MLB Scores and Standings Wednesday, May 02, 1956

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Kansas City Athletics	0	Final
Boston Red Sox	2

W	Tom Brewer (2-1)
L	Art Ditmar (1-2)

New York Giants	6	Final
Chicago Cubs	5	(17)

W	Joe Margoneri (1-0)
L	Jim Brosnan (0-1)
S	Rubén Gómez (1)

Brooklyn Dodgers	6	Final
Cincinnati Redlegs	10

W	Joe Black (1-1)
L	Roger Craig (2-1)
S	Hersh Freeman (1)

Detroit Tigers	8	Final
New York Yankees	1

W	Frank Lary (1-2)
L	Johnny Kucks (2-1)

Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Final
St. Louis Cardinals	10	(10)

W	Jackie Collum (1-1)
L	Red Munger (0-1)

Up To This Date

After This Date

Standings Up to and Including this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	9	4	.692	--	88	61	.662
CHW	5	2	.714	1.0	24	29	.414
CLE	7	5	.583	1.5	53	33	.704
WSH	7	7	.500	2.5	64	65	.493
BOS	5	6	.455	3.0	50	57	.440
DET	5	7	.417	3.5	43	50	.431
KCA	4	7	.364	4.0	42	51	.412
BAL	5	9	.357	4.5	54	72	.371

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
STL	7	4	.636	--	63	55	.562
MLN	5	3	.625	0.5	42	32	.622
CIN	7	5	.583	0.5	65	59	.544
BRO	7	6	.538	1.0	57	57	.500
NYG	7	6	.538	1.0	51	50	.509
PIT	6	7	.462	2.0	58	54	.533
PHI	5	7	.417	2.5	49	59	.416
CHC	3	9	.250	4.5	41	60	.333

Standings For Games Played After this Date

AL Overall

AL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
NYY	88	53	.624	--	769	570	.634
CLE	81	61	.570	7.5	659	548	.584
BOS	79	64	.552	10.0	730	694	.523
CHW	80	67	.544	11.0	752	605	.598
DET	77	65	.542	11.5	746	649	.563
BAL	64	76	.457	23.5	517	633	.408
WSH	52	88	.371	35.5	588	859	.333
KCA	48	95	.336	41.0	577	780	.365

NL Overall

NL Overall Table
Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	pythW-L%
BRO	86	55	.610	--	663	544	.590
MLN	87	59	.596	1.5	667	537	.598
CIN	84	58	.592	2.5	710	599	.577
STL	69	74	.483	18.0	615	643	.480
PHI	66	76	.465	20.5	619	679	.458
NYG	60	81	.426	26.0	489	600	.407
PIT	60	81	.426	26.0	530	599	.444
CHC	57	85	.401	29.5	556	648	.430