1955 New York Giants (MLB) season
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, 18½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The season ended with the Phillies turning a triple play with the winning run at home plate.[1][2]
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Owners | Horace Stoneham |
General managers | Chub Feeney |
Managers | Leo Durocher |
Local television | WPIX (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) |
Local radio | WMCA (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) |
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Offseason
- Prior to 1955 season: Marshall Bridges was acquired from the Giants by the Milwaukee Braves.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | 0.641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Don Liddle | 33 | 106.1 | 10 | 4 | 4.23 | 56 |
Ramón Monzant | 28 | 94.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.99 | 54 |
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 |
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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 |
Awards and honors
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Danville, St. Cloud; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Sandersville
Wilkes-Barre franchise transferred to Johnstown and renamed, July 1, 1955[4]
Notes
- "Mays Hits 51st HR As Giants, Phils Split: Triple Play in Ninth Inning Of Nightcap Robs New York of Sweep". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press (AP). September 26, 1955. p. 22. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
It was an inglorious finish, as the Phils got the final three outs in the ninth inning on a triple play after New York had two runners on with none out.
- "Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Giants 1 (2)". retrosheet.org. September 25, 1955. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
Hofman lined into a triple play (shortstop to second to first) [Amalfitano out at second, Lockman out at first][.]
- Marshall Bridges at Baseball Reference
- 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
- 1955 New York Giants at Baseball Reference
- 1955 New York Giants at Baseball Almanac