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1956 Baltimore Orioles Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
69-85, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 571 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-92
Manager: Paul Richards (69-85)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 901,201 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
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1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Bobby Adams 34 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 14, 1921 11 41 36 41 41 0 0 0 18 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Beamon 21 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 25, 1934 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Besana 25 R L 200 Apr 5, 1931 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babe Birrer 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 4, 1929 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Boyd 36 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 4 70 56 70 70 0 0 60 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 12 1
Hal Brown 31 R R 6' 2" 182 Dec 11, 1924 6 42 14 42 42 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Wayne Causey 19 L R 175 Dec 26, 1936 2 53 17 53 53 0 0 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
Sandy Consuegra 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 3, 1920 7 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Diering 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 9 50 27 50 50 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 35 2 40 6 7
Harry Dorish 34 R R 5' 11" 206 Jul 13, 1921 10 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dyck 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 3, 1922 6 11 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 2 0
Hoot Evers 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 8, 1921 12 48 31 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 33 36 14 1
Don Ferrarese 27 R L 5' 9" 170 Jun 19, 1929 2 36 14 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Fornieles 24 R R 5' 11" 172 Jan 18, 1932 5 33 11 33 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tito Francona 22 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 1st 139 111 139 139 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 41 98 122 23 2
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 45 12 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 31 0
Billy Gardner 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 19, 1927 3 144 137 144 144 0 0 0 132 6 25 0 0 0 0 1 3
Tom Gastall 24 R R 6' 2" 187 Jun 13, 1932 2 32 11 32 32 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Joe Ginsberg 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 7 15 7 15 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Bob Hale 22 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 2 85 41 85 85 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Bob Harrison 25 L R 5' 11" 178 Sep 22, 1930 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 9" 175 Oct 7, 1922 11 27 16 27 27 0 0 0 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Mel Held 27 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 12, 1929 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Connie Johnson 33 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 27, 1922 3 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Kell HOF 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 14 102 93 102 102 0 0 2 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 All-Star
Billy Loes 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 13, 1929 6 21 6 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Marsh 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 5, 1924 7 20 4 20 20 0 0 0 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 6
Morrie Martin 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 3, 1922 7 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willy Miranda 30 B R 150 May 24, 1926 6 148 145 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Moeller 17 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 13, 1938 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Moore 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Jun 1, 1926 4 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tex Nelson 19 L L 6' 3" 220 Aug 7, 1936 2 39 14 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 16 24 15 0
Bob Nieman 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 6 114 114 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 0 0
Billy O'Dell 24 B L 5' 11" 170 Feb 10, 1932 2 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erv Palica 28 R R 180 Feb 9, 1928 10 30 14 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Philley 36 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 12 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 5 0 21 0 18 31 0 0
Dave Pope 35 L R 170 Jun 17, 1921 4 12 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 8 1
Jim Pyburn 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 1, 1932 2 84 38 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 64 3 77 8 16
Brooks Robinson HOF 19 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1937 2 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Johnny Schmitz 35 R L 6' 0" 170 Nov 27, 1920 13 18 3 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Smith 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 2 77 59 77 77 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Gordie Sundin 18 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 10, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gus Triandos 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 30, 1930 4 131 125 131 131 0 89 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
George Werley 17 R R 6' 2" 196 Sep 8, 1938 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Wight 34 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 10 35 26 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Williams HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 5 87 85 87 87 0 0 10 10 4 0 9 66 19 81 2 0
Jim Wilson 34 R R 200 Feb 20, 1922 10 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Zuverink 31 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 20, 1924 5 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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