1956 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1956 American League Memorial Stadium Baltimore, Maryland 69–85 (.448) 6th Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart Paul Richards Paul Richards WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV 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 October 10, 1955: Ed Lopat was released by the Orioles.Ed Lopat at Baseball-Reference Regular season September 20, 1956: Catcher Tom Gastall was killed in a plane crash.List of athletes who have died in plane crashes September 30, 1956: Joe Frazier hit a home run in the last at bat of his career.http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats18.shtml Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Notable transactions May 14, 1956: Billy Loes was purchased by the Orioles from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $20,000.Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference 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.Dave Philley at Baseball-Reference July 13, 1956: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the Chicago White Sox.Morrie Martin at Baseball-Reference August 17, 1956: Hal Smith was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe Ginsberg.Joe Ginsberg at Baseball-Reference Roster 1956 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 28 Charlie Beamon 38 Fred Besana 25,41 Babe Birrer 28 Hal Brown 20 Sandy Consuegra 23 Harry Dorish 39 Don Ferrarese 25,36,41 Mike Fornieles 21 Bob Harrison 40 Mel Held 36 Connie Johnson 38 Billy Loes 19 Morrie Martin 32 Ron Moeller 29 Ray Moore 18 Billy O'Dell 16 Erv Palica 40 Johnny Schmitz 24 Gordie Sundin 15 George Werley 17 Bill Wight 36 Jim Wilson 35 George Zuverink Catchers 10 Tom Gastall 22 Joe Ginsberg 22 Hal Smith 11 Gus Triandos Infielders  5 Bobby Adams  1 Bob Boyd 33 Wayne Causey  9 Billy Gardner  6 Bob Hale  5 Grady Hatton  3 George Kell  2 Fred Marsh  7 Willy Miranda  6 Brooks Robinson Outfielders 32 Chuck Diering 14 Jim Dyck 14,17 Hoot Evers 44 Tito Francona  2 Joe Frazier 37 Tex Nelson  4 Bob Nieman  4 Dave Philley  3 Dave Pope  8 Jim Pyburn 23 Dick Williams Manager 12 Paul Richards Coaches 31 Harry Brecheen 26 Lum Harris 30 Al Vincent Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Gus Triandos 131 452 126 .279 21 88 1B Bob Boyd 70 225 70 .311 2 11 2B Billy Gardner 144 515 119 .231 11 50 SS Willy Miranda 148 461 100 .217 2 34 3B George Kell 102 345 90 .261 8 37 LF Bob Nieman 114 388 125 .322 12 64 CF Dick Williams 87 353 101 .286 11 37 RF Tito Francona 139 445 115 .258 9 57 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Hal Smith 77 229 60 .262 3 18 Bob Hale 85 207 49 .237 1 24 Jim Pyburn 84 156 27 .173 2 11 Dave Philley 32 117 24 .205 1 17 Hoot Evers 48 112 27 .241 1 4 Bobby Adams 41 111 25 .225 0 7 Chuck Diering 50 97 18 .186 1 4 Wayne Causey 53 88 15 .170 1 4 Joe Frazier Joe Frazier (baseball) 45 74 19 .257 1 12 Tex Nelson 39 68 14 .206 0 5 Grady Hatton 27 61 9 .148 1 3 Tom Gastall 32 56 11 .196 0 4 Brooks Robinson 15 44 10 .227 1 1 Joe Ginsberg 15 28 2 .071 0 2 Fred Marsh 20 24 3 .125 0 0 Jim Dyck 11 23 5 .217 0 0 Dave Pope 12 19 3 .158 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ray Moore 32 185.0 12 7 4.18 105 Connie Johnson 26 183.2 9 10 3.43 130 Bill Wight 35 174.2 9 12 4.02 84 Jim Wilson 7 48.1 4 2 5.03 31 Bob Harrison 1 1.2 0 0 16.20 0 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Hal Brown 35 151.2 9 7 4.04 57 Erv Palica 29 116.1 4 11 4.49 62 Mike Fornieles 30 111.0 4 7 3.97 53 Don Ferrarese 36 102.0 4 10 5.03 81 Billy Loes 21 56.2 2 7 4.76 22 Fred Besana baseball 7 17.2 1 0 5.60 7 Charlie Beamon 2 13.0 2 0 1.38 14 Ron Moeller 4 8.2 0 1 4.15 2 Sandy Consuegra 4 8.2 1 1 4.15 1 Billy O'Dell 4 8.0 0 0 1.13 6 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO George Zuverink 62 7 6 16 4.16 33 Johnny Schmitz 18 0 3 0 3.99 15 Fritz Dorish 13 0 0 0 4.12 4 Morrie Martin 9 1 1 0 10.80 3 Mel Held 4 0 0 0 5.14 4 Babe Birrer 4 0 0 0 6.75 1 George Werley 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Gordie Sundin 1 0 0 0 inf 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League Lefty O'Doul AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Joe Schultz A Columbus Foxes Sally League Skeeter Newsome B Lubbock Hubbers/Texas City Texans Big State League Bill Krueger and Jay Haney C Phoenix Stars Arizona–Mexico League Billy Capps C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League George Staller D Thomson Orioles Georgia State League Barney Lutz and Enid Drake D Paris Orioles Sooner State League Jimmy Adair and Barney Lutz Lubbock franchise transferred to Texas City and renamed, July 8, 1956 Notes 2 References 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 Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season Baltimore Orio Category:Long stubs with short prose