1956 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1956 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–70 (.545)
League place4th (13 GB)
Other information
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersPinky Higgins
Local televisionWBZ-TV, Ch. 4 and WNAC-TV, Ch. 7
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 49–28 48–29
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 9 46–31 42–35
Chicago White Sox 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 13 43–34 41–36
Detroit Tigers 8272 0.532 15 37–40 45–32
Baltimore Orioles 6985 0.448 28 41–36 28–49
Washington Senators 5995 0.383 38 32–45 27–50
Kansas City Athletics 52102 0.338 45 22–55 30–47

Record vs. opponents
1956 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
Baltimore —6–169–135–1713–915–79–1312–10
Boston 16–6—14–813–9–112–1012–108–149–13
Chicago 13–98–14—15–713–914–89–1313–9
Cleveland 17–59–13–17–15—11–1117–510–1217–5
Detroit 9–1310–129–1311–11—16–612–1015–7–1
Kansas City 7–1510–128–145–176–16—4–1812–10
New York 13–914–813–912–1010–1218–4—17–5
Washington 10–1213–99–135–177–15–110–125–17—

Opening Day lineup
10Billy Goodman2B
11Frank Malzone3B
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  4Jackie JensenRF
  6Mickey Vernon1B
37Jimmy PiersallCF
24Don BuddinSS
22Sammy WhiteC
18Frank Sullivan    P

Roster
1956 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CSammy White11439296.245544
1BMickey Vernon119403125.3101584
2BBilly Goodman105399117.293238
SSDon Buddin11437790.239537
3BBilly Klaus135520141.271759
LFTed Williams136400138.3452482
CFJim Piersall155601176.2931487
RFJackie Jensen151578182.3152097

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
Dick Gernert10630689.2911668
Ted Lepcio8328474.2611551
Pete Daley5918750.267529
Milt Bolling4511825.21238
Frank Malzone2710317.165211
Norm Zauchin448418.214211
Gene Stephens1046317.27017
Faye Throneberry245011.22013
Gene Mauch7258.32001
Billy Consolo48112.18201
Grady Hatton552.40002
Marty Keough320.00001

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
Tom Brewer32244.11993.50127
Frank Sullivan34242.01473.42116
Willard Nixon23145.1984.2174
Mel Parnell21131.1763.7741
Bob Porterfield25126.03125.1453

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
Dave Sisler39142.1984.6293
Ike Delock48128.11374.21105
George Susce2169.2246.2026
Frank Baumann724.2213.2818
Rudy Minarcin39.2102.795

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
Tom Hurd403455.3334
Leo Kiely232235.179
Fritz Dorish150203.5711
Johnny Schmitz20000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

Source:[3][4]

References
  1. Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference
  2. Ed Mayer at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  4. Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide. January 13, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.


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