1956 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1956 MLB Season is the 56th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Results
Gene Bacque (SP) - Detroit Tigers

George Banks (2B) - New York Yankees

Reno Bertoia (2B) - Detroit Tigers

Billy Cowan (RF) - Chicago Cubs

Kazuhisa Inao (SP) - Baltimore Orioles

Mack Jones (CF) - Milwaukee Brewers

Bob Locker (RP) - Chicago White Sox

Gaylord Perry (SP) - San Francisco Seals

Frank Robinson (CF) - Cincinnati Reds

Tetsuya Yoneda (RP) - Chicago White Sox

Max Alvis (3B) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Dave Baldwin (RP) - Brooklyn Dodgers

Billy Bryan (C) - Kansas City Monarchs

Bob Heffnner (RP) - Boston Red Sox

Final Standings
AL East: Buffalo Bisons (91-65), Boston Red Sox (90-66), New York Yankees (78-78), Chicago White Sox (77-79), Detroit Tigers (71-85), Baltimore Orioles (68-88)

AL West: Los Angeles Angels (92-64), New Orleans Browns (85-71), San Francisco Athletics (77-79), Minnesota Twins (77-79), Seattle Rainiers (73-83), Dallas Rangers (57-99)

NL East: Pittsburgh Pirates (104-52), New York Giants (84-72), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-72), Philadelphia Phillies (84-72), Washington Nationals (83-73), Chicago Cubs (79-77)

NL West: St. Louis Cardinals (88-68), Kansas City Blues (76-80), Milwaukee Brewers (76-80), Atlanta Braves (73-83), Cleveland Buckeyes (53-103), Cincinnati Reds (52-104)

Playoffs

AL: Buffalo def. Los Angeles 4-3

NL: St. Louis def. Pittsburgh 4-3

World Series: Buffalo def. St. Louis 4-2

League Leaders
Batting Average - Emilio Vazquez (Philadelphia) .361

Home Runs - Ted Kluszewski (Washington) 51

RBI - Ted Kluszewski (Washington) 145

Stolen Bases - Maury Wills (Kansas City) 20

ERA - Kimio Kuramoto (New Orleans) 2.35

Wins - Alex Bello (Pittsburgh) 22

Strikeouts - Quintin Armstrong (Seattle) 266