1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season

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.

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
1956 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mrs. John L. Smith
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMGM
Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
< Previous season     Next season >

Offseason

Regular season

Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the very 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 9361 0.604 — 52–25 41–36
Milwaukee Braves 9262 0.597 1 47–29 45–33
Cincinnati Redlegs 9163 0.591 2 51–26 40–37
St. Louis Cardinals 7678 0.494 17 43–34 33–44
Philadelphia Phillies 7183 0.461 22 40–37 31–46
New York Giants 6787 0.435 26 37–40 30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 6688 0.429 27 35–43 31–45
Chicago Cubs 6094 0.390 33 39–38 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1956 National League Records

Sources:
Team BR CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn —16–611–1110–1214–813–913–916–6
Chicago 6–16—6–16–19–137–1513–910–12–19–13–1
Cincinnati 11–1116–6–1—9–1314–811–1117–513–9
Milwaukee 12–1013–913–9—17–510–1214–8–113–9
New York 8–1415–78–145–17—11–1113–97–15
Philadelphia 9–139–1311–1112–1011–11—7–1512–10
Pittsburgh 9–1312–10–15–178–14–19–1315–7—8–14–1
St. Louis 6–1613–9–19–139–1315–710–1214–8–1—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Jim GilliamLeft fielder
Pee Wee ReeseShortstop
Duke SniderCenter fielder
Roy CampanellaCatcher
Gil HodgesFirst baseman
Jackie RobinsonThird baseman
Carl FurilloRight fielder
Charlie NealSecond baseman
Don NewcombeStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CRoy Campanella12438885.2192073
1BGil Hodges153550146.2653287
2BJim Gilliam153594178.300643
3BRandy Jackson10130784.274853
SSPee Wee Reese147572147.257946
LFSandy Amorós11429276.2601658
CFDuke Snider151542158.29243101
RFCarl Furillo149523151.2892183

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
Jackie Robinson11735798.2751043
Rube Walker5414631.212320
Charlie Neal6213639.287214
Rocky Nelson319620.208415
Chico Fernández346615.22719
Gino Cimoli73364.11104
Dale Mitchell19247.29201
Don Zimmer17206.30002
Dixie Howell7133.23101
Dick Williams772.28600
Don Demeter331.33311
Bob Aspromonte110.00000

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
Don Newcombe382682773.06139
Roger Craig3519912113.71109
Sal Maglie281911352.87108
Carl Erskine31186.113114.2595
Sandy Koufax1658.2244.9130
Billy Loes11.10140.502

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
Don Drysdale2599552.6455
Ken Lehman2549.1235.6629
Chuck Templeton616.1016.618

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
Clem Labine62106193.3575
Ed Roebuck435413.9360
Don Bessent384392.5052
Jim Hughes50005.258
Ralph Branca10000.002
Bob Darnell10000.000

1956 World Series
Main article: 1956 World Series

Game 1

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 200 100 000 391
Brooklyn (N) 023 100 00x 690
W: Sal Maglie (1–0)  L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1)    BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

Game 2

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 150 100 001 8122
Brooklyn (N) 061 220 02x 13120
W: Don Bessent (1–0)  L: Tom Morgan (0–1)
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1)    BRO – Duke Snider (1)

Game 3

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 010 001 100 381
New York (A) 010 003 01x 581
W: Whitey Ford (1–1)   L: Roger Craig (0–1)
HR: NYY – Enos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2)

Game 4

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 000 100 001 260
New York (A) 100 201 20x 672
W: Tom Sturdivant (1–0)   L: Carl Erskine (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1)

Game 5

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn (N) 000 000 000 000
New York (A) 000 101 00x 250
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Sal Maglie (1–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (3)

Game 6

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (A) 000 000 000 0 070
Brooklyn (N) 000 000 000 1 140
W: Clem Labine (1–0)  L: Bob Turley (0–1)

Game 7

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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 202 100 400 9100
Brooklyn (N) 000 000 000 031
W: Johnny Kucks (1–0)  L: Don Newcombe (0–1)
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (2, 3), Elston Howard (1), Bill Skowron (1)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
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. Tim Thompson at Baseball-Reference
  8. Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference
  9. Jim Hughes at Baseball-Reference
  10. Sal Maglie at Baseball-Reference
  11. Ray Shearer at Baseball-Reference
  12. Dale Mitchell at Baseball-Reference

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.