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1954 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955)
97-57, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 732 runs, Allowed 550 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-57
Managed by Leo Durocher

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

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Wes Westrum         31   98  246   25   46   3  1   8   27  45   60  .187  .315  .305   0   1   2   3   1   4       63
1B *Whitey Lockman      27  148  570   73  143  17  3  16   60  59   31  .251  .318  .375   2   2   3   0   4   6       80
2B  Davey Williams      26  142  544   65  121  18  3   9   46  43   33  .222  .284  .316   1   1  15   5   5   4       56
3B *Hank Thompson       28  136  448   76  118  18  1  26   86  90   58  .263  .389  .482   3   0   7   5   9   5      125
SS  Alvin Dark          32  154  644   98  189  26  6  20   70  27   40  .293  .325  .446   5   3  16   5  12   5       98
OF *Don Mueller         27  153  619   90  212  35  8   4   71  22   17  .342  .363  .444   2   3  19   2   7   8      109
OF  Willie Mays         23  151  565  119  195  33 13  41  110  66   57  .345  .411  .667   8   5  12   2   0   7      175
OF  Monte Irvin         35  135  432   62  113  13  3  19   64  70   23  .262  .363  .438   7   4  18   2   3   5      108
    Ray Katt            27   86  200   26   51   7  1   9   33  19   29  .255  .314  .435   1   0   4   0   4   4       93
   *Dusty Rhodes        27   82  164   31   56   7  3  15   50  18   25  .341  .410  .695   1   0   2   1   3   0      182
    Bobby Hofman        28   71  125   12   28   5  0   8   30  17   15  .224  .317  .456   0   0   3   1   3   2       99
    Billy Gardner       26   62  108   10   23   5  0   1    7   6   19  .213  .261  .287   0   1   1   1   0   0       43
   *Bill Taylor         24   55   65    4   12   1  0   2   10   3   15  .185  .239  .292   0   0   0   2   1   1       38
   #Ebba St. Claire     32   20   42    5   11   1  0   2    6  12    7  .262  .436  .429   0   0   1   1   0   0      127
    Foster Castleman    23   13   12    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    3  .250  .308  .250   0   0   1   1   1   0       47
    Hoot Evers          33   12   11    1    1   0  0   1    3   0    6  .091  .091  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0       12
   *Joe Garagiola       28    5   11    1    3   2  0   0    1   1    2  .273  .308  .455   0   0   0   0   0   1       96
    Eric Rodin          24    5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Joey Amalfitano     20    9    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Ron Samford         24   12    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   1   1   0   0   0     -100
   *Harvey Gentry       28    5    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    0  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0       74
   *Bob Lennon          25    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100

   *Johnny Antonelli    24   39   98    6   16   0  0   2    9   4   25  .163  .196  .224   0   0   2   0   4   0        9
    Ruben Gomez         26   49   81   11   14   1  0   2    6   0    8  .173  .183  .259   0   2   2   1   4   0       14
    Sal Maglie          37   34   63    3    8   0  0   0    1   4   16  .127  .191  .127   0   0   0   1  13   0      -15
    Jim Hearn           33   29   45    2    5   1  0   1    3   3   17  .111  .167  .200   0   0   1   0   5   0       -5
   *Don Liddle          29   29   37    3    7   0  0   0    2   8   12  .189  .333  .189   0   0   0   0   2   0       41
    Marv Grissom        36   56   32    3    5   0  0   0    1   2   11  .156  .206  .156   0   0   0   0   2   0       -4
    Hoyt Wilhelm        31   57   21    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    8  .048  .048  .048   0   0   0   0   1   0      -75
    Larry Jansen        33   13   14    1    4   1  0   0    1   0    4  .286  .286  .357   0   0   0   0   0   0       66
   *Windy McCall        28   33   11    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    4  .000  .083  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0      -76
    Al Worthington      25   10    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Al Corwin           27   23    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    George Spencer      27    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Ramon Monzant       21    6    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Alex Konikowski     26   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Mario Picone        27    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0       44
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  154 5245  732 1386 194 42 186  701 522  561  .264  .331  .424  30  23 110  33  84  52      103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    3    5   7  7   1        6    8     5     5     2   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Johnny Antonelli    24  39   2.30  21   7  2  37   2  18   6  258.7  209   78   66  22   94  152 1071   2   5  0     177
SP  Ruben Gomez         26  37   2.88  17   9  0  32   1  10   4  221.7  202   85   71  20  109  106  964   5   7  1     141
SP  Sal Maglie          37  34   3.26  14   6  2  32   2   9   1  218.3  222   83   79  21   70  117  931   4   3  1     125
SP *Don Liddle          29  28   3.06   9   4  0  19   4   4   3  126.7  100   48   43   5   55   44  521   2   3  0     133
SP  Jim Hearn           33  29   4.15   8   8  1  18   3   3   2  130.0  137   71   60  10   66   45  580   2   2  0      98
SP  Larry Jansen        33  13   5.98   2   2  0   7   3   0   0   40.7   57   32   27   5   15   15  189   0   1  0      68

CL  Marv Grissom        36  56   2.35  10   7 19   3  36   1   1  122.3  100   37   32  13   50   64  512   1   7  1     173
RP  Hoyt Wilhelm        31  57   2.10  12   4  7   0  30   0   0  111.3   77   32   26   5   52   64  456   2   5  1     194
RP *Windy McCall        28  33   3.25   2   5  2   4   9   0   0   61.0   50   26   22   5   29   38  264   1   3  0     125
RP  Al Corwin           27  20   4.02   1   3  0   0   5   0   0   31.3   35   19   14   4   14   14  138   0   0  0     101
RP  Alex Konikowski     26  10   7.50   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   12.0   10   10   10   1   12    6   56   2   0  0      54

