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1956 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 75th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise, the 70th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the league standings with a record of 66–88.

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson, Branch Rickey (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersBobby Bragan
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Dick Bingham
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Regular season

Season standings

National League		WLPct.GBHomeRoad
Brooklyn Dodgers93610.604—52–2541–36
Milwaukee Braves92620.597147–2945–33
Cincinnati Redlegs91630.591251–2640–37
St. Louis Cardinals76780.4941743–3433–44
Philadelphia Phillies71830.4612240–3731–46
New York Giants67870.4352637–4030–47
Pittsburgh Pirates66880.4292735–4331–45
Chicago Cubs60940.3903339–3821–56

Record vs. opponents

1956 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
TeamBRCHCCINMILNYGPHIPITSTL
Brooklyn—16–611–1110–1214–813–913–916–6
Chicago6–16—6–16–19–137–1513–910–12–19–13–1
Cincinnati11–1116–6–1—9–1314–811–1117–513–9
Milwaukee12–1013–913–9—17–510–1214–8–113–9
New York8–1415–78–145–17—11–1113–97–15
Philadelphia9–139–1311–1112–1011–11—7–1512–10
Pittsburgh9–1312–10–15–178–14–19–1315–7—8–14–1
St. Louis6–1613–9–19–139–1315–710–1214–8–1—


Game log

1956 Game Log: 66–88 (Home: 35–43; Away: 31–45)
April: 5–6 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 17@ Giants3–4AntonelliFriend (0–1)—12,7900–1
2April 18@ Giants4–5McCallLaw (0–1)—2,4930–2
3April 19@ Giants3–2Kline (1–0)Worthington—1,9221–2
4April 20Dodgers0–5CraigHall (0–1)—23,3571–3
5April 21Dodgers3–1Friend (1–1)Lehman—8,6032–3
6April 22Dodgers1–4 (6)NewcombeLaw (0–2)—15,2642–4
7April 25@ Phillies6–5Law (1–2)OwensKing (1)5,3473–4
8April 27@ Dodgers2–7CraigKline (1–1)—7,0563–5
9April 28@ Dodgers2–5NewcombeHall (0–2)—7,8063–6
10April 29@ Dodgers10–1Friend (2–1)Drysdale—4–6
11April 29@ Dodgers11–3King (1–0)Loes—22,6095–6
May: 16–10 (Home: 11–6; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1@ Cardinals4–2Face (1–0)MizellLaw (1)6,3316–6
13May 2@ Cardinals9–10 (10)CollumMunger (0–1)—6,3826–7
14May 3@ Redlegs5–1Friend (3–1)Nuxhall—2,5617–7
15May 4@ Redlegs3–4FowlerHall (0–3)—6,4387–8
16May 5@ Redlegs6–7 (10)LaPalmeKing (1–1)—4,4817–9
17May 6@ Cubs2–1Kline (2–1)Minner—8–9
18May 6@ Cubs6–6 (7)—11,4268–9
19May 8@ Braves0–5SpahnFriend (3–2)—18,4668–10
20May 11Phillies6–5Arroyo (1–0)Meyer—17,6059–10
21May 12Phillies6–5Friend (4–2)RobertsKing (2)20,11510–10
22May 13Phillies11–9Face (2–0)MeyerLaw (2)11–10
23May 13Phillies2–7RogovinHall (0–4)Roberts20,43511–11
24May 16Redlegs9–2Friend (5–2)Nuxhall—3,05312–11
25May 17Cubs1–4MeyerKline (2–2)Lown6,62712–12
26May 18Cubs2–3LownFace (2–1)—10,38212–13
27May 19Cubs7–4King (2–1)JonesFace (1)6,86313–13
28May 20Braves6–3Friend (6–2)Crone—14–13
29May 20Braves5–0Kline (3–2)Spahn—32,34615–13
30May 22Cardinals3–6WehmeierLaw (1–3)Collum19,31615–14
31May 23Cardinals6–0Friend (7–2)Schmidt—19,91716–14
32May 25@ Phillies8–5King (3–1)SimmonsMunger (1)10,40717–14
33May 26@ Phillies6–2Law (2–3)Miller—4,61418–14
34May 28Dodgers3–2Friend (8–2)Erskine—32,22119–14
35May 29Dodgers1–10NewcombeKline (3–3)—11,93519–15
36May 30Giants5–4 (10)Face (3–1)McCall—20–15
37May 30Giants3–5 (15)AntonelliLaw (2–4)—27,68020–16
38May 31Giants3–0 (8)Kline (4–3)Hearn—15,12321–16
June: 11–17 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
39June 1@ Braves4–1Friend (9–2)SpahnKing (3)24,52822–16
40June 2@ Braves4–2Munger (1–1)ConleyKline (1)27,65023–16
41June 3@ Braves3–1Face (4–1)CroneKing (4)24–16
42June 3@ Braves3–4BuhlLaw (2–5)—34,91524–17
43June 5@ Cubs3–7HackerFriend (9–3)—7,84724–18
44June 6@ Cubs8–2Kline (5–3)Minner—7,54525–18
45June 7@ Cubs2–5RushFace (4–2)—4,53525–19
46June 8@ Cardinals2–0 (11)Friend (10–3)Dickson—20,07926–19
47June 9@ Cardinals3–8MizellLaw (2–6)Konstanty12,14926–20
48June 10@ Cardinals11–3Arroyo (2–0)Schmidt—27–20
49June 10@ Cardinals0–3WehmeierKline (5–4)—28,12927–21
50June 12@ Redlegs4–3Face (5–2)NuxhallKing (5)15,91928–21
51June 15Cardinals12–1Kline (6–4)Mizell—26,27629–21
52June 16Cardinals2–0 (7)Friend (11–3)Wehmeier—14,55030–21
53June 17Cardinals1–3PoholskyLaw (2–7)—30–22
54June 17Cardinals3–8SchmidtArroyo (2–1)Konstanty30,12730–23
55June 18Braves2–3SpahnKline (6–5)—16,73530–24
56June 19Braves3–5BurdetteFriend (11–4)Sleater23,74330–25
57June 20Braves3–7ConleyLaw (2–8)—19,77530–26
58June 21Braves2–7BuhlKline (6–6)—8,29230–27
59June 23Cubs5–9 (10)DavisFace (5–3)—7,80930–28
60June 24Cubs3–5ValentinettiFace (5–4)—30–29
61June 24Cubs1–0 (6)Pepper (1–0)JonesArroyo (1)17,06631–29
62June 25Redlegs1–2FowlerKline (6–7)—17,00731–30
63June 27Redlegs2–10LawrenceFriend (11–5)Freeman24,35331–31
64June 28Redlegs3–4AckerArroyo (2–2)Fowler9,91531–32
65June 29Giants6–3Law (3–8)HearnFace (2)18,79732–32
66June 30Giants4–6GomezKline (6–8)Wilhelm8,11132–33
July: 11–20 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
67July 1Giants2–3AntonelliFriend (11–6)Grissom32–34
68July 1Giants6–7McCallArroyo (2–3)Grissom23,45932–35
69July 3Phillies6–5O'Brien (1–0)Meyer—5,80433–35
70July 4Phillies2–4HaddixKline (6–9)—33–36
71July 4Phillies8–4Face (6–4)Miller—16,07634–36
72July 7@ Giants2–3AntonelliFriend (11–7)Wilhelm7,15134–37
73July 8@ Giants1–11GomezLaw (3–9)—34–38
74July 8@ Giants5–2Kline (7–9)WorthingtonFace (3)15,40635–38
75July 12@ Cubs2–1Kline (8–9)Kaiser—36–38
76July 12@ Cubs5–4Face (7–4)Jones—10,07737–38
77July 13@ Cubs6–7LownFriend (11–8)—6,95837–39
78July 14@ Cubs2–6RushLaw (3–10)—37–40
79July 14@ Cubs5–6 (10)LownFace (7–5)—17,19537–41
80July 15@ Braves2–3SpahnLaw (3–11)—37–42
81July 15@ Braves1–4PhillipsNaranjo (0–1)—35,63137–43
82July 16@ Braves1–2BuhlKline (8–10)—20,12437–44
83July 17@ Cardinals4–2 (10)Friend (12–8)WehmeierFace (4)12,18238–44
84July 18@ Cardinals1–1—15,19538–44
