You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Leagues > MLB History > 1956 MLB | AL | NL > Shortstop

1956 Major League Baseball Shortstop

1955 MLB  / 1957 MLB  / 1956 AL  / 1956 NL  Shortstop

Team & League Standard Fielding--SS

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Tm #Fld R/G G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp
BAL 3 4.58 154 154 1360.2 777 258 490 29 94 .963 2.4 2.1 4.4 3.8 0.5 -2
BOS 3 4.85 155 155 1398.0 812 279 493 40 117 .951 -7.1 -6.1 -5.1 -2.2 -3.0 -2
BRO 4 3.90 154 154 1368.2 764 305 433 26 93 .966 4.0 3.5 5.0 -3.2 8.1 -1
CHC 3 4.51 157 157 1391.2 754 313 412 29 104 .962 1.6 1.4 0.6 -4.5 5.1 1
CHW 4 4.12 154 154 1389.0 808 264 508 36 93 .955 6.6 5.7 5.6 6.5 -0.7 1
CIN 3 4.25 155 155 1389.0 883 334 527 22 107 .975 19.5 16.8 18.5 2.1 16.4 1
CLE 3 3.75 155 155 1384.0 722 281 419 22 83 .970 3.8 3.3 4.8 -1.9 6.7 -1
DET 3 4.51 155 155 1379.0 730 252 457 21 101 .971 -0.5 -0.4 0.5 -1.7 2.2 -1
KCA 3 5.40 154 154 1370.1 829 270 526 33 114 .960 12.3 10.8 8.3 4.6 3.8 4
MLN 4 3.67 155 155 1393.1 822 287 511 24 103 .971 11.8 10.2 10.8 2.7 8.1 1
NYG 5 4.22 154 154 1377.0 720 269 426 25 86 .965 -7.8 -6.8 -8.8 -13.4 4.5 1
NYY 6 4.10 154 154 1381.2 849 329 489 31 144 .963 -1.7 -1.5 -3.7 1.7 -5.2 2
PHI 3 4.79 154 154 1377.1 746 258 444 44 101 .941 -2.8 -2.4 -5.8 -2.1 -3.7 3
PIT 4 4.16 157 157 1376.1 842 324 481 37 92 .956 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.5 -1.5 -1
STL 5 4.47 156 156 1388.2 786 293 457 36 104 .954 4.9 4.2 4.9 -3.0 7.8 0
WSH 6 5.96 155 155 1368.2 833 280 509 44 108 .947 -19.9 -17.4 -14.9 -11.4 -3.3 -5
LgAvg 4 4.45 155 155 1381 792 287 474 31 103 .961 2 0 2 0 3 0
59 4.45 2478 2478 22093.1 12677 4596 7582 499 1644 .961 26.0 1.4 25.0 -20.5 45.8 1

