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1955 New York Giants  (1954)  (1956) 68-86, 5th in National League Scored 726 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 80-74 Manager(s): Larry Reeves

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Willie Mays          24  154  617  113  177  17  15  46  124  28   5   66   69  .287  .361  .587  127   7.4  1(-4)e8  -111  
 UT *Hank Thompson        29  129  428   76  114  15   1  27   84   0   2   82   60  .266  .387  .495   88   7.2            117  
 1B *Whitey Lockman       28  153  625   99  164  19   0  15   50   2   1   42   38  .262  .312  .365   72   4.1  2e8       -27  
 3B  Eddie Yost           28  126  372   62   91  21   3   7   37   1   6   80   54  .245  .380  .374   57   5.1  1e29      -24  
 SS  Alvin Dark           33  130  516   74  128  11   7  11   51   2   1   28   40  .248  .294  .360   54   3.6  3e30      -58  
 OF *Dusty Rhodes         28   84  192   35   69   8   4   9   34   3   0   26   25  .359  .434  .583   50  11.0  5(+2)e5   179  
 OF  Gus Zernial          32  105  376   49   94   9   0  19   61   2   0   29   72  .250  .305  .426   48   4.4  5(+2)e13  -82  
 OF *Dave Pope            34  106  312   34   78  13   5  12   40   2   2   35   61  .250  .327  .439   40   4.4  3(+1)e6    48  
 C  *Clint Courtney       28   81  290   26   83  12   7   2   40   0   0   11   15  .286  .315  .397   35   4.4  3(+1)e5   -65  
 OF  Bobby Thomson        31   95  293   29   68  10   1   4   31   3   0   40   41  .232  .323  .314   30   3.5  4(+1)e11  -96  
 C   Jim Hegan            34   95  245   26   54   8   0  13   35   0   0   22   27  .220  .285  .412   29   4.0  1(-2)e1    65  
 2B  Bobby Hofman         29   68  187   19   51   6   0  10   29   0   0   12   32  .273  .320  .465   26   5.1  4e13      -15  
 2B  Davey Williams       27   91  259   22   62   6   1   3   23   0   0   16   15  .239  .285  .305   20   2.7  3e29      -37  
 C   Walker Cooper        40   48   87   14   23   3   1   5   15   0   0   10   16  .264  .354  .494   13   5.5  4(+3)e11  -33  
 UT  Sid Gordon           37   40   63    7   16   3   0   2    8   0   0   12    9  .254  .373  .397   10   6.0             71  
 SS  Chico Carrasquel     29   18   46    4   11   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    5  .239  .271  .326    4   3.1  2e22      -86  
 OF *Bill Taylor          25    7    9    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    0  .444  .500  .778    3  19.6  5(+1)e16  489  
 OF  Monte Irvin          36   14   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    1  .167  .312  .167    1   2.5  3(0)e14  -191  
 OF  Karl Olson           25    9    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .250  .250  .375    0   3.4  2(-2)e14    6  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           715                  -18

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Johnny Antonelli     25  15  16  .484  37  37   4   0   0   0   1  258.0  243  122  117  33  119  154  4.08  134   4.6   33  
  P  Jim Hearn            34  12  13  .480  35  35   3   0   0   0   1  246.0  244  113   96  26   67   87  3.51  112   4.0  -30  
  P  Early Wynn           35  10  13  .435  34  34   6   0   0   0   1  248.2  250  131  110  21   86  127  3.98  119   4.2   15  
  P  Ruben Gomez          27   8  19  .296  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  198.0  235  129  103  26   75   93  4.68  134   6.0   15  
  P  Marv Grissom         37   6   7  .462  54   0   0  44  24   9   0   73.2   64   37   31   6   40   39  3.79   35   4.2    5  
  P *Leo Kiely            25   5   3  .625  43   3   0  16   1   3   0   75.1   75   48   39   5   37   30  4.66   42   5.0   12  
  P *Windy McCall         29   4   3  .571  39   6   1  16   2   3   0   92.2   84   45   38   8   51   46  3.69   45   4.3  -35  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         32   4   5  .444  61   0   0  38   2   3   0   98.2   94   51   42  11   51   62  3.83   56   5.0   17  
  P  Al Corwin            28   2   1  .667   8   0   0   5   1   0   0   17.0   12    5    5   1    9    7  2.65    4   2.7 -198  
  P  Jim Hughes           32   1   1  .500  16   0   0  10   1   2   0   21.2   26   19   17   8    8   13  7.06   20   8.4  151  
  P *Howie Pollet         34   1   5  .167  18   6   0  10   0   1   0   45.2   53   38   35  11   26   22  6.90   36   7.1   92  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      741          9

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jim Hegan 619 65 95 355 31 0 8 1.000 3 6 Clint Courtney 594 70 75 347 24 2 3 .995 12 7 Walker Cooper 161 19 23 110 6 3 0 .975 6 1 Bobby Hofman 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Whitey Lockman 1254 141 144 1319 175 11 112 .993 10.72 Bobby Hofman 121 13 18 123 15 0 12 1.000 10.24 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Williams 636 71 90 172 205 14 36 .964 5.34 Hank Thompson 471 53 65 133 140 6 37 .978 5.22 Bobby Hofman 269 30 42 73 90 1 21 .994 5.46 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Yost 891 99 111 82 211 22 21 .930 2.96 Hank Thompson 403 45 46 45 97 7 9 .953 3.17 Sid Gordon 72 9 11 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.99 Bobby Hofman 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alvin Dark 1087 121 126 239 424 25 74 .964 5.49 Hank Thompson 178 22 22 43 68 17 7 .867 5.61 Chico Carrasquel 110 11 17 27 50 4 10 .951 6.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gus Zernial 819 98 98 190 6 8 1 .961 2.15 Dusty Rhodes 326 36 36 72 4 1 1 .987 2.10 Bobby Thomson 87 9 15 11 1 2 0 .857 1.24 Whitey Lockman 84 10 10 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 Monte Irvin 17 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 Karl Olson 13 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Sid Gordon 12 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 Dave Pope 11 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 Bill Taylor 7 1 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Mays 1375 154 154 387 19 4 3 .990 2.66 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Pope 754 83 98 137 4 6 1 .959 1.68 Bobby Thomson 574 69 69 91 3 6 2 .940 1.47 Sid Gordon 37 2 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.16 Karl Olson 9 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Monte Irvin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Chico Carrasquel
Round 3 (#40):	Walker Cooper
Round 4 (#53):	Dave Pope
Round 5 (#66):	Jim Hughes
Round 6 (#78):	Karl Olson
Round 7 (#86):	Bill Taylor
Round 8 (#91):	Howie Pollet

Transactions

• 1955-04: traded Chico Carrasquel to NYA for Gus Zernial

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