1958 New York (N) Giants
Record: 112-50
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 912
Runs Allowed: 624
Exp W-L: 108-54
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,387,466
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
AA: 62-75, 5th in the NL
A: 69-68, 5th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Boston (A) Red Sox
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Montreal Expos
 
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
LF  Del Ennis 33 155 630 133 207 55 4 44 143 0 0 49 79 .329 .376 .638 1.014 131.2 30.2 3.7
2B  Gil McDougald 30 159 594 134 192 38 7 50 134 1 0 72 88 .323 .399 .663 1.062 139.6 32.8 7.6
CF  Hank Aaron 24 159 593 116 189 53 5 33 116 7 2 70 57 .319 .389 .592 .981 121.3 27.4 4.6
SS  Harvey Kuenn 27 157 600 81 169 34 4 12 69 0 0 49 74 .282 .337 .412 .749 78.4 12.6 6.6
1B *Wayne Belardi 27 150 559 90 150 19 3 30 97 0 0 64 88 .268 .354 .474 .828 91.8 16.2 3.5
RF *Dick Wakefield 37 151 549 94 172 40 5 26 84 0 0 72 86 .313 .392 .546 .938 108.3 24.0 3.1
C  Dick Rand 27 113 371 36 93 7 2 7 52 0 0 23 63 .251 .297 .337 .634 37.4 3.6 2.0
SS  Woodie Held 26 104 315 44 68 13 1 9 27 0 0 48 69 .216 .319 .349 .668 40.6 4.7 5.2
C  Johnny Pramesa 32 119 324 35 79 13 2 7 41 0 0 22 26 .244 .291 .361 .652 31.2 2.1 1.3
SS  Bobby Richardson 22 75 208 25 53 13 4 0 15 0 0 11 9 .255 .292 .356 .648 19.5 2.1 2.9
RF  Rocky Colavito 24 69 175 38 52 6 2 13 33 0 0 13 24 .297 .344 .577 .921 32.5 6.6 1.1
1B *Bob Addis 32 81 154 23 41 6 0 1 19 0 0 9 14 .266 .301 .325 .626 15.5 1.4 0.8
P *Johnny Antonelli 28 43 111 6 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 33 .189 .196 .198 .395 3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Dean Stone 27 43 105 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 41 .067 .092 .076 .168 -4.0 0.0 0.0
P  Raul Sanchez 27 32 80 8 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .188 .207 .200 .407 2.9 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Smalley 32 40 74 6 18 5 1 2 7 0 0 4 13 .243 .282 .419 .701 8.0 0.9 0.8
LF  Bob Borkowski 32 29 72 9 23 7 0 0 16 0 0 5 6 .319 .364 .417 .780 10.3 2.0 0.7
P *Curt Simmons 29 21 64 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 22 .141 .152 .141 .292 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Friend 27 20 59 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .102 .100 .119 .219 -1.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 30 61 51 15 10 4 0 1 4 0 0 11 8 .196 .339 .333 .672 5.7 0.7 0.5
1B *Dick Kryhoski 33 37 31 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 4 3 .452 .500 .613 1.113 8.6 2.2 0.1
2B  Joe Demaestri 29 39 31 3 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 7 .323 .382 .419 .802 5.0 1.0 0.2
P *Bill Wight 36 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dom Zanni 26 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Baumann 24 64 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Negray 28 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 28 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 24 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Abernathy 25 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2088 5759 912 1599 319 40 237 884 8 3 534 855 .278 .340 .470 .810 885.2 170.5 44.7
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 3 2 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 28 23 7 .767 43 43 0 314.3 255 104 30 88 289 2.98 29.0
*Dean Stone 27 23 4 .852 43 43 0 294.7 230 79 16 72 262 2.41 30.3
 Raul Sanchez 27 17 8 .680 32 32 0 230.7 254 106 22 56 118 4.14 13.9
*Curt Simmons 29 10 7 .588 21 14 0 174.7 176 89 26 53 81 4.59 6.6
 Bob Friend 27 13 6 .684 20 20 0 165.0 162 45 9 24 79 2.45 16.4
*Frank Baumann 24 6 5 .545 61 1 13 79.0 79 40 10 32 43 4.56 6.9
 Jim Owens 24 3 4 .429 43 14 4 54.3 35 11 6 11 30 1.82 8.5
 Ted Abernathy 25 8 2 .800 46 6 3 48.7 50 21 3 26 23 3.88 4.4
 Don Bessent 27 0 1 .000 31 0 2 33.0 35 16 2 14 27 4.36 1.8
 Ron Negray 28 3 1 .750 28 0 0 32.7 28 13 1 10 13 3.58 3.0
 Bob Grim 28 3 2 .600 33 0 4 28.3 35 21 6 17 23 6.67 0.0
 Dom Zanni 26 3 2 .600 15 0 1 17.3 22 12 6 11 15 6.23 0.0
*Bill Wight 36 0 1 .000 2 1 0 13.0 14 10 2 4 4 6.92 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 112 50 .691 418 174 27 1485.6 1375 567 139 418 1007 3.43 120.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 2 4 1  
* - 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 30.8
D.Rand 803.7 92 97 593 25 5 0 .992 24.0
J.Pramesa 681.0 70 96 431 16 3 0 .993 25.0
B.Addis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1485.7 162 194 1024 41 8 0 .993 24.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.38
W.Belardi 1271.0 142 147 1452 99 10 111 .994 10.98
B.Addis 100.7 9 17 101 12 0 8 1.000 10.10
B.Borkowski 89.0 11 14 112 6 1 9 .992 11.93
D.Rand 22.0 0 5 29 1 0 0 1.000 12.27
D.Kryhoski 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1485.7 162 184 1698 118 11 128 .994 11.00
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.62
G.McDougald 1329.0 144 147 278 513 20 95 .975 5.36
R.Smalley 83.0 10 10 14 25 0 4 1.000 4.23
B.Richardson 40.7 5 5 3 16 1 3 .950 4.21
D.Hoak 32.0 3 6 5 14 0 3 1.000 5.34
J.Demaestri 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1485.7 162 169 300 568 21 105 .976 5.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.84
W.Held 891.0 103 104 62 238 10 18 .968 3.03
B.Richardson 461.0 54 61 39 108 2 8 .987 2.87
D.Hoak 57.0 3 21 5 14 2 1 .905 3.00
R.Smalley 38.0 1 19 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.61
D.Rand 13.0 0 7 1 7 0 0 1.000 5.54
G.McDougald 11.7 1 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.09
J.Demaestri 10.0 0 7 0 3 0 2 1.000 2.70
W.Belardi 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1485.7 162 224 112 380 14 31 .972 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.95
H.Kuenn 1339.7 146 153 176 501 26 74 .963 4.55
R.Smalley 77.0 11 11 6 23 3 3 .906 3.39
B.Richardson 43.0 5 5 4 15 2 3 .905 3.98
D.Hoak 10.0 0 6 3 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Demaestri 10.0 0 5 2 8 0 1 1.000 9.00
G.McDougald 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
W.Held 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1485.7 162 183 192 553 31 83 .960 4.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
D.Ennis 1325.0 144 147 289 5 7 2 .977 2.00
B.Addis 65.0 8 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.66
D.Wakefield 26.0 3 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.04
B.Borkowski 20.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
R.Colavito 17.5 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Kryhoski 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Aaron 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.2 159 166 313 6 8 2 .976 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.37
H.Aaron 1334.3 148 150 334 7 4 2 .988 2.30
B.Addis 70.7 7 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
D.Wakefield 36.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Borkowski 35.7 3 6 13 2 0 1 1.000 3.79
D.Ennis 9.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1485.7 162 175 376 9 4 3 .990 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.86
D.Wakefield 1110.0 121 133 229 3 2 1 .991 1.88
