1956 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

| Level: MLB

Location: Baltimore,MD
Team Record: 69-85 .448
Result: 6th in American League
Manager(s): Paul Richards
General Manager: Paul Richards
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 901,201
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Baltimore Orioles affiliate history

Oldest Player: Dave Philley (36)
Youngest Player: Ron Moeller (17)
Longest Tenure: Chuck Diering (3)
Top Hitter: Bob Nieman (21)
Top Pitcher: Connie Johnson (15)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 64.13%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	88	66	.571	9.0
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	84	70	.545	13.0
Detroit	82	72	.532	15.0
Baltimore	69	85	.448	28.0
Washington	59	95	.383	38.0
KC Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
9	Billy Gardner	2b	35	28	-	MLB	144	515	53	119	16	2	11	50	5	5	29	53	7	1	8	1	15	.231	.281	.334	615	172	560	425	49	3.1	.239
7	Willy Miranda	ss	38	30	-	MLB	148	461	38	100	16	4	2	34	3	6	46	73	0	3	5	1	8	.217	.287	.282	569	130	513	381	36	2.6	.253
11	Gus Triandos	c	37	25	-	MLB	131	452	47	126	18	1	21	88	0	0	48	73	2	4	3	4	21	.279	.348	.462	810	209	509	354	73	5.6	.290
44	Tito Francona	of-1b	36	22	-	MLB	139	445	62	115	16	4	9	57	11	5	51	60	1	4	0	3	6	.258	.334	.373	707	166	500	344	62	4.9	.280
4	Bob Nieman	of	21	29	-	MLB	114	388	60	125	20	6	12	64	1	5	86	59	0	3	1	3	10	.322	.442	.497	940	193	478	282	93	8.9	.353
23	Dick Williams	of-3b	62	27	-	MLB	87	353	45	101	18	4	11	37	5	5	30	40	0	1	7	0	10	.286	.342	.453	795	160	390	274	58	5.7	.298
3	George Kell	3b	39	33	-	MLB	102	345	45	90	17	2	8	37	0	1	25	31	3	3	12	4	8	.261	.313	.391	704	135	389	280	48	4.6	.265
22	Hal Smith	c	71	25	-	MLB	77	229	16	60	14	0	3	18	1	0	17	22	1	3	2	1	16	.262	.315	.362	677	83	250	188	25	3.6	.278
1	Bob Boyd	1b	-	30	-	MLB	70	225	28	70	8	3	2	11	0	5	30	14	1	2	6	0	6	.311	.395	.400	795	90	262	172	39	6.1	.325
6	Bob Hale	1b	-	22	-	MLB	85	207	18	49	10	1	1	24	0	2	11	10	1	0	0	4	6	.237	.274	.309	583	64	223	170	19	3.0	.240
8	Jim Pyburn	of-3b	-	23	-	MLB	84	156	23	27	3	3	2	11	4	1	17	26	0	0	1	2	4	.173	.251	.269	521	42	176	137	10	2.0	.192
4	Dave Philley	of	46	36	-	MLB	32	117	13	24	4	2	1	17	3	1	18	13	0	3	0	1	7	.205	.309	.299	608	35	136	102	11	2.9	.221
14,17	Hoot Evers	of	-	35	-	MLB	48	112	20	27	3	0	1	4	1	0	24	18	0	0	2	0	0	.241	.375	.295	670	33	138	87	16	4.9	.280
5	Bobby Adams	3b-2b	-	34	-	MLB	41	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	1	1	25	15	0	0	5	2	1	.225	.362	.297	660	33	143	95	16	4.5	.255
32	Chuck Diering	of	-	33	-	MLB	50	97	15	18	4	0	1	4	2	5	23	19	0	0	5	0	1	.186	.342	.258	599	25	125	90	9	2.7	.221
33	Wayne Causey	ss-2b	-	19	-	MLB	53	88	7	15	0	1	1	4	0	0	8	23	0	0	0	1	2	.170	.237	.227	464	20	97	76	2	0.8	.215
2	Joe Frazier	of	-	33	-	MLB	45	74	7	19	6	0	1	12	0	0	11	6	1	2	0	1	2	.257	.356	.378	735	28	87	58	12	5.6	.265
29	Ray Moore	p	-	30	-	MLB	32	70	9	19	3	0	2	6	0	0	2	21	1	0	4	0	0	.271	.301	.400	701	28	77	55	8	4.0	.362
37	Tex Nelson	of	-	19	-	MLB	39	68	5	14	2	0	0	5	0	0	7	22	0	0	0	1	2	.206	.276	.235	512	16	76	57	3	1.2	.298
5	Grady Hatton	3b	-	33	-	MLB	27	61	4	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	13	6	0	1	1	0	0	.148	.297	.213	510	13	75	53	5	2.5	.148
17	Bill Wight	p	-	34	-	MLB	35	60	2	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	26	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.226	.200	426	12	64	50	0	-0.2	.353
36	Connie Johnson	p	-	33	-	MLB	26	58	5	15	1	0	0	4	1	0	6	9	0	0	6	0	1	.259	.328	.276	604	16	70	50	6	3.1	.306
10	Tom Gastall	c	-	24	-	MLB	32	56	3	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	8	1	0	1	1	2	.196	.246	.232	478	13	62	49	2	1.3	.224
6	Brooks Robinson	3b	-	19	UDFA: 1955	MLB	15	44	5	10	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.386	631	17	45	34	5	4.0	.237
28	Hal Brown	p	-	31	-	MLB	42	42	5	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1	0	3	0	0	.190	.292	.238	530	10	51	37	3	2.4	.235
16	Erv Palica	p	-	28	-	MLB	30	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.156	.156	312	5	32	28	-1	-1.4	.227
25,36,41	Mike Fornieles	p	-	24	-	MLB	33	30	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.200	367	6	31	27	0	-0.1	.200
22	Joe Ginsberg	c	-	29	-	MLB	15	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	.071	.129	.071	200	2	32	30	-2	-1.7	.080
39	Don Ferrarese	p	-	27	-	MLB	36	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.036	.100	.036	136	1	30	27	-2	-1.7	.038
2	Fred Marsh	3b-ss	-	32	-	MLB	20	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250	.125	375	3	28	21	1	0.8	.143
14	Jim Dyck	of-3b	-	34	-	MLB	11	23	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.455	.304	759	7	34	19	5	6.9	.278
3	Dave Pope	of	-	35	-	MLB	12	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	.158	.200	.158	358	3	21	17	0	-0.6	.250
35	George Zuverink	p	-	31	-	MLB	62	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	0	0	.118	.167	.118	284	2	22	19	-1	-1.0	.200
38	Billy Loes	p	-	26	-	MLB	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.176	.176	353	3	18	15	0	-0.9	.300
36	Jim Wilson	p	-	34	-	MLB	7	15	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.421	.333	754	5	19	12	2	5.2	.333
40	Johnny Schmitz	p	-	35	-	MLB	18	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	10	-	-	.000
28	Charlie Beamon	p	-	21	-	MLB	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
38	Fred Besana	p	-	25	-	MLB	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-2.9	.000
20	Sandy Consuegra	p	-	35	-	MLB	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
32	Ron Moeller	p	-	17	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
25,41	Babe Birrer	p	-	27	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
18	Billy O'Dell	p	-	24	-	MLB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (42 players)							154	5090	571	1242	198	34	91	515	39	42	561	725	22	30	84	31	133	.244	.320	.350	670	1781	5788	4138	604	3.9	.267

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
29	Ray Moore	25	30	-	MLB	12	7	4.18	32	27	9	1	2	0	185.0	161	90	86	12	99	105	2	0	1.41	7.83	0.58	4.82	5.11	0.94	--	0.64
36	Connie Johnson	15	33	-	MLB	9	10	3.43	26	25	9	2	0	0	183.2	165	79	70	12	62	130	3	1	1.24	8.09	0.59	3.04	6.37	0.48	--	0.85
