1956 American League Third 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 - 3B

Team Fielding - 3B Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp
Baltimore Orioles	10	4.58	154	154	111	1360.2	480	160	302	18	32	.963	-6	-5	-5	-1
Boston Red Sox	4	4.85	155	155	145	1398.0	568	177	359	32	28	.944	8	7	9	-1
Chicago White Sox	6	4.12	154	154	115	1389.0	505	149	337	19	41	.962	5	4	4	1
Cleveland Indians	5	3.75	155	155	126	1384.0	450	133	288	29	28	.936	-2	-2	-2	0
Detroit Tigers	5	4.51	155	155	146	1379.0	506	191	290	25	28	.951	-15	-13	-14	-1
Kansas City Athletics	4	5.40	154	154	143	1370.1	578	192	351	35	35	.939	5	4	5	0
New York Yankees	8	4.10	154	154	123	1381.2	517	144	341	32	37	.938	0	0	0	0
Washington Nationals	3	5.96	155	155	153	1368.2	554	184	349	21	34	.962	-12	-11	-11	-1
League Average	5	4.66	154	154	133	1379	520	166	327	26	33	.949	-2	-0	-2	-0
	43	4.66	1236	1236	1062	11031.1	4158	1330	2617	211	263	.949	-17	-2	-14	-3

Team Advanced Fielding - 3B*

Team Advanced Fielding - 3B* 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	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
Baltimore Orioles	5886	63%	76%	25%	461	88%	8	159	112	17	30	304	224	55	10	15	17	2	14	1	12	32	15	0	22	6	3	3	18	72%
Boston Red Sox	6035	62%	75%	26%	541	90%	4	176	134	20	22	348	285	53	4	14	31	1	28	2	22	27	18	3	23	3	2	1	19	63%
Chicago White Sox	5928	69%	77%	25%	489	90%	2	140	108	9	23	339	258	70	2	13	19	0	18	1	14	41	30	1	32	6	4	2	27	67%
Cleveland Indians	5898	64%	74%	24%	453	87%	5	132	110	11	11	286	210	67	2	7	29	1	26	2	24	28	23	2	25	2	1	0	22	77%
Detroit Tigers	6086	64%	73%	23%	479	89%	3	186	145	23	18	277	214	52	5	14	25	0	23	2	22	28	22	2	25	2	2	0	30	60%
Kansas City Athletics	5973	64%	74%	26%	530	89%	7	182	139	16	27	338	236	84	2	13	33	2	25	6	24	35	25	2	28	5	4	1	20	70%
New York Yankees	5941	63%	74%	26%	512	88%	5	146	106	20	20	340	262	61	8	5	34	0	29	5	31	37	20	2	32	4	4	0	30	63%
Washington Nationals	6274	68%	75%	26%	536	88%	9	179	127	27	26	342	250	71	4	12	21	1	10	10	19	34	23	1	26	6	4	2	31	55%
League Average	6003	65%	75%	25%	500	89%	5	162	123	18	22	322	242	64	5	12	26	1	22	4	21	33	22	2	27	4	3	1	25	65%
	48021	65%	75%	25%	4001	89%	43	1300	981	143	177	2574	1939	513	37	93	209	7	173	29	168	262	176	13	213	34	24	9	197	65%

Player Fielding - 3B

Player Fielding - 3B 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	24	21	12	158.2	64	23	40	1	5	.984	0	2	0	0	3.57	2.63
2	Reno Bertoia	21	DET	2	1	1	14.0	7	3	4	0	1	1.000	1	43	1	0	4.50	3.50
3	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	11	9	7	86.1	29	6	20	3	2	.897	-1	-14	-1	0	2.71	2.36
4	Ray Boone	32	DET	130	130	122	1127.1	411	151	243	17	23	.959	-12	-12	-11	-1	3.15	3.03
5	Clete Boyer	19	KCA	7	6	4	48.0	20	6	14	0	3	1.000	1	18	1	0	3.75	2.86
6	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	4	3	3	25.2	7	2	5	0	1	1.000	0	14	0	0	2.45	1.75
7	Andy Carey	24	NYY	131	128	103	1087.0	400	114	265	21	26	.948	2	3	2	0	3.14	2.89
8	Chico Carrasquel	30	CLE	1	0	0	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1	360	1	0	9.00	2.00
9	Tom Carroll	19	NYY	11	1	0	35.0	14	0	12	2	2	.857	0	7	0	0	3.09	1.09
10	Wayne Causey	19	BAL	30	14	7	145.1	50	13	36	1	4	.980	-3	-21	-2	-1	3.03	1.63
11	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	18	6	3	76.1	21	9	10	2	0	.905	-3	-47	-3	0	2.24	1.06
12	Chuck Diering	33	BAL	2	1	1	13.0	4	1	1	2	0	.500	-2	-138	-2	0	1.38	1.00
13	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	61	47	29	417.1	156	41	109	6	17	.962	3	9	2	1	3.23	2.46
14	Jim Finigan	27	KCA	32	29	24	254.0	108	29	70	9	7	.917	2	9	1	1	3.51	3.09
15	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	6	3	2	33.0	12	3	9	0	0	1.000	1	18	1	0	3.27	2.00
16	Fred Hatfield	31	CHW	100	84	72	771.1	283	83	189	11	21	.961	3	5	3	0	3.17	2.72
17	Grady Hatton	33	BAL	12	9	8	84.0	21	5	15	1	0	.952	0	0	0	0	2.14	1.67
18	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0.00	0.00
19	Billy Hunter	28	NYY	4	2	2	21.0	8	2	6	0	2	1.000	0	-23	0	0	3.43	2.00
20	George Kell	33	TOT	115	108	81	892.1	314	114	193	7	19	.978	1	1	1	0	3.10	2.67
21	George Kell	33	CHW	18	17	12	143.1	45	17	28	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	-1	0	2.83	2.50
22	George Kell	33	BAL	97	91	69	749.0	269	97	165	7	19	.974	1	2	1	0	3.15	2.70
23	Bob Kennedy	35	TOT	33	25	22	241.0	88	39	41	8	5	.909	-6	-29	-6	0	2.99	2.42
24	Bob Kennedy	35	CHW	6	4	2	32.0	7	4	3	0	2	1.000	-1	-49	-1	0	1.97	1.17
25	Bob Kennedy	35	DET	27	21	20	209.0	81	35	38	8	3	.901	-5	-26	-5	0	3.14	2.70
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
26	Harmon Killebrew	20	WSH	20	18	18	157.0	61	18	40	3	3	.951	-3	-26	-3	0	3.32	2.90
27	Billy Klaus	27	BOS	106	105	100	944.0	383	120	242	21	18	.945	7	8	8	-1	3.45	3.42
28	Ted Lepcio	26	BOS	22	16	13	147.0	69	27	40	2	4	.971	5	38	5	0	4.10	3.05
29	Héctor López	26	KCA	121	114	113	1034.1	432	152	254	26	23	.940	1	1	2	-1	3.53	3.36
30	Jerry Lumpe	23	NYY	1	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	-60	0	0	3.00	2.00
31	Frank Malzone	26	BOS	26	25	25	220.2	87	24	57	6	4	.931	-2	-10	-2	0	3.30	3.12
32	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	8	1	0	26.1	9	3	4	2	0	.778	-2	-73	-2	0	2.39	0.88
33	Billy Martin	28	NYY	16	11	11	102.1	45	12	28	5	3	.889	2	18	2	0	3.52	2.50
34	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	5	4	3	37.0	19	5	13	1	4	.947	0	-6	0	0	4.38	3.60
35	Minnie Miñoso	32	CHW	8	1	0	18.0	10	2	6	2	0	.800	0	0	0	0	4.00	1.00
36	Dave Philley	36	BAL	5	1	1	20.0	7	2	4	1	1	.857	-1	-36	-1	0	2.70	1.20
37	Bubba Phillips	28	CHW	2	1	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	1.000	1	86	1	0	5.14	2.00
38	Rance Pless	30	KCA	5	5	2	34.0	18	5	13	0	2	1.000	1	42	1	0	4.76	3.60
39	Herb Plews	28	WSH	2	2	2	24.1	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	0	15	0	0	2.96	4.00
40	Rudy Regalado	26	CLE	14	11	9	109.0	23	9	9	5	3	.783	-5	-54	-5	0	1.49	1.29
41	Brooks Robinson	19	BAL	14	10	10	101.1	36	9	25	2	3	.944	0	-2	0	0	3.02	2.43
42	Al Rosen	32	CLE	116	114	99	966.0	326	89	219	18	20	.945	4	5	3	1	2.87	2.66
43	Bill Skowron	25	NYY	2	2	1	17.0	8	1	6	1	0	.875	0	7	0	0	3.71	3.50
44	Al Smith	28	CLE	28	23	13	207.1	65	22	38	5	2	.923	-3	-19	-2	-1	2.60	2.14
45	George Strickland	30	CLE	26	7	5	99.2	34	13	20	1	3	.971	1	13	1	0	2.98	1.27
46	Dick Williams	27	BAL	4	3	1	30.0	8	4	3	1	0	.875	-1	-48	-1	0	2.10	1.75
47	Eddie Yost	29	WSH	135	135	133	1187.1	485	164	303	18	31	.963	-9	-9	-8	-1	3.54	3.46

