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1956 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

69-85, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (69-85)
Scored 571 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-92

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Bobby Adams 34 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 11 41 36 41 41 0 0 0 18 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
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 0.7
Fred Besana 25 R L 6' 3" 200 Apr 5, 1931 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Babe Birrer 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 4, 1928 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Boyd 36 L L 5' 10" 170 Oct 1, 1919 4 70 56 70 61 0 0 60 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 12 1 0.4
Hal Brown 31 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 6 42 14 42 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.2
Wayne Causey 19 L R 5' 10" 175 Dec 26, 1936 2 53 17 53 37 0 0 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 -0.9
Sandy Consuegra 35 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 3, 1920 7 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Chuck Diering 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 9 51 27 51 43 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 35 2 42 6 7 -0.6
Fritz Dorish 34 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 10 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jim Dyck 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 3, 1922 6 11 9 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 2 0 0.0
Hoot Evers 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 12 48 31 48 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 33 36 14 1 0.3
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 0.0
Mike Fornieles 24 R R 5' 11" 155 Jan 18, 1932 5 33 11 33 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.3
Tito Francona 22 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 1st 139 111 139 131 0 0 21 0 0 0 1 41 98 122 23 2 1.0
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 45 12 45 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 31 0 0.1
Billy Gardner 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 3 144 137 144 144 0 0 0 132 6 25 0 0 0 0 1 3 -1.1
Tom Gastall 24 R R 6' 2" 187 Jun 13, 1932 2 32 11 32 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 -0.4
Joe Ginsberg 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 11, 1926 7 15 7 15 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.6
Bob Hale 22 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 2 85 41 85 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 -0.9
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 -0.2
Grady Hatton 33 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 11 27 16 27 24 0 0 0 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.1
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 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 4.0
George Kell HOF 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 14 102 93 102 97 0 0 2 1 97 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.0 All-Star
Billy Loes 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Dec 13, 1929 6 21 6 21 21 21 0 0 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 -0.7
Morrie Martin 33 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 7 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Willy Miranda 30 B R 5' 9" 150 May 24, 1926 6 148 145 148 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
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 0.0
Ray Moore 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 4 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2
Tex Nelson 19 L L 6' 3" 205 Aug 7, 1936 2 39 14 39 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 16 24 15 0 -1.0
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 4.2
Billy O'Dell 23 B L 5' 11" 170 Feb 10, 1933 2 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Erv Palica 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 9, 1928 10 30 14 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7
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 -0.8
Dave Pope 35 L R 5' 10" 170 Jun 17, 1921 4 12 3 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 8 1 -0.5
Jim Pyburn 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 1, 1932 2 84 38 84 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 64 3 77 8 16 -1.1
Brooks Robinson HOF 19 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1937 2 15 9 15 15 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
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 -0.1
Hal Smith 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 2 77 59 77 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.3
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 0.0
Gus Triandos 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 30, 1930 4 131 125 131 126 0 88 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.1
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 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 1.9
Dick Williams HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 5 87 85 87 85 0 0 9 10 4 0 9 66 19 81 2 0 2.0
Jim Wilson 34 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 10 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
George Zuverink 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 5 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bob Boyd
Joe Frazier
Fred Marsh
George Kell
Bob Nieman
Dave Pope
George Kell
Bob Nieman
Dave Philley
Bobby Adams
Grady Hatton
Bob Hale
Willy Miranda
Jim Pyburn

Billy Gardner
Tom Gastall
Gus Triandos
Jim Dyck
Hoot Evers
Bob Boyd
George Werley
Erv Palica
Bill Wight
Billy O'Dell

Morrie Martin
Sandy Consuegra
Joe Ginsberg
Hal Smith
Fritz Dorish
Dick Williams
Mike Fornieles
Charlie Beamon
Hal Brown
Ray Moore

Chuck Diering
Ron Moeller
Wayne Causey
Brooks Robinson
George Zuverink
Connie Johnson
Jim Wilson
Tex Nelson
Fred Besana
Billy Loes
Don Ferrarese

Mel Held
Johnny Schmitz
Babe Birrer
Mike Fornieles
Gordie Sundin
Tito Francona
Don Ferrarese
Bob Harrison

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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