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1956 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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WorldSeries (4-3):   New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers

AL Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 97 57 .630 --- 5.6 4.1 98-56 -1 49-28 48-29 6-6 18-19 61-40 36-17 49-39 48-18
2 CLE 88 66 .571 9.0 9.0 4.6 3.7 92-62 -4 46-31 42-35 6-8 23-24 61-45 27-21 37-51 51-15
3 CHW 85 69 .552 12.0 15.0 5.0 4.1 91-63 -6 46-31 39-38 9-9 24-23 51-33 34-36 45-43 40-26
4 BOS 84 70 .545 13.0 18.0 5.0 4.8 80-74 3 43-34 41-36 12-7 27-20 69-44 15-26 47-41 37-29
5 DET 82 72 .532 15.0 26.0 5.1 4.5 86-68 -4 37-40 45-32 5-4 14-22 53-45 29-27 42-46 40-26
6 BAL 69 85 .448 28.0 91.0 3.7 4.6 62-92 6 41-36 28-49 6-7 28-23 48-55 21-30 42-68 27-17
7 WSH 59 95 .383 38.0 151.0 4.2 6.0 53-101 5 32-45 27-50 6-7 21-19 47-69 12-26 39-71 20-24
8 KCA 52 102 .338 45.0 200.0 4.0 5.4 56-98 -4 22-55 30-47 6-8 18-23 40-72 12-30 33-77 19-25
Avg 77 77 .500 4.6 4.6 77-77 39-37 37-39 7-7 21-21 53-50 23-26 41-54 35-22
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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --   6   9   5  13  15   9  12
  BOS  16  --  14  13  12  12   8   9
  CHW  13   8  --  15  13  14   9  13
  CLE  17   9   7  --  11  17  10  17
  DET   9  10   9  11  --  16  12  15
  KCA   7  10   8   5   6  --   4  12
  NYY  13  14  13  12  10  18  --  17
  WSH  10  13   9   5   7  10   5  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --  80  75  56  90  90  76 104
  BOS 116  -- 101 110 131  97  93 132
  CHW 120  89  --  94 134 122  94 123
  CLE  95 111  72  --  79 132  92 131
  DET  92 121 111  98  -- 127  99 141
  KCA  80  90  82  67  66  --  93 141
  NYY 104 129 100 103 111 158  -- 152
  WSH  98 131  93  53  88 105  84  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
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