Offseason

• March 2, 1956: Tommy Lasorda
  Tommy Lasorda
  Thomas Charles Lasorda is a former Major League baseball player and manager. marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully...
  
   was purchased by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
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Notable transactions

• April 16, 1956: Lee Wheat, Tom Saffell
  Tom Saffell
  Thomas Judson Saffell is a former major league outfielder from Etowah, Tennessee-Early life:Saffell grew up playing sports, especially fast-pitch softball. His team won the state tournament and played in a national tournament in Detroit, Michigan. After completing high school in 1940, Saffell...
  
   and cash were traded by the Athletics to the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
  
   for Tim Thompson
  Tim Thompson
  Charles Lemoine Thompson was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played from 1954-1958 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers.He was a coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981....
  
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• April 16, 1956: Johnny Groth
  Johnny Groth
  John Thomas Groth is a former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1946 to 1960. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He play for the Detroit Tigers , St...
  
   was purchased by the Athletics from the Washington Senators
  Minnesota Twins
  The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
  
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• May, 1956: Marion Fricano
  Marion Fricano
  Marion John Fricano was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Athletics .-External links:*...
  
   and $60,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jack Crimian
  Jack Crimian
  John Melvin Crimian is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the and seasons, the Kansas City Athletics during the season, and the Detroit Tigers during the season.-References:...
  
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• June 14, 1956: Moe Burtschy
  Moe Burtschy
  Edward Frank "Moe" Burtschy was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics .He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
  
  , Bill Renna
  Bill Renna
  William Beneditto Renna is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for four different teams between the and seasons. Nicknamed "Big Bill," he was listed at and , and batted and threw right-handed...
  
   and cash were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   for Lou Skizas
  Lou Skizas
  Louis Peter Skizas , is a former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball primarily as an outfielder and third baseman from 1956-1959.-Fast Facts:* Skizas is of Greek ancestry....
  
   and Eddie Robinson.
• July 11, 1956: Tommy Lasorda was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
  
   for Wally Burnette
  Wally Burnette
  Wallace Harper Burnette was an American professional baseball player who pitched for the Kansas City Athletics from -...
  
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• August 17, 1956: Joe Ginsberg
  Joe Ginsberg
  Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , Kansas City Athletics , Baltimore Orioles , Chicago White Sox , Boston Red Sox , and New York Mets...
  
   was traded by the Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles
  Baltimore Orioles
  The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
  
   for Hal Smith.
• August 25, 1956: Enos Slaughter
  Enos Slaughter
  Enos Bradsher Slaughter , nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St...
  
   was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the New York Yankees.

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