1956 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1956 New York Giants Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
67-87, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 540 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Manager: Bill Rigney (67-87)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bill Sarni	28	78	265	238	16	55	9	3	5	23	0	1	20	31	.231	.290	.357	.647	74	85	4	1	3	3	2
2	1B	Bill White*	22	138	568	508	63	130	23	7	22	59	15	8	47	72	.256	.321	.459	.780	108	233	6	4	5	4	3
3	2B	Red Schoendienst#	33	92	368	334	39	99	12	3	2	14	1	2	28	10	.296	.352	.368	.721	96	123	11	2	2	2	1
4	SS	Daryl Spencer	27	146	534	489	46	108	13	2	14	42	1	3	35	65	.221	.275	.342	.617	66	167	10	3	4	3	2
5	3B	Foster Castleman	25	124	409	385	33	87	16	3	14	45	2	1	15	50	.226	.256	.392	.648	72	151	9	2	3	4	2
6	LF	Jackie Brandt	22	98	373	351	45	105	16	8	11	47	3	4	17	31	.299	.330	.484	.814	117	170	3	0	3	2	2
7	CF	Willie Mays	25	152	650	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	10	68	65	.296	.369	.557	.926	146	322	16	1	0	3	20
8	RF	Don Mueller*	29	138	474	453	38	122	12	1	5	41	0	1	15	7	.269	.290	.333	.624	68	151	18	0	2	4	2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	LF	Dusty Rhodes*	29	111	276	244	20	53	10	3	8	33	0	0	30	41	.217	.301	.381	.682	83	93	9	0	0	2	2
10	SS	Alvin Dark	34	48	222	206	19	52	12	0	2	17	0	0	8	13	.252	.279	.340	.618	66	70	5	1	3	4	0
11	3B	Hank Thompson*	30	83	219	183	24	43	9	0	8	29	2	1	31	26	.235	.346	.415	.761	105	76	2	1	2	2	2
12	LF	Whitey Lockman*	29	48	189	169	13	46	7	1	1	10	0	2	16	17	.272	.333	.343	.677	84	58	1	0	3	1	2
13	SS	Eddie Bressoud	24	49	180	163	15	37	4	2	0	9	1	0	12	20	.227	.284	.276	.560	53	45	4	1	4	0	1
14	C	Wes Westrum	33	68	159	132	10	29	5	2	3	8	0	0	25	28	.220	.346	.356	.702	91	47	6	1	0	1	5
15	C	Ray Katt	29	37	109	101	10	23	4	0	7	14	0	1	6	16	.228	.278	.475	.753	99	48	1	1	1	0	1
16	OF	George Wilson*	30	53	73	68	5	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	.132	.192	.191	.383	4	13	1	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Bobby Hofman	30	47	64	56	1	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.179	.270	.196	.466	29	11	2	1	1	0	0
18	RF	Bob Lennon*	27	26	60	55	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.182	.233	.200	.433	19	11	0	0	0	1	1
19	1B	Gail Harris*	24	12	43	38	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10	.132	.233	.263	.496	34	10	0	2	0	0	1
20	C	Jim Mangan	26	20	25	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.100	.250	.100	.350	-0	2	1	0	1	0	0
21	2B	Wayne Terwilliger	31	14	18	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500	34	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	3B	Ozzie Virgil	24	3	12	12	2	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	187	8	0	0	0	0	0
23	RF	Bill Taylor*	26	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	96	2	0	0	0	0	0
24		Gil Coan*	34	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Johnny Antonelli*	26	49	97	89	7	14	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	26	.157	.176	.292	.468	24	26	2	0	6	0	0
26	P	Ruben Gomez	28	52	63	60	9	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.183	.210	.200	.410	12	12	1	0	1	0	0
27	P	Al Worthington	27	28	58	51	4	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.235	.231	.314	.544	46	16	0	0	6	1	0
28	P	Jim Hearn	35	32	41	41	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	.098	.098	.098	.195	-47	4	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Joe Margoneri*	26	23	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	.103	.103	.207	.310	-19	6	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Steve Ridzik	27	44	28	28	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.286	.536	45	8	2	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dick Littlefield*	30	31	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.083	.120	.083	.203	-44	2	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Don Liddle*	31	11	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	10	2	0	0	3	0	0
33	P	Windy McCall*	30	46	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	3	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Max Surkont	34	8	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Marv Grissom	38	43	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.182	.273	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Hoyt Wilhelm	33	64	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	21	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Ramon Monzant	23	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mike McCormick*	17	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Roy Wright	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.2	154	5709	5190	540	1268	192	45	145	497	67	34	402	659	.244	.299	.382	.682	83	1985	114	21	59	37	50
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	8	8	6	4		1	4	7	7	7	8	5	8		6
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Johnny Antonelli*	26	20	13	.606	2.86	41	36	5	15	5	1	258.1	225	93	82	20	75	10	145	3	0	6	1061	132	1.161	7.8	0.7	2.6	5.1	1.93
2	SP	Ruben Gomez	28	7	17	.292	4.58	40	31	4	4	2	0	196.1	191	108	100	19	77	8	76	9	0	1	841	82	1.365	8.8	0.9	3.5	3.5	0.99
3	SP	Al Worthington	27	7	14	.333	3.97	28	24	2	4	0	0	165.2	158	82	73	20	74	6	95	4	0	3	713	95	1.400	8.6	1.1	4.0	5.2	1.28
4	SP	Jim Hearn	35	5	11	.313	3.97	30	19	4	2	0	1	129.1	124	74	57	17	44	4	66	3	0	0	553	95	1.299	8.6	1.2	3.1	4.6	1.50
5	SP	Joe Margoneri*	26	6	6	.500	3.93	23	13	4	2	0	0	91.2	88	45	40	12	49	3	49	0	0	2	405	96	1.495	8.6	1.2	4.8	4.8	1.00
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Hoyt Wilhelm	33	4	9	.308	3.83	64	0	38	0	0	8	89.1	97	45	38	7	43	10	71	2	0	6	403	98	1.567	9.8	0.7	4.3	7.2	1.65
7	RP	Dick Littlefield*	30	4	4	.500	4.08	31	7	8	0	0	2	97.0	78	45	44	16	39	5	65	0	0	1	396	92	1.206	7.2	1.5	3.6	6.0	1.67
8	RP	Steve Ridzik	27	6	2	.750	3.80	41	5	12	1	1	0	92.1	80	42	39	7	65	5	53	5	0	0	414	99	1.570	7.8	0.7	6.3	5.2	0.82
9	RP	Marv Grissom	38	1	1	.500	1.56	43	2	20	0	0	7	80.2	71	15	14	3	16	3	49	1	0	2	323	241	1.079	7.9	0.3	1.8	5.5	3.06
10	RP	Windy McCall*	30	3	4	.429	3.61	46	4	20	0	0	7	77.1	74	36	31	7	20	5	41	1	0	1	321	104	1.216	8.6	0.8	2.3	4.8	2.05
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Don Liddle*	31	1	2	.333	3.92	11	5	2	1	0	1	41.1	45	22	18	5	14	3	21	1	0	1	184	96	1.427	9.8	1.1	3.0	4.6	1.50
12		Max Surkont	34	2	2	.500	4.78	8	4	2	1	0	1	32.0	24	17	17	5	9	1	18	0	0	1	129	79	1.031	6.8	1.4	2.5	5.1	2.00
13		Ramon Monzant	23	1	0	1.000	4.15	4	1	0	1	0	0	13.0	8	7	6	4	7	0	11	0	0	0	54	91	1.154	5.5	2.8	4.8	7.6	1.57
14		Mike McCormick*	17	0	1	.000	9.45	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	7	7	1	10	0	4	0	1	0	36	40	2.550	9.5	1.4	13.5	5.4	0.40
15		Jim Constable*	23	0	0		14.54	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	9	7	7	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	30	26	3.692	18.7	0.0	14.5	2.1	0.14
16		Roy Wright	22	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	22	3.750	27.0	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.2	67	87	.435	3.78	154	154	123	31	8	28	1378.0	1287	650	578	144	551	63	765	30	1	24	5880	100	1.334	8.4	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.39
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3						8	4	4	5	2	3	4	4	7		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Johnny Antonelli	26	41	36	258.1	61	11	49	1	5	.984	0.0	0.0							2.09	1.46						P
Jackie Brandt	22	115	85	785.1	191	184	5	2	0	.990	1.4	2.1	1.4	1.4	-0.0	0			2.17	1.64						LF-RF-CF
Eddie Bressoud	24	48	45	395.1	202	67	125	10	26	.950	-3.7	-11.2	-3.7	-3.0	-0.8		0		4.37	4.00						SS
Foster Castleman	25	110	97	900.0	321	91	213	17	10	.947	1.8	2.4	2.8	1.1	1.7		-1		3.04	2.76						3B-2B-SS
Jim Constable	23	3	0	4.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.08	0.33						P
Alvin Dark	34	48	48	432.1	230	89	132	9	27	.961	-3.2	-8.9	-3.2	-5.9	2.7		0		4.60	4.60						SS
Ruben Gomez	28	41	31	198.1	60	19	40	1	4	.983	0.0	0.0							2.68	1.44						P-RF
Marv Grissom	38	43	2	79.2	13	1	12	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.47	0.30						P
Gail Harris	24	11	11	99.0	120	108	9	3	12	.975	-0.6	-7.3	-0.6	-0.7	0.1		0		10.64	10.64						1B
Jim Hearn	35	30	19	129.2	32	7	22	3	2	.906	0.0	0.0							2.01	0.97						P
Bobby Hofman	30	19	7	88.0	58	44	12	2	1	.966	1.2	16.4	0.2	0.6	-0.5		0	1	5.73	2.95	0	0	0	1	100%	3B-C-2B-1B
Ray Katt	29	37	30	259.1	186	164	18	4	1	.978	5.0	23.1						5	6.32	4.92	3	0	3	10	77%	C
Bob Lennon	27	24	14	134.1	27	22	2	3	2	.889	-0.8	-7.1	-1.8	-1.0	-0.8	1			1.61	1.00						RF-LF
Don Liddle	31	11	5	41.1	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.40	1.00						P
Dick Littlefield	30	31	7	97.0	23	8	14	1	1	.957	0.0	0.0							2.04	0.71						P
Whitey Lockman	29	47	39	366.0	126	118	4	4	2	.968	3.8	12.5	1.8	1.9	-0.1	2	0		3.00	2.60						LF-1B-RF-CF
Jim Mangan	26	15	6	52.2	35	34	1	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.98	2.33	0	2	1	0	0%	C
Joe Margoneri	26	23	13	91.1	19	3	15	1	0	.947	0.0	0.0							1.77	0.78						P
Willie Mays	25	152	150	1343.0	439	416	14	9	6	.979	12.7	11.3	10.7	5.9	4.8	2			2.88	2.83						CF
Windy McCall	30	46	4	77.1	11	4	6	1	0	.909	0.0	0.0							1.16	0.22						P
Mike McCormick	17	3	2	6.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.35	0.33						P
Ramon Monzant	23	4	1	13.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.38	0.50						P
Don Mueller	29	117	103	934.0	187	181	4	2	2	.989	-4.8	-6.2	-1.8	-2.5	0.7	-3			1.78	1.58						RF
Dusty Rhodes	29	69	61	472.2	92	83	5	4	0	.957	-3.4	-8.6	-1.4	-3.1	1.7	-2			1.68	1.28						LF-RF
Steve Ridzik	27	41	5	92.1	22	8	12	2	1	.909	0.0	0.0							1.95	0.49						P
Bill Sarni	28	78	70	618.2	406	367	36	3	9	.993	4.0	7.8						4	5.86	5.17	8	10	10	14	58%	C
Red Schoendienst	33	85	85	739.2	417	199	215	3	52	.993	5.1	8.3	5.1	1.0	4.2		0		5.04	4.87						2B
Daryl Spencer	27	148	137	1230.2	683	288	377	18	74	.974	2.3	2.2	1.3	-3.0	4.3		1		4.86	4.49						2B-SS-3B
Max Surkont	34	8	4	32.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.12	0.50						P
Bill Taylor	26	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.5	-75.0	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0			1.12	1.00						RF
Wayne Terwilliger	31	6	4	36.1	24	14	9	1	3	.958	-0.9	-29.7	-0.9	-0.9	0.0		0		5.70	3.83						2B
Hank Thompson	30	55	47	394.2	144	35	95	14	7	.903	1.7	5.2	1.7	0.9	0.7	0	0		2.96	2.36						3B-LF-RF-SS
Ozzie Virgil	24	3	3	26.0	5	3	1	1	1	.800	-0.7	-32.3	-0.7	-1.0	0.3		0		1.38	1.33						3B
Wes Westrum	33	67	45	411.1	330	297	27	6	7	.982	-4.0	-11.7						-4	7.09	4.84	13	6	14	5	26%	C
Bill White	22	140	138	1225.2	1382	1256	111	15	106	.989	12.5	12.2	12.5	4.6	7.9		0		10.04	9.76						1B-LF-RF
Hoyt Wilhelm	33	64	0	89.1	24	4	20	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.42	0.38						P
George Wilson	30	8	6	61.0	14	13	1	0	0	1.000	0.8	15.7	0.8	0.5	0.3	0			2.07	1.75						RF-LF
Al Worthington	27	28	24	165.2	48	9	35	4	6	.917	0.0	0.0							2.39	1.57						P
Roy Wright	22	1	1	2.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.38	1.00						P
Team Totals	27.9	154	1386	12393.0	5938	4134	1660	144	372	.976	29.7	2.9	23.7	-3.7	27.2	0	0	6	4.21	3.22	24	18	28	30	52%
Rank in 8 NL teams								2	5	5
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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