2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1956 Baltimore Orioles 69-85 (6th place American League) Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 901,201 Manager(s): Paul Richards 69-85 (0.448) American League Baltimore Orioles (MLB) Boston Red Sox (MLB) Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB) Chicago Cubs (MLB) Chicago White Sox (MLB) Cincinnati Redlegs (MLB) Cleveland Indians (MLB) Detroit Tigers (MLB) Kansas City Athletics (MLB) Milwaukee Braves (MLB) National League New York Giants (MLB) New York Yankees (MLB) Philadelphia Phillies (MLB) Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB) St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) Washington Senators (MLB) Batting Leaders    Picthing Leaders BA Bob Nieman 0.322    W Ray Moore 12 HR Gus Triandos 21    Sv George Zuverink 16 RBI Gus Triandos 88    ERA Connie Johnson 3.43 R Tito Francona 62    SO Connie Johnson 130 SB Tito Francona 11    K/9 Connie Johnson 6.37 OPS Bob Nieman 0.940    Cards Standings Roster Statistics Transactions History Team Sets Batting - Reg. Season Pitching - Reg. Season Fielding - Reg. Season Regular Season Batting Stats Player Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Billy Gardner 144 515 53 119 16 2 11 50 29 53 5 5 0.231 0.281 0.334 0.615 Willy Miranda 148 461 38 100 16 4 2 34 46 73 3 6 0.217 0.287 0.282 0.569 Gus Triandos 131 452 47 126 18 1 21 88 48 73 0 0 0.279 0.348 0.462 0.810 Tito Francona 139 445 62 115 16 4 9 57 51 60 11 5 0.258 0.334 0.373 0.707 Bob Nieman 114 388 60 125 20 6 12 64 86 59 1 5 0.322 0.442 0.497 0.939 Dick Williams 87 353 45 101 18 4 11 37 30 40 5 5 0.286 0.342 0.453 0.795 George Kell 102 345 45 90 17 2 8 37 25 31 0 1 0.261 0.313 0.391 0.704 Hal Smith 77 229 16 60 14 0 3 18 17 22 1 0 0.262 0.315 0.362 0.677 Bob Boyd 70 225 28 70 8 3 2 11 30 14 0 5 0.311 0.395 0.400 0.795 Bob Hale 85 207 18 49 10 1 1 24 11 10 0 2 0.237 0.274 0.309 0.583 Jim Pyburn 84 156 23 27 3 3 2 11 17 26 4 1 0.173 0.251 0.269 0.520 Dave Philley 32 117 13 24 4 2 1 17 18 13 3 1 0.205 0.309 0.299 0.608 Hoot Evers 48 112 20 27 3 0 1 4 24 18 1 0 0.241 0.375 0.295 0.670 Bobby Adams 41 111 19 25 6 1 0 7 25 15 1 1 0.225 0.362 0.297 0.659 Chuck Diering 50 97 15 18 4 0 1 4 23 19 2 5 0.186 0.342 0.258 0.600 Wayne Causey 53 88 7 15 0 1 1 4 8 23 0 0 0.170 0.237 0.227 0.464 Joe Frazier 45 74 7 19 6 0 1 12 11 6 0 0 0.257 0.356 0.378 0.734 Ray Moore 32 70 9 19 3 0 2 6 2 21 0 0 0.271 0.301 0.400 0.701 Tex Nelson 39 68 5 14 2 0 0 5 7 22 0 0 0.206 0.276 0.235 0.511 Grady Hatton 27 61 4 9 1 0 1 3 13 6 0 0 0.148 0.297 0.213 0.510 Bill Wight 35 60 2 12 0 0 0 4 2 26 0 0 0.200 0.226 0.200 0.426 Connie Johnson 26 58 5 15 1 0 0 4 6 9 1 0 0.259 0.328 0.276 0.604 Tom Gastall 32 56 3 11 2 0 0 4 3 8 0 0 0.196 0.246 0.232 0.478 Brooks Robinson 15 44 5 10 4 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0.227 0.244 0.386 0.630 Hal Brown 42 42 5 8 2 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0.190 0.292 0.238 0.530 Erv Palica 30 32 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.156 0.156 0.156 0.312 Mike Fornieles 33 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.167 0.167 0.200 0.367 Don Ferrarese 36 28 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0.036 0.100 0.036 0.136 Joe Ginsberg 15 28 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0.071 0.129 0.071 0.200 Fred Marsh 20 24 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0.125 0.250 0.125 0.375 Jim Dyck 11 23 3 5 2 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 0.217 0.455 0.304 0.759 Dave Pope 12 19 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0.158 0.200 0.158 0.358 Billy Loes 21 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0.176 0.176 0.176 0.352 George Zuverink 62 17 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0.118 0.167 0.118 0.285 Jim Wilson 7 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0.267 0.421 0.333 0.754 Johnny Schmitz 18 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Charlie Beamon 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Fred Besana 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 Sandy Consuegra 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000 Ron Moeller 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Billy O'Dell 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Babe Birrer 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Harry Dorish 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - Bob Harrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - Gordie Sundin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - Mel Held 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - George Werley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - Morrie Martin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - Total G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS 154 5090 571 1242 198 34 91 515 561 725 39 42 0.244 0.320 0.350 0.670