1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

1938 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • 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

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 —

Roster

1938 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

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