1956 Baltimore Orioles season

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1956  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record69–85 (.448)
League place6th
Owners Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General managers Paul Richards
Managers Paul Richards
Television WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV
Radio WCBM
(Ernie Harwell, Chuck Thompson, Bailey Goss)
  1955 Seasons 1957  

The 1956 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757.63049284829
Cleveland Indians 8866.571946314235
Chicago White Sox 8569.5521246313938
Boston Red Sox 8470.5451343344136
Detroit Tigers 8272.5321537404532
Baltimore Orioles 6985.4482841362849
Washington Senators 5995.3833832452750
Kansas City Athletics 52102.3384522553047

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 6–169–135–1713–915–79–1312–10
Boston 16–614–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
Chicago 13–98–1415–713–914–89–1313–9
Cleveland 17–59–13–17–1511–1117–510–1217–5
Detroit 9–1310–129–1311–1116–612–1015–7–1
Kansas City 7–1510–128–145–176–164–1812–10
New York 13–914–813–912–1010–1218–417–5
Washington 10–1213–99–135–177–15–110–125–17

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gus Triandos 131452126.2792188
1B Bob Boyd 7022570.311211
2B Billy Gardner 144515119.2311150
SS Willy Miranda 148461100.217234
3B George Kell 10234590.261837
LF Bob Nieman 114388125.3221264
CF Dick Williams 87353101.2861137
RF Tito Francona 139445115.258957

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Hal Smith 7722960.262318
Bob Hale 8520749.237124
Jim Pyburn 8415627.173211
Dave Philley 3211724.205117
Hoot Evers 4811227.24114
Bobby Adams 4111125.22507
Chuck Diering 509718.18614
Wayne Causey 538815.17014
Joe Frazier 457419.257112
Tex Nelson 396814.20605
Grady Hatton 27619.14813
Tom Gastall 325611.19604
Brooks Robinson 154410.22711
Joe Ginsberg 15282.07102
Fred Marsh 20243.12500
Jim Dyck 11235.21700
Dave Pope 12193.15801

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ray Moore 32185.01274.18105
Connie Johnson 26183.29103.43130
Bill Wight 35174.29124.0284
Jim Wilson 748.1425.0331
Bob Harrison 11.20016.200

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Hal Brown 35151.2974.0457
Erv Palica 29116.14114.4962
Mike Fornieles 30111.0473.9753
Don Ferrarese 36102.04105.0381
Billy Loes 2156.2274.7622
Fred Besana 717.2105.607
Charlie Beamon 213.0201.3814
Ron Moeller 48.2014.152
Sandy Consuegra 48.2114.151
Billy O'Dell 48.0001.136

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
George Zuverink 6276164.1633
Johnny Schmitz 180303.9915
Fritz Dorish 130004.124
Morrie Martin 911010.803
Mel Held 40005.144
Babe Birrer 40006.751
George Werley 10009.000
Gordie Sundin 1000inf0

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Open Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Lefty O'Doul
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Joe Schultz
A Columbus Foxes Sally League Skeeter Newsome
B Lubbock Hubbers/Texas City Texans Big State League Bill Krueger and Jay Haney
C Phoenix Stars Arizona–Mexico League Billy Capps
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League George Staller
D Thomson Orioles Georgia State League Barney Lutz and Enid Drake
D Paris Orioles Sooner State League Jimmy Adair and Barney Lutz

Lubbock franchise transferred to Texas City and renamed, July 8, 1956

Notes

  1. Ed Lopat at Baseball-Reference
  2. List of athletes who have died in plane crashes
  3. "Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".
  4. Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference
  5. Dave Philley at Baseball-Reference
  6. Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference
  7. Joe Ginsberg at Baseball-Reference

References