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1956 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

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

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

MLB Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm Lg G W L W-L% R RA pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY AL 154 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 BRO NL 154 93 61 .604 4.7 3.9 90-64 2 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 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 89-65 1 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 92-62 -4 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 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 80-74 3 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 86-68 -4 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 74-80 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 69-85 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 62-92 6 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 64-90 2 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 68-86 -2 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 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 53-101 5 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 56-98 -4 22-55 30-47 6-8 18-23 40-72 12-30 33-77 19-25
Avg 77 77 .500 4.4 4.5 77-77 41-35 35-41 7-7 22-22 57-53 20-23 32-44 44-32
1955 MLB  / 1957 MLB  / 1956 AL  / 1956 NL  Standings and Head-to-Head