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1956 Baltimore Orioles Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Gus Triandos 25 131 509 452 47 126 18 1 21 88 0 0 48 73 .279 .348 .462 .810 121 209 21 2 3 4 4
2 1B Bob Boyd* 36 70 262 225 28 70 8 3 2 11 0 5 30 14 .311 .395 .400 .795 118 90 6 1 6 0 2
3 2B Billy Gardner 28 144 560 515 53 119 16 2 11 50 5 5 29 53 .231 .281 .334 .615 68 172 15 7 8 1 1
4 SS Willy Miranda# 30 148 513 461 38 100 16 4 2 34 3 6 46 73 .217 .287 .282 .569 57 130 8 0 5 1 3
5 3B George Kell 33 102 389 345 45 90 17 2 8 37 0 1 25 31 .261 .313 .391 .704 92 135 8 3 12 4 3
6 LF Bob Nieman 29 114 478 388 60 125 20 6 12 64 1 5 86 59 .322 .442 .497 .940 157 193 10 0 1 3 3
7 CF Dick Williams 27 87 390 353 45 101 18 4 11 37 5 5 30 40 .286 .342 .453 .795 116 160 10 0 7 0 1
8 RF Tito Francona* 22 139 500 445 62 115 16 4 9 57 11 5 51 60 .258 .334 .373 .707 94 166 6 1 0 3 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Hal Smith 25 77 250 229 16 60 14 0 3 18 1 0 17 22 .262 .315 .362 .677 85 83 16 1 2 1 3
10 1B Bob Hale* 22 85 223 207 18 49 10 1 1 24 0 2 11 10 .237 .274 .309 .583 60 64 6 1 0 4 0
11 CF Jim Pyburn 23 84 176 156 23 27 3 3 2 11 4 1 17 26 .173 .251 .269 .521 43 42 4 0 1 2 0
12 IF Bobby Adams 34 41 143 111 19 25 6 1 0 7 1 1 25 15 .225 .362 .297 .660 83 33 1 0 5 2 0
13 RF Hoot Evers 35 48 138 112 20 27 3 0 1 4 1 0 24 18 .241 .375 .295 .670 86 33 0 0 2 0 0
14 OF Dave Philley# 36 32 136 117 13 24 4 2 1 17 3 1 18 13 .205 .309 .299 .608 67 35 7 0 0 1 3
15 CF Chuck Diering 33 50 125 97 15 18 4 0 1 4 2 5 23 19 .186 .342 .258 .599 67 25 1 0 5 0 0
16 3B Wayne Causey* 19 53 97 88 7 15 0 1 1 4 0 0 8 23 .170 .237 .227 .464 28 20 2 0 0 1 0
17 RF Joe Frazier* 33 45 87 74 7 19 6 0 1 12 0 0 11 6 .257 .356 .378 .735 102 28 2 1 0 1 2
18 OF Tex Nelson* 19 39 76 68 5 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 22 .206 .276 .235 .512 42 16 2 0 0 1 0
19 IF Grady Hatton* 33 27 75 61 4 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 13 6 .148 .297 .213 .510 42 13 0 0 1 0 1
20 C Tom Gastall 24 32 62 56 3 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .196 .246 .232 .478 32 13 2 1 1 1 0
21 3B Brooks Robinson 19 15 45 44 5 10 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 .227 .244 .386 .631 71 17 0 0 0 0 0
22 LF Jim Dyck 34 11 34 23 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 .217 .455 .304 .759 112 7 0 0 1 0 0
23 C Joe Ginsberg* 29 15 32 28 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .071 .129 .071 .200 -44 2 2 0 1 1 0
24 IF Fred Marsh 32 20 28 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .125 .250 .125 .375 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
25 OF Dave Pope* 35 12 21 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .158 .200 .158 .358 -1 3 0 1 1 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
26 P Ray Moore 30 32 77 70 9 19 3 0 2 6 0 0 2 21 .271 .301 .400 .701 91 28 0 1 4 0 0
27 P Connie Johnson 33 26 70 58 5 15 1 0 0 4 1 0 6 9 .259 .328 .276 .604 67 16 1 0 6 0 0
28 P Bill Wight* 34 35 64 60 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .200 .226 .200 .426 18 12 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Hal Brown 31 42 51 42 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 .190 .292 .238 .530 47 10 0 1 3 0 0
30 P Erv Palica 28 30 32 32 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .156 .156 .156 .313 -14 5 1 0 0 0 0
31 P Mike Fornieles 24 33 31 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .200 .367 0 6 1 0 1 0 0
32 P Don Ferrarese 27 36 30 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .036 .100 .036 .136 -61 1 0 1 0 0 0
33 P George Zuverink 31 62 22 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 0 0 4 0 0
34 P Jim Wilson 34 7 19 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 .267 .421 .333 .754 109 5 1 0 0 0 0
35 P Billy Loes 26 21 18 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .176 .176 .176 .353 -3 3 0 0 1 0 0
36 P Johnny Schmitz 35 18 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
37 P Fred Besana 25 7 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Charlie Beamon 21 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Sandy Consuegra 35 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Ron Moeller* 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Billy O'Dell# 24 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Babe Birrer 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P George Werley 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Morrie Martin* 33 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 P Mel Held 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 P Harry Dorish 34 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Bob Harrison* 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 P Gordie Sundin 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.2 154 5788 5090 571 1242 198 34 91 515 39 42 561 725 .244 .320 .350 .670 84 1781 133 22 84 31 30
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 8 6 7 8 6 1 7 5 7 7 8 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ray Moore 30 12 7 .632 4.18 32 27 2 9 1 0 185.0 161 90 86 12 99 1 105 1 0 2 792 93 1.405 7.8 0.6 4.8 5.1 1.06
2 SP Connie Johnson 33 9 10 .474 3.43 26 25 0 9 2 0 183.2 165 79 70 12 62 3 130 1 1 3 766 114 1.236 8.1 0.6 3.0 6.4 2.10
3 SP Bill Wight* 34 9 12 .429 4.02 35 26 2 7 1 0 174.2 198 92 78 7 72 3 84 6 0 5 778 97 1.546 10.2 0.4 3.7 4.3 1.17
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
4 CL George Zuverink 31 7 6 .538 4.16 62 0 40 0 0 16 97.1 112 52 45 6 34 9 33 3 1 1 432 94 1.500 10.4 0.6 3.1 3.1 0.97
5 RP Hal Brown 31 9 7 .563 4.04 35 14 11 4 1 2 151.2 142 72 68 18 37 3 57 1 1 5 620 97 1.180 8.4 1.1 2.2 3.4 1.54
6 RP Erv Palica 28 4 11 .267 4.49 29 14 5 2 0 0 116.1 117 64 58 10 50 3 62 1 0 4 512 87 1.436 9.1 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.24
7 RP Mike Fornieles 24 4 7 .364 3.97 30 11 9 1 1 1 111.0 109 59 49 7 25 2 53 0 1 3 444 98 1.207 8.8 0.6 2.0 4.3 2.12
8 RP Don Ferrarese* 27 4 10 .286 5.03 36 14 9 3 1 2 102.0 86 60 57 8 64 0 81 3 0 5 450 78 1.471 7.6 0.7 5.6 7.1 1.27
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Billy Loes 26 2 7 .222 4.76 21 6 11 1 0 3 56.2 65 33 30 4 23 1 22 2 0 3 256 82 1.553 10.3 0.6 3.7 3.5 0.96
10 Jim Wilson 34 4 2 .667 5.03 7 7 0 1 0 0 48.1 49 27 27 5 16 1 31 2 0 1 205 78 1.345 9.1 0.9 3.0 5.8 1.94
11 Johnny Schmitz* 35 0 3 .000 3.99 18 3 8 0 0 0 38.1 49 23 17 3 14 1 15 1 0 0 175 98 1.643 11.5 0.7 3.3 3.5 1.07
12 Harry Dorish 34 0 0 4.12 13 0 4 0 0 0 19.2 22 10 9 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 82 95 1.271 10.1 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.33
13 Fred Besana* 25 1 0 1.000 5.60 7 2 1 0 0 0 17.2 22 12 11 0 14 0 7 2 0 1 93 70 2.038 11.2 0.0 7.1 3.6 0.50
14 Charlie Beamon 21 2 0 1.000 1.38 2 1 1 1 1 0 13.0 9 2 2 0 8 0 14 0 0 0 55 282 1.308 6.2 0.0 5.5 9.7 1.75
15 Ron Moeller* 17 0 1 .000 4.15 4 1 3 0 0 0 8.2 10 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 39 94 1.500 10.4 0.0 3.1 2.1 0.67
16 Sandy Consuegra 35 1 1 .500 4.15 4 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 10 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 37 94 1.385 10.4 2.1 2.1 1.0 0.50
17 Billy O'Dell* 24 0 0 1.12 4 1 2 0 0 0 8.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 34 348 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
18 Mel Held 27 0 0 5.14 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 4 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 29 76 1.429 9.0 1.3 3.9 5.1 1.33
19 Babe Birrer 26 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 58 1.875 15.2 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.00
20 Morrie Martin* 33 1 1 .500 10.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 5.0 10 6 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 29 36 2.400 18.0 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50
21 Bob Harrison 25 0 0 16.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 13 24 4.800 16.2 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
22 George Werley 17 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 43 3.000 9.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
23 Gordie Sundin 18 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Team Totals 30.1 69 85 .448 4.20 154 154 116 38 8 24 1360.2 1362 705 635 99 547 29 715 24 4 35 5875 93 1.403 9.0 0.7 3.6 4.7 1.31
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 6 6 3 2 8 5 5 5 1 2 5814
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 34 42 36 288.0 132 62 65 5 12 .962 -4.1 -17.1 -4.1 -0.6 -3.4 0 3.97 3.02 3B-2B
Charlie Beamon 21 2 1 13.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08 1.50 P
Fred Besana 25 7 2 17.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.57 1.00 P
Babe Birrer 26 4 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Bob Boyd 36 68 56 507.2 504 475 24 5 46 .990 -2.8 -6.6 -1.8 -1.8 -0.2 0 -1 8.85 7.34 1B-RF-LF
Hal Brown 31 35 14 151.2 33 7 25 1 4 .970 1.90 0.91 P
Wayne Causey 19 37 17 191.1 80 26 52 2 4 .975 -2.8 -17.6 -0.8 1.1 -1.9 -2 3.67 2.11 3B-2B
Sandy Consuegra 35 4 1 8.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.25 P
Chuck Diering 33 46 27 262.2 76 70 4 2 0 .974 -2.6 -11.9 -2.6 -0.2 -2.4 0 0 2.54 1.61 CF-LF-3B-RF
Harry Dorish 34 13 0 19.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.58 0.77 P
Jim Dyck 34 9 9 62.0 13 10 2 1 0 .923 -2.8 -54.2 -2.8 -0.8 -2.0 0 1.74 1.33 LF
Hoot Evers 35 39 31 248.2 64 62 1 1 1 .984 0.2 1.0 0.2 1.4 -1.1 0 2.28 1.62 RF-CF-LF
Don Ferrarese 27 36 14 102.0 25 10 14 1 2 .960 2.12 0.67 P
Mike Fornieles 24 30 11 111.0 32 4 28 0 3 1.000 2.59 1.07 P
