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AL · 52–102 (.338) · Rank 8 · Attendance 1015154

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hector Lopez	151	561	153	18	69	4	.273	.775
Harry Simpson	141	543	159	21	105	2	.293	.837
Vic Power	127	530	164	14	63	2	.309	.787
Joe DeMaestri	133	434	101	6	39	3	.233	.593
Lou Skizas	83	297	94	11	39	3	.316	.831
Gus Zernial	109	272	61	16	44	2	.224	.760
Tim Thompson	92	268	73	1	27	2	.272	.666
Jim Finigan	91	250	54	2	21	3	.216	.582
Johnny Groth	95	244	63	5	37	1	.258	.733
Al Pilarcik	69	239	60	4	22	9	.251	.684
Enos Slaughter	91	223	62	2	23	1	.278	.757
Joe Ginsberg	71	195	48	1	12	1	.246	.636
Eddie Robinson	75	172	34	2	12	0	.198	.581
Hal Smith	37	142	39	2	24	1	.275	.692
Clete Boyer	67	129	28	1	4	1	.217	.563
Mike Baxes	73	106	24	1	5	0	.226	.641
Spook Jacobs	32	97	21	0	5	4	.216	.568
Art Ditmar	44	91	13	1	4	0	.143	.346
Rance Pless	48	85	23	0	9	0	.271	.683
Bill Renna	33	48	13	2	5	1	.271	.772
Wally Burnette	18	39	2	0	0	0	.051	.126
Tom Gorman	52	39	2	0	2	0	.051	.191
Lou Kretlow	25	33	2	0	0	0	.061	.223
Alex Kellner	21	30	6	0	2	0	.200	.473
Jim Pisoni	10	30	8	2	5	0	.267	.770
Troy Herriage	34	25	3	0	1	0	.120	.305
Jack Crimian	55	22	5	0	0	0	.227	.547
Bobby Shantz	51	22	2	0	1	0	.091	.303
Jack McMahan	23	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Joe Astroth	8	13	1	0	0	0	.077	.154
Tom Lasorda	19	13	1	0	0	0	.077	.154
Elmer Valo	9	9	2	0	2	0	.222	.495
Moe Burtschy	21	8	1	0	0	0	.125	.250
Glenn Cox	3	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bill Harrington	23	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125
Jose Santiago	9	5	2	0	0	0	.400	.800
Art Ceccarelli	3	3	0	0	2	0	.000	.250
Carl Duser	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dave Melton	3	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.666
George Brunet	6	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Walt Craddock	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Arnie Portocarrero	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bill Bradford	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Spicer	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Art Ditmar	12	22	4.42	44	1	126	1.423
Tom Gorman	9	10	3.83	52	3	56	1.377
Jack Crimian	4	8	5.51	54	3	59	1.380
Wally Burnette	6	8	2.89	18	0	54	1.269
Lou Kretlow	4	9	5.31	25	0	61	1.643
Troy Herriage	1	13	6.64	31	0	59	1.932
Bobby Shantz	2	7	4.35	45	9	67	1.303
Alex Kellner	7	4	4.32	20	0	44	1.484
Jack McMahan	0	5	4.82	23	0	13	1.622
Tom Lasorda	0	4	6.15	18	1	28	1.875
Moe Burtschy	3	1	3.95	21	0	18	1.638
Bill Harrington	2	2	6.45	23	1	14	1.752
Glenn Cox	0	2	4.24	3	0	6	1.586
Jose Santiago	1	2	8.31	9	0	9	2.446
Art Ceccarelli	0	1	7.20	3	0	2	1.700
Walt Craddock	0	2	6.75	2	0	8	2.036
George Brunet	0	0	7.00	6	0	5	2.333
Arnie Portocarrero	0	1	10.13	3	0	2	2.000
Carl Duser	1	1	9.00	2	0	5	2.667
Bob Spicer	0	0	19.29	2	0	0	3.000
Bill Bradford	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.500

Schedule (154 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1956-04-17	@ DET	W 2–1
1956-04-19	@ DET	W 4–1
1956-04-20	vs CHA	L 3–6
1956-04-21	vs CHA	W 15–1
1956-04-22	vs CHA	L 0–3
1956-04-24	vs DET	L 4–7
1956-04-25	vs CLE	L 2–5
1956-04-26	vs CLE	L 2–14
1956-04-27	@ CHA	L 7–9
1956-05-01	@ BOS	W 3–2
1956-05-02	@ BOS	L 0–2
1956-05-03	@ NYA	W 8–7
1956-05-04	@ NYA	L 6–10
1956-05-05	@ NYA	L 2–5
