1939 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 77-74
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 772,243, Avg. 12,066
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Bill Terry (77-74)
Location: New York, New York

1939 New York Giants Roster
1939 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 77 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Giants scored 703 runs and yielded 685 runs. Mel Ott led New York with 27 home runs, and Harry Danning walloped 20 or more, too. Zeke Bonura drove in 85 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Harry Gumbert paced the team with 18 wins, while Carl Hubbell recorded a 2.75 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Terry coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Harry Gumbert	18	11	.621	4.32	36	34	1	14	2	0	243.7	257	132	117	21	81	81	1	1	5	1047
Hal Schumacher	13	10	.565	4.81	29	27	1	8	0	0	181.7	199	106	97	14	89	58	3	0	5	828
Bill Lohrman	12	13	.480	4.07	38	24	7	9	1	1	185.7	200	91	84	15	45	70	3	0	5	769
Cliff Melton	12	15	.444	3.56	41	23	13	9	2	5	207.3	214	94	82	7	65	95	4	0	2	886
Carl Hubbell	11	9	.550	2.75	29	18	8	10	0	2	154.0	150	60	47	11	24	62	2	0	2	639
Jumbo Brown	4	0	1.000	4.15	31	0	20	0	0	7	56.3	69	30	26	1	25	24	1	0	3	260
Manny Salvo	4	10	.286	4.63	32	18	7	4	0	1	136.0	150	84	70	11	75	69	5	0	3	626
Red Lynn	1	0	1.000	3.08	26	0	11	0	0	1	49.7	44	21	17	3	21	22	2	0	0	214
Dick Coffman	1	2	.333	3.08	28	0	20	0	0	3	38.0	50	18	13	1	6	9	3	0	0	172
Slick Castleman	1	2	.333	4.54	12	4	3	0	0	0	33.7	36	18	17	1	23	6	0	0	2	152
Hy Vandenberg	0	0		5.68	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.3	10	5	4	0	6	3	0	0	0	35
Johnny McCarthy	0	0		7.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	24
Tom Gorman	0	0		7.20	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	22
Johnnie Wittig	0	2	.000	7.56	5	2	0	1	0	0	16.7	18	15	14	0	14	4	1	0	2	82
Totals	77	74	.510	4.07	314	151	96	55	5	20	1319.0	1412	682	596	86	477	505	25	1	30	5756

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Frank Demaree	150	643	560	68	170	27	2	11	79	2	66	40	.304	.381	.418	.799	234	20	4	13
Harry Danning	135	563	520	79	163	28	5	16	74	4	35	42	.313	.359	.479	.838	249	12	2	6
Billy Jurges	138	611	543	84	155	21	11	6	63	3	47	34	.285	.349	.398	.747	216	26	6	15
Jo-Jo Moore	138	612	562	80	151	23	2	10	47	5	45	17	.269	.324	.370	.694	208	7	1	4
Zeke Bonura	123	517	455	75	146	26	6	11	85	1	46	22	.321	.388	.477	.865	217	22	4	12
Mel Ott	125	508	396	85	122	23	2	27	80	2	100	50	.308	.449	.581	1.030	230	5	1	11
Burgess Whitehead	95	370	335	31	80	6	3	2	24	1	24	19	.239	.299	.293	.592	98	15	5	6
Tom Hafey	70	268	256	37	62	10	1	6	26	1	10	44	.242	.271	.359	.630	92	6	0	2
Alex Kampouris	74	238	201	23	50	12	2	5	29	0	30	41	.249	.349	.403	.752	81	7	1	6
Bob Seeds	63	198	173	33	46	5	1	5	26	1	22	31	.266	.352	.393	.745	68	3	1	2
Lou Chiozza	40	153	142	19	38	3	1	3	12	3	9	10	.268	.311	.366	.677	52	1	0	2
Jimmy Ripple	66	134	123	10	28	4	0	1	12	0	8	7	.228	.286	.285	.570	35	4	2	1
Babe Young	22	84	75	8	23	4	0	3	14	0	5	6	.307	.373	.480	.853	36	0	3	1
Johnny McCarthy	50	84	80	12	21	6	1	1	11	0	3	8	.263	.298	.400	.698	32	2	1	0
Harry Gumbert	37	97	90	10	18	2	1	0	9	0	1	24	.200	.209	.244	.453	22	1	0	6
Ken O'Dea	52	109	97	7	17	1	0	3	11	0	10	16	.175	.252	.278	.531	27	2	0	2
Bill Lohrman	38	65	60	4	14	2	0	2	10	0	4	15	.233	.292	.367	.659	22	2	1	0
Hal Schumacher	30	76	69	4	14	3	0	0	5	0	3	14	.203	.236	.246	.482	17	3	0	4
Tony Lazzeri	13	51	44	7	13	0	0	1	8	0	7	6	.295	.392	.364	.756	16	2	0	0
Cliff Melton	41	75	66	2	12	1	0	0	6	0	1	10	.182	.194	.197	.391	13	1	0	8
George Myatt	22	60	53	7	10	2	0	0	3	2	6	6	.189	.271	.226	.498	12	1	0	1
Johnny Dickshot	10	39	34	3	8	0	0	0	5	0	5	3	.235	.333	.235	.569	8	2	0	0
Carl Hubbell	29	58	53	3	8	1	0	1	6	0	2	3	.151	.182	.226	.408	12	2	0	3
Skeeter Scalzi	11	21	18	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	2	0	0
Al Glossop	10	37	32	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	.188	.278	.281	.559	9	1	0	1
Jumbo Brown	31	12	11	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	4	0	0	0
Manny Salvo	32	42	41	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	18	.098	.119	.195	.314	8	1	0	0
Slick Castleman	12	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0	1
Ray Hayworth	5	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	1
Johnnie Wittig	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hy Vandenberg	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Red Lynn	26	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	0	0
Tom Gorman	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1727	5767	5129	703	1395	211	38	116	651	26	498	499	.272	.340	.396	.736	2030	153	32	108

