1956 NL Standings

September 1, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers hold a commanding lead in the NL as the calendar turns to September. Even though the Dodgers had their worst month of the season in August, going 15-15, they lead 2nd place Milwaukee by 11.5 games. The Braves (15-20) and the St. Louis Cardinals (16-18) were sub .500 in August and the Cincinnati Reds (15-15) broke even, allowing Brooklyn to maintain their sizable lead.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Brooklyn BRN            79  47  .627 ----    17    75  51 .595   93  61 .604
1956 Milwaukee MLN           68  59  .535 11.5          78  49 .614   92  62 .597
1956 St. Louis SLN           68  60  .531 12.0          63  65 .492   76  78 .494
1956 Cincinnati CIN          66  62  .516 14.0          75  53 .586   91  63 .591
1956 Chicago CHN             60  67  .472 19.5          51  76 .402   60  94 .390
1956 Philadelphia PHN        57  67  .460 21.0          59  65 .476   71  83 .461
1956 New York NYN            56  68  .452 22.0          50  74 .403   67  87 .435
1956 Pittsburgh PIN          52  76  .406 28.0          55  73 .430   66  88 .429
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BRN     79   47  .627 37-20 42-27  4- 6 75-41  4- 5 16-16     2-8     Lost 2
CHN     60   67  .472 39-29 21-38 16-16 44-51  8- 8 24-18     7-3     Won 2
CIN     66   62  .516 42-28 24-34 22-17 44-45  8- 9 18-22     4-6     Lost 5
MLN     68   59  .535 36-31 32-28  8- 8 60-51  7- 7 19-14     4-6     Won 3
NYN     56   68  .452 30-28 26-40 12-23 44-45  8- 8 19-26     8-2     Won 4
PHN     57   67  .460 24-31 33-36  9- 4 48-63  2- 5 14-16     7-3     Lost 1
PIN     52   76  .406 29-34 23-42 19-25 33-51  5- 5 21-22     3-7     Won 1
SLN     68   60  .531 42-26 26-34 26-25 42-35  7- 2 21-18     5-5     Lost 3
TOTAL  506  506  .500
HOME   279  227  .551
ROAD   227  279  .449
LEFT   116  124  .483
RIGHT  390  382  .505
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BRN      8- 3 17- 7 18-12 21-10 15-15  0- 0    665- 534
CHN      3- 7 11-13 14-13 19-15 13-19  0- 0    529- 574
CIN      5- 5 13-14 12-16 21-12 15-15  0- 0    642- 595
MLN      5- 2 13- 9 20-12 15-16 15-20  0- 0    627- 564
NYN      7- 4  7-18 11-17 11-17 20-12  0- 0    529- 572
PHN      3- 8 10-14 16-15 11-20 17-10  0- 0    569- 658
PIN      4- 7 12-14  9-19 12-19 15-17  0- 0    496- 626
SLN      5- 4 18-12 16-12 13-14 16-18  0- 0    672- 606