1956 Cleveland Indians season

1956 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Myron H. Wilson, William R. Daley
General manager(s) Hank Greenberg
Manager(s) Al López
Local television WEWS-TV
Local radio WERE (1300)
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Offseason

Regular season

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 16–614–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
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

Roster

1956 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1956 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI SB
CJim Hegan1223154270.2221526341
1BVic Wertz13648165127.264220321060
2BBobby Ávila13851374115.224142105417
3BAl Rosen12141664111.26718215611
SSChico Carrasquel14147460115.2431517480
LFGene Woodling1003175683.2621708382
CFJim Busby13549472116.23517312508
RFRocky Colavito1013225589.27611421650

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Al Smith14152687144.27426516716
George Strickland851712236.211123170
Preston Ward871501838.2531006210
Hal Naragon531221135.287313180
Sam Mele571141729.254704200
Earl Averill42931222.237603140
Dave Pope2570617.24331030
Rudy Regalado1647411.23410020
Joe Caffie1238713.34200013
Dale Mitchell383024.13300060
Kenny Kuhn272276.27310020
Stu Locklin9601.16700000
Hoot Evers31011.00000000
Hank Foiles1000.00000000
Bobby Young1000.00000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO
Early Wynn3835277.22092.7291158
Bob Lemon3935255.120143.038994
Herb Score3533249.12092.53129263
Mike Garcia3530197.211123.7874119

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Hank Aguirre16965.13513.722731
Bob Feller194580414.972318

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Don Mossi4887.265113.593359
Cal McLish3761.22414.963227
Ray Narleski3259.13241.521942
Art Houtteman2246.22216.563119
Bud Daley1420.11006.201413
Sal Maglie250003.6022

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Kerby Farrell
AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Jo-Jo White
A Reading Indians Eastern League Don Heffner
B Fayetteville Highlanders Carolina League L. D. Meyer
B Keokuk Kernels Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pinky May
C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Tom Oliver
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Hank Majeski
D Vidalia Indians Georgia State League Mark Wylie
D North Platte Indians Nebraska State League Spencer Harris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Fayetteville[3]

In 1956, the Indianapolis Indians were 92–62. On May 18, they defeated the Louisville Colonels by a score of 24–0. Roger Maris had seven runs batted in for the game.[4] The Indians went on to win the 1956 Junior World Series by defeating the Rochester Red Wings. In Game 2 of the Junior World Series, Roger Maris would set a record by getting seven runs batted in.[5]

Notes

  1. Ralph Kiner at Baseball Reference
  2. Chico Carrasquel at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  4. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 77, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
  5. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 80

References

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