Player Advanced Fielding - 3b

Player Advanced Fielding - 3b 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	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1	Bobby Adams	34	BAL	683	65%	75%	24%	59	90%	1	24	16	2	6	39	28	5	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	3	1	2	1	100%
2	Reno Bertoia	21	DET	54	48%	78%	31%	6	100%	0	3	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	330	52%	74%	25%	21	90%	0	5	4	0	1	15	12	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50%
4	Ray Boone	32	DET	4992	64%	73%	23%	385	91%	2	147	115	16	16	232	181	43	2	13	17	0	15	2	16	23	17	2	20	2	2	0	21	67%
5	Clete Boyer	19	KCA	220	61%	73%	24%	18	94%	2	6	4	0	2	12	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
6	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	118	56%	64%	23%	7	86%	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0%
7	Andy Carey	24	NYY	4647	63%	74%	26%	394	89%	5	114	83	13	18	260	203	47	6	5	23	0	19	4	22	26	14	1	23	2	2	0	20	60%
8	Chico Carrasquel	30	CLE	9	56%	44%	33%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Tom Carroll	19	NYY	167	63%	80%	24%	18	83%	0	0	0	0	0	15	9	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	100%
10	Wayne Causey	19	BAL	641	69%	79%	28%	52	87%	0	13	10	2	1	36	26	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	80%
11	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	338	65%	73%	23%	22	86%	0	10	9	1	0	11	6	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%
12	Chuck Diering	33	BAL	65	80%	78%	23%	7	43%	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	1797	67%	78%	26%	147	90%	1	38	26	1	11	109	79	27	0	7	6	0	5	1	4	17	13	0	13	3	1	2	4	50%
14	Jim Finigan	27	KCA	1123	68%	74%	27%	99	87%	1	29	22	1	6	64	45	17	1	5	7	0	7	0	6	8	7	0	8	0	0	0	5	60%
15	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	147	58%	77%	23%	13	92%	0	3	3	0	0	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Fred Hatfield	31	CHW	3247	69%	77%	25%	282	90%	1	81	68	5	8	191	146	37	2	5	11	0	11	0	8	21	15	1	17	3	3	0	16	69%
17	Grady Hatton	33	BAL	364	62%	74%	21%	23	87%	0	6	4	2	0	14	13	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%
18	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	12	67%	75%	33%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Billy Hunter	28	NYY	98	59%	76%	19%	8	75%	0	2	2	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
20	George Kell	33	BAL	3203	60%	77%	25%	248	92%	6	96	66	8	22	167	125	27	6	8	7	1	5	1	5	19	8	0	14	3	2	1	9	78%
21	George Kell	33	CHW	644	70%	74%	24%	44	91%	0	15	10	3	2	29	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	67%
22	Bob Kennedy	35	DET	910	61%	74%	23%	81	80%	1	34	27	5	2	37	28	6	3	1	8	0	8	0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	8	50%
23	Bob Kennedy	35	CHW	141	65%	77%	20%	4	100%	0	4	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	Harmon Killebrew	20	WSH	740	62%	78%	27%	60	83%	2	17	12	4	1	41	26	9	1	2	3	0	1	2	3	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	4	0%
25	Billy Klaus	27	BOS	4089	63%	75%	26%	366	90%	3	119	93	12	14	237	196	32	3	9	21	0	19	2	15	18	10	2	14	3	2	1	11	64%
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	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
26	Ted Lepcio	26	BOS	624	59%	74%	26%	66	91%	0	26	19	3	4	39	29	10	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	3	67%
27	Héctor López	26	KCA	4477	63%	75%	26%	398	89%	4	143	109	15	19	250	176	60	0	8	26	2	18	6	18	22	15	2	17	4	3	1	15	73%
28	Jerry Lumpe	23	NYY	30	63%	73%	20%	1	100%	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
29	Frank Malzone	26	BOS	992	64%	74%	28%	88	86%	1	26	18	5	3	57	48	8	1	1	6	0	6	0	5	4	3	1	4	0	0	0	3	67%
30	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	121	68%	78%	26%	8	75%	0	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
31	Billy Martin	28	NYY	431	68%	74%	29%	46	85%	0	12	9	2	1	28	24	3	1	0	5	0	4	1	4	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	33%
32	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	160	73%	77%	28%	15	93%	0	6	3	3	0	12	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	2	50%
33	Minnie Miñoso	32	CHW	72	72%	75%	25%	9	78%	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
34	Dave Philley	36	BAL	88	81%	69%	26%	6	83%	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	Bubba Phillips	28	CHW	27	56%	63%	22%	3	100%	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
36	Rance Pless	30	KCA	153	65%	74%	26%	15	100%	0	4	4	0	0	12	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
37	Herb Plews	28	WSH	103	70%	78%	32%	9	89%	0	2	2	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Rudy Regalado	26	CLE	463	62%	71%	24%	25	68%	0	9	6	2	1	9	6	3	0	1	5	0	5	0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	100%
39	Brooks Robinson	19	BAL	448	63%	74%	26%	38	79%	1	7	6	1	0	26	13	10	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0%
40	Al Rosen	32	CLE	4138	64%	74%	25%	323	88%	3	85	69	8	8	217	162	49	1	5	18	1	15	2	14	20	17	1	18	1	0	0	15	73%
41	Bill Skowron	25	NYY	70	69%	73%	27%	8	75%	0	1	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	Al Smith	28	CLE	882	65%	72%	21%	67	88%	0	25	23	1	1	37	29	7	0	0	5	0	5	0	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	75%
43	George Strickland	30	CLE	406	61%	75%	25%	36	92%	2	13	12	0	1	21	12	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	100%
44	Dick Williams	27	BAL	126	62%	78%	21%	7	86%	0	4	3	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Eddie Yost	29	WSH	5431	69%	74%	26%	467	89%	7	160	113	23	25	295	218	62	3	10	18	1	9	8	16	31	21	1	23	6	4	2	27	63%
	LgAvg			667	65%	75%	25%	56	89%	1	18	14	2	2	36	27	7	1	1	3	0	2	0	2	4	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	65%