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1956 Milwaukee Braves season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Braves
season	1956
league	National League
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
record
league_place	2nd
owners	Louis R. Perini
general_managers	John J. Quinn
managers	Charlie Grimm
Fred Haney
radio	WEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)

Fred Haney WTMJ (Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh) |}}

The 1956 Milwaukee Braves season was the fourth in Milwaukee and the 86th overall season of the franchise. The Braves finished in second place in the National League, just one game behind the Brooklyn Dodgers in the league standings, and one game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds. All three teams posted wins on the final day of the season; the Braves had entered the final three games with a game advantage, but dropped the first two at St. Louis while the Dodgers swept the Pirates.

The Braves' led the major leagues in home attendance with 2,046,331; next closest was the New York Yankees of the American League at under 1.5 million. The runner-up in NL attendance was champion Brooklyn at under 1.22 million. The Braves averaged 30,093 for the 68 home dates.

Regular season

Season summary

Under opening day manager Charlie Grimm, the Braves got off to a mediocre start at . After a loss on Saturday, June 16, the owners dismissed him and replaced him with Fred Haney, who led the Braves to a record for the rest of the season. Finishing at , the Braves nearly caught up with the Dodgers, who finished a game ahead at . Haney managed the Braves to the World Series in 1957 and 1958, and then to a tie atop the National League standings in 1959, tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In individual performance statistics, outfielder Hank Aaron led the league in hits with 200, in batting average at .328, and in doubles with 34. His 106 runs scored led the Braves. First baseman Joe Adcock led the Braves with 38 home runs and 103 runs batted in. The Braves' other hitting star was their third baseman, Eddie Mathews, who played in 151 games, hit 37 home runs, scored 103 runs, and batted in 95 runs.

The pitching leaders for the Braves were their "big three" starting pitchers (listed with their won-loss records): Warren Spahn (), Lew Burdette (), and Bob Buhl (). Spahn also recorded three saves among the four games in which he was used as a relief pitcher.

Outfielder Bobby Thomson also had his best season, out of three, with the Braves, with 142 games played, 20 home runs, and 74 runs batted in, but just a .235 batting average. Then, the next season, Thomson was traded back to the New York Giants.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1956 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	112	311	37	74	.238	16	48
1B	137	454	76	132	.291	38	103
2B	139	498	71	119	.239	2	42
3B	151	552	103	150	.272	37	95
SS	148	545	69	153	.281	15	46
LF	142	451	59	106	.235	20	74
CF	147	525	73	143	.272	8	56
RF	153	609	106	200	.328	26	92

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
71	188	40	.213	3	17
111	159	41	.258	0	16
75	138	39	.283	2	16
44	102	25	.245	1	6
45	93	24	.258	2	9
60	63	15	.238	1	4
35	53	15	.283	0	3
15	30	5	.167	2	7
7	13	3	.231	0	0
14	11	0	.000	0	0
4	2	1	.500	1	1

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
39	281.1	20	11	2.78	111
39	256.1	19	10	2.70	110
38	216.2	18	8	3.32	86
35	169.2	11	10	3.87	73

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
35	158.1	8	9	3.13	68
23	87.2	5	3	2.26	36
19	50.2	3	2	2.66	40

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
36	4	3	6	3.71	26
29	2	3	7	3.74	20
25	2	2	2	3.15	32
14	0	0	1	4.44	18
2	0	1	0	6.75	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	inf	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Evansville, Boise, Wellsville

References

1956 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

(October 1, 1956). "Baseball standings (final)". Milwaukee Journal.
(October 1, 1956). "Major league crowds are slightly decreased". Milwaukee Journal.
(September 24, 1956). "Turnstile story". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wolf, Bob. (June 17, 1956). "Grimm quits manager job; Haney to boss the Braves". Milwaukee Journal.
Lynch, H.G.. (June 17, 1956). "Grimm resigns, or is he pushed?". Milwaukee Journal.

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