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1956 Major League Baseball Team Starting Lineups
1956 Most Common Starters
Players listed have the most games at that position · (WAR)
| Rk | Team | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MLN (92-62, 32.3 batWAR) | D.Crandall (2.0) | J.Adcock (4.8) | D.O'Connell (2.0) | E.Mathews (5.7) | J.Logan (5.5) | B.Thomson (1.6) | B.Bruton (3.3) | H.Aaron (7.1) |
| 2 | BAL (69-85, 5.3 batWAR) | G.Triandos (3.0) | B.Boyd (0.7) | B.Gardner (-0.6) | G.Kell (1.2) | W.Miranda (-0.4) | B.Nieman (4.0) | D.Williams (1.9) | T.Francona (1.1) |
| 3 | BOS (84-70, 21.6 batWAR) | S.White (-1.4) | M.Vernon (2.3) | B.Goodman (2.1) | B.Klaus (2.5) | D.Buddin (0.6) | T.Williams (6.0) | J.Piersall (4.8) | J.Jensen (3.7) |
| 4 | CHC (60-94, 13.0 batWAR) | H.Landrith (-0.4) | D.Fondy (-0.5) | G.Baker (2.2) | D.Hoak (-0.9) | E.Banks (5.3) | M.Irvin (2.5) | P.Whisenant (1.0) | W.Moryn (3.7) |
| 5 | CHW (85-69, 23.7 batWAR) | S.Lollar (3.7) | W.Dropo (-0.5) | N.Fox (1.9) | F.Hatfield (1.1) | L.Aparicio (1.5) | M.Minoso (6.2) | L.Doby (4.9) | J.Rivera (1.1) |
| 6 | CIN (91-63, 28.2 batWAR) | E.Bailey (4.8) | T.Kluszewski (3.0) | J.Temple (1.8) | R.Jablonski (0.4) | R.McMillan (4.2) | F.Robinson (6.5) | G.Bell (1.8) | W.Post (3.5) |
| 7 | CLE (88-66, 13.0 batWAR) | J.Hegan (0.1) | V.Wertz (2.2) | B.Avila (1.2) | A.Rosen (1.8) | C.Carrasquel (1.4) | G.Woodling (1.0) | J.Busby (0.6) | R.Colavito (2.4) |
| 8 | DET (82-72, 25.4 batWAR) | F.House (-0.1) | E.Torgeson (1.8) | F.Bolling (2.0) | R.Boone (3.4) | H.Kuenn (4.6) | C.Maxwell (5.9) | B.Tuttle (-1.2) | A.Kaline (6.6) |
| 9 | BRO (93-61, 29.8 batWAR) | R.Campanella (0.6) | G.Hodges (3.5) | J.Gilliam (6.2) | R.Jackson (3.0) | P.Reese (2.6) | S.Amoros (1.7) | D.Snider (7.6) | C.Furillo (2.3) |
| 10 | WSH (59-95, 6.6 batWAR) | C.Courtney (1.1) | P.Runnels (2.8) | H.Plews (0.2) | E.Yost (2.5) | J.Valdivielso (-0.1) | R.Sievers (2.3) | K.Olson (-1.6) | J.Lemon (1.7) |
| 11 | NYY (97-57, 33.6 batWAR) | Y.Berra (6.3) | B.Skowron (4.3) | B.Martin (1.3) | A.Carey (-0.1) | G.McDougald (5.1) | E.Howard (-0.5) | M.Mantle (11.3) | H.Bauer (1.7) |
| 12 | KCA (52-102, 3.5 batWAR) | T.Thompson (0.5) | V.Power (1.6) | J.Finigan (-0.8) | H.Lopez (1.8) | J.DeMaestri (0.0) | G.Zernial (0.2) | A.Pilarcik (-0.0) | H.Simpson (0.8) |
| 13 | PHI (71-83, 15.1 batWAR) | S.Lopata (4.3) | M.Blaylock (0.8) | T.Kazanski (-1.8) | W.Jones (3.5) | G.Hamner (0.0) | D.Ennis (-0.3) | R.Ashburn (5.7) | E.Valo (1.5) |
| 14 | PIT (66-88, 9.6 batWAR) | J.Shepard (0.8) | D.Long (2.1) | B.Mazeroski (0.2) | F.Thomas (2.0) | D.Groat (0.7) | L.Walls (2.5) | B.Virdon (2.8) | R.Clemente (2.3) |
| 15 | NYG (67-87, 11.7 batWAR) | B.Sarni (0.5) | B.White (3.1) | R.Schoendienst (1.7) | F.Castleman (-0.2) | D.Spencer (0.8) | J.Brandt (1.3) | W.Mays (7.6) | D.Mueller (-1.8) |
| 16 | STL (76-78, 24.8 batWAR) | H.Smith (0.8) | S.Musial (5.5) | D.Blasingame (3.5) | K.Boyer (6.3) | A.Dark (2.4) | R.Repulski (1.1) | B.Del Greco (0.5) | W.Moon (3.6) |
