1955 New York Giants

80-74 • .519 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
74 Losses
.519 Win %
3rd Rank
702 R 673 RA
Diff +29

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⚡ Quick Stats

702 Runs Scored
673 Runs Allowed
+29 Run Diff
825K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 NL Average

Batting Avg .260 1% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .325 1% below the 1955 league average (.328)
SLG .401 1% below the 1955 league average (.406)
Team ERA 3.77 7% better than the 1955 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 702 1% above the 1955 league average (697 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds IV
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 825,202
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Avg per Game 10,445

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1955

Batting Avg

1 Willie Mays 0.319 2 Don Mueller 0.306 3 Dusty Rhodes 0.305 4 Ruben Gomez 0.300 5 Al Dark 0.282

Home Runs

1 Willie Mays 51 2 Hank Thompson 17 3 Whitey Lockman 15 4 Gail Harris 12 5 Bobby Hofman 10

RBI

1 Willie Mays 127 2 Don Mueller 83 3 Hank Thompson 63 4 Whitey Lockman 49 5 Al Dark 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Mueller 147 605 67 185 21 4 8 83 19 12 1 0.306
Willie Mays 152 580 123 185 18 13 51 127 79 60 24 0.319
Whitey Lockman 147 576 76 157 19 0 15 49 39 34 3 0.273
Al Dark 115 475 77 134 20 3 9 45 22 32 2 0.282
Hank Thompson 135 432 65 106 13 1 17 63 84 56 2 0.245
Ray Katt 124 326 27 70 7 2 7 28 22 38 0 0.215
Gail Harris 79 263 27 61 9 0 12 36 20 46 0 0.232
Wayne Terwilliger 80 257 29 66 16 1 1 18 36 42 2 0.257
Davey Williams 82 247 25 62 4 1 4 15 17 17 0 0.251
Bobby Hofman 96 207 32 55 7 2 10 28 22 31 0 0.266
Billy Gardner 59 187 26 38 10 1 3 17 13 19 0 0.203
Dusty Rhodes 94 187 22 57 5 2 6 32 27 26 1 0.305
Monte Irvin 51 150 16 38 7 1 1 17 17 15 3 0.253
Sid Gordon 66 144 19 35 6 1 7 25 25 15 0 0.243
Wes Westrum 69 137 11 29 1 0 4 18 24 18 0 0.212
Johnny Antonelli 38 82 8 17 1 0 4 15 3 18 0 0.207
Jim Hearn 41 77 11 12 0 0 4 6 4 26 0 0.156
Bill Taylor 65 64 9 17 4 0 4 12 1 16 0 0.266
Ruben Gomez 42 60 9 18 2 1 0 2 1 5 0 0.300
Sal Maglie 23 40 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 0.125
Foster Castleman 15 28 3 6 1 0 2 4 2 4 0 0.214
Don Liddle 33 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 0.185
Ramon Monzant 29 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.125
Joey Amalfitano 36 22 8 5 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0.227
Paul Giel 34 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.053
Hoyt Wilhelm 59 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.158
Windy McCall 42 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.118
Gil Coan 9 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.154
Marv Grissom 55 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.154
Pete Burnside 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.200
Al Corwin 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mickey Grasso 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.000
George Spencer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1955

ERA

1 Marv Grissom 2.92 2 Johnny Antonelli 3.33 3 Paul Giel 3.39 4 Windy McCall 3.69 5 Jim Hearn 3.73

Wins

1 Johnny Antonelli 14 2 Jim Hearn 14 3 Don Liddle 10 4 Ruben Gomez 9 5 Sal Maglie 9

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Antonelli 143 2 Jim Hearn 86 3 Ruben Gomez 79 4 Sal Maglie 71 5 Hoyt Wilhelm 71
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Antonelli 14 16 3.33 38 34 1 235.1 206 87 82 143
Jim Hearn 14 16 3.73 39 33 0 226.2 225 94 66 86
Ruben Gomez 9 10 4.56 33 31 1 185.1 207 94 63 79
Sal Maglie 9 5 3.75 23 21 0 129.2 142 54 48 71
Don Liddle 10 4 4.23 33 13 1 106.1 97 50 61 56
Hoyt Wilhelm 4 1 3.93 59 0 0 103.0 104 45 40 71
Windy McCall 6 5 3.69 42 6 3 95.0 86 39 37 50
Ramon Monzant 4 8 3.99 28 12 0 94.2 98 42 43 54
Marv Grissom 5 4 2.92 55 0 8 89.1 76 29 41 49
Paul Giel 4 4 3.39 34 2 0 82.1 70 31 50 47
Al Corwin 0 1 4.01 13 0 0 24.2 25 11 17 13
Pete Burnside 1 0 2.84 2 2 0 12.2 10 4 9 2
George Spencer 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 1 1 3 0

👥 Roster (33)

Joey Amalfitano Johnny Antonelli Pete Burnside Foster Castleman Gil Coan Al Corwin Al Dark Billy Gardner Paul Giel Ruben Gomez Sid Gordon Mickey Grasso +21 more

33 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1955 New York Giants

What was the 1955 New York Giants record?
The 1955 New York Giants finished 80-74 (.519 win pct).
Who led the 1955 New York Giants in home runs?
Willie Mays led the 1955 New York Giants with 51 home runs.
What was the 1955 New York Giants team ERA?
The 1955 New York Giants posted a team ERA of 3.77.
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