# 1941 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 59th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74–79 record, 25½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

## Offseason

* December 4, 1940: Glen Stewart was purchased from the Giants by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
* Prior to 1941 season: Marv Grissom was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 48‍–‍29 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 56 | .634 | 2½ | 53‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 45‍–‍34 | 43‍–‍32 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 45‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍41 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 38‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 62 | 92 | .403 | 38 | 32‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 | .279 | 57 | 23‍–‍52 | 20‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1941 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 4–18–2 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 18–4–2 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 13–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| New York | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 16–6 | 8–14–2 | 6–15–1 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 4–18 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 14–8–2 | 16–6 | — | 6–16 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 15–6–1 | 17–5 | 16–6 | — |

### 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 | 130 | 459 | 112 | .244 | 7 | 56 |
| 1B | Babe Young | 152 | 574 | 152 | .265 | 25 | 104 |
| 2B | Burgess Whitehead | 116 | 403 | 92 | .228 | 1 | 23 |
| SS | Billy Jurges | 134 | 471 | 138 | .293 | 5 | 61 |
| 3B | Dick Bartell | 104 | 373 | 113 | .303 | 5 | 35 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 148 | 525 | 150 | .286 | 27 | 90 |
| OF | Jo-Jo Moore | 121 | 428 | 117 | .273 | 7 | 40 |
| OF | Johnny Rucker | 143 | 622 | 179 | .288 | 1 | 42 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Orengo | 77 | 252 | 54 | .214 | 4 | 25 |
| Morrie Arnovich | 85 | 207 | 58 | .280 | 2 | 22 |
| Gabby Hartnett | 46 | 150 | 45 | .300 | 5 | 26 |
| Odell Hale | 41 | 102 | 20 | .196 | 0 | 9 |
| Mickey Witek | 26 | 94 | 34 | .362 | 1 | 16 |
| Ken O'Dea | 59 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 3 | 17 |
| John Davis | 21 | 70 | 15 | .214 | 0 | 5 |
| Babe Barna | 10 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 1 | 5 |
| Johnny McCarthy | 14 | 40 | 13 | .325 | 0 | 12 |
| Frank Demaree | 16 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
| Sid Gordon | 9 | 31 | 8 | .258 | 0 | 4 |
| Rae Blaemire | 2 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Aragón | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Hal Schumacher | 30 | 206.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.36 | 63 |
| Carl Hubbell | 26 | 164.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.57 | 75 |
| Harry Gumbert | 5 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 9 |
| Dave Koslo | 4 | 23.2 | 1 | 2 | 1.90 | 12 |
| Harry Feldman | 3 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.98 | 9 |
| Hugh East | 2 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.45 | 4 |
| Tom Sunkel | 2 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.93 | 14 |

#### 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 | 42 | 194.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.01 | 100 |
| Bill Lohrman | 33 | 159.0 | 9 | 10 | 4.02 | 61 |
| Bob Carpenter | 29 | 131.2 | 11 | 6 | 3.83 | 42 |
| Bill McGee | 22 | 106.0 | 2 | 9 | 4.92 | 41 |
| Johnnie Wittig | 25 | 85.1 | 3 | 5 | 5.59 | 47 |
| Bob Bowman | 29 | 80.1 | 6 | 7 | 5.71 | 25 |
| Bump Hadley | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 |
| Rube Fischer | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 9 |

#### 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 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3.32 | 30 |
| Ace Adams | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.82 | 18 |
| Paul Dean | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Jersey City Giants | International League | Tony Cuccinello |
| AA | Hollywood Stars | Pacific Coast League | Bill Sweeney |
| B | Clinton Giants | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Josh Billings |
| C | San Bernardino Stars | California League | Jack Rothrock |
| C | Fort Smith Giants | Western Association | Herschel Bobo |
| D | Milford Giants | Eastern Shore League | Hal Gruber |
| D | Salisbury Giants | North Carolina State League | Johnnie Heving |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury San Bernardino franchise folded, June 29, 1941