1956 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1956 New York Giants season was the franchise's 74th season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 67–87 record, 26 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1956 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Horace Stoneham
General managers	Chub Feeney
Managers	Bill Rigney
Television	WPIX (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
Radio	WMCA (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
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Offseason

• December 3, 1956: Roger McCardell was drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1956 minor league draft.^[1]
• Prior to 1956 season: Ernie Broglio was purchased by the Giants from the Vancouver Mounties.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	93	61	.604	—	52‍–‍25	41‍–‍36
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	1	47‍–‍29	45‍–‍33
Cincinnati Redlegs	91	63	.591	2	51‍–‍26	40‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals	76	78	.494	17	43‍–‍34	33‍–‍44
Philadelphia Phillies	71	83	.461	22	40‍–‍37	31‍–‍46
New York Giants	67	87	.435	26	37‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	88	.429	27	35‍–‍43	31‍–‍45
Chicago Cubs	60	94	.390	33	39‍–‍38	21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1956 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BR	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	16–6	11–11	10–12	14–8	13–9	13–9	16–6
Chicago	6–16	—	6–16–1	9–13	7–15	13–9	10–12–1	9–13–1
Cincinnati	11–11	16–6–1	—	9–13	14–8	11–11	17–5	13–9
Milwaukee	12–10	13–9	13–9	—	17–5	10–12	14–8–1	13–9
New York	8–14	15–7	8–14	5–17	—	11–11	13–9	7–15
Philadelphia	9–13	9–13	11–11	12–10	11–11	—	7–15	12–10
Pittsburgh	9–13	12–10–1	5–17	8–14–1	9–13	15–7	—	8–14–1
St. Louis	6–16	13–9–1	9–13	9–13	15–7	10–12	14–8–1	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• June 14, 1956: Alvin Dark, Don Liddle, Whitey Lockman and Ray Katt were traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Gordon Jones to the Giants on October 1.^[3]

Roster

1956 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers 43 Johnny Antonelli 39 Jim Constable 28,31 Rubén Gómez 42 Marv Grissom 21 Jim Hearn 37 Don Liddle 30 Dick Littlefield 38 Joe Margoneri 40 Windy McCall 29 Mike McCormick 41 Ramón Monzant 44 Steve Ridzik 36 Max Surkont 49 Hoyt Wilhelm 32 Al Worthington 31 Roy Wright		Catchers 14 Bobby Hofman  8 Ray Katt 33,53 Jim Mangan 8,15 Bill Sarni  9 Wes Westrum Infielders 34 Ed Bressoud 12 Foster Castleman 19 Alvin Dark 15 Gail Harris 10 Red Schoendienst 20 Daryl Spencer 10 Wayne Terwilliger 16 Hank Thompson 17 Ozzie Virgil 15,45 Bill White		Outfielders 25 Jackie Brandt 30,36 Bob Lennon 25 Whitey Lockman 24 Willie Mays 22 Don Mueller 26 Dusty Rhodes 27 Bill Taylor 29 George Wilson Other batters 28 Gil Coan		Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  2 Ray Mueller  3 Bucky Walters  1 Davey Williams

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Bill Sarni	78	238	55	.231	5	23
1B	Bill White	138	508	130	.256	22	59
2B	Red Schoendienst	92	334	99	.296	2	14
SS	Daryl Spencer	146	489	108	.221	14	42
3B	Foster Castleman	124	385	87	.226	14	45
LF	Jackie Brandt	98	351	105	.299	11	47
CF	Willie Mays	152	578	171	.296	36	84
RF	Don Mueller	138	453	122	.269	5	41

Other batters

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
Dusty Rhodes	111	244	53	.217	8	33
Alvin Dark	48	206	52	.252	2	17
Hank Thompson	83	183	43	.235	8	29
Whitey Lockman	48	169	46	.272	1	10
Ed Bressoud	49	163	37	.227	0	9
Wes Westrum	68	132	29	.220	3	8
Ray Katt	37	101	23	.228	7	14
George Wilson	53	68	9	.132	1	2
Bobby Hofman	47	56	10	.179	0	2
Bob Lennon	26	55	10	.182	0	1
Gail Harris	12	38	5	.132	1	1
Jim Mangan	20	20	2	.100	0	1
Wayne Terwilliger	14	18	4	.222	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3	12	5	.417	0	2
Bill Taylor	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Gil Coan	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Antonelli	41	258.2	20	13	2.86	145
Rubén Gómez	40	196.1	7	17	4.58	76
Al Worthington	28	165.2	7	14	3.97	95
Roy Wright	1	2.2	0	1	16.88	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Hearn	30	129.1	5	11	3.97	66
Dick Littlefield	31	97.0	4	4	4.08	65
Joe Margoneri	23	91.2	6	6	3.93	49
Don Liddle	11	41.1	1	2	3.92	21
Max Surkont	8	32.0	2	2	4.78	18
Ramón Monzant	4	13.0	1	0	4.15	11
Mike McCormick	3	6.2	0	1	9.48	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hoyt Wilhelm	64	4	9	8	3.83	71
Windy McCall	46	3	4	7	3.61	41
Marv Grissom	43	1	1	7	1.56	49
Steve Ridzik	41	6	2	0	3.80	53
Jim Constable	3	0	0	0	14.54	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Minneapolis Millers	American Association	Eddie Stanky
AA	Dallas Eagles	Texas League	Red Davis
A	Johnstown Johnnies	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert and Frank Genovese
A	Albuquerque Dukes	Western League	Bob Swift
B	Danville Leafs	Carolina League	Salty Parker
C	Lake Charles Giants	Evangeline League	Mike McCormick
C	St. Cloud Rox	Northern League	Charlie Fox
D	Cocoa Indians	Florida State League	Buddy Kerr
D	Sandersville Giants	Georgia State League	Pete Pavlick
D	Michigan City White Caps	Midwest League	Al Shinn
D	Hastings Giants	Nebraska State League	Junior Thompson
D	Muskogee Giants	Sooner State League	Richie Klaus

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cocoa^[4]

Notes

1. Roger McCardell at Baseball Reference
2. Ernie Broglio at Baseball Reference
3. Ray Katt at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1956 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1956 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac