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1956 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1956
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	6th
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Bill Rigney
television	WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
radio	WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney)
prev_season	1955 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1957 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) (Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney) |}} 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.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.

Roster

1956 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

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		124	385	87	.226	14	45
LF		98	351	105	.299	11	47
CF		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
	111	244	53	.217	8	33
	48	206	52	.252	2	17
Hank Thompson	83	183	43	.235	8	29
	48	169	46	.272	1	10
Ed Bressoud	49	163	37	.227	0	9
Wes Westrum	68	132	29	.220	3	8
	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
	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
	41	258.2	20	13	2.86	145
	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
	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
	11	41.1	1	2	3.92	21
Max Surkont	8	32.0	2	2	4.78	18
	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
	64	4	9	8	3.83	71
Windy McCall	46	3	4	7	3.61	41
	43	1	1	7	1.56	49
Steve Ridzik	41	6	2	0	3.80	53
	3	0	0	0	14.54	1

Farm system

Notes

References

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccarro01.shtml Roger McCardell] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brogler01.shtml Ernie Broglio] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt] 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

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