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1955 New York (N) Giants
Record: 87-75
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 787
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,949,433
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 5th in the NL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
A: 95-42, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
LF  Del Ennis 30 157 593 109 197 56 4 25 110 0 0 63 59 .332 .395 .567 .961 113.1 25.0 3.3
CF  Hank Aaron 21 155 590 95 172 39 8 26 113 8 1 54 38 .292 .348 .517 .865 98.4 18.7 4.6
SS  Harvey Kuenn 24 155 604 85 162 35 2 14 69 0 0 41 52 .268 .314 .402 .716 71.5 9.5 6.4
1B *Wayne Belardi 24 154 567 83 148 13 1 22 83 0 1 64 90 .261 .340 .404 .743 82.4 12.2 2.7
2B  Gil McDougald 27 149 535 86 142 34 8 26 94 1 2 76 72 .265 .358 .505 .863 94.9 17.2 4.6
2B  Ted Lepcio 24 112 344 47 70 15 2 19 42 0 0 47 79 .203 .301 .424 .725 48.2 5.9 2.0
C *Ed Bailey 24 104 327 40 73 11 0 14 49 0 0 52 70 .223 .326 .385 .711 43.0 4.7 5.8
1B *Al Gionfriddo 33 104 311 52 83 15 5 0 25 25 5 61 19 .267 .386 .347 .733 47.5 8.0 1.3
RF  Rocky Colavito 21 89 241 39 64 6 2 16 39 0 1 35 41 .266 .354 .506 .860 43.2 7.4 1.3
C  Hal Smith 24 71 236 32 68 17 2 2 32 0 0 19 16 .288 .339 .403 .741 28.7 4.0 4.3
2B  Pee Wee Reese 36 54 176 21 44 5 0 2 19 5 3 15 32 .250 .313 .313 .625 16.7 1.1 2.0
LF *Rocky Nelson 30 89 130 22 32 4 3 6 22 0 0 23 11 .246 .364 .462 .825 22.2 3.9 0.4
CF *Dave Pope 34 91 135 20 35 6 2 2 13 4 1 11 24 .259 .311 .378 .689 16.1 1.6 0.7
LF  Bob Borkowski 29 70 126 16 37 3 0 3 17 0 0 10 22 .294 .350 .389 .739 16.4 2.4 0.4
P  Kent Peterson 29 44 115 3 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 39 .061 .061 .078 .139 -6.0 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Antonelli 25 44 105 6 16 2 0 1 10 0 0 2 23 .152 .168 .200 .368 1.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Smalley 29 51 105 9 17 4 1 3 13 0 0 15 17 .162 .267 .305 .571 9.4 0.1 1.5
P  Raul Sanchez 24 37 84 4 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .167 .176 .179 .355 1.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Alex Grammas 29 58 83 11 23 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .277 .318 .313 .631 8.2 0.8 0.7
P *Dean Stone 24 48 52 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 .058 .058 .077 .135 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Pierce 28 13 30 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .267 .267 .300 .567 2.4 0.1 0.0
P  Jim Owens 21 34 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Miller 27 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Moore 29 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Negray 25 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Brosnan 25 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Bessent 24 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Ted Abernathy 22 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 27 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 26.5 2060 5504 787 1419 274 40 181 763 43 14 595 771 .258 .330 .421 .751 758.6 123.2 41.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 5 6 1 2 6 5 2 4 5 3 6 5 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
*Kent Peterson 29 19 10 .655 44 44 0 323.3 212 117 29 142 325 3.26 26.9
*Johnny Antonelli 25 12 21 .364 44 44 0 311.0 285 163 48 125 259 4.72 11.4
 Raul Sanchez 24 17 12 .586 37 37 0 265.7 246 107 21 79 119 3.62 20.9
*Dean Stone 24 10 9 .526 48 22 9 173.0 175 97 19 86 94 5.05 7.1
