1940 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

New York Giants
Season:	1940
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Polo Grounds
City:	New York City
Owners:	Horace Stoneham
General Managers:	Bill Terry
Managers:	Bill Terry
Radio:	WABC (Mel Allen, Joe Bolton)
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Season List:	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

The 1940 New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 72–80 record, 37 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

• December 6, 1939: Tom Hafey was purchased from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 15, 1940: Manny Salvo and Al Glossop were traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Tony Cuccinello.^[2]
• July 15, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
• July 28, 1940: Willis Hudlin was released by the Giants.^[3]

Roster

1940 New York Giants
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		140	524	157	.300	13	91
1B		149	556	159	.286	17	101
2B		88	307	64	.208	5	36
SS		119	433	111	.256	3	31
3B		133	568	160	.282	4	36
OF		151	536	155	.289	19	79
OF		121	460	139	.302	7	61
OF		138	543	150	.276	6	46

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
	86	277	82	.296	4	23
	63	214	54	.252	2	36
	56	155	45	.290	4	16
	48	96	23	.240	0	12
	27	91	19	.209	4	8
	51	67	16	.239	0	5
	7	29	8	.276	1	2
	15	29	4	.138	0	0
	2	4	1	.250	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
	35	237.0	12	14	3.76	77
	34	227.0	13	13	3.25	123
	31	214.1	11	12	3.65	86
	31	195.0	10	15	3.78	73
	1	5.0	0	1	10.80	1

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
	37	166.2	10	11	4.91	91
	27	99.1	4	4	3.90	32
	5	33.0	2	0	2.73	25
	13	32.1	1	1	3.90	17

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
	41	2	4	7	3.42	31
	33	4	3	3	3.83	25
	30	3	2	1	3.40	25

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1940 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1940 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hafeyto01.shtml Tom Hafey page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cuccito01.shtml Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudliwi01.shtml Willis Hudlin 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