1939 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1939
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Bill Terry
Managers:	Bill Terry
Radio:	WABC (Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen)
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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.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased by the Giants from the Boston Bees.^[2]
• August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.^[3]

Roster

1939 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		135	520	163	.313	16	74
1B		123	455	146	.321	11	85
2B		95	335	80	.239	2	24
SS		138	543	155	.285	6	63
3B		70	256	62	.242	6	26
OF		125	396	122	.308	27	80
OF		150	560	170	.304	11	79
OF		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
	74	201	50	.249	5	29
	63	173	46	.266	5	26
	40	142	38	.268	3	12
	66	123	28	.228	1	12
	52	97	17	.175	3	11
	50	80	21	.263	1	11
	22	75	23	.307	3	14
	22	53	10	.189	0	3
	13	44	13	.295	1	8
	10	34	8	.235	0	5
	10	32	6	.188	1	3
	11	18	6	.333	0	0
	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
	36	243.2	18	11	4.32	81
	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
	41	207.1	12	15	3.56	95
	38	185.2	12	13	4.07	70
	29	154.0	11	9	2.75	62
	32	136.0	4	10	4.63	69
	12	33.2	1	2	4.54	6
	5	16.2	0	2	7.56	4
	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
	31	4	0	6	4.15	24
	28	1	2	3	3.08	9
	26	1	0	1	3.08	22
	4	0	0	0	7.20	2
	1	0	0	0	7.20	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powerle01.shtml Les Powers page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dicksjo01.shtml Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007