1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1938 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 83 67 y 3rd Horace Stoneham Bill Terry Bill Terry 1937 New York Giants (MLB) season 1939 New York Giants (MLB) season List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1938 New York Giants season was the franchise's 56th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–67 record, 5 games behind the Chicago Cubs. Offseason December 1, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased from the Giants by the Louisville Colonels.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Opening Day lineup  1 Jo-Jo Moore  2 Dick Bartell  3 Jimmy Ripple  4 Mel Ott  5 Hank Leiber  6 Johnny McCarthy 26 Lou Chiozza  9 Harry Danning 16 Cliff Melton https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1193804190.shtml Boston Bees at New York Giants Box Score, April 19, 1938 Roster 1938 New York Giants Roster Pitchers 29 Tom Baker 24 Jumbo Brown 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 18 Oscar Georgy 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 12 Bill Lohrman 16 Cliff Melton 17 Hal Schumacher 18 Hy Vandenberg 23 Johnnie Wittig Catchers  9 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso Infielders  2 Dick Bartell 26 Lou Chiozza 22 Bill Cissell 19 Mickey Haslin 7 Alex Kampouris 20 Sam Leslie  6 Johnny McCarthy  7 George Myatt  4 Mel Ott 22 Blondy Ryan Outfielders 21 Wally Berger  5 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore  3 Jimmy Ripple 19 Bob Seeds Other batters 28 Les Powers Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Tommy Clarke 32 Frank Snyder Player stats = Indicates league leader 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 120 448 137 .306 9 60 1B Johnny McCarthy Johnny McCarthy (baseball) 134 470 128 .272 8 59 2B Alex Kampouris 82 268 66 .246 5 37 SS Dick Bartell 127 481 126 .262 9 49 3B Mel Ott 150 527 164 .311 36 116 OF Jimmy Ripple 134 501 131 .261 10 60 OF Jo-Jo Moore 125 506 153 .302 11 56 OF Hank Leiber 98 360 97 .269 12 65 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 Bob Seeds 81 296 86 .291 9 52 Lou Chiozza 57 179 42 .235 3 17 George Myatt 43 170 52 .306 3 10 Gus Mancuso 52 158 55 .348 2 15 Sam Leslie 76 154 39 .253 1 16 Bill Cissell 38 149 40 .268 2 18 Mickey Haslin 31 102 33 .324 3 15 Wally Berger 16 32 6 .188 0 4 Blondy Ryan 12 24 5 .208 0 0 Les Powers 2 3 0 .000 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 Cliff Melton 36 243.0 14 14 3.89 101 Harry Gumbert 38 235.2 15 13 4.01 84 Hal Schumacher 28 185.0 13 8 3.50 54 Carl Hubbell 24 179.0 13 10 3.07 104 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 Bill Lohrman 31 152.0 9 6 3.32 52 Slick Castleman 21 90.2 4 5 4.17 18 Johnnie Wittig 13 39.1 2 3 4.81 14 Hy Vandenberg 6 18.0 0 1 7.50 7 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 Dick Coffman 51 8 4 12 3.48 21 Jumbo Brown 43 5 3 5 1.80 42 Tom Baker Tom Baker (1930s pitcher) 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 Oscar Georgy 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Jersey City Giants International League Travis Jackson and Hank DeBerry B Richmond Colts Piedmont League Lance Richbourg C Fort Smith Giants Western Association Frank Brazill D Milford Giants Eastern Shore League Val Picinich D Blytheville Giants Northeast Arkansas League Herschel Bobo LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BlythevilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 30em References 1938 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1938 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