1956 American League Second Base

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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Newcombe

AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Aparicio

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Team Fielding - 2B

Team Fielding - 2B Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp
Baltimore Orioles	8	4.58	154	154	121	1360.2	791	359	410	22	90	.972	-13	-11	-12	-1
Boston Red Sox	5	4.85	155	155	127	1398.0	878	380	465	33	124	.962	0	0	2	-2
Chicago White Sox	2	4.12	154	154	151	1389.0	890	480	398	12	125	.987	-3	-3	-4	1
Cleveland Indians	4	3.75	155	155	144	1384.0	841	399	423	19	105	.977	6	5	6	0
Detroit Tigers	6	4.51	155	155	148	1379.0	818	381	419	18	113	.978	0	0	2	-2
Kansas City Athletics	7	5.40	154	154	118	1370.1	898	427	443	28	139	.969	-7	-6	-10	3
New York Yankees	4	4.10	154	154	126	1381.2	853	402	435	16	146	.981	3	3	1	2
Washington Nationals	5	5.96	155	155	138	1368.2	886	406	444	36	125	.959	-15	-13	-9	-6
League Average	5	4.66	154	154	134	1379	857	404	430	23	121	.973	-4	-0	-3	-1
	41	4.66	1236	1236	1073	11031.1	6855	3234	3437	184	967	.973	-29	-3	-24	-5

Team Advanced Fielding - 2B*

Team Advanced Fielding - 2B* Table
								Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
Baltimore Orioles	5886	63%	76%	25%	507	93%	4	368	133	164	71	411	349	42	4	8	22	0	19	3	14	90	40	15	17	0	79	17	59	7	4	2
Boston Red Sox	6035	62%	75%	26%	569	92%	1	381	138	183	60	455	351	93	1	12	32	0	26	6	23	120	38	18	44	3	108	47	59	8	2	5
Chicago White Sox	5928	69%	77%	25%	548	94%	3	477	192	209	78	403	336	52	2	6	12	2	8	2	8	125	35	30	31	3	110	34	76	13	7	6
Cleveland Indians	5898	64%	74%	24%	526	94%	1	407	153	190	64	419	347	59	0	6	19	0	18	1	17	106	40	23	24	3	96	27	69	10	6	3
Detroit Tigers	6086	64%	73%	23%	519	95%	0	385	149	171	65	421	360	51	0	7	18	0	15	3	15	114	46	22	25	3	102	30	70	8	4	4
Kansas City Athletics	5973	64%	74%	26%	490	92%	3	409	115	218	76	429	366	43	4	9	29	2	19	8	14	134	51	25	28	9	122	39	81	7	2	5
New York Yankees	5941	63%	74%	26%	521	93%	1	408	143	202	64	431	343	73	0	7	16	2	11	3	12	146	49	20	42	5	130	47	77	11	8	3
Washington Nationals	6274	68%	75%	26%	513	90%	7	407	110	218	79	440	349	72	1	6	36	1	22	13	26	126	46	23	30	3	110	33	73	12	4	8
League Average	6003	65%	75%	25%	524	93%	2	405	142	194	70	426	350	61	2	8	23	1	17	5	16	120	43	22	30	4	107	34	70	10	5	4
	48021	65%	75%	25%	4193	93%	20	3242	1133	1555	557	3409	2801	485	12	61	184	7	138	39	129	961	345	176	241	29	857	274	564	76	37	36

Player Fielding - 2B

Player Fielding - 2B Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
1	Bobby Adams	34	BAL	18	14	12	129.1	68	39	25	4	7	.941	-4	-40	-4	0	4.45	3.56
2	Bobby Ávila	32	CLE	135	130	125	1153.0	689	322	351	16	83	.977	7	8	7	0	5.25	4.99
3	Mike Baxes	25	KCA	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	0	-360	0	0	18.00	2.00
4	Reno Bertoia	21	DET	18	18	17	151.0	110	51	57	2	18	.982	4	29	4	0	6.44	6.00
5	Frank Bolling	24	DET	102	99	99	891.2	494	223	260	11	72	.978	-3	-4	-2	-1	4.88	4.74
6	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	0	-120	0	0	6.75	3.00
7	Clete Boyer	19	KCA	51	34	21	324.1	210	94	110	6	31	.971	2	7	2	0	5.66	4.00
8	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	31	31	26	263.0	171	84	83	4	20	.977	-1	-3	0	-1	5.71	5.39
9	Wayne Causey	19	BAL	7	4	4	46.0	30	13	16	1	0	.967	0	-8	1	-1	5.67	4.14
10	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	41	27	20	264.1	187	89	94	4	32	.979	4	17	3	1	6.23	4.46
11	Billy Consolo	21	BOS	25	2	2	50.0	25	9	14	2	4	.920	-1	-34	-1	0	4.14	0.92
12	Joe DeMaestri	27	KCA	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-180	0	0	0.00	0.00
13	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	3	0	0	9.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	0	40	0	0	4.00	1.33
14	Jim Finigan	27	KCA	52	39	30	351.1	226	114	105	7	35	.969	-6	-19	-6	0	5.61	4.21
15	Nellie Fox	28	CHW	154	154	151	1380.0	886	478	396	12	124	.986	-4	-3	-5	1	5.70	5.68
16	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	132	127	100	1058.2	621	274	331	16	76	.974	-8	-9	-9	1	5.14	4.58
17	Billy Goodman	30	BOS	95	94	70	795.2	498	215	266	17	69	.966	7	10	8	-1	5.44	5.06
18	Fred Hatfield	31	DET	4	2	2	24.1	13	7	6	0	1	1.000	0	-10	0	0	4.81	3.25
19	Grady Hatton	33	BAL	15	7	4	78.2	45	19	26	0	3	1.000	1	11	2	-1	5.15	3.00
20	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	6	5	4	47.0	28	15	13	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	5.36	4.67
21	Spook Jacobs	30	KCA	31	28	21	236.0	154	78	71	5	26	.968	-1	-7	-3	2	5.68	4.81
22	George Kell	33	BAL	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	18.00	2.00
23	Harmon Killebrew	20	WSH	4	2	2	24.0	11	6	4	1	1	.909	-2	-80	-1	-1	3.75	2.50
24	Kenny Kuhn	19	CLE	5	0	0	12.0	8	4	3	1	1	.875	-1	-80	-1	0	5.25	1.40
25	Ted Lepcio	26	BOS	57	53	50	500.0	320	143	166	11	47	.966	-3	-8	-2	-1	5.56	5.42
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
26	Héctor López	26	KCA	8	8	6	66.0	38	18	18	2	7	.947	-1	-20	-1	0	4.91	4.50
27	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	5	2	1	23.0	15	9	6	0	3	1.000	-1	-57	-1	0	5.87	3.00
28	Billy Martin	28	NYY	105	101	83	876.0	511	241	260	10	84	.980	-5	-7	-5	0	5.15	4.77
29	Gene Mauch	30	BOS	6	6	5	48.1	31	12	17	2	4	.935	-1	-35	-1	0	5.40	4.83
30	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	31	24	21	218.1	136	57	77	2	28	.985	6	32	5	1	5.52	4.32
31	Jack Phillips	34	DET	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0	-180	0	0	4.50	1.00
32	Herb Plews	28	WSH	66	56	53	513.0	320	137	166	17	38	.947	-8	-18	-6	-2	5.32	4.59
33	Vic Power	28	KCA	47	45	40	389.2	267	122	138	7	40	.974	-1	-2	-2	1	6.01	5.53
34	Bobby Richardson	20	NYY	5	2	2	23.0	19	15	4	0	2	1.000	-1	-52	-1	0	7.43	3.80
35	Brooks Robinson	19	BAL	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
36	Tony Roig	27	WSH	27	25	18	213.0	150	67	79	4	25	.973	-1	-5	1	-2	6.17	5.41
37	Pete Runnels	28	WSH	69	65	59	558.2	366	179	177	10	56	.973	-2	-4	-2	0	5.74	5.16
38	Al Smith	28	CLE	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
39	Jerry Snyder	26	WSH	7	7	6	60.0	39	17	18	4	5	.897	-3	-58	-2	-1	5.25	5.00
40	George Strickland	30	CLE	28	25	19	217.0	144	73	69	2	21	.986	-1	-6	-1	0	5.89	5.07
41	Dick Williams	27	BAL	10	0	0	22.0	10	4	5	1	0	.900	0	16	0	0	3.68	0.90

