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1940 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1940
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1940 to 1946).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	6th
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Bill Terry
managers	Bill Terry
radio	WABC
(Mel Allen, Joe Bolton)
prev_season	1939 New York Giants (MLB) season
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season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Mel Allen, Joe Bolton) |}} The 1940 New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 72–80 record, 37 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

December 6, 1939: Tom Hafey was purchased from the Giants by the Atlanta Crackers.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 15, 1940: Manny Salvo and Al Glossop were traded by the Giants to the Boston Bees for Tony Cuccinello.
July 15, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
July 28, 1940: Willis Hudlin was released by the Giants.

Roster

1940 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Harry Danning	140	524	157	.300	13	91
1B	Babe Young	149	556	159	.286	17	101
2B		88	307	64	.208	5	36
SS	Mickey Witek	119	433	111	.256	3	31
3B	Burgess Whitehead	133	568	160	.282	4	36
OF	Mel Ott	151	536	155	.289	19	79
OF	Frank Demaree	121	460	139	.302	7	61
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	138	543	150	.276	6	46

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Johnny Rucker	86	277	82	.296	4	23
Billy Jurges	63	214	54	.252	2	36
Bob Seeds	56	155	45	.290	4	16
Ken O'Dea	48	96	23	.240	0	12
	27	91	19	.209	4	8
	51	67	16	.239	0	5
Buster Maynard	7	29	8	.276	1	2
	15	29	4	.138	0	0
Red Tramback	2	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harry Gumbert	35	237.0	12	14	3.76	77
Hal Schumacher	34	227.0	13	13	3.25	123
Carl Hubbell	31	214.1	11	12	3.65	86
Bill Lohrman	31	195.0	10	15	3.78	73
	1	5.0	0	1	10.80	1

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cliff Melton	37	166.2	10	11	4.91	91
	27	99.1	4	4	3.90	32
	5	33.0	2	0	2.73	25
Hy Vandenberg	13	32.1	1	1	3.90	17

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	41	2	4	7	3.42	31
Red Lynn	33	4	3	3	3.83	25
Roy Joiner	30	3	2	1	3.40	25

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hafeyto01.shtml Tom Hafey page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cuccito01.shtml Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudliwi01.shtml Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference]
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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