1956 NL News Recap and League Leaders

June 1, 1956

The 1956 NL season heads into the month of June and Chicago Cub 1st baseman Dee Fondy is one of the big surprises so far this year.  He's the only player in MLB with a BA over .400. Fondy has always been a very good fielder with a good bat, but he's been putting on an unexpected hitting clinic over the first 2 months of this season. Brooklyn's Duke Snider is putting up his usual power numbers, as is Cincinnati's Ted Kluszewski.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 National League                 Date: 6/1/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 BRN  25  10    D.Fondy   CHN .442  T.Kluszew CIN   13  D.Snider  BRN   39
1956 MLN  18  11    B.Virdon  PIN .357  D.Snider  BRN   11  G.Bell    CIN   31
1956 SLN  23  16    H.Aaron   MLN .353  W.Post    CIN   10  T.Kluszew CIN   31
1956 CIN  18  19    F.Robinso CIN .347  E.Bailey  CIN   10  S.Musial  SLN   31
1956 PIN  16  21    D.Snider  BRN .346  W.Mays    NYN   10  D.Long    PIN   30
1956 CHN  14  20
1956 NYN  14  22    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 PHN  13  22    D.Newcomb BRN    6  H.Freeman CIN    6  D.Drysdal BRN 1.17
                    L.Burdett MLN    6  T.Lown    CHN    4  B.Rush    CHN 2.43
                    J.Nuxhall CIN    6  C.Labine  BRN    3  D.Newcomb BRN 2.60
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  B.Miller  PHN    3  L.Burdett MLN 2.63
                                        R.Face    PIN    3  A.Worthin NYN 2.72
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.Fondy   CHN   22  W.Moon    SLN    9  V.Mizell  SLN   55
                    K.Boyer   SLN   21  W.Mays    NYN    6  B.Friend  PIN   49
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  OTHERS TIED W    4  R.Roberts PHN   44
                                                            M.Dickson SLN   43
                                                            H.Haddix  PHN   43
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CIN  5  at  SLN  6  BRN-Craig(4-1, 3.88) at CHN-Brosnan(2-4, 2.77)
MLN  6  at  CHN  4  NYN-Margone(0-1, 5.68) at CIN-Nuxhall(6-1, 2.81)
NYN  1  at  PIN  4  PHN-Simmons(3-1, 3.93) at SLN-Poholsk(4-3, 4.33)
                    PIN-Friend(3-7, 4.75) at MLN-Spahn(5-1, 3.60)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
J.Adcock      MLN CHN  3  1  3  4  1  0  1  0
S.Musial      SLN CIN  4  2  2  3  0  0  1  0
E.Miksis      CHN MLN  4  1  2  2  0  2  1  0
J.King        CHN MLN  4  1  1  2  0  1  1  0
E.Mathews     MLN CHN  4  1  1  2  1  1  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Kline       PIN NYN  9.0  3  1  1  2  8  1 W  
H.Wilhelm     NYN PIN  3.0  2  0  0  0  5  0    
H.Freeman     CIN SLN  1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
W.Schmidt     SLN CIN  1.1  1  0  0  1  0  0   S
J.Davis       CHN MLN  2.0  1  0  0  1  0  0    
 
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
J.Brandt      SLN .455 22 10  8  4  3  D.Drysdale    BRN 18 12  2  3 11  1 200
D.Ennis       PHN .407 27 11  8  0  5  H.Haddix      PHN 18 17  1  5 12  0 200
D.Snider      BRN .429 35 15 13  2  4  C.Erskine     BRN 18 10  3  6  7  1 200
E.Mathews     MLN .455 33 15  8  3  3  M.Dickson     SLN 18 16  6  2 14  2 200
T.Kluszewski  CIN .263 38 10  9  1  5  H.Wilhelm     NYN  7  6  0  1  7  0 001
 
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
G.Hamner      PHN .154 26  4  0  0  0  P.Minner      CHN 14 23 12  8  3  3 020
J.O'Brien     PIN .120 25  3  1  1  0  R.Meyer       CHN  9 16  7  7  5  1 020
G.Freese      PIN .194 31  6  0  1  0  J.Hearn       NYN 10 10  7  5  8  2 020
R.Jablonski   CIN .100 30  3  0  4  0  J.Klippstein  CIN 14 17 10  9  9  3 020
D.Mueller     NYN .207 29  6  1  0  0  D.Littlefield SLN  8  6  7  4  6  1 010
 
INJURY REPORT
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