1933 New York Giants (MLB) season

1933  New York Giants
World Series champion National League champion
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	Bill Terry
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The 1933 New York Giants season was the franchise's 51st season. The team won the National League pennant and defeated the American League pennant winner Washington Senators in the World Series in five games.

Offseason

• December 29, 1932: Shanty Hogan was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Braves. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	91	61	.599	—	48‍–‍27	43‍–‍34
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	5	50‍–‍27	37‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs	86	68	.558	6	56‍–‍23	30‍–‍45
Boston Braves	83	71	.539	9	45‍–‍31	38‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	82	71	.536	9½	47‍–‍30	35‍–‍41
Brooklyn Dodgers	65	88	.425	26½	36‍–‍41	29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies	60	92	.395	31	32‍–‍40	28‍–‍52
Cincinnati Reds	58	94	.382	33	37‍–‍42	21‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1933 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	13–9–1	7–15	12–10	12–10–1	11–11	13–9	15–7
Brooklyn	9–13–1	—	9–13	10–12–1	8–14–2	13–9	7–15	9–12
Chicago	15–7	13–9	—	11–11	9–13	15–7	12–10	11–11
Cincinnati	10–12	12–10–1	11–11	—	4–17	7–14	7–15	7–15
New York	10–12–1	14–8–2	13–9	17–4	—	15–6	13–9	9–13–1
Philadelphia	11–11	9–13	7–15	14–7	6–15	—	7–15	6–16
Pittsburgh	9–13	15–7	10–12	15–7	9–13	15–7	—	14–8
St. Louis	7–15	12–9	11–11	15–7	13–9–1	16–6	8–14	—

Roster

1933 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 15 Hi Bell 10 Watty Clark 12 Freddie Fitzsimmons 11 Carl Hubbell 20 Dolf Luque 18 Roy Parmelee 25 Jack Salveson 17 Hal Schumacher 22 Bill Shores 19 Glenn Spencer 16 Ray Starr 28 George Uhle		Catchers 28 Harry Danning  8 Gus Mancuso  9 Paul Richards Infielders  6 Hughie Critz  7 Chuck Dressen  5 Travis Jackson 24 Bernie James 22 Sam Leslie 27 Joe Malay 23 Blondy Ryan  3 Bill Terry  7 Johnny Vergez		Outfielders  2 Kiddo Davis 27 Hank Leiber  1 Jo-Jo Moore 16 Lefty O'Doul  4 Mel Ott 26 Homer Peel 14 Phil Weintraub		Manager  3 Bill Terry Coaches 31 Tommy Clarke -- Clarence Mitchell 21 Al Smith 32 Frank Snyder -- Billy Southworth

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	Gus Mancuso	144	481	127	.264	6	56
1B	Bill Terry	123	475	153	.322	6	58
2B	Hughie Critz	133	558	137	.246	2	33
SS	Blondy Ryan	146	525	125	.238	3	48
3B	Johnny Vergez	123	458	124	.271	16	72
OF	Mel Ott	152	580	164	.283	23	103
OF	Jo-Jo Moore	132	524	153	.292	0	42
OF	Kiddo Davis	126	434	112	.258	7	37

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
Lefty O'Doul	78	229	70	.306	9	35
Homer Peel	84	148	38	.257	1	12
Sam Leslie	40	137	44	.321	3	27
Bernie James	60	125	28	.224	1	10
Travis Jackson	53	122	30	.246	0	12
Paul Richards	92	87	17	.195	0	10
Chuck Dressen	16	45	10	.222	0	3
Joe Malay	8	24	3	.125	0	2
Phil Weintraub	8	15	3	.200	1	1
Hank Leiber	6	10	2	.200	0	0
Harry Danning	3	2	0	.000	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
Carl Hubbell	45	308.2	23	12	1.66	156
Hal Schumacher	35	258.2	19	12	2.16	96
Freddie Fitzsimmons	36	251.2	16	11	2.90	65
Roy Parmelee	32	218.1	13	8	3.17	132

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
Jack Salveson	8	30.2	0	2	3.82	8
George Uhle	6	13.2	1	1	7.90	4
Ray Starr	6	13.1	0	1	5.40	2

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
Hi Bell	38	6	5	5	2.05	24
Dolf Luque	35	8	2	4	2.69	23
Glenn Spencer	17	0	2	0	5.13	14
Watty Clark	16	3	4	0	4.70	11
Bill Shores	8	2	1	0	3.93	20

World series

Main article: 1933 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3
New York (N)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	x	4	10	2
W: Carl Hubbell (1–0)   L: Lefty Stewart (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1933, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	x	6	10	0
W: Hal Schumacher (1–0)   L: Alvin Crowder (0–1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1)

Game 3

October 5, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Washington (A)	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	4	9	1
W: Earl Whitehill (1–0)  L: Freddie Fitzsimmons (0–1)   S: Hi Bell (1)

Game 4

October 6, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Carl Hubbell (2–0)  L: Monte Weaver (0–1)
HR: NYG – Bill Terry (1)

Game 5

October 7, 1933, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	11	1
Washington (A)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	0
W: Dolf Luque (2–0)  L: Jack Russell (baseball) (0–1)
HR: NYG – Mel Ott (2)  WAS – Fred Schulte (1)

Awards and honors

• Carl Hubbell, Associated Press Athlete of the Year

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Attleboro/Lawrence/Woonsocket Weavers	New England League	Bill Hunnefield and Mark Devlin.

Attleboro club moved to Lawrence, May 26, 1933, and then to Woonsocket, July 18 ^[2]

References

1. "Shanty Hogan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1933 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac