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1938 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1938
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1936 to 1939).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Bill Terry
managers	Bill Terry
prev_season	1937 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1939 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

|}} The 1938 New York Giants season was the franchise's 56th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–67 record, 5 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason

December 1, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased from the Giants by the Louisville Colonels.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1938 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	120	448	137	.306	9	60
1B	134	470	128	.272	8	59
2B	82	268	66	.246	5	37
SS	127	481	126	.262	9	49
3B	150	527	164	.311	36	116
OF	134	501	131	.261	10	60
OF	125	506	153	.302	11	56
OF	98	360	97	.269	12	65

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
81	296	86	.291	9	52
57	179	42	.235	3	17
43	170	52	.306	3	10
52	158	55	.348	2	15
76	154	39	.253	1	16
38	149	40	.268	2	18
31	102	33	.324	3	15
16	32	6	.188	0	4
12	24	5	.208	0	0
2	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	243.0	14	14	3.89	101
38	235.2	15	13	4.01	84
28	185.0	13	8	3.50	54
24	179.0	13	10	3.07	104

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	152.0	9	6	3.32	52
21	90.2	4	5	4.17	18
13	39.1	2	3	4.81	14
6	18.0	0	1	7.50	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
51	8	4	12	3.48	21
43	5	3	5	1.80	42
2	0	0	0	6.75	0
1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/madjeed01.shtml Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference]
"Boston Bees at New York Giants Box Score, April 19, 1938".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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