    Al Worthington      25  10   3.50   0   2  0   1   3   0   0   18.0   21    7    7   0   15    8   82   0   0  0     116
    Mario Picone        27   5   5.27   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   13.7   13    8    8   1   11    6   60   0   0  0      77
    George Spencer      27   6   3.65   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   12.3    9    5    5   1    8    4   52   0   0  0     112
    Ramon Monzant       21   6   4.70   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    7.7    8    5    4   0   11    5   41   0   0  0      87
    Paul Giel           22   6   8.31   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    8    4    4   0    2    4   22   0   0  0      49
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 154   3.09  97  57 33 154 109  45  19 1390.0 1258  550  477 113  613  692 5939  21  36  4     132
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   1   8  2           3   1      3    1    1        2    7    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WWestrum 98 419 45 7 8 .985 3 RKatt 82 265 23 8 4 .973 12 ESt. Claire 16 72 7 2 3 .975 2 JGaragiola 3 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 773 75 17 15 .980 17 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WLockman 145 1261 88 18 122 .987 9.30 BHofman 21 160 6 1 20 .994 7.90 MIrvin 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1423 94 19 142 .988 9.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWilliams 142 353 396 14 112 .982 5.27 BGardner 13 17 17 1 1 .971 2.62 BHofman 10 23 22 1 5 .978 4.50 RSamford 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 HThompson 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 JAmalfitano 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 397 438 16 118 .981 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HThompson 130 125 267 23 27 .945 3.02 BGardner 30 18 56 1 2 .987 2.47 BHofman 8 9 4 2 0 .867 1.62 JAmalfitano 4 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.75 FCastleman 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MIrvin 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 154 332 27 30 .947 3.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ADark 154 289 487 36 105 .956 5.04 BGardner 5 7 9 0 1 1.000 3.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 296 496 36 106 .957 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMueller 153 263 14 6 5 .979 1.81 0 0 153 WMays 151 448 13 7 9 .985 3.05 0 151 0 MIrvin 128 274 7 7 0 .976 2.20 126 0 2 DRhodes 37 62 1 1 0 .984 1.70 33 2 1 BTaylor 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 7 0 2 HEvers 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 ERodin 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 2 1 WLockman 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 HThompson 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1064 36 21 14 .981 2.37 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAntonelli 39 10 54 2 3 .970 2.23 RGomez 37 13 47 4 3 .937 2.44 SMaglie 34 4 41 2 3 .957 1.86 JHearn 29 8 29 2 3 .949 2.56 DLiddle 28 6 19 1 1 .962 1.78 MGrissom 56 7 18 2 3 .926 1.84 HWilhelm 57 5 25 0 0 1.000 2.43 WMcCall 33 3 5 3 0 .727 1.18 LJansen 13 3 12 0 3 1.000 3.32 ACorwin 20 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.15 AWorthingto 10 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00 MPicone 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.31 GSpencer 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.39 AKonikowski 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 RMonzant 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 PGiel 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 63 263 18 20 .948 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Mays .345

On-base % Mays .411

Slugging % Mays .667

OPS Mays 1.078

Games Dark 154

At Bats Dark 644

Plate Appearances (approx.) Dark 693

Runs Mays 119

Hits Mueller 212

Total Bases Mays 377

Doubles Mueller 35

Triples Mays 13

Home Runs Mays 41

RBI Mays 110

Bases on Balls Thompson 90

Strikeouts Westrum 60

Stolen Bases Mays 8

Singles Mueller 165

Adjusted OPS+ Mays 175

Runs Created Mays 155

Adjusted Batting Runs Mays 61

Batting Wins Mays 5.8

Extra-Base Hits Mays 87

Times on Base Mays 263

Offensive Win% Mays .809

Hit By Pitch Dark, Thompson, and Williams 5

Sac. Hits Maglie 13

Sac. Flies Mueller 8

Grounded into Double Plays Mueller 19

Caught Stealing Mays 5

Power/Speed Number Mays 13.4

At Bats per Strikeout Mueller 36.4

At Bats per Home Run Mays 13.8

Outs Dark 491

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ERA Antonelli 2.30

Wins Antonelli 21

Won-Loss % Antonelli and Wilhelm .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Antonelli 1.171

Hits Allowed/9IP Antonelli 7.27

Bases on Balls/9IP Maglie 2.89

Strikeouts/9IP Antonelli 5.29

Games Wilhelm 57

Saves Grissom 19

Innings Antonelli 258.7

Strikeouts Antonelli 152

Games Started Antonelli 37

Comp. Games Antonelli 18

Shutouts Antonelli 6

Home Runs Allow. Antonelli 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Gomez 109

Hits Allowed Maglie 222

SO to Walk Maglie 1.67

Losses Gomez 9

Earned Runs Allow. Maglie 79

Wild Pitches Gomez 5

Hit Batsmen Gomez and Grissom 7

Batters Faced Antonelli 1071

Games Finished Grissom 36

Adjusted ERA+ Antonelli 177

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Johnny Antonelli
Alvin Dark (Starting SS)
Marv Grissom
Willie Mays
Don Mueller

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