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1939 New York (G) Giants
Record: 93-69
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 844
Runs Allowed: 737
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,256,455
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 4th in the NL
AA: 73-64, 5th in the NL
A: 72-65, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Seattle (M) Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-1 over 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 27 155 601 129 195 47 9 7 63 5 5 97 16 .324 .419 .468 .887 111.2 31.0 2.1
LF  Wally Berger 33 153 612 107 196 43 3 30 114 0 0 61 87 .320 .380 .547 .927 114.6 31.0 2.9
3B  Frankie Crosetti 28 148 530 72 147 25 5 4 66 2 2 36 57 .277 .324 .366 .690 61.2 11.6 4.8
1B  Billy Werber 31 153 475 67 104 29 6 8 56 3 3 75 43 .219 .325 .356 .681 56.1 9.9 3.3
RF *George Selkirk 31 136 479 79 131 13 7 19 83 5 7 68 71 .273 .362 .449 .811 75.5 17.4 1.6
SS  Howdy Groskloss 32 151 486 51 136 26 1 4 60 0 0 20 35 .280 .307 .362 .669 50.5 9.5 7.1
LF  Gee Walker 31 116 426 63 138 34 4 7 60 5 1 19 30 .324 .353 .472 .825 60.0 15.0 1.4
1B *Sam Leslie 33 123 331 53 94 17 4 3 44 0 0 9 11 .284 .306 .387 .693 34.1 6.4 0.9
C  Tom Padden 30 69 224 27 70 14 1 2 34 0 0 16 28 .313 .350 .411 .760 30.6 6.5 2.9
RF *Jimmy Ripple 29 89 166 22 44 6 1 1 23 0 0 16 3 .265 .326 .331 .657 17.7 3.1 0.6
3B  Jim Tabor 22 41 139 20 54 9 2 7 37 0 1 9 7 .388 .417 .633 1.050 30.9 9.0 2.1
LF  Chet Laabs 27 80 125 23 38 6 2 3 16 0 0 14 17 .304 .379 .456 .835 21.4 5.6 0.2
P  Paul Dean 25 44 115 6 14 3 0 0 11 0 0 3 20 .122 .150 .148 .298 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Newsom 31 41 114 10 28 4 0 0 13 0 0 3 26 .246 .269 .281 .550 8.5 0.5 0.0
P  Claude Passeau 30 44 117 4 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 49 .128 .128 .154 .282 -1.2 0.0 0.0
3B *Johnny Burnett 34 65 78 9 19 2 1 0 9 0 0 5 6 .244 .289 .295 .584 6.5 0.9 0.7
P  Ray Prim 32 24 52 8 13 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 12 .250 .264 .308 .572 4.4 0.2 0.0
2B *Cecil Travis 25 13 55 4 20 7 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 .364 .375 .491 .866 8.4 2.4 0.8
SS  Pinky Higgins 30 27 35 5 8 1 1 2 6 0 0 2 4 .229 .270 .486 .756 4.9 1.1 0.2
P  Paul Derringer 32 50 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Buddy Rosar 24 5 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 .143 .077 .220 -0.6 0.0 0.1
P  Mel Harder 29 39 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1 0.0
P  Al Benton 28 43 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 32 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Syd Cohen 33 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1895 5204 764 1470 290 47 98 720 20 19 456 531 .282 .340 .413 .753 695.6 161.2 37.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 2 6 1 4 3 2 6 3 3 2 2 2 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
 Paul Dean 25 29 10 .744 44 44 0 350.0 321 119 19 54 234 3.06 29.9
 Claude Passeau 30 21 17 .553 44 44 0 337.0 360 154 9 116 129 4.11 16.4
 Bobo Newsom 31 20 13 .606 41 41 0 311.3 348 150 23 103 158 4.34 16.7
*Ray Prim 32 9 9 .500 24 24 0 166.7 203 84 15 28 65 4.54 6.9
 Paul Derringer 32 3 4 .429 49 4 1 79.0 74 42 6 54 39 4.78 2.5
 Mel Harder 29 3 4 .429 39 5 2 67.7 91 48 4 37 24 6.38 0.0
*Syd Cohen 33 5 6 .455 50 0 4 53.0 70 40 4 25 25 6.79 0.0
 Al Benton 28 3 6 .333 43 0 20 46.3 52 17 3 14 19 3.30 6.6
 Johnny Welch 32 0 0 .000 36 0 1 40.0 44 24 4 10 17 5.40 0.8
Team Totals 30.2 93 69 .574 370 162 28 1451.0 1563 678 87 441 710 4.21 79.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 6 4 2 5  
* - 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 .991 35.4
E.Lombardi 923.7 104 104 476 41 1 1 .998 41.4
T.Padden 497.7 55 57 262 18 4 0 .986 41.2
B.Rosar 29.7 3 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 165 746 60 5 1 .994 41.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.19
G.Walker 823.0 92 109 989 89 14 91 .987 11.79
S.Leslie 577.3 70 75 674 62 7 57 .991 11.47
E.Lombardi 20.0 0 12 31 1 1 1 .970 14.40
C.Laabs 12.0 0 7 18 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
T.Padden 10.0 0 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 7.20
B.Werber 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.3 162 207 1726 152 22 152 .988 11.69
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
F.Crosetti 965.3 111 116 246 401 6 83 .991 6.03
H.Groskloss 335.7 41 44 75 144 1 27 .995 5.87
J.Burnett 67.0 5 19 16 27 1 2 .977 5.78
B.Werber 46.0 2 13 11 25 0 8 1.000 7.04
J.Tabor 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1416.0 159 193 350 598 8 121 .992 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 3.16
B.Werber 1030.3 120 126 58 250 25 13 .925 2.69
