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1956 New York Giants Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 67-87-0, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bill Rigney (67-87)

General Manager: Chub Feeney

Ballpark: Polo Grounds V

Attendance: 629,179 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 64-90, 540 Runs, 650 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bill Sarni	28	78	265	238	16	55	9	3	5	23	0	1	20	31	.231	.290	.357	.647	74	85	4	1	3	3	2
2	1B	Bill White*	22	138	568	508	63	130	23	7	22	59	15	8	47	72	.256	.321	.459	.780	108	233	6	4	5	4	3
3	2B	Red Schoendienst#	33	92	368	334	39	99	12	3	2	14	1	2	28	10	.296	.352	.368	.721	96	123	11	2	2	2	1
4	SS	Daryl Spencer	27	146	534	489	46	108	13	2	14	42	1	3	35	65	.221	.275	.342	.617	66	167	10	3	4	3	2
5	3B	Foster Castleman	25	124	409	385	33	87	16	3	14	45	2	1	15	50	.226	.256	.392	.648	72	151	9	2	3	4	2
6	LF	Jackie Brandt	22	98	373	351	45	105	16	8	11	47	3	4	17	31	.299	.330	.484	.814	117	170	3	0	3	2	2
7	CF	Willie Mays	25	152	651	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	10	68	65	.296	.369	.557	.926	146	322	16	1	0	3	20
8	RF	Don Mueller*	29	138	474	453	38	122	12	1	5	41	0	1	15	7	.269	.290	.333	.624	68	151	18	0	2	4	2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	LF	Dusty Rhodes*	29	111	276	244	20	53	10	3	8	33	0	0	30	41	.217	.301	.381	.682	83	93	9	0	0	2	2
10	SS	Al Dark	34	48	222	206	19	52	12	0	2	17	0	0	8	13	.252	.279	.340	.618	66	70	5	1	3	4	0
11	3B	Hank Thompson*	30	83	219	183	24	43	9	0	8	29	2	1	31	26	.235	.346	.415	.761	105	76	2	1	2	2	2
12	LF	Whitey Lockman*	29	48	189	169	13	46	7	1	1	10	0	2	16	17	.272	.333	.343	.677	84	58	1	0	3	1	2
13	SS	Eddie Bressoud	24	49	180	163	15	37	4	2	0	9	1	0	12	20	.227	.284	.276	.560	53	45	4	1	4	0	1
14	C	Wes Westrum	33	68	159	132	10	29	5	2	3	8	0	0	25	28	.220	.346	.356	.702	91	47	6	1	0	1	5
15	C	Ray Katt	29	37	109	101	10	23	4	0	7	14	0	1	6	16	.228	.278	.475	.753	99	48	1	1	1	0	1
16	RF	George Wilson*	31	53	73	68	5	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	.132	.192	.191	.383	4	13	1	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Bobby Hofman	30	47	64	56	1	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.179	.270	.196	.466	29	11	2	1	1	0	0
18	RF	Bob Lennon*	27	26	60	55	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.182	.233	.200	.433	19	11	0	0	0	1	1
19	1B	Gail Harris*	24	12	43	38	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10	.132	.233	.263	.496	34	10	0	2	0	0	1
20	C	Jim Mangan	26	20	25	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.100	.250	.100	.350	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
21	2B	Wayne Terwilliger	31	14	18	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500	34	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	3B	Ozzie Virgil	24	3	12	12	2	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	187	8	0	0	0	0	0
23	RF	Bill Taylor*	26	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	96	2	0	0	0	0	0
24		Gil Coan*	34	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Johnny Antonelli*	26	49	97	89	7	14	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	26	.157	.176	.292	.468	24	26	2	0	6	0	0
26	P	Rubén Gómez	28	52	64	60	9	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.183	.210	.200	.410	12	12	1	0	1	0	0
27	P	Al Worthington	27	28	59	51	4	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.235	.231	.314	.544	46	16	0	0	6	1	0
28	P	Jim Hearn	35	32	41	41	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	.098	.098	.098	.195	-47	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Joe Margoneri*	26	23	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	.103	.103	.207	.310	-19	6	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Steve Ridzik	27	44	28	28	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.286	.536	45	8	2	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dick Littlefield*	30	31	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.083	.120	.083	.203	-44	2	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Don Liddle*	31	11	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	10	2	0	0	3	0	0
