1938 New York (G) Giants
Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 874
Runs Allowed: 725
Exp W-L: 95-67
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,285,387
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
AA: 70-67, 6th in the NL
A: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Cincinnati Reds
 
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
LF  Wally Berger 32 155 604 129 208 35 5 46 143 0 0 71 77 .344 .413 .647 1.060 140.1 30.4 4.8
RF #Augie Galan 26 153 558 106 183 31 7 8 81 9 6 92 20 .328 .422 .452 .874 101.3 19.3 3.3
RF *George Selkirk 30 158 549 99 156 21 4 18 93 16 3 91 64 .284 .383 .435 .819 95.5 15.4 3.7
3B *Red Rolfe 29 155 591 81 193 41 6 8 107 0 1 58 27 .327 .386 .457 .843 90.9 16.3 0.0
C  Ernie Lombardi 30 146 576 80 169 32 2 27 113 0 0 41 62 .293 .339 .497 .836 85.2 12.9 7.9
3B  Frankie Crosetti 27 155 562 71 165 23 4 6 74 6 2 41 58 .294 .344 .381 .724 70.4 9.5 5.9
1B *Sam Leslie 32 143 505 72 156 23 4 7 67 0 0 27 14 .309 .343 .412 .755 65.1 9.0 0.3
SS  Cookie Lavagetto 25 142 470 82 140 37 5 1 62 12 5 60 22 .298 .374 .404 .779 68.1 10.4 5.0
SS  Howdy Groskloss 31 133 368 38 98 17 3 1 42 0 0 15 27 .266 .293 .337 .630 32.7 1.8 4.5
LF  Gee Walker 30 125 362 56 119 21 2 7 47 7 2 18 41 .329 .361 .456 .817 50.7 8.2 1.1
2B *Cecil Travis 24 71 277 39 90 16 2 0 30 0 0 24 6 .325 .378 .397 .775 40.5 7.0 3.1
LF  Al Simmons 36 75 141 21 42 11 3 1 25 1 0 9 5 .298 .340 .440 .780 18.9 2.6 0.5
SS  Carey Selph 36 69 129 13 29 5 1 1 8 0 0 2 6 .225 .237 .302 .539 6.9 0.0 2.0
P  Bobo Newsom 30 42 109 10 23 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 23 .211 .230 .220 .450 5.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bagby 21 35 97 10 26 5 0 1 13 0 0 2 9 .268 .280 .351 .631 9.9 0.4 0.0
C  Tom Padden 29 38 94 15 24 3 1 0 11 0 0 7 8 .255 .311 .309 .619 7.4 0.0 1.3
P  Paul Dean 24 34 91 5 8 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 16 .088 .087 .143 .230 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Derringer 31 32 83 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .120 .131 .133 .263 -0.9 0.0 0.0
1B  Billy Werber 30 53 58 20 21 1 0 5 12 3 0 12 5 .362 .471 .638 1.109 16.0 3.8 0.3
P  Claude Passeau 29 15 40 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .150 .171 .150 .321 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Harry Rice 36 23 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .235 .551 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Al Smith 30 5 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Sherid 31 22 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Wally Millies 31 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 1.2 0.1 0.2
P  Al Benton 27 72 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Syd Cohen 32 40 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 31 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Tuck Stainback 26 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2136 6329 955 1878 327 49 138 954 54 19 579 536 .297 .355 .429 .784 905.2 147.1 43.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Bobo Newsom 30 23 11 .676 42 42 0 314.0 326 134 14 121 137 3.84 21.1
 Jim Bagby 21 20 9 .690 35 35 0 284.0 314 134 20 81 91 4.25 16.8
 Paul Dean 24 19 11 .633 34 34 0 268.3 240 94 20 50 188 3.15 20.4
 Paul Derringer 31 11 13 .458 32 29 0 222.0 204 107 19 115 130 4.34 9.4
 Claude Passeau 29 5 9 .357 15 15 0 111.0 127 57 4 25 38 4.62 3.3
 Al Benton 27 7 5 .583 72 0 15 78.3 98 33 7 25 32 3.79 7.3
*Syd Cohen 32 4 2 .667 40 0 4 45.3 40 14 1 16 21 2.78 6.0
 Roy Sherid 31 0 2 .000 22 2 1 42.7 44 24 3 25 18 5.06 0.8
*Al Smith 30 2 2 .500 5 5 0 37.7 47 22 0 13 9 5.26 0.8
 Johnny Welch 31 1 5 .167 32 0 0 36.0 49 24 3 9 15 6.00 0.0
*Lefty Willis 32 1 0 1.000 10 0 1 11.0 7 1 1 0 6 0.82 2.2
Team Totals 28.9 93 69 .574 339 162 21 1450.3 1496 644 92 480 685 4.00 88.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 5 2 6 2 6 2 3 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 .989 32.9
E.Lombardi 1208.7 136 136 611 49 5 0 .992 39.4
T.Padden 222.7 24 27 101 8 1 0 .991 42.9
W.Millies 19.0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1450.3 162 166 718 58 6 0 .992 39.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.35
S.Leslie 993.7 117 120 1226 96 15 127 .989 11.97
G.Walker 224.0 20 51 252 21 2 24 .993 10.97
A.Simmons 119.9 15 16 154 11 4 17 .976 12.39
E.Lombardi 13.7 0 7 14 0 0 2 1.000 9.22
B.Werber 3.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Padden 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1355.2 152 197 1650 128 21 170 .988 11.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.53
F.Crosetti 1292.3 147 151 338 570 13 141 .986 6.32
C.Selph 93.3 10 15 28 45 0 5 1.000 7.04
H.Groskloss 48.7 5 8 9 20 1 1 .967 5.36
