1956 AL Standings

June 15, 1956

It's the middle of June and the Detroit Tigers continue to play above all expectations. The Tigers hold a 6 game lead over 2nd place Cleveland while Chicago is in 3rd place, 7 games behind. Detroit has scored 372 runs in 53 games, a 7.02 average per game. The 2nd highest scoring team is the New York Yankees who have scored over 100 runs less. The Tigers have been phenomenal on the road too, posting a 23-8 record when away from home. Chicago and Cleveland continue to have the best pitching in the AL, so they aren't going to go away without a fight.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Detroit DEA             38  15  .717 ----    98    27  26 .509   82  72 .532
1956 Cleveland CLA           32  21  .604  6.0          28  25 .528   88  66 .571
1956 Chicago CHA             28  19  .596  7.0          26  21 .553   85  69 .552
1956 New York NYA            29  26  .527 10.0          35  20 .636   97  57 .630
1956 Boston BOA              25  28  .472 13.0          27  26 .509   84  70 .545
1956 Baltimore BAA           22  33  .400 17.0          26  29 .473   69  85 .448
1956 Kansas City KCA         21  33  .389 17.5          22  32 .407   52 102 .338
1956 Washington WAA          19  39  .328 21.5          23  35 .397   59  95 .383
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     22   33  .400 11-25 11- 8 11- 8 11-25  2- 3  7- 6     5-5     Won 3
BOA     25   28  .472 16-16  9-12  4- 6 21-22  2- 5  9-11     3-7     Lost 2
CHA     28   19  .596  7- 8 21-11 11- 9 17-10  5- 4  6-10     5-5     Lost 2
CLA     32   21  .604 13- 7 19-14 10- 8 22-13  4- 5  9- 7     5-5     Won 2
DEA     38   15  .717 15- 7 23- 8 17- 5 21-10  4- 0  6- 5     8-2     Won 1
KCA     21   33  .389 12- 8  9-25  4- 7 17-26  1- 4  9- 7     5-5     Lost 1
NYA     29   26  .527 21-14  8-12 13- 6 16-20  5- 4  5- 7     7-3     Lost 1
WAA     19   39  .328  9-25 10-14  5- 8 14-31  4- 2  8- 6     3-7     Won 1
TOTAL  214  214  .500
HOME   104  110  .486
ROAD   110  104  .514
LEFT    75   57  .568
RIGHT  139  157  .470
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      8- 5  8-19  6- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    217- 288
BOA      5- 4 13-17  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    248- 260
CHA      5- 1 15-12  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    260- 212
CLA      4- 7 18- 8 10- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    239- 188
DEA      5- 5 22- 7 11- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    372- 226
KCA      4- 5 12-18  5-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    224- 294
NYA      3- 8 19-12  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    271- 233
WAA      7- 6  7-21  5-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    243- 373