Team & League Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
BAL 6047 61% 79% 24% 608 92% 7 256 119 109 29 489 358 102 1 11 30 2 26 2 21 95 40 10 17 12 3 84 50 33 7 4 2
BOS 6145 61% 77% 26% 593 89% 3 283 123 146 14 468 343 114 2 3 38 3 33 2 27 117 37 8 44 10 2 107 47 59 7 5 2
BRO 5801 60% 79% 31% 585 92% 1 302 162 115 26 433 333 86 2 9 26 1 16 9 19 98 29 5 34 11 4 86 34 49 8 5 3
CHC 4232 59% 77% 23% 391 90% 4 211 103 91 17 285 208 66 1 4 19 0 18 1 15 73 32 1 22 4 3 70 33 30 2 0 2
CHW 6039 67% 79% 24% 683 88% 8 269 151 103 15 506 375 109 1 5 36 1 30 5 24 93 35 7 31 5 4 83 42 41 7 4 3
CIN 6028 62% 81% 26% 667 93% 5 331 168 135 28 518 408 93 2 6 23 0 21 2 19 107 31 5 30 16 10 96 36 57 7 2 3
CLE 6024 63% 76% 23% 591 91% 1 282 156 106 20 415 298 107 1 6 22 0 19 3 18 82 40 4 23 4 4 75 44 31 6 5 1
DET 6205 62% 76% 23% 575 94% 2 246 132 94 20 457 336 104 1 11 21 0 18 3 13 102 45 5 26 3 5 91 52 36 8 4 3
KCA 6140 62% 78% 25% 656 91% 9 277 145 106 26 510 369 113 4 12 33 0 30 3 30 114 52 5 29 3 13 104 57 45 6 1 3
MLN 4024 60% 81% 28% 431 90% 1 196 88 86 22 342 269 66 1 4 17 0 16 1 13 74 23 3 25 8 9 71 27 43 1 0 1
NYG 4605 63% 77% 26% 413 87% 1 198 93 81 23 315 244 59 1 6 19 0 17 2 16 64 19 3 18 8 9 60 22 36 2 1 1
NYY 6057 62% 77% 25% 620 90% 8 323 145 153 25 489 343 129 2 11 31 1 24 6 26 142 49 3 42 13 12 128 53 70 11 3 7
PHI 5900 65% 80% 22% 584 89% 5 249 144 89 16 434 332 78 2 8 43 0 40 3 33 104 41 7 25 10 6 94 48 41 9 5 3
PIT 3825 57% 80% 26% 391 91% 2 204 97 89 19 291 225 54 1 9 26 1 21 4 19 73 27 7 20 4 2 63 34 26 6 2 4
STL 6059 62% 79% 27% 619 88% 6 292 139 124 29 465 336 102 3 11 38 1 34 3 24 103 41 6 30 6 3 91 47 40 11 8 3
WSH 6444 66% 78% 25% 670 86% 10 282 135 120 27 506 352 124 2 7 44 1 28 15 37 109 46 2 30 9 8 101 50 51 6 5 1
LgAvg 3069 63% 77% 25% 312 90% 3 139 69 59 11 240 173 56 1 4 16 1 13 2 12 53 22 3 15 4 3 48 25 23 4 2 1
49101 63% 77% 25% 4996 90% 48 2218 1106 937 176 3840 2774 902 14 66 255 8 208 39 196 854 344 44 242 59 51 773 395 366 58 31 22
LgAvg 2530 61% 79% 26% 255 90% 2 124 62 51 11 193 147 38 1 4 13 0 11 2 10 44 15 2 13 4 3 39 18 20 3 1 1
40474 61% 79% 26% 4081 90% 25 1983 994 810 180 3083 2355 604 13 57 211 3 183 25 158 696 243 37 204 67 46 631 281 322 46 23 20

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Player Standard Fielding--SS

