1933 New York Giants (MLB) season

1933 New York Giants
National League Champions World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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The 1933 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season. The team won the National League pennant and beat the Washington Senators of the American League in the World Series.

Offseason

• December 29, 1932: Shanty Hogan was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Braves.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
New York Giants	91	61	--	.599
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	5	.565
Chicago Cubs	86	68	6	.558
Boston Braves	83	71	9	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	9.5	.536
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	26.5	.425
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	31	.395
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	33	.382

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Roster

1933 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 15 Hi Bell 10 Watty Clark 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 11 Carl Hubbell 20 Dolf Luque 18 Roy Parmelee 25 Jack Salveson 17 Hal Schumacher 22 Bill Shores 19 Glenn Spencer 16 Ray Starr 28 George Uhle		Catchers 28 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso  9 Paul Richards Infielders  6 Hughie Critz  7 Chuck Dressen  5 Travis Jackson 24 Bernie James 22 Sam Leslie 27 Joe Malay 23 Blondy Ryan  3 Bill Terry  7 Johnny Vergez		Outfielders  2 Kiddo Davis 27 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore 16 Lefty O'Doul  4 Mel Ott 26 Homer Peel 14 Phil Weintraub		Manager  3 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Tommy Clarke -- Clarence Mitchell 21 Al Smith 32 Frank Snyder -- Billy Southworth

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
3B	Vergez, JohnnyJohnny Vergez	123	458	124	.271	16	72

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

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
Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell	45	308.2	23	12	1.66	156

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

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
Bell, HiHi Bell	38	6	5	5	2.05	24

World series

Game 1

October 3, 1933 at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3
New York (N)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	10	2
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933 at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	x	6	10	0
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Washington (A)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	9	1
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

October 6, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (baseball) (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)   WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

Awards and honors

• Carl Hubbell, Associated Press Athlete of the Year

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Attleboro/Lawrence/Woonsocket Weavers	New England League	Bill Hunnefield and Mark Devlin

Attleboro club moved to Lawrence, May 26, 1933, and then to Woonsocket, July 18^[2]

References

1. Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1933 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac