Wednesday, February 24, 2016

1956 AL News Recap and League Leaders

August 1, 1956

The Detroit Tigers are well represented in many of the top league leaders' categories. The Tigers are 1,2,3 in BA and RBI, 3rd in HR and 1st in Wins and Saves by a pitcher. Detroit is also 2nd and 3rd in strikeouts by a pitcher. The only major League category Detroit is not represented in is Stolen Bases.


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 American League                 Date: 8/1/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 DEA  70  28    H.Kuenn   DEA .364  M.Mantle  NYA   32  A.Kaline  DEA  100
1956 CLA  58  38    R.Boone   DEA .336  L.Doby    CHA   23  C.Maxwell DEA   87
1956 CHA  54  39    C.Maxwell DEA .334  A.Kaline  DEA   22  R.Boone   DEA   79
1956 BOA  53  44    J.Jensen  BOA .330  OTHERS TIED W   20  J.Jensen  BOA   78
1956 NYA  52  46    H.Simpson KCA .326                      L.Doby    CHA   70
1956 BAA  39  59
1956 KCA  32  65    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 WAA  30  69    F.Lary    DEA   19  A.Aber    DEA   10  D.Donovan CHA 2.71
                    D.Donovan CHA   13  G.Zuverin BAA    9  E.Wynn    CLA 2.78
                    B.Hoeft   DEA   13  T.Morgan  NYA    5  F.Lary    DEA 3.01
                    M.Garcia  CLA   12  T.Hurd    BOA    5  B.Lemon   CLA 3.12
                    OTHERS TIED W   11  H.Brown   BAA    5  M.Garcia  CLA 3.16
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Piersal BOA   12  N.Fox     CHA   21  H.Score   CLA  186
                    A.Kaline  DEA   11  J.Rivera  CHA   17  B.Hoeft   DEA  128
                    C.Carrasq CLA   10  J.Busby   CLA   14  P.Foytack DEA  125
                    M.Vernon  BOA    8  W.Herzog  WAA   12  C.Pascual WAA  109
                    C.Boyer   KCA    6  J.Pyburn  BAA   11  E.Wynn    CLA  107
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  3  at  KCA  4  BAA-Wight(4-11, 4.54) at KCA-Kretlow(4-6, 5.29)
BOA  8  at  DEA  6  BOA-Brewer(10-4, 3.64) at DEA-Foytack(9-6, 4.11)
NYA  4  at  CLA  2  NYA-Byrne(2-5, 6.71) at CLA-Garcia(12-5, 3.16)
WAA  1  at  CHA  4  WAA-Stobbs(5-10, 4.81) at CHA-Wilson(6-5, 3.74)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
M.Mantle      NYA CLA  3  1  1  3  2  0  1  0
H.Kuenn       DEA BOA  5  2  3  2  0  0  1  0
R.Colavito    CLA NYA  3  1  1  1  1  0  1  0
J.Jensen      BOA DEA  4  1  1  2  0  0  1  0
D.Williams    BAA KCA  3  1  1  0  2  0  0  2
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Crimian     KCA BAA  4.0  0  0  0  1  1  0 W  
D.Donovan     CHA WAA  7.1  7  0  0  1  4  0 W  
W.Masterson   DEA BOA  2.0  0  0  0  0  2  0    
B.Porterfield BOA DEA  5.2  2  1  1  3  2  1 W  
M.McDermott   NYA CLA  1.1  0  0  0  1  0  0   S
 
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 .286 35 10 12  7  6  H.Score       CLA 18 10  2  7 20  0 200
L.Doby        CHA .281 32  9  8  7  4  D.Donovan     CHA 16 12  0  5 11  0 200
A.Kaline      DEA .395 43 17 18  7  2  D.Larsen      NYA  7  1  0  3  3  0 101
J.Jensen      BOA .316 38 12  9  7  4  J.Harshman    CHA 27 17  5  9 16  3 210
H.Simpson     KCA .390 41 16 10  4  4  B.Pierce      CHA 18 13  4  8 15  0 200
 
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
A.Carey       NYA .162 37  6  1  0  0  R.Moore       BAA  8 13 10  4  3  3 020
G.Kell        BAA .178 45  8  3  1  0  A.Ditmar      KCA  9 14 14  4  4  3 110
F.Hatfield    CHA .217 23  5  0  2  0  B.Turley      NYA  9 13 10  5  4  2 010
L.Aparicio    CHA .235 34  8  1  3  0  H.Griggs      WAA  6  9  6  4  0  2 010
H.Bauer       NYA .167 36  6  3  0  1  D.Stone       WAA 11 11 12 13  5  0 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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