1956 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 84–70 (.545) | |
League place | 4th (13 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Joe Cronin | |
Managers | Pinky Higgins | |
Television | WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1956 Boston Red Sox season was the 56th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, 13 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1956 World Series.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 49–28 | 48–29 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 9 | 46–31 | 42–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 15 | 37–40 | 45–32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Washington Senators | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 38 | 32–45 | 27–50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 45 | 22–55 | 30–47 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 6–16 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
Boston | 16–6 | — | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 17–5 | 9–13–1 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 17–5 | 10–12 | 17–5 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7–1 | |||||
Kansas City | 7–15 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 4–18 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 18–4 | — | 17–5 | |||||
Washington | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 7–15–1 | 10–12 | 5–17 | — |
10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
9 | Ted Williams | LF |
4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
6 | Mickey Vernon | 1B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
24 | Don Buddin | SS |
22 | Sammy White | C |
18 | Frank Sullivan | P |
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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 |
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C | Sammy White | 114 | 392 | 96 | .245 | 5 | 44 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 119 | 403 | 125 | .310 | 15 | 84 |
2B | Billy Goodman | 105 | 399 | 117 | .293 | 2 | 38 |
SS | Don Buddin | 114 | 377 | 90 | .239 | 5 | 37 |
3B | Billy Klaus | 135 | 520 | 141 | .271 | 7 | 59 |
LF | Ted Williams | 136 | 400 | 138 | .345 | 24 | 82 |
CF | Jim Piersall | 155 | 601 | 176 | .293 | 14 | 87 |
RF | Jackie Jensen | 151 | 578 | 182 | .315 | 20 | 97 |
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 |
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Dick Gernert | 106 | 306 | 89 | .291 | 16 | 68 |
Ted Lepcio | 83 | 284 | 74 | .261 | 15 | 51 |
Pete Daley | 59 | 187 | 50 | .267 | 5 | 29 |
Milt Bolling | 45 | 118 | 25 | .212 | 3 | 8 |
Frank Malzone | 27 | 103 | 17 | .165 | 2 | 11 |
Norm Zauchin | 44 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 2 | 11 |
Gene Stephens | 104 | 63 | 17 | .270 | 1 | 7 |
Faye Throneberry | 24 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 1 | 3 |
Gene Mauch | 7 | 25 | 8 | .320 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Consolo | 48 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Grady Hatton | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Marty Keough | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Brewer | 32 | 244.1 | 19 | 9 | 3.50 | 127 |
Frank Sullivan | 34 | 242.0 | 14 | 7 | 3.42 | 116 |
Willard Nixon | 23 | 145.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.21 | 74 |
Mel Parnell | 21 | 131.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.77 | 41 |
Bob Porterfield | 25 | 126.0 | 3 | 12 | 5.14 | 53 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave Sisler | 39 | 142.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.62 | 93 |
Ike Delock | 48 | 128.1 | 13 | 7 | 4.21 | 105 |
George Susce | 21 | 69.2 | 2 | 4 | 6.20 | 26 |
Frank Baumann | 7 | 24.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.28 | 18 |
Rudy Minarcin | 3 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Hurd | 40 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5.33 | 34 |
Leo Kiely | 23 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5.17 | 9 |
Fritz Dorish | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.57 | 11 |
Johnny Schmitz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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