1957 New York Giants (MLB) season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = New York Giants
season = 1957
misc = Final Season in New York

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
Uniform
ballpark = Polo Grounds
y4 = 1911
city = New York, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Horace Stoneham
general manager =Chub Feeney
managers = Bill Rigney
television = WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Bob Delaney, Jim Woods)
radio = WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Bob Delaney, Jim Woods)|

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 in their 75th and final season in New York City before the team's relocation to San Francisco, California for the following season.

Offseason

*February 21, 1957: Manny Mota was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/motama01.shtml Manny Mota Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*February 26, 1957: Hoyt Wilhelm was traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Whitey Lockman. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilheho01.shtml Hoyt Wilhelm Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Transactions

*June 15, 1957: Red Schoendienst was traded by the New York Giants to the Milwaukee Braves for Danny O'Connell, Ray Crone, and Bobby Thomson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schoere01.shtml Red Schoendienst Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Willie Mays, National League leader, Triples, (20). [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.95, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYG/1957.shtml 1957 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1957&t=NYG 1957 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]