1956 Major League Baseball season explained

1956 MLB season
League:	Major League Baseball
Sport:	Baseball
Duration:	April 17 – October 10, 1956
No Of Games:	154
No Of Teams:	16
Tv:	NBC, CBS
Season:	Regular season
Mvp:	AL Mickey Mantle (NYY) NL: Don Newcombe (BKN)
Mvp Link:	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Conf1:	AL
Conf1 Champ:	New York Yankees
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Cleveland Indians
Conf2:	NL
Conf2 Champ:	Brooklyn Dodgers
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Milwaukee Braves
Finals:	World Series
Finals Link:	1956 World Series
World Series Mvp:	Don Larsen (NYY)
World Series Mvp Link:	World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:	List of MLB seasons
Seasonslistnames:	MLB
Prevseason Link:	1955 Major League Baseball season
Prevseason Year:	1955
Nextseason Link:	1957 Major League Baseball season
Nextseason Year:	1957

The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 10, 1956, featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League. The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5.

Standings

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Awards and honors

1956 Award Winners   American League National League Award Player Position Team Player Position Team Triple Crown CF NYY None Most Valuable Player CF NYY P BKN Cy Young Award None P BKN Rookie of the Year SS CWS LF CIN

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat Mickey Mantle, NYY .353 Hank Aaron, MIL .328 Mickey Mantle, NYY 52 Duke Snider, BKN 43 Mickey Mantle, NYY 130 Stan Musial, STL 109 Luis Aparicio, CWS 21 Willie Mays, NYG 40 Frank Lary, DET 21 Don Newcombe, BKN 27 Whitey Ford, NYY 2.47 Lew Burdette, MIL 2.70 Herb Score, CLE 263 Sam Jones, CHC 176

Feats

Triple Crown

• Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees – Mantle won the Major League Triple Crown by leading both leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and runs batted in (130). Mantle became the first player to win a Triple Crown since Ted Williams in 1947.

Milestones

• On April 18, 1956, umpire Ed Rommel was the first umpire to wear glasses in a Major League game. The game was played between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators.^[1]

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
	Paul Richards
	Pinky Higgins
	Marty Marion	Finished 3rd
	Al López	Finished 2nd
	Bucky Harris
	Lou Boudreau
	Casey Stengel	Won World Series
Washington Senators	Chuck Dressen

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Brooklyn Dodgers	Walter Alston	Won Pennant
Chicago Cubs	Stan Hack
Cincinnati Reds	Birdie Tebbetts	Finished 3rd
Milwaukee Braves	Charlie Grimm and Fred Haney	Finished 2nd
New York Giants	Bill Rigney
Philadelphia Phillies	Mayo Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates	Bobby Bragan
St. Louis Cardinals	Fred Hutchinson

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins		Home attendance
Milwaukee Braves^[2]	92	8.2%	2,046,331	2.0%	26,576
New York Yankees^[3]	97	1.0%	1,491,784	0.1%	19,374
Brooklyn Dodgers^[4]	93	-5.1%	1,213,562	17.4%	15,761
Boston Red Sox^[5]	84	0.0%	1,137,158	-5.5%	14,579
Cincinnati Redlegs^[6]	91	21.3%	1,125,928	62.3%	14,622
Detroit Tigers^[7]	82	3.8%	1,051,182	-11.1%	13,477
St. Louis Cardinals^[8]	76	11.8%	1,029,773	21.3%	13,202
Kansas City Athletics^[9]	52	-17.5%	1,015,154	-27.1%	13,184
Chicago White Sox^[10]	85	-6.6%	1,000,090	-14.9%	12,988
Pittsburgh Pirates^[11]	66	10.0%	949,878	102.4%	12,178
Philadelphia Phillies^[12]	71	-7.8%	934,798	1.3%	12,140
Baltimore Orioles^[13]	69	21.1%	901,201	5.8%	11,704
Cleveland Indians^[14]	88	-5.4%	865,467	-29.2%	11,240
Chicago Cubs^[15]	60	-16.7%	720,118	-17.8%	9,001
New York Giants^[16]	67	-16.3%	629,179	-23.7%	8,171
Washington Senators^[17]	59	11.3%	431,647	1.5%	5,606

Notable events

June

• June 21 — Jack Harshman of the Chicago White Sox defeats Connie Johnson of the Baltimore Orioles 1–0, at Comiskey Park in which both pitchers throw matching one-hitters. This game was only the third double one-hitter thrown in the modern era (since 1901).^[18]

July–September

• September 21 – The New York Yankees set a Major League record by leaving 20 players on base against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.^[19]

October–December

• December 6–8 – Major League owners meet in Chicago. Cleveland general manager and minority-owner Hank Greenberg proposed implementing limited Interleague play beginning in 1958. Under Greenberg's proposal, each team would continue to play 154-games in a season, 126 of which would be within their league, and 28 against the eight clubs in the other league. The interleague games would all be played during a period immediately following the All-Star Game. The proposal was not adopted.^[20]

Television coverage

CBS aired the Saturday Game of the Week for the second consecutive year. The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

See also

• 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season

External links

• 1956 Major League Baseball season schedule

Notes and References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
2. Web site: Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Web site: New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
4. Web site: Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
5. Web site: Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
6. Web site: Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
7. Web site: Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
8. Web site: St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
11. Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
12. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
13. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
14. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
15. Web site: Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
16. Web site: San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
17. Web site: Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
18. Web site: June 21, 1956 boxscore of double one-hitter from Baseball Reference. baseball-reference.com. September 15, 2023.
19. Web site: Left on Base – Team Records in a Game. baseball-almanac.com. June 6, 2012.
20. News: John. Drebinger. Player limit, Interleague Games Top Issues on Majors' Agenda. December 6, 1956. New York Times . October 2, 2009 .

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