1956 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1882);
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby (minority)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Bobby Bragan
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Dick Bingham
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The 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 75th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 70th in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished seventh in the National League with a record of 66–88.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Dodgers	93	61	--	.604
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	1	.597
Cincinnati Redlegs	91	63	2	.591
St. Louis Cardinals	76	78	17	.494
Philadelphia Phillies	71	83	22	.461
New York Giants	67	87	26	.435
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	88	27	.429
Chicago Cubs	60	94	33	.390

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

May 17, 1956: Dick Littlefield and Bobby Del Greco were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Virdon.^[1]
May 28, 1956: Toby Atwell was traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash and a player to be named later. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Dick Rand to the Pirates on October 14.^[2]

Roster

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Bobby Bragan

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
3B	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	157	588	166	.282	25	80
CF	Virdon, BillBill Virdon	133	509	170	.334	8	37

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Del Greco, BobbyBobby Del Greco	14	20	4	.200	2	3
Atwell, TobyToby Atwell	12	18	2	.111	0	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Littlefield, DickDick Littlefield	6	12.2	0	0	4.26	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Face, RoyRoy Face	68	12	13	6	3.52	96
Arroyo, LuisLuis Arroyo	18	3	3	0	4.71	17
Swanson, RedRed Swanson	9	0	0	0	10.03	5
Donoso, LinoLino Donoso	3	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lincoln

Notes

References

1956 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1956 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

[1] Bill Virdon page at Baseball Reference

[2] Dick Rand page at Baseball Reference

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