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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Bill Terry | |
Managers | Bill Terry | |
Radio | WABC (Mel Allen, Joe Bolton) | |
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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, 371⁄2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55–21 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41–37 | 47–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40–34 | 38–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40–37 | 35–42 |
New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33–43 | 39–37 |
Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24–55 | 26–48 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |
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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 |
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C | Harry Danning | 140 | 524 | 157 | .300 | 13 | 91 |
1B | Babe Young | 149 | 556 | 159 | .286 | 17 | 101 |
2B | Tony Cuccinello | 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 |
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 |
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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 |
Al Glossop | 27 | 91 | 19 | .209 | 4 | 8 |
Johnny McCarthy | 51 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 5 |
Buster Maynard | 7 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 1 | 2 |
Glen Stewart | 15 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 0 |
Red Tramback | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Willis Hudlin | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Cliff Melton | 37 | 166.2 | 10 | 11 | 4.91 | 91 |
Paul Dean | 27 | 99.1 | 4 | 4 | 3.90 | 32 |
Bob Carpenter | 5 | 33.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 25 |
Hy Vandenberg | 13 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.90 | 17 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jumbo Brown | 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 |
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