1975 New York (N) Giants
Record: 82-80
Finish: 3rd in NL Association Division Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 768
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,811,998
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 1st in the National League
AA: 86-51, 1st in the National League
A: 57-80, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
DH *Bernie Carbo 27 155 547 81 159 30 3 16 73 1 0 97 93 .291 .399 .444 .843 94.6 21.3 0.1
RF  Bob Watson 29 153 582 82 172 52 2 16 95 2 3 49 60 .296 .351 .474 .826 87.2 17.5 3.9
3B  Ron Cey 27 149 557 73 139 26 7 17 85 1 1 59 106 .250 .321 .413 .734 72.5 11.8 3.6
SS  Mike Andrews 31 143 529 67 134 34 4 8 57 1 4 65 50 .253 .337 .378 .715 66.9 10.3 4.3
CF #Jerry Hairston 23 150 515 72 131 34 3 12 71 0 1 78 59 .254 .353 .402 .755 71.9 13.2 5.3
3B *Dan Driessen 23 139 502 73 129 28 1 10 62 9 3 64 46 .257 .339 .376 .715 66.2 10.6 3.4
LF *Bruce Bochte 24 129 468 68 135 21 2 8 64 1 0 39 54 .288 .341 .393 .734 62.7 11.2 3.6
C  Manny Sanguillen 31 121 378 36 109 20 1 2 41 5 4 14 23 .288 .316 .362 .678 38.4 5.5 4.4
SS  Bill Melton 29 114 304 31 72 17 1 5 30 0 1 28 38 .237 .306 .349 .654 30.7 3.0 3.1
SS  Phil Garner 26 77 271 41 70 12 2 4 24 5 5 16 30 .258 .300 .362 .662 25.2 1.8 3.6
3B  Bob Oliver 32 77 196 23 37 15 0 5 22 1 1 9 50 .189 .227 .342 .569 14.4 0.0 2.7
CF *Leron Lee 27 58 159 9 28 7 1 1 11 0 1 7 27 .176 .210 .252 .461 5.3 0.0 0.8
C  Steve Yeager 26 52 149 14 32 3 1 5 19 0 0 13 34 .215 .276 .349 .625 14.1 0.8 1.5
RF *Larry Stahl 34 78 146 15 40 4 0 1 19 4 3 11 16 .274 .323 .322 .645 16.0 2.3 1.1
SS *Ed Goodson 27 38 110 10 24 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 14 .218 .230 .255 .485 5.0 0.0 1.0
C  Jerry Grote 32 36 73 12 15 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 11 .205 .237 .233 .470 2.2 0.0 0.8
LF  Angel Mangual 28 13 28 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .214 .241 .250 .491 1.2 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 28.0 1682 5514 712 1432 310 28 110 688 30 28 555 715 .260 .328 .386 .714 674.5 109.4 43.2
  Rank among 10 NL teams 10 7 8 2 6 9 7 7 6 5 5 8 6 7 7 7  
* - 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
 Jack Billingham 32 17 15 .531 36 36 0 280.0 280 108 18 80 171 3.47 25.7
*Jon Matlack 25 15 12 .556 34 34 0 274.3 284 126 24 96 151 4.13 18.6
 Eduardo Rodriguez 23 16 11 .593 33 33 0 249.0 248 113 12 98 127 4.08 18.7
*Jerry Reuss 26 12 12 .500 27 27 0 200.7 207 84 13 59 91 3.77 15.8
 Charlie Hough 27 7 14 .333 26 26 0 186.7 197 109 17 98 110 5.26 5.7
 Jim McAndrew 31 6 8 .429 46 5 6 94.3 101 52 17 26 44 4.96 4.9
 Chris Zachary 31 8 4 .667 61 0 12 92.0 102 60 17 46 58 5.87 3.4
 Joe Niekro 30 0 2 .000 14 1 0 32.7 42 17 3 18 21 4.68 0.6
*Bill Hepler 29 0 0 .000 15 0 1 17.0 23 15 0 13 8 7.94 0.0
*Dick Estelle 33 1 2 .333 10 0 0 10.0 13 11 4 12 9 9.90 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 82 80 .506 302 162 19 1436.6 1497 695 125 546 790 4.35 93.4
Rank among 10 NL teams 6 6 8 6 10 6 4 6 5 5 6  
* - 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 .990 32.8
M.Sanguillen 934.0 104 115 544 43 8 1 .987 32.5
S.Yeager 342.7 40 43 196 9 1 0 .995 16.1
J.Grote 160.0 18 24 98 4 0 0 1.000 18.8
Team Total 1436.7 162 182 838 56 9 1 .990 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.67
R.Cey 1260.0 143 145 1440 107 11 147 .993 11.05
L.Stahl 95.7 11 14 103 8 1 7 .991 10.44
B.Oliver 53.0 6 9 53 5 0 5 1.000 9.85
L.Lee 17.0 2 3 16 5 0 1 1.000 11.12
B.Watson 6.3 0 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 12.80
D.Driessen 3.7 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 7.38
S.Yeager 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.7 162 177 1622 127 12 161 .993 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.95
M.Andrews 1216.3 138 140 257 487 19 111 .975 5.51
B.Melton 142.0 16 19 34 64 1 14 .990 6.21
E.Goodson 68.3 8 10 5 27 0 4 1.000 4.21
P.Garner 7.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86
B.Oliver 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.7 162 175 297 580 20 130 .978 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.94
D.Driessen 1166.0 134 136 99 278 29 24 .929 2.91
B.Melton 132.7 13 23 7 33 3 2 .930 2.71
E.Goodson 110.7 13 15 6 24 1 4 .968 2.44
B.Oliver 24.3 2 5 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.22
R.Cey 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1436.7 162 180 115 340 33 30 .932 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.34
P.Garner 657.0 74 76 98 253 8 51 .978 4.81
B.Oliver 395.0 49 50 65 165 5 32 .979 5.24
