1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1956
misc = 1956 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Walter O'Malley
general manager =Buzzie Bavasi
managers = Walter Alston
television = WOR-TV
radio = WMGM
Vin Scully,Connie Desmond, Jerry Doggett, Al Helfer|

The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. Don Newcombe won the NL MVP award and the very first Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher to win the National League MVP and the Cy Young Award in the same season. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0] The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series. This time they lost the series in seven games.

eason standings

1956 Roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Game 2

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

Game 5

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

1956 Awards

*1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Roy Campanella reserve
**Jim Gilliam reserve
**Clem Labine reserve
**Duke Snider reserve
*National League Most Valuable Player
**Don Newcombe
*Cy Young Award
**Don Newcombe
*TSN Pitcher of the Year Award
**Don Newcombe
*TSN Major League All-Star Team
**Don Newcombe

1956 Transactions

*December 9: Traded Don Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Jackson and Don Elston
*December 21: Purchased Jack Littrell from the Kansas City Athletics
*December 30: Traded Pete Wojay to the Detroit Tigers for Leo Cristante and cash
*March 2: Sold Tommy Lasorda to the Kansas City Athletics [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lasorto01.shtml Tommy Lasorda Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*April 16: Traded Tim Thompson to the Kansas City Athletics for Lee Wheat, Tom Saffell and cash
*May 14: Sold Billy Loes to the Baltimore Orioles
*May 15: Sold Jim Hughes to the Chicago Cubs
*May 15: Purchased Sal Maglie from the Cleveland Indians
*July 4: Traded Ray Shearer to the Milwaukee Braves
*July 29: Purchased Dale Mitchell from the Cleveland Indians
*October 14: Purchased Connie Grob from the Washington Senators

1956 Minor League Teams

*(Open) Portland Beavers (managed by Tommy Holmes/Bill Sweeney) - Pacific Coast League
*AAA: Montreal Royals (managed by Greg Mulleavy) - International League
*AAA: St. Paul Saints (managed by Max Macon) - American Association
*AA Ft. Worth Cats (managed by Lee Handley) - Texas League
*A: Macon Dodgers (managed by Goldie Holt)- South Atlantic League
*A: Pueblo Dodgers (managed by Ray Hathaway) - Western League
*B: Cedar Rapids Raiders (managed by George Scherger) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*B: Wichita Falls Spudders (managed by Jack Wilkinson/Jodie Beeler) - Big State League
*C: Great Falls Electrics (managed by Lou Rochelli) - Pioneer League
*C: Reno Silver Sox (managed by Ray Perry) - California League
*D: Hornell Dodgers (managed by Boyd Bartley/Charlie Gelbert)- Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
*D: Kokomo Dodgers (managed by Pete Reiser) - Midwest League
*D: Shawnee Hawks (managed by Jack Banta) - Sooner State League
*D: Thomasville Dodgers (managed by Rudy Rufer/George Pfister- Georgia-Florida League

References

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1956_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=891 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1956.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1956&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]