1956 New York Giants Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 67-87
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 629,275, Avg. 9,988
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV
Manager: Bill Rigney (67-87)
Location: New York, New York

1956 New York Giants Roster
1956 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1956 season with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Giants scored 540 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 650 runs. Willie Mays walloped 36 home runs for New York, and Bill White added 20 or more, too. Willie Mays drove in 84 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Johnny Antonelli led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.86 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Rigney coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Johnny Antonelli	20	13	.606	2.86	41	36	5	15	5	1	258.3	225	93	82	20	75	10	145	3	0	6	1061
Al Worthington	7	14	.333	3.97	28	24	2	4	0	0	165.7	158	82	73	20	74	6	95	4	0	3	713
Ruben Gomez	7	17	.292	4.58	40	31	4	4	2	0	196.3	191	108	100	19	77	8	76	9	0	1	841
Steve Ridzik	6	2	.750	3.80	41	5	12	1	1	0	92.3	80	42	39	7	65	5	53	5	0	0	414
Joe Margoneri	6	6	.500	3.93	23	13	4	2	0	0	91.7	88	45	40	12	49	3	49	0	0	2	405
Jim Hearn	5	11	.313	3.97	30	19	4	2	0	1	129.3	124	74	57	17	44	4	66	3	0	0	553
Dick Littlefield	4	4	.500	4.08	31	7	8	0	0	2	97.0	78	45	44	16	39	5	65	0	0	1	396
Hoyt Wilhelm	4	9	.308	3.83	64	0	38	0	0	8	89.3	97	45	38	7	43	10	71	2	0	6	403
Windy McCall	3	4	.429	3.61	46	4	20	0	0	7	77.3	74	36	31	7	20	5	41	1	0	1	321
Max Surkont	2	2	.500	4.78	8	4	2	1	0	1	32.0	24	17	17	5	9	1	18	0	0	1	129
Ramon Monzant	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
Marv Grissom	1	1	.500	1.56	43	2	20	0	0	7	80.7	71	15	14	3	16	3	49	1	0	2	323
Don Liddle	1	2	.333	3.92	11	5	2	1	0	1	41.3	45	22	18	5	14	3	21	1	0	1	184
Jim Constable	0	0		14.54	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	9	7	7	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	30
Mike McCormick	0	1	.000	9.45	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.7	7	7	7	1	10	0	4	0	1	0	36
Roy Wright	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.7	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	17
Totals	67	87	.435	3.78	417	154	123	31	8	28	1378.0	1287	650	578	144	551	63	765	30	1	24	5880

