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The 1956 International League season was the 71st in the league's history, and ended with the Rochester Red Wings winning their second straight Governors' Cup. The Red Wings would go on to lose the Junior World Series again.
[edit] Final standings
Playoff teams in bold.
[edit] Playoffs
[edit] First Round
| Toronto vs. Montreal
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 11 | Montreal 3 | Toronto 4
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| September 12 | Montreal 3 | Toronto 1
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| September 13 | Toronto 12 | Montreal 1
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| September 14 | Toronto 12 | Montreal 6
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| September 15 | Toronto 6 | Montreal 3
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| Toronto wins series 4-1
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| Rochester vs. Miami
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 11 | Miami 0 | Rochester 3
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| September 12 | Miami 1 | Rochester 7
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| September 13 | Rochester 2 | Miami 3
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| September 14 | Rochester 7 | Miami 1
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| September 16 | Rochester 2 | Miami 1
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| Rochester wins series 4-1
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[edit] Governors' Cup Finals
| Toronto vs. Rochester
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| Date | Away | Home
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| September 18 | Rochester 8 | Toronto 11
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| September 19 | Rochester 6 | Toronto 4
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| | 13 innings
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| September 20 | Toronto 14 | Rochester 1
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| September 21 | Toronto 6 | Rochester 11
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| September 22 | Toronto 5 | Rochester 3
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| September 24 | Rochester 7 | Toronto 3
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| September 25 | Rochester 7 | Toronto 1
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| Rochester wins series 4-3 and
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| advances to Junior World Series
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[edit] References
Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.
[edit] External Links
1956 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond
