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1955 New York Giants (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
Managed by Leo Durocher

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 824,112 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 Stats / Schedule (1954/1956) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   80-74 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   18.5
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           8 (last on August 17)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on July 1)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       20.5 (last on September 10)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (May 18 to May 22)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (June 16 to June 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (June 7 and August 6)
Most Runs Scored:               14 (August 20 and September 20)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          6

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        80  74     702     673    .519

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  35     362     327    .557
Road           36  39     340     346    .480

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   8      71      72    .429
May            18  13     124     124    .581
June           10  17     105     129    .370
July           20  12     156     133    .625
August         14  13     123     116    .519
September      12  11     123      99    .522

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     42  41     365     369    .506
Second Half    38  33     337     304    .535
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  19     179     174    .558

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        20  15     206     177    .571

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             9  13     113     112    .409
CHC            10  12      83      91    .455
CIN            13   9     101     102    .591
MLN             8  14      96     122    .364
PHI            10  12      77      87    .455
PIT            17   5     148      82    .773
STL            13   9      84      77    .591

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 13     NYG @PHI  L   2-4        0-1     5     1.5  2:38 R Roberts                  13,219 -
  2 Thu, Apr 14     NYG  BRO  L   8-10       0-2     6     2.5  3:30 D Newcombe                 29,124 --
  3 Fri, Apr 15     NYG  BRO  L   3-6        0-3     7     3.0  2:36 B Loes                     17,894 ---
  4 Sat, Apr 16     NYG  PHI  W   8-3        1-3     6     3.0  2:55 J Hearn                    11,163 +
  5 Sun, Apr 17     NYG  PHI  L   2-4        1-4     6     5.0  3:09 R Roberts                       0 -
  6                 NYG  PHI  L   2-4        1-5     6     5.0  2:20 M Dickson                  16,166 --
  7 Mon, Apr 18     NYG  PIT  W  12-3        2-5     6     5.0  2:43 D Liddle                    2,915 +
  8 Fri, Apr 22     NYG @BRO  W   5-4        3-5     6     5.5  3:10 M Grissom                  27,927 ++
  9 Sat, Apr 23     NYG @BRO  L   1-3        3-6     6     6.5  2:33 C Erskine                  32,432 -
 10 Sun, Apr 24     NYG @BRO  W  11-10       4-6     6     5.5  3:55 J Hearn                    21,615 +
 11 Tue, Apr 26     NYG  MLN  W   3-2        5-6     6     5.0  2:27 J Antonelli                12,618 ++
 12 Wed, Apr 27     NYG  MLN  L   6-9        5-7     6     6.0  2:29 G Conley                    5,343 -
 13 Thu, Apr 28     NYG  STL  W   6-4        6-7     6     6.0  2:37 J Hearn                     2,662 +
 14 Sat, Apr 30     NYG  STL  L   2-6        6-8     6     7.0  3:06 P LaPalme                  13,831 -