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Willie Mays	152	650	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	40	10	68	65	.296	.369	.557	.926	322	16	1	0	3	20
Bill White	138	568	508	63	130	23	7	22	59	15	8	47	72	.256	.321	.459	.780	233	6	4	5	4	3
Don Mueller	138	474	453	38	122	12	1	5	41	0	1	15	7	.269	.290	.333	.624	151	18	0	2	4	2
Daryl Spencer	146	534	489	46	108	13	2	14	42	1	3	35	65	.221	.275	.342	.617	167	10	3	4	3	2
Jackie Brandt	98	373	351	45	105	16	8	11	47	3	4	17	31	.299	.330	.484	.814	170	3	0	3	2	2
Red Schoendienst	92	368	334	39	99	12	3	2	14	1	2	28	10	.296	.352	.368	.721	123	11	2	2	2	1
Foster Castleman	124	409	385	33	87	16	3	14	45	2	1	15	50	.226	.256	.392	.648	151	9	2	3	4	2
Bill Sarni	78	265	238	16	55	9	3	5	23	0	1	20	31	.231	.290	.357	.647	85	4	1	3	3	2
Dusty Rhodes	111	276	244	20	53	10	3	8	33	0	0	30	41	.217	.301	.381	.682	93	9	0	0	2	2
Al Dark	48	222	206	19	52	12	0	2	17	0	0	8	13	.252	.279	.340	.618	70	5	1	3	4	0
Whitey Lockman	48	189	169	13	46	7	1	1	10	0	2	16	17	.272	.333	.343	.677	58	1	0	3	1	2
Hank Thompson	83	219	183	24	43	9	0	8	29	2	1	31	26	.235	.346	.415	.761	76	2	1	2	2	2
Eddie Bressoud	49	180	163	15	37	4	2	0	9	1	0	12	20	.227	.284	.276	.560	45	4	1	4	0	1
Wes Westrum	68	159	132	10	29	5	2	3	8	0	0	25	28	.220	.346	.356	.702	47	6	1	0	1	5
Ray Katt	37	109	101	10	23	4	0	7	14	0	1	6	16	.228	.278	.475	.753	48	1	1	1	0	1
Johnny Antonelli	49	97	89	7	14	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	26	.157	.176	.292	.468	26	2	0	6	0	0
Al Worthington	28	58	51	4	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.235	.231	.314	.544	16	0	0	6	1	0
Ruben Gomez	52	63	60	9	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.183	.210	.200	.410	12	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Lennon	26	60	55	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.182	.233	.200	.433	11	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Hofman	47	64	56	1	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.179	.270	.196	.466	11	2	1	1	0	0
George Wilson	53	73	68	5	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	.132	.192	.191	.383	13	1	0	0	0	1
Steve Ridzik	44	28	28	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.250	.250	.286	.536	8	2	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3	12	12	2	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	8	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Harris	12	43	38	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10	.132	.233	.263	.496	10	0	2	0	0	1
Wayne Terwilliger	14	18	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hearn	32	41	41	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	.098	.098	.098	.195	4	0	0	0	0	0
Windy McCall	46	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Margoneri	23	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	.103	.103	.207	.310	6	0	0	3	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	64	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Liddle	11	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	3	0	0
Jim Mangan	20	25	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.100	.250	.100	.350	2	1	0	1	0	0
Dick Littlefield	31	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.083	.120	.083	.203	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Taylor	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Max Surkont	8	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	2	0	0
Marv Grissom	43	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Coan	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Monzant	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Wright	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Constable	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2034	5709	5190	540	1268	192	45	145	497	67	34	402	659	.244	.299	.382	.682	1985	114	21	59	37	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Bill White	1B	138	138	1222.7	1256	111	15	106	.989	1.062	9.906	0	0	0	0
Gail Harris	1B	11	11	99.0	108	9	3	12	.975	1.636	1.636	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	1B	7	5	47.3	48	2	1	1	.980	9.507	7.143	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	1B	3	0	8.0	7	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.667	0	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	2B	85	85	739.7	199	215	3	52	.993	5.037	4.871	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	2B	70	65	586.0	161	175	9	36	.974	5.160	4.800	0	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	2B	6	4	36.3	14	9	1	3	.958	5.697	3.833	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	2B	2	0	9.0	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.500	0	0	0	0
Foster Castleman	2B	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Foster Castleman	3B	107	97	891.0	90	213	17	10	.947	3.061	2.832	0	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	3B	44	39	324.7	25	94	12	7	.908	3.299	2.705	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	3B	12	11	99.3	14	33	3	5	.940	4.258	3.917	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	3B	7	4	36.0	4	9	2	0	.867	3.250	1.857	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3B	3	3	26.0	3	1	1	1	.800	1.385	1.333	0	0	0	0
Bill Sarni	C	78	70	618.7	367	36	3	9	.993	5.863	5.167	8	10	10	14	58.3
Wes Westrum	C	67	45	411.3	297	27	6	7	.982	7.089	4.836	13	6	14	5	26.3
Ray Katt	C	37	30	259.3	164	18	4	1	.978	6.316	4.919	3	0	3	10	76.9
Jim Mangan	C	15	6	52.7	34	1	0	1	1.000	5.981	2.333	0	2	1	0	0.0
Bobby Hofman	C	7	3	35.0	31	1	0	1	1.000	8.229	4.571	0	0	0	1	100.0
Willie Mays	OF	152	150	1343.0	415	14	9	6	.979	2.875	2.822	0	0	0	0
Don Mueller	OF	117	103	934.0	180	4	2	2	.989	1.773	1.573	0	0	0	0
Jackie Brandt	OF	96	85	785.3	165	8	2	0	.989	1.983	1.802	0	0	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	OF	68	61	472.7	85	6	4	1	.958	1.733	1.338	0	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	OF	39	34	318.7	69	3	3	1	.960	2.033	1.846	0	0	0	0
Bob Lennon	OF	21	14	134.3	21	2	3	2	.885	1.541	1.095	0	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	OF	10	8	69.0	11	1	2	0	.857	1.565	1.200	0	0	0	0
George Wilson	OF	8	6	61.0	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.066	1.750	0	0	0	0
Bill Taylor	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0	0
Bill White	OF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ruben Gomez	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Antonelli	P	41	36	258.3	11	49	1	5	.984	2.090	1.463	0	0	0	0
Ruben Gomez	P	40	31	196.3	19	40	1	4	.983	2.705	1.475	0	0	0	0
Al Worthington	P	28	24	165.7	9	35	4	6	.917	2.390	1.571	0	0	0	0
Jim Hearn	P	30	19	129.7	7	22	3	2	.906	2.013	.967	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	P	31	7	97.0	8	14	1	1	.957	2.041	.710	0	0	0	0
Steve Ridzik	P	41	5	92.3	8	12	2	1	.909	1.949	.488	0	0	0	0
Joe Margoneri	P	23	13	91.3	3	15	1	0	.947	1.774	.783	0	0	0	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	64	0	89.3	4	20	0	2	1.000	2.418	.375	0	0	0	0
Marv Grissom	P	43	2	79.7	1	12	0	0	1.000	1.469	.302	0	0	0	0
Windy McCall	P	46	4	77.3	4	6	1	0	.909	1.164	.217	0	0	0	0
Don Liddle	P	11	5	41.3	4	7	0	1	1.000	2.395	1.000	0	0	0	0
Max Surkont	P	8	4	32.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.125	.500	0	0	0	0
Ramon Monzant	P	4	1	13.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.385	.500	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	P	3	2	6.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.350	.333	0	0	0	0
Jim Constable	P	3	0	4.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.077	.333	0	0	0	0
Roy Wright	P	1	1	2.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.375	1.000	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	SS	66	61	545.3	113	169	6	33	.979	4.654	4.273	0	0	0	0
Al Dark	SS	48	48	432.3	89	132	9	27	.961	4.601	4.604	0	0	0	0
Eddie Bressoud	SS	48	45	395.3	67	125	10	26	.950	4.371	4.000	0	0	0	0
Foster Castleman	SS	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1797	1386	12393.0	4134	1660	144	372	.976	4.208	3.224	24	18	28	30	51.7

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