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1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1939
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	5th
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Bill Terry
managers	Bill Terry
radio	WABC
(Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen)
prev_season	1938 New York Giants (MLB) season
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season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Arch McDonald, Garnett Marks, Mel Allen) |}} 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1939 New York Giants roster
Roster
Pitchers

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	Harry Danning	135	520	163	.313	16	74
1B	Zeke Bonura	123	455	146	.321	11	85
2B	Burgess Whitehead	95	335	80	.239	2	24
SS	Billy Jurges	138	543	155	.285	6	63
3B		70	256	62	.242	6	26
OF	Mel Ott	125	396	122	.308	27	80
OF	Frank Demaree	150	560	170	.304	11	79
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	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
Alex Kampouris	74	201	50	.249	5	29
Bob Seeds	63	173	46	.266	5	26
Lou Chiozza	40	142	38	.268	3	12
	66	123	28	.228	1	12
Ken O'Dea	52	97	17	.175	3	11
Johnny McCarthy	50	80	21	.263	1	11
Babe Young	22	75	23	.307	3	14
George Myatt	22	53	10	.189	0	3
Tony Lazzeri	13	44	13	.295	1	8
	10	34	8	.235	0	5
Al Glossop	10	32	6	.188	1	3
Skeeter Scalzi	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
Harry Gumbert	36	243.2	18	11	4.32	81
Hal Schumacher	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
Cliff Melton	41	207.1	12	15	3.56	95
Bill Lohrman	38	185.2	12	13	4.07	70
Carl Hubbell	29	154.0	11	9	2.75	62
Manny Salvo	32	136.0	4	10	4.63	69
	12	33.2	1	2	4.54	6
Johnnie Wittig	5	16.2	0	2	7.56	4
Hy Vandenberg	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
Red Lynn	26	1	0	1	3.08	22
	4	0	0	0	7.20	2
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	0	0	7.20	0

Farm system

Notes

References

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

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