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Babe Young	1B	22	214	9	4	18	.982	1.136	0
Johnny McCarthy	1B	12	114	2	0	13	1.000	9.667	0
Zeke Bonura	1B	122	1205	90	11	110	.992	1.615	0
Burgess Whitehead	2B	91	232	320	17	60	.970	6.066	0
Alex Kampouris	2B	62	146	179	9	34	.973	5.242	0
Al Glossop	2B	10	15	34	1	7	.980	4.900	0
Burgess Whitehead	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Skeeter Scalzi	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mel Ott	3B	20	15	39	6	4	.900	2.700	0
George Myatt	3B	14	10	29	4	3	.907	2.786	0
Tony Lazzeri	3B	13	11	21	4	1	.889	2.462	0
Alex Kampouris	3B	11	8	14	2	1	.917	2.000	0
Tom Hafey	3B	70	61	130	8	10	.960	2.729	0
Lou Chiozza	3B	30	20	55	7	7	.915	2.500	0
Ken O'Dea	C	30	78	11	5	1	.947	2.967	1
Ray Hayworth	C	5	16	4	0	0	1.000	4.000	1
Harry Danning	C	132	550	80	6	13	.991	4.773	8
Bob Seeds	OF	50	77	2	2	0	.975	1.580	0
Hal Schumacher	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jimmy Ripple	OF	23	36	2	0	0	1.000	1.652	0
Mel Ott	OF	96	175	6	5	2	.973	1.885	0
Jo-Jo Moore	OF	136	260	13	4	2	.986	2.007	0
Johnny McCarthy	OF	4	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Johnny Dickshot	OF	10	13	1	0	1	1.000	1.400	0
Frank Demaree	OF	150	329	11	5	2	.986	2.267	0
Johnnie Wittig	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Hy Vandenberg	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Hal Schumacher	P	29	4	37	3	4	.932	1.414	0
Manny Salvo	P	32	8	31	3	2	.929	1.219	0
Cliff Melton	P	41	6	49	4	0	.932	1.341	0
Johnny McCarthy	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Red Lynn	P	26	1	5	2	0	.750	.231	0
Bill Lohrman	P	38	3	38	3	5	.932	1.079	0
Carl Hubbell	P	29	2	36	0	1	1.000	1.310	0
Harry Gumbert	P	36	18	76	3	4	.969	2.611	0
Tom Gorman	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Dick Coffman	P	28	3	6	2	0	.818	.321	0
Slick Castleman	P	12	2	4	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Jumbo Brown	P	31	0	12	0	1	1.000	.387	0
Burgess Whitehead	SS	4	7	15	0	2	1.000	5.500	0
Skeeter Scalzi	SS	5	10	18	4	3	.875	5.600	0
Billy Jurges	SS	137	295	482	28	95	.965	5.672	0
Lou Chiozza	SS	8	19	21	1	4	.976	5.000	0
Totals		1584	3964	1893	153	411	.975	3.698	10

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