1940 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 72-80
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 747,852, 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Hal Schumacher	13	13	.500	3.25	34	30	4	12	1	1	227.0	218	93	82	14	96	123	0	0	4	974
Harry Gumbert	12	14	.462	3.76	35	30	4	14	2	2	237.0	230	110	99	17	81	77	3	1	8	1007
Carl Hubbell	11	12	.478	3.65	31	27	3	11	2	0	214.3	220	102	87	22	59	86	2	0	3	916
Cliff Melton	10	11	.476	4.91	37	21	6	4	1	2	166.7	185	103	91	9	68	91	3	0	1	737
Bill Lohrman	10	15	.400	3.78	31	28	2	11	4	1	195.0	200	98	82	19	43	73	3	1	3	810
Red Lynn	4	3	.571	3.83	33	0	18	0	0	3	42.3	40	21	18	3	24	25	1	0	0	189
Paul Dean	4	4	.500	3.90	27	7	11	2	0	0	99.3	110	50	43	8	29	32	0	0	1	426
Roy Joiner	3	2	.600	3.40	30	2	15	0	0	1	53.0	66	26	20	8	17	25	5	0	1	242
Bob Carpenter	2	0	1.000	2.73	5	3	1	2	0	0	33.0	29	11	10	2	14	25	0	0	0	137
Jumbo Brown	2	4	.333	3.42	41	0	23	0	0	7	55.3	49	25	21	5	25	31	0	0	5	240
Hy Vandenberg	1	1	.500	3.90	13	3	8	1	0	1	32.3	27	15	14	2	16	17	1	0	1	139
Willis Hudlin	0	1	.000	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	23
Totals	72	80	.474	3.79	318	152	95	57	10	18	1360.3	1383	660	573	110	473	606	18	2	27	5840

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Burgess Whitehead	133	606	568	68	160	9	6	4	36	9	26	17	.282	.319	.340	.659	193	16	5	7
Babe Young	149	632	556	75	159	27	4	17	101	4	69	28	.286	.367	.441	.807	245	11	2	5
Harry Danning	140	566	524	65	157	34	4	13	91	3	35	31	.300	.349	.454	.803	238	18	5	2
Mel Ott	151	647	536	89	155	27	3	19	79	6	100	50	.289	.407	.457	.864	245	9	6	5
Jo-Jo Moore	138	605	543	83	150	33	4	6	46	7	43	30	.276	.337	.385	.722	209	8	7	12
Frank Demaree	121	521	460	68	139	18	6	7	61	5	45	39	.302	.364	.413	.777	190	9	0	16
Mickey Witek	119	461	433	34	111	7	0	3	31	2	24	17	.256	.295	.293	.589	127	13	0	4
Johnny Rucker	86	287	277	38	82	7	5	4	23	4	7	32	.296	.313	.401	.714	111	3	0	3
Tony Cuccinello	88	324	307	26	64	9	2	5	36	1	16	42	.208	.248	.300	.547	92	9	0	1
Billy Jurges	63	248	214	23	54	3	3	2	36	2	25	14	.252	.347	.322	.669	69	11	6	3
Bob Seeds	56	177	155	18	45	5	2	4	16	0	17	19	.290	.371	.426	.797	66	4	3	2
Ken O'Dea	48	114	96	9	23	4	1	0	12	0	16	15	.240	.348	.302	.650	29	2	0	2
Al Glossop	27	102	91	16	19	3	0	4	8	1	10	16	.209	.294	.374	.668	34	1	1	0
Harry Gumbert	35	91	87	9	17	2	1	1	5	0	2	29	.195	.213	.276	.489	24	2	0	2
Johnny McCarthy	51	69	67	6	16	4	0	0	5	0	2	8	.239	.261	.299	.559	20	3	0	0
Hal Schumacher	35	85	78	11	15	1	2	1	8	0	3	18	.192	.232	.295	.527	23	3	1	3
Carl Hubbell	31	84	81	5	15	3	0	0	10	0	1	15	.185	.195	.222	.417	18	2	0	2
Cliff Melton	37	62	54	6	12	1	1	0	3	0	2	14	.222	.250	.278	.528	15	1	0	6
Buster Maynard	7	31	29	6	8	2	2	1	2	0	2	6	.276	.323	.586	.909	17	0	0	0
Bill Lohrman	31	72	65	6	8	1	0	0	2	0	3	24	.123	.162	.138	.300	9	2	0	4
Glen Stewart	15	30	29	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.138	.167	.172	.339	5	2	0	0
Roy Joiner	30	13	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.273	.333	.273	.606	3	0	0	1
Paul Dean	27	31	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	0	0	5
Red Tramback	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0
Hy Vandenberg	13	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1	0	1
Bob Carpenter	5	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	1	0
Jumbo Brown	41	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0
Willis Hudlin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Red Lynn	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1713	5900	5324	663	1423	201	46	91	614	45	453	478	.267	.329	.374	.703	1989	130	37	86

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Babe Young	1B	147	1505	86	13	112	.992	1.823	0
Johnny McCarthy	1B	6	57	5	0	6	1.000	1.333	0
Mickey Witek	2B	32	65	105	7	16	.960	5.313	0
Burgess Whitehead	2B	57	164	200	5	45	.986	6.386	0
Al Glossop	2B	24	54	86	7	8	.952	5.833	0
Tony Cuccinello	2B	47	106	130	3	17	.987	5.021	0
Burgess Whitehead	3B	74	68	130	11	5	.947	2.676	0
Glen Stewart	3B	6	0	7	1	0	.875	1.167	0
Mel Ott	3B	42	30	83	8	8	.934	2.690	0
Tony Cuccinello	3B	37	30	77	4	7	.964	2.892	0
Ken O'Dea	C	31	89	29	1	1	.992	3.806	2
Harry Danning	C	131	634	91	15	13	.980	5.534	7
Red Tramback	OF	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000	0
Bob Seeds	OF	40	64	3	1	0	.985	1.675	0
Johnny Rucker	OF	57	121	3	6	0	.954	2.175	0
Mel Ott	OF	111	210	9	4	2	.982	1.973	0
Jo-Jo Moore	OF	133	259	9	5	1	.982	2.015	0
Buster Maynard	OF	7	13	0	1	0	.929	1.857	0
Frank Demaree	OF	119	233	6	5	5	.980	2.008	0
Hy Vandenberg	P	13	0	4	0	1	1.000	.308	0
Hal Schumacher	P	34	14	61	1	2	.987	2.206	0
Cliff Melton	P	37	6	38	0	4	1.000	1.189	0
Red Lynn	P	33	1	3	0	0	1.000	.121	0
Bill Lohrman	P	31	4	52	1	4	.982	1.806	0
Roy Joiner	P	30	4	11	2	0	.882	.500	0
Willis Hudlin	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Carl Hubbell	P	31	4	52	2	3	.966	1.806	0
Harry Gumbert	P	35	11	65	0	4	1.000	2.171	0
Paul Dean	P	27	3	14	0	0	1.000	.630	0
Bob Carpenter	P	5	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.400	0
Jumbo Brown	P	41	0	7	0	0	1.000	.171	0
Mickey Witek	SS	89	192	307	22	46	.958	5.607	0
Burgess Whitehead	SS	4	6	6	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Glen Stewart	SS	5	7	14	2	3	.913	4.200	0
Billy Jurges	SS	63	123	196	11	36	.967	5.063	0
Totals		1581	4081	1896	139	349	.977	3.781	9

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