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.Roger McCardell at Baseball Reference Prior to 1956 season: Ernie Broglio was purchased by the Giants from the Vancouver Mounties.Ernie Broglio at Baseball Reference

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.Ray Katt at Baseball Reference

Roster 1956 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: CocoaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

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