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1956 Baltimore Orioles | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 69-85 .45.... 6th in AL - Division
Manager(s): Paul Richards
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 901,201

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Tito Francona (Apr 17)
Pitchers: Charlie Beamon (Sep 26) Fred Besana (Apr 18) Mel Held (Apr 27) Ron Moeller (Sep 8) Gordie Sundin (Sep 19) George Werley (Sep 29)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Gus Triandos	25	131	452	47	126	18	1	21	88	0	0	48	73	2	4	3	4	21	.279	.348	.462	810	--
1B	Bob Boyd	30	70	225	28	70	8	3	2	11	0	5	30	14	1	2	6	0	6	.311	.395	.400	795	--
2B	Billy Gardner	28	144	515	53	119	16	2	11	50	5	5	29	53	7	1	8	1	15	.231	.281	.334	615	--
3B	George Kell	33	102	345	45	90	17	2	8	37	0	1	25	31	3	3	12	4	8	.261	.313	.391	704	--
SS	Willy Miranda	30	148	461	38	100	16	4	2	34	3	6	46	73	0	3	5	1	8	.217	.287	.282	569	--
OF	Tito Francona	22	139	445	62	115	16	4	9	57	11	5	51	60	1	4	0	3	6	.258	.334	.373	707	--
OF	Bob Nieman	29	114	388	60	125	20	6	12	64	1	5	86	59	0	3	1	3	10	.322	.442	.497	939	--
OF	Dick Williams	27	87	353	45	101	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	40	0	1	7	0	10	.286	.342	.453	795	--

C	Hal Smith	25	77	229	16	60	14	0	3	18	1	0	17	22	1	3	2	1	16	.262	.315	.362	677	--
P	Ray Moore	30	32	70	9	19	3	0	2	6	0	0	2	21	1	0	4	0	0	.271	.301	.400	701	--
1B	Bob Hale	22	85	207	18	49	10	1	1	24	0	2	11	10	1	0	0	4	6	.237	.274	.309	583	--
P	Bill Wight	34	35	60	2	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	26	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.226	.200	426	--
OF	Jim Pyburn	23	84	156	23	27	3	3	2	11	4	1	17	26	0	0	1	2	4	.173	.251	.269	520	--
P	Hal Brown	31	42	42	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1	0	3	0	0	.190	.292	.238	530	--
OF	Dave Philley	36	32	117	13	24	4	2	1	17	3	1	18	13	0	3	0	1	7	.205	.309	.299	608	--
P	Erv Palica	28	30	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.156	.156	312	--
OF	Hoot Evers	35	48	112	20	27	3	0	1	4	1	0	24	18	0	0	2	0	0	.241	.375	.295	670	--
P	Don Ferrarese	27	36	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.036	.100	.036	136	--
3B-2B	Bobby Adams	34	41	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	1	1	25	15	0	0	5	2	1	.225	.362	.297	659	--
P	George Zuverink	31	62	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	0	0	.118	.167	.118	285	--
OF	Chuck Diering	33	50	97	15	18	4	0	1	4	2	5	23	19	0	0	5	0	1	.186	.342	.258	600	--
P	Jim Wilson	34	7	15	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.421	.333	754	--
3B	Wayne Causey	19	53	88	7	15	0	1	1	4	0	0	8	23	0	0	0	1	2	.170	.237	.227	464	--
OF	Joe Frazier	33	45	74	7	19	6	0	1	12	0	0	11	6	1	2	0	1	2	.257	.356	.378	734	--
OF	Tex Nelson	19	39	68	5	14	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	22	0	0	0	1	2	.206	.276	.235	511	--
2B-3B	Grady Hatton	33	27	61	4	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	13	6	0	1	1	0	0	.148	.297	.213	510	--
P	Connie Johnson	33	26	58	5	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	6	9	0	0	6	0	1	.259	.328	.276	604	--
C	Tom Gastall	24	32	56	3	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	1	0	1	1	2	.196	.246	.232	478	--
3B	Brooks Robinson	19	15	44	5	10	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.386	630	--
P	Mike Fornieles	24	33	30	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.200	367	--
C	Joe Ginsberg	29	15	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	.071	.129	.071	200	--
SS-3B	Fred Marsh	32	20	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250	.125	375	--
OF	Jim Dyck	34	11	23	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.455	.304	759	--
OF	Dave Pope	35	12	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	.158	.200	.158	358	--
P	Billy Loes	26	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.176	.176	352	--
P	Johnny Schmitz	35	18	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Charlie Beamon	21	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Fred Besana	25	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	--
P	Sandy Consuegra	35	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--
P	Babe Birrer	27	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Ron Moeller	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Billy O'Dell	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Ray Moore	30	12	7	4.18	32	27	9	1	2	0	185.0	161	90	86	12	99	105	2	0	7.83	0.58	4.82	5.11	1.41	--
ST	Bill Wight	34	9	12	4.02	35	26	7	1	2	0	174.2	198	92	78	7	72	84	5	0	10.20	0.36	3.71	4.33	1.55	--
ST	Connie Johnson	33	9	10	3.43	26	25	9	2	0	0	183.2	165	79	70	12	62	130	3	1	8.09	0.59	3.04	6.37	1.24	--
ST	Erv Palica	28	4	11	4.49	29	14	2	0	5	0	116.1	117	64	58	10	50	62	4	0	9.05	0.77	3.87	4.80	1.44	--
ST	Don Ferrarese	27	4	10	5.03	36	14	3	1	9	2	102.0	86	60	57	8	64	81	5	0	7.59	0.71	5.65	7.15	1.47	--
ST	Hal Brown	31	9	7	4.04	35	14	4	1	11	2	151.2	142	72	68	18	37	57	5	1	8.43	1.07	2.20	3.38	1.18	--

