1956 AL and NL Comeback Players of the Year

By JT 

The Associated Press chose Sal Maglie as the NL Comeback Player and Vic Wertz as the AL Comeback Player. 

In the NL Brooks Lawrence was the runner-up going from 3-8 to 19-10 and cutting his ERA from 6.56 to 3.99. Charlie Maxwell was the Al runner-up coming back strong from an injury-riddled 1955 campaign.