1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
1956 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMGM
Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel
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The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series. This time they lost the series in seven games, one of which was a perfect game by the Yankees' Don Larsen.

Offseason

Regular season

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.[5]

During the season, the Dodgers played seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of owner Walter O'Malley's continued attempts to pressure Brooklyn to allow him to build a new stadium in his preferred location at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. The first of these games was on April 19.[6]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 61 0.604 — 52–25 41–36
Milwaukee Braves 92 62 0.597 1 47–29 45–33
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 63 0.591 2 51–26 40–37
St. Louis Cardinals 76 78 0.494 17 43–34 33–44
Philadelphia Phillies 71 83 0.461 22 40–37 31–46
New York Giants 67 87 0.435 26 37–40 30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 88 0.429 27 35–43 31–45
Chicago Cubs 60 94 0.390 33 39–38 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1956 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BR CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STL
Brooklyn — 16–6 11–11 10–12 14–8 13–9 13–9 16–6
Chicago 6–16 — 6–16–1 9–13 7–15 13–9 10–12–1 9–13–1
Cincinnati 11–11 16–6–1 — 9–13 14–8 11–11 17–5 13–9
Milwaukee 12–10 13–9 13–9 — 17–5 10–12 14–8–1 13–9
New York 8–14 15–7 8–14 5–17 — 11–11 13–9 7–15
Philadelphia 9–13 9–13 11–11 12–10 11–11 — 7–15 12–10
Pittsburgh 9–13 12–10–1 5–17 8–14–1 9–13 15–7 — 8–14–1
St. Louis 6–16 13–9–1 9–13 9–13 15–7 10–12 14–8–1 —


Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup
# Name Position
19 Jim Gilliam LF
1 Pee Wee Reese SS
4 Duke Snider CF
39 Roy Campanella C
14 Gil Hodges 1B
42 Jackie Robinson 3B
6 Carl Furillo RF
43 Charlie Neal 2B
36 Don Newcombe P

[7]

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Roy Campanella 124 388 85 .219 20 73
1B Gil Hodges 153 550 146 .265 32 87
2B Jim Gilliam 153 594 178 .300 6 43
3B Randy Jackson 101 307 84 .274 8 53
SS Pee Wee Reese 147 572 147 .257 9 46
LF Sandy Amorós 114 292 76 .260 16 58
CF Duke Snider 151 542 158 .292 43 101
RF Carl Furillo 149 523 151 .289 21 83

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
Jackie Robinson 117 357 98 .275 10 43
Rube Walker 54 146 31 .212 3 20
Charlie Neal 62 136 39 .287 2 14
Rocky Nelson 31 96 20 .208 4 15
Chico Fernández 34 66 15 .227 1 9
Gino Cimoli 73 36 4 .111 0 4
Dale Mitchell 19 24 7 .292 0 1
Don Zimmer 17 20 6 .300 0 2
Dixie Howell 7 13 3 .231 0 1
Dick Williams 7 7 2 .286 0 0
Don Demeter 3 3 1 .333 1 1
Bob Aspromonte 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Don Newcombe 38 268.0 27 7 3.06 139
Roger Craig 35 199.0 12 11 3.71 109
Sal Maglie 28 191.0 13 5 2.87 108
Carl Erskine 31 186.1 13 11 4.25 95
Sandy Koufax 16 58.2 2 4 4.91 30
Billy Loes 1 1.1 0 1 40.50 2

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
Don Drysdale 25 99.0 5 5 2.64 55
Ken Lehman 25 49.1 2 3 5.66 29
Chuck Templeton 6 16.1 0 1 6.61 8

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
Clem Labine 62 10 6 19 3.35 75
Don Bessent 38 4 3 9 2.50 52
Ed Roebuck 43 5 4 1 3.93 60
Jim Hughes 5 0 0 0 5.25 8
Ralph Branca 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
Bob Darnell 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

1956 World Series

Main article: 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 City

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 City

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 City

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)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
Open Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Tommy Holmes
Bill Sweeney
AAA Montreal Royals International League Greg Mulleavy
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon
AA Ft. Worth Cats Texas League Lee Handley
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Goldie Holt
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Hathaway
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League George Scherger
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Jack Wilkinson
Jodie Beeler
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Lou Rochelli
C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry
D Hornell Dodgers Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League Boyd Bartley
Charlie Gelbert
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Pete Reiser
D Shawnee Hawks Sooner State League Jack Banta
D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy Rufer
George Pfister

Notes

  1. ^ Randy Jackson at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Jack Littrell at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Pete Wojey at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  6. ^ Parker, Vernon (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  7. ^ 1956 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Tim Thompson at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Billy Loes at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ Jim Hughes at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Sal Maglie at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Ray Shearer at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ Dale Mitchell at Baseball-Reference

References

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