1956 Awards
| Award | League | Winner |
| Most Valuable Player | American | Mickey Mantle, New York |
| National | Eddie Mathews, Milwaukee | |
| Cy Young Award | American | Herb Score, Cleveland |
| National | Lew Burdette Milwaukee | |
| Rookie of the Year | American | Rocky Colavito, Cleveland |
| National | Frank Robinson, Cin |
| Gold Glove Awards | ||
| American League | Position | National League |
| Jim Wilson, Baltimore-Chicago | P | Lew Burdette, Milwaukee |
| Jim Hegan, Cleveland | C | Roy Campanella, Brooklyn |
| Vic Power, Kansas City | 1B | Bill White, New York |
| Nellie Fox, Chicago | 2B | Johnny Temple, Cincinnati |
| Eddie Yost, Washington | 3B | Ken Boyer, St. Louis |
| Joe DeMaestri, Kansas City | SS | Roy McMillan, Cincinnati |
| Jimmy Piersall, Boston | OF | Duke Snider, Brooklyn |
| Mickey Mantle, New York | OF | Willie Mays, New York |
| Al Kaline, Detroit | OF | Gus Bell, Cincinnati |