1956 San Francisco Giants roster

29 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1956 MLB season.

1956 Giants roster: batting

1956 San Francisco Giants batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Willie Mays152578101171368440.296.369.926
Bill White13850863130225915.256.321.780
Don Mueller138453381225410.269.290.624
Foster Castleman124385338714452.226.256.648
Dusty Rhodes11124420538330.217.301.682
Hank Thompson8318324438292.235.346.761
Eddie Bressoud491631537091.227.284.560
Wes Westrum681321029380.220.346.702
Bobby Hofman4756110020.179.270.466
Bob Lennon2655310010.182.233.433
Gail Harris123825110.132.233.496
Jim Mangan202022010.100.250.350
Wayne Terwilliger141804000.222.222.500
Ozzie Virgil31225021.417.4171.083
Bill Taylor1401000.250.250.750
Gil Coan4120000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1956 Giants roster: pitching

1956 San Francisco Giants pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Johnny AntonelliP413620132.86258.11451.161
Ruben GomezP40317174.58196.1761.370
Al WorthingtonP28247143.97165.2951.400
Jim HearnP30195113.97129.1661.301
Steve RidzikP415623.8092.1531.570
Joe MargoneriP2313663.9391.2491.490
Hoyt WilhelmP640493.8389.1711.578
Marv GrissomP432111.5680.2491.087
Windy McCallP464343.6177.1411.227
Ramon MonzantP41104.1513.0111.150
Mike McCormickP32019.456.242.550
Jim ConstableP300014.544.113.690
Roy WrightP110116.882.203.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.