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1956 National League Standings and Head-to-Head

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

NL 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 BRO 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
2 MLN 92 62 .597 1.0 1.0 4.6 3.7 92-62 0 47-29 45-33 7-9 22-21 79-55 13-7 25-19 67-43
3 CIN 91 63 .591 2.0 3.0 5.0 4.2 89-65 1 51-26 40-37 14-7 29-22 65-41 26-22 20-24 71-39
4 STL 76 78 .494 17.0 48.0 4.3 4.5 74-80 1 43-34 33-44 10-8 22-17 50-44 26-34 24-42 52-36
5 PHI 71 83 .461 22.0 68.0 4.3 4.8 69-85 1 40-37 31-46 6-10 17-25 62-73 9-10 32-34 39-49
6 NYG 67 87 .435 26.0 88.0 3.5 4.2 64-90 2 37-40 30-47 6-11 28-25 48-62 19-25 21-45 46-42
7 PIT 66 88 .429 27.0 94.0 3.7 4.2 68-86 -2 35-43 31-45 5-8 25-29 46-60 20-28 22-44 44-44
8 CHC 60 94 .390 33.0 136.0 3.8 4.5 65-89 -5 39-38 21-56 11-7 22-30 46-70 14-24 21-45 39-49
Avg 77 77 .500 4.2 4.2 76-78 43-34 34-43 8-8 23-23 60-57 16-19 23-34 53-42
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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BRO CHC CIN MLN NYG PHI PIT STL 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BRO  --  16  11  10  14  13  13  16
  CHC   6  --   6   9   7  13  10   9
  CIN  11  16  --   9  14  11  17  13
  MLN  12  13  13  --  17  10  14  13
  NYG   8  15   8   5  --  11  13   7
  PHI   9   9  11  12  11  --   7  12
  PIT   9  12   5   8   9  15  --   8
  STL   6  13   9   9  15  10  14  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BRO CHC CIN MLN NYG PHI PIT STL

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BRO CHC CIN MLN NYG PHI PIT STL 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BRO  -- 103 102  78 106 106  95 130
  CHC  72  --  81  99  66 101  87  91
  CIN 114 111  --  93 109 123 109 116
  MLN  80 113 109  -- 111 106  83 107
  NYG  66  96  77  62  --  82  92  65
  PHI  90  95 104 102  79  --  96 102
  PIT  78  87  79  60  86 111  --  87
  STL 101 103 106  75  93 109  91  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BRO CHC CIN MLN NYG PHI PIT STL
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