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
1 Luis Aparicio 22 CHW AL 152 151 1299.2 759 250 474 35 91 .954 2.5 2.3 1.5 5.8 -4.2 1 5.01 4.76
2 Ernie Banks 25 CHC NL 139 139 1228.0 661 279 357 25 92 .962 1.6 1.6 0.6 -5.3 5.9 1 4.66 4.58
3 Mike Baxes 25 KCA AL 62 27 301.2 178 56 112 10 17 .944 2.3 9.1 2.3 1.8 0.5 0 5.01 2.71
4 Don Blasingame 24 STL NL 49 49 417.0 241 93 135 13 31 .946 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.8 2.7 -1 4.92 4.65
5 Milt Bolling 25 BOS AL 26 17 181.0 95 31 59 5 11 .947 -3.6 -23.9 -3.6 0.4 -4.0 0 4.48 3.46
6 Eddie Bressoud 24 NYG NL 48 45 395.1 202 67 125 10 26 .950 -3.7 -11.2 -3.7 -3.0 -0.8 0 4.37 4.00
7 Jim Brideweser 29 TOT AL 42 13 169.1 95 31 62 2 13 .979 2.5 17.7 1.5 0.9 0.6 1 4.94 2.21
8 Jim Brideweser 29 CHW AL 10 2 35.1 16 4 11 1 1 .938 0.7 23.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 3.82 1.50
9 Jim Brideweser 29 DET AL 32 11 134.0 79 27 51 1 12 .987 1.8 16.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 1 5.24 2.44
10 Rocky Bridges 28 CIN NL 7 0 22.0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.3 16.4 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 4.09 1.43
11 Don Buddin 22 BOS AL 113 113 988.1 612 213 370 29 98 .953 -2.9 -3.5 -1.9 -4.4 2.4 -1 5.31 5.16
12 Chico Carrasquel 28 CLE AL 141 135 1173.0 612 240 352 20 70 .967 3.4 3.5 4.4 -1.3 5.7 -1 4.54 4.20
13 Tom Carroll 19 NYY AL 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00
14 Foster Castleman 25 NYG NL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00
15 Dick Cole 30 PIT NL 6 4 23.0 10 2 7 1 4 .900 -0.2 -10.4 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 0 3.52 1.50
16 Jerry Coleman 31 NYY AL 24 18 159.1 91 40 48 3 14 .967 -2.6 -19.6 -1.6 -0.8 -0.8 -1 4.97 3.67
17 Alvin Dark 34 TOT NL 147 147 1289.2 720 267 424 29 93 .960 2.0 1.9 1.0 -6.8 7.8 1 4.82 4.70
18 Alvin Dark 34 NYG NL 48 48 432.1 230 89 132 9 27 .961 -3.2 -8.9 -3.2 -5.9 2.7 0 4.60 4.60
19 Alvin Dark 34 STL NL 99 99 857.1 490 178 292 20 66 .959 5.2 7.3 4.2 -0.9 5.1 1 4.93 4.75
20 Joe DeMaestri 27 KCA AL 132 125 1053.2 640 210 407 23 95 .964 9.5 10.8 5.5 2.8 2.8 4 5.27 4.67
21 Sammy Esposito 24 CHW AL 19 1 48.0 30 9 21 0 1 1.000 3.5 87.5 3.5 0.6 3.0 0 5.62 1.58
22 Chico Fernandez 24 BRO NL 25 16 163.2 92 34 56 2 11 .978 0.3 2.2 1.3 -0.8 2.0 -1 4.95 3.60
23 Billy Gardner 28 BAL AL 25 8 118.2 72 24 46 2 1 .972 1.1 11.1 3.1 0.6 2.5 -2 5.31 2.80
24 Alex Grammas 30 TOT NL 17 8 87.0 34 15 18 1 3 .971 0.2 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.41 1.94
25 Alex Grammas 30 STL NL 5 3 31.0 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.9 34.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 3.48 2.40
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
26 Alex Grammas 30 CIN NL 12 5 56.0 22 12 9 1 2 .955 -0.7 -15.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 3.38 1.75
27 Dick Groat 25 PIT NL 141 136 1205.0 741 287 420 34 74 .954 -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.6 -1 5.28 5.01
28 Granny Hamner 29 PHI NL 110 101 904.1 511 177 302 32 69 .937 -4.7 -6.2 -6.7 -2.1 -4.6 2 4.77 4.35
29 Fred Hatfield 31 CHW AL 3 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00
30 Buddy Hicks 29 DET AL 16 4 64.0 24 6 18 0 3 1.000 -1.3 -24.4 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 0 3.38 1.50
31 Billy Hunter 28 NYY AL 32 19 175.0 107 49 58 0 20 1.000 1.7 11.7 0.7 1.1 -0.4 1 5.50 3.34
32 Ted Kazanski 22 PHI NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
33 Jerry Kindall 21 CHC NL 18 18 158.2 90 33 53 4 12 .956 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.8 0 4.88 4.78
34 Billy Klaus 27 BOS AL 26 25 228.2 105 35 64 6 8 .943 -0.6 -3.1 0.4 1.8 -1.4 -1 3.90 3.81
