1956 AL News Recap and League Leaders

June 1, 1956

The Detroit Tigers continued their offensive assault in the month of May and boast many of the top batters in the league's main hitting categories. Al Kaline (pictured with Mantle), Ray Boone, Charlie Maxwell, and Harvey Kueen have led the charge to the Tigers 1st place position in the AL. Detroit's Frank Lary leads MLB in wins with 8. New York's Mickey Mantle really heated up in May hitting 16 HR and now has 19 HR to go along with 35 RBI.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 American League                 Date: 6/1/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 DEA  27  12    N.Fox     CHA .389  M.Mantle  NYA   19  A.Kaline  DEA   43
1956 CHA  20  13    H.Kuenn   DEA .366  A.Kaline  DEA   12  C.Maxwell DEA   39
1956 CLA  22  15    H.Simpson KCA .363  Y.Berra   NYA   10  R.Boone   DEA   37
1956 NYA  22  20    R.Boone   DEA .362  J.Busby   CLA    9  M.Mantle  NYA   35
1956 BOA  18  21    B.Skowron NYA .338  D.Gernert BOA    9  J.Piersal BOA   29
1956 KCA  16  23
1956 BAA  16  24    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 WAA  14  27    F.Lary    DEA    8  G.Zuverin BAA    4  E.Wynn    CLA 1.67
                    M.Garcia  CLA    6  M.Forniel BAA    4  V.Trucks  DEA 1.98
                    D.Donovan CHA    6  T.Gorman  KCA    4  T.Brewer  BOA 2.18
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  B.Grim    NYA    3  J.Wilson  CHA 2.42
                                        A.Aber    DEA    3  M.Garcia  CLA 2.45
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Simpson KCA   14  J.Pyburn  BAA    7  H.Score   CLA   77
                    E.Slaught KCA   13  S.Jacobs  KCA    7  F.Lary    DEA   51
                    A.Carey   NYA    9  J.Rivera  CHA    6  M.Garcia  CLA   48
                    D.Gernert BOA    9  N.Fox     CHA    6  C.Pascual WAA   46
                    W.Herzog  WAA    9  OTHERS TIED W    5  B.Hoeft   DEA   41
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BOA  7  at  BAA  4  CHA-Keegan(0-2, 6.43) at BAA-Moore(1-3, 7.48)
WAA  1  at  NYA  6  CLA-Lemon(4-4, 3.47) at WAA-Wiesler(1-3, 8.22)
                    DEA-Lary(8-1, 3.23) at NYA-Byrne(1-1, 5.89)
                    KCA-Herriag(0-3, 5.58) at BOA-Brewer(5-1, 2.18)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
G.Triandos    BAA BOA  4  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
W.Miranda     BAA BOA  2  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
M.Mantle      NYA WAA  4  2  2  1  0  0  1  0
B.Cerv        NYA WAA  3  2  2  2  1  0  0  0
T.Williams    BOA BAA  3  1  2  1  2  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Grim        NYA WAA  5.2  6  0  0  2  5  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
M.Mantle      NYA .400 40 16 13  5  8  G.Susce       BOA 16 10  2  8  9  1 200
R.Wilson      DEA .333 21  7  8  6  3  D.Mossi       CLA  7  3  1  2  6  0 100
E.Torgeson    DEA .360 25  9  4  9  3  J.Kucks       NYA 18 10  5  7  7  2 200
A.Kaline      DEA .400 40 16 12  8  3  E.Wynn        CLA 17 15  2  6  7  0 000
G.Zernial     KCA .297 37 11 12  3  4  F.Lary        DEA 18 14  6  6 11  1 200
 
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
J.Hegan       CLA .115 26  3  0  2  0  B.Keegan      CHA  6 15 11  3  2  1 010
E.Howard      NYA .217 23  5  1  2  0  C.Pascual     WAA 10 14 12  9  6  4 020
G.McDougald   NYA .214 42  9  3  4  0  C.Grob        WAA  6 17 11  1  2  2 000
P.Runnels     WAA .237 38  9  2  4  0  P.Ramos       WAA  8 11  9  6  1  1 020
J.Busby       CLA .195 41  8  3  2  1  B.Turley      NYA 11 10 10  8  6  1 010