June 15, 1956 NL News Recap and League Leaders

Mid-June in the 1956 NL season finds the top 4 teams providing most all of the top players in the league's statistical categories. All except for Chicago's Dee Fondy, who continues to lead the league in BA with a .390 mark. Brooklyn's Duke Snider looks to be the best all-around player, but Cincinnati's Ted Kluszewski is giving him a run for his money. The Dodgers' Don Newcombe is the top hurler in the league, but Milwaukee's Lew Burdett is right on his heels.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 National League                 Date: 6/16/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 BRN  32  17    D.Fondy   CHN .390  T.Kluszew CIN   19  D.Snider  BRN   53
1956 MLN  28  17    H.Aaron   MLN .383  D.Snider  BRN   16  T.Kluszew CIN   46
1956 SLN  32  21    B.Virdon  PIN .368  W.Post    CIN   15  G.Bell    CIN   45
1956 CIN  26  24    D.Snider  BRN .343  E.Mathews MLN   13  W.Moon    SLN   44
1956 CHN  22  27    F.Robinso CIN .341  OTHERS TIED W   12  S.Musial  SLN   42
1956 PHN  21  31
1956 PIN  19  31    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 NYN  19  31    D.Newcomb BRN    9  H.Freeman CIN    7  B.Buhl    MLN 2.46
                    L.Burdett MLN    8  T.Lown    CHN    6  L.Burdett MLN 2.52
                    M.Dickson SLN    8  C.Labine  BRN    4  D.Newcomb BRN 2.58
                    W.Spahn   MLN    7  M.Grissom NYN    4  B.Rush    CHN 2.82
                    J.Nuxhall CIN    7  J.Davis   CHN    4  W.Spahn   MLN 2.87
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Aaron   MLN   10  W.Moon    SLN    9  V.Mizell  SLN   75
                    H.Foiles  PIN    9  B.White   NYN    8  B.Friend  PIN   66
                    W.Moon    SLN    8  D.Blasing SLN    7  H.Haddix  PHN   61
                    B.Sarni   NYN    7  J.Gilliam BRN    6  R.Roberts PHN   60
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  W.Mays    NYN    6  D.Newcomb BRN   52
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CHN  2  at  PHN  4  CIN-Fowler(3-4, 4.83) at NYN-Margone(0-2, 5.54)
CHN 12  at  PHN  2  MLN-Conley(1-3, 7.66) at BRN-Craig(5-1, 3.47)
CIN  8  at  NYN  6  SLN-Wehmeie(5-0, 3.63) at PIN-Friend(4-9, 4.82)
MLN  1  at  BRN  3
SLN  3  at  PIN  2
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
W.Post        CIN NYN  4  2  3  2  1  1  2  0
P.Whisenant   CHN PHN  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
D.Spencer     NYN CIN  4  2  2  2  0  1  1  0
M.Irvin       CHN PHN  4  1  1  3  1  0  1  0
S.Musial      SLN PIN  5  1  2  3  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
S.Maglie      BRN MLN  9.0  4  1  1  0  9  0 W  
S.Rogovin     PHN CHN  9.0  6  2  2  1  7  1 W  
W.Hacker      CHN PHN  6.0  3  2  2  3  3  0 W  
H.Freeman     CIN NYN  1.1  0  0  0  0  1  0 W  
D.Hall        PIN SLN  3.0  1  0  0  1  2  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
T.Kluszewski  CIN .267 30  8 14  1  6  R.Craig       BRN  9  0  0  0  3  0 100
W.Post        CIN .379 29 11 11  2  5  R.Roberts     PHN 18 11  2  0 10  0 200
D.Snider      BRN .310 29  9 10  7  3  A.Fowler      CIN  8  4  0  2  6  0 100
P.Whisenant   CHN .412 34 14  8  5  4  W.Spahn       MLN 16  8  2  2  5  1 100
W.Moon        SLN .484 31 15 11  5  2  H.Haddix      PHN 18 13  3  3 11  0 110
 
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
D.O'Connell   MLN .107 28  3  0  3  0  C.Simmons     PHN  8 15 14  8  5  4 020
R.Campanella  BRN .087 23  2  0  3  0  S.Koufax      BRN  6 14 11  4  2  6 020
G.Hodges      BRN .143 28  4  0  4  0  B.Lawrence    CIN  7 18 13  6  1  1 010
R.Smalley     PHN .185 27  5  3  1  0  E.Roebuck     BRN  7 14 12  5  5  3 011
F.Castleman   NYN .208 24  5  2  1  0  G.Conley      MLN 11 20 13  4  6  2 020
 
INJURY REPORT
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