1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1939 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 77 74 y 5th Horace Stoneham Bill Terry Bill Terry WABC(Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen) 1938 New York Giants (MLB) season 1940 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1939 New York Giants season was the franchise's 57th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 77–74 record, 18½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds. Offseason December 7, 1938: Les Powers was purchased from the Giants by the Philadelphia Phillies.Les Powers page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Opening Day lineup Notable transactions April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased by the Giants from the Boston Bees.Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference Roster 1939 New York Giants roster Roster Pitchers 20 Jumbo Brown 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 15 Tom Gorman 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 12 Bill Lohrman 26 Red Lynn 16 Cliff Melton 18 Manny Salvo 17 Hal Schumacher 27 Hy Vandenberg 19 Johnnie Wittig Catchers  8 Harry Danning 14 Ray Hayworth  9 Ken O'Dea Infielders  5 Zeke Bonura 21 Lou Chiozza  2 Al Glossop 19 Tom Hafey  7 Billy Jurges 22 Alex Kampouris 19 Tony Lazzeri 23 Johnny McCarthy 19 George Myatt  1 Skeeter Scalzi  2 Burgess Whitehead 21 Babe Young Outfielders  6 Frank Demaree 28 Johnny Dickshot  3 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott 24 Jimmy Ripple 25 Bob Seeds Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Travis Jackson 32 Frank Snyder Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Harry Danning 135 520 163 .313 16 74 1B Zeke Bonura 123 455 146 .321 11 85 2B Burgess Whitehead 95 335 80 .239 2 24 SS Billy Jurges 138 543 155 .285 6 63 3B Tom Hafey Tom Hafey (baseball) 70 256 62 .242 6 26 OF Mel Ott 125 396 122 .308 27 80 OF Frank Demaree 150 560 170 .304 11 79 OF Jo-Jo Moore 138 562 151 .269 10 47 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Alex Kampouris 74 201 50 .249 5 29 Bob Seeds 63 173 46 .266 5 26 Lou Chiozza 40 142 38 .268 3 12 Jimmy Ripple 66 123 28 .228 1 12 Ken O'Dea 52 97 17 .175 3 11 Johnny McCarthy 50 80 21 .263 1 11 Babe Young 22 75 23 .307 3 14 George Myatt 22 53 10 .189 0 3 Tony Lazzeri 13 44 13 .295 1 8 Johnny Dickshot 10 34 8 .235 0 5 Al Glossop 10 32 6 .188 1 3 Skeeter Scalzi 11 18 6 .333 0 0 Ray Hayworth 5 13 3 .231 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Harry Gumbert 36 243.2 18 11 4.32 81 Hal Schumacher 29 181.2 13 10 4.81 58 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Cliff Melton 41 207.1 12 15 3.56 95 Bill Lohrman 38 185.2 12 13 4.07 70 Carl Hubbell 29 154.0 11 9 2.75 62 Manny Salvo 32 136.0 4 10 4.63 69 Slick Castleman 12 33.2 1 2 4.54 6 Johnnie Wittig 5 16.2 0 2 7.56 4 Hy Vandenberg 2 6.1 0 0 5.68 3 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Jumbo Brown 31 4 0 6 4.15 24 Dick Coffman 28 1 2 3 3.08 9 Red Lynn 26 1 0 1 3.08 22 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman (umpire) 4 0 0 0 7.20 2 Johnny McCarthy 1 0 0 0 7.20 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Jersey City Giants International League Bert Niehoff B Clinton Giants Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Blondy Ryan C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Herschel Bobo D Milford Giants Eastern Shore League Earl Smith and Val Picinich D Salisbury Giants North Carolina State League Dick Luckey and John Cortuzzo Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Category:1930s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan