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1956 American League  Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
NewYorkY NYY  97  57  .630  --  
Clvlnd   CLE  88  66  .571  9.0
ChicagoW CHW  85  69  .552 12.0
BostonRS BOS  84  70  .545 13.0
Detroit  DET  82  72  .532 15.0
Bltmore  BAL  69  85  .448 28.0
Washngtn WSH  59  95  .383 38.0
KansasCy KCA  52 102  .338 45.0

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1956 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.56   857  154  5312  1433  193  55  190  615   755  .270  .346  .434   51   37 115  5.35  5.78
 DET  5.09   789  155  5364  1494  209  50  150  644   618  .279  .356  .420   43   26 110  4.60  5.58
 CHW  5.04   776  154  5286  1412  218  43  128  619   660  .267  .344  .397   70   33 101  5.23  4.84
 BOS  5.03   780  155  5349  1473  261  45  139  727   687  .275  .362  .419   28   19 103  5.23  4.83
 CLE  4.59   712  155  5148  1256  199  23  153  681   764  .244  .332  .381   40   32  93  4.42  4.77
 WSH  4.21   652  155  5202  1302  198  62  112  690   877  .250  .338  .377   37   34 100  4.60  3.82
 KCA  4.02   619  154  5256  1325  204  41  112  480   727  .252  .315  .370   40   30  89  3.96  4.08
 BAL  3.71   571  154  5090  1242  198  34   91  563   725  .244  .319  .350   39   42  88  3.57  3.84
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.66  5756 1236 42007 10937 1680 353 1075 5019  5813  .260  .341  .394  348  253

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CLE  3.75   581  155  3.32  1384  1233   8.0   564  3.6  116   845   67    16    17  24 126  3.73  3.77
 NYY  4.10   631  154  3.63  1382  1285   8.3   652  4.2  114   732   50     9    10  35 107  3.94  4.26
 CHW  4.12   634  154  3.73  1389  1351   8.8   524  3.4  118   722   65    11    11  13 111  4.16  4.08
 DET  4.51   699  155  4.06  1379  1389   9.0   655  4.2  140   788   62     9    10  15 101  4.58  4.44
 BOS  4.85   751  155  4.17  1398  1354   8.7   668  4.3  130   712   50     8     8  20 111  4.97  4.71
 BAL  4.58   705  154  4.20  1360  1362   8.8   547  3.6   99   715   38     8    10  24  93  4.09  5.06
 KCA  5.40   831  154  4.86  1370  1424   9.2   679  4.4  187   636   30     3     3  18  89  5.83  4.96
 WSH  5.96   924  155  5.33  1368  1539   9.9   730  4.7  171   663   36     1     1  18  78  6.25  5.68
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.66  5756 1236  4.16 11030 10937   8.9  5019  4.1 1075  5813  398          70 167

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  135  214  .977   .712  1,491,784  19,374   98-56  49-28 48-29  97  93 28.1 26.3   5   6  50 Stengel
 CLE  129  130  .978   .721    865,467  11,240   91-63  46-31 42-35 102 101 29.8 30.6   3   3  34 Lopez
 CHW  122  160  .979   .710  1,000,090  12,988   91-63  46-31 39-38 102  99 30.1 31.5   4   4  22 Marion
 BOS  169  168  .972   .707  1,137,158  14,579   80-74  43-34 41-36 112 111 28.2 27.4   1   5  15 Higgins
 DET  140  151  .976   .698  1,051,182  13,477   85-69  37-40 45-32 101  99 27.1 28.0   2   4  20 Harris
 BAL  133  142  .977   .698    901,201  11,704   62-92  41-36 28-49  92  94 28.1 30.0   2   1  24 Richards
 WSH  168  173  .972   .682    431,647   5,606   53-101 32-45 27-50  96 100 26.8 24.7   1   1  17 Dressen
 KCA  166  187  .973   .702  1,015,154  13,184   57-97  22-55 30-47 100 104 28.6 28.6   2   2  21 Boudreau
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable PlayerMickey Mantle
NYY .353/.464/.705
Cy Young AwardDon Newcombe (ML)
BRO 27-7  3.06 139 SO
Rookie of the YearLuis Aparicio
CHW .266/.311/.341
Triple Crown WinnerMickey Mantle
NYY .353/.464/.705

(ML) - Award for both leagues

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Mantle-NYY.353
Williams-BOS.345
Kuenn-DET.332
Maxwell-DET.326
Nieman-TOT.320

On-base %
Williams-BOS.479
Mantle-NYY.464
Nieman-TOT.436
Minoso-CHW.425
Maxwell-DET.414

Slugging %
Mantle-NYY.705
Williams-BOS.605
Maxwell-DET.534
Berra-NYY.534
Kaline-DET.530

OPS
Mantle-NYY1.169
Williams-BOS1.084
Minoso-CHW.950
Maxwell-DET.948
Nieman-TOT.931

Games
Piersall-BOS155
Fox-CHW154
Kaline-DET153
Aparicio-CHW152
Sievers-WSH152
Yost-WSH152

At Bats
Fox-CHW649
Kaline-DET617
Piersall-BOS601
Kuenn-DET591
Jensen-BOS578
Runnels-WSH578

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Fox-CHW721
Kaline-DET693
Yost-WSH684
Piersall-BOS681
Jensen-BOS673

Runs
Mantle-NYY132
Fox-CHW109
Minoso-CHW106
Bauer-NYY96
Kaline-DET96
Kuenn-DET96
Maxwell-DET96

Hits
Kuenn-DET196
Kaline-DET194
Fox-CHW192
Mantle-NYY188
Jensen-BOS182

Total Bases
Mantle-NYY376
Kaline-DET327
Jensen-BOS287
Minoso-CHW286
Berra-NYY278
Kuenn-DET278

Doubles
Piersall-BOS40
Kaline-DET32
Kuenn-DET32
Berra-NYY29
Klaus-BOS29
Minoso-CHW29
Runnels-WSH29

Triples
Jensen-BOS11
Lemon-WSH11
Minoso-CHW11
Simpson-KCA11
Fox-CHW10
Kaline-DET10

Home Runs
Mantle-NYY52
Wertz-CLE32
Berra-NYY30
Sievers-WSH29
Maxwell-DET28

RBI
Mantle-NYY130
Kaline-DET128
Wertz-CLE106
Berra-NYY105
Simpson-KCA105

Bases on Balls
Yost-WSH151
Mantle-NYY112
Doby-CHW102
Williams-BOS102
Sievers-WSH100

Strikeouts
Lemon-WSH138
Doby-CHW105
Mantle-NYY99
Sievers-WSH88
Wertz-CLE87

Stolen Bases
Aparicio-CHW21
Rivera-CHW20
Avila-CLE17
Minoso-CHW12
Francona-BAL11
Jensen-BOS11

Singles
Fox-CHW158
Kuenn-DET145
Runnels-WSH133
Jensen-BOS128
Kaline-DET125

Adjusted OPS+
Mantle-NYY210
Williams-BOS172
Nieman-TOT154
Maxwell-DET148
Minoso-CHW148

Runs Created
Mantle-NYY188
Minoso-CHW130
Kaline-DET129
Williams-BOS121
Maxwell-DET118

Adjusted Batting Runs
Mantle-NYY87
Williams-BOS49
Minoso-CHW43
Nieman-TOT38
Maxwell-DET37

Batting Wins
Mantle-NYY8.1
Williams-BOS4.7
Minoso-CHW4.0
Nieman-TOT3.6
Maxwell-DET3.5

Extra-Base Hits
Mantle-NYY79
Kaline-DET69
Berra-NYY61
Minoso-CHW61
Piersall-BOS60

Times on Base
Mantle-NYY302
Minoso-CHW281
Yost-WSH278
Jensen-BOS272
Kaline-DET265

Offensive Win%
Mantle-NYY.879
Williams-BOS.837
Maxwell-DET.756
Minoso-CHW.747
Nieman-TOT.717

Hit By Pitch
Minoso-CHW23
Lollar-CHW16
Fox-CHW10
Courtney-WSH9
Hatfield-TOT9

Sac. Hits
Aparicio-CHW14
Kell-TOT14
Fox-CHW13
Carrasquel-CLE9
Piersall-BOS9
Yost-WSH9

Sac. Flies
Piersall-BOS12
Kuenn-DET8
Maxwell-DET8
Minoso-CHW7
Philley-TOT7
Rosen-CLE7
Wertz-CLE7

Intentional Walks
Williams-BOS11
Sievers-WSH10
Wertz-CLE10
Berberet-WSH9
Yost-WSH9

Grounded into Double Plays
Jensen-BOS23
Triandos-BAL21
Fox-CHW19
Lollar-CHW19
Piersall-BOS19
Simpson-KCA19

Caught Stealing
Rivera-CHW9
McDougald-NYY8
Piersall-BOS7
Carey-NYY6
Minoso-CHW6
Miranda-BAL6
Nieman-TOT6
Woodling-CLE6

Power/Speed Number
Mantle-NYY16.8
Minoso-CHW15.3
Rivera-CHW15.0
Jensen-BOS14.2
Avila-CLE12.6

At Bats per Strikeout
Fox-CHW46.4
Power-KCA33.1
Berra-NYY18.0
Kuenn-DET17.4
Minoso-CHW13.6

At Bats per Home Run
Mantle-NYY10.3
Wertz-CLE15.0
Williams-BOS16.7
Berra-NYY17.4
Maxwell-DET17.9

Outs
Fox-CHW498
Piersall-BOS472
Kaline-DET439
Lopez-KCA438
Tuttle-DET437

ERA
Ford-NYY2.47
Score-CLE2.53
Wynn-CLE2.72
Lemon-CLE3.03
Harshman-CHW3.10

Wins
Lary-DET21
Hoeft-DET20
Lemon-CLE20
Pierce-CHW20
Score-CLE20
Wynn-CLE20

Won-Loss %
Ford-NYY.760
Pierce-CHW.690
Score-CLE.690
Wynn-CLE.690
Larsen-NYY.688

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Donovan-CHW1.155
Wynn-CLE1.167
Score-CLE1.167
Sturdivant-NYY1.175
Ford-NYY1.201

Hits Allowed/9IP
Score-CLE5.85
Larsen-NYY6.66
Harshman-CHW7.27
Brewer-BOS7.37
Foytack-DET7.42

Bases on Balls/9IP
Stobbs-WSH2.02
Donovan-CHW2.26
Kucks-NYY2.89
Wynn-CLE2.95
Sturdivant-NYY2.96

Strikeouts/9IP
Score-CLE9.49
Pascual-WSH7.73
Foytack-DET6.47
Pierce-CHW6.25
Sturdivant-NYY6.25

Games
Zuverink-BAL62
Crimian-KCA54
Gorman-KCA52
Delock-BOS48
Mossi-CLE48

Saves
Zuverink-BAL16
Morgan-NYY11
Mossi-CLE11
Delock-BOS9
Shantz-KCA9

Innings
Lary-DET294.0
Wynn-CLE277.7
Pierce-CHW276.3
Foytack-DET256.0
Lemon-CLE255.3

Strikeouts
Score-CLE263
Pierce-CHW192
Foytack-DET184
Hoeft-DET172
Lary-DET165

Games Started
Lary-DET38
Lemon-CLE35
Wynn-CLE35
Ditmar-KCA34
Hoeft-DET34

Comp. Games
Lemon-CLE21
Pierce-CHW21
Lary-DET20
Ford-NYY18
Hoeft-DET18
Wynn-CLE18

Shutouts
Score-CLE5
Brewer-BOS4
Garcia-CLE4
Harshman-CHW4
Hoeft-DET4
Wynn-CLE4

Home Runs Allow.
Pascual-WSH33
Ditmar-KCA30
Stobbs-WSH29
Gromek-DET25
Foytack-DET24
Pierce-CHW24

Bases On Balls Allow.
Foytack-DET142
Score-CLE129
Lary-DET116
Brewer-BOS112
Wiesler-WSH112

Hits Allowed
Lary-DET289
Hoeft-DET276
Stobbs-WSH264
Pierce-CHW261
Ditmar-KCA254

SO to Walk
Sturdivant-NYY2.12
Score-CLE2.04
Donovan-CHW2.03
Johnson-TOT1.97
Pierce-CHW1.92

Losses
Ditmar-KCA22
Pascual-WSH18
Stobbs-WSH15
Hoeft-DET14
Lemon-CLE14
Wilson-TOT14

Earned Runs Allow.
Ditmar-KCA125
Pascual-WSH123
Hoeft-DET112
Lary-DET103
Foytack-DET102
Pierce-CHW102

Wild Pitches
Score-CLE11
Foytack-DET8
Harshman-CHW7
Hoeft-DET7
Lasorda-KCA7
Pascual-WSH7

Hit Batsmen
Lary-DET12
Kucks-NYY10
Gromek-DET9
Nixon-BOS8
Sullivan-BOS8

Batters Faced
Lary-DET1269
Pierce-CHW1166
Wynn-CLE1144
Ditmar-KCA1101
Foytack-DET1098

Games Finished
Zuverink-BAL40
Aber-DET28
Delock-BOS28
Shantz-KCA26
Mossi-CLE24

Adjusted ERA+
Score-CLE166
Ford-NYY156
Wynn-CLE154
Lemon-CLE139
Sullivan-BOS135

Oldest Player
Kinder-CHW1914-07-26 (41)
Slaughter-TOT1916-04-27 (40)
Rizzuto-NYY1916-09-25 (39)
Konstanty-NYY1917-03-02 (39)
Maglie-CLE1917-04-26 (39)
Trucks-DET1917-04-26 (39)

Youngest Player
Derrington-CHW1939-11-29 (16)
Moeller-BAL1938-10-13 (17)
Werley-BAL1938-09-08 (17)
Sundin-BAL1937-10-10 (18)
Robinson-BAL1937-05-18 (19)

   
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Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Billy Pierce (CHW)
C. Yogi Berra (NYY)
1B. Mickey Vernon (BOS)
2B. Nellie Fox (CHW)
3B. George Kell (BAL)
SS. Harvey Kuenn (DET)
LF. Ted Williams (BOS)
CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY)
RF. Al Kaline (DET)

     
Ray Boone* (DET)
Tom Brewer* (BOS)
Whitey Ford* (NYY)
Johnny Kucks (NYY)
Sherm Lollar* (CHW)
Billy Martin* (NYY)
Charlie Maxwell (DET)
Gil McDougald (NYY)
Ray Narleski (CLE)
     
Jim Piersall* (BOS)
Vic Power* (KCA)
Herb Score* (CLE)
Roy Sievers* (WSH)
Harry Simpson* (KCA)
Frank Sullivan (BOS)
Jim Wilson* (CHW)
Early Wynn* (CLE)

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