 15 Sun, May  1     NYG  CIN  W   2-1        7-8     6     7.0  4:13 J Antonelli                19,676 +
 16 Tue, May  3     NYG  CHC  L   0-6        7-9     5     8.0  2:20 B Rush                     10,001 -
 17 Wed, May  4     NYG  CHC  W   4-3        8-9     4     8.0  2:47 R Gomez                     4,468 +
 18 Thu, May  5     NYG  CHC  W   6-3        9-9     3     8.0  2:36 S Maglie                    3,372 ++
 19 Fri, May  6     NYG  PIT  L   2-3        9-10    3     9.0  2:40 R Kline                    10,330 -
 20 Sat, May  7     NYG  PIT  W  11-3       10-10    2     9.0  2:41 J Hearn                     8,926 +
 21 Sun, May  8     NYG  PIT  L   5-7       10-11    3     9.5  2:44 D Littlefiel                    0 -
 22                 NYG  PIT  W   6-3       11-11    3     9.5  2:23 S Maglie                   14,180 +
 23 Tue, May 10     NYG @CIN  W   8-4       12-11    2     9.5  2:18 J Antonelli                 9,067 ++
 24 Wed, May 11     NYG @CIN  W   6-3       13-11    2     8.5  2:02 J Hearn                     8,104 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 13     NYG @STL  W   4-3       14-11    2     8.0  3:04 W McCall                    4,414 ++++
 26 Sat, May 14     NYG @CHC  L   0-8       14-12    2     9.0  2:32 B Rush                     17,818 -
 27 Sun, May 15     NYG @CHC  L   2-5       14-13    2     9.0  2:16 W Hacker                          --
 28                 NYG @CHC  W   9-4       15-13    2     9.0  2:39 S Maglie                   41,101 +
 29 Tue, May 17     NYG @MLN  L   4-9       15-14    3     9.0  2:30 G Conley                   29,139 -
 30 Wed, May 18     NYG @MLN  W   4-2       16-14    3     8.0  2:29 J Antonelli                35,102 +
 31 Thu, May 19     NYG @MLN  W   3-2       17-14    2     7.5  2:32 J Hearn                    22,135 ++
 32 Fri, May 20     NYG @PIT  W   6-3       18-14    2     6.5  2:16 H Wilhelm                  15,722 +++
 33 Sat, May 21     NYG @PIT  W   3-2       19-14    2     6.5  2:20 S Maglie                    5,731 ++++
 34 Sun, May 22     NYG @PIT  W   5-2       20-14    2     6.0  2:16 R Gomez                           +++++
 35                 NYG @PIT  W   5-3       21-14    2     6.0  2:45 H Wilhelm                  16,691 ++++++
 36 Tue, May 24     NYG @PHI  L   2-6       21-15    2     6.0  2:37 C Simmons                  15,008 -
 37 Wed, May 25     NYG @PHI  L   3-8       21-16    3     7.0  2:17 R Roberts                       0 --
 38                 NYG @PHI  L   2-5       21-17    3     7.0  2:55 M Dickson                  27,420 ---
 39 Thu, May 26     NYG @PHI  L   2-3       21-18    3     8.0  3:08 B Miller                   11,743 ----
 40 Fri, May 27     NYG  BRO  W   3-1       22-18    3     7.0  2:23 S Maglie                   37,911 +
 41 Sat, May 28     NYG  BRO  L   3-5       22-19    3     8.0  2:37 B Loes                     34,711 -
 42 Sun, May 29     NYG  BRO  L   5-8       22-20    3     9.0  3:11 J Podres                   42,630 --
 43 Mon, May 30     NYG  PHI  W   6-5       23-20    3    10.0  2:16 M Grissom                       0 +
 44                 NYG  PHI  L   1-3       23-21    3    10.0  2:35 B Kuzava                   20,044 -
 45 Tue, May 31     NYG  PHI  W   2-1       24-21    3     9.0  2:32 S Maglie                    6,746 +
 46 Wed, Jun  1     NYG  CIN  L   2-5       24-22    3    10.0  2:13 J Nuxhall                   3,113 -
 47 Thu, Jun  2     NYG  CIN  W   6-3       25-22    3    10.0  2:16 J Antonelli                 2,928 +
 48 Fri, Jun  3     NYG  CHC  L   1-4       25-23    3    11.0  2:11 B Rush                     12,183 -
 49 Sat, Jun  4     NYG  CHC  L   8-9       25-24    3    12.0  3:39 W Hacker                    9,039 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun  5     NYG  CHC  W   3-2       26-24    3    12.0  2:13 S Maglie                          +
