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September 20, 1956: CatcherTom 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]

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	49‍–‍28	48‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9	46‍–‍31	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13	43‍–‍34	41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15	37‍–‍40	45‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28	41‍–‍36	28‍–‍49
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38	32‍–‍45	27‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45	22‍–‍55	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

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1956 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–16	9–13	5–17	13–9	15–7	9–13	12–10
Boston	16–6	—	14–8	13–9–1	12–10	12–10	8–14	9–13
Chicago	13–9	8–14	—	15–7	13–9	14–8	9–13	13–9
Cleveland	17–5	9–13–1	7–15	—	11–11	17–5	10–12	17–5
Detroit	9–13	10–12	9–13	11–11	—	16–6	12–10	15–7–1
Kansas City	7–15	10–12	8–14	5–17	6–16	—	4–18	12–10
New York	13–9	14–8	13–9	12–10	10–12	18–4	—	17–5
Washington	10–12	13–9	9–13	5–17	7–15–1	10–12	5–17	—

Notable transactions

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May 14, 1956:Billy Loes was purchased by the Orioles from theBrooklyn Dodgers for $20,000.^[4]
May 21, 1956:Dave Philley andJim Wilson were traded by the Orioles to theChicago White Sox forMike Fornieles,Connie Johnson,George Kell andBob Nieman.^[5]
July 13, 1956:Morrie Martin was selected off waivers by the Orioles from theChicago White Sox.^[6]
August 17, 1956:Hal Smith was traded by the Orioles to theKansas City Athletics forJoe Ginsberg.^[7]

Roster

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1956 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 28Charlie Beamon 38Fred Besana 25,41Babe Birrer 28Hal Brown 20Sandy Consuegra 23Harry Dorish 39Don Ferrarese 25,36,41Mike Fornieles 21Bob Harrison 40Mel Held 36Connie Johnson 38Billy Loes 19Morrie Martin 32Ron Moeller 29Ray Moore 18Billy O'Dell 16Erv Palica 40Johnny Schmitz 24Gordie Sundin 15George Werley 17Bill Wight 36Jim Wilson 35George Zuverink		Catchers 10Tom Gastall 22Joe Ginsberg 22Hal Smith 11Gus Triandos Infielders 5Bobby Adams 1Bob Boyd 33Wayne Causey 9Billy Gardner 6Bob Hale 5Grady Hatton 3George Kell 2Fred Marsh 7Willy Miranda 6Brooks Robinson		Outfielders 32Chuck Diering 14Jim Dyck 14,17Hoot Evers 44Tito Francona 2Joe Frazier 37Tex Nelson 4Bob Nieman 4Dave Philley 3Dave Pope 8Jim Pyburn 23Dick Williams		Manager 12Paul Richards Coaches 31Harry Brecheen 26Lum Harris 30Al Vincent

1956 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12Paul Richards

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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	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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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	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

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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

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Level	Team	League	Manager
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 andJay Haney
C	Phoenix Stars	Arizona–Mexico League	Billy Capps
C	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	George Staller
D	Thomson Orioles	Georgia State League	Barney Lutz andEnid Drake
D	Paris Orioles	Sooner State League	Jimmy Adair andBarney Lutz

Notes

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^Ed Lopat atBaseball-Reference
^List of athletes who have died in plane crashes
^"Home Run in Last at Bat | Baseball Almanac".
^Billy Loes atBaseball-Reference
^Dave Philley atBaseball-Reference
^Morrie Martin atBaseball-Reference
^Joe Ginsberg atBaseball-Reference

References

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

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