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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season
1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season
The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the very first Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young Award in the same season. The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series. This time they lost the series in seven games.
Season standings
1956 Roster
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| Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders | Outfielders |
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Starting Pitchers stats
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relief Pitchers stats
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batting Stats
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 World Series
Game 1
October 3, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Sal Maglie (1-0) L: Whitey Ford (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2
October 5, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 13 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Don Bessent (1-0) L: Tom Morgan (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 3
October 6, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | x | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| W: Whitey Ford (1-1) L: Roger Craig (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Enos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2) | ||||||||||||
Game 4
October 7, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| W: Tom Sturdivant (1-0) L: Carl Erskine (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 5
October 8, 1956 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Don Larsen (1-0) L: Sal Maglie (1-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (3) | ||||||||||||
Game 6
October 9, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Clem Labine (1-0) L: Bob Turley (0-1) | |||||||||||||
Game 7
October 10, 1956 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Brooklyn (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| W: Johnny Kucks (1-0) L: Don Newcombe (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (2, 3), Elston Howard (1), Bill Skowron (1) | ||||||||||||
1956 Awards
- 1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella reserve
- Jim Gilliam reserve
- Clem Labine reserve
- Duke Snider reserve
- National League Most Valuable Player
- Cy Young Award
- TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- TSN Major League All-Star Team
1956 Transactions
- December 9: Traded Don Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Jackson and Don Elston
- December 21: Purchased Jack Littrell from the Kansas City Athletics
- December 30: Traded Pete Wojay to the Detroit Tigers for Leo Cristante and cash
- March 2: Sold Tommy Lasorda to the Kansas City Athletics
- April 16: Traded Tim Thompson to the Kansas City Athletics for Lee Wheat, Tom Saffell and cash
- May 14: Sold Billy Loes to the Baltimore Orioles
- May 15: Sold Jim Hughes to the Chicago Cubs
- May 15: Purchased Sal Maglie from the Cleveland Indians
- July 4: Traded Ray Shearer to the Milwaukee Braves
- July 29: Purchased Dale Mitchell from the Cleveland Indians
- October 14: Purchased Connie Grob from the Washington Senators
1956 Minor League Teams
- (Open) Portland Beavers (managed by Tommy Holmes/Bill Sweeney) - Pacific Coast League
- AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Greg Mulleavy) - International League
- AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Max Macon) - American Association
- AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Lee Handley) - Texas League
- A: Macon Dodgers (managed by Goldie Holt)- South Atlantic League
- A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by Ray Hathaway) - Western League
- B: Cedar Rapids Raiders (managed by George Scherger) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
- B: Wichita Falls Spudders (managed by Jack Wilkinson/Jodie Beeler) - Big State League
- C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Pioneer League
- C: Reno Silver Sox (managed by Ray Perry) - California League
- D: Hornell Dodgers (managed by Boyd Bartley/Charlie Gelbert)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
- D: Kokomo Dodgers (managed by Pete Reiser) - Midwest League
- D: Shawnee Hawks (managed by Jack Banta) - Sooner State League
- D: Thomasville Dodgers (managed by Rudy Rufer/George Pfister- Georgia-Florida League
References
External links
- 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
- Acme Dodgers page
- Retrosheet
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