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1956 Baltimore Orioles Team Statistics


Record: 69-85 Finish: 6th in American League Statistics/Game Log	Manager:	Paul Richards	69-85 .448

Batters
Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	HBP	SO	SH	SF	SB	CS	TB	PA	GIDP	AVG	SLG	OBP
Billy Gardner	144	515	53	119	16	2	11	50	29	1	7	53	8	1	5	5	172	560	15	.231	.334	.281
Willy Miranda	148	461	38	100	16	4	2	34	46	3	0	73	5	1	3	6	130	513	8	.217	.282	.287
Gus Triandos	131	452	47	126	18	1	21	88	48	4	2	73	3	4	0	0	209	509	21	.279	.462	.348
Tito Francona	139	445	62	115	16	4	9	57	51	4	1	60	0	3	11	5	166	500	6	.258	.373	.334
Bob Nieman	114	388	60	125	20	6	12	64	86	3	0	59	1	3	1	5	193	478	10	.322	.497	.442
Dick Williams	87	353	45	101	18	4	11	37	30	1	0	40	7	0	5	5	160	390	10	.286	.453	.342
George Kell	102	345	45	90	17	2	8	37	25	3	3	31	12	4	0	1	135	389	8	.261	.391	.313
Hal Smith	77	229	16	60	14	0	3	18	17	3	1	22	2	1	1	0	83	250	16	.262	.362	.315
Bob Boyd	70	225	28	70	8	3	2	11	30	2	1	14	6	0	0	5	90	262	6	.311	.400	.395
Bob Hale	85	207	18	49	10	1	1	24	11	0	1	10	0	4	0	2	64	223	6	.237	.309	.274
Jim Pyburn	84	156	23	27	3	3	2	11	17	0	0	26	1	2	4	1	42	176	4	.173	.269	.251
Dave Philley	32	117	13	24	4	2	1	17	18	3	0	13	0	1	3	1	35	136	7	.205	.299	.309
Hoot Evers	48	112	20	27	3	0	1	4	24	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	33	138	0	.241	.295	.375
Bobby Adams	41	111	19	25	6	1	0	7	25	0	0	15	5	2	1	1	33	143	1	.225	.297	.362
Chuck Diering	50	97	15	18	4	0	1	4	23	0	0	19	5	0	2	5	25	125	1	.186	.258	.342
Wayne Causey	53	88	7	15	0	1	1	4	8	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	20	97	2	.170	.227	.237
Joe Frazier	45	74	7	19	6	0	1	12	11	2	1	6	0	1	0	0	28	87	2	.257	.378	.356
Ray Moore	32	70	9	19	3	0	2	6	2	0	1	21	4	0	0	0	28	77	0	.271	.400	.301
Tex Nelson	39	68	5	14	2	0	0	5	7	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	16	76	2	.206	.235	.276
Grady Hatton	27	61	4	9	1	0	1	3	13	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	13	75	0	.148	.213	.297
Bill Wight	35	60	2	12	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	12	64	0	.200	.200	.226
Connie Johnson	26	58	5	15	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	9	6	0	1	0	16	70	1	.259	.276	.328
Tom Gastall	32	56	3	11	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	8	1	1	0	0	13	62	2	.196	.232	.246
Brooks Robinson	15	44	5	10	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	17	45	0	.227	.386	.244
Hal Brown	42	42	5	8	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	10	51	0	.190	.238	.292
Erv Palica	30	32	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	5	32	1	.156	.156	.156
Mike Fornieles	33	30	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	6	31	1	.167	.200	.167
Don Ferrarese	36	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	30	0	.036	.036	.100
Joe Ginsberg	15	28	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	32	2	.071	.071	.129
Fred Marsh	20	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	28	0	.125	.125	.250
Jim Dyck	11	23	3	5	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	7	34	0	.217	.304	.455
Dave Pope	12	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	3	21	0	.158	.158	.200
George Zuverink	62	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	2	22	0	.118	.118	.167
Billy Loes	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	3	18	0	.176	.176	.176
Jim Wilson	7	15	3	4	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	19	1	.267	.333	.421
Johnny Schmitz	18	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	.000	.000	.000
Charlie Beamon	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.000	.000	.000
Fred Besana	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	.000	.000	.200
Sandy Consuegra	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.500	.500	.500
Billy O'Dell	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Ron Moeller	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Babe Birrer	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
Total	154	5090	571	1242	198	34	91	515	563	30	0	725	84	0	39	42	1781	5737	133	.244	.350	.319

