1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

1939 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
Local 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 an 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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	97	57	--	.630
St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	4.5	.601
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	69	12.5	.549
Chicago Cubs	84	70	13	.545
New York Giants	77	74	18.5	.510
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	85	28.5	.444
Boston Bees	63	88	32.5	.417
Philadelphia Phillies	45	106	50.5	.298

Record vs. opponents

1939 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12–1	6–16	6–16	10–11	13–8	9–12	9–13
Brooklyn	12–10–1	—	11–11–2	10–12	12–10	17–4–1	13–9	9–13
Chicago	16–6	11–11–2	—	10–12	11–11	12–10	14–8	10–12
Cincinnati	16–6	12–10	12–10	—	11–11	19–3	16–6	11–11–2
New York	11–10	10–12	11–11	11–11	—	14–7	11–11	9–12
Philadelphia	8–13	4–17–1	10–12	3–19	7–14	—	8–14	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–9	9–13	8–14	6–16	11–11	14–8	—	8–14
St. Louis	13–9	13–9	12–10	11–11–2	12–9	17–5	14–8	—

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 20 Jumbo Brown 15 Slick Castleman 14 Dick Coffman 15 Tom Gorman 10 Harry Gumbert 11 Carl Hubbell 12 Bill Lohrman 26 Red Lynn 16 Cliff Melton 18 Manny Salvo 17 Hal Schumacher 27 Hy Vandenberg 19 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers  8 Harry Danning 14 Ray Hayworth  9 Ken O'Dea Infielders  5 Zeke Bonura 21 Lou Chiozza  2 Al Glossop 19 Tom Hafey  7 Billy Jurges 22 Alex Kampouris 19 Tony Lazzeri 23 Johnny McCarthy 19 George Myatt  1 Skeeter Scalzi  2 Burgess Whitehead 21 Babe Young		Outfielders  6 Frank Demaree 28 Johnny Dickshot  3 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott 24 Jimmy Ripple 25 Bob Seeds		Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Travis Jackson 32 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
3B	Hafey, TomTom Hafey	70	256	62	.242	6	26

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
Ripple, JimmyJimmy Ripple	66	123	28	.228	1	12
Dickshot, JohnnyJohnny Dickshot	10	34	8	.235	0	5
Hayworth, RayRay Hayworth	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

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
Castleman, SlickSlick Castleman	12	33.2	1	2	4.54	6

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
Brown, JumboJumbo Brown	31	4	0	7	4.15	24
Coffman, DickDick Coffman	28	1	2	3	3.08	9
Gorman, TomTom Gorman	4	0	0	0	7.20	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Bert Niehoff
B	Clinton Giants	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Blondy Ryan
C	Fort Smith Giants	Western Association	Herschel Bobo
D	Milford Giants	Eastern Shore League	Earl Smith and Val Picinich
D	Salisbury Giants	North Carolina State League	Dick Luckey and John Cortuzzo

^[4]

Notes

1. Les Powers page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
3. 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

References

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