1956 New York Giants

67-87 • 0.435 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

67 Wins
87 Losses
0.435 Win %
6th Rank
540 R 650 RA
Diff -110

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⚡ Quick Stats

540 Runs Scored
650 Runs Allowed
-110 Run Diff
629K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .244 5% below the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .298 7% below the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .328 4% below the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.78 equal to the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 540 18% below the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 629,275
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Avg per Game 8,172

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jackie Brandt 0.299 2 Red Schoendienst 0.296 3 Willie Mays 0.296 4 Whitey Lockman 0.272 5 Don Mueller 0.269

Home Runs

1 Willie Mays 36 2 Bill White 22 3 Foster Castleman 14 4 Daryl Spencer 14 5 Jackie Brandt 11

RBI

1 Willie Mays 84 2 Bill White 59 3 Jackie Brandt 47 4 Foster Castleman 45 5 Daryl Spencer 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Mays 152 578 101 171 0 0 36 84 68 65 40 0.296
Bill White 138 508 63 130 0 0 22 59 47 72 15 0.256
Daryl Spencer 146 489 46 108 0 0 14 42 35 65 1 0.221
Don Mueller 138 453 38 122 0 0 5 41 15 7 0 0.269
Foster Castleman 124 385 33 87 0 0 14 45 15 50 2 0.226
Jackie Brandt 98 351 45 105 0 0 11 47 17 31 3 0.299
Red Schoendienst 92 334 39 99 0 0 2 14 28 10 1 0.296
Dusty Rhodes 111 244 20 53 0 0 8 33 30 41 0 0.217
Bill Sarni 78 238 16 55 0 0 5 23 20 31 0 0.231
Al Dark 48 206 19 52 0 0 2 17 8 13 0 0.252
Hank Thompson 83 183 24 43 0 0 8 29 31 26 2 0.235
Whitey Lockman 48 169 13 46 0 0 1 10 16 17 0 0.272
Eddie Bressoud 49 163 15 37 0 0 0 9 12 20 1 0.227
Wes Westrum 68 132 10 29 0 0 3 8 25 28 0 0.220
Ray Katt 37 101 10 23 0 0 7 14 6 16 0 0.228
Johnny Antonelli 49 89 7 14 0 0 3 4 2 26 0 0.157
George Wilson 53 68 5 9 0 0 1 2 5 14 0 0.132
Ruben Gomez 52 60 9 11 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0.183
Bobby Hofman 47 56 1 10 0 0 0 2 6 8 0 0.179
Bob Lennon 26 55 3 10 0 0 0 1 4 17 0 0.182
Al Worthington 28 51 4 12 0 0 1 3 0 12 0 0.235
Jim Hearn 32 41 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0.098
Gail Harris 12 38 2 5 0 0 1 1 3 10 0 0.132
Joe Margoneri 23 29 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0.103
Steve Ridzik 44 28 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.250
Dick Littlefield 31 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0.083
Jim Mangan 20 20 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0.100
Wayne Terwilliger 14 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.222
Windy McCall 46 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Don Liddle 11 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.167
Ozzie Virgil 3 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.417
Marv Grissom 43 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.091
Max Surkont 8 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.111
Hoyt Wilhelm 64 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Ramon Monzant 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Taylor 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Gil Coan 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike McCormick 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Wright 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Constable 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Marv Grissom 1.56 2 Johnny Antonelli 2.86 3 Windy McCall 3.61 4 Steve Ridzik 3.80 5 Hoyt Wilhelm 3.83

Wins

1 Johnny Antonelli 20 2 Ruben Gomez 7 3 Al Worthington 7 4 Joe Margoneri 6 5 Steve Ridzik 6

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Antonelli 145 2 Al Worthington 95 3 Ruben Gomez 76 4 Hoyt Wilhelm 71 5 Jim Hearn 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Antonelli 20 13 2.86 41 36 1 258.1 75 145
Ruben Gomez 7 17 4.58 40 31 0 196.1 77 76
Al Worthington 7 14 3.97 28 24 0 165.2 74 95
Jim Hearn 5 11 3.97 30 19 1 129.1 44 66
Dick Littlefield 4 4 4.08 31 7 2 97.0 39 65
Steve Ridzik 6 2 3.80 41 5 0 92.1 65 53
Joe Margoneri 6 6 3.93 23 13 0 91.2 49 49
Hoyt Wilhelm 4 9 3.83 64 0 8 89.1 43 71
Marv Grissom 1 1 1.56 43 2 7 80.2 16 49
Windy McCall 3 4 3.61 46 4 7 77.1 20 41
Don Liddle 1 2 3.92 11 5 1 41.1 14 21
Max Surkont 2 2 4.78 8 4 1 32.0 9 18
Ramon Monzant 1 0 4.15 4 1 0 13.0 7 11
Mike McCormick 0 1 9.45 3 2 0 6.2 10 4
Jim Constable 0 0 14.54 3 0 0 4.1 7 1
Roy Wright 0 1 16.88 1 1 0 2.2 2 0

👥 Roster (40)

Johnny Antonelli Jackie Brandt Eddie Bressoud Foster Castleman Gil Coan Jim Constable Al Dark Ruben Gomez Marv Grissom Gail Harris Jim Hearn Bobby Hofman +28 more

40 players

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