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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Final 
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Cal Abrams          1949-1956  567  1611  257  433  64  19  32  138  304  290  .269  .386  .392   12  18 May 09
 Joe Astroth         1945-1956  544  1579  163  401  51  10  13  156  177  124  .254  .334  .324    6   6 May 13
 Toby Atwell         1952-1956  378  1117  116  290  41   7   9  110  161   84  .260  .355  .333    4   5 Sep 28
 Bobby Balcena       1956-1956    7     2    2    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 29
 Matt Batts          1947-1956  546  1605  163  432  95  11  26  220  143  163  .269  .329  .391    6   4 May 08
 Wayne Belardi       1950-1956  263   592   71  143  13   5  28   74   66   97  .242  .330  .422    1   0 Sep 30
 Fred Besana         1956-1956    7     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    3  .000  .200  .000    0   0 May 13
 Bud Black           1952-1956   10     9    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .111  .111  .111    0   0 May 12
 Bill Bradford       1956-1956    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 24
 Jim Brady           1956-1956    6     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0       1.000          0   0 Aug 02
 Ralph Branca        1944-1956  322   464   35   66   6   1   2   31   36  160  .142  .204  .172    0   0 Sep 07
 Moe Burtschy        1950-1956   90    36    3    5   0   0   0    2    3   13  .139  .205  .139    0   0 Jun 09
 Gil Coan            1946-1956  918  2877  384  731  98  44  39  278  232  384  .254  .316  .359   83  38 Apr 25
 Jerry Dahlke        1956-1956    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 20
 Bob Darnell         1954-1956    7     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 29
 Chuck Diering       1947-1956  752  1648  217  411  76  14  14  141  237  250  .249  .345  .338   16  23 Jun 24
 Sonny Dixon         1953-1956  102    61    3   11   3   0   0    2    6   21  .180  .254  .230    0   0 Sep 29
 Lino Donoso         1955-1956   28    27    2    5   0   0   0    1    0    8  .185  .185  .185    0   0 May 02
 Harry Dorish        1947-1956  324   204   16   32   7   0   0    4    8   43  .157  .189  .191    1   0 Sep 28
 Jim Dyck            1951-1956  330   983  139  242  52   5  26  114  131  140  .246  .339  .389    4   6 Jul 22
 Bruce Edwards       1946-1956  591  1675  191  429  67  20  39  241  190  179  .256  .335  .390    9   3 Sep 13
 Hoot Evers          1941-1956 1142  3801  556 1055 187  41  98  565  415  420  .278  .353  .426   45  36 Sep 30
 Bob Feller          1936-1956  570  1282   99  193  28  13   8   99  100  505  .151  .214  .211    1   2 Sep 30
 Ben Flowers         1951-1956   76    36    0    4   2   0   0    1    1   15  .111  .135  .167    0   0 Sep 21
 Joe Frazier         1947-1956  217   282   31   68  15   2  10   45   35   46  .241  .328  .415    0   1 Sep 30
 Owen Friend         1949-1956  208   598   69  136  24   2  13   76   55  109  .227  .295  .339    2   2 May 16
 Bob Garber          1956-1956    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 23
 Tom Gastall         1955-1956   52    83    7   15   3   0   0    4    6   13  .181  .242  .217    0   0 Sep 19
 Jim Greengrass      1952-1956  504  1793  243  482  82  16  69  282  165  271  .269  .330  .448    6   9 Sep 30
 Connie Grob         1956-1956   37    18    3    6   1   0   0    5    1    2  .333  .368  .389    0   0 Sep 15
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Final 
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Bill Harrington     1953-1956   58    24    0    2   0   0   0    0    3    6  .083  .185  .083    0   0 Sep 30
 Bob Harrison        1955-1956    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 25
 Mel Held            1956-1956    4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 13
 Troy Herriage       1956-1956   34    25    1    3   0   0   0    1    2   17  .120  .185  .120    0   0 Sep 26
 Earl Hersh          1956-1956    7    13    0    3   3   0   0    0    0    5  .231  .231  .462    0   0 Sep 22
 Buddy Hicks         1956-1956   26    47    5   10   2   0   0    5    3    2  .213  .260  .255    0   1 Jul 18
 Dixie Howell        1947-1956  340   910   98  224  39   4  12   93   87  140  .246  .314  .337    1   2 Sep 08
