1957 New York (N) Giants
Record: 104-58
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 862
Runs Allowed: 627
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,413,085
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
AA: 81-56, 3rd in the NL
A: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Boston (N) Braves
 
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
2B  Gil McDougald 29 156 602 118 185 44 4 36 106 3 2 64 94 .307 .375 .573 .948 119.1 25.3 5.9
LF  Del Ennis 32 157 590 132 190 37 6 39 112 0 0 72 65 .322 .393 .603 .997 125.5 27.6 3.1
CF  Hank Aaron 23 154 623 105 192 28 7 42 134 2 4 40 54 .308 .349 .578 .927 114.9 23.3 4.4
SS  Harvey Kuenn 26 157 574 101 193 56 6 15 74 0 0 68 48 .336 .406 .533 .939 107.3 23.8 7.4
1B *Wayne Belardi 26 154 540 75 168 20 3 21 96 0 0 83 80 .311 .406 .476 .882 100.6 20.6 3.0
RF *Dick Wakefield 36 147 511 88 150 19 6 18 61 0 0 62 63 .294 .369 .460 .829 83.1 15.5 2.8
SS  Woodie Held 25 156 503 59 103 26 3 18 72 0 0 51 128 .205 .277 .376 .653 51.4 3.4 5.1
RF  Rocky Colavito 23 106 226 35 59 12 0 12 36 0 0 33 46 .261 .354 .473 .827 36.5 6.1 1.0
C  Dick Rand 26 57 183 26 53 3 0 8 26 0 0 21 30 .290 .366 .437 .803 29.0 5.1 2.1
C  Hal Smith 26 82 196 25 46 11 0 4 18 0 0 10 31 .235 .275 .352 .627 17.9 1.3 2.4
C *Clint Courtney 30 42 133 17 43 10 1 5 28 0 0 10 4 .323 .372 .526 .899 23.8 5.1 1.7
1B *Bob Addis 31 67 126 17 42 8 0 1 26 0 0 14 7 .333 .392 .421 .812 20.6 3.9 0.7
C *Ed Bailey 26 47 117 15 21 3 0 2 10 0 0 18 29 .179 .289 .256 .545 9.8 0.0 1.7
P *Johnny Antonelli 27 44 118 4 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 2 38 .102 .114 .102 .216 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P #Robin Roberts 30 42 105 5 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .124 .132 .124 .256 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Dean Stone 26 44 104 5 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 42 .106 .128 .135 .263 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 29 70 97 13 20 5 0 3 11 0 0 10 13 .206 .278 .351 .628 8.9 0.2 1.0
P *Curt Simmons 28 32 91 5 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 23 .187 .204 .242 .446 3.9 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Smalley 31 42 90 12 20 5 1 1 5 0 0 3 16 .222 .245 .333 .578 5.7 0.0 1.1
LF  Bob Borkowski 31 26 46 2 6 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 10 .130 .200 .174 .374 0.4 0.0 0.3
2B  Joe Demaestri 28 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2 0.0
P  Ron Negray 27 21 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 23 71 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B *Al Gionfriddo 35 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 1889 5587 862 1547 294 37 226 848 6 6 571 847 .277 .344 .464 .808 855.7 161.5 43.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 7 1 3 3 1 1 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
*Johnny Antonelli 27 25 12 .676 44 44 0 335.7 266 122 40 125 291 3.27 24.6
 Robin Roberts 30 20 11 .645 42 42 0 320.0 325 129 33 68 171 3.63 20.2
*Dean Stone 26 28 4 .875 44 44 0 309.3 223 79 14 105 242 2.30 34.5
*Curt Simmons 28 12 13 .480 32 32 0 260.0 261 118 31 69 127 4.08 12.5
 Jim Owens 23 6 5 .545 71 0 14 87.7 92 43 15 26 56 4.41 6.1
 Raul Sanchez 26 10 8 .556 78 0 13 78.7 86 39 7 23 41 4.46 7.1
 Ron Negray 27 0 1 .000 21 0 2 28.0 27 12 3 11 10 3.86 1.9
 Ted Abernathy 24 2 2 .500 29 0 5 26.7 33 23 4 17 15 7.76 0.0
 Nellie King 29 0 2 .000 13 0 0 9.7 22 17 8 3 4 15.84 0.0
 Don Bessent 26 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 4.7 6 4 3 1 3 7.73 0.0
Team Totals 26.6 104 58 .642 380 162 34 1460.3 1341 586 158 448 960 3.61 106.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 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 .996 33.9
D.Rand 439.0 52 53 277 9 2 1 .993 28.6
H.Smith 425.7 44 58 272 17 0 0 1.000 50.0
E.Bailey 291.0 33 37 199 14 2 1 .991 42.9
C.Courtney 269.5 24 27 215 6 0 1 1.000 25.0
J.Demaestri 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
B.Addis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1427.2 153 177 963 46 4 3 .996 40.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.44
W.Belardi 1311.3 147 151 1506 98 11 126 .993 11.01
B.Borkowski 81.3 9 12 108 6 1 7 .991 12.62
B.Addis 62.0 6 8 69 7 0 3 1.000 11.03
D.Rand 3.7 0 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 14.75
R.Smalley 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
J.Demaestri 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 176 1692 112 12 137 .993 11.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
G.McDougald 1303.7 143 148 245 515 19 103 .976 5.25
R.Smalley 104.0 13 14 21 43 0 8 1.000 5.54
D.Hoak 50.7 6 6 13 19 0 4 1.000 5.68
H.Kuenn 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Demaestri 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 170 279 578 19 115 .978 5.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.84
W.Held 1311.7 153 154 86 325 10 21 .976 2.82
R.Smalley 64.0 5 21 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.83
D.Hoak 49.7 4 15 3 12 1 3 .938 2.72
H.Smith 22.0 0 13 2 4 1 1 .857 2.45
D.Rand 8.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
G.McDougald 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1460.3 162 210 96 353 12 26 .974 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.96
H.Kuenn 1301.0 147 153 164 508 20 91 .971 4.65
D.Hoak 91.0 8 22 11 33 0 6 1.000 4.35
R.Smalley 55.0 7 7 9 21 0 3 1.000 4.91
G.McDougald 6.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Demaestri 5.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
W.Held 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1460.3 162 189 187 565 20 100 .974 4.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.90
D.Ennis 1298.3 144 145 279 8 9 1 .970 1.99
B.Addis 86.0 11 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
D.Wakefield 64.0 7 9 7 0 1 0 .875 0.98
R.Colavito 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
H.Aaron 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 170 303 8 10 1 .969 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.41
H.Aaron 1307.3 146 147 362 9 9 2 .976 2.55
D.Wakefield 70.0 8 8 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Addis 69.0 8 8 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Ennis 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
B.Borkowski 5.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1460.3 162 169 416 10 9 3 .979 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.91
D.Wakefield 943.0 102 121 217 4 2 1 .991 2.11
R.Colavito 449.3 55 55 94 1 2 0 .979 1.90
H.Aaron 38.0 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Addis 16.0 2 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.06
D.Ennis 9.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Borkowski 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1460.3 162 192 331 5 4 1 .988 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.24
J.Antonelli 335.7 44 44 14 56 3 4 .959 1.88
R.Roberts 320.0 42 42 19 42 3 2 .953 1.72
D.Stone 309.3 44 44 17 53 1 3 .986 2.04
C.Simmons 260.0 32 32 13 42 4 4 .932 1.90
J.Owens 87.7 0 71 6 13 1 1 .950 1.95
R.Sanchez 78.7 0 78 7 7 1 0 .933 1.60
R.Negray 28.0 0 21 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Abernathy 26.7 0 29 4 7 1 0 .917 3.71
N.King 9.7 0 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
D.Bessent 4.7 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 380 84 225 14 14 .957 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kuenn .336
On-Base Pct Belardi .406
Slugging Pct Ennis .603
OPS Ennis .997
XR Ennis 125.5
Games Kuenn, Ennis 157
At-Bats Aaron 623
Runs Ennis 132
Hits Kuenn 193
Total Bases Aaron 360
Singles Belardi 124
Doubles Kuenn 56
Triples Aaron 7
Homeruns Aaron 42
RBIs Aaron 134
Stolen Bases McDougald 3
Caught Stealing Aaron 4
Walks Belardi 83
Strikeouts Held 128
ERA Stone 2.30
Wins Stone 28
Losses Simmons 13
Winning Pct Stone .875
Saves Owens 14
Games Pitched Sanchez 78
Games Started Antonelli, Stone 44
Complete Games Simmons 15
Shutouts Simmons 3
Innings Pitched Antonelli 335.7
Hits Allowed Roberts 325
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli 40
Strikeouts Antonelli 291
Walks Allowed Antonelli 125
Walks per 9IP Roberts 1.9
Hits per 9IP Stone 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 7.8
WHiP Stone 1.06
OAVG Stone .204
OOBP Stone .277
OSLG Stone .289
OOPS Stone .565
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Johnny Antonelli
Del Ennis
Harvey Kuenn
Gil McDougald
Robin Roberts
Dean Stone
Player Salaries
Robin Roberts $ 10,000,000
Del Ennis $ 8,550,000
Gil McDougald $ 7,840,000
Dick Wakefield $ 6,001,001
Johnny Antonelli $ 5,500,000
Curt Simmons $ 4,150,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 2,564,286
Clint Courtney $ 1,039,286
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Wayne Belardi $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Rocky Colavito $ 300,000
Don Bessent $ 300,000
Don Hoak $ 300,000
Ed Bailey $ 300,000
Ted Abernathy $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
Hank Aaron $ 300,000
Woodie Held $ 300,000
Nellie King $ 300,000
Ron Negray $ 300,000
Jim Owens $ 300,000
Dick Rand $ 300,000
Raul Sanchez $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Dean Stone $ 300,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Frank Campos
Bob Kuzava
Alex Grammas
$2,400,000
San Diego Robin Roberts
3/3 Traded Billy Pierce
Dave Pope
Minnesota George Wilson
7/31 Traded Jim Hughes Boston (N) Clint Courtney