Tito Francona 22 161 111 1033.0 350 329 14 7 8 .980 1.0 1.2 2.0 -2.8 4.9 -1 0 2.99 2.13 RF-CF-1B-LF
Joe Frazier 33 19 12 112.0 32 30 2 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -9.6 1.1 -0.6 1.7 -2 2.57 1.68 RF
Billy Gardner 28 163 137 1210.1 705 301 386 18 77 .974 -6.3 -6.2 -5.3 -11.5 6.2 -1 5.11 4.21 2B-SS-3B
Tom Gastall 24 20 11 113.2 73 67 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -10.6 -1 5.78 3.65 1 3 3 1 25% C
Joe Ginsberg 29 8 7 61.0 34 31 3 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -19.7 -1 5.02 4.25 0 3 3 0 0% C
Bob Hale 22 51 41 355.0 405 366 29 10 33 .975 -1.1 -3.7 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 0 10.01 7.75 1B
Bob Harrison 25 1 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Grady Hatton 33 27 16 162.2 66 24 41 1 3 .985 0.7 5.2 1.7 1.3 0.3 -1 3.60 2.41 3B-2B
Mel Held 27 4 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.75 P
Connie Johnson 33 26 25 183.2 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.08 0.85 P
George Kell 33 100 93 753.1 276 102 167 7 20 .975 1.3 2.1 1.3 -1.8 3.1 0 3.21 2.69 3B-1B-2B
Billy Loes 26 21 6 56.2 19 7 12 0 0 1.000 3.02 0.90 P
Fred Marsh 32 21 4 81.2 38 17 18 3 5 .921 -3.5 -51.4 -3.5 -1.8 -1.8 0 3.86 1.67 SS-3B-2B
Morrie Martin 33 9 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.11 P
Willy Miranda 30 147 145 1209.2 691 229 436 26 91 .962 2.1 2.1 2.1 3.3 -1.2 0 4.95 4.52 SS
Ron Moeller 17 4 1 8.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.25 P
Ray Moore 30 32 27 185.0 32 6 22 4 4 .875 1.36 0.88 P
Tex Nelson 19 26 14 135.0 33 29 3 1 0 .970 -2.4 -21.3 -2.4 -0.8 -1.6 0 2.13 1.23 RF-LF
Bob Nieman 29 114 114 977.2 251 241 5 5 1 .980 -2.1 -2.6 1.9 -0.9 2.8 -4 2.26 2.16 LF
Billy O'Dell 24 4 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Erv Palica 28 29 14 116.1 24 2 20 2 2 .917 1.70 0.76 P
Dave Philley 36 44 32 276.0 69 58 6 5 3 .928 -4.7 -20.4 -2.7 -3.2 0.5 -2 0 2.09 1.45 LF-RF-3B
Dave Pope 35 5 3 28.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -102.9 -1.4 -0.3 -1.2 -1 0.96 0.60 RF-LF
Jim Pyburn 23 78 38 393.2 122 114 5 3 3 .975 -5.7 -17.4 -1.7 0.7 -2.4 -4 2.72 1.53 CF-LF-RF
Brooks Robinson 19 15 9 103.1 36 9 25 2 3 .944 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0 2.96 2.27 3B-2B
Johnny Schmitz 35 18 3 38.1 13 4 8 1 1 .923 2.82 0.67 P
Hal Smith 25 71 59 527.2 348 313 33 2 11 .994 -2.0 -4.5 -2 5.90 4.87 1 16 28 14 33% C
Gordie Sundin 18 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Gus Triandos 25 141 125 1055.0 891 790 89 12 39 .987 4.0 4.5 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 5 7.50 6.23 3 13 25 21 46% C-1B
George Werley 17 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 P
Bill Wight 34 35 26 174.2 37 6 27 4 1 .892 1.70 0.94 P
Dick Williams 27 118 85 736.1 269 247 17 5 4 .981 -0.3 -0.5 1.7 -0.4 2.2 -2 0 3.23 2.24 CF-RF-1B-LF-3B-2B
Jim Wilson 34 7 7 48.1 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.05 1.57 P
George Zuverink 31 62 0 97.1 25 8 17 0 2 1.000 2.31 0.40 P
Team Totals 28.3 154 1386 12246.0 5866 4082 1647 137 387 .977 -39.4 -3.9 -19.4 -17.8 -1.7 -16 -5 1 4.21 3.01 5 35 59 36 38%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 3
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics