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1955 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

80-74, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Leo Durocher (80-74)
Scored 702 runs, Allowed 673 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 824,112 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

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1954 / 1956 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 21 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 23, 1934 2 36 2 36 7 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 25 -0.2 $
Johnny Antonelli 25 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 6 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $20,000
Pete Burnside 24 R L 6' 2" 180 Jul 2, 1930 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Foster Castleman 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 1, 1931 2 15 5 15 7 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 $
Gil Coan 33 L R 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1922 10 9 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 3 0 -0.2 $
Al Corwin 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 3, 1926 5 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Al Dark 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 9 115 114 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 $37,500
Billy Gardner 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 2 59 43 59 51 0 0 0 4 10 38 0 0 0 0 8 3 -0.4 $
Paul Giel 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 29, 1932 2 34 2 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ruben Gomez 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 13, 1927 3 42 31 42 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.9 $16,000
Sid Gordon 37 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 13 66 36 66 47 0 0 0 0 31 0 13 0 4 17 22 0 1.1 $
Mickey Grasso 35 R R 6' 0" 195 May 10, 1920 7 8 1 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Marv Grissom 37 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 31, 1918 6 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $15,000
Gail Harris 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 1st 79 67 79 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.0 $
Jim Hearn 34 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 9 41 33 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.4 $
Bobby Hofman 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 5, 1925 5 96 43 96 62 0 19 24 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 1.1 $
Monte Irvin HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 7 51 39 51 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 7 45 7 0 0.5 $25,000
Ray Katt 28 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 4 124 95 124 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.8 $
Don Liddle 30 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 3 33 13 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Whitey Lockman 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 10 147 143 147 144 0 0 68 0 0 0 78 3 1 81 3 0 0.4 $
Sal Maglie 38 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 7 23 21 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $32,000
Willie Mays HOF 24 R R 5' 10" 170 May 6, 1931 4 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 0 9.3 $25,000 All-Star
Windy McCall 29 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 5 42 6 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ramon Monzant 22 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 4, 1933 2 29 12 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 $
Don Mueller 28 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 8 147 145 147 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 2 0 -0.4 $20,000 All-Star
Dusty Rhodes 28 L R 6' 0" 178 May 13, 1927 4 94 38 94 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 45 55 0 1.7 $
George Spencer 28 R R 6' 1" 215 Jul 7, 1926 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bill Taylor 25 L L 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 2 65 1 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 63 0 0.1 $
Wayne Terwilliger 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Jun 27, 1925 6 80 76 80 79 0 0 0 77 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $
Hank Thompson 29 L R 5' 9" 174 Dec 8, 1925 8 135 122 135 131 0 0 0 7 124 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.7 $18,000
Wes Westrum 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 9 69 51 69 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 4 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Davey Williams 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 2, 1927 6 82 58 82 71 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.4 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Mickey Grasso
Ray Katt
Wes Westrum
Gil Coan
Davey Williams
Joey Amalfitano
Bobby Hofman
Billy Gardner
Gail Harris
Hank Thompson

Billy Gardner
Foster Castleman
Al Dark
Monte Irvin
Jim Hearn
George Spencer
Don Mueller
Willie Mays
Whitey Lockman

Dusty Rhodes
Bill Taylor
Ruben Gomez
Sid Gordon
Paul Giel
Al Corwin
Wayne Terwilliger
Sal Maglie
Don Liddle

Pete Burnside
Windy McCall
Ramon Monzant
Marv Grissom
Johnny Antonelli
Hoyt Wilhelm

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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