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1956 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 77-85
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 712
Runs Allowed: 790
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 941,113
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the AL
AA: 81-56, 3rd in the AL
A: 58-79, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Solly Hemus 33 154 571 95 141 35 4 10 48 0 1 88 86 .247 .350 .375 .725 76.8 11.8 5.5
3B  Harmon Killebrew 20 155 536 77 114 18 2 29 72 0 0 94 163 .213 .327 .416 .743 79.0 11.1 3.8
CF  Al Kaline 21 156 571 86 170 32 5 18 74 0 2 64 46 .298 .368 .466 .834 91.5 17.9 2.9
CF  Jim Busby 29 151 587 76 182 29 8 14 88 3 0 41 34 .310 .358 .458 .816 86.7 16.7 4.7
2B *Gene Stephens 23 146 518 65 132 39 5 12 67 0 0 67 80 .255 .341 .419 .760 71.8 11.8 4.3
LF  Dick Gernert 27 153 507 79 120 28 1 22 83 0 0 63 121 .237 .321 .426 .747 69.8 10.4 2.6
C *Yogi Berra 31 137 422 55 102 27 0 20 78 0 0 24 48 .242 .281 .448 .728 52.0 7.0 3.8
C  Gus Triandos 25 126 396 44 79 27 2 18 63 0 0 46 90 .199 .283 .414 .697 47.3 5.4 9.6
1B *Harry Agganis 27 92 205 29 40 11 1 4 19 10 1 28 21 .195 .291 .317 .608 21.3 1.9 0.9
3B  Ray Jablonski 29 101 158 19 42 13 0 4 20 0 0 10 15 .266 .314 .424 .738 18.2 2.6 0.5
SS  Vic Barnhart 33 46 123 8 21 5 0 1 10 0 0 1 8 .171 .177 .236 .413 2.6 0.0 1.1
C  Hardy Peterson 26 52 110 8 29 5 1 2 15 0 0 11 12 .264 .331 .382 .712 13.7 2.1 2.2
CF  Bill Tuttle 26 63 103 16 29 6 2 1 8 0 0 8 14 .282 .333 .408 .741 13.8 2.4 0.7
P  Roger Craig 26 34 86 4 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 31 .070 .120 .105 .224 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Don Larsen 26 32 90 4 19 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 29 .211 .211 .244 .456 4.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Frank Robinson 20 27 86 16 18 3 1 7 15 0 0 16 25 .209 .333 .512 .845 14.3 2.5 0.5
SS *Wally Flager 34 37 85 9 17 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 13 .200 .261 .247 .508 5.1 0.0 0.9
P *Herb Score 23 36 78 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 28 .090 .123 .115 .239 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Monzant 23 36 76 3 11 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 23 .145 .145 .197 .342 0.7 0.0 0.0
RF  Carlos Paula 28 30 56 4 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 6 .304 .316 .411 .727 6.6 1.0 0.3
P *Joe Nuxhall 27 13 36 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .222 .222 .222 .444 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Sanford 27 53 33 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .152 .176 .152 .328 0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Tony Roig 28 21 28 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .143 .172 .179 .351 0.5 0.0 0.2
LF  Johnny Blatnik 35 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Buhl 27 89 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Narleski 27 35 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 1.9 0.5 0.0
P #Cal McLish 30 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.1 2013 5481 712 1318 291 34 165 693 14 4 577 924 .240 .313 .396 .710 676.8 105.1 44.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 6 7 3 2 4 6 7 2 5 7 7 7 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Roger Craig 26 13 16 .448 34 34 0 276.3 266 127 27 108 126 4.14 15.0
 Don Larsen 26 14 10 .583 32 32 0 256.3 265 134 44 105 175 4.70 14.2
 Ramon Monzant 23 9 17 .346 36 36 0 233.3 226 114 28 94 162 4.40 12.0
*Herb Score 23 14 10 .583 36 36 0 227.3 145 101 26 156 325 4.00 15.7
 Jack Sanford 27 6 7 .462 53 11 3 127.0 139 81 9 69 57 5.74 2.3
*Joe Nuxhall 27 5 6 .455 13 13 0 99.7 114 61 12 66 49 5.51 2.6
 Bob Buhl 27 9 11 .450 89 0 25 95.7 99 44 9 51 54 4.14 11.3
 Ray Narleski 27 4 3 .571 35 0 2 51.0 41 24 6 23 23 4.24 4.8
 Al Worthington 27 1 1 .500 32 0 1 37.7 48 34 9 23 15 8.13 0.0
 Cal McLish 30 2 3 .400 28 0 1 35.7 42 19 6 15 14 4.80 2.0
 Ray Crone 24 0 1 .000 9 0 2 8.0 6 3 1 0 5 3.38 1.5
Team Totals 26.1 77 85 .475 397 162 34 1448.0 1391 742 177 710 1005 4.61 81.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 1 5 5 5 6 6 7 2 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 34.1
G.Triandos 1003.0 116 116 749 31 3 3 .996 41.9
H.Peterson 236.3 24 37 160 13 1 0 .994 53.8
Y.Berra 208.7 22 25 140 13 1 0 .994 60.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 178 1049 57 5 3 .995 48.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
D.Gernert 732.7 83 85 790 61 8 80 .991 10.45
H.Agganis 406.0 45 52 445 41 3 35 .994 10.77
G.Stephens 156.0 17 17 177 12 2 13 .990 10.90
F.Robinson 144.0 17 17 147 13 1 13 .994 10.00
H.Killebrew 8.7 0 3 8 2 0 0 1.000 10.39
G.Triandos 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 175 1567 129 14 141 .992 10.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
G.Stephens 1078.0 123 124 247 393 8 84 .988 5.34
V.Barnhart 180.0 19 27 34 61 1 15 .990 4.75
S.Hemus 147.0 16 16 30 48 3 10 .963 4.78
T.Roig 43.0 4 10 9 12 0 4 1.000 4.40
Team Total 1448.0 162 177 320 514 12 113 .986 5.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
H.Killebrew 1251.3 142 146 94 278 15 20 .961 2.68
R.Jablonski 157.0 16 25 8 33 4 4 .911 2.35
V.Barnhart 35.7 4 4 2 13 0 0 1.000 3.79
S.Hemus 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Flager 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.0 162 177 104 325 19 24 .958 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
S.Hemus 1135.0 129 134 180 420 15 80 .976 4.76
W.Flager 220.0 24 33 25 91 9 15 .928 4.75
V.Barnhart 78.0 7 15 9 27 1 7 .973 4.15
T.Roig 15.0 2 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1448.0 162 184 216 542 25 104 .968 4.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
Y.Berra 674.0 73 91 130 9 1 1 .993 1.86
D.Gernert 514.3 63 63 101 1 1 0 .990 1.78
R.Jablonski 84.0 9 18 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
F.Robinson 78.0 9 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
B.Tuttle 64.0 6 11 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Paula 24.0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Killebrew 7.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Blatnik 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 201 282 13 2 2 .993 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
J.Busby 1290.7 146 148 377 6 0 3 1.000 2.67
B.Tuttle 152.0 16 21 39 3 2 1 .955 2.49
A.Kaline 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
F.Robinson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 172 417 9 2 4 .995 2.65
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
A.Kaline 1290.3 146 147 263 7 6 1 .978 1.88
Y.Berra 78.3 9 9 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.49
C.Paula 67.7 7 12 19 1 1 0 .952 2.66
G.Stephens 8.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Tuttle 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 171 296 10 7 2 .978 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
R.Craig 276.3 34 34 19 54 3 0 .961 2.38
D.Larsen 256.3 32 32 12 49 0 4 1.000 2.14
R.Monzant 233.3 36 36 10 40 1 3 .980 1.93
H.Score 227.3 36 36 9 36 0 2 1.000 1.78
J.Sanford 127.0 11 53 8 21 1 4 .967 2.06
J.Nuxhall 99.7 13 13 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.72
B.Buhl 95.7 0 89 6 20 0 1 1.000 2.45
R.Narleski 51.0 0 35 6 11 0 1 1.000 3.00
A.Worthington 37.7 0 32 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.39
C.McLish 35.7 0 28 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.27
R.Crone 8.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.0 162 397 81 258 5 16 .985 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Busby .310
On-Base Pct Kaline .368
Slugging Pct Kaline .466
OPS Kaline .834
XR Kaline 91.5
Games Kaline 156
At-Bats Busby 587
Runs Hemus 95
Hits Busby 182
Total Bases Busby 269
Singles Busby 131
Doubles Stephens 39
Triples Busby 8
Homeruns Killebrew 29
RBIs Busby 88
Stolen Bases Agganis 10
Caught Stealing Kaline 2
Walks Killebrew 94
Strikeouts Killebrew 163
ERA Score 4.00
Wins Larsen, Score 14
Losses Monzant 17
Winning Pct Larsen, Score .583
Saves Buhl 25
Games Pitched Buhl 89
Games Started Monzant, Score 36
Complete Games Craig 15
Shutouts Craig 2
Innings Pitched Craig 276.3
Hits Allowed Craig 266
Homeruns Allowed Larsen 44
Strikeouts Score 325
Walks Allowed Score 156
Walks per 9IP Craig 3.5
Hits per 9IP Score 5.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 12.9
WHiP Score 1.32
OAVG Score .181
OOBP Score .313
OSLG Score .336
OOPS Score .649
Team All-Stars
Bob Buhl
Jim Busby
Harmon Killebrew
Herb Score
Player Salaries
Yogi Berra $ 7,750,000
Solly Hemus $ 2,750,000
Jim Busby $ 1,580,000
Vic Barnhart $ 558,000
Cal McLish $ 520,000
Wally Flager $ 350,000
Toby Atwell $ 350,000
Johnny Blatnik $ 350,000
Paul Lapalme $ 350,000
Ray Jablonski $ 350,000
Al Kaline $ 300,000
Dick Gernert $ 300,000
Harry Agganis $ 300,000
Roger Craig $ 300,000
Bob Buhl $ 300,000
Ray Crone $ 300,000
Don Larsen $ 300,000
Al Worthington $ 300,000
Ramon Monzant $ 300,000
Ray Narleski $ 300,000
Joe Nuxhall $ 300,000
Carlos Paula $ 300,000
Hardy Peterson $ 300,000
Frank Robinson $ 300,000
Tony Roig $ 300,000
Jack Sanford $ 300,000
Herb Score $ 300,000
Gene Stephens $ 300,000
Gus Triandos $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Signed     Solly Hemus
4/2 Signed     Dick Sisler
4/2 Signed     Bob Cain
 
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