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Washington Senators 12-15-1956
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| Breaking News |  | Saturday, October 13th, 1956: Super Season, Mathews Wins Most Valuable Player Award
Eddie Mathews slapped, slashed and slugged the baseball all over American League ballparks to pull in a majority of the votes for the Most Valuable Player Award for 1956.
The third baseman for Washington put up a .338 average as he pounded out 175 hits, 15 doubles, 1 triple, 53 home runs, 145 RBIs and scored 115 runs.
For being named the AL's best batter Mathews will be honored at the SION Baseball Writers awards banquet this weekend.
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 | Friday, October 12th, 1956: AL Names Larsen Cy Young Award Winner
This past season Washington starter Don Larsen mystified and confused hitters most of the time. In 34 starts he cruised to a 24-7 won-lost record and the 1956 American League Cy Young Award.
27-year-old Larsen added 170 strikeouts in 272.2 innings and 120 walks to his season record and compiled a solid 3.37 ERA. Opponents only hit .252 against him.
All of the award-winning players will be honored this weekend at the SBWA annual awards dinner.
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| Friday, September 28th, 1956: Washington Sweeps Brooklyn for CCBL Title
The celebrations have begun. The streets are alive with people and the confetti is flying. The Washington Senators have done it -- they won the 1956 World Championship. The Senators defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 14-3 at Griffith Stadium I to take the title. Washington took the series 4-0 for their 1st Cooperstown Chronicle Baseball League championship.
After the game, the victorious Senators manager told the secret to his team's great season and World Championship triumph, "The harder you work, the luckier you get," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm the luckiest guy in the world today."
The new champions finished first in the regular season with a 99-55 record in the American League AL East.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Tom Morgan | back spasms | 4 weeks | On DL, eligible for return | | P Joe Gonzales | bone chips (elbow) | 3-4 months | On DL, eligible for return |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 99-55, .643 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 54-23, .701 PCT | | Record on the road | 45-32, .584 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 23-14, .622 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 24-14, .632 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 75-41, .647 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 20-7, .741 PCT | | Record in May | 23-6, .793 PCT | | Record in June | 17-9, .654 PCT | | Record in July | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in August | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in September | 11-4, .733 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .275 - 2nd in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .339 - 3rd in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .446 - 1st in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .786 - 2nd in AL | | Runs Scored | 804 - 2nd in AL | | Hits | 1436 - 3rd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 473 - 1st in AL | | Home Runs | 178 - 1st in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 500 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 478 - 1st in AL | | Stolen Bases | 37 - 4th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.51 - 2nd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.27 - 1st in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.24 - 3rd in AL | | Runs allowed | 603 - 1st in AL | | Hits allowed | 1250 - 1st in AL | | Opponents AVG | .242 - 2nd in AL | | BABIP | .276 - 4th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 118 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 562 - 6th in AL | | Strikeouts | 942 - 1st in AL |
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