 Tom Hurd            1954-1956   99    29    3    8   1   0   0    1    1    5  .276  .300  .310    0   0 Sep 29
 Monte Irvin         1949-1956  764  2499  366  731  97  31  99  443  351  220  .293  .383  .475   28   7 Sep 30
 Spook Jacobs        1954-1956  188   665   87  164  16   1   0   33   80   32  .247  .329  .274   22   8 Jul 03
 Larry Jansen        1947-1956  291   600   37   90  12   1   1   48   39  157  .150  .202  .178    0   0 Sep 25
 Frank Kellert       1953-1956  122   247   25   57   9   3   8   37   26   36  .231  .301  .389    0   1 Sep 29
 Jim Konstanty       1944-1956  433   202    7   33   2   0   0   14    3   41  .163  .179  .173    0   0 Sep 19
 Lou Kretlow         1946-1956  200   237    7   27   2   0   0   12   16  118  .114  .170  .122    0   0 Sep 23
 Tommy Lasorda       1954-1956   27    14    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    4  .071  .071  .071    0   0 Jul 08
 Don Liddle          1953-1956  119   112    9   17   0   0   0    5   18   29  .152  .273  .152    0   0 Sep 19
 Stu Locklin         1955-1956   25    24    4    4   1   0   0    0    3    5  .167  .259  .208    0   0 May 30
 Jim Mangan          1952-1956   45    59    5    9   0   0   0    5    9   18  .153  .265  .153    0   0 Aug 04
 Dick Marlowe        1951-1956   98    57    2   10   1   0   0    3    2   26  .175  .203  .193    0   0 Sep 30
 Fred Marsh          1949-1956  465  1236  148  296  43   8  10   96  125  171  .239  .310  .311   13  14 May 29
 Walt Masterson      1939-1956  402   486   37   68   9   2   0   26   34  221  .140  .196  .167    1   1 Sep 24
 Clyde McCullough    1940-1956 1098  3121  308  785 121  28  52  339  265  398  .252  .314  .358   27   1 Jul 22
 Jack McMahan        1956-1956   34    15    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    8  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 23
 Sam Mele            1947-1956 1046  3437  406  916 168  39  80  544  311  342  .267  .328  .408   15  14 Sep 16
 Paul Minner         1946-1956  265   447   46   98  19   4   6   43   33  101  .219  .271  .320    0   0 Jun 12
 Dale Mitchell       1946-1956 1127  3984  555 1244 169  61  41  403  346  119  .312  .368  .416   45  47 Sep 26
 Red Munger          1943-1956  273   402   25   70  12   1   1   30   20  100  .174  .217  .216    0   0 Sep 23
 Richie Myers        1956-1956    4     1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 02
 Cholly Naranjo      1956-1956   17     7    1    1   1   0   0    1    0    2  .143  .125  .286    0   0 Sep 12
 John Oldham         1956-1956    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 02
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Final 
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Ernie Oravetz       1955-1956  188   400   44  105   8   3   0   36   53   39  .263  .348  .298    2   2 Sep 30
 Erv Palica          1945-1956  262   243   22   48   8   1   1   17   13   63  .198  .238  .251    2   0 Sep 24
 Stan Palys          1953-1956  138   333   42   79  17   0  10   43   26   54  .237  .293  .378    2   1 Sep 25
 Mel Parnell         1947-1956  293   668   52  132  17   2   1   50   29   94  .198  .233  .234    2   0 Sep 29
 Carlos Paula        1954-1956  157   457   44  124  23   8   9   60   27   62  .271  .311  .416    2   5 Jun 23
 Charlie Peete       1956-1956   23    52    3   10   2   2   0    6    6   10  .192  .288  .308    0   2 Aug 16
 George Piktuzis     1956-1956    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 28
 Duane Pillette      1949-1956  202   271   21   38   5   0   1   15   25   70  .140  .215  .170    0   0 Sep 16
 Rance Pless         1956-1956   48    85    4   23   3   1   0    9   10   13  .271  .354  .329    0   1 Sep 30
 Howie Pollet        1941-1956  407   698   54  129  17   2   0   48   55  159  .185  .244  .215    0   0 Sep 23
 Dave Pope           1952-1956  230   551   75  146  19   7  12   73   40  113  .265  .317  .390    7   3 Sep 30
 Rudy Regalado       1954-1956   91   253   27   63   8   0   2   31   25   21  .249  .327  .304    0   2 Jun 01
 Phil Rizzuto        1941-1956 1661  5816  877 1588 239  62  38  563  651  398  .273  .351  .355  149  58 Aug 16
 Curt Roberts        1954-1956  171   575   54  128  24   9   1   40   62   62  .223  .299  .301    7   3 Jun 08
 Jackie Robinson     1947-1956 1382  4877  947 1518 273  54 137  734  740  291  .311  .409  .474  197  30 Sep 30
 Tony Roig           1953-1956   76   184   14   39   7   3   0   11   22   45  .212  .295  .283    2   0 Sep 26
 Al Rosen            1947-1956 1044  3725  603 1063 165  20 192  717  587  385  .285  .384  .495   39  33 Sep 30
 Bob Ross            1950-1956   20    12    0    1   1   0   0    2    1    2  .083  .154  .167    0   0 May 08
 Jose Santiago       1954-1956   27     9    4    4   0   0   0    0    2    1  .444  .545  .444    0   0 Jul 15
 Bill Sarni          1951-1956  390  1182  107  311  50  11  22  151   89  135  .263  .313  .380    6   5 Sep 18
 Pat Scantlebury     1956-1956    8     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 03
 Johnny Schmitz      1941-1956  368   587   32   83   9   3   2   32   20  147  .141  .170  .177    0   0 Sep 07
 Jack Shepard        1953-1956  278   751   72  195  29   6  12   75   84   97  .260  .331  .362    2   1 Sep 30
 Al Silvera          1955-1956   14     7    3    1   0   0   0    2    0    1  .143  .143  .143    0   0 May 08
 Frank Smith         1950-1956  271    87    5   10   3   0   0    3    3   39  .115  .154  .149    0   0 May 13
 Bob Spicer          1955-1956    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 22
 Bunky Stewart       1952-1956   73    38    3    8   0   0   0    3    2   12  .211  .250  .211    0   0 Sep 15
 Walt Streuli        1954-1956    6    12    1    3   2   0   0    2    2    2  .250  .333  .417    0   0 May 01
 Gordie Sundin       1956-1956    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 19
 Chuck Templeton     1955-1956   10     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 10
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Final 
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+
 Hank Thompson       1947-1956  933  3003  492  801 104  34 129  482  493  337  .267  .372  .453   33  15 Sep 30
 Bill Tremel         1954-1956   57    15    0    4   0   0   0    2    2    4  .267  .353  .267    0   0 Apr 27
 Gale Wade           1955-1956   19    45    5    6   1   0   1    1    5    3  .133  .220  .222    0   0 May 08
 Fred Waters         1955-1956   25    21    1    1   0   1   0    3    0    5  .048  .048  .143    0   0 Sep 23
 George Werley       1956-1956    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 29
 Wally Westlake      1947-1956  958  3117  474  848 107  33 127  539  317  453  .272  .345  .450   19   7 May 12
 George Wilson       1952-1956  145   209   15   40   8   0   3   19   14   32  .191  .246  .273    0   0 Sep 30
 Roy Wright          1956-1956    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 30
 Tom Wright          1948-1956  341   685   75  175  28  11   6   99   76  123  .255  .336  .355    2   1 Apr 18
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+

99 Players

Pitchers With Final Year in 1956

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Final
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Fred Besana         1956-1956   1   0 1.000  5.60    7   2   0   0   0   17.7   22   11   0   14    7 May 13
 Bud Black           1952-1956   2   3  .400  4.22   10   5   1   1   0   32.0   36   15   2   18   14 May 12
 Bill Bradford       1956-1956   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    2   2    1    0 Apr 24
 Jim Brady           1956-1956   0   0       28.42    6   0   0   0   0    6.3   15   20   3   11    3 Aug 02
 Ralph Branca        1944-1956  88  68  .564  3.79  322 188  71  12  19 1484.0 1372  625 149  663  829 Sep 07
 Moe Burtschy        1950-1956  10   6  .625  4.71   90   1   0   0   4  185.3  178   97  15  126   97 Jun 09
 Jerry Dahlke        1956-1956   0   0       19.29    5   0   0   0   0    2.3    5    5   0    6    1 May 20
 Bob Darnell         1954-1956   0   0        2.87    7   1   0   0   0   15.7   16    5   2    7    5 Apr 29
 Sonny Dixon         1953-1956  11  18  .379  4.17  102  12   4   0   9  263.0  296  122  25   75   90 Sep 29
 Lino Donoso         1955-1956   4   6  .400  5.21   28   9   3   0   1   96.7  108   56  16   36   39 May 02
 Harry Dorish        1947-1956  45  43  .511  3.83  323  40  13   2  44  834.3  850  355  57  301  332 Sep 28
 Bob Feller          1936-1956 266 162  .621  3.25  570 484 279  44  21 3827.0 3271 1384 224 1764 2581 Sep 30