17	Bill Wight	28	34	-	MLB	9	12	4.02	35	26	7	1	2	0	174.2	198	92	78	7	72	84	5	0	1.55	10.20	0.36	3.71	4.33	0.86	--	1.54
28	Hal Brown	55	31	-	MLB	9	7	4.04	35	14	4	1	11	2	151.2	142	72	68	18	37	57	5	1	1.18	8.43	1.07	2.20	3.38	0.65	--	0.69
16	Erv Palica	48	28	-	MLB	4	11	4.49	29	14	2	0	5	0	116.1	117	64	58	10	50	62	4	0	1.44	9.05	0.77	3.87	4.80	0.81	--	0.73
25,36,41	Mike Fornieles	-	24	-	MLB	4	7	3.97	30	11	1	1	9	1	111.0	109	59	49	7	25	53	3	1	1.21	8.84	0.57	2.03	4.30	0.47	--	1.35
39	Don Ferrarese	56	27	-	MLB	4	10	5.03	36	14	3	1	9	2	102.0	86	60	57	8	64	81	5	0	1.47	7.59	0.71	5.65	7.15	0.79	--	1.15
35	George Zuverink	24	31	-	MLB	7	6	4.16	62	0	0	0	40	16	97.1	112	52	45	6	34	33	1	1	1.50	10.36	0.55	3.14	3.05	1.03	--	1.07
38	Billy Loes	54	26	-	MLB	2	7	4.76	21	6	1	0	11	3	56.2	65	33	30	4	23	22	3	0	1.55	10.32	0.64	3.65	3.49	1.05	--	1.22
36	Jim Wilson	20	34	-	MLB	4	2	5.03	7	7	1	0	0	0	48.1	49	27	27	5	16	31	1	0	1.34	9.12	0.93	2.98	5.77	0.52	--	0.55
40	Johnny Schmitz	-	35	-	MLB	0	3	3.99	18	3	0	0	8	0	38.1	49	23	17	3	14	15	0	0	1.64	11.50	0.70	3.29	3.52	0.93	--	1.07
23	Harry Dorish	59	34	-	MLB	0	0	4.12	13	0	0	0	4	0	19.2	22	10	9	3	3	4	0	0	1.27	10.07	1.37	1.37	1.83	0.75	--	1.45
38	Fred Besana	-	25	-	MLB	1	0	5.60	7	2	0	0	1	0	17.2	22	12	11	0	14	7	1	0	2.04	11.21	0.00	7.13	3.57	2.00	--	1.40
28	Charlie Beamon	53	21	-	MLB	2	0	1.38	2	1	1	1	1	0	13.0	9	2	2	0	8	14	0	0	1.31	6.23	0.00	5.54	9.69	0.57	--	2.00
20	Sandy Consuegra	-	35	-	MLB	1	1	4.15	4	1	0	0	1	0	8.2	10	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	1.38	10.38	2.08	2.08	1.04	2.00	--	1.18
32	Ron Moeller	-	17	-	MLB	0	1	4.15	4	1	0	0	3	0	8.2	10	5	4	0	3	2	1	0	1.50	10.38	0.00	3.12	2.08	1.50	--	0.71
18	Billy O'Dell	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	1.13	4	1	0	0	2	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	6	0	0	1.50	6.75	0.00	6.75	6.75	1.00	--	0.78
40	Mel Held	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	0	2	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	4	0	0	1.43	9.00	1.29	3.86	5.14	0.75	--	1.14
25,41	Babe Birrer	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.1	9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	15.19	0.00	1.69	1.69	1.00	--	0.50
19	Morrie Martin	-	33	-	MLB	1	1	10.80	9	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	2.40	18.00	1.80	3.60	5.40	0.67	--	2.25
21	Bob Harrison	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	4.80	16.20	0.00	27.00	0.00	--	--	4.00
15	George Werley	-	17	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.00	9.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	--	--	--
24	Gordie Sundin	-	18	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals: (42 players)						69	85	4.20	154	154	38	8	116	24	1,361	1362	705	635	91	547	715	35	4	1.33	9.01	0.65	3.62	4.73	0.77	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Triandos	C	89		417	50	5	12	.989	0.00
Hal Smith	C	71		313	33	2	11	.994	0.00
Tom Gastall	C	20		67	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Ginsberg	C	8		31	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Boyd	1B	60		469	24	5	46	.990	0.00
Gus Triandos	1B	52		373	39	7	27	.983	0.00
