# 1939 New York Giants (MLB) season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍25 | 42‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 4½ | 51‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | .549 | 12½ | 51‍–‍27 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13 | 44‍–‍34 | 40‍–‍36 |
| New York Giants | 77 | 74 | .510 | 18½ | 41‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | .444 | 28½ | 35‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | .417 | 32½ | 37‍–‍35 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | .298 | 50½ | 29‍–‍44 | 16‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1939 National League recordvte 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.
* August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.

### Roster
## 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 | Tom Hafey | 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 |
| Jimmy Ripple | 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 |
| Johnny Dickshot | 10 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Glossop | 10 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 1 | 3 |
| Skeeter Scalzi | 11 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray 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 |
| 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 |
| Slick Castleman | 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 |
| Jumbo Brown | 31 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4.15 | 24 |
| Dick Coffman | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.08 | 9 |
| Red Lynn | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.08 | 22 |
| Tom Gorman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
| Johnny McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |

## 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 |