*Billy Pierce 28 4 6 .400 13 13 0 93.0 97 44 14 37 69 4.26 5.7
*Bill Miller 27 7 2 .778 68 0 4 84.7 58 28 5 46 61 2.98 11.0
 Nellie King 27 3 2 .600 38 0 2 44.0 45 16 4 11 22 3.27 4.7
 Jim Owens 21 3 2 .600 34 0 2 40.3 42 21 4 21 22 4.69 2.8
 Ron Negray 25 2 3 .400 37 1 3 40.0 52 34 7 26 15 7.65 0.0
 Jim Brosnan 25 5 5 .500 22 1 8 26.7 25 20 3 16 19 6.75 2.1
 Ted Abernathy 22 3 2 .600 16 0 2 18.3 18 10 2 13 8 4.91 1.5
 Don Bessent 24 2 0 1.000 14 0 6 15.7 16 9 3 6 7 5.17 1.8
 Ray Moore 29 0 1 .000 9 0 0 10.7 10 9 1 7 13 7.60 0.0
Team Totals 25.4 87 75 .537 424 162 36 1446.3 1281 675 160 615 1033 4.20 95.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 1 5 6 2 4 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 .995 29.9
E.Bailey 856.0 97 101 659 18 3 0 .996 22.6
H.Smith 587.3 65 69 403 27 0 0 1.000 52.6
D.Pope 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.3 162 171 1063 45 3 0 .997 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
W.Belardi 1306.3 146 149 1428 86 8 124 .995 10.43
R.Nelson 95.0 11 13 103 7 1 14 .991 10.42
B.Borkowski 45.0 5 6 45 5 0 8 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 168 1576 98 9 146 .995 10.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
G.McDougald 821.7 93 94 160 318 8 66 .984 5.24
P.Reese 391.3 48 54 93 154 4 41 .984 5.68
R.Smalley 85.0 9 14 12 35 0 7 1.000 4.98
A.Grammas 72.3 7 12 16 24 2 7 .952 4.98
T.Lepcio 11.0 1 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.91
D.Hoak 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.3 158 177 283 535 14 121 .983 5.33
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
T.Lepcio 871.3 101 102 70 187 17 17 .938 2.65
G.McDougald 418.7 47 47 24 109 8 4 .943 2.86
R.Smalley 103.0 10 21 9 22 1 1 .969 2.71
A.Grammas 50.3 4 12 6 7 0 4 1.000 2.32
D.Hoak 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 184 109 326 26 26 .944 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
H.Kuenn 1245.3 143 147 160 442 11 84 .982 4.35
R.Smalley 105.3 12 15 21 47 1 10 .986 5.81
A.Grammas 58.0 4 18 5 27 2 3 .941 4.97
T.Lepcio 29.0 3 6 3 17 0 5 1.000 6.21
G.McDougald 8.7 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1446.3 162 191 189 535 14 102 .981 4.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
D.Ennis 1289.7 144 146 283 6 12 2 .960 2.02
B.Borkowski 71.0 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Pope 51.0 7 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.29
R.Nelson 29.7 3 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.03
A.Gionfriddo 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Aaron 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 169 321 8 12 2 .965 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
H.Aaron 1248.0 140 142 351 9 7 1 .981 2.60
D.Pope 104.0 12 13 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.60
B.Borkowski 89.3 10 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
D.Ennis 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Nelson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Gionfriddo 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 172 394 10 8 1 .981 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
A.Gionfriddo 661.0 75 88 127 3 5 0 .963 1.77
R.Colavito 532.7 64 66 114 1 2 0 .983 1.94
R.Nelson 64.0 5 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
D.Pope 59.3 6 11 11 0 1 0 .917 1.67
H.Aaron 56.0 6 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Kuenn 35.0 3 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.34