B.Werber 15.0 0 5 3 5 0 2 1.000 4.80
T.Padden 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 180 378 641 14 149 .986 6.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.94
C.Lavagetto 1101.3 128 131 74 282 24 26 .937 2.91
H.Groskloss 163.7 17 30 10 40 0 5 1.000 2.75
C.Selph 130.3 12 26 10 39 5 2 .907 3.38
B.Werber 52.0 5 12 0 13 0 2 1.000 2.25
F.Crosetti 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Stainback 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 201 94 375 29 35 .942 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.67
H.Groskloss 673.0 79 89 99 281 8 62 .979 5.08
C.Travis 605.0 69 71 89 259 10 48 .972 5.18
C.Selph 112.3 9 27 15 56 0 8 1.000 5.69
C.Lavagetto 42.7 5 5 11 12 1 2 .958 4.85
W.Millies 12.3 0 8 2 5 0 0 1.000 5.11
F.Crosetti 5.0 0 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 203 218 616 19 122 .978 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.00
G.Selkirk 1071.3 123 124 252 8 5 5 .981 2.18
G.Walker 335.7 39 46 67 2 5 1 .932 1.85
A.Simmons 113.9 13 19 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.61
A.Galan 30.3 0 14 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
W.Berger 9.0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00
B.Werber 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1563.2 175 212 361 12 10 6 .974 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 2.55
W.Berger 1308.7 146 149 362 17 13 1 .967 2.61
G.Walker 106.0 13 13 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
A.Galan 26.7 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
A.Simmons 19.7 0 11 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
Team Total 1461.0 162 176 400 17 13 1 .970 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
A.Galan 1189.7 134 135 265 6 6 2 .978 2.05
G.Selkirk 216.7 23 31 53 0 1 0 .981 2.20
B.Werber 26.0 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69
G.Walker 18.0 2 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.50
Team Total 1450.3 162 172 321 6 10 2 .970 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.40
B.Newsom 314.0 42 42 16 50 1 4 .985 1.89
J.Bagby 284.0 35 35 26 61 0 10 1.000 2.76
P.Dean 268.3 34 34 15 42 2 3 .966 1.91
P.Derringer 222.0 29 32 26 35 3 5 .953 2.47
C.Passeau 111.0 15 15 7 31 1 1 .974 3.08
A.Benton 78.3 0 72 6 16 1 2 .957 2.53
S.Cohen 45.3 0 40 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.39
R.Sherid 42.7 2 22 3 10 1 0 .929 2.74
A.Smith 37.7 5 5 5 6 1 0 .917 2.63
J.Welch 36.0 0 32 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Willis 11.0 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
Team Total 1450.3 162 339 105 264 10 25 .974 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Berger .344
On-Base Pct Galan .422
Slugging Pct Berger .647
OPS Berger 1.060
XR Berger 140.1
Games Selkirk 158
At-Bats Berger 604
Runs Berger 129
Hits Berger 208
Total Bases Berger 391
Singles Rolfe 138
Doubles Rolfe 41
Triples Galan 7
Homeruns Berger 46
RBIs Berger 143
Stolen Bases Selkirk 16
Caught Stealing Galan 6
Walks Galan 92
Strikeouts Berger 77
ERA Dean 3.15
Wins Newsom 23
Losses Derringer 13
Winning Pct Bagby .690
Saves Benton 15
Games Pitched Benton 72
Games Started Newsom 42
Complete Games Bagby 16
Shutouts Derringer 3
Innings Pitched Newsom 314.0
Hits Allowed Newsom 326
Homeruns Allowed Bagby, Dean 20
Strikeouts Dean 188
Walks Allowed Newsom 121
Walks per 9IP Dean 1.7
Hits per 9IP Dean 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Dean 6.3
WHiP Dean 1.08
OAVG Dean .236
OOBP Dean .272
OSLG Dean .364
OOPS Dean .636
Team All-Stars
Jim Bagby
Wally Berger
Paul Dean
Ernie Lombardi
Bobo Newsom
Player Salaries
Wally Berger $ 12,100,000
Bobo Newsom $ 7,500,000
Paul Dean $ 6,871,429
Sam Leslie $ 4,500,000
Gee Walker $ 4,200,024
George Selkirk $ 3,942,857
Paul Derringer $ 3,500,000
Ernie Lombardi $ 3,464,286
Cecil Travis $ 3,207,143
Frankie Crosetti $ 2,928,571
Augie Galan $ 2,078,571
Howdy Groskloss $ 1,041,429
Lefty Willis $ 736,000
Roy Sherid $ 600,000
Johnny Welch $ 500,500
Al Benton $ 495,000
Syd Cohen $ 350,000
Cookie Lavagetto $ 300,000
Billy Werber $ 300,000
Wally Millies $ 300,000
Chet Laabs $ 300,000
Carey Selph $ 300,000
Tuck Stainback $ 300,000
Jim Bagby $ 300,000
Al Smith $ 300,000
Tom Padden $ 300,000
Claude Passeau $ 300,000
Harry Rice $ 300,000
Jackie Hayes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Andy Cohen New York (A) Joe Vance
2/1 Traded Paul Waner Oakland Paul Derringer
Red Barkley
Round Draft Pick.
2/8 Signed     Gee Walker
3/2 Signed     Danny Taylor
3/2 Signed     Harry Rice
3/2 Signed     Goose Goslin
3/2 Signed     Jackie Hayes
7/31 Traded Al Simmons Detroit George Turbeville
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Signed     Fresco Thompson
7/31 Signed     Lefty Willis