 51                 NYG  CHC  L   1-3       26-25    3    12.0  2:23 S Jones                    18,431 -
 52 Tue, Jun  7     NYG  MLN  L   4-13      26-26    4    13.5  3:08 C Nichols                  23,457 --
 53 Wed, Jun  8     NYG  MLN  W   5-4       27-26    3    13.5  3:09 W McCall                    3,961 +
 54 Fri, Jun 10     NYG  STL  W   2-1       28-26    3    13.5  2:24 J Hearn                    19,068 ++
 55 Sun, Jun 12     NYG  STL  W   8-3       29-26    3    14.0  2:24 J Antonelli                     0 +++
 56                 NYG  STL  L   5-6       29-27    3    14.0  3:38 P LaPalme                  15,231 -
 57 Tue, Jun 14     NYG @CHC  W   5-0       30-27    3    14.0  2:11 R Gomez                    14,912 +
 58 Wed, Jun 15     NYG @CHC  W   7-2       31-27    3    13.0  2:49 P Giel                     14,781 ++
 59 Thu, Jun 16     NYG @CHC  L   1-2       31-28    3    13.0  2:03 W Hacker                   10,902 -
 60 Fri, Jun 17     NYG @MLN  L   4-5       31-29    3    14.0  3:00 R Crone                    39,275 --
 61 Sat, Jun 18     NYG @MLN  L   4-7       31-30    3    14.0  2:34 E Johnson                  33,814 ---
 62 Sun, Jun 19     NYG @MLN  L   7-8       31-31    4    15.0  2:33 R Crone                    38,014 ----
 63 Mon, Jun 20     NYG @CIN  L   3-5       31-32    4    15.5  2:29 A Fowler                    7,084 -----
 64 Tue, Jun 21     NYG @CIN  L   1-10      31-33    4    16.5  2:36 J Collum                   13,628 ------
 65 Wed, Jun 22     NYG @CIN  W   4-3       32-33    4    16.5  2:17 S Maglie                    9,487 +
 66 Fri, Jun 24     NYG @STL  W   1-0       33-33    4    16.0  2:05 R Gomez                     9,521 ++
 67 Sat, Jun 25     NYG @STL  L   3-5       33-34    4    17.0  2:37 L Arroyo                   15,821 -
 68 Sun, Jun 26     NYG @STL  L   2-9       33-35    4    17.5  2:40 H Haddix                   15,821 --
 69                 NYG @STL  L   2-7       33-36    4    17.5  2:26 L Jackson                  29,127 ---
 70 Tue, Jun 28     NYG @BRO  L   5-6       33-37    5    18.5  2:30 K Spooner                  30,482 ----
 71 Wed, Jun 29     NYG @BRO  W   6-1       34-37    4    17.5  2:20 R Gomez                    24,678 +
 72 Thu, Jun 30     NYG @BRO  L   5-6       34-38    5    18.5  3:24 E Roebuck                  22,434 -
 73 Fri, Jul  1     NYG @PHI  L   3-9       34-39    5    18.5  2:49 R Roberts                  14,135 --
 74 Sat, Jul  2     NYG @PHI  W   6-1       35-39    5    17.5  2:24 S Maglie                    6,542 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  3     NYG @PHI  W   4-3       36-39    5    17.0  2:42 R Gomez                     8,259 ++
 76 Mon, Jul  4     NYG @PIT  L   3-4       36-40    5    18.0  2:53 L Donoso                          -
 77                 NYG @PIT  W   5-3       37-40    5    18.0  3:26 M Grissom                  16,902 +
 78 Tue, Jul  5     NYG @PIT  W  11-1       38-40    5    17.0  2:37 J Antonelli                 7,245 ++
 79 Wed, Jul  6     NYG  PHI  W   4-2       39-40    4    16.5  2:04 R Monzant                   8,845 +++
 80 Thu, Jul  7     NYG  PHI  W   8-5       40-40    4    16.5  2:46 W McCall                    5,130 ++++
 81 Fri, Jul  8     NYG  BRO  L   8-12      40-41    4    17.5  3:04 C Labine                   43,578 -
 82 Sat, Jul  9     NYG  BRO  W  10-2       41-41    4    16.5  2:36 J Hearn                    24,891 +
 83 Sun, Jul 10     NYG  BRO  W   3-2       42-41    4    15.5  2:44 P Giel                     34,790 ++
 84 Thu, Jul 14     NYG  CHC  W   3-2       43-41    4    14.5  2:13 R Gomez                    12,759 +++