B.Melton 299.0 31 46 46 131 2 22 .989 5.33
E.Goodson 77.0 8 13 14 28 0 8 1.000 4.91
R.Cey 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Andrews 3.7 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.84
Team Total 1436.7 162 190 225 581 15 114 .982 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.93
B.Bochte 1051.3 124 125 268 8 1 2 .996 2.36
L.Lee 251.0 27 36 44 3 1 0 .979 1.69
L.Stahl 64.7 5 18 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
A.Mangual 47.0 6 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.53
B.Carbo 14.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Hairston 7.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
B.Watson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.7 162 194 346 11 3 2 .992 2.24
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.48
J.Hairston 1267.3 146 147 390 9 0 1 1.000 2.83
L.Stahl 111.3 11 17 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.26
L.Lee 25.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Mangual 19.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32
B.Bochte 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.Melton 5.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1436.7 162 178 434 10 0 1 1.000 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.00
B.Watson 1290.0 148 148 310 7 1 2 .997 2.21
L.Stahl 55.0 6 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
L.Lee 43.0 5 7 9 2 1 0 .917 2.30
B.Melton 30.0 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Carbo 6.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
B.Oliver 6.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Sanguillen 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1436.7 162 176 339 12 2 2 .994 2.20
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
J.Billingham 280.0 36 36 20 44 3 1 .955 2.06
J.Matlack 274.3 34 34 14 30 4 4 .917 1.44
E.Rodriguez 249.0 33 33 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.45
J.Reuss 200.7 27 27 24 42 2 2 .971 2.96
C.Hough 186.7 26 26 11 26 1 3 .974 1.78
J.McAndrew 94.3 5 46 4 12 0 2 1.000 1.53
C.Zachary 92.0 0 61 3 13 0 3 1.000 1.57
J.Niekro 32.7 1 14 1 3 1 0 .800 1.10
B.Hepler 17.0 0 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53
D.Estelle 10.0 0 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1436.6 162 302 90 202 11 16 .964 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Watson .296
On-Base Pct Carbo .399
Slugging Pct Watson .474
OPS Carbo .843
XR Carbo 94.6
Games Carbo 155
At-Bats Watson 582
Runs Watson 82
Hits Watson 172
Total Bases Watson 276
Singles Carbo 110
Doubles Watson 52
Triples Cey 7
Homeruns Cey 17
RBIs Watson 95
Stolen Bases Driessen 9
Caught Stealing Garner 5
Walks Carbo 97
Strikeouts Cey 106
ERA Billingham 3.47
Wins Billingham 17
Losses Billingham 15
Winning Pct Rodriguez .593
Saves Zachary 12
Games Pitched Zachary 61
Games Started Billingham 36
Complete Games Billingham 15
Shutouts Billingham 3
Innings Pitched Billingham 280.0
Hits Allowed Matlack 284
Homeruns Allowed Matlack 24
Strikeouts Billingham 171
Walks Allowed Hough, Rodriguez 98
Walks per 9IP Billingham 2.6
Hits per 9IP Rodriguez 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Billingham 5.5
WHiP Billingham 1.29
OAVG Billingham .258
OOBP Billingham .311
OSLG Reuss .375
OOPS Billingham .687
Team All-Stars
Bernie Carbo
Bob Watson
Player Salaries
Bob Watson $ 7,150,000
Jack Billingham $ 7,000,000
Mike Andrews $ 4,300,000
Bob Oliver $ 3,500,000
Jerry Reuss $ 3,400,000
Bernie Carbo $ 3,300,000
Jon Matlack $ 2,928,571
Chris Zachary $ 2,034,034
Joe Niekro $ 1,144,286
Jim McAndrew $ 650,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 500,000
Phil Garner $ 300,000
Angel Mangual $ 300,000
Dan Driessen $ 300,000
Bruce Bochte $ 300,000
Dick Estelle $ 300,000
Ron Cey $ 300,000
Ed Goodson $ 300,000
Jerry Grote $ 300,000
Jerry Hairston $ 300,000
Charlie Hough $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 300,000
Larry Stahl $ 300,000
Steve Yeager $ 300,000
Bill Hepler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Glenn Abbott
Luke Walker
Milt May
Mike Anderson
Bobby Valentine
Washington Jack Billingham
Bill Hepler
Manny Sanguillen
2/3 Traded Rich Troedson Detroit Bob Watson
2/17 Signed     Tom Burgmeier
2/21 Traded Joe Moeller Boston (N) Eddie Solomon
2/21 Traded Jim Magnuson Pittsburgh Charlie Hough
7/1 Released Gene Hiser    
7/1 Released Ed Kirkpatrick    
7/1 Signed     Sandy Alomar Sr.
7/31 Traded Tom Burgmeier Boston (N) Frank Baker
Joe Wallis
Andy Messersmith
10/3 Released Andy Messersmith    
10/3 Released Frank Baker    
10/22 Released Leron Lee