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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
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Won World Series (4-0) over Cleveland Indians |
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |