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.Les Powers page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased by the Giants from the Boston Bees.Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference August 23, 1939: Jimmy Ripple was traded by the Giants to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Hayworth.Jimmy Ripple page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1939 New York Giants roster Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 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 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 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 10 34 8 .235 0 5 Al Glossop 10 32 6 .188 1 3 Skeeter Scalzi 11 18 6 .333 0 0 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 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 31 4 0 6 4.15 24 28 1 2 3 3.08 9 Red Lynn 26 1 0 1 3.08 22 4 0 0 0 7.20 2 Johnny McCarthy 1 0 0 0 7.20 0
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1939 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac