1956 Boston Red Sox | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |||
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |||
Record | 84β70 (.545) | |||
League place | 4th (13 GB) | |||
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |||
President | Tom Yawkey | |||
General managers | Joe Cronin | |||
Managers | Pinky Higgins | |||
Television | WBZ-TV, "Ch." 4 and WNAC-TV, "Ch." 7 | |||
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy) | |||
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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The 1956 Boston Red Sox season was the: 56th season in theββfranchise'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 onββto win the 1956 World Series.
Offseasonβ»
- November 8, 1955: Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors) were traded by, the Red Soxββto the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett.
- November 27, 1955: Ed Mayer was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the "1955 minor league draft."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | β | 49β28 | 48β29 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 9 | 46β31 | 42β35 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46β31 | 39β38 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13 | 43β34 | 41β36 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 15 | 37β40 | 45β32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28 | 41β36 | 28β49 |
Washington Senators | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 32β45 | 27β50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 102 | .338 | 45 | 22β55 | 30β47 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | β | 6β16 | 9β13 | 5β17 | 13β9 | 15β7 | 9β13 | 12β10 | |||||
Boston | 16β6 | β | 14β8 | 13β9β1 | 12β10 | 12β10 | 8β14 | 9β13 | |||||
Chicago | 13β9 | 8β14 | β | 15β7 | 13β9 | 14β8 | 9β13 | 13β9 | |||||
Cleveland | 17β5 | 9β13β1 | 7β15 | β | 11β11 | 17β5 | 10β12 | 17β5 | |||||
Detroit | 9β13 | 10β12 | 9β13 | 11β11 | β | 16β6 | 12β10 | 15β7β1 | |||||
Kansas City | 7β15 | 10β12 | 8β14 | 5β17 | 6β16 | β | 4β18 | 12β10 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 14β8 | 13β9 | 12β10 | 10β12 | 18β4 | β | 17β5 | |||||
Washington | 10β12 | 13β9 | 9β13 | 5β17 | 7β15β1 | 10β12 | 5β17 | β |
Opening Day lineupβ»
10 | Billy Goodman | 2B |
11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
9 | Ted Williams | LF |
4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
6 | Mickey Vernon | 1B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
24 | Don Buddin | SS |
22 | Sammy White | C |
18 | Frank Sullivan | P |
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Sammy White | 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 battersβ»
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 |
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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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tom Brewer | 32 | 244.1 | 19 | 9 | 3.50 | 127 |
Frank Sullivan | 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 pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave Sisler | 39 | 142.1 | 9 | 8 | 4.62 | 93 |
Ike Delock | 48 | 128.1 | 13 | 7 | 4.21 | 105 |
George Susce | 21 | 69.2 | 2 | 4 | 6.20 | 26 |
Frank Baumann | 7 | 24.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.28 | 18 |
Rudy Minarcin | 3 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 5 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Hurd | 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 systemβ»
Source:
Referencesβ»
- ^ Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Ed Mayer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide. January 13, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
External linksβ»
- 1956 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
- 1956 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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