1956 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1955 MLB / 1957 MLB / 1956 AL / 1956 NL Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

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

WorldSeries (4-3):

New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Rk	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	NYY	AL	154	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	BRO	NL	154	93	61	.604	4.7	3.9	0.8	-0.1	0.7	90-64	3	52-25	41-36	6-5	25-21	86-54	7-7	21-23	72-38
3	MLN	NL	155	92	62	.597	4.6	3.7	0.9	-0.1	0.8	92-62	0	47-29	45-33	7-9	22-21	79-55	13-7	25-19	67-43
4	CIN	NL	155	91	63	.591	5.0	4.2	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-66	3	51-26	40-37	14-7	29-22	65-41	26-22	20-24	71-39
5	CLE	AL	155	88	66	.571	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
6	CHW	AL	154	85	69	.552	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
7	BOS	AL	155	84	70	.545	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
8	DET	AL	155	82	72	.532	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
9	STL	NL	156	76	78	.494	4.3	4.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	75-79	1	43-34	33-44	10-8	22-17	50-44	26-34	24-42	52-36
10	PHI	NL	154	71	83	.461	4.3	4.8	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	70-84	1	40-37	31-46	6-10	17-25	62-73	9-10	32-34	39-49
11	BAL	AL	154	69	85	.448	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
12	NYG	NL	154	67	87	.435	3.5	4.2	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	64-90	3	37-40	30-47	6-11	28-25	48-62	19-25	21-45	46-42
13	PIT	NL	157	66	88	.429	3.7	4.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	70-84	-4	35-43	31-45	5-8	25-29	46-60	20-28	22-44	44-44
14	CHC	NL	157	60	94	.390	3.8	4.5	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	65-89	-5	39-38	21-56	11-7	22-30	46-70	14-24	21-45	39-49
15	WSH	AL	155	59	95	.383	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
16	KCA	AL	154	52	102	.338	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	4.4	4.5				76-77		41-35	35-41	7-7	22-22	57-53	20-23	32-44	44-32

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