1940 New York Giants

72-80 • 0.474 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
80 Losses
0.474 Win %
6th Rank
663 R 659 RA
Diff +4

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⚡ Quick Stats

663 Runs Scored
659 Runs Allowed
+4 Run Diff
814K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .267 1% above the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .324 1% above the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .318 2% above the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.79 2% better than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 663 2% below the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 814,235
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Avg per Game 10,713

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Frank Demaree 0.302 2 Harry Danning 0.300 3 Johnny Rucker 0.296 4 Bob Seeds 0.290 5 Mel Ott 0.289

Home Runs

1 Mel Ott 19 2 Babe Young 17 3 Harry Danning 13 4 Frank Demaree 7 5 Jo-Jo Moore 6

RBI

1 Babe Young 101 2 Harry Danning 91 3 Mel Ott 79 4 Frank Demaree 61 5 Jo-Jo Moore 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Burgess Whitehead 133 568 68 160 0 0 4 36 26 17 9 0.282
Babe Young 149 556 75 159 0 0 17 101 69 28 4 0.286
Jo-Jo Moore 138 543 83 150 0 0 6 46 43 30 7 0.276
Mel Ott 151 536 89 155 0 0 19 79 100 50 6 0.289
Harry Danning 140 524 65 157 0 0 13 91 35 31 3 0.300
Frank Demaree 121 460 68 139 0 0 7 61 45 39 5 0.302
Mickey Witek 119 433 34 111 0 0 3 31 24 17 2 0.256
Tony Cuccinello 88 307 26 64 0 0 5 36 16 42 1 0.208
Johnny Rucker 86 277 38 82 0 0 4 23 7 32 4 0.296
Billy Jurges 63 214 23 54 0 0 2 36 25 14 2 0.252
Bob Seeds 56 155 18 45 0 0 4 16 17 19 0 0.290
Ken O'Dea 48 96 9 23 0 0 0 12 16 15 0 0.240
Al Glossop 27 91 16 19 0 0 4 8 10 16 1 0.209
Harry Gumbert 35 87 9 17 0 0 1 5 2 29 0 0.195
Carl Hubbell 31 81 5 15 0 0 0 10 1 15 0 0.185
Hal Schumacher 35 78 11 15 0 0 1 8 3 18 0 0.192
Johnny McCarthy 51 67 6 16 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 0.239
Bill Lohrman 31 65 6 8 0 0 0 2 3 24 0 0.123
Cliff Melton 37 54 6 12 0 0 0 3 2 14 0 0.222
Buster Maynard 7 29 6 8 0 0 1 2 2 6 0 0.276
Glen Stewart 15 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.138
Paul Dean 27 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.115
Roy Joiner 30 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.273
Jumbo Brown 41 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.100
Bob Carpenter 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.100
Hy Vandenberg 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.125
Red Lynn 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Red Tramback 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.250
Willis Hudlin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Carpenter 2.73 2 Hal Schumacher 3.25 3 Roy Joiner 3.40 4 Jumbo Brown 3.42 5 Carl Hubbell 3.65

Wins

1 Hal Schumacher 13 2 Harry Gumbert 12 3 Carl Hubbell 11 4 Bill Lohrman 10 5 Cliff Melton 10

Strikeouts

1 Hal Schumacher 123 2 Cliff Melton 91 3 Carl Hubbell 86 4 Harry Gumbert 77 5 Bill Lohrman 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Gumbert 12 14 3.76 35 30 2 237.0 81 77
Hal Schumacher 13 13 3.25 34 30 1 227.0 96 123
Carl Hubbell 11 12 3.65 31 27 0 214.1 59 86
Bill Lohrman 10 15 3.78 31 28 1 195.0 43 73
Cliff Melton 10 11 4.91 37 21 2 166.2 68 91
Paul Dean 4 4 3.90 27 7 0 99.1 29 32
Jumbo Brown 2 4 3.42 41 0 7 55.1 25 31
Roy Joiner 3 2 3.40 30 2 1 53.0 17 25
Red Lynn 4 3 3.83 33 0 3 42.1 24 25
Bob Carpenter 2 0 2.73 5 3 0 33.0 14 25
Hy Vandenberg 1 1 3.90 13 3 1 32.1 16 17
Willis Hudlin 0 1 10.80 1 1 0 5.0 1 1

👥 Roster (29)

Jumbo Brown Bob Carpenter Tony Cuccinello Harry Danning Paul Dean Frank Demaree Al Glossop Harry Gumbert Carl Hubbell Willis Hudlin Roy Joiner Billy Jurges +17 more

29 players

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