1956 Major League Baseball season

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1956 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 17 – October 10, 1956
Number of games154
Number of teams16
TV partner(s) NBC, CBS
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Mickey Mantle (NYY)
NL: Don Newcombe (BKN)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Cleveland Indians
NL champions Brooklyn Dodgers
  NL runners-up Milwaukee Braves
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up Brooklyn Dodgers
World Series MVP Don Larsen (NYY)
MLB seasons

The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 10, 1956, featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League. The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5.

Contents

Standings

American League

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

National League

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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 4
NL Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Awards and honors

1956 Award Winners
  American League National League
AwardPlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeam
Triple Crown Mickey Mantle CFNYYNone
Most Valuable Player Mickey Mantle CFNYY Don Newcombe PBKN
Cy Young Award None Don Newcombe PBKN
Rookie of the Year Luis Aparicio SSCWS Frank Robinson LFCIN

Statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Mickey Mantle, NYY.353 Hank Aaron, MIL.328
HR Mickey Mantle, NYY52 Duke Snider, BKN43
RBIs Mickey Mantle, NYY130 Stan Musial, STL109
SB Luis Aparicio, CWS21 Willie Mays, NYG40
Wins Frank Lary, DET21 Don Newcombe, BKN27
ERA Whitey Ford, NYY2.47 Lew Burdette, MIL2.70
SO Herb Score, CLE263 Sam Jones, CHC176

Feats

Triple Crown

Milestones

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Baltimore Orioles Paul Richards
Boston Red Sox Pinky Higgins
Chicago White Sox Marty Marion Finished 3rd
Cleveland Indians Al López Finished 2nd
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
Kansas City Athletics Lou Boudreau
New York Yankees Casey Stengel Won World Series
Washington Senators Chuck Dressen

National League

TeamManagerComments
Brooklyn Dodgers Walter Alston Won Pennant
Chicago Cubs Stan Hack
Cincinnati Reds Birdie Tebbetts Finished 3rd
Milwaukee Braves Charlie Grimm and Fred Haney Finished 2nd
New York Giants Bill Rigney
Philadelphia Phillies Mayo Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates Bobby Bragan
St. Louis Cardinals Fred Hutchinson

Home field attendance

Team nameWinsHome attendancePer game
Milwaukee Braves [2] 928.2%2,046,3312.0%26,576
New York Yankees [3] 971.0%1,491,7840.1%19,374
Brooklyn Dodgers [4] 93-5.1%1,213,56217.4%15,761
Boston Red Sox [5] 840.0%1,137,158-5.5%14,579
Cincinnati Redlegs [6] 9121.3%1,125,92862.3%14,622
Detroit Tigers [7] 823.8%1,051,182-11.1%13,477
St. Louis Cardinals [8] 7611.8%1,029,77321.3%13,202
Kansas City Athletics [9] 52-17.5%1,015,154-27.1%13,184
Chicago White Sox [10] 85-6.6%1,000,090-14.9%12,988
Pittsburgh Pirates [11] 6610.0%949,878102.4%12,178
Philadelphia Phillies [12] 71-7.8%934,7981.3%12,140
Baltimore Orioles [13] 6921.1%901,2015.8%11,704
Cleveland Indians [14] 88-5.4%865,467-29.2%11,240
Chicago Cubs [15] 60-16.7%720,118-17.8%9,001
New York Giants [16] 67-16.3%629,179-23.7%8,171
Washington Senators [17] 5911.3%431,6471.5%5,606

Notable events

June

July–September

October–December

Television coverage

CBS aired the Saturday Game of the Week for the second consecutive year. The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

See also

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