1956 American League Outfield

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

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 - OF

Team Fielding - OF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof
Baltimore Orioles	12	4.58	154	462	322	4082.0	1130	1071	35	24	8	.979	-19	-6	-3	-16
Boston Red Sox	6	4.85	155	465	378	4194.0	1118	1057	36	25	7	.978	40	11	38	2
Chicago White Sox	9	4.12	154	462	387	4167.0	1136	1086	29	21	8	.982	15	4	19	-4
Cleveland Indians	10	3.75	155	465	413	4152.0	1079	1037	23	19	1	.982	4	1	14	-10
Detroit Tigers	11	4.51	155	465	435	4137.0	1160	1085	45	30	7	.974	9	3	-6	15
Kansas City Athletics	12	5.40	154	462	392	4111.0	1019	949	47	23	8	.977	-26	-8	-19	-7
New York Yankees	10	4.10	154	462	376	4145.0	1054	1001	33	20	7	.981	16	4	4	12
Washington Nationals	8	5.96	155	465	420	4106.0	1078	1022	31	25	7	.977	-49	-14	-34	-15
League Average	9	4.66	154	464	390	4137	1097	1038	35	23	7	.979	-1	0	2	-3
	73	4.66	1236	3708	3123	33094.0	8774	8308	279	187	53	.979	-10	0	13	-23

Player Fielding - OF

Player Fielding - OF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
1	Cal Abrams	32	CHW	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	200	1	0	6.00	1.00
2	Hank Bauer	33	NYY	146	135	118	1200.0	260	242	10	8	2	.969	4	4	-2	6	1.89	1.73
3	Wayne Belardi	25	DET	2	1	1	14.0	5	3	0	2	0	.600	-2	-163	-1	-1	1.93	1.50
4	Yogi Berra	31	NYY	1	1	0	4.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1	210	0	1	6.75	3.00
5	Bob Boyd	36	BAL	8	2	0	20.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	30	1	0	2.21	0.63
6	Jim Busby	29	CLE	133	122	122	1116.2	351	344	3	4	0	.989	9	9	11	-2	2.80	2.61
7	Joe Caffie	25	CLE	10	10	8	83.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	0	4	0	0	2.39	2.20
8	Bob Cerv	31	NYY	44	30	17	261.1	64	59	4	1	2	.984	-5	-21	-5	0	2.17	1.43
9	Rocky Colavito	22	CLE	98	88	87	815.1	189	177	6	6	0	.968	1	2	1	0	2.02	1.87
10	Joe Collins	33	NYY	51	37	22	338.0	98	95	2	1	0	.990	10	36	9	1	2.58	1.90
11	Jim Delsing	30	TOT	33	5	4	103.2	26	24	1	1	0	.962	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.78
12	Jim Delsing	30	DET	3	2	2	19.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-38	-1	0	1.42	1.00
13	Jim Delsing	30	CHW	30	3	2	84.2	23	21	1	1	0	.957	1	9	1	0	2.34	0.76
14	Chuck Diering	33	BAL	42	26	19	249.2	77	73	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-5	-1	0	2.78	1.93
15	Larry Doby	32	CHW	137	136	125	1205.1	380	371	4	5	2	.987	5	5	7	-2	2.80	2.74
16	Jim Dyck	34	BAL	9	9	5	62.0	13	10	2	1	0	.923	-3	-54	-3	0	1.74	1.33
17	Hoot Evers	35	BAL	36	31	17	248.2	65	63	1	1	1	.985	0	1	0	0	2.32	1.78
18	Tito Francona	22	BAL	122	103	72	951.2	256	240	10	6	1	.977	2	3	3	-1	2.36	2.05
19	Joe Frazier	33	BAL	19	12	8	112.0	33	31	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-10	1	-2	2.65	1.74
20	Dick Gernert	27	BOS	50	40	24	347.1	65	60	4	1	2	.985	-3	-10	-3	0	1.66	1.28
21	Johnny Groth	29	KCA	85	61	54	597.1	148	140	8	0	3	1.000	-7	-14	-7	0	2.23	1.76
22	Whitey Herzog	24	WSH	103	96	84	851.2	254	240	9	5	0	.980	-13	-19	-12	-1	2.63	2.42
23	Elston Howard	27	NYY	65	51	41	483.2	100	97	2	1	0	.990	-2	-5	-1	-1	1.84	1.52
24	Jackie Jensen	29	BOS	151	150	149	1351.0	316	291	13	12	2	.962	4	4	6	-2	2.03	2.01
25	Al Kaline	21	DET	153	153	145	1345.0	367	343	18	6	4	.984	11	10	6	5	2.42	2.36
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
26	Bob Kennedy	35	DET	30	20	16	191.1	58	52	2	4	0	.931	2	14	1	1	2.54	1.80
27	Chick King	25	DET	3	2	0	22.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	1	33	1	0	1.64	1.33
28	Harvey Kuenn	25	DET	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-240	0		0.00	0.00
29	Jim Lemon	28	WSH	141	141	134	1241.1	324	301	11	12	6	.963	-11	-11	-4	-7	2.26	2.21
30	Stu Locklin	27	CLE	1	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	-60	0	0	1.50	1.00
31	Héctor López	26	KCA	20	20	17	173.0	49	44	3	2	0	.959	-4	-25	-3	-1	2.45	2.35
32	Mickey Mantle	24	NYY	144	144	132	1261.2	384	370	10	4	3	.990	5	5	-1	6	2.71	2.64
33	Charlie Maxwell	29	DET	136	132	124	1163.1	297	281	12	4	1	.987	6	6	0	6	2.27	2.15
34	Sam Mele	34	CLE	20	15	9	129.2	32	29	2	1	0	.969	0	4	0	0	2.15	1.55
35	Dave Melton	27	KCA	3	0	0	12.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	60	1	0	2.25	1.00
36	Minnie Miñoso	32	CHW	148	147	123	1263.1	302	284	10	8	1	.974	2	2	2	0	2.09	1.99
37	Dale Mitchell	34	CLE	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-30	0	0	0.00	0.00
38	Tex Nelson	19	BAL	24	14	6	136.0	33	28	3	2	0	.939	-2	-21	-2	0	2.05	1.29
39	Bob Nieman	29	TOT	124	124	102	1057.2	276	267	4	5	1	.982	-1	-1	2	-3	2.31	2.19
40	Bob Nieman	29	CHW	10	10	7	80.0	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	1	18	0	1	2.70	2.40
41	Bob Nieman	29	BAL	114	114	95	977.2	252	243	4	5	1	.980	-2	-3	2	-4	2.27	2.17
42	Irv Noren	31	NYY	10	7	0	55.0	8	6	1	1	0	.875	-1	-17	-2	1	1.15	0.70
43	Ron Northey	36	CHW	4	2	0	19.2	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	2.29	1.25
44	Karl Olson	25	WSH	101	80	76	737.1	198	192	4	2	0	.990	-11	-18	-10	-1	2.39	1.94
45	Ernie Oravetz	24	WSH	33	25	24	233.0	56	51	2	3	0	.946	-7	-36	-5	-2	2.05	1.71
46	Carlos Paula	28	WSH	20	19	13	154.0	38	37	0	1	0	.974	2	12	1	1	2.16	1.85
47	Dave Philley	36	TOT	61	57	32	483.0	114	106	4	4	2	.965	-4	-11	-2	-2	2.05	1.80
48	Dave Philley	36	BAL	31	31	19	255.0	62	56	2	4	2	.935	-4	-19	-2	-2	2.05	1.87
49	Dave Philley	36	CHW	30	26	13	228.0	52	50	2	0	0	1.000	0	-1	0	0	2.05	1.73
50	Bubba Phillips	28	CHW	35	23	12	199.0	61	59	2	0	1	1.000	0	-1	3	-3	2.76	1.74
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
51	Jack Phillips	34	DET	1	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	-53	0	0	2.00	2.00
52	Jim Piersall	26	BOS	155	155	151	1374.0	469	455	10	4	1	.991	31	27	25	6	3.05	3.00
53	Al Pilarcik	25	KCA	67	61	57	544.0	167	154	9	4	1	.976	-3	-8	-3	0	2.70	2.43
54	Jim Pisoni	26	KCA	9	9	8	74.1	29	24	4	1	1	.966	0	6	0	0	3.39	3.11
55	Dave Pope	35	TOT	22	21	12	165.0	38	37	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-20	-3	0	2.07	1.73
56	Dave Pope	35	BAL	4	3	2	28.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-103	-1	-1	0.96	0.75
57	Dave Pope	35	CLE	18	18	10	137.0	35	34	1	0	0	1.000	0	-3	-1	1	2.30	1.94
58	Jay Porter	23	DET	2	2	1	15.0	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-40	-1	0	1.20	1.00
59	Vic Power	28	KCA	7	6	6	56.0	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-21	0	-1	2.25	2.00
60	Jim Pyburn	23	BAL	77	38	31	393.2	122	114	5	3	3	.975	-6	-17	-2	-4	2.72	1.55
61	Bill Renna	31	KCA	25	7	6	104.2	20	18	1	1	0	.950	-1	-15	-1	0	1.63	0.76
62	Jim Rivera	34	CHW	134	115	105	1084.0	287	271	9	7	4	.976	6	7	6	0	2.32	2.09
63	Norm Siebern	22	NYY	51	39	32	372.0	104	100	1	3	0	.971	6	18	8	-2	2.44	1.98
64	Roy Sievers	29	WSH	78	78	65	667.0	151	146	3	2	1	.987	-10	-18	-5	-5	2.01	1.91
65	Harry Simpson	30	KCA	111	110	99	965.1	198	188	3	7	2	.965	-12	-15	-8	-4	1.78	1.72
66	Lou Skizas	24	KCA	74	72	64	623.0	161	148	9	4	0	.975	2	3	3	-1	2.27	2.12
67	Enos Slaughter	40	TOT	76	65	53	580.1	137	133	2	2	0	.985	0	0	2	-2	2.09	1.78
68	Enos Slaughter	40	KCA	56	47	39	430.0	108	105	1	2	0	.981	3	8	4	-1	2.22	1.89
69	Enos Slaughter	40	NYY	20	18	14	150.1	29	28	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-22	-2	-1	1.74	1.45
70	Jim Small	19	DET	26	19	14	172.1	50	47	0	3	0	.940	1	8	0	1	2.45	1.81
71	Al Smith	28	CLE	123	114	99	1010.0	259	248	6	5	1	.981	-5	-6	2	-7	2.26	2.08
72	Gene Stephens	23	BOS	72	3	1	176.2	60	57	2	1	0	.983	7	45	7	0	3.01	0.83
73	Dick Tettelbach	27	WSH	18	18	18	159.0	39	37	2	0	0	1.000	1	11	1	0	2.21	2.17
74	Faye Throneberry	25	BOS	13	8	6	86.1	22	20	0	2	0	.909	0	-1	1	-1	2.08	1.54
75	Bill Tuttle	26	DET	137	133	131	1185.0	370	348	13	9	2	.976	-9	-9	-12	3	2.74	2.64
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rof	RF/9	RF/G
76	Elmer Valo	35	KCA	1	1	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	-40	0	0	0.00	0.00
77	Preston Ward	28	CLE	17	14	4	113.0	30	29	1	0	0	1.000	3	27	2	1	2.39	1.76
78	Dick Williams	27	BAL	81	79	48	647.1	209	205	2	2	0	.990	0	0	2	-2	2.88	2.56
79	Ted Williams	37	BOS	110	109	47	858.2	186	174	7	5	2	.973	1	1	2	-1	1.90	1.65
80	George Wilson	31	NYY	6	0	0	19.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1	32	-1	1	1.42	0.50
81	Gene Woodling	33	CLE	85	83	74	737.1	160	154	3	3	0	.981	-3	-6	0	-3	1.92	1.85
82	Eddie Yost	29	WSH	8	8	6	62.2	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	1	13	1	0	2.59	2.25
83	Gus Zernial	33	KCA	69	68	42	525.1	122	111	9	2	1	.984	-2	-5	-3	1	2.06	1.74