 85 Fri, Jul 15     NYG  CHC  W   5-3       44-41    3    14.5  2:13 J Hearn                     5,028 ++++
 86 Sat, Jul 16     NYG  MLN  W   8-7       45-41    3    14.5  2:47 D Liddle                    9,587 +++++
 87 Sun, Jul 17     NYG  MLN  L   7-8       45-42    3    16.5  2:35 D Jolly                           -
 88                 NYG  MLN  L   1-3       45-43    3    16.5  2:35 C Nichols                  22,413 --
 89 Mon, Jul 18     NYG  MLN  W   6-5       46-43    3    15.5  2:28 D Liddle                   14,698 +
 90 Tue, Jul 19     NYG  STL  L   1-3       46-44    3    15.5  3:53 W Schmidt                         -
 91                 NYG  STL  W   4-2       47-44    3    15.5  2:23 W McCall                   12,887 +
 92 Wed, Jul 20     NYG  STL  L   2-9       47-45    3    16.0  2:48 T Poholsky                  5,077 -
 93 Thu, Jul 21     NYG  STL  W   6-5       48-45    3    16.0  3:14 D Liddle                    4,017 +
 94 Fri, Jul 22     NYG  CIN  W   6-3       49-45    3    16.0  3:55 M Grissom                   9,008 ++
 95 Sat, Jul 23     NYG  CIN  W   2-0       50-45    3    15.0  2:02 J Hearn                     4,373 +++
 96 Sun, Jul 24     NYG  CIN  L   4-6       50-46    3    15.0  2:37 A Fowler                        0 -
 97                 NYG  CIN  W   4-1       51-46    3    15.0  2:04 J Antonelli                10,452 +
 98 Tue, Jul 26     NYG @CHC  W   6-5       52-46    3    15.0  3:42 D Liddle                   12,908 ++
 99 Wed, Jul 27     NYG @CHC  L   2-4       52-47    3    15.5  2:15 P Minner                          -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 NYG @CHC  L   8-9       52-48    3    15.5  2:55 B Tremel                   14,721 --
101 Thu, Jul 28     NYG @CHC  W   4-1       53-48    3    15.5  2:33 P Giel                      8,245 +
102 Fri, Jul 29     NYG @MLN  L   2-5       53-49    3    16.5  2:23 R Crone                    40,492 -
103 Sat, Jul 30     NYG @MLN  L   3-5       53-50    3    17.5  2:35 C Nichols                  31,503 --
104 Sun, Jul 31     NYG @MLN  W   7-3       54-50    3    17.5  2:16 J Hearn                    36,196 +
105 Mon, Aug  1     NYG @STL  W   9-1       55-50    3    17.5  2:36 D Liddle                   10,177 ++
106 Tue, Aug  2     NYG @STL  W   3-0       56-50    3    16.5  2:21 J Antonelli                 9,960 +++
107 Wed, Aug  3     NYG @STL  W   5-3       57-50    3    16.5  2:30 W McCall                    9,408 ++++
108 Thu, Aug  4     NYG @STL  L   0-3       57-51    3    17.5  2:47 T Poholsky                  9,341 -
109 Fri, Aug  5     NYG @CIN  W  12-9       58-51    3    16.5  3:15 J Hearn                    22,034 +
110 Sat, Aug  6     NYG @CIN  L   4-13      58-52    3    17.0  2:12 A Fowler                    5,458 -
111 Sun, Aug  7     NYG @CIN  L   5-8       58-53    3    16.5  2:34 J Nuxhall                         --
112                 NYG @CIN  W   6-5       59-53    3    16.5  2:40 M Grissom                  25,092 +
113 Tue, Aug  9     NYG @BRO  L   2-3       59-54    3    17.0  2:25 C Labine                   28,360 -
114 Wed, Aug 10     NYG @BRO  L   4-5       59-55    3    18.0  2:26 K Spooner                  19,459 --
115 Sun, Aug 14     NYG  PIT  W   4-2       60-55    3    17.0  2:22 J Antonelli                     0 +
116                 NYG  PIT  W   3-1       61-55    3    17.0  2:07 J Hearn                     7,166 ++
117 Tue, Aug 16     NYG  BRO  W   5-3       62-55    3    16.0  2:10 R Gomez                    32,429 +++
118 Wed, Aug 17     NYG  BRO  W   5-1       63-55    3    15.0  2:20 R Monzant                  27,709 ++++
119 Thu, Aug 18     NYG  BRO  L   5-8       63-56    3    16.0  2:47 D Bessent                  12,007 -
120 Fri, Aug 19     NYG @PIT  L   3-8       63-57    3    16.0  2:51 V Law                       9,695 --
