1954 New York (N) Giants
Record: 76-86
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 808
Runs Allowed: 800
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,368,856
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the NL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the NL
A: 100-37, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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
1B  Steve Bilko 25 155 563 101 130 35 1 30 89 0 0 95 154 .231 .337 .456 .794 90.9 10.9 3.6
3B  Luis Olmo 34 158 616 95 182 34 6 23 88 0 0 30 48 .295 .331 .482 .813 90.8 12.5 3.3
1B *Wayne Belardi 23 139 512 83 135 23 2 23 95 0 0 52 67 .264 .337 .451 .789 75.8 9.3 2.8
C  Andy Seminick 33 142 486 79 134 26 4 19 82 0 0 69 127 .276 .367 .463 .830 83.6 12.1 3.2
SS  Harvey Kuenn 23 145 513 67 165 29 2 17 95 0 0 45 41 .322 .376 .485 .861 85.2 13.4 7.2
2B  Ted Lepcio 23 148 494 78 117 28 1 22 81 0 0 57 97 .237 .319 .431 .750 67.1 7.2 5.4
CF  Hank Aaron 20 106 410 57 124 26 3 15 76 0 3 34 27 .302 .352 .490 .842 63.6 8.6 3.7
LF *Rocky Nelson 29 119 361 68 102 21 1 10 44 0 0 49 23 .283 .371 .429 .801 56.4 8.0 2.1
LF  Bob Borkowski 28 111 311 47 83 14 1 4 28 0 0 25 44 .267 .320 .357 .676 35.8 3.5 2.1
CF *Dave Pope 33 97 264 35 68 13 2 6 23 2 1 10 46 .258 .282 .390 .672 27.3 1.8 2.1
RF *Gene Hermanski 34 89 176 19 37 4 3 9 27 0 0 25 32 .210 .310 .420 .731 23.1 2.1 0.9
2B  Roy Smalley 28 63 137 16 26 7 0 1 11 0 0 13 23 .190 .258 .263 .521 9.4 0.0 2.2
C  Clyde Kluttz 36 39 127 12 42 6 0 0 12 0 0 8 16 .331 .370 .378 .748 16.9 2.5 0.9
P *Johnny Antonelli 24 44 117 12 21 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 27 .179 .179 .214 .393 3.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Alex Grammas 28 41 111 14 31 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 10 .279 .322 .351 .673 11.2 1.0 0.8
P  Kent Peterson 28 44 100 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .030 .049 .040 .089 -5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Foytack 23 35 92 8 17 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 26 .185 .202 .196 .398 3.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Chet Ross 37 41 76 8 19 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 21 .250 .321 .303 .624 8.1 0.7 0.8
P *Dean Stone 23 25 65 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 25 .077 .103 .077 .180 -1.8 0.0 0.0
1B  Connie Ryan 34 30 43 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .116 .220 .140 .360 1.7 0.0 0.4
P  Ike Delock 24 13 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 .059 .059 .059 .118 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P #Early Wynn 34 16 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Elston 25 41 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Wade 31 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Miller 26 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Brosnan 24 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2047 5622 808 1450 276 26 182 786 2 5 537 900 .258 .323 .413 .737 743.3 93.3 41.5
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 6 5 2 6 5 6 8 1 6 7 5 6 5 5 5  
* - 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
*Johnny Antonelli 24 17 18 .486 44 44 0 323.3 271 157 36 149 248 4.37 23.2
*Kent Peterson 28 19 11 .633 44 44 0 302.7 220 119 28 142 262 3.54 26.0
 Paul Foytack 23 12 14 .462 35 35 0 269.0 287 133 36 97 125 4.45 17.3
*Dean Stone 23 9 9 .500 25 25 0 176.7 164 89 19 83 95 4.53 10.0
 Ike Delock 24 3 6 .333 13 13 0 93.7 86 48 10 54 45 4.61 3.9
*Bill Miller 26 6 9 .400 80 0 6 86.0 97 58 11 62 61 6.07 3.0
 Jim Brosnan 24 4 3 .571 73 0 5 72.3 74 44 15 36 28 5.47 4.4
 Ben Wade 31 4 13 .235 53 0 13 51.7 70 43 7 30 34 7.49 0.0
 Don Elston 25 1 1 .500 41 0 2 41.3 43 24 7 21 23 5.23 2.6
 Early Wynn 34 1 2 .333 16 1 2 31.0 31 14 2 13 12 4.06 2.8
Team Totals 26.2 76 86 .469 424 162 28 1447.6 1343 729 171 687 933 4.53 93.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 2 6 6 1 5 4 5 1 4  
* - 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 .993 30.5
A.Seminick 1169.7 130 136 755 49 12 0 .985 28.1
C.Kluttz 278.0 32 33 213 12 2 0 .991 33.3
Team Total 1447.7 162 169 968 61 14 0 .987 28.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.43
W.Belardi 1112.3 124 128 1258 92 15 127 .989 10.92
S.Bilko 224.3 25 26 263 15 2 27 .993 11.15
G.Hermanski 75.0 9 10 86 4 1 6 .989 10.80
C.Ryan 35.0 4 5 39 6 0 3 1.000 11.57
R.Nelson 16.3 2 2 29 1 0 2 1.000 16.56
A.Seminick 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1464.0 164 172 1677 118 18 165 .990 11.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
T.Lepcio 1150.0 134 138 254 487 23 94 .970 5.80
R.Smalley 147.0 16 30 37 64 3 16 .971 6.18
A.Grammas 81.0 8 10 22 34 2 7 .966 6.22
C.Ryan 42.0 4 9 5 22 1 5 .964 5.79
C.Ross 16.0 0 7 3 7 0 4 1.000 5.63
H.Kuenn 7.7 0 4 3 6 0 2 1.000 10.57
L.Olmo 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1447.7 162 200 325 622 29 128 .970 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.85
L.Olmo 1273.3 145 146 71 276 13 22 .964 2.45
R.Smalley 79.0 8 11 15 23 1 2 .974 4.33
A.Grammas 68.0 8 10 4 10 1 2 .933 1.85
