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1956 Baltimore Orioles  (1955)  (1957) 63-91, 6th in American League Scored 579 runs, Allowed 744 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 67-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-85 Manager(s): Pat Carr

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Roy Sievers          29  154  552   84  145  29   3  32   84   0   0   99   93  .263  .376  .500  107   6.7  4(+2)e5    38  
 1B *Dale Long            30  150  521   70  133  19   9  27   78   2   0   53   85  .255  .323  .482   77   5.1  4e25       -7  
 C   Gus Triandos         25  140  451   54  109  16   0  20   60   0   0   54   72  .242  .322  .410   57   4.2  4(0)e5    -78  
 3B  George Kell          33  140  472   49  123  29   1   7   44   0   0   30   42  .261  .312  .371   54   3.9  1e11      -37  
 OF  Jim Busby            29  147  554   57  114  13   2  18   64   8   1   34   43  .206  .259  .334   47   2.8  2(-2)e5   -63  
 OF *Jim King             23  102  347   46   84   9   2  17   46   0   0   34   40  .242  .308  .427   46   4.6  4(0)e4    -22  
 SS  Luis Aparicio        22   83  341   33   90  13   7   2   25  10   6   18   48  .264  .301  .361   36   3.7  1e38        9  
 1B *George Crowe         35   98  154   26   48   6   2  12   42   0   0   14   25  .312  .363  .610   34   8.6  4e21      175  
 SS #Willy Miranda        30   89  293   31   57  13   1   1   11   1   1   32   41  .195  .274  .256   21   2.4  1e30      -40  
 2B  Gene Freese          22   91  245   14   53  10   0   3   18   2   2   12   58  .216  .253  .294   17   2.4  4e25      -21  
 2B  Bobby Morgan         30   69  147   14   24  10   0   1   12   0   0   31   33  .163  .309  .252   13   2.8  3e15      -51  
 OF  Hoot Evers           35   80  107   13   17   2   1   0    4   2   0   28   14  .159  .331  .196    9   2.7  3(0)e5   -147  
 OF *Joe Frazier          33   35   84    7   19   5   0   2    9   0   0    9    8  .226  .305  .357    8   3.5  4(-1)e10  -76  
 C  *Rube Walker          30   46  120    9   22   3   1   3   11   0   0    6   10  .183  .222  .300    7   2.0  3(0)e6    -52  
 2B *Wayne Causey         19   51  138   13   21   4   0   1    7   0   0   15   50  .152  .234  .203    7   1.7  4e30      -28  
 OF  Chuck Diering        33   41   62   12    9   1   0   0    0   0   0   26   15  .145  .398  .161    6   3.1  2(0)e16   -40  
 UT  Sammy Esposito       24   13   24    4    9   2   0   0    5   0   1    5    2  .375  .483  .458    5   9.3            228  
 OF *Norm Siebern         22  102  113   12   16   1   3   0    6   0   0    5   37  .142  .176  .204    4   1.1  2(-1)e10 -239  
 3B  Brooks Robinson      19   21   47    4   10   2   0   1    4   0   0    0    0  .213  .213  .319    3   2.3  3e25      -99  
 PH *Rocky Nelson         31   15   18    3    5   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    0  .278  .278  .611    3   6.3            225  
 3B  Jim Dyck             34   12   36    2    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    5   13  .111  .220  .111    1   1.0  4e37     -309  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           570                  -28

