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NL · 60–94 (.390) · Rank 8 · Attendance 720118

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gene Baker	140	546	141	12	57	4	.258	.686
Dee Fondy	137	543	146	9	46	9	.269	.682
Ernie Banks	139	538	160	28	85	6	.297	.888
Walt Moryn	147	529	151	23	67	4	.285	.826
Don Hoak	121	424	91	5	37	8	.215	.594
Eddie Miksis	114	356	85	9	27	4	.239	.663
Monte Irvin	111	339	92	15	50	1	.271	.806
Jim King	118	317	79	15	54	1	.249	.757
Pete Whisenant	103	314	75	11	46	8	.239	.706
Hobie Landrith	111	312	69	4	32	0	.221	.618
Solly Drake	65	215	55	2	15	9	.256	.666
Harry Chiti	72	203	43	4	18	0	.212	.621
Frank Kellert	71	129	24	4	17	0	.186	.572
Bob Rush	32	82	8	0	2	0	.098	.269
Sam Jones	33	57	10	0	1	0	.175	.405
Jerry Kindall	32	55	9	0	0	1	.164	.464
Warren Hacker	34	54	8	0	4	0	.148	.296
Don Kaiser	27	47	2	0	1	0	.043	.085
Jim Davis	46	28	5	0	0	0	.179	.386
Turk Lown	61	23	5	1	2	0	.217	.715
Jim Brosnan	30	22	4	0	0	0	.182	.409
Vito Valentinetti	42	20	2	0	0	0	.100	.243
Clyde McCullough	14	19	4	0	1	0	.211	.463
Ed Winceniak	15	17	2	0	0	0	.118	.285
Moe Drabowsky	9	16	4	0	0	0	.250	.500
Russ Meyer	20	12	1	0	0	0	.083	.237
Paul Minner	10	12	3	0	0	0	.250	.833
Gale Wade	10	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.077
Jim Hughes	25	7	2	0	1	0	.286	.715
Jim Fanning	1	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Dave Hillman	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Owen Friend	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Richie Myers	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
El Tappe	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
John Briggs	3	0	0	0	0	0
George Piktuzis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Tremel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Bob Rush	13	10	3.19	32	0	104	1.122
Sam Jones	9	14	3.91	33	0	176	1.431
Warren Hacker	3	13	4.66	34	0	65	1.393
Don Kaiser	4	9	3.59	27	0	74	1.304
Jim Davis	5	7	3.66	46	2	66	1.454
Turk Lown	9	8	3.58	61	13	74	1.563
Vito Valentinetti	6	4	3.78	42	1	26	1.259
Jim Brosnan	5	9	3.79	30	1	51	1.474
Russ Meyer	1	6	6.32	20	0	28	1.702
Moe Drabowsky	2	4	2.47	9	0	36	1.490
Paul Minner	2	5	6.89	10	0	14	1.681
Jim Hughes	1	3	5.16	25	0	20	1.610
Dave Hillman	0	2	2.19	2	0	6	1.297
John Briggs	0	0	1.69	3	0	1	1.688
George Piktuzis	0	0	7.20	2	0	3	1.600
Bill Tremel	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	3.000

Schedule (157 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1956-04-17	@ ML1	L 0–6
1956-04-19	@ ML1	L 1–3
1956-04-20	vs CIN	W 12–1
1956-04-21	vs CIN	W 3–2
1956-04-22	vs CIN	W 5–4
1956-04-22	vs CIN	T 1–1
1956-04-25	@ SLN	L 0–6
1956-04-27	@ CIN	L 4–7
1956-04-28	@ CIN	L 1–9
1956-04-29	@ CIN	L 4–5
1956-04-29	@ CIN	L 4–8
1956-05-01	vs NY1	L 1–2
1956-05-02	vs NY1	L 5–6
1956-05-04	vs PHI	W 2–1
1956-05-06	vs PIT	L 1–2
1956-05-06	vs PIT	T 6–6
1956-05-08	vs BRO	L 0–6
1956-05-12	vs SLN	W 14–10
1956-05-13	vs SLN	L 2–3
1956-05-13	vs SLN	L 7–14
1956-05-15	@ NY1	L 4–6
1956-05-16	@ NY1	L 3–9
1956-05-17	@ PIT	W 4–1
1956-05-18	@ PIT	W 3–2
1956-05-19	@ PIT	L 4–7
1956-05-20	@ BRO	L 3–5
1956-05-20	@ BRO	L 3–5
1956-05-23	@ PHI	W 5–4
1956-05-25	@ SLN	L 1–6
1956-05-27	@ SLN	L 9–11
1956-05-27	@ SLN	L 2–12
1956-05-28	vs CIN	W 4–1
1956-05-29	vs CIN	L 4–10
1956-05-30	vs ML1	W 10–9
1956-05-30	vs ML1	L 9–11
1956-05-31	vs ML1	L 8–15
1956-06-01	vs BRO	W 4–2
1956-06-02	vs BRO	W 8–1
1956-06-02	vs BRO	W 5–4
1956-06-03	vs BRO	L 3–4
1956-06-05	vs PIT	W 7–3
1956-06-06	vs PIT	L 2–8
1956-06-07	vs PIT	W 5–2
1956-06-08	vs PHI	W 5–4
1956-06-09	vs PHI	L 4–6
1956-06-10	vs PHI	W 2–1
1956-06-10	vs PHI	W 5–2
1956-06-12	vs NY1	W 8–5
1956-06-13	vs NY1	W 6–5
1956-06-15	@ PHI	L 5–6
1956-06-15	@ PHI	W 8–5
1956-06-17	@ PHI	L 1–7
1956-06-17	@ PHI	W 7–4
1956-06-19	@ NY1	L 0–2
1956-06-20	@ NY1	L 1–4
1956-06-23	@ PIT	W 9–5
1956-06-24	@ PIT	W 5–3
1956-06-24	@ PIT	L 0–1
1956-06-25	@ BRO	L 2–3
1956-06-26	@ BRO	L 5–10
1956-06-27	@ BRO	L 2–6
1956-06-29	vs ML1	W 8–4
1956-06-30	vs ML1	L 3–4
1956-07-01	vs ML1	W 7–0
1956-07-01	vs ML1	L 3–4
1956-07-02	vs SLN	W 6–3
1956-07-03	vs SLN	W 7–4
1956-07-04	@ CIN	W 5–4
1956-07-04	@ CIN	L 3–4
1956-07-05	@ ML1	W 7–1
1956-07-06	@ ML1	L 0–5
1956-07-07	@ ML1	L 0–5
1956-07-08	@ ML1	W 10–6
1956-07-12	vs PIT	L 1–2
1956-07-12	vs PIT	L 4–5
1956-07-13	vs PIT	W 7–6
1956-07-14	vs PIT	W 6–2
1956-07-14	vs PIT	W 6–5
1956-07-15	vs BRO	L 8–10
1956-07-16	vs BRO	L 1–4
1956-07-17	vs PHI	W 3–2
1956-07-18	vs PHI	L 4–6
1956-07-18	vs PHI	L 1–6
1956-07-19	vs PHI	W 4–3
1956-07-20	vs NY1	W 7–4
1956-07-22	vs NY1	W 4–1
1956-07-22	vs NY1	W 2–1
1956-07-24	@ PIT	L 2–6
1956-07-25	@ PIT	L 8–9
1956-07-26	@ PIT	L 0–4
1956-07-27	@ BRO	L 3–4
1956-07-28	@ BRO	L 3–6
1956-07-29	@ BRO	L 0–1
1956-07-29	@ BRO	W 4–2
1956-07-30	@ PHI	L 4–5
1956-07-30	@ PHI	L 2–4
1956-07-31	@ PHI	W 9–4
1956-08-01	@ PHI	L 8–10
1956-08-03	@ NY1	L 1–7
1956-08-03	@ NY1	W 2–0
1956-08-04	@ NY1	L 2–3
1956-08-06	@ ML1	W 5–4
1956-08-07	@ ML1	L 1–6
1956-08-08	@ CIN	L 2–8
1956-08-09	@ CIN	L 3–5
1956-08-10	vs SLN	L 3–4
1956-08-11	vs SLN	L 1–3
1956-08-12	vs SLN	W 6–2
1956-08-12	vs SLN	T 0–0
1956-08-14	vs CIN	L 0–2
1956-08-15	vs CIN	L 3–4
1956-08-15	vs CIN	L 3–7
1956-08-16	vs CIN	W 4–2
1956-08-17	@ SLN	L 1–2
1956-08-18	@ SLN	W 8–1
1956-08-19	@ SLN	L 0–6
1956-08-19	@ SLN	W 3–1
1956-08-21	vs PHI	W 6–4
1956-08-22	vs PHI	W 8–3
1956-08-23	vs NY1	L 1–2
1956-08-23	vs NY1	L 5–8
1956-08-24	vs NY1	L 4–5
1956-08-25	vs NY1	L 0–6
1956-08-26	vs PIT	L 0–2
1956-08-26	vs PIT	L 1–2
1956-08-28	vs BRO	L 4–6
1956-08-28	vs BRO	W 4–3
1956-08-29	vs BRO	L 4–11
1956-08-30	vs BRO	W 4–3
1956-08-31	@ CIN	L 3–4
1956-09-01	@ CIN	L 3–7
1956-09-02	@ CIN	L 2–3
1956-09-03	@ SLN	L 2–4
1956-09-03	@ SLN	W 8–0
1956-09-05	@ SLN	L 1–2
1956-09-07	vs ML1	W 5–0
1956-09-08	vs ML1	W 2–1
1956-09-09	vs ML1	L 4–7
1956-09-09	vs ML1	L 3–5
1956-09-11	@ PIT	L 3–4
1956-09-12	@ PIT	W 3–0
1956-09-14	@ BRO	L 2–4
1956-09-15	@ BRO	L 0–3
1956-09-16	@ PHI	W 7–4
1956-09-16	@ PHI	L 1–4
1956-09-18	@ NY1	W 4–2
1956-09-18	@ NY1	L 2–8
1956-09-19	@ NY1	L 2–7
1956-09-19	@ NY1	L 2–3
1956-09-21	@ ML1	L 4–6
1956-09-22	@ ML1	W 5–4
1956-09-23	@ ML1	L 4–7
1956-09-25	vs SLN	L 1–5
1956-09-25	vs SLN	W 6–2
1956-09-26	vs SLN	W 3–2
1956-09-29	vs CIN	L 6–9
1956-09-30	vs CIN	L 2–4