1956 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac

1956 Baltimore Orioles Roster

The 1956 Baltimore Orioles team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1956 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1956 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Baltimore Orioles salary list, a 1956 Baltimore Orioles uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Baltimore Orioles primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
27	Charlie Beamon	5-11	195	Right	Right	1934-12-25
38	Fred Besana	6-03�	200	Left	Right	1931-04-05
25, 41	Babe Birrer	6-00	195	Right	Right	1929-07-04
28	Hal Brown	6-02	182	Right	Right	1924-12-11
20	Sandy Consuegra	5-10	165	Right	Right	1920-09-03
23	Harry Dorish	5-11	206	Right	Right	1921-07-13
39	Don Ferrarese	5-09	170	Left	Right	1929-06-19
25, 36, 41	Mike Fornieles	5-11	172	Right	Right	1932-01-18
21	Bob Harrison	5-11	178	Right	Left	1930-09-22
40	Mel Held	6-01	178	Right	Right	1929-04-12
36	Connie Johnson	6-04	200	Right	Right	1922-12-27
38	Billy Loes	6-01	170	Right	Right	1929-12-13
19	Morrie Martin	6-00	180	Left	Left	1922-09-03
32	Ron Moeller	6-00	180	Left	Left	1938-10-13
29	Ray Moore	6-01	205	Right	Right	1926-06-01
18	Billy O'Dell	5-11	170	Left	Both	1932-02-10
16	Erv Palica	6-01�	180	Right	Right	1928-02-09
40	Johnny Schmitz	6-00	170	Left	Right	1920-11-27
24	Gordie Sundin	6-04	215	Right	Right	1937-10-10
15	George Werley	6-02	196	Right	Right	1938-09-08
17	Bill Wight	6-01	180	Left	Left	1922-04-12
36	Jim Wilson	6-01�	200	Right	Right	1922-02-20
35	George Zuverink	6-04	200	Right	Right	1924-08-20
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
10	Tom Gastall	6-02	187	Right	Right	1932-06-13
22	Joe Ginsberg	5-11	180	Right	Left	1926-10-11
22	Hal Smith	6-00	195	Right	Right	1930-12-07
11	Gus Triandos	6-03	215	Right	Right	1930-07-30
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
5	Bobby Adams	5-10	170	Right	Right	1921-12-14
1	Bob Boyd	5-10	170	Left	Left	1919-10-01
33	Wayne Causey	5-10�	175	Right	Left	1936-12-26
9	Billy Gardner	6-00	180	Right	Right	1927-07-19
6	Bob Hale	5-10	195	Left	Left	1933-11-07
5	Grady Hatton	5-09	175	Right	Left	1922-10-07
3	George Kell	5-09	175	Right	Right	1922-08-23
2	Fred Marsh	5-10	180	Right	Right	1924-01-05
7	Willy Miranda	5-09�	150	Right	Both	1926-05-24
6	Brooks Robinson	6-01	190	Right	Right	1937-05-18
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
32	Chuck Diering	5-10	165	Right	Right	1923-02-05
14	Jim Dyck	6-02	205	Right	Right	1922-02-03
14, 17	Hoot Evers	6-02	185	Right	Right	1921-02-08
44	Tito Francona	5-11	190	Left	Left	1933-11-04
2	Joe Frazier	6-00	180	Right	Left	1922-10-06
37	Tex Nelson	6-03	220	Left	Left	1936-08-07
4	Bob Nieman	5-11	195	Right	Right	1927-01-26
4	Dave Philley	6-00	188	Right	Both	1920-05-16
3	Dave Pope	5-10�	170	Right	Left	1921-06-17
8	Jim Pyburn	6-00	190	Right	Right	1932-11-01
23	Dick Williams	6-00	190	Right	Right	1929-05-07
1956 Baltimore Orioles Roster

The 1956 Baltimore Orioles played 154 games during the regular season, won 69 games, lost 85 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium (Park Factors: 92/94) where 901,201 fans witnessed their 1956 Orioles finish the season with a .448 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1956 Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Baltimore Orioles salary list, a 1956 Baltimore Orioles uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Baltimore Orioles primary starters list:

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Opening Day Starters

Bobby Adams
Bob Boyd
Wayne Causey
Chuck Diering
Tito Francona
Fred Marsh
Willy Miranda
Dave Philley
Gus Triandos
1956 Baltimore Orioles
Most Games by Position
C Gus Triandos (89)
1B Bob Boyd (60)
2B Billy Gardner (132)
3B George Kell (97)
SS Willy Miranda (147)
LF Bob Nieman (114)
CF Dick Williams (66)
RF Tito Francona (98)

SP Connie Johnson
SP Ray Moore
SP Bill Wight

RP Billy Loes
CL George Zuverink

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Salaries
Dave Philley $24,000.00
Bob Nieman $19,000.00

1956 Baltimore Orioles
Uniform Numbers
#1 Bob Boyd
#2 Joe Frazier
#2 Fred Marsh
#3 George Kell
#3 Dave Pope
#4 Bob Nieman
#4 Dave Philley
#5 Bobby Adams
#5 Grady Hatton
#6 Bob Hale
#6 Brooks Robinson
#7 Willy Miranda
#8 Jim Pyburn
#9 Billy Gardner
#10 Tom Gastall
#11 Gus Triandos
#14 Jim Dyck
#14 Hoot Evers
#15 George Werley
#16 Erv Palica
#17 Hoot Evers
#17 Bill Wight
#18 Billy O'Dell
#19 Morrie Martin
#20 Sandy Consuegra
#21 Bob Harrison
#22 Joe Ginsberg
#22 Hal Smith
#23 Harry Dorish
#23 Dick Williams
#24 Gordie Sundin
#25 Babe Birrer
#25 Mike Fornieles
#27 Charlie Beamon
#28 Hal Brown
#29 Ray Moore
#32 Chuck Diering
#32 Ron Moeller
#33 Wayne Causey
#35 George Zuverink
#36 Mike Fornieles
#36 Connie Johnson
#36 Jim Wilson
#37 Tex Nelson
#38 Fred Besana
#38 Billy Loes
#39 Don Ferrarese
#40 Mel Held
#40 Johnny Schmitz
#41 Babe Birrer
#41 Mike Fornieles
#44 Tito Francona

Did you know that a 1956 Baltimore Orioles Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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