1940 New York Giants

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

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The 1940 New York Giants finished with a record of 72-80. They scored 663 runs and belted 91 home runs to go along with a .267 batting average. Mel Ott provided the power for the team with 19 homers. Babe Young was the best run producer with 101 RBI. Burgess Whitehead led the team with 160 hits for a .282 average.

The team allowed 660 runs and had a team ERA of 3.79. Hal Schumacher led the pitching staff with 13 wins and 123 strikeouts.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Tony Cuccinello	2B	88	307	26	64	5	36	1	.248	.300	.548	.208
Al Glossop	2B	27	91	16	19	4	8	1	.294	.374	.668	.209
Billy Jurges	SS	63	214	23	54	2	36	2	.347	.322	.669	.252
Johnny McCarthy	1B	51	67	6	16	0	5	0	.261	.299	.560	.239
Glen Stewart	3B	15	29	1	4	0	0	0	.167	.172	.339	.138
Burgess Whitehead	3B	133	568	68	160	4	36	9	.319	.340	.659	.282
Mickey Witek	SS	119	433	34	111	3	31	2	.295	.293	.588	.256
Babe Young	1B	149	556	75	159	17	101	4	.367	.441	.808	.286
Outfielders
Frank Demaree	OF	121	460	68	139	7	61	5	.364	.413	.777	.302
Buster Maynard	OF	7	29	6	8	1	2	0	.323	.586	.909	.276
Jo-Jo Moore	OF	138	543	83	150	6	46	7	.337	.385	.722	.276
Mel Ott	OF	151	536	89	155	19	79	6	.407	.457	.864	.289
Johnny Rucker	OF	86	277	38	82	4	23	4	.313	.401	.714	.296
Bob Seeds	OF	56	155	18	45	4	16	0	.371	.426	.797	.290
Red Tramback	OF	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	.400	.250	.650	.250
Catchers
Harry Danning	C	140	524	65	157	13	91	3	.349	.454	.803	.300
Ken O'Dea	C	48	96	9	23	0	12	0	.348	.302	.650	.240
Team Totals	-	-	5324	663	1423	91	614	45	.324	.374	.698	.267

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Jumbo Brown	41	0	55.3	2	4	.333	7	31	25	3.42	1.338
Bob Carpenter	5	3	33	2	0	1.000	0	25	14	2.73	1.303
Paul Dean	27	7	99.3	4	4	.500	0	32	29	3.90	1.400
Harry Gumbert	35	30	237	12	14	.462	2	77	81	3.76	1.312
Carl Hubbell	31	28	214.3	11	12	.478	0	86	59	3.65	1.302
Willis Hudlin	1	1	5	0	1	.000	0	1	1	1.80	2.000
Roy Joiner	30	2	53	3	2	.600	1	25	17	3.40	1.566
Bill Lohrman	31	27	195	10	15	.400	1	73	43	3.78	1.246
Red Lynn	33	0	42.3	4	3	.571	3	25	24	3.83	1.513
Cliff Melton	37	21	166.7	10	11	.476	2	91	68	4.91	1.518
Hal Schumacher	34	30	227	13	13	.500	1	123	96	3.25	1.383
Hy Vandenberg	13	3	32.3	1	1	.500	1	17	16	3.90	1.331
Team Totals	318	152	1360.2	72	80	.474	18	606	473	3.79	1.365

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Mel Ott	151
At Bats	Burgess Whitehead	568
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Mel Ott	647
Batting Average	Frank Demaree	.302
On-Base %	Mel Ott	.407
Slugging %	Mel Ott	.457
OPS	Mel Ott	.864
Runs	Mel Ott	89
Hits	Burgess Whitehead	160
Total Bases	Mel Ott and Babe Young	245
Doubles	Harry Danning	34
Triples	Frank Demaree and Burgess Whitehead	6
Home Runs	Mel Ott	19
RBI	Babe Young	101
Walks	Mel Ott	100
Strikeouts	Mel Ott	50
Stolen Bases	Burgess Whitehead	9
Sacrifice Hits	Frank Demaree	16
Grounded into Double Plays	Harry Danning	18

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Hal Schumacher	13
Losses	Bill Lohrman	15
Saves	Jumbo Brown	7
Won-Loss %	Hal Schumacher	.500
ERA	Hal Schumacher	3.25
WHIP	Bill Lohrman	1.246
Innings Pitched	Harry Gumbert	237
Games	Jumbo Brown	41
Games Started	Harry Gumbert and Hal Schumacher	30
Strikeouts	Hal Schumacher	123
Complete Games	Harry Gumbert	14
Shutouts	Bill Lohrman	4
Batters Faced	Harry Gumbert	1007
Earned Runs Allowed	Harry Gumbert	99
Hits Allowed	Harry Gumbert	230
Walks Allowed	Hal Schumacher	96
Home Runs Allowed	Carl Hubbell	22
Wild Pitches	Harry Gumbert	8
Hit Batsmen	Roy Joiner	5

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1940 New York Giants

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