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1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Dodgers
image	Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
season	1956
misc	National League champions
league	National League
ballpark	Ebbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
city	Brooklyn, New York
Jersey City, New Jersey
record
league_place	1st
owners	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey, Mary Louise Smith
president	Walter O'Malley
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Walter Alston
television	WOR-TV
radio	WMGM
Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer
WHOM
Buck Canel

Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City, New Jersey Vin Scully, Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer WHOM Buck Canel

The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the 67th season for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in the MLB. The Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series. This time they lost the series in seven games, one of which was a perfect game by the Yankees' Don Larsen.

Offseason

December 9, 1955: Don Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn were traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Jackson and Don Elston.
December 21, 1955: Jack Littrell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Kansas City Athletics.
December 30, 1955: Pete Wojey was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Leo Cristante and cash.
March 2, 1956: Tommy Lasorda was purchased from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Athletics

Regular season

Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the first Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young Award in the same season.

During the season, the Dodgers played seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of owner Walter O'Malley's continued attempts to pressure Brooklyn to allow him to build a new stadium in his preferred location at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. The first of these games was on April 19.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day Lineup

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19	Jim Gilliam	LF
1	Pee Wee Reese	SS
4	Duke Snider	CF
39	Roy Campanella	C
14	Gil Hodges	1B
42	Jackie Robinson	3B
6	Carl Furillo	RF
43	Charlie Neal	2B
36	Don Newcombe	P

Notable transactions

April 16, 1956: Tim Thompson was traded by the Dodgers to the Kansas City Athletics for Lee Wheat, Tom Saffell and cash.
May 14, 1956: Billy Loes was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.
May 15, 1956: Jim Hughes was purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.
May 15, 1956: Sal Maglie was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.
July 4, 1956: Ray Shearer was traded by the Dodgers to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Frey.
July 29, 1956: Dale Mitchell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.

Roster

1956 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	124	388	85	.219	20	73
1B	153	550	146	.265	32	87
2B	153	594	178	.300	6	43
3B	101	307	84	.274	8	53
SS	147	572	147	.257	9	46
LF	114	292	76	.260	16	58
CF	151	542	158	.292	43	101
RF	149	523	151	.289	21	83

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
117	357	98	.275	10	43
54	146	31	.212	3	20
62	136	39	.287	2	14
31	96	20	.208	4	15
34	66	15	.227	1	9
73	36	4	.111	0	4
19	24	7	.292	0	1
17	20	6	.300	0	2
7	13	3	.231	0	1
7	7	2	.286	0	0
3	3	1	.333	1	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	268.0	27	7	3.06	139
35	199.0	12	11	3.71	109
28	191.0	13	5	2.87	108
31	186.1	13	11	4.25	95
16	58.2	2	4	4.91	30
1	1.1	0	1	40.50	2

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	99.0	5	5	2.64	55
25	49.1	2	3	5.66	29
6	16.1	0	1	6.61	8

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
62	10	6	19	3.35	75
38	4	3	9	2.50	52
43	5	4	1	3.93	60
5	0	0	0	5.25	8
1	0	0	0	0.00	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

1956 World Series

Main article: 1956 World Series

Game 1

October 3, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Brooklyn (N)	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	x	6	9	0
W: Sal Maglie (1–0) L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

Game 2

October 5, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	2
Brooklyn (N)	0	6	1	2	2	0	0	2	x	13	12	0
W: Don Bessent (1–0) L: Tom Morgan (0–1)
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	1
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	x	5	8	1
W: Whitey Ford (1–1) L: Roger Craig (0–1)
HR: NYY – Enos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
New York (A)	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	x	6	7	2
W: Tom Sturdivant (1–0) L: Carl Erskine (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1)

Game 5

October 8, 1956, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	x	2	5	0
W: Don Larsen (1–0) L: Sal Maglie (1–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (3)

Game 6

October 9, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
W: Clem Labine (1–0) L: Bob Turley (0–1)

Game 7

October 10, 1956, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	10	0
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Johnny Kucks (1–0) L: Don Newcombe (0–1)
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (2, 3), Elston Howard (1), Bill Skowron (1)

Awards and honors

National League Most Valuable Player
- Don Newcombe
Cy Young Award
- Don Newcombe
TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
- Don Newcombe

All-Stars

1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella reserve
- Jim Gilliam reserve
- Clem Labine reserve
- Duke Snider reserve
TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Don Newcombe

Farm system

Bill Sweeney Jodie Beeler Charlie Gelbert George Pfister

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksra01.shtml Randy Jackson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/littrja01.shtml Jack Littrell] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wojeype01.shtml Pete Wojey] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda] at ''Baseball-Reference''
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Parker, Vernon. (August 16, 2011). "On This Day in History: August 16 A Lonely Ebbets Without Dodgers". Brooklyn Eagle.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BRO/BRO195604170.shtml 1956 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thompti01.shtml Tim Thompson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loesbi01.shtml Billy Loes] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hugheji02.shtml Jim Hughes] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maglisa01.shtml Sal Maglie] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shearra01.shtml Ray Shearer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mitchda01.shtml Dale Mitchell] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Brooklyn (N)	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	x	6	9	0
W: Sal Maglie (1–0) L: Whitey Ford (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (1), Billy Martin (1) BRO – Jackie Robinson (1), Gil Hodges (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	2
Brooklyn (N)	0	6	1	2	2	0	0	2	x	13	12	0
W: Don Bessent (1–0) L: Tom Morgan (0–1)
HR: NYY – Yogi Berra (1) BRO – Duke Snider (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	8	1
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	x	5	8	1
W: Whitey Ford (1–1) L: Roger Craig (0–1)
HR: NYY – Enos Slaughter (1), Billy Martin (2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
New York (A)	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	x	6	7	2
W: Tom Sturdivant (1–0) L: Carl Erskine (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (2), Hank Bauer (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	x	2	5	0
W: Don Larsen (1–0) L: Sal Maglie (1–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle (3)