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The following are the baseball events of the year 1956 throughout the world.
Champions[]
Major League Baseball[]
- World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3); Don Larsen, MVP
- All-Star Game, July 10 at Griffith Stadium: National League, 7-3
Other champions[]
- Caribbean World Series: Cienfuegos (Cuba)
- College World Series: Minnesota
- Japan Series: Nishitetsu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-2)
- Little League World Series: Lions Honda, Roswell, New Mexico
Awards and honors[]
- Most Valuable Player
- National League - Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers
- American League - Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees
- First Cy Young Award: Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Rookie Of The Year
- National League - Frank Robinson, Cincinnati Reds
- American League - Luis Aparicio, Chicago White Sox
Major League Baseball final standings[]
American League final standings[]
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National League final standings[]
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Events[]
January–March[]
April–June[]
July–September[]
- July 14 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter in the Red Sox's 4-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
- September 30 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Jim Derrington becomes the youngest pitcher in modern history to start a game. He loses to the Kansas City Athletics 7-6 at the age of 16 years and 10 months.
October–December[]
- October 8 - New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitches a perfect game in game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yankees won it 2-0.
- October 9 - The Dodgers bounce back. Brooklyn's Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-0 victory for the Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series. Yankee Enos Slaughter misjudges Jackie Robinson's fly ball, and Jim Gilliam scores from second base; it turned out to be Robinson's last major league hit. The series is tied at 3 games apiece.
- October 10 - The Yankees win their first World Series championship since 1953 as the Yankees' Johnny Kucks sets down the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0. Yogi Berra hits a pair of 2-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. Don Newcombe takes the loss, his fourth in Series competition. It was the last World Series game being played at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
- October 25 - Chicago White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. Al Lopez is the new manager.
Births[]
- February 24 - Eddie Murray
- March 12 - Dale Murphy
- June 15 - Lance Parrish
- August 22 - Paul Molitor
Deaths[]
- January 4 - John Beckwith, 55, star infielder of the Negro Leagues
- January 23 - Billy Evans, 71, American League umpire from 1906 to 1927, later the general manager of the Indians and Tigers
- February 8 - Connie Mack, 93, Hall of Fame manager of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, retiring with a record 3,731 victories
- April 18 - John Heydler, 86, National League president from 1918 to 1934
- May 26 - Al Simmons, 54, Hall of Fame outfielder who batted a career .334 and was named the AL's MVP in 1929 by The Sporting News
- September 22 - Jesse Tannehill, 82, 6-time winner of 20 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox