Offseason

• October 24, 1955: Ralph Kiner
  Ralph Kiner
  Ralph McPherran Kiner is an American former Major League Baseball player and has been an announcer for the New York Mets since the team's inception. Though injuries forced his retirement from active play after 10 seasons, Kiner's tremendous slugging outpaced nearly all of his National League...
  
   was released by the Indians.
• October 25, 1955: Larry Doby
  Larry Doby
  Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball....
  
   was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   for Chico Carrasquel
  Chico Carrasquel
  Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles...
  
   and Jim Busby
  Jim Busby
  James Franklin Busby was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball and right-handed batter who played for the Chicago White Sox , Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles , Boston Red Sox and Houston Colt .45's .Busby was born in Kenedy, Texas, and attended...
  
  .

Roster

1956 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

Game log

1956 Game Log

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C		122	315	42	70	.222	15	2	6	34	1
1B		136	481	65	127	.264	22	0	32	106	0
2B		138	513	74	115	.224	14	2	10	54	17
3B		121	416	64	111	.267	18	2	15	61	1
SS		141	474	60	115	.243	15	1	7	48	0
LF		100	317	56	83	.262	17	0	8	38	2
CF		135	494	72	116	.235	17	3	12	50	8
RF		101	322	55	89	.276	11	4	21	65	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
	141	526	87	144	.274	26	5	16	71	6
	85	171	22	36	.211	1	2	3	17	0
	87	150	18	38	.253	10	0	6	21	0
	53	122	11	35	.287	3	1	3	18	0
	57	114	17	29	.254	7	0	4	20	0
	42	93	12	22	.237	6	0	3	14	0
	25	70	6	17	.243	3	1	0	3	0
	16	47	4	11	.234	1	0	0	2	0
	12	38	7	13	.342	0	0	0	1	3
	38	30	2	4	.133	0	0	0	6	0
	27	22	7	6	.273	1	0	0	2	0
	9	6	0	1	.167	0	0	0	0	0
	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	38	35	277.2	20	9	2.72	91	158
	39	35	255.1	20	14	3.03	89	94
	35	33	249.1	20	9	2.53	129	263
	35	30	197.2	11	12	3.78	74	119

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
	16	9	65.1	3	5	1	3.72	27	31
	19	4	58	0	4	1	4.97	23	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
	48	87.2	6	5	11	3.59	33	59
	37	61.2	2	4	1	4.96	32	27
	32	59.1	3	2	4	1.52	19	42
	22	46.2	2	2	1	6.56	31	19
	14	20.1	1	0	0	6.20	14	13
	2	5	0	0	0	3.60	2	2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Fayetteville

In 1956, the Indianapolis Indians were 92-62. On May 18, they defeated the Louisville Colonels by a score of 24-0. Roger Maris had seven runs batted in in the game. The Indians went on to win the 1956 Junior World Series

Junior World Series

The Junior World Series was the name given to a postseason series between champions of two of the three high-minor baseball leagues, modeled on the World Series of Major League Baseball...

 by defeating the Rochester Red Wings

Rochester Red Wings

The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. The team plays in the International League and is the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major-league club. The Red Wings play in Frontier Field, located in downtown Rochester.The Red Wings were an...

. In Game 2 of the Junior World Series, Roger Maris would set a record by getting seven runs batted in.