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1956 American Association

1956 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 614.5 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1955 / 1957
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1955 / 1957

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1955 / 1957

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Indianapolis Indians	CLE	92	62	.597	--
Denver Bears	NYY	87	67	.565	5
Omaha Cardinals	STL	82	71	.536	9.5
Minneapolis Millers	SFG	78	75	.510	13.5
St. Paul Saints	LAD	75	78	.490	16.5
Charleston Senators	DET	74	79	.484	17.5
Wichita Braves	ATL	65	88	.425	26.5
Louisville Colonels	MIN	60	93	.392	31.5

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Denver Bears	NYY	24.9	6.07	154	6010	5367	935	1599	268	73	169	869	51	520	881	.298	.362	.470	.831	2520	121	42	37	44	41
Indianapolis Indians	CLE	26.4	5.12	154	5716	5019	788	1386	213	81	137	731	83	548	775	.276	.349	.433	.782	2172	110	38	66	45	41
Omaha Cardinals	STL	28.0	4.91	153	5845	5091	751	1404	215	52	115	692	31	603	700	.276	.353	.406	.759	2068	133	29	72	50	50
St. Paul Saints	BRO	27.3	4.86	153	5693	5089	744	1395	240	46	139	680	82	478	704	.274	.337	.421	.758	2144	105	26	54	46	35
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	27.3	4.72	154	5635	5004	727	1334	227	55	142	675	83	497	803	.267	.335	.419	.754	2097	86	40	48	46	34
Wichita Braves	MLN	27.6	4.58	153	5783	5071	700	1300	209	39	144	643	39	568	721	.256	.332	.398	.730	2019	112	27	81	36	33
Charleston Senators	DET	27.0	4.34	154	5648	5002	669	1262	233	48	122	631	43	490	757	.252	.323	.391	.714	1957	98	48	67	41	53
Louisville Colonels	WSH	26.9	4.04	154	5656	5095	622	1340	221	53	91	571	29	443	771	.263	.325	.381	.705	1940	114	39	43	36	36
League Totals		26.9	4.83	1229	45986	40738	5936	11020	1826	447	1059	5492	441	4147	6112	.271	.340	.415	.755	16917	879	289	468	344	323

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Indianapolis Indians	CLE	25.8	4.08	92	62	.597	3.81	154	154	99	55	10	1300.0	1273	628	550	121	472	41	684	33	5	20	1.342	8.8	0.8	3.3	4.7	1.45
Charleston Senators	DET	25.3	4.12	74	79	.484	3.84	154	154	89	65	9	1315.0	1305	635	561	100	445	24	730	41	2	20	1.331	8.9	0.7	3.0	5.0	1.64
Omaha Cardinals	STL	27.0	4.37	82	71	.536	3.87	153	153	103	50	14	1311.0	1296	669	564	124	430	23	850	33	3	23	1.317	8.9	0.9	3.0	5.8	1.98
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	27.6	4.77	78	75	.510	4.32	154	154	119	35	11	1309.0	1377	734	628	130	513	69	683	40	4	41	1.444	9.5	0.9	3.5	4.7	1.33
Wichita Braves	MLN	24.4	5.02	65	88	.425	4.47	153	153	113	40	13	1320.0	1358	768	656	138	569	51	880	28	4	53	1.460	9.3	0.9	3.9	6.0	1.55
St. Paul Saints	BRO	24.3	5.12	75	78	.490	4.68	153	153	122	31	5	1302.0	1366	783	677	160	635	36	750	45	7	51	1.537	9.4	1.1	4.4	5.2	1.18
Louisville Colonels	WSH	26.6	5.52	60	93	.392	4.89	154	154	89	65	3	1313.0	1516	850	714	114	503	36	726	33	1	28	1.538	10.4	0.8	3.4	5.0	1.44
Denver Bears	NYY	25.7	5.64	87	67	.565	5.13	154	154	108	46	3	1329.0	1529	869	757	172	580	43	809	36	4	60	1.587	10.4	1.2	3.9	5.5	1.39
League Totals		25.9	4.83	613	613	.500	4.38	1229	1229	842	387	68	10499.0	11020	5936	5107	1059	4147	323	6112	289	30	296	1.445	9.4	0.9	3.6	5.2	1.47

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Charleston Senators	DET	153	3944	1690	144	135	.975	17	Charlie Metro and Frank Skaff
St. Paul Saints	BRO	153	3906	1590	144	148	.974	23	Max Macon and Roy Hartsfield
Omaha Cardinals	STL	153	3933	1536	160	118	.972	24	Johnny Keane
Minneapolis Millers	NYG	154	3928	1601	168	149	.971	18	Eddie Stanky
Indianapolis Indians	CLE	154	3899	1631	173	158	.970	14	Kerby Farrell
Denver Bears	NYY	154	3987	1720	188	154	.968	10	Ralph Houk
Wichita Braves	MLN	153	3959	1560	184	144	.968	21	George Selkirk
Louisville Colonels	WSH	154	3939	1760	231	152	.961	13	Red Marion and Max Carey
League Totals		1228	31495	13088	1392	1158	.970	140

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