D.Ennis 22.0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.68
W.Belardi 10.3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Borkowski 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1446.3 162 208 296 6 8 0 .974 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
K.Peterson 323.3 44 44 13 52 2 3 .970 1.81
J.Antonelli 311.0 44 44 21 50 3 4 .959 2.05
R.Sanchez 265.7 37 37 18 59 0 4 1.000 2.61
D.Stone 173.0 22 48 12 42 1 3 .982 2.81
B.Pierce 93.0 13 13 5 15 2 2 .909 1.94
B.Miller 84.7 0 68 4 16 0 1 1.000 2.13
N.King 44.0 0 38 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.43
J.Owens 40.3 0 34 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.01
R.Negray 40.0 1 37 2 12 0 1 1.000 3.15
J.Brosnan 26.7 1 22 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.Abernathy 18.3 0 16 0 8 0 3 1.000 3.93
D.Bessent 15.7 0 14 3 6 1 0 .900 5.17
R.Moore 10.7 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1446.3 162 424 84 280 9 23 .976 2.27
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ennis .332
On-Base Pct Ennis .395
Slugging Pct Ennis .567
OPS Ennis .961
XR Ennis 113.1
Games Ennis 157
At-Bats Kuenn 604
Runs Ennis 109
Hits Ennis 197
Total Bases Ennis 336
Singles Ennis, Belardi 112
Doubles Ennis 56
Triples Aaron, McDougald 8
Homeruns Aaron, McDougald 26
RBIs Aaron 113
Stolen Bases Gionfriddo 25
Caught Stealing Gionfriddo 5
Walks McDougald 76
Strikeouts Belardi 90
ERA Peterson 3.26
Wins Peterson 19
Losses Antonelli 21
Winning Pct Peterson .655
Saves Stone 9
Games Pitched Miller 68
Games Started Antonelli, Peterson 44
Complete Games Antonelli, Peterson 5
Shutouts Peterson 2
Innings Pitched Peterson 323.3
Hits Allowed Antonelli 285
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli 48
Strikeouts Peterson 325
Walks Allowed Peterson 142
Walks per 9IP Sanchez 2.7
Hits per 9IP Peterson 5.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 9.0
WHiP Peterson 1.09
OAVG Peterson .185
OOBP Peterson .278
OSLG Peterson .310
OOPS Peterson .588
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Del Ennis
Harvey Kuenn
Bill Miller
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 18,000,000
Billy Pierce $ 7,100,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 6,650,000
Del Ennis $ 5,670,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 5,500,000
Gil McDougald $ 4,764,286
Al Gionfriddo $ 2,750,000
Windy McCall $ 300,003
Alex Grammas $ 300,000
Rocky Colavito $ 300,000
Don Hoak $ 300,000
Don Bessent $ 300,000
Wayne Belardi $ 300,000
Ed Bailey $ 300,000
Ted Abernathy $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
Nellie King $ 300,000
Hank Aaron $ 300,000
Ted Lepcio $ 300,000
Dean Stone $ 300,000
Bill Miller $ 300,000
Ray Moore $ 300,000
Ron Negray $ 300,000
Jim Owens $ 300,000
Dave Pope $ 300,000
Raul Sanchez $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dick Marlowe
Dick Tomanek		 New York (A) Gil Coan
2/1 Traded Steve Bilko
Jerry Lynch
Paul Foytack
Jack Banta
Don Johnson		 Minnesota Del Ennis
Erv Palica
2/3 Traded Bud Sheely
$6,000,000		 Minnesota Al Gionfriddo
2/3 Traded Darrell Johnson Minnesota Don Johnson
2/10 Signed     Bob Lemon
2/10 Signed     Windy Mccall
4/2 Traded Ike Delock
Joey Amalfitano
Jim Pisoni
Marv Blaylock
Don Elston		 Cleveland Gil Mcdougald
4/2 Traded Don Zimmer Cleveland Juan Delis
$3,000,000
7/31 Traded Erv Palica
Ben Wade
Bob Lemon		 Cincinnati Pee Wee Reese
7/31 Traded Bob Milliken
Jim Brosnan
$1,650,000		 Cincinnati Billy Pierce
10/3 Released Rocky Nelson    
 
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