F.Crosetti 275.3 31 32 22 68 3 7 .968 2.94
J.Burnett 73.3 5 19 2 15 2 1 .895 2.09
P.Higgins 35.0 3 8 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Groskloss 3.7 0 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 7.38
Team Total 1417.7 159 187 83 342 30 22 .934 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.46
H.Groskloss 874.7 102 103 155 394 9 71 .984 5.65
J.Tabor 334.7 39 40 48 150 3 27 .985 5.32
C.Travis 109.0 13 13 17 55 1 8 .986 5.94
J.Burnett 59.7 3 23 11 26 2 3 .949 5.58
P.Higgins 19.0 2 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 5.21
P.Derringer 4.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Ripple 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
S.Leslie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1405.6 159 186 234 636 15 110 .983 5.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.03
G.Selkirk 1099.0 126 131 238 9 7 0 .972 2.02
J.Ripple 145.0 16 21 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Laabs 113.0 12 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
B.Werber 44.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Walker 40.0 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
W.Berger 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Galan 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 187 310 10 7 0 .979 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.67
W.Berger 1310.0 146 147 394 10 8 2 .981 2.78
J.Ripple 103.3 12 12 35 3 0 0 1.000 3.31
C.Laabs 37.7 4 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.67
Team Total 1451.0 162 165 436 13 9 2 .980 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.07
A.Galan 1317.0 146 152 304 8 3 2 .990 2.13
J.Ripple 47.0 5 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
B.Werber 47.0 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
C.Laabs 36.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
G.Selkirk 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Walker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 174 332 9 3 2 .991 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.28
P.Dean 350.0 44 44 26 29 2 2 .965 1.41
C.Passeau 337.0 44 44 28 75 2 9 .981 2.75
B.Newsom 311.3 41 41 19 51 3 5 .959 2.02
R.Prim 166.7 24 24 9 17 1 0 .963 1.40
P.Derringer 79.0 4 49 3 20 0 4 1.000 2.62
M.Harder 67.7 5 39 4 21 0 1 1.000 3.33
S.Cohen 53.0 0 50 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.72
A.Benton 46.3 0 43 3 12 1 0 .938 2.91
J.Welch 40.0 0 36 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.93
Team Total 1451.0 162 370 98 248 9 23 .975 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Galan .324
On-Base Pct Galan .419
Slugging Pct Berger .547
OPS Berger .927
XR Berger 114.6
Games Galan 155
At-Bats Berger 612
Runs Galan 129
Hits Berger 196
Total Bases Berger 335
Singles Galan 132
Doubles Galan 47
Triples Galan 9
Homeruns Berger 30
RBIs Berger 114
Stolen Bases Galan, Selkirk, Walker 5
Caught Stealing Selkirk 7
Walks Galan 97
Strikeouts Berger 87
ERA Dean 3.06
Wins Dean 29
Losses Passeau 17
Winning Pct Dean .744
Saves Benton 20
Games Pitched Cohen 50
Games Started Dean, Passeau 44
Complete Games Dean 19
Shutouts Dean 3
Innings Pitched Dean 350.0
Hits Allowed Passeau 360
Homeruns Allowed Newsom 23
Strikeouts Dean 234
Walks Allowed Passeau 116
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.4
Hits per 9IP Dean 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 6.0
WHiP Dean 1.07
OAVG Dean .242
OOBP Dean .270
OSLG Dean .359
OOPS Dean .629
Team All-Stars
Wally Berger
Frankie Crosetti
Paul Dean
Augie Galan
Ernie Lombardi
Bobo Newsom
Claude Passeau
Player Salaries
Wally Berger $ 12,100,000
Paul Dean $ 10,210,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Ernie Lombardi $ 4,250,000
Gee Walker $ 4,200,024
George Selkirk $ 3,942,857
Augie Galan $ 3,907,143
Paul Derringer $ 3,500,000
Sam Leslie $ 2,300,000
Pinky Higgins $ 1,800,000
Claude Passeau $ 1,744,286
Frankie Crosetti $ 1,700,000
Ray Prim $ 1,600,000
Howdy Groskloss $ 1,200,000
Al Benton $ 665,000
Syd Cohen $ 548,571
Johnny Welch $ 500,500
Billy Werber $ 460,000
Mel Harder $ 425,000
Johnny Burnett $ 300,000
Ed Coleman $ 300,000
Jim Tabor $ 300,000
Chet Laabs $ 300,000
Jimmy Ripple $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Jackie Hayes $ 300,000
Buddy Rosar $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Harley Boss Cincinnati Ray Prim
Mel Harder
2/1 Traded Cookie Lavagetto
Roy Sherid		 Tampa Bay Al Epperly
2/13 Traded Al Epperly
Pretzel Pezzullo		 Boston (N) Otto Bluege
4/2 Signed     Ed Coleman
4/2 Signed     Johnny Burnett
4/2 Signed     Carey Selph
4/2 Traded Red Barkley Cincinnati Jimmy Ripple
Pinky Higgins
8/25 Released Carey Selph    
 
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