1941 New York Giants (MLB) season

1941 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Bill Terry
Manager(s)	Bill Terry
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The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 59th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with an 74-79 record, 25½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Offseason

• December 4, 1940: Glen Stewart was purchased from the Giants by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• Prior to 1941 season: Marv Grissom was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	100	54	0.649	—	52–25	48–29
St. Louis Cardinals	97	56	0.634	2½	53–24	44–32
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	0.571	12	45–34	43–32
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	73	0.526	19	45–32	36–41
New York Giants	74	79	0.484	25½	38–39	36–40
Chicago Cubs	70	84	0.455	30	38–39	32–45
Boston Braves	62	92	0.403	38	32–44	30–48
Philadelphia Phillies	43	111	0.279	57	23–52	20–59

Record vs. opponents

1941 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	4–18–2	11–11	9–13	6–16	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	18–4–2	—	13–9	14–8	14–8	18–4	12–10	11–11–1
Chicago	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	9–13	14–8–1	9–13	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	8–14	14–8	—	15–7	16–6	12–10	10–12
New York	16–6	8–14	13–9	7–15	—	16–6	8–14–2	6–15–1
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14–1	6–16	6–16	—	6–16	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–10	10–12	13–9	10–12	14–8–2	16–6	—	6–16
St. Louis	14–8	11–11–1	12–10	12–10	15–6–1	17–5	16–6	—

Roster

1941 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ace Adams 16 Bob Bowman 20 Jumbo Brown 28 Bob Carpenter 21 Paul Dean 36 Hugh East 18 Harry Feldman -- Rube Fischer 10 Harry Gumbert 18 Bump Hadley 11 Carl Hubbell 33 Dave Koslo 12 Bill Lohrman 21 Bill McGee 15 Cliff Melton 17 Hal Schumacher 16 Tom Sunkel 19 Johnnie Wittig		Catchers 35 Rae Blaemire  3 Harry Danning  9 Gabby Hartnett  8 Ken O'Dea Infielders 14 Dick Bartell 29 Red Davis 26 Odell Hale  2 Billy Jurges 34 Johnny McCarthy  6 Joe Orengo  7 Burgess Whitehead 25 Mickey Witek  5 Babe Young		Outfielders 22 Morrie Arnovich 23 Babe Barna 24 Frank Demaree 24 Sid Gordon 23 Jo-Jo Moore  4 Mel Ott  1 Johnny Rucker Other batters 33 Jack Aragon		Manager 30 Bill Terry Coaches  9 Gabby Hartnett 31 Adolfo Luque 32 Frank Snyder

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

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
Gabby Hartnett	46	150	45	.300	5	26
John Davis	21	70	15	.214	0	5
Johnny McCarthy	14	40	13	.325	0	12

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

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
Bob Bowman	29	80.1	6	7	5.71	25

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
Ace Adams	38	4	1	1	4.82	18

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Giants	International League	Tony Cuccinello
AA	Hollywood Stars	Pacific Coast League	Bill Sweeney
B	Clinton Giants	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Josh Billings
C	San Bernardino Stars	California League	Jack Rothrock
C	Fort Smith Giants	Western Association	Herschel Bobo
D	Milford Giants	Eastern Shore League	Hal Gruber
D	Salisbury Giants	North Carolina State League	Johnnie Heving

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Salisbury

San Bernardino franchise folded, June 29, 1941

External links

• 1941 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1941 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac