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1954 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

97-57, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (97-57)
Scored 732 runs, Allowed 550 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 1,155,067 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 103

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over Cleveland Indians

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Joey Amalfitano 20 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 23, 1934 1st 9 0 9 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 $
Johnny Antonelli 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 5 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.3 $ All-Star
Foster Castleman 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 1, 1931 1st 13 1 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.0 $
Al Corwin 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 3, 1926 4 23 0 23 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.4 $
Al Dark 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 8 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Hoot Evers 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 10 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 0 -0.1 $
Joe Garagiola 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1926 9 5 2 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Billy Gardner 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 1st 62 26 62 47 0 0 0 13 30 5 0 0 0 0 4 17 0.1 $
Harvey Gentry 28 L R 6' 0" 170 May 27, 1926 1st 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Paul Giel 21 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ruben Gomez 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 13, 1927 2 49 32 49 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.4 $12,000
Marv Grissom 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 31, 1918 5 56 3 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $12,000 All-Star
Jim Hearn 33 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 8 29 18 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bobby Hofman 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 5, 1925 4 71 27 71 36 0 0 21 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0.2 $
Monte Irvin HOF 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 6 135 118 135 128 0 0 1 0 2 0 127 0 2 128 11 0 2.7 $25,000
Larry Jansen 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 8 13 7 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Ray Katt 27 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 3 86 56 86 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.9 $
Alex Konikowski 26 R R 6' 1" 187 Jun 8, 1928 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Lennon 25 L L 6' 0" 200 Sep 15, 1928 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Don Liddle 29 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 2 29 19 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.1 $
Whitey Lockman 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 9 148 140 148 146 0 0 145 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 -0.6 $
Sal Maglie 37 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 6 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $
Willie Mays HOF 23 R R 5' 10" 170 May 6, 1931 3 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 0 0 10.2 $ All-Star
Windy McCall 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 4 33 4 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Ramon Monzant 21 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 4, 1933 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Don Mueller 27 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 7 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 153 1 0 2.1 $ All-Star
Mario Picone 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 5, 1926 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dusty Rhodes 27 L R 6' 0" 178 May 13, 1927 3 82 32 82 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 2 1 37 49 0 2.3 $
Eric Rodin 24 R R 6' 2" 215 Feb 5, 1930 1st 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 -0.1 $
Ron Samford 24 R R 5' 11" 156 Feb 28, 1930 1st 12 2 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 -0.1 $
George Spencer 27 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 7, 1926 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ebba St. Claire 32 B R 6' 1" 219 Aug 5, 1921 4 20 13 20 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $
Bill Taylor 24 L L 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 1st 55 7 55 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 9 47 0 -0.8 $
Hank Thompson 28 L R 5' 9" 174 Dec 8, 1925 7 136 127 136 132 0 0 0 2 130 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 4.4 $
Wes Westrum 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 8 98 83 98 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 3 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $15,000
Davey Williams 26 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 2, 1927 5 142 141 142 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Al Worthington 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1929 2 10 1 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Eric Rodin

Ebba St. Claire

Ray Katt

Wes Westrum

Davey Williams

Joey Amalfitano

Bobby Hofman

Billy Gardner

Hank Thompson

Ron Samford

Foster Castleman

Al Dark

Monte Irvin

Jim Hearn
George Spencer

Don Mueller

Hoot Evers

Willie Mays

Whitey Lockman

Dusty Rhodes

Bill Taylor

Ruben Gomez

Paul Giel

Al Corwin

Al Worthington

Al Corwin
Ramon Monzant

Sal Maglie

Joe Garagiola
Bob Lennon
Mario Picone

Don Liddle

Alex Konikowski

Windy McCall

Al Corwin
Harvey Gentry

Marv Grissom

Johnny Antonelli

Larry Jansen

Hoyt Wilhelm

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers