1956 Boston Red Sox season explained

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.

Offseason

• November 8, 1955: Karl Olson, Dick Brodowski, Tex Clevenger, Neil Chrisley, and Al Curtis (minors) were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, and Tom Umphlett.^[1]
• November 27, 1955: Ed Mayer was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 minor league draft.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

10		2B
11		3B
9		LF
4		RF
6		1B
37		CF
24		SS
22		C
18	Frank Sullivan	P

Roster

1956 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (First base) (Third base) (Pitching) (Bullpen) (Hitting)

Player stats

Batting

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
C		114	392	96	.245	5	44
1B		119	403	125	.310	15	84
2B		105	399	117	.293	2	38
SS		114	377	90	.239	5	37
3B		135	520	141	.271	7	59
LF		136	400	138	.345	24	82
CF		155	601	176	.293	14	87
RF		151	578	182	.315	20	97

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
	106	306	89	.291	16	68
	83	284	74	.261	15	51
	59	187	50	.267	5	29
	45	118	25	.212	3	8
	27	103	17	.165	2	11
	44	84	18	.214	2	11
	104	63	17	.270	1	7
	24	50	11	.220	1	3
	7	25	8	.320	0	1
	48	11	2	.182	0	1
	5	5	2	.400	0	2
	3	2	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

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
	32	244.1	19	9	3.50	127
	34	242.0	14	7	3.42	116
	23	145.1	9	8	4.21	74
	21	131.1	7	6	3.77	41
	25	126.0	3	12	5.14	53

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
	39	142.1	9	8	4.62	93
	48	128.1	13	7	4.21	105
	21	69.2	2	4	6.20	26
	7	24.2	2	1	3.28	18
	3	9.2	1	0	2.79	5

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
	40	3	4	5	5.33	34
	23	2	2	3	5.17	9
	15	0	2	0	3.57	11
	2	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

Source:^{[3] [4]}

External links

• 1956 Boston Red Sox team at Baseball-Reference
• 1956 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayered02.shtml Ed Mayer
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
4. Book: Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide . January 13, 1956 . 2 . March 13, 2021 . Wayback Machine.