1940 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-80
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 814,235, Avg. 12,722
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Bill Terry (72-80)
Location: New York, New York
1940 New York Giants Roster
1940 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Giants scored 663 runs and gave up 659 runs. Mel Ott led New York with 19 home runs, and Babe Young walloped 20 or more, too. Babe Young drove in 101 runs. Frank Demaree paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Hal Schumacher topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.25 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Terry coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Hal Schumacher1313.5003.25343041211227.0218938214960123004974
Harry Gumbert1214.4623.76353041422237.02301109917810773181007
Carl Hubbell1112.4783.65312731120214.3220102872259086203916
Cliff Melton1011.4764.9137216412166.718510391968091301737
Bill Lohrman1015.4003.78312821141195.020098821943073313810
Red Lynn43.5713.833301800342.3402118324025100189
Paul Dean44.5003.902771120099.31105043829032001426
Roy Joiner32.6003.403021500153.0662620817025501242
Bob Carpenter201.0002.7353120033.0291110214025000137
Jumbo Brown24.3333.424102300755.3492521525031005240
Hy Vandenberg11.5003.90133810132.3271514216017101139
Willis Hudlin01.00010.801100005.0966110100023
Totals7280.4743.79318152955710181360.313836605731104730606182275840

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Burgess Whitehead1336065686816096436902617.282.319.340.659193165700
Babe Young1496325567515927417101406928.286.367.441.807245112500
Harry Danning140566524651573441391303531.300.349.454.803238185200
Mel Ott1516475368915527319796010050.289.407.457.86424596500
Jo-Jo Moore13860554383150334646704330.276.337.385.722209871200
Frank Demaree12152146068139186761504539.302.364.413.777190901600
Mickey Witek1194614333411170331202417.256.295.293.589127130400
Johnny Rucker8628727738827542340732.296.313.401.71411130300
Tony Cuccinello88324307266492536101642.208.248.300.5479290100
Billy Jurges63248214235433236202514.252.347.322.66969116300
Bob Seeds56177155184552416001719.290.371.426.7976643200
Ken O'Dea481149692341012001615.240.348.302.6502920200
Al Glossop271029116193048101016.209.294.374.6683411000
Harry Gumbert359187917211500229.195.213.276.4892420200
Johnny McCarthy51696761640050028.239.261.299.5592030000
Hal Schumacher3585781115121800318.192.232.295.5272331300
Carl Hubbell3184815153001000115.185.195.222.4171820200
Cliff Melton376254612110300214.222.250.278.5281510600
Buster Maynard731296822120026.276.323.586.9091700000
Bill Lohrman31726568100200324.123.162.138.300920400
Glen Stewart1530291410000012.138.167.172.339520000
Roy Joiner3013111300010014.273.333.273.606300100
Paul Dean2731260300000002.115.115.115.231300500
Red Tramback2540100001011.250.400.250.650100000
Hy Vandenberg131080100010010.125.222.125.347110100
Bob Carpenter512100100010011.100.250.100.350101000
Jumbo Brown4110100100000003.100.100.100.200100000
Willis Hudlin1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Red Lynn33440000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Totals17135900532466314232014691614450453478.267.329.374.7031989130378600


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Babe Young1B14700.015058613112.9921.8230000
Johnny McCarthy1B600.0575061.0001.3330000
Mickey Witek2B3200.065105716.9605.3130000
Burgess Whitehead2B5700.0164200545.9866.3860000
Al Glossop2B2400.0548678.9525.8330000
Tony Cuccinello2B4700.0106130317.9875.0210000
Burgess Whitehead3B7400.068130115.9472.6760000
Glen Stewart3B600.00710.8751.1670000
Mel Ott3B4200.0308388.9342.6900000
Tony Cuccinello3B3700.0307747.9642.8920000
Ken O'DeaC3100.0892911.9923.8062000
Harry DanningC13100.0634911513.9805.5347000
Red TrambackOF100.02010.6672.0000000
Bob SeedsOF4000.064310.9851.6750000
Johnny RuckerOF5700.0121360.9542.1750000
Mel OttOF11100.0210942.9821.9730000
Jo-Jo MooreOF13300.0259951.9822.0150000
Buster MaynardOF700.013010.9291.8570000
Frank DemareeOF11900.0233655.9802.0080000
Hy VandenbergP1300.004011.000.3080000
Hal SchumacherP3400.0146112.9872.2060000
Cliff MeltonP3700.0638041.0001.1890000
Red LynnP3300.013001.000.1210000
Bill LohrmanP3100.045214.9821.8060000
Roy JoinerP3000.041120.882.5000000
Willis HudlinP100.002001.0002.0000000
Carl HubbellP3100.045223.9661.8060000
Harry GumbertP3500.01165041.0002.1710000
Paul DeanP2700.0314001.000.6300000
Bob CarpenterP500.025001.0001.4000000
Jumbo BrownP4100.007001.000.1710000
Mickey WitekSS8900.01923072246.9585.6070000
Burgess WhiteheadSS400.066001.0003.0000000
Glen StewartSS500.071423.9134.2000000
Billy JurgesSS6300.01231961136.9675.0630000
Totals158100.040811896139349.9773.7819000




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