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1955 New York Giants Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
80-74, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 702 runs, Allowed 673 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Manager: Leo Durocher (80-74)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Joey Amalfitano 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 23, 1934 2 36 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 23
Johnny Antonelli 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1930 6 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Burnside 24 R L 6' 2" 190 Jul 2, 1930 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foster Castleman 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 1, 1931 2 15 5 15 15 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Gil Coan 33 L R 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1922 10 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 3 0
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
Alvin 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
Billy Gardner 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 19, 1927 2 59 43 59 59 0 0 0 4 10 38 0 0 0 0 8 3
Paul Giel 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 29, 1932 2 34 2 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Gomez 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 13, 1927 3 42 31 42 42 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sid Gordon 37 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 13, 1917 13 66 36 66 66 0 0 0 0 31 0 12 0 5 17 22 0
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
Marv Grissom 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 31, 1918 6 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gail Harris 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 1st 79 67 79 79 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Jim Hearn 34 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 9 41 33 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Hofman 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 5, 1925 5 96 43 96 96 0 19 24 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 44 1
Monte Irvin HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 25, 1919 7 51 39 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 4 45 7 0
Ray Katt 28 R R 6' 2" 200 May 9, 1927 4 124 95 124 124 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
Whitey Lockman 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 10 147 143 147 147 0 0 68 0 0 0 79 2 1 81 3 0
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
Willie Mays HOF 24 R R 5' 11" 180 May 6, 1931 4 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 0 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
Ramon Monzant 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 4, 1933 2 29 12 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Don Mueller 28 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 8 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 2 0 All-Star
Dusty Rhodes 28 L R 6' 0" 180 May 13, 1927 4 94 38 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 45 55 0
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
Bill Taylor 25 L R 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 2 65 1 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 63 0
Wayne Terwilliger 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 27, 1925 6 80 76 80 80 0 0 0 78 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hank Thompson 29 L R 5' 9" 174 Dec 8, 1925 8 135 122 135 135 0 0 0 7 124 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
Wes Westrum 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 9 69 51 69 69 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 26, 1922 4 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Williams 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Nov 2, 1927 6 82 58 82 82 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1954 / 1956 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played