1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

1938 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Bill Terry
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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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.

Offseason

• December 1, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased from the Giants by the Louisville Colonels.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	89	63	--	.586
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	2	.573
New York Giants	83	67	5	.553
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	6	.547
Boston Bees	77	75	12	.507
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	17.5	.470
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	18.5	.463
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	43	.300

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	11–9	8–14	14–8	9–13	13–9–1
Brooklyn	10–12	—	9–11–1	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–11	9–12–1
Chicago	12–10	11–9–1	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	12–10	13–9–1
Cincinnati	9–11	13–9	11–11	—	12–9	14–7	10–12	13–9–1
New York	14–8	14–8	10–12	9–12	—	16–5	9–13–1	11–9–1
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	4–18	7–14	5–16	—	8–12–1	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	11–9	10–12	12–10	13–9–1	12–8–1	—	15–7
St. Louis	9–13–1	12–9–1	9–13–1	9–13–1	9–11–1	16–6	7–15	—

Roster

1938 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 29 Tom Baker 24 Jumbo Brown 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 18 Oscar Georgy 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 12 Bill Lohrman 16 Cliff Melton 17 Hal Schumacher 18 Hy Vandenberg 23 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers  9 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso Infielders  2 Dick Bartell 26 Lou Chiozza 22 Bill Cissell 19 Mickey Haslin 7,26 Alex Kampouris 20 Sam Leslie  6 Johnny McCarthy  7 George Myatt  4 Mel Ott 22 Blondy Ryan		Outfielders 21 Wally Berger  5 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore  3 Jimmy Ripple 19 Bob Seeds Other batters 28 Les Powers		Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches -- Tommy Clarke -- Frank Snyder

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
1B	McCarthy, JohnnyJohnny McCarthy	134	470	128	.272	8	59
3B	Ott, MelMel Ott	150	527	164	.311	36	116

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
Powers, LesLes Powers	2	3	0	.000	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
Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell	24	179	13	10	3.07	104
Castleman, SlickSlick Castleman	21	90.2	4	5	4.17	18

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
Lohrman, BillBill Lohrman	31	152	9	6	3.32	52

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
Coffman, DickDick Coffman	51	8	4	12	3.48	21
Brown, JumboJumbo Brown	43	5	3	5	1.80	42
Baker, TomTom Baker	2	0	0	0	6.75	0

Farm system

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^[2]

Notes

1. Ed Madjeski 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

References

• 1938 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1938 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac