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1959 New York (N) Giants
Record: 97-65
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 784
Runs Allowed: 632
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,350,835
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 88-49, 1st in the NL
AA: 80-57, 2nd in the NL
A: 69-68, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Montreal Expos
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Hank Aaron 25 158 586 109 177 35 4 36 113 7 2 72 67 .302 .379 .560 .939 109.9 22.8 4.7
2B  Gil McDougald 31 140 549 109 178 39 6 35 94 2 2 53 104 .324 .383 .608 .991 111.2 23.9 6.9
SS  Harvey Kuenn 28 153 552 75 150 25 2 10 48 0 1 43 73 .272 .323 .379 .702 64.8 8.8 6.2
1B *Wayne Belardi 28 134 486 73 138 23 2 28 82 1 0 56 95 .284 .362 .512 .875 85.1 16.5 2.5
C  Johnny Pramesa 33 139 495 65 128 21 1 23 76 0 0 37 46 .259 .306 .444 .751 65.6 9.0 5.8
RF *Dick Wakefield 38 143 444 58 106 23 7 16 58 0 0 51 97 .239 .316 .430 .746 58.3 8.2 3.3
3B *Joe Garagiola 33 130 406 56 117 25 0 13 55 0 0 48 69 .288 .365 .446 .810 64.3 11.9 4.1
LF *Hank Edwards 40 97 338 34 77 22 0 7 32 0 0 26 71 .228 .281 .355 .636 31.0 2.0 2.4
LF  Del Ennis 34 88 322 56 94 22 4 20 65 0 0 27 53 .292 .348 .571 .920 59.0 11.7 1.9
SS  Woodie Held 27 111 263 35 60 8 1 8 27 0 0 30 68 .228 .316 .357 .674 29.8 3.4 3.2
RF  Pancho Herrera 25 48 172 24 43 9 2 8 28 0 1 12 47 .250 .299 .465 .764 22.5 3.3 1.0
SS  Bobby Richardson 23 69 170 29 62 9 0 0 11 0 0 8 5 .365 .393 .418 .811 24.6 5.0 2.1
P  Bob Friend 28 42 134 6 15 2 0 1 11 0 0 1 68 .112 .125 .149 .274 -1.7 0.0 0.0
C  Dick Rand 28 54 132 15 31 4 2 2 13 0 0 8 25 .235 .277 .341 .618 10.7 0.4 1.4
P *Johnny Antonelli 29 44 119 6 21 2 0 1 12 0 0 1 46 .176 .182 .218 .400 3.8 0.0 0.0
LF  Bob Borkowski 33 34 102 9 28 9 3 1 15 0 0 2 15 .275 .288 .451 .739 11.0 1.5 0.4
P *Dean Stone 28 44 83 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 45 .060 .082 .060 .143 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Baumann 25 36 84 7 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 33 .167 .176 .179 .355 1.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Dick Kryhoski 34 50 72 8 12 2 1 1 8 0 0 9 12 .167 .268 .264 .532 4.8 0.0 0.3
1B *Bob Addis 33 36 64 6 20 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .313 .333 .375 .708 6.9 1.2 0.1
2B  Joe Demaestri 30 11 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .313 .353 .313 .665 1.9 0.3 0.3
P  Ron Negray 29 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Bowman 31 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Bessent 28 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 29 79 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1963 5593 784 1481 285 35 210 758 10 6 490 1046 .265 .325 .441 .765 760.5 130.0 46.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 5 4 4 5 1 2 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bob Friend 28 23 13 .639 42 42 0 346.3 367 129 16 63 160 3.35 25.7
*Johnny Antonelli 29 24 10 .706 44 44 0 325.3 242 101 30 101 341 2.79 31.8
*Dean Stone 28 17 18 .486 44 44 0 281.0 241 120 32 82 270 3.84 16.2
*Frank Baumann 25 16 10 .615 32 32 0 234.0 216 100 36 74 148 3.85 15.4
 Bob Grim 29 6 6 .500 79 0 14 96.0 70 39 11 49 100 3.66 11.6
*Roger Bowman 31 7 3 .700 74 0 15 83.3 78 35 11 39 59 3.78 9.5
 Dom Zanni 27 4 2 .667 44 0 6 50.0 48 27 7 22 39 4.86 3.6
 Ron Negray 29 0 3 .000 28 0 0 24.3 18 11 3 8 23 4.07 0.8
 Don Bessent 28 0 0 .000 21 0 1 22.0 27 20 4 8 9 8.18 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 97 65 .599 408 162 36 1462.3 1307 582 150 446 1149 3.58 114.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .997 31.5
J.Pramesa 1156.3 131 134 921 41 5 1 .995 40.0
D.Rand 278.0 30 35 210 9 0 0 1.000 20.0
J.Garagiola 28.0 1 9 25 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1462.3 162 178 1156 51 5 1 .996 35.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.09
W.Belardi 1145.3 127 127 1270 113 13 116 .991 10.87
B.Borkowski 166.0 20 21 187 13 3 16 .985 10.84
D.Kryhoski 103.0 11 14 131 6 0 11 1.000 11.97
J.Garagiola 26.0 3 3 24 0 0 1 1.000 8.31
P.Herrera 9.0 1 1 7 3 0 1 1.000 10.00
B.Addis 6.3 0 4 10 0 0 1 1.000 14.22
D.Rand 4.0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
B.Richardson 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
J.Demaestri 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 175 1634 137 16 147 .991 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.50
G.McDougald 1195.7 133 133 261 473 11 93 .985 5.52
B.Richardson 238.0 27 28 42 85 5 17 .962 4.80
J.Demaestri 22.7 2 4 4 14 0 2 1.000 7.15
W.Held 6.0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 168 308 575 16 113 .982 5.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.66
J.Garagiola 823.3 93 97 36 210 7 19 .972 2.69
W.Held 620.7 69 72 36 152 4 15 .979 2.73
