1956 New York Giants (MLB) season explained

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.^[1]
• Prior to 1956 season: Ernie Broglio was purchased by the Giants from the Vancouver Mounties.^[2]

Regular season

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		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		78	238	55	.231	5	23
1B		138	508	130	.256	22	59
2B		92	334	99	.296	2	14
SS		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		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
	83	183	43	.235	8	29
	48	169	46	.272	1	10
	49	163	37	.227	0	9
	68	132	29	.220	3	8
	37	101	23	.228	7	14
	53	68	9	.132	1	2
	47	56	10	.179	0	2
	26	55	10	.182	0	1
	12	38	5	.132	1	1
	20	20	2	.100	0	1
	14	18	4	.222	0	0
	3	12	5	.417	0	2
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
	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
	28	165.2	7	14	3.97	95
	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
	31	97.0	4	4	4.08	65
	23	91.2	6	6	3.93	49
	11	41.1	1	2	3.92	21
	8	32.0	2	2	4.78	18
	4	13.0	1	0	4.15	11
	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
	46	3	4	7	3.61	41
	43	1	1	7	1.56	49
	41	6	2	0	3.80	53
	3	0	0	0	14.54	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cocoa^[4]

References

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccarro01.shtml Roger McCardell
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brogler01.shtml Ernie Broglio
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt
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