Pitchers
Player	W	L	SH	SV	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	BF	GF	ERA
Ray Moore	12	7	1	0	32	27	9	185.0	161	90	86	12	99	1	105	2	1	0	792	2	4.18
Connie Johnson	9	10	2	0	26	25	9	183.2	165	79	70	12	62	3	130	3	1	1	766	0	3.43
Bill Wight	9	12	1	0	35	26	7	174.2	198	92	78	7	72	3	84	5	6	0	778	2	4.02
Hal Brown	9	7	1	2	35	14	4	151.2	142	72	68	18	37	3	57	5	1	1	620	11	4.04
George Zuverink	7	6	0	16	62	0	0	97.1	112	52	45	6	34	9	33	1	3	1	432	40	4.16
Jim Wilson	4	2	0	0	7	7	1	48.1	49	27	27	5	16	1	31	1	2	0	205	0	5.03
Don Ferrarese	4	10	1	2	36	14	3	102.0	86	60	57	8	64	0	81	5	3	0	450	9	5.03
Mike Fornieles	4	7	1	1	30	11	1	111.0	109	59	49	7	25	2	53	3	0	1	444	9	3.97
Erv Palica	4	11	0	0	29	14	2	116.1	117	64	58	10	50	3	62	4	1	0	512	5	4.49
Charlie Beamon	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	13.0	9	2	2	0	8	0	14	0	0	0	55	1	1.38
Billy Loes	2	7	0	3	21	6	1	56.2	65	33	30	4	23	1	22	3	2	0	256	11	4.76
Sandy Consuegra	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	8.2	10	4	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	37	1	4.15
Fred Besana	1	0	0	0	7	2	0	17.2	22	12	11	0	14	0	7	1	2	0	93	1	5.60
Morrie Martin	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	5.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	29	2	10.80
Ron Moeller	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	8.2	10	5	4	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	39	3	4.15
Billy O'Dell	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	8.0	6	1	1	0	6	1	6	0	0	0	34	2	1.12
Mel Held	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	29	2	5.14
Bob Harrison	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.2	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	16.20
Johnny Schmitz	0	3	0	0	18	3	0	38.1	49	23	17	3	14	1	15	0	1	0	175	8	3.99
Gordie Sundin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Harry Dorish	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	19.2	22	10	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	82	4	4.12
George Werley	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	9.00
Babe Birrer	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.1	9	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	2	6.75
Total	69	85	10	24	154	154	38	1360.2	1362	705	635	99	547	29	715	35	24	4	5875	116	4.20

Fielding

Catcher	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
Gus Triandos			89	417	50	5	12	.989
Hal Smith			71	313	33	2	11	.994
Tom Gastall			20	67	6	0	1	1.000
Joe Ginsberg			8	31	3	0	0	1.000
Team Total			154	828	92	7	24	.992
First Base	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
Bob Boyd			60	469	24	5	46	.990
Gus Triandos			52	373	39	7	27	.983
Bob Hale			51	366	29	10	33	.975
Tito Francona			21	86	3	1	7	.989
Dick Williams			10	36	7	0	4	1.000
George Kell			2	4	1	0	0	1.000
Team Total			154	1334	103	23	117	.984
Second Base	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
Billy Gardner			132	274	331	16	76	.974
Bobby Adams			18	39	25	4	7	.941
Grady Hatton			15	19	26	0	3	1.000
Dick Williams			10	4	5	1	0	.900
Wayne Causey			7	13	16	1	0	.967
Fred Marsh			5	9	6	0	3	1.000
Brooks Robinson			1	0	0	0	0	.000
George Kell			1	1	1	0	1	1.000
Team Total			154	359	410	22	90	.972
Third Base	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
George Kell			97	97	165	7	19	.974
Wayne Causey			30	13	36	1	4	.980
Bobby Adams			24	23	40	1	5	.984
Brooks Robinson			14	9	25	2	3	.944
Grady Hatton			12	5	15	1	0	.952
Fred Marsh			8	3	4	2	0	.778
Billy Gardner			6	3	9	0	0	1.000
Dave Philley			5	2	4	1	1	.857
Dick Williams			4	4	3	1	0	.875
Chuck Diering			2	1	1	2	0	.500
Team Total			154	160	302	18	32	.963
Shortstop	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
Willy Miranda			147	229	436	26	91	.962
Billy Gardner			25	24	46	2	1	.972
Fred Marsh			8	5	8	1	2	.929
Team Total			154	258	490	29	94	.963
Outfield	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
Tito Francona			122	240	10	6	1	.977
Bob Nieman			114	243	4	5	1	.980
Dick Williams			81	205	2	2	0	.990
Jim Pyburn			77	114	5	3	3	.975
Chuck Diering			40	73	4	0	0	1.000
Hoot Evers			36	63	1	1	1	.985
Dave Philley			31	56	2	4	2	.935
Tex Nelson			24	28	3	2	0	.939
Joe Frazier			19	31	2	0	0	1.000
Jim Dyck			9	10	2	1	0	.923
Bob Boyd			8	5	0	0	0	1.000
Dave Pope			4	3	0	0	0	1.000
Team Total			154	1071	35	24	8	.979

Pitcher	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	PCT
George Zuverink	97.1	0	62	8	17	0	2	1.000
Don Ferrarese	102.0	14	36	10	14	1	2	.960
Hal Brown	151.2	14	35	7	25	1	4	.970
Bill Wight	174.2	26	35	6	27	4	1	.892
Ray Moore	185.0	27	32	6	22	4	4	.875
Mike Fornieles	111.0	11	30	4	28	0	3	1.000
Erv Palica	116.1	14	29	2	20	2	2	.917
Connie Johnson	183.2	25	26	8	14	1	0	.957
Billy Loes	56.2	6	21	7	12	0	0	1.000
Johnny Schmitz	38.1	3	18	4	8	1	1	.923
Harry Dorish	19.2	0	13	3	7	0	0	1.000
Morrie Martin	5.0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1.000
Jim Wilson	48.1	7	7	3	8	0	2	1.000
Fred Besana	17.2	2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000
Ron Moeller	8.2	1	4	0	1	0	0	1.000
Billy O'Dell	8.0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000
Mel Held	7.0	0	4	0	3	0	1	1.000
Sandy Consuegra	8.2	1	4	0	1	0	0	1.000
Babe Birrer	5.1	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000
Charlie Beamon	13.0	1	2	0	3	0	0	1.000
Bob Harrison	1.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Gordie Sundin	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
George Werley	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Team Total	1360.2	154	154	72	215	14	22	.953

Batting Leaders

Batting Average

Billy Gardner

.231

At-Bats

Billy Gardner	515
Willy Miranda	461
Gus Triandos	452
Tito Francona	445
Bob Nieman	388

Games

Willy Miranda	148
Billy Gardner	144
Tito Francona	139
Gus Triandos	131
Bob Nieman	114

Runs

Tito Francona	62
Bob Nieman	60
Billy Gardner	53
Gus Triandos	47
George Kell	45

Hits

Gus Triandos	126
Bob Nieman	125
Billy Gardner	119
Tito Francona	115
Dick Williams	101

Doubles

Bob Nieman	20
Gus Triandos	18
Dick Williams	18
George Kell	17
Billy Gardner	16

Triples

Nieman	6
Williams	4
Francona	4
Miranda	4
Boyd	3

Home Runs

Gus Triandos	21
Bob Nieman	12
Dick Williams	11
Billy Gardner	11
Tito Francona	9

RBI

Gus Triandos	88
Bob Nieman	64
Tito Francona	57
Billy Gardner	50
Dick Williams	37

Stolen Bases

Tito Francona	11
Billy Gardner	5
Dick Williams	5
Jim Pyburn	4
Willy Miranda	3

Walks

Bob Nieman	86
Tito Francona	51
Gus Triandos	48
Willy Miranda	46
Dick Williams	30

Strikeouts

Gus Triandos	73
Willy Miranda	73
Tito Francona	60
Bob Nieman	59
Billy Gardner	53

Pitching Leaders

Earned Run Average

Connie Johnson	3.43
Ray Moore	4.18
Bill Wight	4.02

Wins

Ray Moore	12
Connie Johnson	9
Hal Brown	9
Bill Wight	9
George Zuverink	7

Losses

Bill Wight	12
Erv Palica	11
Connie Johnson	10
Don Ferrarese	10
Ray Moore	7

Games

George Zuverink	62
Don Ferrarese	36
Bill Wight	35
Hal Brown	35
Ray Moore	32

Complete Games

Ray Moore	9
Connie Johnson	9
Bill Wight	7
Hal Brown	4
Don Ferrarese	3

Shutouts

Connie Johnson	2
Ray Moore	1
Bill Wight	1
Hal Brown	1
Don Ferrarese	1

Saves

George Zuverink	16
Billy Loes	3
Hal Brown	2
Don Ferrarese	2
Mike Fornieles	1

Innings Pitched

Ray Moore	185.0
Connie Johnson	183.2
Bill Wight	174.2
Hal Brown	151.2
Erv Palica	116.1

Strikeouts

Connie Johnson	130
Ray Moore	105
Bill Wight	84
Don Ferrarese	81
Erv Palica	62

Walks

Ray Moore	99
Bill Wight	72
Don Ferrarese	64
Connie Johnson	62
Erv Palica	50

Earned Runs

Ray Moore	86
Bill Wight	78
Connie Johnson	70
Hal Brown	68
Erv Palica	58

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