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1956 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
American Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 103 59 .636 -- Minnesota 89 73 .549 14 Oakland 88 74 .543 15 Seattle 87 75 .537 16 Boston (A) 77 85 .475 26 New York (A) 75 87 .463 28 Cleveland 60 102 .370 43 Detroit 47 115 .290 56

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	New York (N) Giants over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
AL League Series (4-3)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Minnesota Twins

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SEM	5.1	825	162	5580	1455	300	24	196	660	989	.261	.339	.428	.767
TAM	5.0	812	162	5611	1499	261	31	159	714	794	.267	.350	.410	.760
MIN	4.9	790	162	5578	1453	300	28	206	481	836	.260	.319	.435	.754
NYA	4.8	771	162	5506	1400	231	38	174	628	865	.254	.331	.405	.735
OAK	4.7	763	162	5520	1448	225	34	153	628	800	.262	.338	.399	.736
BOS	4.4	712	162	5481	1318	291	34	165	577	924	.240	.313	.396	.709
DET	4.3	689	162	5580	1367	284	36	89	574	928	.245	.315	.357	.672
CLE	3.4	556	162	5406	1223	228	29	93	463	834	.226	.287	.331	.618
Totals	4.6	5918	1296	44262	11163	2120	254	1235	4725	6970	.252	.324	.395	.720
Average		740	162	5533	1395	265	32	154	591	871

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
TAM	3.6	588	162	3.36	1477.0	1350	8.3	411	2.5	860	5.3	31
CLE	4.3	700	162	4.01	1442.7	1348	8.3	596	3.7	745	4.6	22
MIN	4.4	708	162	3.80	1457.3	1388	8.6	573	3.5	788	4.9	31
OAK	4.5	724	162	4.05	1456.7	1288	8.0	635	3.9	1062	6.6	29
NYA	4.8	782	162	4.63	1441.3	1473	9.1	527	3.3	973	6.0	20
BOS	4.9	790	162	4.62	1446.7	1391	8.6	710	4.4	1005	6.2	34
SEM	4.9	801	162	4.58	1456.7	1546	9.5	480	3.0	536	3.3	26
DET	6.2	1011	162	5.90	1433.7	1645	10.2	733	4.5	680	4.2	21
Totals	4.7	6104	1296	4.36	11612.0	11429	8.8	4665	3.6	6649	5.1	214
Average		763	162		1451	1429		583		831		27

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
BOS	73	89	4	4	10	7	0	2	12	1.02	0.97	941,113		Brian Rodgers
MIN	89	73	0	4	12	5	3	1	20	0.90	0.83	2,424,359		Cookie Lavagetto
OAK	85	77	3	4	16	0	6	2	17	1.06	1.06	2,280,534		Marwan Najdawi
TAM	104	58	-1	4	17	2	1	1	18	0.96	0.93	2,421,013		Ricky Sanford
NYA	80	82	-5	3	13	2	1	4	9	1.07	1.13	1,069,591		Jason Spiegel
CLE	64	98	-4	2	5	0	0	0	8	1.06	1.03	1,025,893		Jason Morton
DET	54	108	-7	2	11	10	1	1	13	1.04	0.93	2,123,191		Pie Traynor
SEM	83	79	4	2	10	0	0	2	25	0.92	0.85	2,160,157		Peter Fletcher

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TAM	309	131.26	123.33	54.38	9.15	3.59	10.75	5.33	11.02	14.55
MIN	267	134.45	94.54	37.98	6.18	3.92	6.67	4.75	6.17	10.30
OAK	264	114.39	98.25	51.33	7.41	2.83	8.06	6.00	8.01	19.03
SEM	261	151.32	74.82	34.84	5.84	2.45	6.06	4.91	6.71	8.89
BOS	231	105.09	81.31	44.57	13.91	3.14	5.02	4.40	6.34	11.77
NYA	225	106.66	81.54	36.76	8.25	1.53	4.83	6.82	6.49	8.86
CLE	180	41.92	92.77	45.28	9.06	3.78	5.37	4.63	6.49	15.96
DET	141	91.02	30.95	18.99	3.72	2.11	3.34	0.71	4.05	5.08