1956-05-06	@ WS1	W 10–7
1956-05-06	@ WS1	W 13–3
1956-05-08	@ BAL	L 4–7
1956-05-09	@ BAL	W 4–0
1956-05-11	@ CLE	L 1–4
1956-05-12	@ CLE	L 3–5
1956-05-13	@ CLE	W 5–2
1956-05-13	@ CLE	L 4–9
1956-05-15	vs BAL	L 5–9
1956-05-16	vs BAL	L 6–8
1956-05-17	vs BOS	L 1–6
1956-05-18	vs BOS	L 4–5
1956-05-19	vs BOS	W 5–4
1956-05-20	vs NYA	L 2–4
1956-05-21	vs NYA	L 5–8
1956-05-22	vs WS1	W 6–1
1956-05-23	vs WS1	W 7–6
1956-05-25	@ DET	W 6–3
1956-05-26	@ DET	L 6–12
1956-05-27	@ DET	L 2–8
1956-05-27	@ DET	W 5–0
1956-05-28	vs CHA	W 6–4
1956-05-29	vs CHA	L 4–7
1956-05-30	vs DET	L 3–11
1956-05-30	vs DET	L 1–5
1956-06-01	@ BOS	L 0–5
1956-06-02	@ BOS	W 11–3
1956-06-03	@ BOS	W 7–6
1956-06-05	@ NYA	W 7–4
1956-06-06	@ NYA	L 5–10
1956-06-07	@ NYA	L 1–9
1956-06-08	@ BAL	L 3–6
1956-06-09	@ BAL	L 1–4
1956-06-09	@ BAL	L 5–7
1956-06-10	@ BAL	W 7–3
1956-06-11	@ WS1	L 3–4
1956-06-11	@ WS1	W 6–3
1956-06-12	@ WS1	W 9–3
1956-06-13	@ WS1	W 13–4
1956-06-15	vs BAL	L 0–1
1956-06-16	vs BAL	L 2–6
1956-06-17	vs BAL	L 2–7
1956-06-18	vs WS1	W 4–3
1956-06-19	vs WS1	L 5–10
1956-06-20	vs WS1	L 4–5
1956-06-21	vs WS1	W 15–6
1956-06-22	vs BOS	L 3–6
1956-06-23	vs BOS	L 3–6
1956-06-24	vs BOS	W 5–2
1956-06-25	vs NYA	L 3–9
1956-06-26	vs NYA	L 4–8
1956-06-27	vs NYA	L 2–5
1956-06-28	vs DET	L 0–4
1956-06-29	vs DET	L 0–5
1956-06-30	vs DET	L 2–14
1956-07-01	vs DET	W 4–3
1956-07-03	@ CLE	L 3–9
1956-07-04	@ CHA	L 2–5
1956-07-04	@ CHA	W 3–2
1956-07-06	vs CLE	L 2–4
1956-07-07	vs CLE	W 5–2
1956-07-08	vs CLE	L 3–17
1956-07-12	@ BAL	L 0–4
1956-07-13	@ BAL	W 3–2
1956-07-14	@ BAL	L 0–1
1956-07-15	@ WS1	W 8–0
1956-07-15	@ WS1	L 3–7
1956-07-17	@ BOS	L 0–10
1956-07-17	@ BOS	L 0–1
1956-07-18	@ BOS	L 4–7
1956-07-19	@ BOS	W 8–4
1956-07-20	@ NYA	L 2–6
1956-07-22	@ NYA	W 7–4
1956-07-22	@ NYA	L 4–13
1956-07-23	@ CHA	W 3–2
1956-07-24	vs BOS	L 2–3
1956-07-25	vs BOS	W 9–6
1956-07-26	vs BOS	L 3–5
1956-07-27	vs NYA	L 9–10
1956-07-28	vs NYA	L 3–14
1956-07-29	vs NYA	L 3–5
1956-07-30	vs BAL	L 3–4
1956-07-31	vs BAL	L 1–5
1956-08-01	vs BAL	W 9–4
1956-08-02	vs BAL	W 3–2
1956-08-03	vs WS1	L 1–2
1956-08-04	vs WS1	L 4–5
1956-08-05	vs WS1	L 4–10
1956-08-07	@ CHA	L 4–5
1956-08-07	@ CHA	L 3–4
1956-08-08	@ DET	L 7–8
1956-08-09	@ DET	W 5–3
1956-08-10	vs CLE	L 0–11
1956-08-11	vs CLE	L 5–8
1956-08-12	vs CLE	L 3–6
1956-08-14	vs CHA	L 1–12
1956-08-15	vs CHA	L 0–10
1956-08-16	vs CHA	L 5–6
1956-08-17	@ CLE	W 9–3
1956-08-18	@ CLE	L 1–8
1956-08-19	@ CLE	L 2–5
1956-08-19	@ CLE	L 1–2
1956-08-21	@ BAL	L 3–4
1956-08-22	@ BAL	W 7–2
1956-08-23	@ WS1	L 3–5
1956-08-24	@ WS1	W 8–4
1956-08-25	@ WS1	L 4–8
1956-08-26	@ BOS	L 1–2
1956-08-26	@ BOS	W 7–6
1956-08-28	@ NYA	L 0–4
1956-08-29	@ NYA	L 6–7
1956-08-31	@ DET	L 1–6
1956-09-01	@ DET	L 1–6
1956-09-02	@ DET	L 1–3
1956-09-03	vs CLE	W 5–2
1956-09-03	vs CLE	L 1–2
1956-09-04	vs CLE	W 5–2
1956-09-06	vs DET	L 0–6
1956-09-07	vs DET	L 8–12
1956-09-08	vs DET	L 1–2
1956-09-09	vs DET	L 3–7
1956-09-11	vs NYA	L 5–9
1956-09-12	vs NYA	W 7–4
1956-09-13	vs NYA	L 2–3
1956-09-14	vs WS1	L 1–4
1956-09-15	vs WS1	W 10–5
1956-09-16	vs BAL	L 2–3
1956-09-16	vs BAL	W 10–1
1956-09-18	vs BOS	W 6–5
1956-09-19	vs BOS	W 8–1
1956-09-21	@ CHA	L 2–4
1956-09-21	@ CHA	W 3–2
1956-09-22	@ CHA	L 3–17
1956-09-23	@ CHA	W 3–2
1956-09-23	@ CHA	L 1–5
1956-09-25	@ CLE	L 1–4
1956-09-26	@ CLE	L 4–8
1956-09-28	vs CHA	W 6–5
1956-09-29	vs CHA	L 1–5
1956-09-30	vs CHA	W 7–6