121 Sat, Aug 20     NYG @PIT  W  14-9       64-57    3    15.0  3:59 J Hearn                     4,336 +
122 Tue, Aug 23     NYG  STL  L   1-2       64-58    3    15.5  2:24 P LaPalme                   9,657 -
123 Wed, Aug 24     NYG  STL  W   4-1       65-58    3    15.5  2:20 D Liddle                    4,320 +
124 Thu, Aug 25     NYG  MLN  L   2-3       65-59    3    15.0  2:06 W Spahn                     5,238 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Aug 26     NYG  MLN  L   1-7       65-60    3    15.0  2:21 B Buhl                     14,485 --
126 Sat, Aug 27     NYG  MLN  L   4-5       65-61    4    16.0  3:00 L Burdette                  5,954 ---
127 Sun, Aug 28     NYG  CHC  L   0-3       65-62    4    17.0  2:10 B Rush                      9,121 ----
128 Mon, Aug 29     NYG  CHC  L   3-6       65-63    4    18.0  2:12 W Hacker                    2,388 -----
129 Tue, Aug 30     NYG  CIN  W   5-0       66-63    4    17.5  2:15 J Antonelli                       +
130                 NYG  CIN  W   9-7       67-63    4    17.5  2:30 D Liddle                    7,833 ++
131 Wed, Aug 31     NYG  CIN  W   5-0       68-63    4    16.5  2:58 R Gomez                     2,368 +++
132 Thu, Sep  1     NYG  CIN  L   4-7       68-64    4    17.5  2:35 J Nuxhall                   2,262 -
133 Fri, Sep  2     NYG @PHI  L   3-5       68-65    4    18.5  2:40 R Roberts                  19,997 --
134 Sat, Sep  3     NYG @PHI  W   3-2       69-65    4    18.5  2:41 R Monzant                  23,179 +
135 Sun, Sep  4     NYG @PHI  W   7-4       70-65    3    18.5  2:49 H Wilhelm                  16,197 ++
136 Mon, Sep  5     NYG  PIT  L   5-8       70-66    3    19.5  2:59 B Friend                        0 -
137                 NYG  PIT  W   6-3       71-66    3    19.5  2:12 D Liddle                   10,352 +
138 Wed, Sep  7     NYG @STL  W   8-2       72-66    3    19.5  2:31 J Antonelli                 7,608 ++
139 Thu, Sep  8     NYG @STL  W   6-2       73-66    3    19.5  2:37 W McCall                    6,299 +++
140 Fri, Sep  9     NYG @CIN  L   0-5       73-67    3    20.0  2:44 J Nuxhall                  12,966 -
141 Sat, Sep 10     NYG @CIN  L   3-4       73-68    3    20.5  2:18 H Freeman                   4,867 --
142 Sun, Sep 11     NYG @CHC  L   5-7       73-69    3    20.0  2:37 H Perkowski                10,043 ---
143 Tue, Sep 13     NYG @MLN  W   9-1       74-69    3    19.0  2:30 J Antonelli                20,890 +
144 Wed, Sep 14     NYG @MLN  L   2-9       74-70    3    19.0  2:24 W Spahn                    22,312 -
145 Fri, Sep 16     NYG @BRO  L   3-4       74-71    3    19.5  2:04 D Bessent                  16,951 --
146 Sat, Sep 17     NYG @BRO  W   8-5       75-71    3    18.5  2:34 P Giel                      9,742 +
147 Sun, Sep 18     NYG @BRO  L   5-7       75-72    3    19.5  2:20 D Bessent                  13,491 -
148 Tue, Sep 20     NYG  PIT  W  11-1       76-72    3    19.5  2:08 J Antonelli                       +
149                 NYG  PIT  W  14-8       77-72    3    19.5  2:57 H Wilhelm                   1,165 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 21     NYG  PIT  W   7-2       78-72    3    18.5  1:54 D Liddle                        0 +++
151                 NYG  PIT  W   7-3       79-72    3    18.5  2:15 R Monzant                   2,091 ++++
152 Fri, Sep 23     NYG  PHI  L   1-5       79-73    3    19.0  2:01 S Rogovin                   1,154 -
153 Sun, Sep 25     NYG  PHI  W   5-2       80-73    3    18.5  1:55 P Burnside                      0 +
154                 NYG  PHI  L   1-3       80-74    3    18.5  2:04 C Simmons                   6,848 -

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