1956 NL News Recap and League Leaders

May 15, 1956

Brooklyn's Duke Snider and New York's Willie Mays have gotten off to good starts in the 1956 season. Snider (7 HR, 26 RBI) and Mays (7 HR, 22 RBI) are in the mix of slugging leaders in the NL. Cincinnati's Ed Bailey leads the league with 8 HR and Chicago's Dee Fondy is leading the league in hitting with a .406 average. There are a few pitchers that have won as many as 4 games but Milwaukee's Lou Burdette stands out with his 4-0, 2.30 ERA record.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 National League                 Date: 5/15/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 MLN  11   5    D.Fondy   CHN .435  E.Bailey  CIN    8  D.Snider  BRN   25
1956 BRN  15   7    F.Robinso CIN .392  D.Snider  BRN    7  G.Bell    CIN   25
1956 CIN  13  10    H.Aaron   MLN .381  W.Mays    NYN    7  C.Furillo BRN   22
1956 SLN  12  11    A.Dark    NYN .354  OTHERS TIED W    6  W.Mays    NYN   22
1956 CHN   9  10    J.Robinso BRN .349                      W.Moon    SLN   18
1956 NYN  10  13
1956 PIN   9  13    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 PHN   6  16    D.Newcomb BRN    4  H.Freeman CIN    4  A.Worthin NYN 1.87
                    L.Burdett MLN    4  C.Labine  BRN    3  L.Burdett MLN 2.30
                    J.Klippst CIN    4  OTHERS TIED W    2  B.Buhl    MLN 2.31
                    J.Nuxhall CIN    4                      D.Newcomb BRN 2.40
                    OTHERS TIED W    3                      J.Antonel NYN 2.51
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Landrit CHN   11  F.Robinso CIN    4  V.Mizell  SLN   35
                    D.Fondy   CHN    9  W.Moon    SLN    4  B.Friend  PIN   34
                    D.Mueller NYN    8  W.Mays    NYN    4  J.Antonel NYN   29
                    F.Thomas  PIN    8  OTHERS TIED W    3  S.Jones   CHN   27
                    OTHERS TIED W    7                      OTHERS TIED W   25
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN  3  at  NYN  4  CHN-Rush(2-1, 2.79) at NYN-Liddle(0-1,10.38)
MLN  9  at  PHN  1  CIN-Nuxhall(4-1, 3.27) at PIN-Friend(2-4, 4.44)
SLN  6  at  BRN  3  MLN-Buhl(2-1, 2.31) at PHN-Roberts(3-3, 4.50)
                    SLN-Wehmeie(0-0, ----) at BRN-Craig(3-0, 2.55)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
D.Snider      BRN SLN  3  1  2  3  1  1  1  0
B.White       NYN CHN  4  1  2  2  0  0  1  0
J.Logan       MLN PHN  3  1  1  2  1  1  1  0
K.Boyer       SLN BRN  4  2  2  1  1  1  1  0
F.Kellert     CHN NYN  4  1  1  2  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
L.Burdette    MLN PHN  9.0  6  1  1  1  2  0 W  
M.Grissom     NYN CHN  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0 W  
C.Labine      BRN SLN  1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
J.Antonelli   NYN CHN  8.0  6  3  3  1  6  1    
E.Roebuck     BRN SLN  1.1  0  0  0  0  0  0