1956 Cleveland Indians season

The 1956 Cleveland Indians season was the 56th season for the franchise, the 42nd as the Indians and the 25th season at Cleveland Stadium. The team failed to upon their 93–61 campaign from the previous season, and missed the playoffs, thus posted an 88–66 record, good for second place and 9 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

1956 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Myron H. Wilson, William R. Daley
General managers	Hank Greenberg
Managers	Al López
Television	WEWS-TV (Ken Coleman, Jim Britt)
Radio	WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Tom Manning)
← 1955 Seasons 1957 →

Offseason

• October 24, 1955: Ralph Kiner was released by the Indians.^[1]
• October 25, 1955: Larry Doby was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	49‍–‍28	48‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9	46‍–‍31	42‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12	46‍–‍31	39‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13	43‍–‍34	41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15	37‍–‍40	45‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28	41‍–‍36	28‍–‍49
Washington Senators	59	95	.383	38	32‍–‍45	27‍–‍50
Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45	22‍–‍55	30‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1956 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–16	9–13	5–17	13–9	15–7	9–13	12–10
Boston	16–6	—	14–8	13–9–1	12–10	12–10	8–14	9–13
Chicago	13–9	8–14	—	15–7	13–9	14–8	9–13	13–9
Cleveland	17–5	9–13–1	7–15	—	11–11	17–5	10–12	17–5
Detroit	9–13	10–12	9–13	11–11	—	16–6	12–10	15–7–1
Kansas City	7–15	10–12	8–14	5–17	6–16	—	4–18	12–10
New York	13–9	14–8	13–9	12–10	10–12	18–4	—	17–5
Washington	10–12	13–9	9–13	5–17	7–15–1	10–12	5–17	—

Roster

1956 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 22,28 Hank Aguirre 28 Bud Daley 19 Bob Feller 25 Mike Garcia 11 Art Houtteman 21 Bob Lemon 26 Sal Maglie 33,22 Cal McLish 12 Don Mossi 20 Ray Narleski 27 Herb Score 24 Early Wynn		Catchers 15 Earl Averill 15 Hank Foiles  4 Jim Hegan 18 Hal Naragon Infielders  1 Bobby Ávila 17 Chico Carrasquel  8 Kenny Kuhn  9 Rudy Regalado  7 Al Rosen  2 George Strickland 26 Preston Ward 23 Vic Wertz		Outfielders 31 Jim Busby 33 Joe Caffie 38 Rocky Colavito 32 Stu Locklin 36 Sam Mele  3 Dale Mitchell 34 Dave Pope 16 Al Smith 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 30 Hoot Evers  5 Bobby Young		Manager 10 Al López Coaches 44 Tony Cuccinello (Third Base) 43 Mel Harder (Pitching) 42 Red Kress (First Base) 40 Bill Lobe (Bullpen)

Game log

1956 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 1 April 17 @ White Sox 2–1 Pierce (1–0) Lemon (0–1) 16,773 0–1 2 April 19 @ White Sox 1–0 Harshman (1–0) Score (0–1) 5,369 0–2 3 April 20 Tigers 3–1 Wynn (1–0) Garver (0–1) 31,689 1–2 4 April 21 Tigers 7–6 Aber (1–0) Garcia (0–1) 4,224 1–3 5 April 22 Tigers 6–4 Black (1–0) Narleski (0–1) 1–4 6 April 22 Tigers 5–2 Lemon (1–1) Marlowe (0–1) 12,980 2–4 7 April 25 @ Athletics 5–2 Score (1–1) Shantz (1–1) 18,005 3–4 8 April 26 @ Athletics 14–2 Wynn (2–0) Kretlow (0–1) 9,014 4–4 9 April 27 @ Tigers 4 – 3 (10) Mossi (1–0) Lary (0–2) 3,735 5–4 10 April 29 @ Tigers 1 – 0 (10) Hoeft (1–0) Score (1–2) 5–5 11 April 29 @ Tigers 8–4 Lemon (2–1) Black (1–1) 22,222 6–5
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 12 May 1 @ Senators 3–2 Wynn (3–0) Ramos (1–1) 9,639 7–5 13 May 3 @ Orioles 7–1 Garcia (1–1) Wight (0–4) 12,378 8–5 14 May 4 @ Orioles 4–3 Wilson (3–0) Score (1–3) 8,130 8–6 15 May 5 @ Orioles 2–1 Lemon (3–1) Ferrarese (0–1) 9,270 9–6 16 May 7 @ Red Sox 5–1 Brewer (3–1) Garcia (1–2) 4,396 9–7 17 May 8 @ Yankees 4–3 Kucks (3–1) Wynn (3–1) 8,794 9–8 18 May 9 @ Yankees 6–5 Score (2–3) Morgan (0–3) 12,225 10–8 19 May 10 @ Yankees 7–2 Lemon (4–1) McDermott (1–2) 10,382 11–8 20 May 11 Athletics 4 – 1 (5) Garcia (2–2) Kretlow (1–3) 8,622 12–8 21 May 12 Athletics 5–3 Wynn (4–1) Herriage (0–1) 4,728 13–8 22 May 13 Athletics 5–2 Ditmar (3–2) Feller (0–1) 13–9 23 May 13 Athletics 9–4 Score (3–3) Lasorda (0–1) 11,308 14–9 24 May 14 Yankees 3–2 Lemon (5–1) Kucks (3–2) 18,950 15–9 25 May 16 Yankees 4–1 Morgan (1–3) Garcia (2–3) 6,263 15–10 26 May 18 Senators 5 – 4 (11) Stewart (2–0) Narleski (0–2) 7,747 15–11 27 May 19 Senators 5–1 Score (4–3) Pascual (2–5) 4,666 16–11 28 May 20 Orioles 6–1 Lemon (6–1) Wilson (4–2) 17–11 29 May 20 Orioles 5–1 Garcia (3–3) Palica (2–5) 12,318 18–11 30 May 22 Red Sox 5–3 Brewer (5–1) Wynn (4–2) 15,286 18–12 31 May 23 Red Sox 6–3 Score (5–3) Sullivan (3–1) 3,700 19–12 32 May 25 @ White Sox 2–1 Pierce (5–1) Garcia (3–4) 31,840 19–13 33 May 27 @ White Sox 5 – 4 (15) Wilson (1–0) McLish (0–1) 23,857 19–14 34 May 27 @ White Sox 4–2 Wynn (5–2) Harshman (2–3) 25,856 20–14 35 May 28 Tigers 3–1 Gromek (3–3) Score (5–4) 9,546 20–15 36 May 30 White Sox 6–3 Pierce (6–3) Houtteman (0–1) 20–16 37 May 30 White Sox 9–8 Staley (1–0) Garcia (3–5) 26,788 20–17
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 38 June 1 @ Senators 5–3 Wiesler (1–2) Lemon (6–2) 4,738 20–18 39 June 2 @ Senators 15–0 Score (6–4) Stone (2–1) 2,317 21–18 40 June 3 @ Senators 8 – 4 (12) McLish (1–1) Chakales (3–3) 22–18 41 June 3 @ Senators 7–1 Griggs (1–2) Mossi (1–1) 11,817 22–19 42 June 4 @ Senators 7–0 Garcia (4–5) Ramos (3–3) 5,021 23–19 43 June 5 @ Orioles 8–3 Lemon (7–2) Moore (4–4) 25,041 24–19 44 June 6 @ Orioles 5–1 Houtteman (1–1) Johnson (1–2) 12,363 25–19 45 June 7 @ Orioles 5–2 Wight (3–5) McLish (1–2) 3,927 25–20 46 June 8 @ Yankees 9–0 Wynn (6–2) Ford (7–3) 50,812 26–20 47 June 9 @ Yankees 15–8 Daley (1–0) Morgan (2–5) 31,419 27–20 48 June 10 @ Yankees 6–0 Kucks (7–3) Lemon (7–3) 47,465 27–21 49 June 11 @ Red Sox 4–1 McLish (2–2) Porterfield (2–5) 6,330 28–21 50 June 11 @ Red Sox 5–1 Brewer (9–1) Garcia (4–6) 24,193 28–22 51 June 12 @ Red Sox 9–7 Sullivan (5–3) Wynn (6–3) 29,190 28–23 52 June 13 @ Red Sox 8–8 8,258 28–23 53 June 14 @ Red Sox 10–9 Delock (2–4) Lemon (7–4) 7,136 28–24 54 June 15 Yankees 6–2 Kucks (8–3) Garcia (4–7) 34,025 28–25 55 June 16 Yankees 3–1 Sturdivant (4–1) Score (6–5) 40,964 28–26 56 June 17 Yankees 9–4 Coleman (2–1) Wynn (6–4) 41,765 28–27 57 June 19 Red Sox 9–7 Lemon (8–4) Delock (2–5) 14,684 29–27 58 June 20 Red Sox 5 – 4 (10) Mossi (2–1) Hurd (1–3) 14,271 30–27 59 June 21 Red Sox 5–0 Wynn (7–4) Brewer (9–2) 6,498 31–27 60 June 22 Senators 4–0 Garcia (5–7) Stobbs (5–5) 9,946 32–27 61 June 23 Senators 9–8 Narleski (1–2) Ramos (4–6) 4,691 33–27 62 June 24 Senators 7 – 2 (6) Lemon (9–4) Wiesler (2–4) 13,072 34–27 63 June 26 Orioles 4–3 Wynn (8–4) Zuverink (4–3) 8,250 35–27 64 June 27 Orioles 12 – 11 (11) Mossi (3–1) Brown (4–1) 4,514 36–27 65 June 29 White Sox 5–2 Score (7–5) Wilson (10–4) 37–27 66 June 29 White Sox 13–2 Pierce (12–2) Lemon (9–5) 34,371 37–28 67 June 30 White Sox 8–3 Staley (3–0) Mossi (3–2) 10,801 37–29
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 68 July 1 White Sox 7–6 Narleski (2–2) Consuegra (1–2) 38–29 69 July 1 White Sox 6–1 Lemon (10–5) Donovan (4–3) 31,857 39–29 70 July 3 Athletics 9–3 Narleski (3–2) Ditmar (6–9) 6,221 40–29 71 July 4 @ Tigers 6–4 Score (8–5) Foytack (5–6) 41–29 72 July 4 @ Tigers 3–1 Wynn (9–4) Maas (0–5) 33,151 42–29 73 July 5 @ Tigers 13–7 Lary (5–10) Lemon (10–6) 5,270 42–30 74 July 6 @ Athletics 4–2 Garcia (6–7) Herriage (1–8) 16,171 43–30 75 July 7 @ Athletics 5–2 Ditmar (7–9) Score (8–6) 16,342 43–31 76 July 8 @ Athletics 17–3 Wynn (10–4) McMahan (0–3) 15,958 44–31 77 July 12 @ Yankees 9–5 Kucks (12–4) Lemon (10–7) 24,329 44–32 78 July 13 @ Yankees 10–0 Sturdivant (8–2) Wynn (10–5) 40,664 44–33 79 July 14 @ Yankees 5 – 4 (10) Byrne (4–1) Mossi (3–3) 27,358 44–34 80 July 15 @ Red Sox 10–7 Houtteman (2–1) Nixon (3–3) 45–34 81 July 15 @ Red Sox 3–1 Sisler (4–3) Garcia (6–8) 32,290 45–35 82 July 16 @ Red Sox 7–3 Lemon (11–7) Sullivan (8–4) 14,262 46–35 83 July 18 @ Senators 7–5 Ramos (6–7) Feller (0–2) 46–36 84 July 18 @ Senators 11–1 Aguirre (1–0) Pascual (4–11) 8,022 47–36 85 July 19 @ Senators 5–4 Stewart (4–2) McLish (2–3) 3,178 47–37 86 July 21 @ Orioles 4–3 Lemon (12–7) Ferrarese (4–7) 48–37 87 July 21 @ Orioles 4 – 3 (10) Mossi (4–3) Loes (1–3) 22,986 49–37 88 July 22 @ Orioles 8–0 Wynn (11–5) Wight (5–8) 10,019 50–37 89 July 24 Senators 11–0 Garcia (7–8) Stewart (4–3) 9,582 51–37 90 July 25 Senators 11–3 Score (9–6) Pascual (4–12) 5,099 52–37 91 July 26 Senators 1 – 0 (7) Lemon (13–7) Stobbs (7–8) 6,804 53–37 92 July 27 Orioles 3–2 Wynn (12–5) Schmitz (0–2) 10,063 54–37 93 July 28 Orioles 8–6 Johnson (4–5) Garcia (7–9) 5,172 54–38 94 July 29 Orioles 3–0 Score (10–6) Palica (3–9) 55–38 95 July 29 Orioles 4–0 Aguirre (2–0) Ferrarese (4–8) 13,005 56–38 96 July 30 Yankees 13–6 Ford (14–4) Lemon (13–8) 22,659 56–39 97 July 31 Yankees 5–0 Wynn (13–5) Kucks (14–6) 29,619 57–39
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 98 August 1 Yankees 5–1 Lemon (14–8) Byrne (6–2) 32,915 58–39 99 August 2 Yankees 4–0 Score (11–6) Sturdivant (9–5) 25,266 59–39 100 August 3 Red Sox 7–1 Parnell (5–2) Garcia (7–10) 1,858 59–40 101 August 4 Red Sox 6 – 5 (10) Delock (9–6) Garcia (7–11) 13,683 59–41 102 August 5 Red Sox 2 – 1 (7) Sisler (5–5) Lemon (14–9) 28,924 59–42 103 August 6 @ Tigers 9–0 Foytack (9–8) Score (11–7) 29,813 59–43 104 August 7 @ Tigers 5–2 Garcia (8–11) Lary (10–12) 11,963 60–43 105 August 8 @ White Sox 7 – 6 (14) Staley (4–1) McLish (2–4) 26,606 60–44 106 August 9 @ White Sox 9–2 Harshman (9–7) Wynn (13–6) 9,050 60–45 107 August 10 @ Athletics 11–0 Lemon (15–9) Burnette (2–4) 13,463 61–45 108 August 11 @ Athletics 8–5 Mossi (5–3) Crimian (1–6) 13,594 62–45 109 August 12 @ Athletics 6–3 Score (12–7) Kretlow (4–6) 16,702 63–45 110 August 14 Tigers 6 – 4 (15) Bunning (3–1) Mossi (5–4) 14,148 63–46 111 August 15 Tigers 1–0 Lary (12–12) Lemon (15–10) 11,858 63–47 112 August 16 Tigers 5–4 Score (13–7) Hoeft (14–10) 7,217 64–47 113 August 17 Athletics 9–3 Crimian (2–6) Aguirre (2–1) 7,406 64–48 114 August 18 Athletics 8–1 Wynn (14–6) Kretlow (4–7) 4,355 65–48 115 August 19 Athletics 5–2 Lemon (16–10) Burnette (2–6) 66–48 116 August 19 Athletics 2–1 Garcia (9–11) Ditmar (9–16) 10,319 67–48 117 August 21 @ Yankees 3–0 Score (14–7) Larsen (7–5) 39,187 68–48 118 August 22 @ Yankees 3–2 Sturdivant (12–6) Wynn (14–7) 23,584 68–49 119 August 23 @ Red Sox 2–1 Parnell (7–3) Lemon (16–11) 26,439 68–50 120 August 24 @ Red Sox 5–3 Garcia (10–11) Brewer (16–7) 6,047 69–50 121 August 25 @ Red Sox 9–6 Sisler (6–6) Score (14–8) 19,830 69–51 122 August 26 @ Senators 4–1 Wynn (15–7) Stone (4–5) 6,880 70–51 123 August 27 @ Senators 5–2 Lemon (17–11) Griggs (1–6) 4,879 71–51 124 August 28 @ Orioles 1–0 Moore (11–6) Aguirre (2–2) 13,673 71–52 125 August 29 @ Orioles 3–2 Mossi (6–4) Fornieles (3–7) 8,882 72–52 126 August 31 @ White Sox 3–2 Score (15–8) Pierce (18–7) 73–52 127 August 31 @ White Sox 1 – 0 (10) Donovan (9–7) Wynn (15–8) 31,445 73–53
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Attendance Record 128 September 1 @ White Sox 5–1 Lemon (18–11) Staley (5–2) 17,749 74–53 129 September 2 @ White Sox 4–3 Harshman (12–9) Aguirre (2–3) 14,704 74–54 130 September 3 @ Athletics 5–2 Gorman (8–8) Garcia (10–12) 13,459 74–55 131 September 3 @ Athletics 2–1 Wynn (16–8) Burnette (3–7) 11,837 75–55 132 September 4 @ Athletics 5–2 Crimian (3–7) Score (15–9) 7,332 75–56 133 September 7 White Sox 2–1 Harshman (13–9) Lemon (18–12) 11,202 75–57 134 September 8 White Sox 4–2 Pierce (19–7) Wynn (16–9) 5,583 75–58 135 September 9 White Sox 4–1 Score (16–9) Donovan (10–8) 76–58 136 September 9 White Sox 6–2 Staley (6–2) Aguirre (2–4) 28,457 76–59 137 September 11 Orioles 3–1 Lemon (19–12) Moore (11–7) 5,427 77–59 138 September 12 Orioles 2–1 Wynn (17–9) Brown (9–5) 4,738 78–59 139 September 13 Orioles 4–1 Johnson (8–10) Aguirre (2–5) 1,663 78–60 140 September 14 Red Sox 10–2 Score (17–9) Parnell (7–5) 79–60 141 September 14 Red Sox 4–3 Sisler (7–7) Mossi (6–5) 10,000 79–61 142 September 15 Red Sox 5–3 Delock (13–6) Feller (0–3) 5,242 79–62 143 September 16 Yankees 10–3 Sturdivant (15–8) Lemon (19–13) 79–63 144 September 16 Yankees 4–3 Wynn (18–9) Kucks (18–8) 39,651 80–63 145 September 18 Senators 1–0 Score (18–9) Wiesler (3–12) 81–63 146 September 18 Senators 6–0 Garcia (11–12) Stobbs (15–13) 4,305 82–63 147 September 19 Senators 6 – 0 (7) Lemon (20–13) Abernathy (1–1) 365 83–63 148 September 21 @ Tigers 5–1 Wynn (19–9) Hoeft (18–13) 19,199 84–63 149 September 22 @ Tigers 5–1 Score (19–9) Foytack (14–13) 7,738 85–63 150 September 23 @ Tigers 11–1 Lary (20–13) Lemon (20–14) 13,300 85–64 151 September 25 Athletics 4 – 1 (10) Wynn (20–9) Crimian (4–8) 3,604 86–64 152 September 26 Athletics 8–4 Score (20–9) Ditmar (12–22) 3,630 87–64 153 September 28 Tigers 2–1 Aguirre (3–5) Hoeft (19–14) 4,528 88–64 154 September 29 Tigers 9–1 Lary (21–13) Houtteman (2–2) 2,946 88–65 155 September 30 Tigers 8–4 Hoeft (20–14) Feller (0–4) 5,910 88–66

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

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

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	AVG	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
Al Smith	141	526	87	144	.274	26	5	16	71	6
George Strickland	85	171	22	36	.211	1	2	3	17	0
Preston Ward	87	150	18	38	.253	10	0	6	21	0
Hal Naragon	53	122	11	35	.287	3	1	3	18	0
Sam Mele	57	114	17	29	.254	7	0	4	20	0
Earl Averill	42	93	12	22	.237	6	0	3	14	0
Dave Pope	25	70	6	17	.243	3	1	0	3	0
Rudy Regalado	16	47	4	11	.234	1	0	0	2	0
Joe Caffie	12	38	7	13	.342	0	0	0	1	3
Dale Mitchell	38	30	2	4	.133	0	0	0	6	0
Kenny Kuhn	27	22	7	6	.273	1	0	0	2	0
Stu Locklin	9	6	0	1	.167	0	0	0	0	0
Hoot Evers	3	0	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Foiles	1	0	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Young	1	0	0	0	.---	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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
Early Wynn	38	35	277.2	20	9	2.72	91	158
Bob Lemon	39	35	255.1	20	14	3.03	89	94
Herb Score	35	33	249.1	20	9	2.53	129	263
Mike Garcia	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
Hank Aguirre	16	9	65.1	3	5	1	3.72	27	31
Bob Feller	19	4	58.0	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
Don Mossi	48	87.2	6	5	11	3.59	33	59
Cal McLish	37	61.2	2	4	1	4.96	32	27
Ray Narleski	32	59.1	3	2	4	1.52	19	42
Art Houtteman	22	46.2	2	2	1	6.56	31	19
Bud Daley	14	20.1	1	0	0	6.20	14	13
Sal Maglie	2	5.0	0	0	0	3.60	2	2

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Kerby Farrell
AA	Mobile Bears	Southern Association	Jo-Jo White
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Don Heffner
B	Fayetteville Highlanders	Carolina League	L. D. Meyer
B	Keokuk Kernels	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Pinky May
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Tom Oliver
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Hank Majeski
D	Vidalia Indians	Georgia State League	Mark Wylie
D	North Platte Indians	Nebraska State League	Spencer Harris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Fayetteville^[3]

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 for the game.^[4] The Indians went on to win the 1956 Junior World Series by defeating the Rochester Red Wings. In Game 2 of the Junior World Series, Maris would set a record by getting seven runs batted in.^[5]