1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

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.

1938 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Bill Terry
Manager(s)Bill Terry
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8963 0.586 — 44–33 45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 8664 0.573 2 44–33 42–31
New York Giants 8367 0.553 5 43–30 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 6 43–34 39–34
Boston Bees 7775 0.507 12 45–30 32–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7180 0.470 17½ 36–41 35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers 6980 0.463 18½ 31–41 38–39
Philadelphia Phillies 45105 0.300 43 26–48 19–57

Record vs. opponents
1938 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–1212–1011–98–1414–89–1313–9–1
Brooklyn 10–12—9–11–19–138–1415–79–119–12–1
Chicago 12–1011–9–1—11–1112–1018–412–1013–9–1
Cincinnati 9–1113–911–11—12–914–710–1213–9–1
New York 14–814–810–129–12—16–59–13–111–9–1
Philadelphia 8–147–154–187–145–16—8–12–16–16
Pittsburgh 13–911–910–1212–1013–9–112–8–1—15–7
St. Louis 9–13–112–9–19–13–19–13–19–11–116–67–15—

Opening Day lineup

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Roster
1938 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CHarry Danning120448137.306960
1BJohnny McCarthy134470128.272859
2BAlex Kampouris8226866.246537
SSDick Bartell127481126.262949
3BMel Ott150527164.31136116
OFJimmy Ripple134501131.2611060
OFJo-Jo Moore125506153.3021156
OFHank Leiber9836097.2691265

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 Seeds8129686.291952
Lou Chiozza5717942.235317
George Myatt4317052.306310
Gus Mancuso5215855.348215
Sam Leslie7615439.253116
Bill Cissell3814940.268218
Mickey Haslin3110233.324315
Wally Berger16326.18804
Blondy Ryan12245.20800
Les Powers230.00000

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 Melton3624314143.89101
Harry Gumbert38235.215134.0184
Hal Schumacher281851383.5054
Carl Hubbell2417913103.07104

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 Lohrman31152963.3252
Slick Castleman2190.2454.1718
Johnnie Wittig1339.1234.8114
Hy Vandenberg618017.507

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 Coffman5184123.4821
Jumbo Brown435351.8042
Tom Baker20006.750
Oscar Georgy100018.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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: Blytheville[3]

Notes
  1. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1193804190.shtml
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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