This article is about the 1956 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1956 in baseball.
Sports season
1956 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 17 – October 10, 1956
Number of games
154
Number of teams
16
TV partner(s)
NBC, CBS
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Mickey Mantle (NYY) NL: Don Newcombe (BKN)
AL champions
New York Yankees
AL runners-up
Cleveland Indians
NL champions
Brooklyn Dodgers
NL runners-up
Milwaukee Braves
World Series
Champions
New York Yankees
Runners-up
Brooklyn Dodgers
World Series MVP
Don Larsen (NYY)
MLB seasons
← 1955
1957 →
The 1956 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 17 to October 10, 1956, featuring eight teams in the National League and eight teams in the American League. The 1956 World Series was a rematch of the previous year's series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The series is notable for Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5.
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