1956 Chicago Cubs season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Chicago Cubs
season = 1956
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = Wrigley Field
y4 = 1916
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1871
owners =Philip K. Wrigley
general manager = Wid Matthews
managers = Stan Hack
television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
radio = WIND
(Milo Hamilton, Jack Quinlan, Gene Elston)|

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* "Open" Classification: Los Angeles Angels (Pacific Coast League; Bob Scheffing, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class AA: Tulsa Oilers (Texas League; Al Widmar, manager)
* Class A: Des Moines Bruins (Western League; Lou Klein, manager)
* Class B: Burlington Bees (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Ed McDade, manager)
* Class C: Lafayette Oilers (Evangeline League; Ken Raffensberger, manager) -- LEAGUE CO-CHAMPION
* Class C: Magic Valley Cowboys (Pioneer League; Al Zarilla and Bill Raimondi, managers)
* Class D: Crestview Braves (Alabama-Florida League; Walt Dixon, manager)
* Class D: Paris Lakers (Midwest League; Marty Purtell, manager) -- LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Ponca City Cubs (Sooner State League; Don Biebel, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1956.shtml 1956 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]