1956 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1956 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1956

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Brooklyn Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Mickey Mantle NL: Don Newcombe

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Luis Aparicio NL: Frank Robinson

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Washington,District of Columbia

Teams

Players

549

Attendance

16,543,250

Payroll

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1956 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	97	57	.630	--	857	631	226	Won World Series (Dodgers)	1,491,784	2	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	88	66	.571	9.0	712	581	131	dnq	865,467	13	Hank Greenberg	Al Lopez	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
3	3	6	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	85	69	.552	12.0	776	634	142	dnq	1,000,090	9	Charlie Comiskey	Marty Marion	Comiskey Park
4	4	7	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	13.0	780	751	29	dnq	1,137,158	4	Joe Cronin	Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park
5	5	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	15.0	789	699	90	dnq	1,051,182	6	Muddy Ruel	Bucky Harris	Briggs Stadium
6	6	11	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	154	69	85	.448	28.0	571	705	-134	dnq	901,201	12	Paul Richards	Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium
7	7	15	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	59	95	.383	38.0	652	924	-272	dnq	431,647	16	Calvin Griffith	Chuck Dressen	Griffith Stadium
8	8	16	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R	154	52	102	.338	45.0	619	831	-212	dnq	1,015,154	8	---	Lou Boudreau	Municipal Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	93	61	.604	--	720	601	119	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,213,562	3	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Ebbets Field
2	2	3	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R	154	92	62	.597	1.0	709	569	140	dnq	2,046,331	1	John Quinn	Fred Haney, Charlie Grimm	County Stadium
3	3	4	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	91	63	.591	2.0	775	658	117	dnq	1,125,928	5	Gabe Paul	Birdie Tebbetts	Crosley Field
4	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	76	78	.494	17.0	678	698	-20	dnq	1,029,773	7	Frank Lane	Fred Hutchinson	Sportsman's Park
5	5	10	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	71	83	.461	22.0	668	738	-70	dnq	934,798	11	Roy Hamey	Mayo Smith	Connie Mack Stadium
6	6	12	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	67	87	.435	26.0	540	650	-110	dnq	629,179	15	Chub Feeney	Bill Rigney	Polo Grounds
7	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	66	88	.429	27.0	588	653	-65	dnq	949,878	10	Joe Brown	Bobby Bragan	Forbes Field
8	8	14	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	60	94	.390	33.0	597	708	-111	dnq	720,118	14	Wid Mathews	Stan Hack	Wrigley Field
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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