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1940 New York (G) Giants
Record: 84-78
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 792
Runs Allowed: 688
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,379,537
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 4th in the NL
AA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
A: 65-72, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to San Diego Padres
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF #Augie Galan 28 158 633 108 211 42 3 8 67 7 4 72 19 .333 .401 .447 .848 108.7 23.2 3.3
LF  Wally Berger 34 160 621 96 199 29 7 28 112 0 0 64 71 .320 .382 .525 .907 114.2 23.5 3.8
3B  Jim Tabor 23 151 575 71 155 33 4 12 85 2 1 51 44 .270 .329 .403 .733 68.7 10.7 9.0
LF  Gee Walker 32 149 560 69 164 32 11 7 81 3 1 23 45 .293 .321 .427 .748 70.1 12.0 2.4
3B  Frankie Crosetti 29 153 517 72 157 29 3 11 81 2 2 51 48 .304 .371 .435 .807 80.0 15.1 6.0
2B *Cecil Travis 26 122 454 73 108 24 4 0 40 0 0 38 42 .238 .295 .308 .603 39.3 3.5 4.3
LF  Chet Laabs 28 115 335 56 77 20 2 7 38 0 0 47 69 .230 .323 .364 .687 39.4 5.4 1.6
SS  Pinky Higgins 31 104 229 26 59 18 1 7 40 0 1 20 29 .258 .317 .437 .754 29.5 4.7 2.3
1B  Frank McCormick 29 52 210 30 60 19 1 7 26 0 0 8 6 .286 .315 .486 .801 26.0 4.3 1.0
1B *Sam Leslie 34 94 152 19 48 7 0 3 22 0 1 2 6 .316 .323 .421 .744 16.5 2.3 0.4
1B  Billy Werber 32 93 123 16 39 9 1 1 19 1 1 30 10 .317 .448 .431 .879 23.2 4.7 0.6
C  Tom Padden 31 50 137 18 45 5 0 2 23 0 0 13 13 .328 .379 .409 .788 21.6 3.9 1.4
P  Claude Passeau 31 44 111 4 18 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 34 .162 .183 .189 .372 2.9 0.0 0.0
RF *Jimmy Ripple 30 50 107 15 30 5 1 1 14 0 0 8 1 .280 .325 .374 .699 13.4 2.1 0.7
P  Bobo Newsom 32 40 98 7 23 4 0 0 10 0 0 2 17 .235 .245 .276 .521 7.5 0.1 0.0
P  Paul Dean 26 37 89 9 19 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .213 .239 .270 .509 5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Prim 33 33 75 3 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 11 .147 .177 .147 .324 1.0 0.0 0.0
RF *George Selkirk 32 23 64 13 13 0 1 2 9 2 1 16 14 .203 .363 .328 .691 8.9 1.1 0.4
SS  Howdy Groskloss 33 44 59 7 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .254 .279 .288 .567 3.6 0.0 0.8
CF *Johnny Watwood 34 21 17 5 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 .353 .450 .353 .803 3.4 0.8 0.0
P  Joe Haynes 22 5 12 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 .583 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Mel Harder 30 22 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Derringer 33 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Appleton 36 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Syd Cohen 34 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jumbo Brown 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 1833 5196 717 1461 284 39 97 689 19 12 460 502 .281 .339 .407 .746 683.7 117.3 42.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 3 5 1 6 3 3 6 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Claude Passeau 31 14 26 .350 44 44 0 337.3 364 174 17 110 147 4.64 11.3
 Bobo Newsom 32 15 13 .536 40 40 0 305.0 307 125 20 107 144 3.69 19.3
 Paul Dean 26 15 8 .652 37 37 0 278.3 272 106 23 51 177 3.43 20.8
*Ray Prim 33 18 6 .750 33 33 0 245.3 234 82 23 41 130 3.01 20.6
 Al Benton 29 5 11 .313 85 0 13 88.3 105 44 7 19 38 4.48 5.7
*Syd Cohen 34 7 4 .636 54 0 3 56.3 54 18 1 24 22 2.88 6.6
 Mel Harder 30 3 3 .500 22 2 1 41.7 49 19 3 13 12 4.10 2.4
 Pete Appleton 36 2 3 .400 28 0 4 39.3 54 19 3 13 20 4.35 2.2
 Joe Haynes 22 2 1 .667 5 5 0 36.7 48 23 1 16 15 5.65 0.8
 Paul Derringer 33 3 3 .500 27 1 1 36.7 41 17 3 20 31 4.17 2.0
 Jumbo Brown 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 3.0 7 4 0 0 1 12.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.8 84 78 .519 379 162 22 1468.0 1535 631 101 414 737 3.87 91.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 5 2 1 6 5 2 2 2 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 33.6
E.Lombardi 1172.0 130 130 612 37 6 0 .991 26.9
T.Padden 296.0 32 35 156 16 3 1 .983 50.0
Team Total 1468.0 162 165 768 53 9 1 .989 31.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
G.Walker 764.0 86 90 931 66 8 81 .992 11.74
F.McCormick 448.1 50 51 593 50 5 49 .992 12.91
S.Leslie 203.0 22 29 259 16 4 25 .986 12.19
E.Lombardi 32.0 0 14 40 2 0 4 1.000 11.81
B.Werber 22.0 2 4 31 3 2 3 .944 13.91
C.Laabs 3.0 0 2 7 0 1 1 .875 21.00
J.Watwood 2.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53
T.Padden 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.8 160 195 1865 137 20 163 .990 12.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
C.Travis 994.7 116 116 253 430 9 96 .987 6.18
F.Crosetti 349.3 39 40 71 138 5 29 .977 5.38
H.Groskloss 82.0 7 20 20 34 2 10 .964 5.93
B.Werber 42.0 0 16 5 24 0 3 1.000 6.21
Team Total 1468.0 162 192 349 626 16 138 .984 5.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
F.Crosetti 951.3 112 112 69 266 6 17 .982 3.17
P.Higgins 473.3 49 71 31 118 4 6 .974 2.83
B.Werber 33.3 1 13 2 2 2 0 .667 1.08
H.Groskloss 5.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Travis 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Leslie 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
F.McCormick 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.7 162 202 104 388 12 23 .976 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
J.Tabor 1304.3 148 150 194 618 14 97 .983 5.60
P.Higgins 84.0 7 18 15 27 3 5 .933 4.50
H.Groskloss 60.7 7 10 11 28 0 8 1.000 5.79
C.Travis 14.0 0 4 2 8 0 2 1.000 6.43
F.Crosetti 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Ripple 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Laabs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.0 162 186 223 682 17 113 .982 5.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
C.Laabs 745.0 88 89 148 3 2 0 .987 1.82
G.Walker 444.7 51 56 96 1 5 0 .951 1.96
G.Selkirk 86.8 11 12 20 1 1 0 .955 2.18
J.Ripple 44.3 3 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.44
B.Werber 42.3 2 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
A.Galan 15.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
W.Berger 11.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Watwood 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
S.Leslie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1394.8 155 194 291 6 8 0 .974 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
W.Berger 1309.3 144 150 340 16 16 3 .957 2.45
J.Ripple 86.7 11 12 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
C.Laabs 39.0 4 7 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92
J.Watwood 28.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
H.Groskloss 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.0 162 173 372 18 17 3 .958 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
A.Galan 1308.0 143 149 296 10 5 3 .984 2.11
B.Werber 77.0 9 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
G.Selkirk 73.2 9 10 19 0 1 0 .950 2.34
J.Ripple 73.0 9 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
C.Laabs 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Watwood 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Travis 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1541.2 171 183 355 10 6 3 .984 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
C.Passeau 337.3 44 44 25 82 2 2 .982 2.85
B.Newsom 305.0 40 40 22 52 1 6 .987 2.18
P.Dean 278.3 37 37 16 38 1 1 .982 1.75
R.Prim 245.3 33 33 12 37 1 2 .980 1.80
A.Benton 88.3 0 85 4 21 3 3 .893 2.55
S.Cohen 56.3 0 54 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.92
M.Harder 41.7 2 22 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.38
P.Appleton 39.3 0 28 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.52
P.Derringer 36.7 1 27 2 11 0 2 1.000 3.19
J.Haynes 36.7 5 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.45
J.Brown 3.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1468.0 162 379 93 274 8 20 .979 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Galan .333
On-Base Pct Galan .401
Slugging Pct Berger .525
OPS Berger .907
XR Berger 114.2
Games Berger 160
At-Bats Galan 633
Runs Galan 108
Hits Galan 211
Total Bases Berger 326
Singles Galan 158
Doubles Galan 42
Triples Walker 11
Homeruns Berger 28
RBIs Berger 112
Stolen Bases Galan 7
Caught Stealing Galan 4
Walks Galan 72
Strikeouts Berger 71
ERA Prim 3.01
Wins Prim 18
Losses Passeau 26
Winning Pct Prim .750
Saves Benton 13
Games Pitched Benton 85
Games Started Passeau 44
Complete Games Passeau 19
Shutouts Newsom 4
Innings Pitched Passeau 337.3
Hits Allowed Passeau 364
Homeruns Allowed Dean, Prim 23
Strikeouts Dean 177
Walks Allowed Passeau 110
Walks per 9IP Prim 1.5
Hits per 9IP Prim 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 5.7
WHiP Prim 1.12
OAVG Prim .251
OOBP Prim .282
OSLG Prim .377
OOPS Prim .658
Team All-Stars
Al Benton
Wally Berger
Syd Cohen
Paul Dean
Augie Galan
Ray Prim
Player Salaries
Wally Berger $ 14,100,000
Paul Dean $ 10,210,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Frank McCormick $ 5,000,000
Augie Galan $ 4,614,286
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Ernie Lombardi $ 4,250,000
Gee Walker $ 4,200,024
Paul Derringer $ 3,500,000
Claude Passeau $ 2,685,714
Pinky Higgins $ 1,800,000
Frankie Crosetti $ 1,700,000
Ray Prim $ 1,600,000
Pete Appleton $ 1,424,000
Howdy Groskloss $ 1,200,000
Al Benton $ 880,000
Sam Leslie $ 700,077
Billy Werber $ 460,000
Syd Cohen $ 450,000
Mel Harder $ 425,000
Jimmy Ripple $ 350,000
Joe Haynes $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Jim Tabor $ 300,000
Johnny Watwood $ 300,000
Chet Laabs $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Walt Masterson Cleveland Boots Poffenberger
2/15 Signed     Sam Leslie
4/2 Signed     Pete Appleton
5/1 Traded George Selkirk New York (A) Jumbo Brown
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Jumbo Brown
Johnny Rucker		 Pittsburgh Frank Mccormick
 
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