1956 Boston Red Sox season
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Record | 84–70 (.545) |
League place | 4th (13 GB) |
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Manager(s) | Pinky Higgins |
Local television | WBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7 |
Local 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 the franchise'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 on to win the 1956 World Series.
Offseason[]
- November 8, 1955: Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors) were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett.[1]
- November 27, 1955: Ed Mayer was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 minor league draft.[2]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 49–28 | 48–29 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 9 | 46–31 | 42–35 |
Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 12 | 46–31 | 39–38 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 13 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 15 | 37–40 | 45–32 |
Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 28 | 41–36 | 28–49 |
Washington Senators | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 38 | 32–45 | 27–50 |
Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 45 | 22–55 | 30–47 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
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 |
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
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 batters[]
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 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
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 | 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 | 3 | 12 | 5.14 | 53 |
Other pitchers[]
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 pitchers[]
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 system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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Open | San Francisco Seals | Pacific Coast League | Eddie Joost and Joe Gordon |
AA | Oklahoma City Indians | Texas League | Rudy Laskowski, Ray Cash and Jodie Beeler |
A | Albany Senators | Eastern League | Sheriff Robinson |
B | Greensboro Patriots | Carolina League | Eddie Popowski |
C | San Jose JoSox | California League | Dick Whitman |
D | Lafayette Red Sox | Midwest League | Len Okrie |
D | Lexington Red Sox | Nebraska State League | Danny Doyle |
D | Corning Red Sox | PONY League | Elmer Yoter |
References[]
- ^ 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 links[]
- 1956 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
- 1956 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
- Boston Red Sox seasons
- 1956 Major League Baseball season
- 1956 in sports in Massachusetts
- 1950s in Boston
- Boston Red Sox season stubs