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Jackie Jensen	TAM	.326, 36 HR, 114 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Stu Miller	TAM	22-7, 2.39, 305.0 IP, 149 K
Bronze Rookie:	Jack Meyer	NYA	15-10, 3.11, 252.0 IP, 261 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Dick Hyde	CLE	.981, 26 PO, 80 A, 2 E
C	Gus Triandos	BOS	.996, 749 PO, 31 A, 3 E 41.9% (13-31) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Ted Kluszewski	SEM	.994, 1834 PO, 170 A, 13 E
2B	George Strickland	SEM	.970, 305 PO, 620 A, 29 E
3B	Bill Serena	SEM	.940, 88 PO, 368 A, 29 E
SS	Danny O'Connell	SEM	.980, 222 PO, 607 A, 17 E
LF	Danny Schell	CLE	.976, 270 PO, 10 A, 7 E
CF	Jose Zardon	CLE	.984, 361 PO, 13 A, 6 E
RF	Jackie Jensen	TAM	.977, 293 PO, 8 A, 7 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Jensen TAM .326 Lockman TAM .318 Busby BOS .310 Logan MIN .304 Kaline BOS .298	On-Base Pct Yost TAM .462 Snider MIN .407 Jensen TAM .406 Abrams SEM .403 Fain DET .386	Slugging Pct Snider MIN .610 Jensen TAM .578 Wertz MIN .567 Lukon OAK .550 Doby OAK .538	OPS Snider MIN 1.018 Jensen TAM .984 Yost TAM .972 Wertz MIN .921 Lukon OAK .921
XR Jensen TAM 127.5 Snider MIN 122.1 Yost TAM 119.2 Lukon OAK 109.0 Wertz MIN 104.9	Games Schell CLE 160 Coleman CLE 157 Post SEM 157 Doby OAK 156 Irvin DET 156	At-Bats Noren TAM 654 Hartsfield MIN 624 Kluszewski SEM 607 Jensen TAM 595 Lockman TAM 595	Runs Snider MIN 115 Jensen TAM 114 Noren TAM 108 Wertz MIN 108 Doby OAK 106
Hits Jensen TAM 194 Noren TAM 191 Lockman TAM 189 Busby BOS 182 Hartsfield MIN 175	Total Bases Jensen TAM 344 Snider MIN 318 Wertz MIN 316 Kluszewski SEM 315 Doby OAK 306	Singles Lockman TAM 150 Noren TAM 139 Busby BOS 131 Hartsfield MIN 131 Pramesa TAM 129	Doubles Cox DET 44 Fain DET 44 Snider MIN 44 Stephens BOS 39 O'Connell SEM 38
Triples Busby BOS 8 Coleman CLE 8 Gilliam OAK 8 Irvin DET 8 Torgeson   7	Homeruns Wertz MIN 45 Snider MIN 41 Doby OAK 39 Lukon OAK 39 Jensen TAM 36	RBIs Lukon OAK 121 Jensen TAM 114 Doby OAK 110 Snider MIN 108 Kluszewski SEM 107	Stolen Bases Bruton OAK 37 Brideweser OAK 30 Dillinger OAK 23 Gilliam OAK 20 Irvin DET 19
Caught Stealing Bruton OAK 12 Gilliam OAK 12 Dillinger OAK 11 Coleman CLE 10 Harmon CLE 7	Walks Yost TAM 166 Snider MIN 114 Abrams SEM 113 Fain DET 110 Torgeson   96	Strikeouts Killebrew BOS 163 Serena SEM 147 Bilko SEM 136 Doby OAK 132 Mapes CLE 126

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Miller TAM 2.39 Conley OAK 2.55 Miller MIN 2.78 Kiely TAM 2.84 Meyer NYA 3.11	Wins Kiely TAM 23 Lary SEM 23 Miller TAM 22 Newcombe TAM 22 Byrd OAK 19	Losses Delock CLE 25 Pascual CLE 21 Foytack MIN 19 Hyde CLE 17 Monzant BOS 17	Winning Pct Miller TAM .759 Conley OAK .750 Kiely TAM .719 Newcombe TAM .688 Lary SEM .657
Saves Buhl BOS 25 Robinson OAK 18 Kennedy MIN 16 Ferriss TAM 14 Elston CLE 12	Games Pitched Kennedy MIN 94 Buhl BOS 89 Hacker SEM 87 Henry TAM 86 Qualters NYA 81	Games Started Foytack MIN 44 Hyde CLE 44 Kiely TAM 44 Lary SEM 44 Miller MIN 44	Complete Games Scheib OAK 21 Delock CLE 20 Lary SEM 16 Craig BOS 15 Donovan SEM 14
Shutouts Scheib OAK 3 Craig BOS 2 Fischer NYA 2 Foytack MIN 2 Lary SEM 2	Innings Pitched Lary SEM 350.3 Delock CLE 340.0 Foytack MIN 338.0 Kiely TAM 329.7 Scheib OAK 328.0	Hits Allowed Lary SEM 346 Terry SEM 340 Delock CLE 321 Foytack MIN 311 Pascual CLE 308	Homeruns Allowed Newcombe TAM 51 Scheib OAK 49 Pascual CLE 48 Larsen BOS 44 Gray OAK 41
Strikeouts Score BOS 325 Meyer NYA 261 Newcombe TAM 253 Gray OAK 239 Scheib OAK 235	Walks Allowed Beard SEM 156 Score BOS 156 Pascual CLE 154 Meyer NYA 150 Scheib OAK 147	Walks per 9IP Hall NYA 1.2 Miller MIN 1.3 Donovan SEM 1.5 Kiely TAM 1.7 Miller TAM 2.3	Hits per 9IP Score BOS 5.7 Meyer NYA 6.3 Conley OAK 6.8 Gray OAK 7.3 Miller TAM 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Score BOS 12.9 Meyer NYA 9.3 Gray OAK 9.2 Newcombe TAM 7.1 Conley OAK 7.0	WHiP Conley OAK 1.02 Miller MIN 1.05 Kiely TAM 1.07 Miller TAM 1.08 Donovan SEM 1.25	OAVG Score BOS .181 Meyer NYA .197 Conley OAK .206 Gray OAK .221 Miller TAM .227	OOBP Conley OAK .259 Miller MIN .267 Kiely TAM .272 Miller TAM .277 Donovan SEM .303
OSLG Conley OAK .302 Miller MIN .312 Miller TAM .313 Hyde CLE .320 Meyer NYA .327	OOPS Conley OAK .561 Miller MIN .580 Miller TAM .590 Hyde CLE .634 Kiely TAM .636

League All-Stars
Bobby Brown	Bob Buhl	Jim Busby
Harry Chiti	Gene Conley	Billy Cox
Bruce Edwards	Don Elston	Roy Hartsfield
Monte Irvin	Jackie Jensen	Bill Kennedy
Harmon Killebrew	Ralph Kiner	Frank Lary
Eddie Lukon	Bob Miller	Stu Miller
Don Newcombe	Carl Scheib	Herb Score
Bill Serena	Roy Sievers	Duke Snider
Earl Torgeson

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Ted Williams	DET	$ 15,340,000
2.	Larry Doby	OAK	$ 15,100,000
3.	Earl Torgeson	NYA	$ 15,090,300
4.	Eddie Yost	TAM	$ 14,000,000
5.	Ted Kluszewski	SEM	$ 12,000,000
6.	Ferris Fain	DET	$ 11,500,000
7.	Monte Irvin	DET	$ 11,000,000
8.	Duke Snider	MIN	$ 10,180,000
9.	Earl Johnson	MIN	$ 9,500,000
10.	Bobby Brown	NYA	$ 8,500,000
11.	Gil Hodges	MIN	$ 8,340,000
12.	Vic Wertz	MIN	$ 8,000,000
13.	Bill Serena	SEM	$ 7,960,000
14.	Yogi Berra	BOS	$ 7,750,000
15.	Pat Seerey	OAK	$ 7,500,000
	Bob Miller	MIN	$ 7,500,000
17.	Ralph Kiner	NYA	$ 7,000,000
18.	Ted Gray	OAK	$ 6,650,000
19.	Gene Conley	OAK	$ 6,542,857
20.	Eddie Lukon	OAK	$ 6,500,000
21.	Vern Stephens	DET	$ 6,380,000
22.	Don Newcombe	TAM	$ 6,250,000
23.	Al Rosen	TAM	$ 6,150,000
24.	Roy Hartsfield	MIN	$ 6,000,000
	Cal Abrams	SEM	$ 6,000,000

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