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1956 New York Giants  (1955)  (1957) 96-58, 1st in National League Scored 757 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .727 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-69   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 67-87 Manager(s): Larry Reeves Lost to New York Yankees in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 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          25  153  643  118  183  17  12  47  141  19   7   64   93  .285  .348  .568  111   5.9  1(-5)e10  -11  
 OF  Bob Nieman           29  144  468   89  152  22   3  19   96   1   2   96   70  .325  .437  .506  110   9.1  4(+1)e7    13  
 3B  Eddie Yost           29  154  551   93  127  19   2   8   52   1   1  133   88  .230  .381  .316   80   4.7  2e23      -51  
 2B #Red Schoendienst     33  144  519   82  160  23   5   1   41   2   2   59   25  .308  .379  .378   75   5.4  1e6        31  
 1B *Marv Blaylock        26  134  403   61  107  12   8  10   57   4   1   61   74  .266  .358  .409   63   5.5  2e12       56  
 OF  Bobby Thomson        32  134  440   57  104   9   7  24   82   0   1   48   80  .236  .311  .452   61   4.7  2(0)e10    53  
 C  *Clint Courtney       29   98  309   43   90  25   3   6   49   0   0   23   13  .291  .350  .450   47   5.5  2(0)e9     -7  
 SS  Daryl Spencer        27  133  453   44  110  12   0   9   49   0   1   37   66  .243  .300  .329   42   3.2  3e16       12  
 C   Bill Sarni           28   70  195   18   59  10   2   1   22   0   0   25   22  .303  .380  .390   28   5.4  3(-1)e4    66  
 SS *Hank Thompson        30   84  189   19   36   3   0   8   30   2   0   37   23  .190  .320  .333   22   3.7  4e48     -107  
 SS  Alvin Dark           34   49  204   29   53   9   1   1   20   0   0   10   20  .260  .293  .328   18   3.1  3e33      -53  
 1B *Whitey Lockman       29   88  169   22   39   2   0   0    9   0   0   15   15  .231  .293  .243   12   2.5  2e25      -89  
 OF *Frank Baumholtz      37   40  102   10   22   1   0   0    6   0   0   11   10  .216  .314  .225    7   2.3  4(+2)e12  -40  
 C   Jim Hegan            35   85  126   11   17   5   1   0   11   0   0   19   21  .135  .245  .190    6   1.6  1(-2)e9  -231  
 1B  Monte Irvin          37   32   62    9   13   2   0   0    4   0   0   15   10  .210  .364  .242    5   3.0  4e25     -201  
 PH *Dusty Rhodes         29   13   10    2    4   1   0   2    6   0   0    1    0  .400  .455 1.100    5  23.0            873  
 2B  Milt Bolling         25   20   40    9    8   0   1   0    8   0   0   11    9  .200  .358  .250    4   3.6  4e41      -58  
 C   Wes Westrum          33   36   23    4    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    9    8  .217  .438  .304    3   5.4  1(0)e10    40  
 OF *Bob Lennon           27   17   20    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    8  .300  .348  .300    2   4.4  2(0)e16   214  
 1B  Bobby Hofman         30   15   18    2    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    5  .278  .381  .278    2   3.6  4e15      192  
 PH *George Wilson        31    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -403  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           713                   -6

     * - 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  Early Wynn           36  23   9  .719  41  39  11   1   0   0   2  305.0  232  108  101  24  109  139  2.98   97   2.9  -46  
  P *Johnny Antonelli     26  22  14  .611  40  39   5   0   0   0   2  270.1  268  134  117  26   80  151  3.90  120   4.0   28  
  P  Ruben Gomez          28  14  11  .560  35  34   2   1   0   0   1  215.1  212  103   89  24   90   89  3.72  103   4.3  -25  
  P  Gerry Staley         35   9   2  .818  35  10   1  11   1   1   1  103.0   89   37   32  15   24   22  2.80   39   3.4  -61  
  P  Jim Hearn            35   7   8  .467  28  19   0   4   0   0   0  130.0  136   60   57  22   42   61  3.95   72   5.0   29  
  P *Joe Margoneri        26   6   7  .462  45   9   0  16   0   0   0   89.2   95   61   49  10   53   45  4.92   56   5.6   29  
  P  Marv Grissom         38   5   1  .833  59   1   0  35  22   3   0   80.2   65   13   11   3   22   63  1.23   24   2.7  -34  
  P  Max Surkont          34   4   0 1.000  20   2   0   4   0   1   0   39.0   38   20   18   6   12   28  4.15   21   5.1  -33  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         33   3   2  .600  65   0   0  41  20   3   0   88.2  101   39   36  10   41   54  3.65   55   5.6   46  
  P *Windy McCall         30   2   4  .333  54   1   0  17   1   1   0   82.0   78   32   31  10   30   58  3.40   40   4.5   11  
  P *Leo Kiely            26   1   0 1.000  10   0   0   5   1   0   0   14.0   16    5    5   1    2    7  3.21    5   3.4 -209  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      639         -8

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clint Courtney 640 78 86 368 32 6 2 .985 17 14 Bill Sarni 427 53 55 232 20 2 2 .992 8 7 Jim Hegan 337 23 78 200 12 4 1 .981 4 4 Wes Westrum 14 0 10 9 1 1 0 .909 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Marv Blaylock 998 110 124 976 89 10 107 .991 9.61 Whitey Lockman 276 29 44 288 24 2 37 .994 10.16 Monte Irvin 99 12 14 109 7 1 14 .991 10.58 Bobby Hofman 27 1 5 27 2 0 1 1.000 9.67 Clint Courtney 18 2 2 23 3 0 5 1.000 13.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Schoendienst 1125 117 138 369 351 2 98 .997 5.76 Daryl Spencer 196 26 26 68 62 6 19 .956 5.97 Milt Bolling 91 11 13 23 21 1 7 .978 4.35 Bobby Hofman 6 0 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Yost 1395 154 154 123 294 17 36 .961 2.69 Bobby Thomson 17 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06 Daryl Spencer 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Hank Thompson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Milt Bolling 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Daryl Spencer 894 95 104 187 353 5 79 .991 5.44 Alvin Dark 431 49 49 89 157 8 29 .969 5.14 Hank Thompson 93 10 14 17 39 1 7 .982 5.42 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Nieman 1089 125 127 240 11 5 0 .980 2.07 Bobby Thomson 237 24 36 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 Whitey Lockman 46 1 15 11 0 1 0 .917 2.14 Monte Irvin 19 2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 Hank Thompson 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 Frank Baumholtz 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 Bob Lennon 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dusty Rhodes 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Marv Blaylock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Mays 1396 151 153 453 11 7 1 .985 2.99 Bobby Thomson 22 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Thomson 774 88 90 164 1 4 0 .976 1.92 Hank Thompson 310 37 39 69 3 3 0 .960 2.09 Frank Baumholtz 218 22 25 38 0 2 0 .950 1.57 Bob Lennon 68 5 15 11 0 1 0 .917 1.46 Whitey Lockman 37 2 9 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.70 Marv Blaylock 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dusty Rhodes 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Eddie Yost 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Bobby Thomson
Round 2 (#20):	Whitey Lockman
Round 3 (#35):	Frank Baumholtz
Round 4 (#49):	Marv Blaylock
Round 5 (#62):	Milt Bolling

Transactions

• 1956-11: traded NYN#2 to MLN for Alvin Dark
• 1956-11: traded Frank Baumholtz to CHN for Monte Irvin

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