# 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, 18+1⁄2 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. The season ended with the Phillies turning a triple play with the winning run at home plate.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1955 season: Marshall Bridges was acquired from the Giants by the Milwaukee Braves.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | .552 | 13½ | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍38 |
| New York Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 18½ | 44‍–‍35 | 36‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 21½ | 46‍–‍31 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 46‍–‍31 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | .471 | 26 | 43‍–‍33 | 29‍–‍48 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 30½ | 41‍–‍36 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38½ | 36‍–‍39 | 24‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1955 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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 |
| 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 |

### 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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

* Alvin Dark, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Minneapolis Millers | American Association | Bill Rigney |
| AA | Dallas Eagles | Texas League | Red Davis |
| A | Wilkes-Barre Barons/ Johnstown Johnnies | Eastern League | Mike McCormick |
| A | Sioux City Soos | Western League | John Davenport |
| B | Danville Leafs | Carolina League | Andy Gilbert |
| C | El Dorado Oilers | Cotton States League | Salty Parker |
| C | St. Cloud Rox | Northern League | Charlie Fox |
| D | Sandersville Giants | Georgia State League | Pete Pavlick |
| D | Mayfield Clothiers | KITTY League | Dave Garcia |
| D | Muskogee Giants | Sooner State League | Richie Klaus |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Danville, St. Cloud; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Sandersville Wilkes-Barre franchise transferred to Johnstown and renamed, July 1, 1955