CL	George Zuverink	31	7	6	4.16	62	0	0	0	40	16	97.1	112	52	45	6	34	33	1	1	10.36	0.55	3.14	3.05	1.50	--
RP	Mike Fornieles	24	4	7	3.97	30	11	1	1	9	1	111.0	109	59	49	7	25	53	3	1	8.84	0.57	2.03	4.30	1.21	--

	Billy Loes	26	2	7	4.76	21	6	1	0	11	3	56.2	65	33	30	4	23	22	3	0	10.32	0.64	3.65	3.49	1.55	--
	Johnny Schmitz	35	0	3	3.99	18	3	0	0	8	0	38.1	49	23	17	3	14	15	0	0	11.50	0.70	3.29	3.52	1.64	--
	Harry Dorish	34	0	0	4.12	13	0	0	0	4	0	19.2	22	10	9	3	3	4	0	0	10.07	1.37	1.37	1.83	1.27	--
	Morrie Martin	33	1	1	10.80	9	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	18.00	1.80	3.60	5.40	2.40	--
	Jim Wilson	34	4	2	5.03	7	7	1	0	0	0	48.1	49	27	27	5	16	31	1	0	9.12	0.93	2.98	5.77	1.34	--
	Fred Besana	25	1	0	5.60	7	2	0	0	1	0	17.2	22	12	11	0	14	7	1	0	11.21	0.00	7.13	3.57	2.04	--
	Billy O'Dell	24	0	0	1.13	4	1	0	0	2	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	6	0	0	6.75	0.00	6.75	6.75	1.50	--
	Ron Moeller	17	0	1	4.15	4	1	0	0	3	0	8.2	10	5	4	0	3	2	1	0	10.38	0.00	3.12	2.08	1.50	--
	Mel Held	27	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	0	2	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	4	0	0	9.00	1.29	3.86	5.14	1.43	--
	Sandy Consuegra	35	1	1	4.15	4	1	0	0	1	0	8.2	10	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	10.38	2.08	2.08	1.04	1.38	--
	Babe Birrer	27	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.1	9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	15.19	0.00	1.69	1.69	1.88	--
	Charlie Beamon	21	2	0	1.38	2	1	1	1	1	0	13.0	9	2	2	0	8	14	0	0	6.23	0.00	5.54	9.69	1.31	--
	George Werley	17	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	9.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	3.00	--
	Gordie Sundin	18	0	0	---	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	---	--
	Bob Harrison	25	0	0	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	16.20	0.00	27.00	0.00	4.80	--

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
George Zuverink	31	P	62		97.1	8	17	0	25	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.31
Don Ferrarese	27	P	36		102	10	14	1	25	2	-	-	-	.960	2.12
Bill Wight	34	P	35		174.2	6	27	4	37	1	-	-	-	.892	1.70
Hal Brown	31	P	35		151.2	7	25	1	33	4	-	-	-	.970	1.90
Ray Moore	30	P	32		185	6	22	4	32	4	-	-	-	.875	1.36
Mike Fornieles	24	P	30		111	4	28	0	32	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.59
Erv Palica	28	P	29		116.1	2	20	2	24	2	-	-	-	.917	1.70
Connie Johnson	33	P	26		183.2	8	14	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.08
Billy Loes	26	P	21		56.2	7	12	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.02
Johnny Schmitz	35	P	18		38.1	4	8	1	13	1	-	-	-	.923	2.82
Harry Dorish	34	P	13		19.2	3	7	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.58
Morrie Martin	33	P	9		5	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80
Jim Wilson	34	P	7		48.1	3	8	0	11	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.05
Fred Besana	25	P	7		17.2	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.57
Mel Held	27	P	4		7	0	3	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.86
Babe Birrer	27	P	4		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Billy O'Dell	24	P	4		8	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Sandy Consuegra	35	P	4		8.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.04
Ron Moeller	17	P	4		8.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.04
Charlie Beamon	21	P	2		13	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08
Gordie Sundin	18	P	1		-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
George Werley	17	P	1		1	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00
Bob Harrison	25	P	1		1.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Gus Triandos	25	C	89			417	50	5	472	12	3	0	0	.989	--
Hal Smith	25	C	71			313	33	2	348	11	1	0	0	.994	--
Tom Gastall	24	C	20			67	6	0	73	1	1	0	0	1.000	--
Joe Ginsberg	29	C	8			31	3	0	34	0	0	0	0	1.000	--

Bob Boyd	30	1B	60			469	24	5	498	46	-	-	-	.990	--
Gus Triandos	25	1B	52			373	39	7	419	27	-	-	-	.983	--
Bob Hale	22	1B	51			366	29	10	405	33	-	-	-	.975	--
Tito Francona	22	1B	21			86	3	1	90	7	-	-	-	.989	--
Dick Williams	27	1B	10			36	7	0	43	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
George Kell	33	1B	2			4	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Billy Gardner	28	2B	132			274	331	16	621	76	-	-	-	.974	--
Bobby Adams	34	2B	18			39	25	4	68	7	-	-	-	.941	--
Grady Hatton	33	2B	15			19	26	0	45	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dick Williams	27	2B	10			4	5	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	--
Wayne Causey	19	2B	7			13	16	1	30	0	-	-	-	.967	--
Fred Marsh	32	2B	5			9	6	0	15	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
George Kell	33	2B	1			1	1	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Brooks Robinson	19	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

George Kell	33	3B	97			97	165	7	269	19	-	-	-	.974	--
Wayne Causey	19	3B	30			13	36	1	50	4	-	-	-	.980	--
Bobby Adams	34	3B	24			23	40	1	64	5	-	-	-	.984	--
Brooks Robinson	19	3B	14			9	25	2	36	3	-	-	-	.944	--
Grady Hatton	33	3B	12			5	15	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	--
Fred Marsh	32	3B	8			3	4	2	9	0	-	-	-	.778	--
Billy Gardner	28	3B	6			3	9	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dave Philley	36	3B	5			2	4	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	--
Dick Williams	27	3B	4			4	3	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--
Chuck Diering	33	3B	2			1	1	2	4	0	-	-	-	.500	--

Willy Miranda	30	SS	147			229	436	26	691	91	-	-	-	.962	--
Billy Gardner	28	SS	25			24	46	2	72	1	-	-	-	.972	--
Fred Marsh	32	SS	8			5	8	1	14	2	-	-	-	.929	--

Tito Francona	22	OF	122			240	10	6	256	1	-	-	-	.977	--
Bob Nieman	29	OF	114			243	4	5	252	1	-	-	-	.980	--
Dick Williams	27	OF	81			205	2	2	209	0	-	-	-	.990	--
Jim Pyburn	23	OF	77			114	5	3	122	3	-	-	-	.975	--
Chuck Diering	33	OF	40			73	4	0	77	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Hoot Evers	35	OF	36			63	1	1	65	1	-	-	-	.985	--
Dave Philley	36	OF	31			56	2	4	62	2	-	-	-	.935	--
Tex Nelson	19	OF	24			28	3	2	33	0	-	-	-	.939	--
Joe Frazier	33	OF	19			31	2	0	33	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jim Dyck	34	OF	9			10	2	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	--
Bob Boyd	30	OF	8			5	0	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Dave Pope	35	OF	4			3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--