1956 Baltimore Orioles

Major League Baseball

Record: 69-85 .448.... 6th in AL
Manager(s): Paul Richards
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 901,201

HR: Gus Triandos [21]
RBI: Gus Triandos [88]
2B: Bob Nieman [20]
SB: Tito Francona [11]

W: Ray Moore [12]
SV: George Zuverink [16]
SO: Connie Johnson [130]

Oldest Player: Dave Philley [36]
Youngest Player: Ron Moeller [17]
Longest Tenure: Chuck Diering [3]

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)

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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
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
Batting Totals:				154	5090	571	1242	198	34	91	515	39	42	561	725	22	30	84	31	133	.244	.320	.350	670

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