 Ben Flowers         1951-1956   3   7  .300  4.49   76  13   1   1   3  168.3  190   84  18   54   86 Sep 21
 Bob Garber          1956-1956   0   0        2.25    2   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    1   1    3    3 Sep 23
 Connie Grob         1956-1956   4   5  .444  7.83   37   1   0   0   1   79.3  121   69  14   26   27 Sep 15
 Bill Harrington     1953-1956   5   5  .500  5.03   58   2   0   0   3  116.3  114   65   9   67   40 Sep 30
 Bob Harrison        1955-1956   0   0       12.27    2   1   0   0   0    3.7    6    5   0    9    0 Sep 25
 Mel Held            1956-1956   0   0        5.14    4   0   0   0   0    7.0    7    4   1    3    4 May 13
 Troy Herriage       1956-1956   1  13  .071  6.64   31  16   1   0   0  103.0  135   76  16   64   59 Sep 26
 Tom Hurd            1954-1956  13  10  .565  3.96   99   0   0   0  11  186.3  177   82  14   97   96 Sep 29
 Larry Jansen        1947-1956 122  89  .578  3.58  291 237 107  17  10 1765.7 1751  703 191  410  842 Sep 25
 Jim Konstanty       1944-1956  66  48  .579  3.46  433  36  14   2  74  945.7  957  364  88  269  268 Sep 19
 Lou Kretlow         1946-1956  27  47  .365  4.87  199 104  22   3   1  785.3  781  425  62  522  450 Sep 23
 Tommy Lasorda       1954-1956   0   4  .000  6.48   26   6   0   0   1   58.3   53   42   9   56   37 Jul 08
 Don Liddle          1953-1956  28  18  .609  3.75  117  54  13   3   4  427.7  397  178  42  203  198 Sep 19
 Dick Marlowe        1951-1956  13  15  .464  4.99   98  17   3   0   3  243.3  280  135  28  101  108 Sep 30
 Walt Masterson      1939-1956  78 100  .438  4.15  399 184  70  15  20 1649.7 1613  760 101  886  815 Sep 24
 Jack McMahan        1956-1956   0   5  .000  5.04   34   9   0   0   0   75.0   87   42   8   40   22 Sep 23
 Paul Minner         1946-1956  69  84  .451  3.94  253 169  64   9  10 1310.3 1428  574 122  393  481 Jun 12
 Red Munger          1943-1956  77  56  .579  3.83  273 161  54  13  12 1228.7 1243  523  86  500  564 Sep 23
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Final
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+
 Cholly Naranjo      1956-1956   1   2  .333  4.46   17   3   0   0   0   34.3   37   17   7   17   26 Sep 12
 Erv Palica          1945-1956  41  55  .427  4.22  246  80  20   3  10  839.3  806  394  72  399  423 Sep 24
 Mel Parnell         1947-1956 123  75  .621  3.50  289 232 113  20  10 1752.7 1715  682 104  758  732 Sep 29
 George Piktuzis     1956-1956   0   0        7.20    2   0   0   0   0    5.0    6    4   1    2    3 Apr 28
 Duane Pillette      1949-1956  38  66  .365  4.40  188 119  34   4   2  904.0  985  442  67  391  305 Sep 16
 Howie Pollet        1941-1956 131 116  .530  3.51  403 278 116  25  20 2107.3 2096  821 146  745  934 Sep 23
 Bob Ross            1950-1956   0   2  .000  7.17   20   3   0   0   0   47.7   55   38   5   38   29 May 08
 Jose Santiago       1954-1956   3   2  .600  4.66   27   5   0   0   0   56.0   67   29   9   33   29 Jul 15
 Pat Scantlebury     1956-1956   0   1  .000  6.63    6   2   0   0   0   19.0   24   14   5    5   10 Aug 03
 Johnny Schmitz      1941-1956  93 114  .449  3.55  366 235  86  16  20 1812.7 1766  714  97  757  746 Sep 07
 Frank Smith         1950-1956  35  33  .515  3.81  271   7   1   0  44  495.7  426  210  67  181  277 May 13
 Bob Spicer          1955-1956   0   0       27.00    4   0   0   0   0    5.0   15   15   3    5    2 Sep 22
 Bunky Stewart       1952-1956   5  11  .313  6.01   72  14   2   0   3  187.3  215  125  19  127   77 Sep 15
 Gordie Sundin       1956-1956   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.0    0    1   0    2    0 Sep 19
 Chuck Templeton     1955-1956   0   2  .000  7.71   10   2   0   0   0   21.0   25   18   4   15   11 Jun 10
 Bill Tremel         1954-1956   4   2  .667  4.05   57   0   0   0   6   91.0   81   41   5   46   34 Apr 27
 Fred Waters         1955-1956   2   2  .500  2.89   25   5   1   0   0   56.0   55   18   4   32   14 Sep 23
 George Werley       1956-1956   0   0        9.00    1   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    1   0    2    0 Sep 29
 Roy Wright          1956-1956   0   1  .000 16.88    1   1   0   0   0    2.7    8    5   1    2    0 Sep 30
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+

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