Monday, November 30, 2015

1956 AL News Recap with League Leaders

May 1, 1956

The Detroit Tigers have a few players that have gotten off to good starts in the 1956 season. Al Kaline and Ray Boone have both hit 4 HR and are tops in the AL in that category. Boone leads the league with a .421 BA and Kaline leads the AL with 16 RBI. Pitcher Frank Lary has 2 wins so far early in the season but Chicago's Billy Pierce is tops in the league with 3 wins and a 1.55 ERA.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 American League                 Date: 4/30/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 CHA   5   1    R.Boone   DEA .421  A.Kaline  DEA    4  A.Kaline  DEA   16
1956 BAA   8   5    N.Fox     CHA .417  R.Boone   DEA    4  D.Philley BAA   15
1956 BOA   5   4    J.Lemon   WAA .395  OTHERS TIED W    3  J.Lemon   WAA   11
1956 WAA   7   6    M.Vernon  BOA .371                      R.Boone   DEA   10
1956 DEA   5   5    P.Runnels WAA .357                      B.Skowron NYA    9
1956 KCA   4   5
1956 CLA   4   7    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 NYA   3   8    B.Pierce  CHA    3  I.Delock  BOA    2  S.Consueg CHA 0.00
                    T.Brewer  BOA    2  G.Zuverin BAA    2  D.Donovan CHA 1.00
                    F.Lary    DEA    2  T.Gorman  KCA    2  T.Brewer  BOA 1.02
                    J.Wilson  BAA    2  OTHERS TIED W    1  B.Pierce  CHA 1.55
                    OTHERS TIED W    1                      A.Ditmar  KCA 2.57
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    Y.Berra   NYA   10  J.Pyburn  BAA    4  H.Score   CLA   22
                    J.Jensen  BOA    7  N.Fox     CHA    2  B.Pierce  CHA   21
                    J.Piersal BOA    7  W.Miranda BAA    2  J.Wilson  BAA   20
                    J.Demaest KCA    7  E.Yost    WAA    2  C.Pascual WAA   19
                    OTHERS TIED W    6  W.Herzog  WAA    2  OTHERS TIED W   16
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  4  at  WAA  3
BAA  3  at  WAA  1
CLA 11  at  DEA  3
CLA  3  at  DEA  5
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
H.Smith       BAA WAA  3  1  2  3  1  1  1  0
R.Boone       DEA CLA  4  1  4  2  1  0  1  0
R.Wilson      DEA CLA  1  1  1  2  1  0  1  0
A.Smith       CLA DEA  4  2  3  3  1  0  0  0
J.Busby       CLA DEA  5  1  1  2  0  2  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Wilson      BAA WAA  9.0  4  1  1  5  7  0 W  
G.Zuverink    BAA WAA  3.2  0  0  0  0  3  0 W  
T.Clevenger   WAA BAA  3.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
B.Chakales    WAA BAA  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0    
H.Score       CLA DEA  7.2  7  3  3  4  8  0 W  
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Boone       DEA .438 32 14  6  4  3  B.Shantz      KCA  9  5  0  2 10  0 100
J.Lemon       WAA .429 35 15 10  4  2  G.Zuverink    BAA  9  3  1  1  6  0 100
A.Kaline      DEA .286 35 10 11  2  3  T.Gorman      KCA  9  3  0  2  2  0 002
B.Skowron     NYA .273 33  9  9  1  3  B.Pierce      CHA 18 16  3  7 14  0 200
G.Woodling    CLA .303 33 10  5  8  2  D.Donovan     CHA  9  5  1  1  4  0 100
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
V.Power       KCA .194 31  6  1  1  0  E.Palica      BAA  6 12  9  1  5  4 010
S.Jacobs      KCA .160 25  4  1  4  0  W.Nixon       BOA  6  7  7  5  4  3 010
C.Maxwell     DEA .222 27  6  1  3  0  B.Turley      NYA  9 17  9  7  4  1 010
B.Avila       CLA .186 43  8  3  1  1  T.Morgan      NYA  5  9  5  3  2  0 010
H.Kuenn       DEA .235 34  8  2  3  0  B.Miller      DEA  6  8  5  2  4  2 000
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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