33	P	Windy McCall*	30	46	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Max Surkont	34	8	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Marv Grissom	38	43	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.182	.273	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Hoyt Wilhelm	33	64	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	21	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ramón Monzant	23	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mike McCormick*	17	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Roy Wright	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Jim Constable#	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.3	154	5712	5190	540	1268	192	45	145	497	67	34	402	659	.244	.299	.382	.682	83	1985	114	21	59	37	50
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	8	8	6	4		1	5	7	2	7	8	5	8		6		4		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	154	5296	4806	509	1206	185	45	140	484	66	34	395	554	.251	.308	.396	.704	89	1901	109	21	37	36	50
		Pitcher Totals	28.6	154	416	384	31	62	7	0	5	13	1	0	7	105	.161	.176	.219	.395	6	84	5	0	22	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Antonelli*	26	20	13	.606	2.86	41	36	5	15	5	1	258.1	225	93	82	20	75	10	145	3	0	6	1061	132	3.16	1.161	7.8	0.7	2.6	5.1	1.93
2	SP	Rubén Gómez	28	7	17	.292	4.58	40	31	4	4	2	1	196.1	191	108	100	19	77	8	76	9	0	1	841	82	4.17	1.365	8.8	0.9	3.5	3.5	0.99
3	SP	Al Worthington	27	7	14	.333	3.97	28	24	2	4	0	0	165.2	158	82	73	20	74	6	95	4	0	3	713	95	4.21	1.400	8.6	1.1	4.0	5.2	1.28
4	SP	Jim Hearn	35	5	11	.313	3.97	30	19	4	2	0	1	129.1	124	74	57	17	44	4	66	3	0	0	553	95	4.15	1.299	8.6	1.2	3.1	4.6	1.50
5	SP	Joe Margoneri*	26	6	6	.500	3.93	23	13	4	2	0	0	91.2	88	45	40	12	49	3	49	0	0	2	405	96	4.61	1.495	8.6	1.2	4.8	4.8	1.00
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Hoyt Wilhelm	33	4	9	.308	3.83	64	0	38	0	0	8	89.1	97	45	38	7	43	10	71	2	0	6	403	99	3.31	1.567	9.8	0.7	4.3	7.2	1.65
7	RP	Dick Littlefield*	30	4	4	.500	4.08	31	7	8	0	0	2	97.0	78	45	44	16	39	5	65	0	0	1	396	93	4.38	1.206	7.2	1.5	3.6	6.0	1.67
8	RP	Steve Ridzik	27	6	2	.750	3.80	41	5	11	1	1	0	92.1	80	42	39	7	65	5	53	5	0	0	414	100	4.48	1.570	7.8	0.7	6.3	5.2	0.82
9	RP	Marv Grissom	38	1	1	.500	1.56	43	2	20	0	0	7	80.2	71	15	14	3	16	3	49	1	0	2	323	243	2.27	1.079	7.9	0.3	1.8	5.5	3.06
10	RP	Windy McCall*	30	3	4	.429	3.61	46	4	20	0	0	7	77.1	74	36	31	7	20	5	41	1	0	1	321	105	3.30	1.216	8.6	0.8	2.3	4.8	2.05
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Don Liddle*	31	1	2	.333	3.92	11	5	2	1	0	1	41.1	45	22	18	5	14	3	21	1	0	1	184	97	4.02	1.427	9.8	1.1	3.0	4.6	1.50
12		Max Surkont	34	2	2	.500	4.78	8	4	3	1	0	1	32.0	24	17	17	5	9	1	18	0	0	1	129	80	4.12	1.031	6.8	1.4	2.5	5.1	2.00
13		Ramón Monzant	23	1	0	1.000	4.15	4	1	0	1	0	0	13.0	8	7	6	4	7	0	11	0	0	0	54	94	6.29	1.154	5.5	2.8	4.8	7.6	1.57
14		Mike McCormick*	17	0	1	.000	9.45	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	7	7	1	10	0	4	0	1	0	36	42	7.62	2.550	9.5	1.4	13.5	5.4	0.40
15		Jim Constable*	23	0	0		14.54	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	7	7	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	30	28	7.45	3.692	18.7	0.0	14.5	2.1	0.14
16		Roy Wright	22	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	26	9.50	3.750	27.0	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.2	67	87	.435	3.78	154	154	123	31	8	29	1378.0	1287	650	578	144	551	63	765	30	1	24	5880	100	3.88	1.334	8.4	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.39
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		4				8	4	3	5	2	3	4	4	7		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W