The 1938 New York Giants season was the franchise's 56th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–67 record, 5 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason December 1, 1937: Ed Madjeski was purchased from the Giants by the Louisville Colonels.Ed Madjeski page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster 1938 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates league leader 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 120 448 137 .306 9 60 1B 134 470 128 .272 8 59 2B 82 268 66 .246 5 37 SS 127 481 126 .262 9 49 3B 150 527 164 .311 36 116 OF 134 501 131 .261 10 60 OF 125 506 153 .302 11 56 OF 98 360 97 .269 12 65

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 81 296 86 .291 9 52 57 179 42 .235 3 17 43 170 52 .306 3 10 52 158 55 .348 2 15 76 154 39 .253 1 16 38 149 40 .268 2 18 31 102 33 .324 3 15 16 32 6 .188 0 4 12 24 5 .208 0 0 2 3 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 36 243.0 14 14 3.89 101 38 235.2 15 13 4.01 84 28 185.0 13 8 3.50 54 24 179.0 13 10 3.07 104

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 31 152.0 9 6 3.32 52 21 90.2 4 5 4.17 18 13 39.1 2 3 4.81 14 6 18.0 0 1 7.50 7

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 51 8 4 12 3.48 21 43 5 3 5 1.80 42 2 0 0 0 6.75 0 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BlythevilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1938 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1938 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac