1956 Baltimore Orioles

69-85 • 0.448 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
85 Losses
0.448 Win %
6th Rank
571 R 705 RA
Diff -134

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⚡ Quick Stats

571 Runs Scored
705 Runs Allowed
-134 Run Diff
897K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .244 6% below the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .319 6% below the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .297 12% below the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 4.20 1% worse than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 571 21% below the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 897,473
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Avg per Game 11,655

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Nieman 0.322 2 Bob Boyd 0.311 3 Dick Williams 0.286 4 Gus Triandos 0.279 5 Ray Moore 0.271

Home Runs

1 Gus Triandos 21 2 Bob Nieman 12 3 Billy Gardner 11 4 Dick Williams 11 5 Tito Francona 9

RBI

1 Gus Triandos 88 2 Bob Nieman 64 3 Tito Francona 57 4 Billy Gardner 50 5 George Kell 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Billy Gardner 144 515 53 119 0 0 11 50 29 53 5 0.231
Willy Miranda 148 461 38 100 0 0 2 34 46 73 3 0.217
Gus Triandos 131 452 47 126 0 0 21 88 48 73 0 0.279
Tito Francona 139 445 62 115 0 0 9 57 51 60 11 0.258
Bob Nieman 114 388 60 125 0 0 12 64 86 59 1 0.322
Dick Williams 87 353 45 101 0 0 11 37 30 40 5 0.286
George Kell 102 345 45 90 0 0 8 37 25 31 0 0.261
Hal Smith 77 229 16 60 0 0 3 18 17 22 1 0.262
Bob Boyd 70 225 28 70 0 0 2 11 30 14 0 0.311
Bob Hale 85 207 18 49 0 0 1 24 11 10 0 0.237
Jim Pyburn 84 156 23 27 0 0 2 11 17 26 4 0.173
Dave Philley 32 117 13 24 0 0 1 17 18 13 3 0.205
Hoot Evers 48 112 20 27 0 0 1 4 24 18 1 0.241
Bobby Adams 41 111 19 25 0 0 0 7 25 15 1 0.225
Chuck Diering 50 97 15 18 0 0 1 4 23 19 2 0.186
Wayne Causey 53 88 7 15 0 0 1 4 8 23 0 0.170
Joe Frazier 45 74 7 19 0 0 1 12 11 6 0 0.257
Ray Moore 32 70 9 19 0 0 2 6 2 21 0 0.271
Tex Nelson 39 68 5 14 0 0 0 5 7 22 0 0.206
Grady Hatton 27 61 4 9 0 0 1 3 13 6 0 0.148
Bill Wight 35 60 2 12 0 0 0 4 2 26 0 0.200
Connie Johnson 26 58 5 15 0 0 0 4 6 9 1 0.259
Tom Gastall 32 56 3 11 0 0 0 4 3 8 0 0.196
Brooks Robinson 15 44 5 10 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0.227
Hal Brown 42 42 5 8 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0.190
Erv Palica 30 32 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.156
Mike Fornieles 33 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Don Ferrarese 36 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.036
Joe Ginsberg 15 28 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.071
Fred Marsh 20 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0.125
Jim Dyck 11 23 3 5 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 0.217
Dave Pope 12 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.158
Billy Loes 21 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.176
George Zuverink 62 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.118
Jim Wilson 7 15 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0.267
Johnny Schmitz 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
Charlie Beamon 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Fred Besana 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Sandy Consuegra 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Babe Birrer 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Moeller 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy O'Dell 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fritz Dorish 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mel Held 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Morrie Martin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gordie Sundin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Werley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Connie Johnson 3.43 2 Mike Fornieles 3.97 3 Johnny Schmitz 3.99 4 Bill Wight 4.02 5 Hal Brown 4.04

Wins

1 Ray Moore 12 2 Hal Brown 9 3 Connie Johnson 9 4 Bill Wight 9 5 George Zuverink 7

Strikeouts

1 Connie Johnson 130 2 Ray Moore 105 3 Bill Wight 84 4 Don Ferrarese 81 5 Erv Palica 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Moore 12 7 4.18 32 27 0 185.0 99 105
Connie Johnson 9 10 3.43 26 25 0 183.2 62 130
Bill Wight 9 12 4.02 35 26 0 174.2 72 84
Hal Brown 9 7 4.04 35 14 2 151.2 37 57
Erv Palica 4 11 4.49 29 14 0 116.1 50 62
Mike Fornieles 4 7 3.97 30 11 1 111.0 25 53
Don Ferrarese 4 10 5.03 36 14 2 102.0 64 81
George Zuverink 7 6 4.16 62 0 16 97.1 34 33
Billy Loes 2 7 4.76 21 6 3 56.2 23 22
Jim Wilson 4 2 5.03 7 7 0 48.1 16 31
Johnny Schmitz 0 3 3.99 18 3 0 38.1 14 15
Fritz Dorish 0 0 4.12 13 0 0 19.2 3 4
Fred Besana 1 0 5.60 7 2 0 17.2 14 7
Charlie Beamon 2 0 1.38 2 1 0 13.0 8 14
Sandy Consuegra 1 1 4.15 4 1 0 8.2 2 1
Ron Moeller 0 1 4.15 4 1 0 8.2 3 2
Billy O'Dell 0 0 1.13 4 1 0 8.0 6 6
Mel Held 0 0 5.14 4 0 0 7.0 3 4
Babe Birrer 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 5.1 1 1
Morrie Martin 1 1 10.80 9 0 0 5.0 2 3
Bob Harrison 0 0 16.20 1 1 0 1.2 5 0
George Werley 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0
Gordie Sundin 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 2 0

👥 Roster (48)

Bobby Adams Charlie Beamon Fred Besana Babe Birrer Bob Boyd Hal Brown Wayne Causey Sandy Consuegra Chuck Diering Fritz Dorish Jim Dyck Hoot Evers +36 more

48 players

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