1956 New York Giants Statistics and Roster

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1956 New York Giants (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
Managed by Bill Rigney

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 629,179 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Sarni          28   78  238   16   55   9  3   5   23  20   31  .231  .290  .357   0   1   4   1   3   3   2   74
1B *Bill White          22  138  508   63  130  23  7  22   59  47   72  .256  .321  .459  15   8   6   4   5   4   3  108
2B #Red Schoendienst    33   92  334   39   99  12  3   2   14  28   10  .296  .352  .368   1   2  11   2   2   2   1   96
3B  Foster Castleman    25  124  385   33   87  16  3  14   45  15   50  .226  .256  .392   2   1   9   2   3   4   2   72
SS  Daryl Spencer       27  146  489   46  108  13  2  14   42  35   65  .221  .275  .342   1   3  10   3   4   3   2   66
LF  Jackie Brandt       22   98  351   45  105  16  8  11   47  17   31  .299  .330  .484   3   4   3   0   3   2   2  117
CF  Willie Mays         25  152  578  101  171  27  8  36   84  68   65  .296  .369  .557  40  10  16   1   0   3  20  146
RF *Don Mueller         29  138  453   38  122  12  1   5   41  15    7  .269  .290  .333   0   1  18   0   2   4   2   68
   *Dusty Rhodes        29  111  244   20   53  10  3   8   33  30   41  .217  .301  .381   0   0   9   0   0   2   2   83
    Alvin Dark          34   48  206   19   52  12  0   2   17   8   13  .252  .279  .340   0   0   5   1   3   4   0   66
   *Hank Thompson       30   83  183   24   43   9  0   8   29  31   26  .235  .346  .415   2   1   2   1   2   2   2  105
   *Whitey Lockman      29   48  169   13   46   7  1   1   10  16   17  .272  .333  .343   0   2   1   0   3   1   2   84
    Eddie Bressoud      24   49  163   15   37   4  2   0    9  12   20  .227  .284  .276   1   0   4   1   4   0   1   53
    Wes Westrum         33   68  132   10   29   5  2   3    8  25   28  .220  .346  .356   0   0   6   1   0   1   5   91
    Ray Katt            29   37  101   10   23   4  0   7   14   6   16  .228  .278  .475   0   1   1   1   1   0   1   99
   *George Wilson       30   53   68    5    9   1  0   1    2   5   14  .132  .192  .191   0   0   1   0   0   0   1    4
    Bobby Hofman        30   47   56    1   10   1  0   0    2   6    8  .179  .270  .196   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   29
   *Bob Lennon          27   26   55    3   10   1  0   0    1   4   17  .182  .233  .200   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   19
   *Gail Harris         24   12   38    2    5   0  1   1    1   3   10  .132  .233  .263   0   0   0   2   0   0   1   34
    Jim Mangan          26   20   20    2    2   0  0   0    1   4    6  .100  .250  .100   0   0   1   0   1   0   0    0
    Wayne Terwilliger   31   14   18    0    4   1  0   0    0   0    5  .222  .222  .278   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   34
    Ozzie Virgil        24    3   12    2    5   1  1   0    2   0    0  .417  .417  .667   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  187
   *Bill Taylor         26    1    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   96
   *Gil Coan            34    4    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Johnny Antonelli    26   49   89    7   14   3  0   3    4   2   26  .157  .176  .292   0   0   2   0   6   0   0   24
    Ruben Gomez         28   52   60    9   11   1  0   0    1   2    5  .183  .210  .200   1   0   1   0   1   0   0   12
    Al Worthington      27   28   51    4   12   1  0   1    3   0   12  .235  .231  .314   0   0   0   0   6   1   0   46
    Jim Hearn           35   32   41    2    4   0  0   0    1   0   21  .098  .098  .098   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -47
   *Joe Margoneri       26   23   29    1    3   0  0   1    1   0    8  .103  .103  .207   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -19
    Steve Ridzik        27   44   28    3    7   1  0   0    0   0    8  .250  .250  .286   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   45
   *Dick Littlefield    30   31   24    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    9  .083  .120  .083   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -44
   *Windy McCall        30   46   15    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    9
   *Don Liddle          31   11   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .167  .231  .167   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   10
    Marv Grissom        38   43   11    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    5  .091  .091  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
    Max Surkont         34    8    9    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    3  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -13
    Hoyt Wilhelm        33   64    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .222  .222  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21
    Ramon Monzant       23    6    4    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mike McCormick      17    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roy Wright          22    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5  154 5190  540 1268 192 45 145  497 402  659  .244  .299  .382  67  34 114  21  59  37  50   89
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    8    8   8  6   4        7    7     7     8     5   1   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Johnny Antonelli    26  41   2.86  20  13  1  36   5  15   5  258.3  225   93   82  20   75  145 1061   6   3  0  10 132
SP  Ruben Gomez         28  40   4.58   7  17  0  31   4   4   2  196.3  191  108  100  19   77   76  841   1   9  0   8  82
SP  Al Worthington      27  28   3.97   7  14  0  24   2   4   0  165.7  158   82   73  20   74   95  713   3   4  0   6  95
SP  Jim Hearn           35  30   3.97   5  11  1  19   4   2   0  129.3  124   74   57  17   44   66  553   0   3  0   4  95
SP *Joe Margoneri       26  23   3.93   6   6  0  13   4   2   0   91.7   88   45   40  12   49   49  405   2   0  0   3  96

