1957 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1957 New York Giants season involved the team finishing in sixth place in the National League with a 69–85 record, 26 games behind the NL and World Champion Milwaukee Braves. It was the team's 75th and final season in New York City before its relocation to San Francisco, California for the following season. The last game at their stadium, the Polo Grounds, was played on September 29 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1957 New York Giants
Final Season in New York
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Bill Rigney
Local televisionWPIX
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney, Jim Woods)
Local radioWMCA
(Russ Hodges, Bob DeLaney, Jim Woods)
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Offseason

Regular season

Relocation to San Francisco

While seeking a new stadium to replace the crumbling Polo Grounds, the Giants began to contemplate a move from New York, initially considering Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis–St. Paul, which was home to their top farm team, the Minneapolis Millers. Under the rules of the time, the Giants' ownership of the Millers gave them priority rights to a major league team in the area.

At this time, the Giants were approached by San Francisco mayor George Christopher. Despite objections from shareholders such as Joan Whitney Payson (who later owned the expansion Mets), majority owner Horace Stoneham entered into negotiations with San Francisco officials around the same time that Dodgers' owner Walter O'Malley was courting the city of Los Angeles. O'Malley had been told that the Dodgers would not be allowed to move to Los Angeles unless a second team moved to California as well. He pushed Stoneham toward relocation. In the summer of 1957, both the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers announced their moves to California, and the golden age of baseball in the New York area ended.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9559 0.617 — 45–32 50–27
St. Louis Cardinals 8767 0.565 8 42–35 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 11 43–34 41–36
Cincinnati Redlegs 8074 0.519 15 45–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7777 0.500 18 38–39 39–38
New York Giants 6985 0.448 26 37–40 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6292 0.403 33 36–41 26–51
Chicago Cubs 6292 0.403 33 31–46 31–46

Record vs. opponents
1957 National League Records

Sources:
Team BR CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn —17–512–1010–1212–109–1312–1012–10
Chicago 5–17—7–159–139–138–14–112–10–112–10
Cincinnati 10–1215–7—4–1812–1016–614–89–13
Milwaukee 12–1013–918–4—13–912–10–116–611–11
New York 10–1213–910–129–13—10–129–138–14
Philadelphia 13–914–8–16–1610–12–112–10—13–99–13
Pittsburgh 10–1210–12–18–146–1613–99–13—6–16
St. Louis 10–1210–1213–911–1114–813–916–6—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1957 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
CValmy Thomas8824160.249631
1BWhitey Lockman133456113.248730
2BDanny O'Connell9536497.266728
SSDaryl Spencer148534133.2491150
3BRay Jablonski10730588.289957
LFHank Sauer12737898.2592676
CFWillie Mays152585195.3333597
RFDon Mueller135450116.258637

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
Red Schoendienst5725478.307933
Gail Harris9022554.240931
Ozzie Virgil Sr.9622653.235424
Bobby Thomson8121552.242838
Dusty Rhodes9219039.205419
Ray Katt7216538.230217
Eddie Bressoud4912734.268510
Wes Westrum639115.16512
Andre Rodgers328621.24439
Foster Castleman14376.16211
Bill Taylor1190.00000
Bobby Hofman220.00000

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
Rubén Gómez38238.115133.7892
Johnny Antonelli40212.112183.77144
Curt Barclay37183993.4467
Ray Crone25120.2484.3356
Pete Burnside1030.2148.8018

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
Al Worthington55157.28114.2290
Stu Miller38124793.6360
Mike McCormick2474.2314.1050
Joe Margoneri1334.1115.2418

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 Grissom5544142.6151
Ramón Monzant243203.9937
Jim Constable161102.8613
Steve Ridzik150204.7313
Gordon Jones100106.175
Jim Davis101006.556
Max Surkont50109.958
Windy McCall500015.002
Sandy Consuegra40002.451

Awards and honors

League leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Red Davis
AA Dallas Eagles Texas League Salty Parker
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Mike McCormick and Ray Murray
B Danville Leafs Carolina League Dave Garcia and Mike McCormick
C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Pete Pavlick
D Selma Cloverleafs Alabama–Florida League Buddy Kerr
D Michigan City White Caps Midwest League Richie Klaus
D Hastings Giants Nebraska State League Leo Schrall
D Muskogee Giants Sooner State League Andy Gilbert

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Notes
  1. Hank Sauer at Baseball-Reference
  2. Manny Mota at Baseball-Reference
  3. Hoyt Wilhelm at Baseball-Reference
  4. Bill Sarni at Baseball-Reference
  5. John Orsino at Baseball-Reference
  6. Ray Katt at Baseball-Reference
  7. Red Schoendienst at Baseball-Reference
  8. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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