1956 Baltimore Orioles
69 - 85
1955 / 1957 (Organization)
6th place in the AL (28 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		41 - 36 (.532)
28 - 49 (.364)		 -0.2 wins
-7.8 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 571 / 666 ( -95 )
Allowed/Expected: 705 / 662 ( -43 )
Pyth Record: 62 - 92 (+7)
Baseball-Reference Links
Links
Team Page Schedule/Results Retrosheet
Batting Stats Transactions Baseball-Almanac
Pitching Stats Minor Lg Affiliates BR Bullpen
Def Lineups Batting Orders Wikipedia
Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 901,201 Avg Att: 11,704 (0.92)
Att Rank: 6 / 8 Lg Avg: 12,773
       
Park Factor: 0.93    
HR Factor: 0.83 R/L HR: 0.87 / 0.77
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Willy Miranda
SS
147
1,209.7
 
9.2
7.6
9.2
 
5.0
5.0
2 Billy Gardner
2B
132
1,058.7
 
4.3
4.1
4.3
 
-6.3
-6.3
3 Bob Nieman
LF
114
977.7
 
5.8
5.9
7.0
-1.2
 
6.7
8.8
-2.1
4 George Kell
3B
97
749.0
 
-7.7
-10.3
-7.7
 
-4.1
-4.1
5 Tito Francona
RF
98
683.7
 
-3.0
-4.4
-3.3
0.3
 
1.0
-1.7
2.7
6 Gus Triandos
C
89
658.3
 
3.3
5.0
3.5
-0.2
 
5.8
6.4
0.4
6.7
-1.0
7 Hal Smith
C
71
527.7
 
1.3
2.5
1.4
-0.1
 
1.4
2.6
-2.8
-0.2
1.6
8 Dick Williams
CF
66
527.3
 
1.3
2.4
0.6
0.7
 
5.9
3.3
2.6
9 Bob Boyd
1B
60
487.3
 
0.3
0.6
0.3
 
-5.2
-5.2
10 Gus Triandos
1B
52
396.7
 
1.7
4.4
1.7
 
5.9
5.9
11 Bob Hale
1B
51
355.0
 
2.3
6.3
2.3
 
2.2
2.2
12 Jim Pyburn
CF
64
338.7
 
0.1
0.2
0.6
-0.5
 
-2.8
-1.2
-1.6
13 Tito Francona
CF
41
263.0
 
-1.4
-5.2
-1.5
0.2
 
4.1
2.2
1.9
14 Hoot Evers
RF
33
233.7
 
1.1
4.7
1.6
-0.5
 
0.2
0.8
-0.5
15 Chuck Diering
CF
35
223.7
 
3.2
14.2
1.9
1.3
 
-5.9
-2.8
-3.1
16 Bobby Adams
3B
24
158.7
 
0.6
3.5
0.6
 
1.4
1.4
17 Wayne Causey
3B
30
145.3
 
-0.9
-6.1
-0.9
 
1.0
1.0
18 Dave Philley
LF
21
132.3
 
-0.3
-2.2
-0.2
-0.1
 
-4.5
-4.4
-0.1
19 Bobby Adams
2B
18
129.3
 
-1.7
-13.2
-1.7
 
-9.1
-9.1
20 Dave Philley
RF
18
123.7
 
-0.6
-4.8
-0.5
-0.1
 
2.3
2.3
0.0
21 Billy Gardner
SS
25
118.7
 
0.6
5.5
0.6
 
1.9
1.9
22 Tom Gastall
C
20
113.7
 
-0.1
-1.0
-0.2
0.1
 
-0.3
1.1
-0.5
0.6
-1.0
23 Joe Frazier
RF
19
112.0
 
0.5
4.7
0.5
0.0
 
2.4
1.8
0.7
24 Brooks Robinson
3B
14
101.3
 
0.4
3.9
0.4
 
0.7
0.7
25 Dick Williams
RF
19
87.0
 
0.2
1.8
0.2
-0.0
 
1.8
1.7
0.2
26 Grady Hatton
3B
12
84.0
 
