1956 MLB Draft Results - Round #0 - Signed Phase

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year	round	ovl	phase	player	team	d-pos	signed	source	school	division	region	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	slot value	bonus
1956	0	0	Signed	Bob Allen	Cleveland Indians	P	Yes	FA	Texas		TX	P	6-2	185	L	L	1937-10-23	Tatum,TX	MLB	1961-1967	1961-1967	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Rogelio Alvarez	Cincinnati Reds	1B	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	1B	5-11	183	R	R	1938-04-18	Pinar del Rio,CU	MLB	1960-1962	1960-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Joe Azcue	Cincinnati Reds	C	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	C	6-0	200	R	R	1939-08-18	Cienfuegos,CU	MLB	1960-1972	1960-1972	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jim Bailey	Cincinnati Reds	P	Yes	College	Lincoln Memorial	NCAA 2	TN	P	6-2	210	B	L	1934-12-16	Strawberry Plains,TN	MLB	1959-1959	1959-1959	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Ed Bauta	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	P	6-3	200	R	R	1935-01-06	Florida,C	MLB	1960-1964	1960-1964	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bo Belinsky	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Yes	FA	New Jersey		NJ	P	6-2	191	L	L	1936-12-07	New York,NY	MLB	1962-1970	1962-1970	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Chet Boak	Kansas City Athletics	2B	Yes	FA	Pennsylvania		PA	2B	6-0	180	R	R	1935-06-19	New Castle,PA	MLB	1960-1961	1960-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bobby Bolin	New York Giants	P	Yes	FA	South Carolina		SC	P	6-4	200	R	R	1939-01-29	Hickory Grove,SC	MLB	1961-1973	1961-1973	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Ernie Bowman	New York Giants	SS-2B	Yes	College	East Tennessee State	NCAA 1	TN	SS-2B	5-10	160	R	R	1935-07-28	Johnson City,TN	MLB	1961-1963	1961-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jim Brewer	Chicago Cubs	P	Yes	HS	Broken Arrow (Broken Arrow,OK)		OK	P	6-2	195	L	L	1937-11-14	Merced,CA	MLB	1960-1976	1960-1976	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Alan Brice	Chicago White Sox	P	Yes	HS	Hillsborough (Tampa,FL)		FL	P	6-5	215	R	R	1937-10-01	New York,NY	MLB	1961-1961	1961-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Chris Cannizzaro	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Yes	HS	San Leandro (San Leandro,CA)		CA	C	6-0	190	R	R	1938-05-03	Oakland,CA	MLB	1960-1974	1960-1974	0	2,200
1956	0	0	Signed	Cam Carreon	Chicago White Sox	C	Yes	HS	Colton (Colton,CA)		CA	C	6-0	198	R	R	1937-08-06	Colton,CA	MLB	1959-1966	1959-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Elio Chacon	Cincinnati Reds	SS-2B	Yes	In	Venezuela		VZ	SS-2B	5-9	160	R	R	1936-10-26	Caracas,VZ	MLB	1960-1962	1960-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Nelson Chittum	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Yes	College	Elizabethtown	NCAA 2	PA	P	6-1	180	R	R	1933-03-25	Harrisonburg,VA	MLB	1958-1960	1958-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Don Choate	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Yes	HS	East St. Louis (East St. Louis,IL)		IL	P	6-0	185	R	R	1938-07-02	Potosi,MO	MLB	1960-1960	1960-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bert Cueto	Washington Senators	P	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	P	6-4	170	R	R	1937-08-14	San Luis,CU	MLB	1961-1961	1961-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jack Curtis	Chicago Cubs	P	Yes	HS	Granite Falls (Granite Falls,NC)		NC	P	5-10	175	L	L	1937-01-11	Rhodhiss,NC	MLB	1961-1963	1961-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Tommy Davis	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Yes	HS	Boys and Girls (Brooklyn,NY)		NY	OF	6-2	205	R	R	1939-03-21	Brooklyn,NY	MLB	1959-1976	1957-1976	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Ed Donnelly	Kansas City Athletics	P	Yes	HS	Quincy (Quincy,MI)		MI	P	6-0	175	R	R	1932-12-10	Allen,MI	MLB	1959-1959	1959-1959	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jim Donohue	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Yes	FA	Missouri		MO	P	6-4	190	R	R	1938-10-31	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1961-1962	1961-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Terry Fox	Milwaukee Braves	P	Yes	FA	Illinois		IL	P	6-0	175	R	R	1935-07-31	Chicago,IL	MLB	1960-1966	1960-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Joe Gaines	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Yes	FA	California		CA	OF	6-1	190	R	R	1936-11-22	Bryan,TX	MLB	1960-1966	1960-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Fred Gladding	Detroit Tigers	P	Yes	FA	Michigan		MI	P	6-0	225	L	R	1936-06-28	Flat Rock,MI	MLB	1961-1973	1961-1973	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Pumpsie Green	Boston Red Sox	2B-SS	Yes	FA	Oklahoma		OK	2B-SS	6-0	175	B	R	1933-10-27	Oakland,CA	MLB	1959-1963	1959-1963	0	3,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Kent Hadley	Detroit Tigers	1B	Yes	College	USC	NCAA 1	CA	1B	6-3	190	L	L	1934-12-17	Pocatello,ID	MLB	1958-1960	1958-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jimmie Hall	Washington Senators	OF	Yes	HS	Belmont (Belmont,NC)		NC	OF	6-0	175	L	R	1938-03-07	Mount Holly,NC	MLB	1963-1970	1963-1970	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Ron Hansen	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Yes	HS	Nebraska		NE	SS	6-3	200	R	R	1938-04-05	Oxford,NE	MLB	1958-1972	1958-1972	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Tim Harkness	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	Yes	FA	Quebec		QC	1B	6-2	182	L	L	1937-12-23	Lachine,QC	MLB	1961-1964	1961-1964	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jim Hickman	St. Louis Cardinals	OF-1B	Yes	HS	Ripley (Ripley,TN)		TN	OF-1B	6-4	205	R	R	1937-05-10	Henning,TN	MLB	1962-1974	1962-1974	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Chuck Hinton	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Yes	College	Shaw	NCAA 2	NC	OF	6-1	195	R	R	1934-05-03	Rocky Mount,NC	MLB	1961-1971	1961-1971	0	500
1956	0	0	Signed	Ed Hobaugh	Chicago White Sox	P	Yes	College	Michigan State	NCAA 1	MI	P	6-0	176	R	R	1934-06-27	Kittanning,PA	MLB	1961-1963	1961-1963	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Julian Javier	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B-2B	Yes	In	Dominican Republic		DR	3B-2B	6-1	175	R	R	1936-08-09	San Francisco de Macoris,DR	MLB	1960-1972	1960-1972	0	500
1956	0	0	Signed	Deron Johnson	New York Yankees	1B-3B	Yes	HS	San Diego (San Diego,CA)		CA	1B-3B	6-2	205	R	R	1938-07-17	San Diego,CA	MLB	1960-1976	1960-1976	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Hal Jones	Kansas City Athletics	1B	Yes	FA	Missouri		MO	1B	6-2	194	R	R	1936-04-09	Louisiana,MO	MLB	1961-1962	1961-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Al Kenders	Philadelphia Phillies	C	Yes	HS	Barringer (Newark,NJ)		NJ	C	6-0	185	R	R	1937-04-04	Barrington,NJ	MLB	1961-1961	1961-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bobby Knoop	Milwaukee Braves	2B	Yes	HS	Montebello (Montebello,CA)		CA	2B	6-1	170	R	R	1938-10-18	Sioux City,IA	MLB	1964-1972	1964-1972	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Howie Koplitz	Detroit Tigers	P	Yes	HS	Oshkosh Christian (Oshkosh,WI)		WI	P	5-11	195	R	R	1938-05-04	Oshkosh,WI	MLB	1961-1966	1961-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Frank Kostro	Detroit Tigers	3B-OF	Yes	FA	Michigan		MI	3B-OF	6-2	190	R	R	1937-08-04	Windber,PA	MLB	1962-1969	1962-1969	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jack Lamabe	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Yes	College	Vermont	NCAA 1	VT	P	6-1	198	R	R	1936-10-03	Farmingdale,NY	MLB	1962-1968	1962-1968	0	0
year	round	ovl	phase	player	team	d-pos	signed	source	school	division	region	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	slot value	bonus
1956	0	0	Signed	Bob Lee	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Yes	HS	Bellflower (Bellflower,CA)	HS	CA	P	6-3	230	R	R	1937-11-26	Ottumwa,IA	MLB	1964-1968	1964-1968	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Em Lindbeck	Milwaukee Braves	H	Yes	College	Illinois	NCAA 1	IL	H	6-0	185	L	R	1934-08-27	Kewanee,IL	MLB	1960-1960	1960-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bob Lipski	Philadelphia Phillies	C	Yes	FA	Pennsylvania		PA	C	6-1	180	L	R	1938-07-07	Scranton,PA	MLB	1963-1963	1963-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Gordon Mackenzie	Kansas City Athletics	C	Yes	HS	St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg,FL)		FL	C	5-11	175	R	R	1937-07-09	St. Petersburg,FL	MLB	1961-1961	1961-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Ken MacKenzie	Milwaukee Braves	P	Yes	College	Yale	NCAA 1	CT	P	6-0	185	R	L	1934-03-10	Gore Bay,ON	MLB	1960-1965	1960-1965	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Hector Maestri	Washington Senators	P	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	P	5-10	160	R	R	1935-04-19	Havana,CU	MLB	1960-1961	1960-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Art Mahaffey	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Yes	HS	Western Hills (Cincinnati,OH)		OH	P	6-2	200	R	R	1938-06-04	Cincinnati,OH	MLB	1960-1966	1960-1966	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	J.C. Martin	Chicago White Sox	C	Yes	HS	Virginia		VA	C	6-2	200	L	R	1936-12-13	Axton,VA	MLB	1959-1972	1959-1972	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Tom McAvoy	Washington Senators	P	Yes	HS	Colorado		CO	P	6-3	200	L	L	1936-08-12	Brooklyn,NY	MLB	1959-1959	1959-1959	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Mike McCormick	New York Giants	P	Yes	HS	California		CA	P	6-2	195	L	L	1938-09-29	Pasadena,CA	MLB	1956-1971	1956-1971	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Don Miles	Brooklyn Dodgers	OF	Yes	College	Indianapolis	NCAA 2	IN	OF	6-1	210	L	L	1936-03-13	Indianapolis,IN	MLB	1958-1958	1958-1958	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Don Mincher	Chicago White Sox	1B	Yes	HS	S.R. Butler (Huntsville,AL)		AL	1B	6-3	210	L	R	1938-06-24	Huntsville,AL	MLB	1960-1972	1960-1972	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Ron Moeller	Baltimore Orioles	P	Yes	College	Xavier	NCAA 1	OH	P	6-0	180	L	L	1938-10-13	Cincinnati,OH	MLB	1956-1963	1956-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Phil Mudrock	New York Yankees	P	Yes	HS	Monarch (Louisville,CO)		CO	P	6-1	190	R	R	1937-06-12	Louisville,CO	MLB	1963-1963	1963-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Mel Nelson	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Yes	College	San Bernardino Valley	CCCAA	CA	P	6-0	185	R	L	1936-05-30	San Diego,CA	MLB	1960-1969	1960-1969	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Gene Oliver	St. Louis Cardinals	C-1B	Yes	College	Northwestern	NCAA 1	IL	C-1B	6-2	225	R	R	1935-03-22	Moline,IL	MLB	1959-1969	1959-1969	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Orlando Pena	Cincinnati Reds	P	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	P	5-11	154	R	R	1933-11-17	Victoria De Las Tunas,CU	MLB	1958-1975	1958-1975	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jim Perry	Cleveland Indians	P	Yes	College	Campbell	NCAA 1	NC	P	6-4	200	B	R	1935-10-30	Williamston,NC	MLB	1959-1975	1959-1975	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox	P	Yes	College	Grove City College	NCAA 2	PA	P	6-2	200	L	L	1937-04-21	Grove City,PA	MLB	1959-1972	1959-1972	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bill Pleis	Washington Senators	P	Yes	HS	Kirkwood (Kirkwood,MO)		MO	P	5-10	175	L	L	1937-08-05	St. Louis,MO	MLB	1961-1966	1961-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Phil Regan	Detroit Tigers	P	Yes	College	Western Michigan	NCAA 1	MI	P	6-3	200	R	R	1937-04-06	Otsego,MI	MLB	1960-1972	1960-1972	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Hal Reniff	New York Yankees	P	Yes	HS	Chaffey (Ontario,CA)		CA	P	6-0	215	R	R	1938-07-02	Warren,OH	MLB	1961-1967	1961-1967	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Buck Rodgers	Detroit Tigers	C	Yes	HS	Prospect (Prospect,OH)		OH	C	6-2	195	B	R	1938-08-16	Delaware,OH	MLB	1961-1969	1961-1977	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Cookie Rojas	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Yes	In	Cuba		CU	2B	5-10	170	R	R	1939-03-06	Havana,CU	MLB	1962-1977	1962-1977	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Joe Schaffernoth	Chicago Cubs	P	Yes	HS	Jonathan Dayton Regional (Springfield,NJ)		NJ	P	6-5	195	R	R	1937-08-06	Trenton,NJ	MLB	1959-1961	1959-1961	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Gordon Seyfried	Detroit Tigers	P	Yes	College	Long Beach CC	CCCAA	CA	P	6-0	185	R	R	1937-07-04	Long Beach,CA	MLB	1963-1964	1963-1964	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Barry Shetrone	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Yes	HS	Southern (Baltimore,MD)		MD	OF	6-2	190	L	R	1938-07-06	Baltimore,MD	MLB	1959-1963	1959-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Nate Smith	Brooklyn Dodgers	C	Yes	College	Tennessee State	NCAA 1	TN	C	5-11	170	R	R	1935-04-26	Chicago,IL	MLB	1962-1962	1962-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Tracy Stallard	Boston Red Sox	P	Yes	HS	Coeburn (Coeburn,VA)		VA	P	6-5	205	R	R	1937-08-31	Coeburn,VA	MLB	1960-1966	1960-1966	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Wes Stock	Baltimore Orioles	P	Yes	College	Washington State	NCAA 1	WA	P	6-2	188	R	R	1934-04-10	Longview,WA	MLB	1959-1967	1959-1967	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Moose Stubing	Pittsburgh Pirates	H	Yes	HS	New York		NY	H	6-3	220	L	L	1938-03-31	Bronx,NY	MLB	1967-1967	1967-1977	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Ron Taylor	Cleveland Indians	P	Yes	FA	Ontario		ON	P	6-1	195	R	R	1937-12-13	Toronto,ON	MLB	1962-1972	1962-1972	0	4,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Carl Thomas	Cleveland Indians	P	Yes	College	Arizona	NCAA 1	AZ	P	6-5	245	R	R	1932-05-28	Minneapolis,MN	MLB	1960-1960	1960-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Dave Tyriver	Cleveland Indians	P	Yes	FA	Wisconsin		WI	P	6-0	175	R	R	1937-10-31	Oshkosh,WI	MLB	1962-1962	1962-1962	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bob Uecker	Milwaukee Braves	C	Yes	FA	Wisconsin		WI	C	6-1	190	R	R	1935-01-26	Milwaukee,WI	MLB	1962-1967	1962-1967	0	3,000
1956	0	0	Signed	Fred Valentine	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Yes	College	Tennessee State	NCAA 2	TN	OF	6-1	190	B	R	1935-01-19	Clarksdale,MS	MLB	1959-1968	1959-1968	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Jay Ward	New York Yankees	2B-3B	Yes	FA	Illinois		IL	2B-3B	6-1	185	R	R	1938-09-09	Brookfield,MO	MLB	1963-1970	1963-1970	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Johnny Weekly	New York Giants	OF	Yes	College	Diablo Valley	CCCAA	CA	OF	6-0	200	R	R	1937-06-14	Waterproof,LA	MLB	1962-1964	1962-1964	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Fred Whitfield	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B	Yes	HS	Woodlawn (Birmingham,AL)		AL	1B	6-1	190	L	L	1938-01-07	Vandiver,AL	MLB	1962-1970	1962-1970	0	500
1956	0	0	Signed	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	OF	Yes	FA	Alabama		AL	OF	6-1	175	L	R	1938-06-15	Whistler,AL	MLB	1959-1976	1959-1976	0	0
year	round	ovl	phase	player	team	d-pos	signed	source	school	division	region	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	slot value	bonus
1956	0	0	Signed	Don Williams	Kansas City Athletics	P	Yes	FA	California		CA	P	6-5	218	R	R	1935-09-02	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1963-1963	1963-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Neil Wilson	New York Giants	C	Yes	FA	Tennessee		TN	C	6-1	175	L	R	1935-06-14	Lexington,TN	MLB	1960-1960	1960-1960	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Corky Withrow	Milwaukee Braves	OF	Yes	College	Georgetown College	NAIA	KY	OF	6-4	197	R	R	1937-11-28	High Coal,WV	MLB	1963-1963	1963-1963	0	0
1956	0	0	Signed	Bud Zipfel	New York Yankees	1B-OF	Yes	HS	Belleville (Belleville,IL)		IL	1B-OF	6-3	200	L	R	1938-11-18	Belleville,IL	MLB	1961-1962	1961-1962	0	0
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