1956 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1956 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–85 (.448)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger, Clarence Miles
General manager(s)Paul Richards
Manager(s)Paul Richards
Local televisionWMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV
Local radioWCBM
(Ernie Harwell, Chuck Thompson, Bailey Goss)
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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 Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 49–28 48–29
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 9 46–31 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 13 43–34 41–36
Detroit Tigers 8272 0.532 15 37–40 45–32
Baltimore Orioles 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Washington Senators 5995 0.383 38 32–45 27–50
Kansas City Athletics 52102 0.338 45 22–55 30–47

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

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

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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. Ed Lopat at Baseball-Reference
  2. List of athletes who have died in plane crashes
  3. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml
  4. Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference
  5. Dave Philley at Baseball-Reference
  6. Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference
  7. Joe Ginsberg at Baseball-Reference

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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