-0.5
-5.6
-0.5
 
-2.0
-2.0
27 Tex Nelson
RF
16
83.0
 
0.4
4.3
0.3
0.1
 
2.9
2.1
0.8
28 Tito Francona
1B
21
82.3
 
-0.2
-2.4
-0.2
 
-1.4
-1.4
29 Grady Hatton
2B
15
78.7
 
-0.4
-4.8
-0.4
 
0.3
0.3
30 Jim Dyck
LF
9
62.0
 
0.3
4.2
0.2
0.1
 
-1.4
-2.2
0.9
31 Joe Ginsberg
C
8
61.0
 
0.0
0.2
-0.1
0.1
 
0.4
0.8
-0.8
-0.0
0.4
32 Tex Nelson
LF
10
52.0
 
-0.4
-8.0
-0.6
0.2
 
-3.3
-3.7
0.3
33 Jim Pyburn
LF
11
48.7
 
0.2
4.2
0.2
0.0
 
0.3
-0.1
0.3
34 Wayne Causey
2B
7
46.0
 
0.1
2.4
0.1
 
0.6
0.6
35 Dick Williams
1B
10
36.0
 
-0.1
-3.7
-0.1
 
2.3
2.3
36 Dick Williams
LF
9
34.0
 
0.0
1.2
0.1
-0.0
 
0.5
0.6
-0.2
37 Billy Gardner
3B
6
33.0
 
0.2
6.1
0.2
 
0.6
0.6
38 Fred Marsh
SS
8
32.3
 
0.1
3.7
0.1
 
-1.5
-1.5
39 Dick Williams
3B
4
30.0
 
-0.4
-14.0
-0.4
 
-1.8
-1.8
40 Fred Marsh
3B
8
26.3
 
0.3
9.6
0.3
 
-1.0
-1.0
41 Fred Marsh
2B
5
23.0
 
-0.3
-11.1
-0.3
 
-0.8
-0.8
42 Dick Williams
2B
10
22.0
 
-0.2
-9.4
-0.2
 
-1.1
-1.1
43 Chuck Diering
LF
7
22.0
 
-0.1
-3.4
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
44 Dave Philley
3B
5
20.0
 
-0.0
-1.3
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
45 Dave Pope
RF
3
16.0
 
0.1
3.8
0.0
0.0
 
-0.8
-0.8
-0.1
46 Chuck Diering
3B
2
13.0
 
-0.0
-1.1
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.9
47 Dave Pope
LF
2
12.0
 
0.0
3.1
0.1
-0.0
 
-1.0
-0.9
-0.1
48 Bob Boyd
RF
5
11.3
 
-0.0
-3.2
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.1
0.2
-0.1
49 Bob Boyd
LF
3
9.0
 
0.0
2.6
0.0
-0.0
 
0.4
0.5
-0.0
50 Hoot Evers
CF
2
8.0
 
-0.2
-21.2
-0.1
-0.1
 
0.5
0.2
0.2
51 Hoot Evers
LF
4
7.0
 
0.0
1.6
0.0
-0.0
 
0.7
0.7
-0.0
52 Jim Pyburn
RF
3
6.3
 
0.0
5.3
0.0
0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
53 Tito Francona
LF
1
4.0
 
-0.0
-4.6
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.6
0.6
-0.0
54 Chuck Diering
RF
2
4.0
 
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
-0.0
55 George Kell
1B
2
3.3
 
-0.0
-3.7
-0.0
 
0.4
0.4
56 Brooks Robinson
2B
1
2.0
 
0.0
0.5
0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
57 George Kell
2B
1
1.0
 
0.0
6.6
0.0
 
0.4
0.4
  25        
19.3
1.8
14.5
0.3
4.6
-0.1
  
4.4
-5.3
2.5
10.8
-3.7
7.2
0.0
DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry
Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James