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1956 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

67-87, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Rigney (67-87)
Scored 540 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90

Ballparks: Polo Grounds V · Attendance: 629,179 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1955 / 1957 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
Johnny Antonelli 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 7 49 36 49 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 6.0 All-Star
Jackie Brandt 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 28, 1934 1st 98 85 98 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 4 30 96 1 4 1.1
Eddie Bressoud 24 R R 6' 1" 175 May 2, 1932 1st 49 45 49 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3
Foster Castleman 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 1, 1931 3 124 97 124 109 0 0 0 1 107 2 0 0 0 0 17 5 -0.4
Gil Coan 34 L R 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1922 11 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.0
Jim Constable 23 B L 6' 1" 185 Jun 14, 1933 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Al Dark 34 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 7, 1922 10 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Ruben Gomez 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 13, 1927 4 52 31 52 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 0.3
Marv Grissom 38 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 31, 1918 7 43 2 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7
Gail Harris 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Oct 15, 1931 2 12 11 12 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4
Jim Hearn 35 R R 6' 3" 205 Apr 11, 1921 10 32 19 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.4
Bobby Hofman 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 5, 1925 6 47 7 47 20 0 7 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 -0.3
Ray Katt 29 R R 6' 2" 190 May 9, 1927 5 37 30 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Bob Lennon 27 L L 6' 0" 200 Sep 15, 1928 2 26 14 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19 21 5 0 -0.8
Don Liddle 31 L L 5' 10" 165 May 25, 1925 4 11 5 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Dick Littlefield 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 7 31 7 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Whitey Lockman 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 11 48 39 48 44 0 0 7 0 0 0 36 1 3 39 5 2 0.3
Jim Mangan 26 R R 5' 10" 190 Sep 24, 1929 3 20 6 20 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2
Joe Margoneri 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 13, 1930 1st 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Willie Mays HOF 25 R R 5' 10" 170 May 6, 1931 5 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 0 7.2 All-Star
Windy McCall 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Jul 18, 1925 6 46 4 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Mike McCormick 17 L L 6' 2" 195 Sep 29, 1938 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ramon Monzant 23 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 4, 1933 3 6 1 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Don Mueller 29 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 14, 1927 9 138 103 138 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 22 1 -2.0
Dusty Rhodes 29 L R 6' 0" 178 May 13, 1927 5 111 61 111 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 5 68 45 2 -0.6
Steve Ridzik 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 6 44 5 44 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.2
Bill Sarni 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 19, 1927 5 78 70 78 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.3
Red Schoendienst HOF 33 B R 6' 0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 12 92 85 92 85 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.5
Daryl Spencer 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 13, 1928 3 146 137 146 143 0 0 0 69 13 66 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.5
Max Surkont 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Jun 16, 1922 8 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Taylor 26 L L 6' 3" 212 Dec 30, 1929 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0
Wayne Terwilliger 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Jun 27, 1925 7 14 4 14 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 -0.2
Hank Thompson 30 L R 5' 9" 174 Dec 8, 1925 9 82 47 82 54 0 0 0 0 44 1 8 0 2 10 32 0 0.9
Ozzie Virgil 24 R R 6' 1" 174 May 17, 1932 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Wes Westrum 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 28, 1922 10 68 45 68 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Bill White 22 L L 6' 0" 185 Jan 28, 1934 1st 138 138 138 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2.7
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 5 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
George Wilson 30 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 30, 1925 3 53 6 53 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 45 0 -0.8
Al Worthington 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1929 3 28 24 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Roy Wright 22 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 26, 1933 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
8

Ray Katt
Bill Sarni
9

Wes Westrum
10

Red Schoendienst
Wayne Terwilliger
12

Foster Castleman
14

Bobby Hofman
15

Gail Harris
Bill Sarni
16

Hank Thompson
17

Ozzie Virgil
19

Al Dark
20

Daryl Spencer
21

Jim Hearn
22

Don Mueller
24

Willie Mays
25

Jackie Brandt
Whitey Lockman
26

Dusty Rhodes
27

Bill Taylor
28

Gil Coan
Ruben Gomez
29

Mike McCormick
George Wilson
30

Bob Lennon
Dick Littlefield
31

Ruben Gomez
Roy Wright
32

Al Worthington
33

Jim Mangan
34

Eddie Bressoud
36

Bob Lennon
Joe Margoneri
Max Surkont
37

Don Liddle
39

Jim Constable
40

Windy McCall
41

Ramon Monzant
42

Marv Grissom
43

Johnny Antonelli
44

Steve Ridzik
45

Bill White
49

Hoyt Wilhelm

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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