The Tools of Ignorance: Stats for the year 1956

1956

Overall Batting Pitching Fielding Playoffs Managers HoF

Year	Team	Lg	Div	Rank	W	L	Pct.	G	G@H	R	RA	+/-	WC?	Div?	Lg?	WS?	Park	Attendance	BPF	PPF
1956	New York Yankees	AL		1	97	57	.630	154	77	857	631	226			Y	Y	Yankee Stadium I	1,491,784	97	93
1956	Cleveland Indians	AL		2	88	66	.568	155	77	712	581	131			N	N	Cleveland Stadium	865,467	103	101
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL		3	85	69	.552	154	77	776	634	142			N	N	Comiskey Park	1,000,090	101	99
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL		4	84	70	.542	155	78	780	751	29			N	N	Fenway Park II	1,137,158	113	111
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL		5	82	72	.529	155	78	789	699	90			N	N	Briggs Stadium	1,051,182	101	100
1956	Baltimore Orioles	AL		6	69	85	.448	154	77	571	705	-134			N	N	Memorial Stadium	901,201	92	94
1956	Washington Senators	AL		7	59	95	.381	155	77	652	924	-272			N	N	Griffith Stadium II	431,647	96	100
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL		8	52	102	.338	154	77	619	831	-212			N	N	Municipal Stadium I	1,015,154	100	104
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		1	93	61	.604	154	77	720	601	119			Y	N	Ebbets Field	1,213,562	109	107
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		2	92	62	.594	155	77	709	569	140			N	N	County Stadium	2,046,331	94	92
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL		3	91	63	.587	155	77	775	658	117			N	N	Crosley Field	1,125,928	106	105
1956	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		4	76	78	.487	156	78	678	698	-20			N	N	Sportsman's Park IV	1,029,773	100	100
1956	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		5	71	83	.461	154	77	668	738	-70			N	N	Connie Mack Stadium	934,798	98	99
1956	New York Giants	NL		6	67	87	.435	154	77	540	650	-110			N	N	Polo Grounds IV	629,179	99	100
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		7	66	88	.420	157	78	588	653	-65			N	N	Forbes Field	949,878	97	100
1956	Chicago Cubs	NL		8	60	94	.382	157	80	597	708	-111			N	N	Wrigley Field	720,118	99	101

Year	Team	Lg	Div	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1956	Baltimore Orioles	AL		154	5090	571	1242	198	34	91	39	42	563	725			.244	.319	.350	.669
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL		155	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	28	19	727	687			.275	.362	.419	.781
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL		154	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	70	33	619	660			.267	.344	.397	.741
1956	Cleveland Indians	AL		155	5148	712	1256	199	23	153	40	32	681	764			.244	.332	.381	.713
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL		155	5364	789	1494	209	50	150	43	26	644	618			.279	.356	.420	.776
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL		154	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	40	30	480	727			.252	.315	.370	.685
1956	New York Yankees	AL		154	5312	857	1433	193	55	190	51	37	615	755			.270	.346	.434	.780
1956	Washington Senators	AL		155	5202	652	1302	198	62	112	37	34	690	877			.250	.338	.377	.715
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		154	5098	720	1315	212	36	179	65	37	649	738			.258	.342	.419	.761
1956	Chicago Cubs	NL		157	5260	597	1281	202	50	142	55	38	446	776			.244	.303	.382	.685
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL		155	5291	775	1406	201	32	221	45	22	528	760			.266	.332	.441	.773
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		155	5207	709	1350	212	54	177	29	20	486	714			.259	.323	.423	.745
1956	New York Giants	NL		154	5190	540	1268	192	45	145	67	34	402	659			.244	.299	.382	.681
1956	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		154	5204	668	1313	207	49	121	45	23	585	673			.252	.328	.381	.709
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		157	5221	588	1340	199	57	110	24	33	383	752			.257	.307	.380	.687
1956	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		156	5378	678	1443	234	49	124	41	35	503	622			.268	.331	.399	.730

Year	Team	Lg	Div	W	L	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	R
1956	Baltimore Orioles	AL		69	85	154	38	10	24	1360	1242	635	91	563	725	4.20	571
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL		84	70	155	50	8	20	1398	1473	648	139	727	687	4.17	780
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL		85	69	154	65	11	13	1389	1412	576	128	619	660	3.73	776
1956	Cleveland Indians	AL		88	66	155	67	17	24	1384	1256	511	153	681	764	3.32	712
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL		82	72	155	62	10	15	1379	1494	622	150	644	618	4.06	789
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL		52	102	154	30	3	18	1370	1325	740	112	480	727	4.86	619
1956	New York Yankees	AL		97	57	154	50	10	35	1382	1433	557	190	615	755	3.63	857
1956	Washington Senators	AL		59	95	155	36	1	18	1368	1302	810	112	690	877	5.33	652
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		93	61	154	46	12	30	1368	1315	543	179	649	738	3.57	720
1956	Chicago Cubs	NL		60	94	157	37	6	17	1392	1281	612	142	446	776	3.96	597
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL		91	63	155	47	4	29	1389	1406	594	221	528	760	3.85	775
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		92	62	155	64	12	27	1393	1350	481	177	486	714	3.11	709
1956	New York Giants	NL		67	87	154	31	9	28	1378	1268	579	145	402	659	3.78	540
1956	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		71	83	154	57	4	15	1377	1313	643	121	585	673	4.20	668
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		66	88	157	37	8	24	1376	1340	572	110	383	752	3.74	588
1956	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		76	78	156	41	12	30	1388	1443	612	124	503	622	3.97	678

Year	Team	Lg	Div	E	DP	FP
1956	Baltimore Orioles	AL		133	142	0.977
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL		169	168	0.972
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL		122	160	0.979
1956	Cleveland Indians	AL		129	130	0.978
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL		140	151	0.976
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL		166	187	0.973
1956	New York Yankees	AL		135	214	0.977
1956	Washington Senators	AL		168	173	0.972
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		111	149	0.981
1956	Chicago Cubs	NL		143	141	0.976
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL		113	147	0.981
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		130	159	0.979
1956	New York Giants	NL		144	143	0.976
1956	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		144	140	0.975
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		162	140	0.973
1956	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		134	172	0.978

Year	Round	Lg	Winner	Lg	Loser	Results
1956	WS	AL	NYA	NL	BRO	4-3-0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	#	Manager	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Player?
1956	Baltimore Orioles	AL		1	Paul Richards	154	69	85	0.448	6	N
1956	Boston Red Sox	AL		1	Pinky Higgins	155	84	70	0.542	4	N
1956	Chicago White Sox	AL		1	Marty Marion	154	85	69	0.552	3	N
1956	Cleveland Indians	AL		1	Al Lopez	155	88	66	0.568	2	N
1956	Detroit Tigers	AL		1	Bucky Harris	155	82	72	0.529	5	N
1956	Kansas City Athletics	AL		1	Lou Boudreau	154	52	102	0.338	8	N
1956	New York Yankees	AL		1	Casey Stengel	154	97	57	0.630	1	N
1956	Washington Senators	AL		1	Chuck Dressen	155	59	95	0.381	7	N
1956	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		1	Walter Alston	154	93	61	0.604	1	N
1956	Chicago Cubs	NL		1	Stan Hack	157	60	94	0.382	8	N
1956	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL		1	Birdie Tebbetts	155	91	63	0.587	3	N
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		1	Charlie Grimm	46	24	22	0.522	2	N
1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL		2	Fred Haney	109	68	40	0.624	2	N
1956	New York Giants	NL		1	Bill Rigney	154	67	87	0.435	6	N
1956	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		1	Mayo Smith	154	71	83	0.461	5	N
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		1	Bobby Bragan	157	66	88	0.420	7	N
1956	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		1	Fred Hutchinson	156	76	78	0.487	4	N

