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1956 American League Team Statistics and Standings

1955 AL  / 1957 AL  / 1956 NL  / 1956 MLB  Team Statistics and Standings

AL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA Rdiff SOS SRS pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 97 57 .630 --- 5.6 4.1 1.5 -0.2 1.3 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 0.8 -0.1 0.7 91-63 -3 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 0.9 -0.1 0.8 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 0.2 0.0 0.2 80-74 4 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 0.6 -0.1 0.5 85-69 -3 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 -0.9 0.1 -0.8 62-92 7 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 -1.8 0.2 -1.5 53-101 6 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 -1.4 0.2 -1.2 57-97 -5 22-55 30-47 6-8 18-23 40-72 12-30 33-77 19-25
Avg 77 77 .500 4.6 4.6 77-76 39-37 37-39 7-7 21-21 53-50 23-26 41-54 35-22

Postseason

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

Team & League Standard Batting

Tm #Bat BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
BAL 48 28.1 3.71 154 5790 5090 571 1242 198 34 91 515 39 42 561 725 .244 .320 .350 .670 85 1781 133 22 84 31 30
BOS 34 28.3 5.03 155 6215 5349 780 1473 261 45 139 752 28 19 727 689 .275 .362 .419 .781 97 2241 153 25 68 46 41
CHW 41 30.1 5.04 154 6122 5286 776 1412 218 43 128 726 70 33 619 658 .267 .349 .397 .746 96 2100 130 75 86 56 30
CLE 35 30.0 4.59 155 5988 5148 712 1256 199 23 153 677 40 32 681 764 .244 .335 .381 .715 88 1960 110 40 81 38 35
DET 39 27.1 5.09 155 6144 5364 789 1494 209 50 150 745 43 26 643 618 .279 .356 .420 .776 104 2253 133 28 58 50 30
KCA 44 28.6 4.02 154 5860 5256 619 1325 204 41 112 584 40 30 479 725 .252 .315 .370 .685 81 1947 127 20 67 37 31
NYY 38 28.1 5.56 154 6077 5312 857 1433 193 55 190 788 51 37 615 755 .270 .347 .434 .781 108 2306 102 30 82 36 40
WSH 33 26.8 4.21 155 6043 5202 652 1302 198 62 112 612 37 34 690 877 .250 .341 .377 .717 93 1960 142 41 75 35 42
LgAvg 36 28.4 4.66 155 6030 5251 720 1367 210 44 134 675 44 32 627 726 .260 .341 .394 .735 94 2069 129 35 75 41 35
288 28.4 4.66 1236 48239 42007 5756 10937 1680 353 1075 5399 348 253 5015 5811 .260 .341 .394 .735 94 16548 1030 281 601 329 279

Team & League Standard Pitching

Tm #Pitch PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG tmSHO cgSHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
BAL 23 30.0 4.58 69 85 .448 4.20 154 154 116 38 10 8 24 1360.2 1362 705 635 99 547 29 715 24 4 35 5875 93 1.403 9.0 0.7 3.6 4.7 1.31
BOS 14 27.4 4.85 84 70 .545 4.17 155 155 105 50 8 8 20 1398.0 1354 751 647 130 667 34 712 44 2 31 6150 111 1.446 8.7 0.8 4.3 4.6 1.07
CHW 20 31.5 4.12 85 69 .552 3.73 154 154 89 65 11 11 13 1389.0 1351 634 575 118 524 43 722 26 5 33 5948 110 1.350 8.8 0.8 3.4 4.7 1.38
CLE 12 30.6 3.75 88 66 .571 3.32 155 155 88 67 17 16 24 1384.0 1233 581 511 116 564 34 845 30 3 31 5888 127 1.298 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.50
DET 17 28.0 4.51 82 72 .532 4.06 155 155 93 62 10 9 15 1379.0 1389 699 622 140 655 49 788 44 5 29 6087 103 1.482 9.1 0.9 4.3 5.1 1.20
KCA 21 28.6 5.40 52 102 .338 4.86 154 154 124 30 3 3 18 1370.1 1424 831 740 187 679 44 636 42 3 38 6083 89 1.535 9.4 1.2 4.5 4.2 0.94
NYY 15 26.3 4.10 97 57 .630 3.63 154 154 104 50 10 9 35 1382.0 1285 631 557 114 652 20 732 38 2 22 5940 107 1.402 8.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.12
WSH 14 24.7 5.96 59 95 .383 5.33 155 155 119 36 1 1 18 1368.2 1539 924 811 171 730 26 663 33 6 39 6263 78 1.658 10.1 1.1 4.8 4.4 0.91
LgAvg 16 28.4 4.66 77 77 .500 4.16 155 155 105 50 21 1379 1367 720 637 134 627 35 727 35 4 32 6029 100 1.446 8.9 0.9 4.1 4.7 1.16
127 28.4 4.66 616 616 .500 4.16 1236 1236 838 398 167 11031.2 10937 5756 5098 1075 5018 279 5813 281 30 258 48234 100 1.446 8.9 0.9 4.1 4.7 1.16

Team & League Standard Fielding

Tm #Fld R/G DefEff G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr
BAL 48 4.58 .699 154 1386 955 12246.0 5866 4082 1647 137 142 .977 -39 -4
BOS 32 4.85 .708 155 1395 1121 12582.0 6125 4192 1764 169 168 .972 38 4
CHW 41 4.12 .711 154 1386 1085 12501.0 5920 4168 1630 122 160 .979 13 1
CLE 33 3.75 .722 155 1395 1095 12456.0 5805 4149 1527 129 130 .978 6 1
DET 39 4.51 .699 155 1395 1187 12411.0 5817 4130 1547 140 151 .976 -9 -1
KCA 44 5.40 .703 154 1386 1072 12333.0 6062 4111 1785 166 187 .973 -10 -1
NYY 37 4.10 .713 154 1386 1063 12435.1 5992 4145 1711 136 214 .977 29 3
WSH 32 5.96 .683 155 1395 1145 12318.0 6046 4105 1770 171 173 .972 -92 -9
LgAvg 36 4.66 .705 155 1391 1090 12410 5954 4135 1673 146 166 .975 -7 0
285 4.66 .705 1236 11124 8723 99282.1 47633 33082 13381 1170 1325 .975 -64 -1
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