The 1940 New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 72–80 record, 37 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason December 6, 1939: Tom Hafey was purchased from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.Tom Hafey page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 15, 1940: Manny Salvo and Al Glossop were traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Tony Cuccinello.Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference July 15, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference July 28, 1940: Willis Hudlin was released by the Giants.

Roster 1940 New York Giants 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 140 524 157 .300 13 91 1B Babe Young 149 556 159 .286 17 101 2B 88 307 64 .208 5 36 SS Mickey Witek 119 433 111 .256 3 31 3B Burgess Whitehead 133 568 160 .282 4 36 OF Mel Ott 151 536 155 .289 19 79 OF Frank Demaree 121 460 139 .302 7 61 OF Jo-Jo Moore 138 543 150 .276 6 46

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 Johnny Rucker 86 277 82 .296 4 23 Billy Jurges 63 214 54 .252 2 36 Bob Seeds 56 155 45 .290 4 16 Ken O'Dea 48 96 23 .240 0 12 27 91 19 .209 4 8 51 67 16 .239 0 5 Buster Maynard 7 29 8 .276 1 2 15 29 4 .138 0 0 Red Tramback 2 4 1 .250 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 35 237.0 12 14 3.76 77 Hal Schumacher 34 227.0 13 13 3.25 123 Carl Hubbell 31 214.1 11 12 3.65 86 Bill Lohrman 31 195.0 10 15 3.78 73 1 5.0 0 1 10.80 1

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 37 166.2 10 11 4.91 91 27 99.1 4 4 3.90 32 5 33.0 2 0 2.73 25 Hy Vandenberg 13 32.1 1 1 3.90 17

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 41 2 4 7 3.42 31 Red Lynn 33 4 3 3 3.83 25 Roy Joiner 30 3 2 1 3.40 25

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

References

External links 1940 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1940 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac