Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Season Overview, Tickets, and Broadcast Info
The 1956 Pittsburgh Pirates profile from the Dope Book details various aspects of the team's operations during that season. The radio broadcast was managed by WWSW (970) and the Pirates Baseball Network, featuring announcers Bob Prince and Dick Bingham. Notably, there were no televised games. The uniform color scheme included black caps with a gold block letter "P" and white jerseys featuring black and gold elements. Ticket prices varied: box seats were $2.75, reserved grandstand seats cost $2.20, while general admission was $1.40 and bleachers were priced at $1.00. Season attendance records indicated a total of 1,517,604 spectators for the entire season, with the highest single-game attendance reaching 42,254 on August 19, 1948.