C.Ryan 26.3 1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.39
W.Belardi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 175 93 313 15 26 .964 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.24
H.Kuenn 1142.0 130 133 183 487 28 99 .960 5.28
R.Smalley 138.0 15 20 27 58 0 16 1.000 5.54
A.Grammas 92.7 9 15 12 30 3 2 .933 4.08
T.Lepcio 63.0 8 8 9 23 1 4 .970 4.57
L.Olmo 12.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
Team Total 1447.7 162 179 232 598 32 121 .963 5.16
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.97
R.Nelson 701.4 74 77 135 0 2 0 .985 1.73
S.Bilko 560.7 65 66 97 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
W.Belardi 38.0 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
D.Pope 28.0 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Kuenn 22.0 2 3 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Olmo 14.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
C.Ross 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Borkowski 8.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
H.Aaron 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
G.Hermanski 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1393.1 150 167 270 3 2 0 .993 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.51
H.Aaron 877.3 98 99 226 7 5 1 .979 2.39
D.Pope 421.3 46 49 123 2 2 1 .984 2.67
C.Ross 108.0 14 14 39 1 0 0 1.000 3.33
H.Kuenn 27.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
A.Seminick 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Borkowski 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1447.7 162 169 399 10 7 2 .983 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
S.Bilko 538.0 59 61 115 1 3 1 .975 1.94
B.Borkowski 534.3 66 69 121 7 0 2 1.000 2.16
G.Hermanski 248.7 25 33 50 1 1 0 .981 1.85
R.Nelson 64.2 3 24 13 0 1 0 .929 1.82
D.Pope 46.7 7 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
W.Belardi 25.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
H.Aaron 9.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Kuenn 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Ross 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1478.9 165 204 314 9 5 3 .985 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.19
J.Antonelli 323.3 44 44 15 54 1 5 .986 1.92
K.Peterson 302.7 44 44 16 42 3 5 .951 1.72
P.Foytack 269.0 35 35 21 59 1 8 .988 2.68
D.Stone 176.7 25 25 9 24 0 2 1.000 1.68
I.Delock 93.7 13 13 3 22 1 3 .962 2.40
B.Miller 86.0 0 80 6 15 1 2 .955 2.20
J.Brosnan 72.3 0 73 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.49
B.Wade 51.7 0 53 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.09
D.Elston 41.3 0 41 0 7 1 0 .875 1.52
E.Wynn 31.0 1 16 0 6 1 1 .857 1.74
Team Total 1447.6 162 424 78 245 9 26 .973 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kuenn .322
On-Base Pct Kuenn .376
Slugging Pct Kuenn .485
OPS Kuenn .861
XR Bilko 90.9
Games Olmo 158
At-Bats Olmo 616
Runs Bilko 101
Hits Olmo 182
Total Bases Olmo 297
Singles Olmo 119
Doubles Bilko 35
Triples Olmo 6
Homeruns Bilko 30
RBIs Belardi, Kuenn 95
Stolen Bases Pope 2
Caught Stealing Aaron 3
Walks Bilko 95
Strikeouts Bilko 154
ERA Peterson 3.54
Wins Peterson 19
Losses Antonelli 18
Winning Pct Peterson .633
Saves Wade 13
Games Pitched Miller 80
Games Started Antonelli, Peterson 44
Complete Games Foytack 10
Shutouts Antonelli 1
Innings Pitched Antonelli 323.3
Hits Allowed Foytack 287
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli, Foytack 36
Strikeouts Peterson 262
Walks Allowed Antonelli 149
Walks per 9IP Foytack 3.2
Hits per 9IP Peterson 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 7.8
WHiP Peterson 1.20
OAVG Peterson .199
OOBP Peterson .291
OSLG Peterson .340
OOPS Peterson .631
Team All-Stars
Harvey Kuenn
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 18,000,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 4,614,286
Early Wynn $ 3,100,000
Andy Seminick $ 2,300,000
Jack Banta $ 350,000
Rocky Nelson $ 350,000
Lou Lucier $ 300,003
Ted Lepcio $ 300,000
Wayne Belardi $ 300,000
Steve Bilko $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
Jim Brosnan $ 300,000
Ike Delock $ 300,000
Don Elston $ 300,000
Paul Foytack $ 300,000
Alex Grammas $ 300,000
Hank Aaron $ 300,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 300,000
Bill Miller $ 300,000
Dave Pope $ 300,000
Chet Ross $ 300,000
Connie Ryan $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Dean Stone $ 300,000
Ben Wade $ 300,000
Clyde Kluttz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Frank Sullivan
Rip Repulski
$2,000,000
Pittsburgh Kent Peterson
2/1 Traded Bob Schultz Detroit Andy Seminick
2/1 Traded Johnny Bero New York (A) Ben Wade
Howie Judson
2/21 Signed     Luis Olmo
4/2 Released Johnny Bucha    
4/2 Released Charlie Mead    
4/2 Released John Sullivan    
4/2 Released Ted Beard    
4/2 Released Bob Malloy    
4/2 Released Jim Fanning    
4/2 Signed     Eddie Stanky
4/2 Signed     Connie Ryan
4/2 Signed     Bob Repass
5/1 Traded Johnny Sain New York (A) Rocky Nelson
7/31 Traded Lennie Merullo
$4,000,000
Pittsburgh Jack Banta
10/13 Released Gene Hermanski    
10/21 Released Luis Olmo