1940 San Francisco Giants roster

26 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Giants roster: batting

1940 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Burgess Whitehead133568681604369.282.319.659
Babe Young14955675159171014.286.367.807
Jo-jo Moore138543831506467.276.337.722
Mel Ott1515368915519796.289.407.864
Harry Danning1405246515713913.300.349.803
Frank Demaree121460681397615.302.364.777
Mickey Witek119433341113312.256.295.589
Johnny Rucker8627738824234.296.313.714
Billy Jurges6321423542362.252.347.669
Bob Seeds5615518454160.290.371.797
Ken O'dea48969230120.240.348.650
Johnny McCarthy5167616050.239.261.559
Glen Stewart152914000.138.167.339
Buster Maynard72968120.276.323.909
Red Tramback2401001.250.400.650

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1940 Giants roster: pitching

1940 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Harry GumbertP353012143.76237.0771.312
Hal SchumacherP343013133.25227.01231.381
Carl HubbellP312711123.65214.1861.300
Bill LohrmanP312810153.78195.0731.251
Cliff MeltonP372110114.91166.2911.522
Paul DeanP277443.9099.1321.400
Jumbo BrownP410243.4255.1311.347
Roy JoinerP302323.4053.0251.571
Red LynnP330433.8342.1251.513
Bob CarpenterP53202.7333.0251.300
Hy VandenbergP133113.9032.1171.331

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.