Player Advanced Fielding - 2b

Player Advanced Fielding - 2b Table
											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1	Bobby Adams	34	BAL	569	68%	76%	23%	42	93%	0	39	19	16	4	25	22	3	0	0	4	0	2	2	2	7	4	1	2	0	7	2	5	0	0	0
2	Bobby Ávila	32	CLE	4856	64%	73%	24%	437	94%	1	328	123	152	53	349	293	44	0	6	16	0	15	1	14	84	30	20	18	3	75	21	54	9	5	3
3	Mike Baxes	25	KCA	7	71%	71%	43%	3	67%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Reno Bertoia	21	DET	656	68%	74%	27%	65	97%	0	53	15	27	11	57	48	9	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	19	7	2	7	0	17	7	9	1	0	1
5	Frank Bolling	24	DET	3959	62%	72%	22%	311	95%	0	225	85	110	30	262	225	28	0	4	11	0	11	0	10	72	28	17	12	3	65	17	47	5	3	2
6	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	24	42%	79%	21%	3	67%	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Clete Boyer	19	KCA	1362	60%	75%	27%	131	93%	0	94	30	48	16	112	90	18	0	1	6	0	6	0	4	30	7	7	10	1	28	11	16	2	1	1
8	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	1145	65%	76%	24%	112	95%	0	83	37	27	19	82	71	10	0	3	4	0	1	3	3	20	10	3	5	0	18	5	13	1	1	0
9	Wayne Causey	19	BAL	201	66%	71%	31%	18	100%	0	12	4	7	1	16	13	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	1136	64%	73%	24%	121	93%	0	91	42	40	9	95	76	17	0	1	4	0	4	0	4	32	16	4	7	0	29	7	22	1	1	0
11	Billy Consolo	21	BOS	224	61%	75%	21%	19	79%	0	7	4	2	1	14	9	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0
12	Joe DeMaestri	27	KCA	14	86%	79%	14%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	37	65%	81%	32%	4	100%	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jim Finigan	27	KCA	1570	65%	74%	27%	122	93%	0	112	28	59	24	108	95	7	1	2	9	0	6	3	5	35	14	5	5	1	27	7	20	4	1	3
15	Nellie Fox	28	CHW	5891	69%	77%	25%	544	94%	3	475	190	209	78	401	336	50	2	6	12	2	8	2	8	124	35	30	30	3	109	33	76	13	7	6
16	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	4567	61%	77%	25%	408	91%	4	282	101	121	60	333	284	33	4	7	16	0	15	1	12	76	33	13	15	0	66	15	48	6	3	2
17	Billy Goodman	30	BOS	3383	62%	75%	28%	329	91%	0	211	71	97	43	263	204	56	0	3	17	0	16	1	14	68	20	9	28	3	63	31	30	3	0	3
18	Fred Hatfield	31	DET	108	69%	76%	22%	7	100%	0	7	3	2	2	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	Grady Hatton	33	BAL	341	67%	72%	25%	26	100%	0	21	6	11	4	25	20	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0
20	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	209	62%	72%	23%	22	95%	0	16	8	5	3	13	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
21	Spook Jacobs	30	KCA	1038	67%	74%	28%	74	91%	0	75	19	42	15	68	63	5	0	2	5	1	1	3	1	26	11	6	5	0	24	5	19	1	0	1
22	George Kell	33	BAL	3	100%	100%	33%	0		0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	Harmon Killebrew	20	WSH	121	68%	69%	17%	9	67%	1	6	2	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Kenny Kuhn	19	CLE	61	67%	62%	13%	4	75%	0	4	1	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
25	Ted Lepcio	26	BOS	2192	62%	74%	26%	204	94%	1	150	60	74	16	160	125	30	1	7	10	0	7	3	7	45	14	8	15	0	39	15	24	4	1	2
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
26	Héctor López	26	KCA	312	71%	74%	25%	25	88%	0	17	6	8	3	18	15	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	7	1	2	2	0	7	3	3	0	0	0
27	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	106	71%	81%	24%	4	100%	0	8	1	6	1	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
28	Billy Martin	28	NYY	3790	62%	74%	26%	294	93%	0	246	72	134	41	252	202	42	0	6	10	2	5	3	6	84	27	13	24	4	76	28	44	5	2	3
29	Gene Mauch	30	BOS	212	63%	72%	23%	14	93%	0	12	3	9	0	16	12	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
30	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	908	67%	75%	28%	96	92%	0	56	23	24	9	80	61	14	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	28	5	3	11	1	23	12	9	5	5	0
31	Jack Phillips	34	DET	9	67%	89%	11%	2	100%	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Herb Plews	28	WSH	2309	66%	77%	26%	188	89%	3	136	33	74	29	164	131	25	0	1	17	1	8	8	11	39	15	9	11	0	37	11	25	2	0	2
33	Vic Power	28	KCA	1670	63%	74%	24%	135	91%	3	110	31	61	18	122	102	10	3	4	6	0	4	2	2	36	18	5	6	7	36	13	23	0	0	0
34	Bobby Richardson	20	NYY	107	74%	67%	18%	10	90%	1	15	6	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
35	Brooks Robinson	19	BAL	6	67%	67%	17%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Tony Roig	27	WSH	997	70%	74%	28%	87	93%	1	67	21	35	11	79	63	11	0	0	4	0	1	3	3	25	9	4	4	0	21	4	15	3	2	1
37	Pete Runnels	28	WSH	2579	71%	74%	26%	207	91%	2	180	48	95	37	175	135	34	1	4	10	0	9	1	8	56	20	8	15	3	48	18	29	6	2	4
38	Al Smith	28	CLE	7	43%	86%	29%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Jerry Snyder	26	WSH	268	63%	68%	25%	22	86%	0	18	6	12	0	18	18	0	0	1	4	0	3	1	3	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	1	0	1
40	George Strickland	30	CLE	974	65%	75%	23%	85	95%	0	75	29	36	10	67	52	14	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	21	9	3	6	0	20	6	14	1	1	0
41	Dick Williams	27	BAL	93	69%	80%	32%	9	100%	0	5	2	2	1	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LgAvg			667	65%	75%	25%	58	93%	0	45	16	22	8	47	39	7	0	1	3	0	2	1	2	13	5	2	3	0	12	4	8	1	1	0