1956 American League Center Field

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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Newcombe

AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Aparicio

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Team Fielding - CF

Team Fielding - CF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof
Baltimore Orioles	5	4.58	154	154	103	1360.2	440	424	9	7	3	.984	-9	-8	0	-9
Boston Red Sox	3	4.85	155	155	151	1398.0	483	468	10	5	1	.990	33	28	27	6
Chicago White Sox	4	4.12	154	154	140	1389.0	450	440	4	6	2	.987	5	4	8	-3
Cleveland Indians	3	3.75	155	155	144	1384.0	452	441	7	4	0	.991	11	9	14	-3
Detroit Tigers	3	4.51	155	155	149	1379.0	440	413	16	11	3	.975	-7	-6	-11	4
Kansas City Athletics	6	5.40	154	154	136	1370.1	400	372	19	9	4	.978	-14	-12	-13	-1
New York Yankees	3	4.10	154	154	142	1381.2	419	403	11	5	4	.988	4	3	-1	5
Washington Nationals	3	5.96	155	155	140	1368.2	396	377	11	8	0	.980	-24	-21	-23	-1
League Average	4	4.66	154	154	138	1379	435	417	11	7	2	.984	-0	0	0	-0
	30	4.66	1236	1236	1105	11031.1	3480	3338	87	55	17	.984	-1	0	1	-2

Team Advanced Fielding - CF*

Team Advanced Fielding - CF* Table
	Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
Baltimore Orioles	7	0	7	0	1	9	0	2	2	3	76	35	1	55	4	1	6	4	0	21	3	1	47	25	0	205	71	34.6%	131	3	1.5%	6	5886	63%	76%	28%	746	58%
Boston Red Sox	5	0	5	0	0	10	0	4	1	2	93	66	1	70	12	2	12	5	0	15	4	0	39	31	0	229	118	51.5%	108	3	1.3%	7	6035	62%	75%	27%	771	60%
Chicago White Sox	6	0	4	2	0	4	0	3	1	0	107	61	1	62	3	0	15	7	0	20	6	0	39	29	2	243	106	43.6%	133	3	1.2%	1	5928	69%	77%	30%	838	53%
Cleveland Indians	4	0	4	0	1	7	0	4	1	1	99	53	1	52	8	1	7	1	0	30	8	0	42	31	0	230	101	43.9%	127	2	0.9%	5	5898	64%	74%	29%	768	58%
Detroit Tigers	11	0	11	0	1	16	0	3	5	6	104	60	5	62	12	1	13	2	1	28	7	2	51	41	0	258	122	47.3%	127	9	3.5%	7	6086	64%	73%	28%	793	53%
Kansas City Athletics	9	0	7	2	1	15	1	4	5	2	93	57	1	52	3	1	9	3	0	22	1	1	41	32	1	217	96	44.2%	117	4	1.8%	11	5973	64%	74%	27%	689	54%
New York Yankees	5	0	5	0	3	11	0	3	1	6	89	56	1	48	8	3	9	3	0	27	7	2	35	27	2	208	101	48.6%	99	8	3.8%	3	5941	63%	74%	27%	719	57%
Washington Nationals	8	0	8	0	4	11	0	5	3	1	114	66	3	65	4	0	16	4	1	19	5	0	39	29	0	253	108	42.7%	141	4	1.6%	7	6274	68%	75%	27%	755	51%
League Average	7	0	6	0	1	10	0	4	2	3	97	57	2	58	7	1	11	4	0	23	5	1	42	31	1	230	103	44.7%	123	4	2.0%	6	6003	65%	75%	28%	760	56%
	55	0	51	4	11	83	1	28	19	21	775	454	14	466	54	9	87	29	2	182	41	6	333	245	5	1843	823	44.7%	983	36	2.0%	47	48021	65%	75%	28%	6079	56%

Player Fielding - CF

Player Fielding - CF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
1	Jim Busby	29	CLE	133	122	122	1116.2	355	347	4	4	0	.989	9	9	11	-2	2.83	2.64
2	Bob Cerv	31	NYY	15	9	9	100.0	30	28	1	1	1	.967	-2	-25	-1	-1	2.61	1.93
3	Joe Collins	33	NYY	7	1	1	20.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1	66	1	0	3.60	1.14
4	Jim Delsing	30	CHW	7	0	0	17.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	7	0	0	2.12	0.57
5	Chuck Diering	33	BAL	35	23	19	223.2	66	63	3	0	0	1.000	0	-2	-1	1	2.66	1.89
6	Larry Doby	32	CHW	137	136	125	1205.1	387	378	4	5	2	.987	5	5	7	-2	2.85	2.79
7	Hoot Evers	35	BAL	2	1	0	8.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	45	0	0	3.38	1.50
8	Tito Francona	22	BAL	41	30	18	263.0	90	86	1	3	0	.967	-4	-17	-1	-3	2.98	2.12
9	Johnny Groth	29	KCA	56	44	39	416.0	107	103	4	0	2	1.000	-6	-16	-6	0	2.31	1.91
10	Whitey Herzog	24	WSH	82	79	68	684.1	213	200	8	5	0	.977	-13	-23	-13	0	2.74	2.54
11	Al Kaline	21	DET	12	11	11	103.0	43	39	3	1	1	.977	0	-5	0	0	3.67	3.50
12	Héctor López	26	KCA	20	20	17	173.0	49	44	3	2	0	.959	-4	-25	-3	-1	2.45	2.35
13	Mickey Mantle	24	NYY	144	144	132	1261.2	381	367	10	4	3	.990	5	5	-1	6	2.69	2.62
14	Karl Olson	25	WSH	85	75	71	672.1	180	175	3	2	0	.989	-9	-16	-8	-1	2.38	2.09
15	Ernie Oravetz	24	WSH	3	1	1	12.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-140	-1	0	1.50	0.67
16	Bubba Phillips	28	CHW	7	5	3	42.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-69	-1	-1	2.79	1.86
17	Jim Piersall	26	BOS	155	155	151	1374.0	471	457	10	4	1	.992	31	27	25	6	3.06	3.01
18	Al Pilarcik	25	KCA	64	59	55	526.0	163	151	8	4	1	.975	-2	-5	-3	1	2.72	2.48
19	Jim Pisoni	26	KCA	9	9	8	74.1	30	25	4	1	1	.967	0	6	0	0	3.51	3.22
20	Dave Pope	35	CLE	12	12	6	95.0	28	27	1	0	0	1.000	0	1	-1	1	2.65	2.33
21	Jim Pyburn	23	BAL	64	34	27	338.2	109	102	4	3	3	.972	-6	-21	-2	-4	2.82	1.66
22	Jim Rivera	34	CHW	17	13	12	124.2	46	45	0	1	0	.978	2	19	2	0	3.25	2.65
23	Harry Simpson	30	KCA	23	22	17	180.0	51	49	0	2	0	.961	-3	-17	-2	-1	2.45	2.13
24	Enos Slaughter	40	KCA	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0.00	0.00
25	Jim Small	19	DET	12	11	7	91.0	33	32	0	1	0	.970	3	33	2	1	3.16	2.67
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
26	Al Smith	28	CLE	21	21	16	172.1	69	67	2	0	0	1.000	2	13	4	-2	3.60	3.29
27	Gene Stephens	23	BOS	2	0	0	11.0	7	6	0	1	0	.857	1	76	1	0	4.91	3.00
28	Faye Throneberry	25	BOS	2	0	0	13.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	65	1	0	3.46	2.50
29	Bill Tuttle	26	DET	137	133	131	1185.0	364	342	13	9	2	.975	-9	-9	-12	3	2.70	2.59
30	Dick Williams	27	BAL	66	66	39	527.1	172	170	1	1	0	.994	1	1	4	-3	2.92	2.59

Player Advanced Fielding - cf

Player Advanced Fielding - cf Table
				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1	Jim Busby	29	CLE	4	0	4	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	83	45	0	35	6	0	6	1	0	21	7	0	32	25	0	177	84	47.5%	93	0	0.0%	4	4777	63%	73%	29%	617	57%
2	Bob Cerv	31	NYY	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	12	3	25.0%	8	1	8.3%	0	433	64%	73%	29%	49	57%
3	Joe Collins	33	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	90	71%	69%	26%	12	67%
4	Jim Delsing	30	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	64	77%	84%	48%	6	67%
5	Chuck Diering	33	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	11	8	0	13	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	3	0	34	14	41.2%	19	1	2.9%	2	953	68%	76%	29%	110	60%
6	Larry Doby	32	CHW	5	0	3	2	0	4	0	3	1	0	96	55	1	55	3	0	14	7	0	17	5	0	32	24	2	214	94	43.9%	116	3	1.4%	1	5135	68%	77%	30%	719	53%
7	Hoot Evers	35	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	33	61%	85%	30%	3	100%
8	Tito Francona	22	BAL	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	16	7	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	12	6	0	47	15	31.9%	31	1	2.1%	0	1172	66%	79%	27%	159	55%
9	Johnny Groth	29	KCA	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	30	21	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	6	1	67	28	41.8%	37	2	3.0%	2	1874	65%	73%	26%	209	50%
10	Whitey Herzog	24	WSH	5	0	5	0	1	8	0	3	2	1	53	28	2	34	2	0	12	4	1	13	3	0	22	18	0	134	55	41.0%	76	3	2.2%	5	3138	69%	77%	27%	404	51%
11	Al Kaline	21	DET	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	9	4	1	8	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	6	5	0	30	11	36.7%	17	2	6.7%	1	459	60%	70%	31%	70	57%
12	Héctor López	26	KCA	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	9	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	6	0	23	8	34.8%	15	0	0.0%	3	759	66%	74%	26%	77	61%
13	Mickey Mantle	24	NYY	4	0	4	0	2	10	0	2	1	6	82	53	1	45	8	3	9	3	0	26	7	2	31	25	1	193	96	49.7%	90	7	3.6%	3	5418	63%	74%	27%	658	57%
14	Karl Olson	25	WSH	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	61	38	1	31	2	0	4	0	0	5	2	0	16	11	0	117	53	45.3%	63	1	0.9%	2	3077	67%	72%	26%	347	51%
15	Ernie Oravetz	24	WSH	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	59	75%	78%	36%	4	50%
16	Bubba Phillips	28	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	10	3	30.0%	7	0	0.0%	0	193	77%	78%	22%	27	48%
17	Jim Piersall	26	BOS	4	0	4	0	0	10	0	4	1	2	93	66	1	69	12	2	12	5	0	15	4	0	39	31	0	228	118	51.8%	107	3	1.3%	7	5940	62%	75%	27%	756	60%
18	Al Pilarcik	25	KCA	4	0	3	1	0	7	0	1	3	1	39	26	1	22	2	0	5	1	0	9	1	1	20	15	0	95	45	47.4%	48	2	2.1%	5	2292	63%	75%	28%	277	55%
19	Jim Pisoni	26	KCA	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	14	7	50.0%	7	0	0.0%	1	252	52%	77%	26%	41	54%
20	Dave Pope	35	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	5	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	15	7	46.7%	7	1	6.7%	0	414	69%	77%	29%	50	56%
21	Jim Pyburn	23	BAL	3	0	3	0	1	4	0	1	0	1	23	12	0	13	0	0	3	2	0	7	1	1	16	6	0	62	21	33.9%	40	1	1.6%	3	1501	58%	76%	29%	195	52%
22	Jim Rivera	34	CHW	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4	3	0	19	9	47.4%	10	0	0.0%	0	536	75%	74%	30%	86	52%
23	Harry Simpson	30	KCA	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	18	8	44.4%	10	0	0.0%	0	792	66%	75%	27%	85	58%
24	Enos Slaughter	40	KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	50%	100%	50%	0
25	Jim Small	19	DET	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	20	13	65.0%	7	0	0.0%	0	392	69%	77%	31%	65	49%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
26	Al Smith	28	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	3	1	11	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	9	5	0	38	10	26.3%	27	1	2.6%	1	707	67%	77%	32%	101	69%
27	Gene Stephens	23	BOS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	45	56%	82%	31%	9	67%
28	Faye Throneberry	25	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	50	62%	80%	42%	6	83%
29	Bill Tuttle	26	DET	9	0	9	0	1	13	0	3	4	4	85	49	4	53	11	1	9	0	1	20	6	1	41	32	0	208	98	47.1%	103	7	3.4%	6	5235	63%	73%	28%	658	54%
30	Dick Williams	27	BAL	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	26	8	0	16	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	12	10	0	61	21	34.4%	40	0	0.0%	1	2227	62%	75%	28%	279	61%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	6	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	5	3	0	26	11	44.7%	14	0	2.0%	1	667	65%	75%	28%	84	56%