1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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1956  Brooklyn Dodgers
National League champions
Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
City Brooklyn, New York
Jersey City, New Jersey
Owners Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
President Walter O'Malley
General managers Buzzie Bavasi
Managers Walter Alston
Television WOR-TV
Radio WMGM
Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
  1955
1957  

The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series. This time they lost the series in seven games, one of which was a perfect game by the Yankees' Don Larsen.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the first Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young Award in the same season. [5]

During the season, the Dodgers played seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of owner Walter O'Malley's continued attempts to pressure Brooklyn to allow him to build a new stadium in his preferred location at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. The first of these games was on April 19. [6]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9361.60452254136
Milwaukee Braves 9262.597147294533
Cincinnati Redlegs 9163.591251264037
St. Louis Cardinals 7678.4941743343344
Philadelphia Phillies 7183.4612240373146
New York Giants 6787.4352637403047
Pittsburgh Pirates 6688.4292735433145
Chicago Cubs 6094.3903339382156

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBRCHCCINMILNYGPHIPITSTL
Brooklyn 16–611–1110–1214–813–913–916–6
Chicago 6–166–16–19–137–1513–910–12–19–13–1
Cincinnati 11–1116–6–19–1314–811–1117–513–9
Milwaukee 12–1013–913–917–510–1214–8–113–9
New York 8–1415–78–145–1711–1113–97–15
Philadelphia 9–139–1311–1112–1011–117–1512–10
Pittsburgh 9–1312–10–15–178–14–19–1315–78–14–1
St. Louis 6–1613–9–19–139–1315–710–1214–8–1

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup
#NamePosition
19 Jim Gilliam LF
1 Pee Wee Reese SS
4 Duke Snider CF
39 Roy Campanella C
14 Gil Hodges 1B
42 Jackie Robinson 3B
6 Carl Furillo RF
43 Charlie Neal 2B
36 Don Newcombe P

[7]

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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 Roy Campanella 12438885.2192073
1B Gil Hodges 153550146.2653287
2B Jim Gilliam 153594178.300643
3B Randy Jackson 10130784.274853
SS Pee Wee Reese 147572147.257946
LF Sandy Amorós 11429276.2601658
CF Duke Snider 151542158.29243101
RF Carl Furillo 149523151.2892183

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jackie Robinson 11735798.2751043
Rube Walker 5414631.212320
Charlie Neal 6213639.287214
Rocky Nelson 319620.208415
Chico Fernández 346615.22719
Gino Cimoli 73364.11104
Dale Mitchell 19247.29201
Don Zimmer 17206.30002
Dixie Howell 7133.23101
Dick Williams 772.28600
Don Demeter 331.33311
Bob Aspromonte 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Newcombe 38268.02773.06139
Roger Craig 35199.012113.71109
Sal Maglie 28191.01352.87108
Carl Erskine 31186.113114.2595
Sandy Koufax 1658.2244.9130
Billy Loes 11.10140.502

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Drysdale 2599.0552.6455
Ken Lehman 2549.1235.6629
Chuck Templeton 616.1016.618

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Clem Labine 62106193.3575
Don Bessent 384392.5052
Ed Roebuck 435413.9360
Jim Hughes 50005.258
Ralph Branca 10000.002
Bob Darnell 10000.000

1956 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)200100000391
Brooklyn (N)02310000x690
W: Sal Maglie (1–0)  L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: NYYMickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1)   BROJackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)1501000018122
Brooklyn (N)06122002x13120
W: Don Bessent (1–0)  L: Tom Morgan (0–1)
HR: NYYYogi Berra (1)   BRODuke Snider (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
Brooklyn (N)010001100381
New York (A)01000301x581
W: Whitey Ford (1–1)   L: Roger Craig (0–1)
HR: NYYEnos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
Brooklyn (N)000100001260
New York (A)10020120x672
W: Tom Sturdivant (1–0)   L: Carl Erskine (0–1)
HR: NYYMickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1)

Game 5

October 8, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
Brooklyn (N)000000000000
New York (A)00010100x250
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Sal Maglie (1–1)
HR: NYYMickey Mantle (3)

Game 6

October 9, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team12345678910RHE
New York (A)0000000000070
Brooklyn (N)0000000001140
W: Clem Labine (1–0)  L: Bob Turley (0–1)

Game 7

October 10, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)2021004009100
Brooklyn (N)000000000031
W: Johnny Kucks (1–0)  L: Don Newcombe (0–1)
HR: NYYYogi Berra (2, 3), Elston Howard (1), Bill Skowron (1)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Open Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Tommy Holmes
Bill Sweeney
AAA Montreal Royals International League Greg Mulleavy
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon
AA Ft. Worth Cats Texas League Lee Handley
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Goldie Holt
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Hathaway
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League George Scherger
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Jack Wilkinson
Jodie Beeler
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Lou Rochelli
C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry
D Hornell Dodgers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Boyd Bartley
Charlie Gelbert
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Pete Reiser
D Shawnee Hawks Sooner State League Jack Banta
D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy Rufer
George Pfister

Notes

  1. Randy Jackson at Baseball-Reference
  2. Jack Littrell at Baseball-Reference
  3. Pete Wojey at Baseball-Reference
  4. Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
  5. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  6. Parker, Vernon (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  7. 1956 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. Tim Thompson at Baseball-Reference
  9. Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference
  10. Jim Hughes at Baseball-Reference
  11. Sal Maglie at Baseball-Reference
  12. Ray Shearer at Baseball-Reference
  13. Dale Mitchell at Baseball-Reference

References