Bob Hale	1B	51		366	29	10	33	.975	0.00
Tito Francona	1B	21		86	3	1	7	.989	0.00
Dick Williams	1B	10		36	7	0	4	1.000	0.00
George Kell	1B	2		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Gardner	2B	132		274	331	16	76	.974	0.00
Bobby Adams	2B	18		39	25	4	7	.941	0.00
Grady Hatton	2B	15		19	26	0	3	1.000	0.00
Dick Williams	2B	10		4	5	1	0	.900	0.00
Wayne Causey	2B	7		13	16	1	0	.967	0.00
Fred Marsh	2B	5		9	6	0	3	1.000	0.00
George Kell	2B	1		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Brooks Robinson	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Kell	3B	97		97	165	7	19	.974	0.00
Wayne Causey	3B	30		13	36	1	4	.980	0.00
Bobby Adams	3B	24		23	40	1	5	.984	0.00
Brooks Robinson	3B	14		9	25	2	3	.944	0.00
Grady Hatton	3B	12		5	15	1	0	.952	0.00
Fred Marsh	3B	8		3	4	2	0	.778	0.00
Billy Gardner	3B	6		3	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Philley	3B	5		2	4	1	1	.857	0.00
Dick Williams	3B	4		4	3	1	0	.875	0.00
Chuck Diering	3B	2		1	1	2	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willy Miranda	SS	147		229	436	26	91	.962	0.00
Billy Gardner	SS	25		24	46	2	1	.972	0.00
Fred Marsh	SS	8		5	8	1	2	.929	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tito Francona	OF	122		240	10	6	1	.977	0.00
Bob Nieman	OF	114		243	4	5	1	.980	0.00
Dick Williams	OF	81		205	2	2	0	.990	0.00
Jim Pyburn	OF	77		114	5	3	3	.975	0.00
Chuck Diering	OF	40		73	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hoot Evers	OF	36		63	1	1	1	.985	0.00
Dave Philley	OF	31		56	2	4	2	.935	0.00
Tex Nelson	OF	24		28	3	2	0	.939	0.00
Joe Frazier	OF	19		31	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Dyck	OF	9		10	2	1	0	.923	0.00
Bob Boyd	OF	8		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Pope	OF	4		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Zuverink	P	62	97	8	17	0	2	1.000	2.32
Don Ferrarese	P	36	102	10	14	1	2	.960	2.12
Hal Brown	P	35	151	7	25	1	4	.970	1.90
Bill Wight	P	35	174	6	27	4	1	.892	1.70
Ray Moore	P	32	185	6	22	4	4	.875	1.36
Mike Fornieles	P	30	111	4	28	0	3	1.000	2.59
Erv Palica	P	29	116	2	20	2	2	.917	1.71
Connie Johnson	P	26	183	8	14	1	0	.957	1.08
Billy Loes	P	21	56	7	12	0	0	1.000	3.04
Johnny Schmitz	P	18	38	4	8	1	1	.923	2.83
Harry Dorish	P	13	19	3	7	0	0	1.000	4.69
Morrie Martin	P	9	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
Fred Besana	P	7	17	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.66
Jim Wilson	P	7	48	3	8	0	2	1.000	2.06
Babe Birrer	P	4	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Sandy Consuegra	P	4	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.10
Mel Held	P	4	7	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.86
Ron Moeller	P	4	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.10
Billy O'Dell	P	4	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Charlie Beamon	P	2	13	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.08
Bob Harrison	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gordie Sundin	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
George Werley	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00

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