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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 50 97 18 .186 1 4 Wayne Causey 53 88 15 .170 1 4 45 74 19 .257 1 12 Tex Nelson 39 68 14 .206 0 5 Grady Hatton 27 61 9 .148 1 3 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 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 7 17.2 1 0 5.60 7 2 13.0 2 0 1.38 14 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

Lubbock franchise transferred to Texas City and renamed, July 8, 1956

Notes

References

1956 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 1956 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com