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1956 Baltimore Orioles

Batters


Pitchers



Preseason Predictions

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Cleveland Indians 93 61 .604 - 810 .273 168 6 660 3.81 702 493 Washington Senators 89 65 .578 4 753 .266 178 63 653 3.71 737 559 Kansas City Athletics 83 71 .539 10 708 .257 143 40 670 3.98 664 475 Baltimore Orioles 82 72 .532 11 655 .258 108 69 602 3.46 668 531 Boston Red Sox 79 75 .513 14 819 .286 208 31 801 4.61 758 544 New York Yankees 74 80 .481 19 697 .264 135 72 661 3.87 740 572 Detroit Tigers 71 83 .461 22 602 .248 97 72 676 4.00 651 573 Chicago White Sox 47 107 .305 46 556 .238 109 26 876 5.01 618 737

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG H. Aaron, CF BOS 148 625 40 132 1 .343 .391 .613 W. Mays, CF WS1 150 592 41 121 45 .311 .382 .609 D. Long, 1B BOS 151 560 44 130 0 .319 .391 .619 D. Snider, CF CLE 150 591 34 130 1 .300 .377 .549 S. Musial, RF CLE 151 628 28 101 1 .318 .386 .525 W. Post, RF WS1 149 600 36 123 6 .298 .346 .537 W. Jones, 3B BOS 150 617 26 84 5 .299 .380 .472 E. Bouchee, 1B CLE 152 617 16 73 0 .290 .405 .440 H. Lopez, 2B BOS 149 579 30 97 1 .303 .367 .520 W. Covington, LF BOS 149 601 26 96 3 .318 .367 .501 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 H. Haddix CLE 34 23 6 0 3.13 275.1 255 59 201 6.58 C. Johnson WS1 32 19 10 0 2.77 250.0 207 102 182 6.56 G. Conley BAL 26 15 5 0 2.34 213.2 179 71 113 4.79 W. Spahn KC1 34 18 10 0 3.39 268.0 257 67 134 4.51 B. Pierce NYA 36 16 16 0 2.95 295.2 264 83 199 6.07 R. Roberts CLE 33 18 13 0 3.73 264.1 261 54 135 4.60 B. Rush WS1 35 17 12 0 3.65 270.2 264 111 124 4.14 B. Friend BOS 35 16 13 0 3.76 284.2 305 74 164 5.20 J. Podres BOS 34 16 14 0 4.03 264.1 284 77 207 7.04 C. Pascual KC1 32 15 13 0 3.63 232.0 211 81 145 5.64

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Chicago Cubs 92 62 .597 - 781 .265 131 24 629 3.54 1089 664 Brooklyn Dodgers 90 64 .584 2 807 .271 197 18 705 3.97 781 538 St. Louis Cardinals 83 71 .539 9 774 .264 173 29 691 3.96 770 589 Milwaukee Braves 76 78 .494 16 657 .247 75 47 682 3.87 750 556 Cincinnati Redlegs 73 81 .474 19 836 .274 182 40 812 4.80 764 649 New York Giants 69 85 .448 23 619 .248 148 60 698 3.90 672 580 Pittsburgh Pirates 68 86 .442 24 638 .251 145 61 772 4.59 646 710 Philadelphia Phillies 66 88 .429 26 645 .243 165 113 768 4.28 739 593

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG M. Mantle, CF CHN 148 560 50 124 7 .351 .471 .690 T. Williams, RF CIN 152 524 37 122 0 .348 .479 .630 E. Mathews, 3B SLN 152 567 46 124 4 .297 .415 .600 J. Adcock, 1B BRO 154 617 41 146 0 .301 .371 .568 A. Kaline, RF SLN 153 621 33 104 8 .318 .390 .547 L. Skizas, 3B CIN 148 598 35 134 5 .319 .371 .550 L. Doby, CF BRO 149 565 28 85 0 .294 .395 .496 K. Boyer, CF CIN 149 629 26 115 23 .305 .342 .483 B. Nieman, LF CIN 149 641 21 85 3 .294 .374 .468 G. McDougald, 2B CHN 151 623 16 83 3 .295 .391 .441 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 H. Score CHN 37 18 10 0 2.91 289.1 197 170 333 10.38 J. Antonelli BRO 34 20 10 0 3.20 271.1 254 79 176 5.83 D. Drysdale ML1 36 19 11 0 3.17 278.2 252 83 191 6.18 B. Hoeft NY1 35 17 14 0 3.53 269.1 254 100 173 5.78 V. Mizell CHN 34 15 11 0 3.38 254.1 222 91 201 7.12 B. Turley CHN 29 16 6 0 3.68 207.2 165 143 174 7.53 D. Donovan CIN 37 17 16 0 3.86 298.0 313 81 143 4.33 B. Loes SLN 35 15 10 0 3.97 257.0 250 102 146 5.13 J. Nuxhall BRO 32 14 9 0 4.04 230.2 229 75 141 5.52 L. Burdette SLN 32 14 13 0 3.82 255.1 286 72 100 3.54

Top 10 Prospects
Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 17th, 1956
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 20-year-old starting pitcher Sandy Koufax of the Chicago White Sox is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) SP Sandy Koufax, 20, Chicago White Sox
2) SP Don Drysdale, 19, Milwaukee Braves
3) C Jim Pagliaroni, 18, Chicago White Sox
4) CF Roberto Clemente, 21, St. Louis Cardinals
5) 1B Bill D White, 22, Pittsburgh Pirates
6) MR Turk Farrell, 22, Boston Red Sox
7) C Johnny Blanchard, 23, Detroit Tigers
8) SP Ralph Terry, 20, Kansas City Athletics
9) SS Don Buddin, 21, Detroit Tigers
10) 3B Brooks Robinson, 18, Boston Red Sox