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1956 New York (N) Giants
Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 905
Runs Allowed: 702
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,259,937
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
AA: 79-58, 2nd in the NL
A: 81-56, 2nd in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Won NL League Series 4-1 over Pittsburgh Pirates
 
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 28 157 617 133 175 45 9 32 89 3 0 76 90 .284 .362 .541 .903 113.5 23.8 5.5
LF  Del Ennis 31 157 589 126 182 41 4 44 144 0 0 79 63 .309 .389 .616 1.005 129.6 29.6 2.8
CF  Hank Aaron 22 151 597 99 183 41 7 30 119 4 2 53 41 .307 .359 .549 .909 105.1 21.2 4.1
SS  Harvey Kuenn 25 155 580 86 171 37 2 12 75 0 0 46 60 .295 .345 .428 .773 80.3 14.3 5.9
1B *Wayne Belardi 25 148 531 83 142 19 2 26 89 0 0 49 69 .267 .337 .458 .795 76.9 12.9 2.4
SS  Woodie Held 24 152 470 64 110 19 0 21 62 0 0 53 121 .234 .314 .409 .723 63.5 9.4 4.1
RF *Dick Wakefield 35 147 449 82 151 33 5 19 76 0 0 57 42 .336 .413 .559 .972 92.9 22.2 2.3
C *Ed Bailey 25 102 319 54 77 13 3 15 54 0 0 54 72 .241 .349 .442 .791 52.4 9.0 5.0
RF  Rocky Colavito 22 136 307 47 70 15 0 19 61 0 0 44 53 .228 .320 .463 .783 48.7 7.3 1.5
C  Hal Smith 25 93 268 38 80 28 2 2 34 0 0 24 30 .299 .355 .440 .795 38.5 7.5 3.5
P *Johnny Antonelli 26 44 116 8 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 38 .121 .128 .147 .275 -1.8 0.0 0.0
LF  Bob Borkowski 30 74 118 16 33 6 1 2 13 0 0 13 15 .280 .343 .398 .742 15.7 2.3 0.5
P *Billy Pierce 29 37 106 6 24 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 27 .226 .231 .226 .458 4.7 0.0 0.0
P *Dean Stone 25 41 86 8 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 30 .128 .146 .198 .344 1.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Roy Smalley 30 60 92 8 13 3 0 2 4 0 0 8 18 .141 .210 .239 .449 4.2 0.0 1.4
CF *Dave Pope 35 45 85 11 23 7 1 3 14 0 1 3 3 .271 .297 .482 .779 10.8 1.4 0.6
1B *Al Gionfriddo 34 87 73 12 24 4 1 1 14 3 2 3 8 .329 .351 .452 .803 9.8 1.4 0.1
P *Curt Simmons 27 21 53 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .132 .164 .170 .333 0.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Ted Lepcio 25 34 59 8 10 1 0 3 7 0 0 2 17 .169 .197 .339 .536 3.8 0.0 0.5
SS  Alex Grammas 30 47 37 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .270 .341 .297 .639 3.8 0.5 0.6
P  Tom Brewer 24 12 32 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .219 .219 .219 .438 1.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Bob Addis 30 13 21 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .190 .346 .238 .584 2.0 0.1 0.1
P #Bob Kuzava 33 5 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .267 .467 0.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Hoak 28 9 12 2 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .833 1.333 3.1 1.0 0.1
2B  Joe Demaestri 27 4 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.5 0.4 0.1
LF *Rocky Nelson 31 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1 0.1 0.0
P  Ted Abernathy 23 53 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Owens 22 81 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Dick Rand 25 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.2 0.3 0.0
P  Ron Negray 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Nellie King 28 44 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Miller 28 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.4 2193 5669 905 1539 323 39 232 885 10 5 582 836 .271 .339 .465 .804 864.7 164.8 41.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 1 4 3 1 3 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 26 21 12 .636 44 44 0 324.3 276 147 43 123 280 4.08 16.0
*Billy Pierce 29 18 12 .600 37 37 0 275.3 241 105 36 96 219 3.43 20.0
*Dean Stone 25 19 8 .704 41 41 0 262.3 197 99 18 133 179 3.40 19.3