CL  Hoyt Wilhelm        33  64   3.83   4   9  8   0  38   0   0   89.3   97   45   38   7   43   71  403   6   2  0  10  98
RP *Windy McCall        30  46   3.61   3   4  7   4  20   0   0   77.3   74   36   31   7   20   41  321   1   1  0   5 104
RP  Marv Grissom        38  43   1.56   1   1  7   2  20   0   0   80.7   71   15   14   3   16   49  323   2   1  0   3 241
RP  Steve Ridzik        27  41   3.80   6   2  0   5  12   1   1   92.3   80   42   39   7   65   53  414   0   5  0   5  99
RP *Dick Littlefield    30  31   4.08   4   4  2   7   8   0   0   97.0   78   45   44  16   39   65  396   1   0  0   5  92

   *Don Liddle          31  11   3.92   1   2  1   5   2   1   0   41.3   45   22   18   5   14   21  184   1   1  0   3  96
    Max Surkont         34   8   4.78   2   2  1   4   2   1   0   32.0   24   17   17   5    9   18  129   1   0  0   1  79
    Ramon Monzant       23   4   4.15   1   0  0   1   0   1   0   13.0    8    7    6   4    7   11   54   0   0  0   0  91
   *Mike McCormick      17   3   9.45   0   1  0   2   1   0   0    6.7    7    7    7   1   10    4   36   0   0  1   0  40
   *Jim Constable       23   3  14.54   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    9    7    7   0    7    1   30   0   1  0   0  26
    Roy Wright          22   1  16.88   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    2.7    8    5    5   1    2    0   17   0   0  0   0  22
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4 154   3.78  67  87 28 154 123  31   9 1378.0 1287  650  579 144  551  765 5880  24  30  1  63 100
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   6   3  4           8   4      5    2    3        4    7    2

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSarni 618 70 78 367 36 3 9 .993 8 10 10 14 WWestrum 411 45 67 297 27 6 7 .982 13 6 14 5 RKatt 259 30 37 164 18 4 1 .978 3 0 3 10 JMangan 52 6 15 34 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 1 0 BHofman 35 3 7 31 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1378 154 154 893 83 13 19 .987 24 18 28 30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWhite 1222 138 138 1256 111 15 106 .989 10.06 GHarris 99 11 11 108 9 3 12 .975 10.64 WLockman 47 5 7 48 2 1 1 .980 9.51 BHofman 8 0 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 1419 123 19 119 .988 10.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchoendien 739 85 85 199 215 3 52 .993 5.04 DSpencer 586 65 70 161 175 9 36 .974 5.16 WTerwillige 36 4 6 14 9 1 3 .958 5.70 BHofman 9 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 FCastleman 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 377 400 13 91 .984 5.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCastleman 891 97 107 90 213 17 10 .947 3.06 HThompson 324 39 44 25 94 12 7 .908 3.30 DSpencer 99 11 12 14 33 3 5 .940 4.26 BHofman 36 4 7 4 9 2 0 .867 3.25 OVirgil 26 3 3 3 1 1 1 .800 1.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 136 350 35 23 .933 3.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSpencer 545 61 66 113 169 6 33 .979 4.65 ADark 432 48 48 89 132 9 27 .961 4.60 EBressoud 395 45 48 67 125 10 26 .950 4.37 FCastleman 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HThompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 269 426 25 86 .965 4.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBrandt 561 55 81 131 4 2 0 .985 2.16 DRhodes 450 59 64 78 5 4 0 .954 1.66 WLockman 292 31 36 66 1 3 0 .957 2.06 HThompson 51 6 8 6 1 2 0 .778 1.24 BLennon 17 3 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.08 BWhite 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GWilson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 285 11 12 0 .961 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WMays 1343 150 152 416 14 9 6 .979 2.88 JBrandt 25 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 WLockman 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 424 14 9 6 .980 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMueller 934 103 117 181 4 2 2 .989 1.78 JBrandt 199 27 30 46 1 0 0 1.000 2.13 BLennon 117 11 19 18 2 2 2 .909 1.54 GWilson 59 6 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 DRhodes 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 HThompson 18 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 WLockman 17 2 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.12 BTaylor 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 RGomez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BWhite 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 271 9 4 5 .986 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.28 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WMays 1343 150 152 415 14 9 6 .979 2.87 DMueller 934 103 117 180 4 2 2 .989 1.77 JBrandt 785 85 96 165 8 2 0 .989 1.98 DRhodes 472 61 68 85 6 4 1 .958 1.73 WLockman 318 34 39 69 3 3 1 .960 2.03 BLennon 134 14 21 21 2 3 2 .885 1.54 HThompson 69 8 10 11 1 2 0 .857 1.57 GWilson 61 6 8 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 BTaylor 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 BWhite 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RGomez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1378 154 154 960 39 25 12 .976 2.17 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JAntonelli 258 36 41 11 49 1 5 .984 2.09 RGomez 196 31 40 19 40 1 4 .983 2.71 AWorthingto 165 24 28 9 35 4 6 .917 2.39 JHearn 129 19 30 7 22 3 2 .906 2.01 DLittlefiel 97 7 31 8 14 1 1 .957 2.04 SRidzik 92 5 41 8 12 2 1 .909 1.95 JMargoneri 91 13 23 3 15 1 0 .947 1.77 HWilhelm 89 0 64 4 20 0 2 1.000 2.42 MGrissom 79 2 43 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.47 WMcCall 77 4 46 4 6 1 0 .909 1.16 DLiddle 41 5 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.40 MSurkont 32 4 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.12 RMonzant 13 1 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 MMcCormick 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.34 JConstable 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 RWright 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1378 154 154 80 239 14 22 .958 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Mays .296

On-base % Mays .369

Slugging % Mays .557

OPS Mays .926

Games Mays 152

At Bats Mays 578

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mays 650

Runs Mays 101

Hits Mays 171

Total Bases Mays 322

Doubles Mays 27

Triples Brandt and Mays 8

Home Runs Mays 36

RBI Mays 84

Bases on Balls Mays 68

Strikeouts White 72

Stolen Bases Mays 40

Singles Mueller 104

Adjusted OPS+ Mays 146

Runs Created Mays 118

Adjusted Batting Runs Mays 37

Batting Wins Mays 3.7

Extra-Base Hits Mays 71

Times on Base Mays 240

Offensive Win% Mays .707

Hit By Pitch White 4

Sac. Hits Antonelli and Worthington 6

Sac. Flies Castleman, Dark, Mueller, and White 4

Intentional Walks Mays 20

Grounded into Double Plays Mueller 18

Caught Stealing Mays 10

Power/Speed Number Mays 37.9

At Bats per Strikeout Mueller 64.7

At Bats per Home Run Mays 16.1

Outs Mays 436

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ERA Antonelli 2.86

Wins Antonelli 20

Won-Loss % Antonelli .606

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Antonelli 1.161

Hits Allowed/9IP Antonelli 7.84

Bases on Balls/9IP Antonelli 2.61

Strikeouts/9IP Worthington 5.16

Games Wilhelm 64

Saves Wilhelm 8

Innings Antonelli 258.3

Strikeouts Antonelli 145

Games Started Antonelli 36

Comp. Games Antonelli 15

Shutouts Antonelli 5

Home Runs Allow. Antonelli and Worthington 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Gomez 77

Hits Allowed Antonelli 225

SO to Walk Antonelli 1.93

Losses Gomez 17

Earned Runs Allow. Gomez 100

Wild Pitches Antonelli and Wilhelm 6

Hit Batsmen Gomez 9

Batters Faced Antonelli 1061

Games Finished Wilhelm 38

Adjusted ERA+ Antonelli 132

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