1956 in Baseball

Deaths

January 4 - John Beckwith, 55, star infielder of the Negro Leagues
January 10 - Algie McBride, 86, outfielder for the Chicago Colts, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants from 1896 to 1901.
January 23 - Billy Evans, 71, American League umpire from 1906 to 1927, later the general manager of the Indians and Tigers
January 31 - Buck Weaver, 65, one of the eight Chicago White Sox players suspended for life in the Black Sox scandal
February 8 - Long Tom Hughes, 77, pitcher for the Chicago Orphans at the turn of the 19th to 20th century and one of the first World Series pitchers ever, in 1903, with the Boston Americans
February 8 - Connie Mack, 93, Hall of Fame manager of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, retiring with a record 3,731 victories
February 25 - Jack Lewis, 72, second baseman for the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Rebels between 1911 and 1915
April 18 - John Heydler, 86, National League president from 1918 to 1934
May 6 - Harry Ostdiek, 75, catcher who played for the Cleveland Naps (1904) and Boston Red Sox (1908)
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
June 2 - Denny Sullivan, 73, center fielder for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox/Americans and Cleveland Naps between 1905 and 1909
September 22 - Jesse Tannehill, 82, 6-time winner of 20 games with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox
October 13 - George Dumont, 60, pitcher for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox between 1915 and 1919
October 30 - Dick Midkiff, 42, pitcher for the 1938 Boston Red Sox
November 22 - Roy Carlyle, 55, outfielder for the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the 1920s
November 27 – Charlie Peete, 27, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, in a plane crash in Venezuela while playing winter baseball
November 30 - John Shea, 59, pitcher for the 1928 Boston Red Sox
December 27 - Hob Hiller, 63, infielder for the Boston Red Sox in the early 1920s

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