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Herb Score           23  16  13  .552  37  35  13   2   0   0   4  274.0  178  103   95  33  144  285  3.12   92   3.0    7  
  P  Connie Johnson       33   9  13  .409  34  33   0   1   0   0   0  213.2  198   95   86  24   67  165  3.62  102   4.3   28  
  P  Sal Maglie           39   9  19  .321  35  35   2   0   0   0   0  210.1  201  107   98  30   71  126  4.19  102   4.4   59  
  P  Jim Wilson           34   5   6  .455  14  11   3   3   0   0   0   76.2   80   57   54  12   36   42  6.34   49   5.9   59  
  P *Bill Wight           34   5  10  .333  38  31   1   4   0   0   0  144.2  177   99   78  12   59   72  4.85   93   5.6   54  
  P  Bob Feller           37   3   1  .750  30   2   0  15   0   0   0   64.1   64   30   24   8   24   19  3.36   33   4.6  -51  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       35   3   3  .500  59   0   0  16   4   0   0   41.0   54   28   20   2   19   15  4.39   27   5.8  -13  
  P  George Zuverink      31   3   7  .300  56   0   0  24   5   6   0   95.1  143   74   69   5   39   29  6.51   78   7.5   59  
  P *Frank Baumann        23   2   0 1.000  20   0   0   8   4   0   0   28.0   25   12   12   3   17   23  3.86   14   4.6  -29  
  P  Sandy Consuegra      35   2   3  .400  33   0   0  13   2   3   0   42.2   49   25   20   3   13    9  4.22   24   5.2   17  
  P  Jim Bunning          24   2   5  .286  36   0   0  28  10   5   0   57.2   53   33   29   9   16   35  4.53   23   3.6 -102  
  P  Erv Palica           28   2  10  .167  55   6   0  14   0   1   0  107.0  109   68   63  10   54   72  5.30   69   5.9   31  
  P  Gordon Jones         26   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   1   1   0   0   11.2    7    2    2   1    5    4  1.54    3   2.4 -442  
  P  Ned Garver           30   1   1  .500  12   1   0   6   4   1   0   19.2   23   11   11   6    9    5  5.03   15   7.2  196  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      731         23

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gus Triandos 1113 123 132 806 40 7 4 .992 34 18 Rube Walker 273 31 39 182 14 4 4 .980 9 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Long 1165 131 131 1141 79 29 135 .977 9.42 George Crowe 208 23 27 209 10 3 29 .986 9.48 Roy Sievers 13 0 6 10 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Freese 579 65 81 171 185 11 54 .970 5.53 Wayne Causey 375 46 47 121 94 4 41 .982 5.16 Bobby Morgan 372 39 57 136 112 5 43 .980 5.99 Sammy Esposito 40 4 7 11 11 0 3 1.000 4.95 George Kell 11 0 8 3 1 1 0 .800 3.38 Brooks Robinson 9 0 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Kell 1112 122 135 111 255 14 37 .963 2.96 Brooks Robinson 104 12 15 8 26 1 2 .971 2.94 Jim Dyck 93 12 12 8 25 0 2 1.000 3.19 Bobby Morgan 25 3 3 0 9 1 1 .900 3.24 Sammy Esposito 24 3 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.12 Wayne Causey 16 1 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.94 Gene Freese 8 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Chuck Diering 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 7.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willy Miranda 699 76 78 120 287 10 66 .976 5.24 Luis Aparicio 684 78 78 124 275 15 52 .964 5.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Sievers 1308 154 154 250 6 6 0 .977 1.76 Norm Siebern 65 0 36 12 0 1 0 .923 1.67 Hoot Evers 11 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Chuck Diering 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Busby 1262 139 144 377 22 9 5 .978 2.85 Chuck Diering 50 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Hoot Evers 44 5 7 17 0 1 0 .944 3.50 Norm Siebern 31 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim King 747 89 92 124 5 1 1 .992 1.55 Hoot Evers 222 22 47 41 2 0 1 1.000 1.75 Joe Frazier 160 18 20 35 1 1 0 .973 2.02 Chuck Diering 138 13 19 31 1 3 1 .914 2.09 Norm Siebern 111 11 16 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.05 Rocky Nelson 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Gene Freese 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Willy Miranda 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1956 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Bob Feller
Round 2 (#15):	Dale Long
Round 3 (#29):	Jim King
Round 4 (#43):	Jim Busby
Round 5 (#57):	Gene Freese
Round 6 (#68):	Jim Bunning
Round 7 (#77):	Bobby Morgan
Round 8 (#82):	Frank Baumann
Round 9 (#87):	Rocky Nelson
Round 10 (#91):	Norm Siebern

Transactions

• 1956-01: traded Jim Pyburn to BRN for Rube Walker
• 1956-09: acquired Wayne Causey as a free agent
• 1956-09: acquired Ned Garver as a free agent
• 1956-11: acquired Gordon Jones as a free agent
• 1956-11: traded Luis Aparicio, Sandy Consuegra to CHA for Jim Wilson, Sammy Esposito
• 1956 postseason: released Frank Baumann, Jim Bunning

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