1938 New York Giants (MLB) season
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
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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
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 | 14 | 14 | 3.89 | 101 |
| 38 | 235.2 | 15 | 13 | 4.01 | 84 |
| 28 | 185 | 13 | 8 | 3.50 | 54 |
| 24 | 179 | 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 | 9 | 6 | 3.32 | 52 |
| 21 | 90.2 | 4 | 5 | 4.17 | 18 |
| 13 | 39.1 | 2 | 3 | 4.81 | 14 |
| 6 | 18 | 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 |
Awards and honors
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Blytheville