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The 1955 New York Giants season was the franchise's 73rd season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 80–74 record, 18+1⁄2 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The season ended with the Phillies turning a triple play with the winning run at home plate.[1][2]
1955 New York Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Leo Durocher | |
Television | WPIX (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) | |
Radio | WMCA (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) | |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | .552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | .471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 14–7–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 7–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — |
1955 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Outfielders
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ray Katt | 124 | 326 | 70 | .215 | 7 | 28 |
1B | Gail Harris | 79 | 263 | 61 | .232 | 12 | 36 |
2B | Wayne Terwilliger | 80 | 257 | 66 | .257 | 1 | 18 |
3B | Hank Thompson | 135 | 432 | 106 | .245 | 17 | 63 |
SS | Alvin Dark | 115 | 475 | 134 | .282 | 9 | 45 |
LF | Whitey Lockman | 147 | 576 | 157 | .273 | 15 | 49 |
CF | Willie Mays | 152 | 580 | 185 | .319 | 51 | 127 |
RF | Don Mueller | 147 | 605 | 185 | .306 | 8 | 83 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Davey Williams | 82 | 247 | 62 | .251 | 4 | 15 |
Bobby Hofman | 96 | 207 | 55 | .266 | 10 | 28 |
Dusty Rhodes | 94 | 187 | 57 | .305 | 6 | 32 |
Billy Gardner | 59 | 187 | 38 | .203 | 3 | 17 |
Monte Irvin | 51 | 150 | 38 | .253 | 1 | 17 |
Sid Gordon | 66 | 144 | 35 | .243 | 7 | 25 |
Wes Westrum | 69 | 137 | 29 | .212 | 4 | 18 |
Bill Taylor | 65 | 64 | 17 | .266 | 4 | 12 |
Foster Castleman | 15 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 2 | 4 |
Joey Amalfitano | 36 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 1 |
Gil Coan | 9 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Grasso | 8 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Antonelli | 38 | 235.1 | 14 | 16 | 3.33 | 143 |
Jim Hearn | 39 | 226.2 | 14 | 16 | 3.73 | 86 |
Rubén Gómez | 33 | 185.1 | 9 | 10 | 4.56 | 79 |
Sal Maglie | 23 | 129.2 | 9 | 5 | 3.75 | 71 |
Pete Burnside | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Don Liddle | 33 | 106.1 | 10 | 4 | 4.23 | 56 |
Ramón Monzant | 28 | 94.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.99 | 54 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Marv Grissom | 55 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2.92 | 49 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.93 | 71 |
Windy McCall | 42 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3.69 | 50 |
Paul Giel | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.39 | 47 |
Al Corwin | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.01 | 13 |
George Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Danville, St. Cloud; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Sandersville
Wilkes-Barre franchise transferred to Johnstown and renamed, July 1, 1955[4]
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