Year	Player	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Ind.	Category
1956	Hank Greenberg	BBWAA	193	145	164.0	0.84974	Y	Player
1956	Joe Cronin	BBWAA	193	145	152.0	0.78756	Y	Player
1956	Red Ruffing	BBWAA	193	145	97.0	0.50259	N	Player
1956	Edd Roush	BBWAA	193	145	91.0	0.47150	N	Player
1956	Lefty Gomez	BBWAA	193	145	89.0	0.46114	N	Player
1956	Hack Wilson	BBWAA	193	145	74.0	0.38342	N	Player
1956	Max Carey	BBWAA	193	145	65.0	0.33679	N	Player
1956	Tony Lazzeri	BBWAA	193	145	64.0	0.33161	N	Player
1956	Kiki Cuyler	BBWAA	193	145	55.0	0.28497	N	Player
1956	Hank Gowdy	BBWAA	193	145	49.0	0.25389	N	Player
1956	Sam Rice	BBWAA	193	145	45.0	0.23316	N	Player
1956	Chuck Klein	BBWAA	193	145	44.0	0.22798	N	Player
1956	Jim Bottomley	BBWAA	193	145	42.0	0.21762	N	Player
1956	Waite Hoyt	BBWAA	193	145	37.0	0.19171	N	Player
1956	Red Faber	BBWAA	193	145	34.0	0.17617	N	Player
1956	Joe Medwick	BBWAA	193	145	31.0	0.16062	N	Player
1956	Eppa Rixey	BBWAA	193	145	27.0	0.13990	N	Player
1956	Goose Goslin	BBWAA	193	145	26.0	0.13472	N	Player
1956	Zack Wheat	BBWAA	193	145	26.0	0.13472	N	Player
1956	Burleigh Grimes	BBWAA	193	145	25.0	0.12953	N	Player
1956	Ross Youngs	BBWAA	193	145	19.0	0.09845	N	Player
1956	Lloyd Waner	BBWAA	193	145	18.0	0.09326	N	Player
1956	Jimmie Wilson	BBWAA	193	145	17.0	0.08808	N	Player
1956	Chick Hafey	BBWAA	193	145	16.0	0.08290	N	Player
1956	Muddy Ruel	BBWAA	193	145	16.0	0.08290	N	Player
1956	Dave Bancroft	BBWAA	193	145	15.0	0.07772	N	Player
1956	Luke Appling	BBWAA	193	145	14.0	0.07254	N	Player
1956	Earle Combs	BBWAA	193	145	14.0	0.07254	N	Player
1956	Jesse Haines	BBWAA	193	145	14.0	0.07254	N	Player
1956	Travis Jackson	BBWAA	193	145	14.0	0.07254	N	Player
1956	Heinie Manush	BBWAA	193	145	13.0	0.06736	N	Player
1956	Paul Derringer	BBWAA	193	145	12.0	0.06218	N	Player
1956	Babe Herman	BBWAA	193	145	11.0	0.05699	N	Player
1956	Cy Williams	BBWAA	193	145	11.0	0.05699	N	Player
1956	Arky Vaughan	BBWAA	193	145	9.0	0.04663	N	Player
1956	Howard Ehmke	BBWAA	193	145	8.0	0.04145	N	Player
1956	Ernie Lombardi	BBWAA	193	145	8.0	0.04145	N	Player
1956	Wes Ferrell	BBWAA	193	145	7.0	0.03627	N	Player
1956	Pepper Martin	BBWAA	193	145	7.0	0.03627	N	Player
1956	Bobby Doerr	BBWAA	193	145	5.0	0.02591	N	Player
1956	Lefty O'Doul	BBWAA	193	145	5.0	0.02591	N	Player
1956	Bucky Walters	BBWAA	193	145	5.0	0.02591	N	Player
1956	Doc Cramer	BBWAA	193	145	4.0	0.02073	N	Player
1956	Joe Gordon	BBWAA	193	145	4.0	0.02073	N	Player
1956	Earl Averill	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Tommy Bridges	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	George Earnshaw	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Freddie Fitzsimmons	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Freddie Lindstrom	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Frank McCormick	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Red Rolfe	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Joe Sewell	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Johnny Vander Meer	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Glenn Wright	BBWAA	193	145	3.0	0.01554	N	Player
1956	Ossie Bluege	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Lou Boudreau	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Guy Bush	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Mort Cooper	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Hughie Critz	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Lew Fonseca	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Tommy Henrich	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Billy Herman	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Joe Judge	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Charlie Keller	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	George Kelly	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Hal Schumacher	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Riggs Stephenson	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Jim Tobin	BBWAA	193	145	2.0	0.01036	N	Player
1956	Nick Altrock	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Wally Berger	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Max Bishop	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Dolph Camilli	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Spud Chandler	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Frankie Crosetti	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Tony Cuccinello	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bill Dinneen	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Joe Dugan	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Leo Durocher	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Manager
1956	Jimmy Dykes	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Rick Ferrell	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Mule Haas	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Stan Hack	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bill Hallahan	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bob Johnson	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Sad Sam Jones	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Joe Kuhel	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Al Lopez	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Manager
1956	Dolf Luque	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Marty Marion	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bob Meusel	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Johnny Mostil	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Jack Quinn	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Allie Reynolds	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Phil Rizzuto	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Al Schacht	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Wally Schang	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Everett Scott	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bill Sherdel	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Earl Smith	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Gus Suhr	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Jim Turner	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	George Uhle	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Bill Wambsganss	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Burgess Whitehead	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Earl Whitehill	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player
1956	Ken Williams	BBWAA	193	145	1.0	0.00518	N	Player