*Curt Simmons 27 9 5 .643 21 21 0 163.0 158 72 23 46 78 3.98 8.3
 Jim Owens 22 9 2 .818 81 0 8 98.3 100 37 8 30 48 3.39 10.0
 Tom Brewer 24 5 6 .455 12 12 0 90.0 84 52 15 37 51 5.20 1.6
*Bill Miller 28 5 4 .556 66 0 2 73.7 68 38 8 49 44 4.64 3.6
 Ted Abernathy 23 6 9 .400 53 1 20 71.3 80 45 6 45 37 5.68 1.9
 Nellie King 28 2 4 .333 44 0 4 44.3 55 23 7 12 21 4.67 1.5
*Bob Kuzava 33 3 1 .750 5 5 0 41.0 26 9 4 16 30 1.98 4.7
 Ron Negray 26 1 1 .500 7 1 0 10.7 9 4 2 2 4 3.38 0.9
 Ray Moore 30 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.0 4 5 1 3 4 9.00 0.0
 Fred Hutchinson 36 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 0 2 4.92 0.1
Team Totals 27.5 98 64 .605 419 162 34 1463.0 1302 638 171 592 997 3.92 88.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 4 4 3  
* - 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 31.3
E.Bailey 816.3 92 94 605 30 1 2 .998 21.1
H.Smith 642.7 70 81 416 22 0 0 1.000 45.5
A.Gionfriddo 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.0 162 176 1022 52 1 2 .999 30.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
W.Belardi 1234.7 143 145 1430 112 9 136 .994 11.24
B.Borkowski 150.7 14 32 191 11 3 11 .985 12.07
R.Smalley 14.7 0 9 16 2 0 2 1.000 11.05
R.Nelson 8.3 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.72
D.Rand 7.0 0 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57
D.Wakefield 6.7 0 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 13.51
B.Addis 4.9 1 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.18
Team Total 1426.9 158 194 1668 127 12 152 .993 11.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
G.McDougald 1318.3 145 150 282 508 17 111 .979 5.39
R.Smalley 79.0 10 10 17 46 1 5 .984 7.18
T.Lepcio 38.7 4 5 8 18 0 2 1.000 6.05
A.Grammas 18.0 2 4 4 9 0 3 1.000 6.50
D.Hoak 9.0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 170 312 585 18 122 .980 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
W.Held 1242.0 149 149 67 308 8 21 .979 2.72
R.Smalley 99.0 6 33 8 29 1 4 .974 3.36
T.Lepcio 59.0 5 14 3 16 1 0 .950 2.90
A.Grammas 29.0 1 9 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.72
H.Smith 10.0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Demaestri 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
G.McDougald 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Belardi 4.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Hoak 3.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1463.0 162 218 83 367 10 26 .978 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
H.Kuenn 1287.0 150 154 197 523 27 102 .964 5.03
R.Smalley 75.0 9 9 8 27 0 5 1.000 4.20
A.Grammas 51.0 0 27 6 26 1 4 .970 5.65
T.Lepcio 30.3 2 10 7 9 0 2 1.000 4.75
J.Demaestri 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
G.McDougald 6.0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00
W.Held 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Hoak 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 210 221 591 28 115 .967 5.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
D.Ennis 1277.0 144 144 234 7 5 1 .980 1.70
D.Pope 89.0 11 12 24 2 0 0 1.000 2.63
R.Colavito 42.0 2 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Borkowski 36.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
D.Wakefield 12.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Gionfriddo 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Addis 2.5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1465.5 162 179 276 9 5 1 .983 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
H.Aaron 1290.3 144 146 329 4 6 3 .982 2.32
D.Pope 88.7 10 13 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Borkowski 46.0 5 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
D.Wakefield 29.0 3 3 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.34
A.Gionfriddo 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Ennis 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 162 174 376 5 6 3 .984 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
D.Wakefield 853.7 92 116 165 10 4 4 .978 1.84
R.Colavito 565.7 69 72 116 5 4 1 .968 1.93
B.Addis 40.2 8 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Ennis 21.7 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Pope 10.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Aaron 5.0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40
A.Gionfriddo 4.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Borkowski 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1503.2 170 216 301 16 8 5 .975 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
J.Antonelli 324.3 44 44 14 54 1 1 .986 1.89
B.Pierce 275.3 37 37 15 50 5 5 .929 2.12
D.Stone 262.3 41 41 11 44 2 4 .965 1.89
C.Simmons 163.0 21 21 9 29 3 2 .927 2.10
J.Owens 98.3 0 81 11 21 0 0 1.000 2.93
T.Brewer 90.0 12 12 2 16 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Miller 73.7 0 66 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.47
T.Abernathy 71.3 1 53 11 15 0 0 1.000 3.28
N.King 44.3 0 44 3 11 1 2 .933 2.84
B.Kuzava 41.0 5 5 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.41
R.Negray 10.7 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Moore 5.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Hutchinson 3.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1463.0 162 419 83 257 12 15 .966 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wakefield .336
On-Base Pct Wakefield .413
Slugging Pct Ennis .616
OPS Ennis 1.005
XR Ennis 129.6
Games McDougald, Ennis 157
At-Bats McDougald 617
Runs McDougald 133
Hits Aaron 183
Total Bases Ennis 363
Singles Kuenn 120
Doubles McDougald 45
Triples McDougald 9
Homeruns Ennis 44
RBIs Ennis 144
Stolen Bases Aaron 4
Caught Stealing Aaron, Gionfriddo 2
Walks Ennis 79
Strikeouts Held 121
ERA Stone 3.40
Wins Antonelli 21
Losses Antonelli, Pierce 12
Winning Pct Stone .704
Saves Abernathy 20
Games Pitched Owens 81
Games Started Antonelli 44
Complete Games Antonelli 8
Shutouts Brewer, Simmons 1
Innings Pitched Antonelli 324.3
Hits Allowed Antonelli 276
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli 43
Strikeouts Antonelli 280
Walks Allowed Stone 133
Walks per 9IP Simmons 2.5
Hits per 9IP Stone 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 7.8
WHiP Pierce 1.22
OAVG Stone .209
OOBP Antonelli .298
OSLG Stone .337
OOPS Stone .643
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Johnny Antonelli
Del Ennis
Harvey Kuenn
Gil McDougald
Player Salaries
Del Ennis $ 8,550,000
Billy Pierce $ 7,100,000
Dick Wakefield $ 6,001,001
Johnny Antonelli $ 5,500,000
Gil McDougald $ 4,764,286
Curt Simmons $ 4,150,000
Al Gionfriddo $ 2,750,000
Bob Kuzava $ 1,500,000
Bob Addis $ 350,000
Frank Campos $ 300,009
Alex Grammas $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Woodie Held $ 300,000
Tom Brewer $ 300,000
Harvey Kuenn $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
Wayne Belardi $ 300,000
Ed Bailey $ 300,000
Ted Abernathy $ 300,000
Rocky Colavito $ 300,000
Rocky Nelson $ 300,000
Dean Stone $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Raul Sanchez $ 300,000
Dick Rand $ 300,000
Jim Hughes $ 300,000
Jim Owens $ 300,000
Don Hoak $ 300,000
Ron Negray $ 300,000
Ray Moore $ 300,000
Bill Miller $ 300,000
Ted Lepcio $ 300,000
Nellie King $ 300,000
Hank Aaron $ 300,000
Dave Pope $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Dick Wakefield
2/9 Signed     Frank Campos
4/2 Signed     Fred Hutchinson
6/1 Released Ed Mcghee    
6/1 Released Juan Delis    
6/1 Released Duke Simpson    
6/1 Traded Frank Bolling
Fred Hutchinson		 St. Louis Bob Addis
Curt Simmons
7/31 Traded Jim Pyburn Detroit Bob Kuzava
Jim Hughes
9/1 Signed     Rocky Nelson
 
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