1956 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1956 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 84–70 (.545) 4th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Joe Cronin Pinky Higgins WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy) bos BOS The 1956 Boston Red Sox season was the 56th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, 13 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1956 World Series. Offseason November 8, 1955: Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors) were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett.Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference November 27, 1955: Ed Mayer was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 minor league draft.Ed Mayer at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS Opening Day lineup 10 Billy Goodman 2B11 Frank Malzone 3B  9 Ted Williams LF  4 Jackie Jensen RF  6 Mickey Vernon 1B37 Jimmy Piersall CF 24 Don Buddin SS22 Sammy White C18 Frank Sullivan     P Roster 1956 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 40 Frank Baumann 23 Tom Brewer 14 Ike Delock 16 Harry Dorish 28 Tom Hurd 19 Leo Kiely 29 Rudy Minarcin 15 Willard Nixon 17 Mel Parnell 20 Bob Porterfield 21 Johnny Schmitz 39 Dave Sisler 18 Frank Sullivan 27 George Susce Catchers  8 Pete Daley 22 Sammy White Infielders  2 Milt Bolling 24 Don Buddin  7 Billy Consolo 10 Billy Goodman 35 Billy Klaus 12 Ted Lepcio 11 Frank Malzone 24 Gene Mauch  6 Mickey Vernon  3 Norm Zauchin Outfielders 25 Dick Gernert  4 Jackie Jensen 37 Jimmy Piersall 38 Gene Stephens 26 Faye Throneberry  9 Ted Williams Other batters  1 Grady Hatton 20 Marty Keough Manager  5 Pinky Higgins Coaches 32 Del Baker (First base) 31 Jack Burns (Third base) 33 Dave Ferriss (Pitching) 30 Mickey Owen (Bullpen) 34 Paul Schreiber (Hitting) 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 Sammy White Sammy White (baseball) 114 392 96 .245 5 44 1B Mickey Vernon 119 403 125 .310 15 84 2B Billy Goodman 105 399 117 .293 2 38 SS Don Buddin 114 377 90 .239 5 37 3B Billy Klaus 135 520 141 .271 7 59 LF Ted Williams 136 400 138 .345 24 82 CF Jim Piersall 155 601 176 .293 14 87 RF Jackie Jensen 151 578 182 .315 20 97 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 Dick Gernert 106 306 89 .291 16 68 Ted Lepcio 83 284 74 .261 15 51 Pete Daley 59 187 50 .267 5 29 Milt Bolling 45 118 25 .212 3 8 Frank Malzone 27 103 17 .165 2 11 Norm Zauchin 44 84 18 .214 2 11 Gene Stephens 104 63 17 .270 1 7 Faye Throneberry 24 50 11 .220 1 3 Gene Mauch 7 25 8 .320 0 1 Billy Consolo 48 11 2 .182 0 1 Grady Hatton 5 5 2 .400 0 2 Marty Keough 3 2 0 .000 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 Tom Brewer 32 244.1 19 9 3.50 127 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan (baseball) 34 242.0 14 7 3.42 116 Willard Nixon 23 145.1 9 8 4.21 74 Mel Parnell 21 131.1 7 6 3.77 41 Bob Porterfield 25 126.0 3 12 5.14 53 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 Dave Sisler 39 142.1 9 8 4.62 93 Ike Delock 48 128.1 13 7 4.21 105 George Susce George Susce (pitcher) 21 69.2 2 4 6.20 26 Frank Baumann Frank Baumann (baseball) 7 24.2 2 1 3.28 18 Rudy Minarcin 3 9.2 1 0 2.79 5 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 Tom Hurd baseball 40 3 4 5 5.33 34 Leo Kiely 23 2 2 3 5.17 9 Fritz Dorish 15 0 2 0 3.57 11 Johnny Schmitz 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball Open San Francisco Seals Pacific Coast League Eddie Joost and Joe Gordon AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Rudy Laskowski, Ray Cash and Jodie Beeler A Albany Senators Eastern League Sheriff Robinson B Greensboro Patriots Carolina League Eddie Popowski C San Jose JoSox California League Dick Whitman D Lafayette Red Sox Midwest League Len Okrie D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Danny Doyle D Corning Red Sox PONY League Elmer Yoter Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxpres1956bost/page/2/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide January 13, 1956 2 March 13, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1956 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference 1956 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1950s in Boston Category:Long stubs with short prose