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1956 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 - 61
Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 1.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 - 63 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 76 - 78 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 71 - 83 22.0
New York Giants 67 - 87 26.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 - 88 27.0
Chicago Cubs 60 - 94 33.0

6th (NL)
Runs Scored: 540
Runs Allowed: 650
Attendance: 629,179

1956 New York Giants Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bill Sarni C 28 78 238 16 55 9 3 5 23 20 2 31 0 1 3 1 4 .231 .290 .357 .647
Bill White 1B 22 138 508 63 130 23 7 22 59 47 3 72 15 8 5 4 6 .256 .321 .459 .780
Red Schoendienst 2B 33 92 334 39 99 12 3 2 14 28 1 10 1 2 2 2 11 .296 .352 .368 .720
Foster Castleman 3B 25 124 385 33 87 16 3 14 45 15 2 50 2 1 3 2 9 .226 .256 .392 .648
Daryl Spencer SS 27 146 489 46 108 13 2 14 42 35 2 65 1 3 4 3 10 .221 .275 .342 .617
Jackie Brandt LF 22 98 351 45 105 16 8 11 47 17 2 31 3 4 3 0 3 .299 .330 .484 .814
Willie Mays CF 25 152 578 101 171 27 8 36 84 68 20 65 40 10 0 1 16 .296 .369 .557 .926
Don Mueller RF 29 138 453 38 122 12 1 5 41 15 2 7 0 1 2 0 18 .269 .290 .333 .623

1956 New York Giants Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dusty Rhodes 29 111 244 20 53 10 3 8 33 30 2 41 0 0 0 0 9 .217 .301 .381 .682
Hank Thompson 30 83 183 24 43 9 0 8 29 31 2 26 2 1 2 1 2 .235 .346 .415 .761
Wes Westrum 33 68 132 10 29 5 2 3 8 25 5 28 0 0 0 1 6 .220 .346 .356 .702
George Wilson 30 53 68 5 9 1 0 1 2 5 1 14 0 0 0 0 1 .132 .192 .191 .383
Eddie Bressoud 24 49 163 15 37 4 2 0 9 12 1 20 1 0 4 1 4 .227 .284 .276 .560
Alvin Dark 34 48 206 19 52 12 0 2 17 8 0 13 0 0 3 1 5 .252 .279 .340 .619
Whitey Lockman 29 48 169 13 46 7 1 1 10 16 2 17 0 2 3 0 1 .272 .333 .343 .676
Bobby Hofman 30 47 56 1 10 1 0 0 2 6 0 8 0 0 1 1 2 .179 .270 .196 .466
Ray Katt 29 37 101 10 23 4 0 7 14 6 1 16 0 1 1 1 1 .228 .278 .475 .753
Bob Lennon 27 26 55 3 10 1 0 0 1 4 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .233 .200 .433
Jim Mangan 26 20 20 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 .100 .250 .100 .350
Wayne Terwilliger 31 14 18 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .278 .500
Gail Harris 24 12 38 2 5 0 1 1 1 3 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 .132 .233 .263 .496
Gil Coan 34 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ozzie Virgil 24 3 12 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .667 1.084
Bill Taylor 26 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750

1956 New York Giants Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Johnny Antonelli P 26 49 89 7 14 3 0 3 4 2 0 26 0 0 6 0 2 .157 .176 .292 .468
Ruben Gomez P 28 52 60 9 11 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 .183 .210 .200 .410
Al Worthington P 27 28 51 4 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 .235 .231 .314 .545
Jim Hearn P 35 32 41 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 .098 .098 .098 .196
Joe Margoneri P 26 23 29 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 .103 .103 .207 .310
Steve Ridzik P 27 44 28 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .286 .536
Dick Littlefield P 30 31 24 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .120 .083 .203
Windy McCall P 30 46 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Don Liddle P 31 11 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .398
Marv Grissom P 38 43 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273
Max Surkont P 34 8 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Hoyt Wilhelm P 33 64 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Ramon Monzant P 23 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mike McCormick P 17 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roy Wright P 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 New York Giants Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Johnny Antonelli 26 41 36 20 13 .606 2.86 258.1 93 82 225 20 75 145 .229 3 6 15 5 1 3.79
Ruben Gomez 28 40 31 7 17 .292 4.58 196.1 108 100 191 19 77 76 .253 9 1 4 2 0 4.80
Al Worthington 27 28 24 7 14 .333 3.97 165.2 82 73 158 20 74 95 .249 4 3 4 0 0 4.84
Jim Hearn 35 30 19 5 11 .313 3.97 129.1 74 57 124 17 44 66 .245 3 0 2 0 1 4.78
Joe Margoneri 26 23 13 6 6 .500 3.93 91.2 45 40 88 12 49 49 .247 0 2 2 0 0 5.24
Mike McCormick 17 3 2 0 1 .000 9.45 6.2 7 7 7 1 10 4 .269 0 0 0 0 0 8.25
Roy Wright 22 1 1 0 1 .000 16.88 2.2 5 5 8 1 2 0 .533 0 0 0 0 0 10.13

1956 New York Giants Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Hoyt Wilhelm 33 64 0 4 9 .308 3.83 89.1 45 38 97 7 43 71 .271 2 6 0 0 8 3.94
Windy McCall 30 46 4 3 4 .429 3.61 77.1 36 31 74 7 20 41 .247 1 1 0 0 7 3.93
Marv Grissom 38 43 2 1 1 .500 1.56 80.2 15 14 71 3 16 49 .232 1 2 0 0 7 2.90
Steve Ridzik 27 41 5 6 2 .750 3.80 92.1 42 39 80 7 65 53 .233 5 0 1 1 0 5.11
Dick Littlefield 30 31 7 4 4 .500 4.08 97.0 45 44 78 16 39 65 .218 0 1 0 0 2 5.01
Don Liddle 31 11 5 1 2 .333 3.92 41.1 22 18 45 5 14 21 .266 1 1 1 0 1 4.65
Max Surkont 34 8 4 2 2 .500 4.78 32.0 17 17 24 5 9 18 .200 0 1 1 0 1 4.75
Ramon Monzant 23 4 1 1 0 1.000 4.15 13.0 7 6 8 4 7 11 .170 0 0 1 0 0 6.92
Jim Constable 23 3 0 0 0 .000 14.54 4.1 7 7 9 0 7 1 .409 1 0 0 0 0 8.08