1956 Baltimore Orioles season

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 69–85 (.448)
League place 6th
Other information
Owner(s) Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
General manager(s) Paul Richards
Manager(s) Paul Richards
Local television WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV
Local radio WCBM
(Ernie Harwell, Chuck Thompson, Bailey Goss)
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The 1956 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

  • October 10, 1955: Ed Lopat was released by the Orioles.[1]

Regular season

  • September 20, 1956: Catcher Tom Gastall was killed in a plane crash.[2]
  • September 30, 1956: Joe Frazier hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.[3]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Cleveland Indians8866.5719
Chicago White Sox8569.55212
Boston Red Sox8470.54513
Detroit Tigers8272.53215
Baltimore Orioles6985.44828
Washington Senators5995.38338
Kansas City Athletics52102.33845

Record vs. opponents

1956 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —6–169–135–1713–915–79–1312–10
Boston 16–6—14–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
Chicago 13–98–14—15–713–914–89–1313–9
Cleveland 17–59–13–17–15—11–1117–510–1217–5
Detroit 9–1310–129–1311–11—16–612–1015–7–1
Kansas City 7–1510–128–145–176–16—4–1812–10
New York 13–914–813–912–1010–1218–4—17–5
Washington 10–1213–99–135–177–15–110–125–17—

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

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
Chuck Diering509718.18614
Joe Frazier457419.257112
Tom Gastall325611.19604

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Erv Palica29116.14114.4962
Fred Besana717.2105.607
Charlie Beamon213201.3814
Ron Moeller48.2014.152

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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 Bill 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

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1956 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
  • 1956 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com


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