1956 American League Shortstop

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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 - SS

Team Fielding - SS Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp
Baltimore Orioles	3	4.58	154	154	128	1360.2	777	258	490	29	94	.963	2	2	4	-2
Boston Red Sox	3	4.85	155	155	145	1398.0	812	279	493	40	117	.951	-7	-6	-5	-2
Chicago White Sox	4	4.12	154	154	125	1389.0	808	264	508	36	93	.955	7	6	6	1
Cleveland Indians	3	3.75	155	155	126	1384.0	722	281	419	22	83	.970	4	3	5	-1
Detroit Tigers	3	4.51	155	155	120	1379.0	730	252	457	21	101	.971	-1	0	1	-1
Kansas City Athletics	3	5.40	154	154	110	1370.1	829	270	526	33	114	.960	12	11	8	4
New York Yankees	6	4.10	154	154	116	1381.2	849	329	489	31	144	.963	-2	-1	-4	2
Washington Nationals	6	5.96	155	155	123	1368.2	833	280	509	44	108	.947	-20	-17	-15	-5
League Average	4	4.66	154	154	124	1379	795	277	486	32	107	.960	-0	0	0	-0
	30	4.66	1236	1236	993	11031.1	6360	2213	3891	256	854	.960	-4	0	0	-4

Team Advanced Fielding - SS*

Team Advanced Fielding - SS* 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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
Baltimore Orioles	5886	63%	76%	25%	608	92%	7	256	119	109	29	489	358	102	1	11	30	2	26	2	21	95	40	10	17	12	3	84	50	33	7	4	2
Boston Red Sox	6035	62%	75%	26%	593	89%	3	282	123	145	14	468	342	115	2	3	38	3	33	2	27	117	38	7	44	10	2	107	47	59	7	5	2
Chicago White Sox	5928	69%	77%	25%	684	88%	8	269	151	103	15	506	375	109	1	5	36	1	30	5	24	93	35	7	31	5	4	83	42	41	7	4	3
Cleveland Indians	5898	64%	74%	24%	591	91%	1	283	156	107	20	416	299	107	1	6	22	0	19	3	18	83	40	4	24	4	4	76	44	32	6	5	1
Detroit Tigers	6086	64%	73%	23%	577	94%	2	247	133	94	20	458	336	105	1	11	21	0	18	3	13	102	46	5	25	4	5	91	52	36	8	4	3
Kansas City Athletics	5973	64%	74%	26%	654	91%	9	275	146	104	25	508	367	112	4	12	33	0	30	3	30	111	51	3	28	3	14	101	54	45	7	2	3
New York Yankees	5941	63%	74%	26%	623	90%	8	325	146	154	25	492	345	129	2	11	31	1	24	6	26	144	49	3	42	13	12	129	53	71	12	4	7
Washington Nationals	6274	68%	75%	26%	671	86%	10	282	135	120	27	507	352	125	2	7	44	1	28	15	37	109	46	2	30	9	8	101	50	51	6	5	1
League Average	6003	65%	75%	25%	625	90%	6	277	139	117	22	480	347	113	2	8	32	1	26	5	24	107	43	5	30	8	6	96	49	46	8	4	3
	48021	65%	75%	25%	5001	90%	48	2219	1109	936	175	3844	2774	904	14	66	255	8	208	39	196	854	345	41	241	60	52	772	392	368	60	33	22

Player Fielding - SS

Player Fielding - SS 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	Luis Aparicio	22	CHW	152	151	123	1299.2	759	250	474	35	91	.954	3	2	2	1	5.01	4.76
2	Mike Baxes	25	KCA	62	27	19	301.2	178	56	112	10	17	.944	2	9	2	0	5.01	2.71
3	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	26	17	17	181.0	95	31	59	5	11	.947	-4	-24	-4	0	4.48	3.46
4	Jim Brideweser	29	TOT	42	13	6	169.1	95	31	62	2	13	.979	3	18	2	1	4.94	2.21
5	Jim Brideweser	29	CHW	10	2	1	35.1	16	4	11	1	1	.938	1	24	1	0	3.82	1.50
6	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	32	11	5	134.0	79	27	51	1	12	.987	2	16	1	1	5.24	2.44
7	Don Buddin	22	BOS	113	113	103	988.1	612	213	370	29	98	.953	-3	-4	-2	-1	5.31	5.16
8	Chico Carrasquel	30	CLE	141	135	114	1174.0	612	240	352	20	70	.967	3	3	4	-1	4.54	4.20
9	Tom Carroll	19	NYY	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0	-60	0	0	4.50	1.00
10	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	24	18	11	159.1	91	40	48	3	14	.967	-3	-20	-2	-1	4.97	3.67
11	Joe DeMaestri	27	KCA	132	125	90	1053.2	640	210	407	23	95	.964	10	11	6	4	5.27	4.67
12	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	19	1	1	48.0	30	9	21	0	1	1.000	4	88	4	0	5.63	1.58
13	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	25	8	7	118.2	72	24	46	2	1	.972	1	11	3	-2	5.31	2.80
14	Fred Hatfield	31	CHW	3	0	0	6.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	-20	0	0	4.50	1.00
15	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	16	4	3	64.0	24	6	18	0	3	1.000	-1	-24	-1	0	3.38	1.50
16	Billy Hunter	28	NYY	32	19	14	175.0	107	49	58	0	20	1.000	2	12	1	1	5.50	3.34
17	Billy Klaus	27	BOS	26	25	25	228.2	105	35	64	6	8	.943	-1	-3	0	-1	3.90	3.81
18	Harvey Kuenn	25	DET	141	140	112	1181.0	627	219	388	20	86	.968	-1	-1	1	-2	4.63	4.30
19	Kenny Kuhn	19	CLE	17	3	3	48.0	20	9	11	0	3	1.000	-2	-58	-2	0	3.75	1.18
20	Héctor López	26	KCA	4	2	1	15.0	11	4	7	0	2	1.000	1	40	1	0	6.60	2.75
21	Jerry Lumpe	23	NYY	17	14	9	123.0	95	32	55	8	15	.916	-1	-10	-1	0	6.37	5.12
22	Lyle Luttrell	26	WSH	37	36	31	311.0	180	69	100	11	19	.939	-11	-42	-9	-2	4.89	4.57
23	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	8	1	0	32.1	14	5	8	1	2	.929	-1	-30	-1	0	3.62	1.63
24	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	92	88	73	768.0	464	177	273	14	77	.970	1	2	-1	2	5.27	4.89
25	Willy Miranda	30	BAL	147	145	121	1209.2	691	229	436	26	91	.962	2	2	2	0	4.95	4.52
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G
26	Herb Plews	28	WSH	5	0	0	8.0	5	1	3	1	1	.800	0	-45	0	0	4.50	0.80
27	Phil Rizzuto	38	NYY	30	15	9	154.1	91	31	54	6	17	.934	-1	-7	-1	0	4.96	2.83
28	Tony Roig	27	WSH	19	9	4	87.1	51	16	31	4	5	.922	-3	-41	-2	-1	4.84	2.47
29	Pete Runnels	28	WSH	3	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	0	2	1.000	-1	-120	-1	0	9.00	2.00
30	Jerry Snyder	26	WSH	35	32	28	284.1	158	47	106	5	23	.968	2	10	2	0	4.84	4.37
31	George Strickland	30	CLE	28	17	9	162.0	90	32	56	2	10	.978	3	20	3	0	4.89	3.14
32	José Valdivielso	22	WSH	90	78	60	672.0	433	144	266	23	58	.947	-8	-14	-6	-2	5.49	4.56

Player Advanced Fielding - ss

Player Advanced Fielding - ss 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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1	Luis Aparicio	22	CHW	5556	68%	77%	25%	638	88%	6	253	141	98	14	472	355	97	0	5	35	1	29	5	23	91	34	7	30	5	4	81	41	40	7	4	3
2	Mike Baxes	25	KCA	1334	67%	76%	27%	159	88%	5	59	36	17	6	112	80	24	2	4	10	0	10	0	9	16	8	0	4	0	2	14	8	6	1	0	1
3	Milt Bolling	25	BOS	822	65%	73%	23%	71	90%	1	31	16	13	2	57	38	15	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	11	3	0	4	2	0	9	3	6	1	1	0
4	Jim Brideweser	29	CHW	146	66%	71%	29%	13	85%	0	4	1	3	0	11	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	Jim Brideweser	29	DET	612	65%	74%	23%	63	95%	0	26	16	9	1	50	38	11	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	12	7	1	2	0	0	12	9	3	0	0	0
6	Don Buddin	22	BOS	4289	63%	75%	27%	438	88%	2	216	87	118	11	357	263	87	1	2	28	2	24	2	21	98	29	7	39	8	2	91	38	52	6	4	2
7	Chico Carrasquel	30	CLE	5003	63%	73%	24%	509	90%	1	241	135	88	18	348	252	89	1	5	20	0	17	3	16	70	37	4	17	4	3	65	41	24	5	4	1
8	Tom Carroll	19	NYY	9	78%	89%	56%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	Jerry Coleman	31	NYY	722	59%	72%	24%	68	87%	0	36	18	16	2	48	32	16	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	14	4	0	2	2	2	11	5	6	3	1	2
10	Joe DeMaestri	27	KCA	4560	63%	74%	26%	484	91%	4	212	106	87	19	389	283	85	2	8	23	0	20	3	21	93	41	3	24	3	12	85	44	39	6	2	2
11	Sammy Esposito	24	CHW	200	75%	76%	25%	31	97%	2	11	9	1	1	21	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
12	Billy Gardner	28	BAL	517	70%	74%	29%	57	93%	1	24	6	12	6	47	36	8	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13	Fred Hatfield	31	CHW	26	58%	69%	27%	2	100%	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Buddy Hicks	29	DET	292	63%	76%	20%	22	91%	0	6	3	2	1	18	15	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0
15	Billy Hunter	28	NYY	748	64%	75%	28%	78	88%	1	50	21	26	3	58	46	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5	2	5	2	1	19	7	9	1	0	1
16	Billy Klaus	27	BOS	924	57%	73%	26%	84	89%	0	35	20	14	1	54	41	13	0	0	5	1	4	0	2	8	6	0	1	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0
17	Harvey Kuenn	25	DET	5182	63%	73%	23%	492	94%	2	215	114	83	18	390	283	91	1	9	20	0	17	3	12	87	37	4	22	4	5	76	41	32	8	4	3
18	Kenny Kuhn	19	CLE	227	67%	76%	21%	14	100%	0	10	5	5	0	12	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
19	Héctor López	26	KCA	79	53%	68%	25%	11	100%	0	4	4	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
20	Jerry Lumpe	23	NYY	556	67%	74%	29%	67	85%	1	31	11	18	2	55	40	14	1	0	8	0	6	2	6	15	3	1	9	0	1	14	4	10	0	0	0
21	Lyle Luttrell	26	WSH	1441	66%	75%	26%	138	88%	2	71	36	23	12	97	68	23	2	0	11	1	7	3	9	19	6	0	5	3	1	17	6	11	1	0	1
22	Fred Marsh	32	BAL	131	63%	77%	23%	8	88%	0	5	2	3	0	8	2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
23	Gil McDougald	28	NYY	3271	64%	74%	25%	341	93%	5	175	83	74	18	275	187	76	1	9	14	1	11	2	12	77	31	0	23	4	6	69	31	36	6	2	3
24	Willy Miranda	30	BAL	5238	62%	77%	25%	543	92%	6	227	111	94	23	434	320	91	0	9	27	2	23	2	18	92	39	10	16	12	3	82	49	32	6	3	2
25	Herb Plews	28	WSH	37	70%	65%	22%	4	50%	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
26	Phil Rizzuto	38	NYY	635	64%	76%	27%	68	82%	1	33	13	20	0	55	40	11	0	2	6	0	5	1	5	17	5	0	3	5	2	15	5	10	2	1	1
27	Tony Roig	27	WSH	399	65%	76%	26%	42	83%	0	16	6	8	2	32	24	6	0	1	4	0	1	3	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0
28	Pete Runnels	28	WSH	31	55%	81%	29%	1	100%	0	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
29	Jerry Snyder	26	WSH	1276	71%	73%	27%	133	86%	1	47	20	22	5	107	77	26	0	1	5	0	3	2	4	23	11	0	5	1	3	21	11	10	2	2	0
30	George Strickland	30	CLE	668	67%	77%	26%	68	96%	0	32	16	14	2	56	39	15	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	10	2	0	5	0	1	8	2	6	1	1	0
31	José Valdivielso	22	WSH	3090	69%	75%	25%	353	86%	6	144	73	63	8	265	178	70	0	5	23	0	17	6	20	59	26	2	16	5	4	56	30	26	3	3	0
	LgAvg			667	65%	75%	25%	69	90%	1	31	15	13	2	53	39	13	0	1	4	0	3	1	3	12	5	1	3	1	1	11	5	5	1	0	0