85July 20@ Redlegs4–6 (12)KlippsteinWaters (0–1)—19,34238–45
86July 21@ Redlegs4–3Face (8–5)Lawrence—8,85939–45
87July 22@ Redlegs8–6Munger (2–1)Freeman—40–45
88July 22@ Redlegs2–9NuxhallPollet (0–1)Acker28,50540–46
89July 23@ Redlegs3–4LawrenceFace (8–6)Freeman11,31840–47
90July 24Cubs6–2Kline (9–10)Rush—12,86141–47
91July 25Cubs9–8King (4–1)Brosnan—12,86142–47
92July 26Cubs4–0Waters (1–1)JonesPollet (1)7,12143–47
93July 27Redlegs2–3FowlerFace (8–7)—31,49443–48
94July 28Redlegs3–8KlippsteinPollet (0–2)—10,16643–49
95July 29Redlegs1–6LawrenceFriend (12–9)—43–50
96July 29Redlegs2–3FreemanLaw (3–12)—30,42943–51
97July 30Redlegs2–4FreemanPepper (1–1)—11,25643–52
98July 31Cardinals0–7DicksonMunger (2–2)—10,96543–53
August: 12–20 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1Cardinals1–4SchmidtKline (9–11)—8,59243–54
100August 2Cardinals5–7WehmeierFriend (12–10)Jackson5,74543–55
101August 3Braves4–3Law (4–12)Spahn—17,47944–55
102August 4Braves3–7TrowbridgePollet (0–3)—7,49444–56
103August 5Braves1–5ConleyKline (9–12)Johnson44–57
104August 5Braves0–5 (5)BurdetteFriend (12–11)—18,00444–58
105August 7@ Dodgers0–3NewcombeLaw (4–13)—17,50444–59
106August 8Dodgers8–5Munger (3–2)CraigKline (2)18,61245–59
107August 9Dodgers3–7RoebuckHall (0–5)—7,48645–60
108August 10Giants3–2Friend (13–11)Littlefield—8,23446–60
109August 11Giants2–4AntonelliKline (9–13)Hearn5,65546–61
110August 12Giants3–2Law (5–13)Gomez—47–61
111August 12Giants11–3Waters (2–1)McCall—9,55248–61
112August 14@ Phillies0–3HaddixFriend (13–12)—48–62
113August 14@ Phillies2–11SimmonsMunger (3–3)—32,87348–63
114August 15@ Phillies5–1Kline (10–13)Meyer—12,33749–63
115August 16@ Phillies4–1Law (6–13)Roberts—7,07050–63
116August 17@ Giants3–5MargoneriMunger (3–4)McCall5,99850–64
117August 18@ Giants9–1Friend (14–12)Gomez—4,95551–64
118August 19@ Giants6–7WilhelmHall (0–6)—51–65
119August 19@ Giants2–3AntonelliKline (10–14)McCall8,58751–66
120August 21@ Redlegs4–7FreemanPollet (0–4)—8,26751–67
121August 22@ Redlegs3–6NuxhallFriend (14–13)Jeffcoat8,07651–68
122August 23@ Cardinals0–3MizellKline (10–15)—51–69
123August 23@ Cardinals2–3CollumFace (8–8)—11,93551–70
124August 24@ Cardinals2–6DicksonWaters (2–2)—9,31751–71
125August 25@ Cardinals5–8BlaylockLaw (6–14)Jackson8,97651–72
126August 26@ Cubs2–0Friend (15–13)Rush—10,63152–72
127August 26@ Cubs2–1Kline (11–15)JonesFriend (1)10,63153–72
128August 28@ Braves5–4Face (9–8)Trowbridge—25,77854–72
129August 29@ Braves1–4BurdetteFace (9–9)—24,86154–73
130August 30@ Braves1–1 (9)—17,78354–73
131August 31Phillies6–3Kline (12–15)HamnerPollet (2)11,14755–73
September: 11–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Phillies2–3RogovinHall (0–7)—5,07155–74
133September 2Phillies10–6Law (7–14)Simmons—56–74
134September 2Phillies5–1Naranjo (1–1)Roberts—12,47057–74
135September 3@ Dodgers3–4BessentFriend (15–14)—57–75
136September 3@ Dodgers3–2Face (10–9)DrysdaleFriend (2)29,04558–75
137September 5@ Dodgers3–4MaglieKline (12–16)Bessent10,33258–76
138September 7@ Phillies2–5RobertsFriend (15–15)—7,83558–77
139September 8@ Phillies5–4Face (11–9)FlowersHall (1)4,80659–77
140September 9@ Phillies4–1 (10)Kline (13–16)MillerFace (5)60–77
141September 9@ Phillies5–6 (10)RobertsNaranjo (1–2)—11,10460–78
142September 11Cubs4–3Face (12–9)Lown—3,98761–78
143September 12Cubs0–3JonesLaw (7–15)—3,68961–79
144September 13Redlegs4–5NuxhallFace (12–10)Freeman8,76561–80
145September 15Redlegs4–6LawrenceFriend (15–16)Freeman2,65461–81
146September 16Cardinals2–3 (10)DicksonFace (12–11)—61–82
147September 16Cardinals9–3Law (8–15)Wehmeier—8,74262–82
148September 18Braves4–6SleaterFace (12–12)Spahn9,78662–83
149September 20Braves2–1 (10)Friend (16–16)Crone—1,69163–83
150September 21Dodgers2–1Kline (14–16)Maglie—10,87264–83
151September 22Dodgers5–1Arroyo (3–3)ErskineFriend (3)6,45265–83
152September 23Dodgers3–8NewcombeFace (12–13)Labine44,93265–84
153September 24Dodgers6–5Friend (17–16)Craig—17,25266–84
154September 25@ Giants0–10AntonelliKline (14–17)Surkont1,27566–85
155September 29@ Dodgers2–6MaglieFriend (17–17)—26,34066–86
156September 29@ Dodgers1–3LabineKline (14–18)—26,34066–87
157September 30@ Dodgers6–8NewcombeLaw (8–16)Bessent31,98366–88
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJack Shepard10025662.242730
1BDale Long148517136.2632791
2BBill Mazeroski8125562.243314
SSDick Groat142520142.273037
3BFrank Thomas157588166.2822580
LFLee Walls143474130.2741154
CFBill Virdon133509170.334837
RFRoberto Clemente147543169.311760

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bob Skinner11323347.202529
Hank Foiles7922247.212725
Gene Freese6520743.208314
Johnny O'Brien7310418.17303
Dick Cole729921.21209
Danny Kravitz326818.265210
Curt Roberts316211.17704
Eddie O'Brien635314.26403
Spook Jacobs11376.16201
Preston Ward163010.333111
John Powers11211.04800
Bobby Del Greco14204.20023
Jerry Lynch19193.15800
Toby Atwell12182.11103
Bill Hall130.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Friend49314.117173.46166
Ron Kline44264.014183.38125
Vern Law39195.28164.3260

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Red Munger35107.0344.0445
Dick Hall1962.1074.7627
Fred Waters2351.0222.8214
Laurin Pepper1130.0113.0012
Dick Littlefield612.2004.2610

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Roy Face68121363.5296
Nellie King384153.1525
Howie Pollet190423.0910
Luis Arroyo183304.7117
Cholly Naranjo171204.4626
Jack McMahan110006.089
Red Swanson900010.035
Johnny O'Brien81002.849
Lino Donoso30000.001
Bob Purkey20002.251
Bob Garber20002.253
Eddie O'Brien10000.000
Max Surkont10004.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
OpenHollywood StarsPacific Coast LeagueClay Hopper
AANew Orleans PelicansSouthern AssociationAndy Cohen
AWilliamsport GraysEastern LeagueJohn Fitzpatrick
ALincoln ChiefsWestern LeagueLarry Shepard
BWaco PiratesBig State LeagueMonty Basgall
BKinston EaglesCarolina LeagueJack Paepke and Tex Taylor
CDouglas Copper KingsArizona–Mexico LeagueJerry Gardner
CGrand Forks ChiefsNorthern LeagueAl Kubski
CBillings MustangsPioneer LeagueBuck Elliott
DDublin IrishGeorgia State LeagueRobert Clark, Wilbur Caldwell and Wayne Wallace
DBrunswick PiratesGeorgia–Florida LeagueFrank Oceak
DClinton PiratesMidwest LeagueStan Wentzel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lincoln

Notes

References

  • 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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