1956 Major League Baseball

Reports

Major League Standings
Monthly Reports
Org team vs team
Boxscores
All-Star Game
Post Season
Player Awards


Leagues

American League
National League

Games of Note

Herb Score struck out 16 batters in Cleveland's 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles (May 4)
Warren Spahn throws the season's first no-hitter in beating the New York Giants (May 17)
Mickey Mantle smashed three homeruns against the Detroit Tigers (May 22)
Minnie Minoso hit for the cycle against the Cleveland Indians (May 27)

Wally Post hit three longballs against the Brooklyn Dodgers (Jun 24)
Duke Snider crushed three homeruns against the Philadelphia Phillies (Jun 30)
Sam Jones whiffed 15 against Brooklyn, but the Cubs still lost the game (Jul 16)
Vic Wertz bashed three homeruns against Washington (Jul 18)
Ernie Banks belted three homerun for the Cubs against the Phillies (Jul 18)
Herb Score racked up 15 punch outs in a 2-1 win over the Washington Senators (Jul 25)
Marv Blaylock hit for the cycle against New York (Aug 7)
Mickey Mantle went deep three times in a game for the second time this season (Aug 23)
Stan Lopata belted three homeruns against the Milwaukee Braves (Aug 24)
Herb Score fashioned a no-hitter against the Kansas City Athletics (Sep 4)
Harry Simpson ripped three homeruns against Detroit (Sep 9)
Joe Adcock hit three homeruns for Milwaukee against the Chicago Cubs (Sep 9)
George Crowe belt three homeruns against the Philadelphia Phillies (Sep 19)
Tom Sturdivant throws the third no-hitter of the season in beating the Baltimore Orioles (Sep 25)