R.Colavito 346.8 50 52 75 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Addis 33.0 3 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Borkowski 32.0 4 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.81
D.Kryhoski 9.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
D.Ennis 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Aaron 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1542.8 178 204 323 6 2 2 .994 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.13
J.Antonelli 314.3 43 43 17 53 0 2 1.000 2.00
D.Stone 294.7 43 43 15 48 3 2 .955 1.92
R.Sanchez 230.7 32 32 15 46 2 4 .968 2.38
C.Simmons 174.7 14 21 12 24 0 4 1.000 1.86
B.Friend 165.0 20 20 13 28 1 2 .976 2.24
F.Baumann 79.0 1 61 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.59
J.Owens 54.3 14 43 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.82
T.Abernathy 48.7 6 46 3 9 1 0 .923 2.22
D.Bessent 33.0 0 31 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.27
R.Negray 32.7 0 28 1 3 1 0 .800 1.10
B.Grim 28.3 0 33 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.91
D.Zanni 17.3 0 15 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Wight 13.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1485.6 174 418 89 248 8 19 .977 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ennis .329
On-Base Pct McDougald .399
Slugging Pct McDougald .663
OPS McDougald 1.062
XR McDougald 139.6
Games McDougald, Aaron 159
At-Bats Ennis 630
Runs McDougald 134
Hits Ennis 207
Total Bases Ennis 402
Singles Kuenn 119
Doubles Ennis 55
Triples McDougald 7
Homeruns McDougald 50
RBIs Ennis 143
Stolen Bases Aaron 7
Caught Stealing Aaron 2
Walks Wakefield, McDougald 72
Strikeouts McDougald, Belardi 88
ERA Stone 2.41
Wins Antonelli, Stone 23
Losses Sanchez 8
Winning Pct Stone .852
Saves Baumann 13
Games Pitched Baumann 61
Games Started Antonelli, Stone 43
Complete Games Friend 8
Shutouts Abernathy, Antonelli, Friend, Sanchez, Simmons 1
Innings Pitched Antonelli 314.3
Hits Allowed Antonelli 255
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli 30
Strikeouts Antonelli 289
Walks Allowed Antonelli 88
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.3
Hits per 9IP Stone 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 8.3
WHiP Stone 1.02
OAVG Stone .211
OOBP Stone .259
OSLG Stone .312
OOPS Stone .570
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Johnny Antonelli
Wayne Belardi
Del Ennis
Gil McDougald
Dean Stone
Dick Wakefield
Player Salaries
Del Ennis $ 8,550,000
Gil McDougald $ 7,840,000
Dean Stone $ 6,950,000
Dick Wakefield $ 6,001,001
Bob Friend $ 5,740,000
Johnny Antonelli $ 5,500,000
Hank Aaron $ 5,371,429
Harvey Kuenn $ 4,214,286
Wayne Belardi $ 3,300,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 2,500,000
Bob Grim $ 695,000
Buddy Lively $ 350,000
Bob Borkowski $ 350,000
Roy Smalley $ 350,000
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Dick Kryhoski $ 300,000
Frank Baumann $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Don Bessent $ 300,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 300,000
Woodie Held $ 300,000
Don Hoak $ 300,000
Dom Zanni $ 300,000
Ron Negray $ 300,000
Dick Rand $ 300,000
Bobby Richardson $ 300,000
Raul Sanchez $ 300,000
Bill Wight $ 300,000
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Al Cicotte
Howie Judson
Ray Moore
$5,000,000
Detroit Dale Coogan
2/21 Traded Robin Roberts Boston (A) Andy Hansen
4/2 Traded Hal Smith
Rudy Minarcin
Tampa Bay Johnny Pramesa
Al Schroll
4/2 Signed     Dick Kryhoski
7/1 Traded Rocky Colavito
Jim Owens
Pittsburgh Bob Friend
7/31 Traded Ted Abernathy
Curt Simmons
Detroit Bob Grim
Buddy Lively
Hal Brown
9/1 Signed     Bill Wight
10/22 Released Hal Brown