D.Rand 10.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Richardson 4.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
G.McDougald 2.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Demaestri 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 177 73 367 11 34 .976 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 4.73
H.Kuenn 1303.7 147 151 164 481 23 99 .966 4.45
B.Richardson 124.0 13 21 15 59 2 9 .974 5.37
W.Held 23.0 2 5 2 10 2 2 .857 4.70
G.McDougald 9.7 0 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.66
J.Demaestri 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 183 182 556 27 111 .965 4.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.74
D.Ennis 716.0 81 82 134 2 5 0 .965 1.71
D.Wakefield 334.3 37 40 72 1 6 1 .924 1.97
H.Aaron 273.0 29 32 42 3 3 0 .938 1.48
H.Edwards 271.0 30 31 56 2 0 1 1.000 1.93
B.Addis 66.0 7 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.68
B.Borkowski 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1669.3 185 196 310 8 14 2 .958 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.36
H.Aaron 1046.3 117 117 274 3 11 1 .962 2.38
D.Wakefield 359.0 40 40 96 1 2 0 .980 2.43
B.Addis 24.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
H.Kuenn 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
H.Edwards 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Held 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Borkowski 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Ennis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.3 162 170 383 4 13 1 .968 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.76
H.Edwards 496.0 56 59 101 1 4 1 .962 1.85
P.Herrera 383.0 43 44 69 0 1 0 .986 1.62
D.Wakefield 303.0 32 42 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.66
B.Borkowski 21.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86
B.Addis 15.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
W.Belardi 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Kryhoski 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Ennis 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1228.0 134 161 230 2 5 1 .979 1.70
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
B.Friend 346.3 42 42 27 58 1 5 .988 2.21
J.Antonelli 325.3 44 44 18 38 2 3 .966 1.55
D.Stone 281.0 44 44 18 51 1 2 .986 2.21
F.Baumann 234.0 32 32 16 37 0 6 1.000 2.04
B.Grim 96.0 0 79 4 11 0 2 1.000 1.41
R.Bowman 83.3 0 74 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.73
D.Zanni 50.0 0 44 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Negray 24.3 0 28 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.11
D.Bessent 22.0 0 21 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1462.3 162 408 94 221 4 19 .987 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McDougald .324
On-Base Pct McDougald .383
Slugging Pct McDougald .608
OPS McDougald .991
XR McDougald 111.2
Games Aaron 158
At-Bats Aaron 586
Runs McDougald, Aaron 109
Hits McDougald 178
Total Bases McDougald 334
Singles Kuenn 113
Doubles McDougald 39
Triples Wakefield 7
Homeruns Aaron 36
RBIs Aaron 113
Stolen Bases Aaron 7
Caught Stealing Aaron, McDougald 2
Walks Aaron 72
Strikeouts McDougald 104
ERA Antonelli 2.79
Wins Antonelli 24
Losses Stone 18
Winning Pct Antonelli .706
Saves Bowman 15
Games Pitched Grim 79
Games Started Antonelli, Stone 44
Complete Games Friend 22
Shutouts Antonelli, Baumann 2
Innings Pitched Friend 346.3
Hits Allowed Friend 367
Homeruns Allowed Baumann 36
Strikeouts Antonelli 341
Walks Allowed Antonelli 101
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.6
Hits per 9IP Antonelli 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 9.4
WHiP Antonelli 1.05
OAVG Antonelli .204
OOBP Antonelli .267
OSLG Antonelli .341
OOPS Antonelli .608
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Johnny Antonelli
Bob Friend
Gil McDougald
Johnny Pramesa
Player Salaries
Del Ennis $ 8,550,000
Gil McDougald $ 7,840,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 7,400,000
Dean Stone $ 6,950,000
Hank Aaron $ 6,292,857
Dick Wakefield $ 6,001,001
Bob Friend $ 5,740,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,214,286
Wayne Belardi $ 3,570,000
Joe Garagiola $ 2,540,054
Johnny Pramesa $ 2,500,000
Hank Edwards $ 1,250,000
Roger Bowman $ 700,007
Bob Grim $ 695,000
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Bobby Richardson $ 300,000
Frank Baumann $ 300,000
Dick Rand $ 300,000
Don Bessent $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
Ron Negray $ 300,000
Dick Kryhoski $ 300,000
Dom Zanni $ 300,000
Woodie Held $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Raul Sanchez Tampa Bay Curt Roberts
2/8 Signed     Joe Garagiola
2/10 Signed     Roger Bowman
6/1 Traded Billy Moran St. Louis Hank Edwards
10/21 Released Roy Smalley    
 
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