1956 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1956
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	69–85 (.448)
League Place:	6th
Owners:	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General Managers:	Paul Richards
Managers:	Paul Richards
Television:	WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV
Radio:	WCBM (Ernie Harwell, Chuck Thompson, Bailey Goss)

The 1956 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

September 20, 1956: Catcher Tom Gastall was killed in a plane crash.^[2]
September 30, 1956: Joe Frazier hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.^[3]

May 14, 1956: Billy Loes was purchased by the Orioles from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $20,000.^[4]
May 21, 1956: Dave Philley and Jim Wilson were traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson, George Kell and Bob Nieman.^[5]
July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the Chicago White Sox.^[6]
August 17, 1956: Hal Smith was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Ginsberg.^[7]

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	131	452	126	.279	21	88
1B	70	225	70	.311	2	11
2B	144	515	119	.231	11	50
SS	148	461	100	.217	2	34
3B	102	345	90	.261	8	37
LF	114	388	125	.322	12	64
CF	87	353	101	.286	11	37
RF	139	445	115	.258	9	57

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
77	229	60	.262	3	18
85	207	49	.237	1	24
84	156	27	.173	2	11
32	117	24	.205	1	17
48	112	27	.241	1	4
41	111	25	.225	0	7
50	97	18	.186	1	4
53	88	15	.170	1	4
45	74	19	.257	1	12
39	68	14	.206	0	5
27	61	9	.148	1	3
32	56	11	.196	0	4
15	44	10	.227	1	1
15	28	2	.071	0	2
20	24	3	.125	0	0
11	23	5	.217	0	0
12	19	3	.158	0	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	185.0	12	7	4.18	105
26	183.2	9	10	3.43	130
35	174.2	9	12	4.02	84
7	48.1	4	2	5.03	31
1	1.2	0	0	16.20	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	151.2	9	7	4.04	57
29	116.1	4	11	4.49	62
30	111.0	4	7	3.97	53
36	102.0	4	10	5.03	81
21	56.2	2	7	4.76	22
7	17.2	1	0	5.60	7
2	13.0	2	0	1.38	14
4	8.2	0	1	4.15	2
4	8.2	1	1	4.15	1
4	8.0	0	0	1.13	6

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
62	7	6	16	4.16	33
18	0	3	0	3.99	15
13	0	0	0	4.12	4
9	1	1	0	10.80	3
4	0	0	0	5.14	4
4	0	0	0	6.75	1
1	0	0	0	9.00	0
1	0	0	0	inf	0

Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1956 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
1956 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com