Lohrman                         +++++
 43                 NYG @CHC  W   3-1       28-15    3     1.5       P Dean                      8,280 ++++++
 44 Fri, Jun 14     NYG  PIT  W   8-6       29-15    3     2.0       B Lohrman                   5,955 +++++++
 45 Sat, Jun 15     NYG  PIT  W  12-1       30-15    2     2.0       H Schumacher                5,941 ++++++++
 46 Sun, Jun 16     NYG  PIT  L   0-5       30-16    3     2.0       M Butcher                         -
 47                 NYG  PIT  L   3-5       30-17    3     2.0       R Sewell                   34,282 --
 48 Mon, Jun 17     NYG  CHC  W   2-1       31-17    3     2.0       P Dean                      4,107 +
 49 Tue, Jun 18     NYG  CHC  L   1-6       31-18    3     2.0       J Mooty                    25,325 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 20     NYG  CHC  W   6-3       32-18    3     1.0       H Schumacher                5,533 +
 51 Fri, Jun 21     NYG  CIN  W   4-3       33-18    2     1.0       H Gumbert                   7,451 ++
 52 Sat, Jun 22     NYG  CIN  L   1-3       33-19    3     1.0       J Turner                   15,075 -
 53 Sun, Jun 23     NYG  CIN  L   4-7       33-20    3     3.0       M Shoffner                        --
 54                 NYG  CIN  L   0-2       33-21    3     3.0       J Thompson                 52,657 ---
 55 Wed, Jun 26     NYG  STL  W  10-9       34-21    3     2.5       H Gumbert                  17,322 +
 56 Thu, Jun 27     NYG @PHI  W   7-0       35-21    3     2.0       H Schumacher               10,985 ++
 57 Sat, Jun 29     NYG @PHI  W   5-0       36-21    3     1.5       B Lohrman                   2,000 +++
 58 Sun, Jun 30     NYG @PHI  L   4-7       36-22    3     2.5       C Blanton                         -
 59                 NYG @PHI  W   7-3       37-22    3     2.5       J Brown                    10,816 +
 60 Mon, Jul  1     NYG  BSN  W   7-1       38-22    3     1.5       C Melton                    3,302 ++
 61 Tue, Jul  2     NYG  BSN  L   3-5       38-23    3     2.0       D Errickson                 3,473 -
 62 Wed, Jul  3     NYG  BRO  L   3-7       38-24    3     3.0       H Casey                    18,960 --
 63 Thu, Jul  4     NYG  BRO  L   1-5       38-25    3     5.0       C Davis                           ---
 64                 NYG  BRO  L   1-6       38-26    3     5.0       V Tamulis                  54,306 ----
 65 Fri, Jul  5     NYG  PHI  W  15-2       39-26    3     5.0       C Melton                    4,702 +
 66 Sat, Jul  6     NYG  PHI  L   2-8       39-27    3     6.0       K Higbe                     5,645 -
 67 Sun, Jul  7     NYG  PHI  W   6-4       40-27    3     5.5       H Schumacher                      +
 68                 NYG  PHI  L   2-4       40-28    3     5.5       S Johnson                  16,390 -
 69 Thu, Jul 11     NYG @STL  W   8-6       41-28    3     5.5       R Lynn                     10,363 +
 70 Sat, Jul 13     NYG @STL  L   6-7       41-29    3     6.5       M Lanier                          -
 71                 NYG @STL  L   3-4       41-30    3     6.5       M Cooper                    3,056 --
 72 Sun, Jul 14     NYG @CHC  L   5-6       41-31    3     7.5       C Passeau                         ---
 73                 NYG @CHC  W   2-0       42-31    3     7.5       B Lohrman                  34,870 +
 74 Mon, Jul 15     NYG @CHC  L   3-5       42-32    3     8.5       C Root                      6,075 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 16     NYG @CHC  L   0-2       42-33    3     9.0       V Olsen                     7,243 --
 76 Thu, Jul 18     NYG @PIT  W   6-1       43-33    3     9.0       C Hubbell                  25,188 +
 77 Fri, Jul 19     NYG @PIT  W   5-2       44-33    3     8.0       H Schumacher                2,481 ++
 78 Sat, Jul 20     NYG @CIN  L   1-5       44-34    3     9.0       B Walters                   8,567 -
 79 Sun, Jul 21     NYG @CIN  L   1-6       44-35    3    11.0       P Derringer                       --
 80                 NYG @CIN  L   2-4       44-36    3    11.0       J Turner                   33,356 ---
 81 Tue, Jul 23     NYG  PIT  W   9-1       45-36    3    11.5       C Hubbell                  12,428 +
 82 Thu, Jul 25     NYG  PIT  L   1-2       45-37    3    12.5       R Sewell                    3,265 -
 83 Fri, Jul 26     NYG  CHC  L   1-14      45-38    3    13.5       L French                    3,415 --
 84 Sat, Jul 27     NYG  CHC  W   1-0       46-38    3    12.5       B Lohrman                   3,988 +
 85 Sun, Jul 28     NYG  CHC  W   8-4       47-38    3    12.0       H Gumbert                   6,576 ++
 86 Mon, Jul 29     NYG  CIN  W   4-3       48-38    3    11.0       R Lynn                      4,521 +++
 87 Tue, Jul 30     NYG  CIN  L   3-6       48-39    3    12.0       P Derringer                 5,887 -
 88 Wed, Jul 31     NYG  CIN  W   5-4       49-39    3    11.0       P Dean                     30,334 +
 89 Fri, Aug  2     NYG  STL  W   5-4       50-39    3    10.0       R Joiner                          ++
 90                 NYG  STL  L   1-3       50-40    3    10.0       C Doyle                    22,904 -
 91 Sat, Aug  3     NYG  STL  L   3-8       50-41    3    10.5       L Warneke                   7,431 --
 92 Sun, Aug  4     NYG  STL  W   3-2       51-41    3    10.5       H Schumacher                      +
 93                 NYG  STL  L   3-6       51-42    3    10.5       B McGee                    22,984 -
 94 Mon, Aug  5     NYG @BRO  L   0-6       51-43    3    11.0       W Wyatt                    31,796 --
 95 Wed, Aug  7     NYG  BRO  L   4-8       51-44    3    11.0       F Fitzsimmon               53,997 ---
 96 Thu, Aug  8     NYG  BRO  L   3-6       51-45    3    12.0       W Flowers                  12,438 ----
 97 Sat, Aug 10     NYG @PHI  W   1-0       52-45    3    12.5       H Gumbert                   1,500 +
 98 Sun, Aug 11     NYG @PHI  L   0-2       52-46    3    11.5       K Higbe                           -
 99                 NYG @PHI  W   8-2       53-46    3    11.5       H Schumacher                6,666 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug 13     NYG @BSN  L   1-4       53-47    3    12.0       J Tobin                     2,434 -
101 Wed, Aug 14     NYG @BSN  W   1-0       54-47    3    12.0       C Hubbell                         +
102                 NYG @BSN  L   0-6       54-48    3    12.0       M Salvo                     8,014 -
103 Thu, Aug 15     NYG @BSN  L   1-12      54-49    3    12.0       J Sullivan                  2,506 --
104 Fri, Aug 16     NYG  PHI  W   5-3       55-49    3    12.5       H Schumacher                7,362 +
105 Sun, Aug 18     NYG  PHI  L   3-6       55-50    3    12.5       K Higbe                           -
106                 NYG  PHI  L   6-8       55-51    3    12.5       S Johnson                   9,502 --
107 Mon, Aug 19     NYG @CIN  W   9-2       56-51    3    11.5       C Hubbell                   7,417 +
108 Tue, Aug 20     NYG @CIN  L   2-3       56-52    3    12.5       J Thompson                  6,360 -
109 Wed, Aug 21     NYG @CIN  W   5-4       57-52    3    11.5       J Brown                     7,647 +
110 Thu, Aug 22     NYG @PIT  W   5-4       58-52    3    12.0       P Dean                            ++
111                 NYG @PIT  L   0-4       58-53    3    12.0       R Sewell                   12,523 -
112 Fri, Aug 23     NYG @PIT  L  10-13      58-54    4    12.0       K Heintzelma                2,562 --
113 Sat, Aug 24     NYG @PIT  W   7-6       59-54    4    12.0       C Hubbell                   7,630 +
114 Sun, Aug 25     NYG @CHC  L   4-5       59-55    4    13.0       K Raffensber                      -
115                 NYG @CHC  W  12-8       60-55    4    13.0       C Melton                   18,892 +
116 Mon, Aug 26     NYG @CHC  W  10-5       61-55    3    12.5       C Hubbell                   4,360 ++
117 Tue, Aug 27     NYG @CHC  L   1-3       61-56    4    13.0       C Passeau                   2,607 -
118 Wed, Aug 28     NYG @STL  W   5-2       62-56    3    12.5       C Melton                    2,681 +
119 Thu, Aug 29     NYG @STL  L   0-5       62-57    4    13.5       B McGee                     2,239 -
120 Sat, Aug 31     NYG @BRO  L   6-7       62-58    4    14.0       H Casey                    12,890 --
121 Sun, Sep  1     NYG @BRO  L   1-4       62-59    5    16.0       L Grissom                         ---
122                 NYG @BRO  L   3-7       62-60    5    16.0       W Wyatt                    22,275 ----
123 Mon, Sep  2     NYG @PHI  L   2-11      62-61    5    17.0       K Higbe                           -----
124                 NYG @PHI  L   5-6       62-62    5    17.0       B Beck                     13,325 ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Sep  4     NYG  BSN  L   0-2       62-63    5    18.5       D Errickson                 3,185 -------
126 Thu, Sep  5     NYG  BSN  W   8-7       63-63    5    18.0       R Lynn                            +
127                 NYG  BSN  W   4-1       64-63    5    18.0       H Schumacher                8,111 ++
128 Sat, Sep  7     NYG  BRO  W   4-1       65-63    5    18.0       H Gumbert                  14,271 +++
129 Sun, Sep  8     NYG  BRO  L   2-7       65-64    5    18.5       C Davis                           -
130                 NYG  BRO  L   2-4       65-65    5    18.5       H Casey                    53,623 --
131 Mon, Sep  9     NYG  BRO  W   7-4       66-65    5    18.0       H Schumacher                5,353 +
132 Wed, Sep 11     NYG  STL  L   4-7       66-66    5    20.0       C Shoun                           -
133                 NYG  STL  L   2-3       66-67    5    20.0       B McGee                     5,275 --
134 Thu, Sep 12     NYG  CIN  L   4-9       66-68    5    21.0       J Thompson                  3,966 ---
135 Fri, Sep 13     NYG  CIN  L   2-5       66-69    5    22.0       J Beggs                     3,576 ----
136 Sat, Sep 14     NYG  CIN  L   2-3       66-70    5    23.0       J Turner                    5,758 -----
137 Sun, Sep 15     NYG  PIT  L   3-10      66-71    6    24.5       R Sewell                          ------
138                 NYG  PIT  L   3-4       66-72    6    24.5       J Bowman                    9,240 -------
139 Mon, Sep 16     NYG  PIT  L   6-7       66-73    6    25.5       M Butcher                   1,262 --------
140 Tue, Sep 17     NYG  CHC  L   8-9       66-74    6    26.5       K Raffensber                1,993 ---------
141 Wed, Sep 18     NYG  CHC  L   4-6       66-75    6    27.5       L French                    1,588 ----------
142 Thu, Sep 19     NYG  CHC  L   2-8       66-76    6    28.5       C Passeau                   1,685 -----------
143 Sat, Sep 21     NYG @BSN  W   3-1       67-76    6    28.0       H Gumbert                   2,226 +
144 Sun, Sep 22     NYG @BSN  L   3-4       67-77    6    28.0       J Tobin                           -
145                 NYG @BSN  W   7-3       68-77    6    28.0       B Carpenter                11,330 +
146 Mon, Sep 23     NYG @BRO  L   2-3       68-78    6    28.0       T Carleton                  3,807 -
147 Tue, Sep 24     NYG @BRO  L   4-5       68-79    6    28.5       W Wyatt                     3,464 --
148 Thu, Sep 26     NYG  PHI  W   3-1       69-79    6    27.5       H Gumbert                         +
149                 NYG  PHI  W   2-1       70-79    6    27.5       B Carpenter                 1,239 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Fri, Sep 27     NYG  PHI  L   0-6       70-80    6    27.5       H Mulcahy                   1,128 -
151 Sat, Sep 28     NYG  BSN  W  11-1       71-80    6    27.5       H Schumacher                1,582 +
152 Sun, Sep 29     NYG  BSN  W  14-0       72-80    6    27.5       B Lohrman                         ++

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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