1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

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.

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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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	89	63	0.586	—	44–33	45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	0.573	2	44–33	42–31
New York Giants	83	67	0.553	5	43–30	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	6	43–34	39–34
Boston Bees	77	75	0.507	12	45–30	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	0.470	17½	36–41	35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	0.463	18½	31–41	38–39
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	0.300	43	26–48	19–57

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	—

Opening Day lineup

1 Jo-Jo Moore

2 Dick Bartell

3 Jimmy Ripple

4 Mel Ott

5 Hank Leiber

6 Johnny McCarthy

26 Lou Chiozza

9 Harry Danning

16 Cliff Melton

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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 31 Tommy Clarke 32 Frank Snyder

Player stats

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	120	448	137	.306	9	60
1B	Johnny McCarthy	134	470	128	.272	8	59
2B	Alex Kampouris	82	268	66	.246	5	37
SS	Dick Bartell	127	481	126	.262	9	49
3B	Mel Ott	150	527	164	.311	36	116
OF	Jimmy Ripple	134	501	131	.261	10	60
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	125	506	153	.302	11	56
OF	Hank Leiber	98	360	97	.269	12	65

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
Bob Seeds	81	296	86	.291	9	52
Lou Chiozza	57	179	42	.235	3	17
George Myatt	43	170	52	.306	3	10
Gus Mancuso	52	158	55	.348	2	15
Sam Leslie	76	154	39	.253	1	16
Bill Cissell	38	149	40	.268	2	18
Mickey Haslin	31	102	33	.324	3	15
Wally Berger	16	32	6	.188	0	4
Blondy Ryan	12	24	5	.208	0	0
Les Powers	2	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Cliff Melton	36	243	14	14	3.89	101
Harry Gumbert	38	235.2	15	13	4.01	84
Hal Schumacher	28	185	13	8	3.50	54
Carl Hubbell	24	179	13	10	3.07	104

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
Bill Lohrman	31	152	9	6	3.32	52
Slick Castleman	21	90.2	4	5	4.17	18
Johnnie Wittig	13	39.1	2	3	4.81	14
Hy Vandenberg	6	18	0	1	7.50	7

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
Dick Coffman	51	8	4	12	3.48	21
Jumbo Brown	43	5	3	5	1.80	42
Tom Baker	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
Oscar Georgy	1	0	0	0	18.00	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[3]

Notes

1. Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1193804190.shtml
3. 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