35 Harvey Kuenn 25 DET AL 141 140 1181.0 627 219 388 20 86 .968 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -2.6 3.6 -2 4.63 4.30
36 Kenny Kuhn 19 CLE AL 17 3 48.0 20 9 11 0 3 1.000 -2.3 -57.5 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0 3.75 1.18
37 Johnny Logan 29 MLN NL 148 147 1299.2 757 266 467 24 94 .968 10.7 9.9 9.7 2.2 7.5 1 5.08 4.95
38 Hector Lopez 26 KCA AL 4 2 15.0 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.60 2.75
39 Jerry Lumpe 23 NYY AL 17 14 123.0 95 32 55 8 15 .916 -1.0 -9.8 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 0 6.37 5.12
40 Lyle Luttrell 26 WSH AL 37 36 311.0 180 69 100 11 19 .939 -10.8 -41.7 -8.8 -6.6 -2.2 -2 4.89 4.57
41 Felix Mantilla 21 MLN NL 15 8 87.2 60 19 41 0 8 1.000 0.9 12.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 6.16 4.00
42 Fred Marsh 32 BAL AL 8 1 32.1 14 5 8 1 2 .929 -0.8 -29.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 0 3.62 1.63
43 Gil McDougald 28 NYY AL 92 88 768.0 464 177 273 14 77 .970 1.2 1.9 -0.8 3.3 -4.1 2 5.27 4.89
44 Roy McMillan 26 CIN NL 150 150 1311.0 851 319 511 21 105 .975 19.9 18.2 18.9 2.5 16.4 1 5.70 5.53
45 Eddie Miksis 29 CHC NL 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.50
46 Willy Miranda 30 BAL AL 147 145 1209.2 691 229 436 26 91 .962 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 -1.2 0 4.95 4.52
47 Bobby Morgan 30 STL NL 6 2 31.0 17 8 8 1 2 .941 0.2 7.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 4.65 2.67
48 Charlie Neal 25 BRO NL 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 1.00
49 Eddie O'Brien 25 PIT NL 23 17 147.1 90 35 53 2 14 .978 -0.3 -2.4 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 0 5.38 3.83
50 Johnny O'Brien 25 PIT NL 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00
Rk Age Tm Lg G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G
51 Danny O'Connell 29 MLN NL 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 18.00 2.00
52 Jim Pendleton 32 MLN NL 3 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 5.40 1.00
53 Herb Plews 28 WSH AL 5 0 8.0 5 1 3 1 1 .800 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 4.50 0.80
54 Pee Wee Reese 37 BRO NL 136 135 1157.0 653 263 367 23 79 .965 4.4 4.6 4.4 -2.1 6.5 0 4.90 4.63
55 Phil Rizzuto 39 NYY AL 30 15 154.1 91 31 54 6 17 .934 -0.9 -7.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.3 0 4.96 2.83
56 Tony Roig 28 WSH AL 19 9 87.1 51 16 31 4 5 .922 -3.0 -41.2 -2.0 0.0 -2.0 -1 4.84 2.47
57 Pete Runnels 28 WSH AL 3 0 6.0 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -120.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0 9.00 2.00
58 Dick Schofield 21 STL NL 9 3 52.1 26 11 13 2 4 .923 -1.4 -32.1 -1.4 -0.8 -0.6 0 4.13 2.67
59 Roy Smalley 30 PHI NL 60 53 472.0 235 81 142 12 32 .949 1.9 4.8 0.9 0.0 0.9 1 4.25 3.72
60 Jerry Snyder 26 WSH AL 35 32 284.1 158 47 106 5 23 .968 2.4 10.1 2.4 1.4 1.1 0 4.84 4.37
61 Daryl Spencer 27 NYG NL 66 61 545.1 288 113 169 6 33 .979 -0.7 -1.5 -1.7 -4.4 2.7 1 4.65 4.27
62 George Strickland 30 CLE AL 28 17 163.0 90 32 56 2 10 .978 2.7 19.9 2.7 -0.3 3.0 0 4.86 3.14
63 Hank Thompson 30 NYG NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00
64 Jose Valdivielso 22 WSH AL 90 78 672.0 433 144 266 23 58 .947 -7.6 -13.6 -5.6 -5.8 0.2 -2 5.49 4.56
65 Don Zimmer 25 BRO NL 8 3 45.0 18 8 9 1 3 .944 -0.7 -18.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.40 2.13
LgAvg 18 16 143 82 30 49 3 11 .961 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.98 4.33

Player Advanced Fielding -- ss

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Rk Age Tm PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
LgAvg
1955 MLB  / 1957 MLB  / 1956 AL  / 1956 NL  Shortstop