# 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.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 89 | 63 | .586 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍30 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 64 | .573 | 2 | 44‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍31 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 67 | .553 | 5 | 43‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | .547 | 6 | 43‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍34 |
| Boston Bees | 77 | 75 | .507 | 12 | 45‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 80 | .470 | 17½ | 36‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍39 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 69 | 80 | .463 | 18½ | 31‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 | .300 | 43 | 26‍–‍48 | 19‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1938 National League recordvte 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

### 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 | 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 |

### 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 |
| Cliff Melton | 36 | 243.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.89 | 101 |
| Harry Gumbert | 38 | 235.2 | 15 | 13 | 4.01 | 84 |
| Hal Schumacher | 28 | 185.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.50 | 54 |
| Carl Hubbell | 24 | 179.0 | 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 | 152.0 | 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 | 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