The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 59th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74–79 record, 25½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Offseason December 4, 1940: Glen Stewart was purchased from the Giants by the Brooklyn Dodgers.Glen Stewart page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1941 season: Marv Grissom was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster 1941 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team 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 Harry Danning 130 459 112 .244 7 56 1B Babe Young 152 574 152 .265 25 104 2B Burgess Whitehead 116 403 92 .228 1 23 SS Billy Jurges 134 471 138 .293 5 61 3B Dick Bartell 104 373 113 .303 5 35 OF Mel Ott 148 525 150 .286 27 90 OF Jo-Jo Moore 121 428 117 .273 7 40 OF Johnny Rucker 143 622 179 .288 1 42
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 Joe Orengo 77 252 54 .214 4 25 Morrie Arnovich 85 207 58 .280 2 22 46 150 45 .300 5 26 Odell Hale 41 102 20 .196 0 9 Mickey Witek 26 94 34 .362 1 16 Ken O'Dea 59 89 19 .213 3 17 21 70 15 .214 0 5 Babe Barna 10 42 9 .214 1 5 14 40 13 .325 0 12 Frank Demaree 16 35 6 .171 0 1 Sid Gordon 9 31 8 .258 0 4 Rae Blaemire 2 5 2 .400 0 0 Jack Aragón 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Hal Schumacher 30 206.0 12 10 3.36 63 Carl Hubbell 26 164.0 11 9 3.57 75 Harry Gumbert 5 32.1 1 1 4.45 9 Dave Koslo 4 23.2 1 2 1.90 12 Harry Feldman 3 20.1 1 1 3.98 9 Hugh East 2 15.2 1 1 3.45 4 Tom Sunkel 2 15.1 1 1 2.93 14
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 Cliff Melton 42 194.1 8 11 3.01 100 Bill Lohrman 33 159.0 9 10 4.02 61 Bob Carpenter 29 131.2 11 6 3.83 42 Bill McGee 22 106.0 2 9 4.92 41 Johnnie Wittig 25 85.1 3 5 5.59 47 29 80.1 6 7 5.71 25 Bump Hadley 3 13.0 1 0 6.23 4 Rube Fischer 2 11.0 1 0 2.45 9
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 Jumbo Brown 31 1 5 8 3.32 30 38 4 1 1 4.82 18 Paul Dean 5 0 0 0 3.18 3
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SalisburySan Bernardino franchise folded, June 29, 1941Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1941 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1941 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac