1956 Wrap Up

  Even though my Detroit Tigers were swept by the Brooklyn Dodgers, I have to consider my 1956 AsPlayed Replay a resounding success. My goal in replays is to always try to get my team to win the pennant, and they did.
  The Tigers performed way above expectations, finishing 22 games better than their actual record. Coupled with the actual 1956 AL Champion New York Yankees' underperforming by 12 games, the Tigers waltzed to the pennant with ease. Detroit's hitting attack was by far the best in my 1956 MLB replay. They scored runs at an incredible pace and their pitching was good enough to finish with 104 Wins. Chicago, Boston and Cleveland all finished within a few games of their actual records but proved no match for Detroit.
  Frank Lary (29 Wins), Al Kaline (.306BA, 32HR, 148RBI), Ray Boone (,335, 31, 124), Charlie Maxwell (.324, 26, 125) and Harvey Kuenn (.377, 12, 96) led Detroit to the pennant. SOM gave the AL MVP award to Frank Lary but I would have given it to Kaline by a small margin. Lary also received the AL Cy Young award. Chicago's Dick Donovan was the only other 20 game winner in the AL and NY's Mickey Mantle led the league in HR with 51. The following is a list of the 1956 Award Winners:

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1956 American League                         Date: 10/1/1956
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
F.Lary(DEA) 396                         F.Lary(DEA) 147
A.Kaline(DEA) 367                       H.Score(CLA) 84
M.Mantle(NYA) 214                       D.Donovan(CHA) 40
R.Boone(DEA) 127                        P.Foytack(DEA) 12
J.Jensen(BOA) 94                        T.Brewer(BOA) 5
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  Y.Berra(NYA) 1,739,156               G.Triandos(BAA) 1,371,157
1B B.Skowron(NYA) 1,431,660             V.Wertz(CLA) 1,340,094
2B N.Fox(CHA) 1,638,391                 B.Martin(NYA) 1,037,129
3B R.Boone(DEA) 2,081,588               B.Klaus(BOA) 1,086,598
SS H.Kuenn(DEA) 2,031,019               L.Aparicio(CHA) 1,292,959
LF M.Minoso(CHA) 2,221,459              C.Maxwell(DEA) 1,919,327
CF M.Mantle(NYA) 3,587,447              L.Doby(CHA) 2,153,631
RF A.Kaline(DEA) 2,934,120              J.Jensen(BOA) 2,521,366
Pi F.Lary(DEA) 3,443,949                H.Score(CLA) 2,849,297
   D.Donovan(CHA) 1,568,221             T.Brewer(BOA) 1,346,468
   P.Foytack(DEA) 1,154,919             J.Harshman(CHA) 1,116,825
   T.Sturdivant(NYA) 1,062,029          B.Lemon(CLA) 1,050,290
   E.Wynn(CLA) 1,019,285                G.Zuverink(BAA) 963,789
   D.Larsen(NYA) 914,789                H.Brown(BAA) 900,155
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  D.Donovan(CHA)                       C.Pascual(WAA) 
C  S.Lollar(CHA)                        Y.Berra(NYA) 
1B V.Power(KCA)                         B.Skowron(NYA) 
2B N.Fox(CHA)                           B.Martin(NYA) 
3B G.Kell(BAA)                          A.Carey(NYA) 
SS W.Miranda(BAA)                       C.Carrasquel(CLA) 
OF J.Piersall(BOA)                      A.Kaline(DEA) 
OF L.Doby(CHA)                          J.Busby(CLA) 
OF H.Bauer(NYA)                         J.Jensen(BOA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  Y.Berra(NYA)                         G.Triandos(BAA) 
1B B.Skowron(NYA)                       V.Wertz(CLA) 
2B N.Fox(CHA)                           B.Gardner(BAA) 
3B R.Boone(DEA)                         A.Rosen(CLA) 
SS H.Kuenn(DEA)                         L.Aparicio(CHA) 
LF M.Minoso(CHA)                        C.Maxwell(DEA) 
CF M.Mantle(NYA)                        L.Doby(CHA) 
RF A.Kaline(DEA)                        J.Jensen(BOA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
G.Zuverink(BAA) 52                      Bucky Harris(DEA) 
P.Lapalme(CHA) 26                       Marty Marion(CHA) 
A.Aber(DEA) 25                          Al Lopez(CLA) 
H.Brown(BAA) 25                         Casey Stengel(NYA) 
T.Morgan(NYA) 18                        Pinky Higgins(BOA) 
 

 
Over in the NL, the Brooklyn Dodgers ran away with the pennant. I was expecting a close pennant race as in 'real life', between the Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Reds. While Brooklyn played a few games above their actual record, Milwaukee and Cincinnati played well below expectations. There were 3 20 game winners in the NL: Brooklyn's Don Newcombe (25), Milwaukee's Lew Burdette (20) and Philadelphia's Robin Roberts (20). Newcombe got the NL Cy Young Award and his teammate Duke Snider was NL MVP (.309BA, 42HR, 138RBI). The following list is the 1956 NL Award Winners:

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1956 National League                         Date: 10/1/1956
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
D.Snider(BRN) 417                       D.Newcombe(BRN) 162
D.Newcombe(BRN) 361                     R.Craig(BRN) 69
G.Bell(CIN) 197                         L.Burdette(MLN) 38
G.Hodges(BRN) 130                       S.Maglie(BRN) 13
W.Mays(NYN) 92                          S.Jones(CHN) 6
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  S.Lopata(PHN) 2,085,432              E.Bailey(CIN) 1,035,347
1B S.Musial(SLN) 2,027,959              G.Hodges(BRN) 1,945,596
2B J.Gilliam(BRN) 1,565,868             J.Temple(CIN) 1,190,719
3B E.Mathews(MLN) 1,911,309             K.Boyer(SLN) 1,693,410
SS E.Banks(CHN) 2,114,585               J.Logan(MLN) 1,679,568
LF F.Robinson(CIN) 1,833,574            D.Ennis(PHN) 1,680,882
CF D.Snider(BRN) 3,587,447              G.Bell(CIN) 2,629,209
RF H.Aaron(MLN) 2,072,839               W.Moon(SLN) 1,682,165
Pi D.Newcombe(BRN) 3,443,949            L.Burdette(MLN) 1,509,747
   R.Craig(BRN) 1,473,659               S.Jones(CHN) 1,444,331
   M.Dickson(SLN) 1,224,577             S.Maglie(BRN) 1,154,423
   R.Roberts(PHN) 997,792               H.Haddix(PHN) 956,909
   D.Drysdale(BRN) 953,536              J.Antonelli(NYN) 950,168
   V.Mizell(SLN) 911,806                A.Fowler(CIN) 901,086
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  M.Dickson(SLN)                       L.Burdette(MLN) 
C  R.Campanella(BRN)                    E.Bailey(CIN) 
1B G.Hodges(BRN)                        M.Blaylock(PHN) 
2B R.Schoendiens(NYN)                   J.Temple(CIN) 
3B W.Jones(PHN)                         K.Boyer(SLN) 
SS R.McMillan(CIN)                      E.Banks(CHN) 
OF B.Virdon(PIN)                        C.Furillo(BRN) 
OF D.Snider(BRN)                        G.Bell(CIN) 
OF W.Mays(NYN)                          B.Bruton(MLN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  S.Lopata(PHN)                        E.Bailey(CIN) 
1B T.Kluszewski(CIN)                    S.Musial(SLN) 
2B J.Gilliam(BRN)                       J.Temple(CIN) 
3B E.Mathews(MLN)                       F.Thomas(PIN) 
SS E.Banks(CHN)                         J.Logan(MLN) 
LF F.Robinson(CIN)                      D.Ennis(PHN) 
CF D.Snider(BRN)                        G.Bell(CIN) 
RF H.Aaron(MLN)                         W.Moon(SLN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
T.Lown(CHN) 39                          Walt Alston(BRN) 
H.Freeman(CIN) 24                       Fred Hutchinson(SLN) 
L.McDaniel(SLN) 23                      Stan Hack(CHN) 
C.Labine(BRN) 20                        Charley Grimm(MLN) 
D.Bessent(BRN) 14                       Mayo Smith(PHN) 
 

1956 World Series Line Scores

October 7, 1956

In winning the 1956 World Series the Brooklyn Dodgers swept the Detroit Tigers in 4 games. Brooklyn starting pitchers were able to keep the Tiger's bats quiet the first 3 games and they got 3 complete game victories. Game 4 was a slugfest, but it was the Dodgers who out-slugged the Tigers. Overall, Brooklyn outscored Detroit 25-14. Gil Hodges was named the World Series MVP. Hodges hit .400 had 8RBI and had 2 game winning hits in the Series.

 DATE VIS  R  H  E  HOME R  H  E INN  WIN                   LOSS
----- ------------  ------------ ---  --------------------  -------------------
10/ 3 DEA  3  8  0  BRN  8 12  0      D.Newcombe (1-0)      F.Lary (0-1)
10/ 4 DEA  2  3  0  BRN  3  6  1      S.Maglie (1-0)        W.Masterson (0-1)
10/ 6 BRN  5  7  0  DEA  4  4  0      R.Craig (1-0)         P.Foytack (0-1)
10/ 7 BRN  9 16  1  DEA  5 12  2      D.Bessent (1-0)       F.Lary (0-2)

Batter            Avg  AB   H  2B  3B  HR RBI  BB IBB   K    OBP  Slug OB+Sl
G.Hodges         .400  15   6   1   0   1   8   3   0   5   .500  .667 1.167

1956 World Series Game 4: Brooklyn Wins the Series!

October 7, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers are the 1956 World Series Champions! The Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-5 to sweep the Series. Detroit was a slight favorite heading in the World Series due to their record hitting and scoring during the regular season. But it was Brooklyn that out hit and out pitched the Tigers. In game 4 today Brooklyn got out to an early 2-0 lead. Detroit's bats finally woke up in the 4th inning scoring 5 runs and chasing Dodger starter Don Newcombe. Red Wilson hit a 3-run homer and Al Kaline added a 2-run shot for the Tigers. But Brooklyn came right back in the top of the 5th inning scoring 6 runs and retaking the lead 8-5. The big hit was Roy Campanella's 3-run homer. Campy hit 2 homeruns in the game and had 4 RBI. The Brooklyn bullpen got their first opportunity to pitch in the Series and shut down the Tigers the rest of the game.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1956 Detroit Tigers              10/7/1956
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Gilliam 2B        5  1  3  0 .500     H.Kuenn SS          5  0  1  0 .267  
  P.Reese SS          4  1  2  0 .357     E.Torgeson 1B       2  1  1  0 .167  
  D.Snider CF         5  0  1  0 .294     A.Kaline CF         5  1  2  2 .294  
  J.Robinson 3B       4  2  1  1 .214     C.Maxwell LF        5  0  1  0 .143  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  1  3  1 .400     R.Boone 3B          5  0  0  0 .063  
  C.Furillo RF        5  1  3  2 .438     J.Small RF          5  1  2  0 .375  
  S.Amoros LF         4  1  1  1 .273     F.Bolling 2B        4  1  2  0 .286  
E-C.Neal PH           1  0  0  0 .200     R.Wilson C          4  1  3  3 .455  
G-G.Cimoli LF         0  0  0  0 ----     F.Lary P            2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Campanella C      4  2  2  4 .214     J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Newcombe P        2  0  0  0 .200     S.Gromek P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Bessent P         1  0  0  0 .000   A-W.Belardi PH        0  0  0  0 .500  
  S.Koufax P          0  0  0  0 ----   B-J.Brideweser PR     0  0  0  0 ----  
C-R.Jackson PH        1  0  0  0 .000     V.Trucks P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Erskine P         0  0  0  0 ----   D-F.House PH          1  0  0  0 .000  
F-C.Fernandez PH      1  0  0  0 .000     N.Garver P          0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Labine P          0  0  0  0 ----     A.Aber P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  9 16  9                 Totals      38  5 12  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Belardi In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Trucks In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Amoros In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Erskine In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Neal In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 1 1 0  0 6 0  1 0 0  -  9 16  1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  5 0 0  0 0 0  -  5 12  2
 
Dodgers (4-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Newcombe                3 2/3   9   5   5   2   2   2   5.68
D.Bessent WIN(1-0)        2       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
S.Koufax HOLD(1st)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
C.Erskine                 2       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
C.Labine                  1       1   0   0   1   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9      12   5   5   3   4   2
 
Tigers (0-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Lary LOSS(0-2)          4 2/3  11   7   7   1   5   1   9.28
J.Bunning                 0 1/3   1   1   1   0   0   1  10.80
S.Gromek                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
V.Trucks                  2       2   1   0   1   1   0   0.00
N.Garver                  0       1   0   0   1   0   0   ----
A.Aber                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0  16.20
Totals                    9      16   9   8   3   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,063 DATE- Sunday, October 7th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:45
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 9  Tigers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- D.Bessent, R.Boone, V.Trucks
HOME RUNS- R.Campanella-2(2nd), A.Kaline(1st), R.Wilson(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- P.Reese(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Gilliam
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Robinson
WALKS- P.Reese, G.Hodges, R.Campanella, E.Torgeson-3
HIT BY PITCH- W.Belardi
STRIKE OUTS- J.Gilliam, D.Snider-2, J.Robinson, S.Amoros, D.Newcombe,
             A.Kaline-2, J.Small, R.Wilson
GIDP- P.Reese, H.Kuenn
WILD PITCHES- D.Newcombe
2-out RBI- R.Campanella-4, A.Kaline-2, C.Furillo, S.Amoros
RLISP 2-out- G.Hodges, R.Boone-3, R.Campanella, D.Newcombe, C.Maxwell,
             R.Jackson, C.Fernandez-2, J.Small
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Carl Furillo robbed Charlie Maxwell of an extra base hit.
 
Catcher Roy Campanella ripped 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Brooklyn Dodgers
beat the Detroit Tigers by a score of 9 to 5.
 
Campanella led the offense for Brooklyn.  He clubbed a solo home run in the
2nd inning and clubbed a three-run home run in the 5th inning.  Brooklyn had
16 hits overall, while Detroit had 12.  
 
The win went to Don Bessent(1-0) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Frank
Lary(0-2) suffered the loss.  He allowed Brooklyn 7 runs in 4 and 2/3 innings
of work.  
 

1956 World Series Game 3

October 6, 1956

Game 3 of the 1956 World Series shifted to Briggs Stadium in Detroit, but the result was the same as the first two games. The Brooklyn Dodgers won a close game against the Detroit Tigers 5-4.  Roger Craig held the Tigers to 4 hits while going the distance on the mound for Brooklyn. The big blow in the game came from Gil Hodges, a 3-run homer that put the Dodgers up 5-2 in the 7th. Detroit's Ray Boone hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th to close the gap to 1 run, 5-4, but Craig sailed through the bottom of the 9th to complete the victory. Brooklyn now holds a commanding 3-0 lead in the Series.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1956 Detroit Tigers              10/6/1956
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Gilliam 2B        3  2  1  0 .444     B.Tuttle CF         5  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Reese SS          3  0  0  0 .300     E.Torgeson 1B       3  0  0  0 .100  
  D.Snider CF         4  1  1  1 .333     A.Kaline RF         4  0  1  0 .250  
  J.Robinson 3B       4  1  2  1 .200     C.Maxwell LF        2  1  0  0 .111  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  1  1  3 .273     R.Boone 3B          4  1  1  2 .091  
  C.Furillo RF        3  0  1  0 .364     H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .300  
  S.Amoros LF         3  0  1  0 .286     F.Bolling 2B        2  1  0  0 .200  
B-G.Cimoli LF         0  0  0  0 ----     R.Wilson C          4  1  2  2 .286  
  R.Campanella C      3  0  0  0 .100     P.Foytack P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Craig P           4  0  0  0 .000   A-J.Small PH          1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          A.Aber P            0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          W.Masterson P       0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        C-W.Belardi PH        1  0  0  0 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  5  7  5                 Totals      31  4  4  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Foytack In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Amoros In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 1 0 0  0 1 0  3 0 0  -  5  7  0
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  4  0
 
Dodgers (3-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Craig WIN(1-0)          9       4   4   4   6   8   2   4.00
Totals                    9       4   4   4   6   8   2
 
Tigers (0-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(0-1)       7       6   5   5   6   9   2   6.43
J.Bunning                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   6.75
A.Aber                    0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  40.50
W.Masterson               0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.86
Totals                    9       7   5   5   6  11   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,208 DATE- Saturday, October 6th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:28
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 9  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Tigers: 0
DOUBLES- S.Amoros(1st), A.Kaline(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Snider(2nd), G.Hodges(1st), R.Boone(1st), R.Wilson(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese-2, S.Amoros
WALKS- J.Gilliam-2, D.Snider, G.Hodges, C.Furillo, R.Campanella, E.Torgeson,
       C.Maxwell-2, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- P.Reese, G.Hodges, C.Furillo, S.Amoros-2, R.Campanella-2,
             R.Craig-4, B.Tuttle, E.Torgeson, R.Boone, F.Bolling-2, R.Wilson,
             P.Foytack, W.Belardi
WILD PITCHES- P.Foytack
2-out RBI- J.Robinson, D.Snider, G.Hodges-3
RLISP 2-out- C.Maxwell, R.Boone, J.Robinson-2, R.Campanella, R.Craig-3,
             P.Foytack
 
Roger Craig had a complete game and Jackie Robinson had 2 base hits as the
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 5 to 4 at Briggs
Stadium.
 
Craig(1-0) delivered a fine performance for Brooklyn.  He went 9 innings
surrendering 4 hits and 6 walks and was touched for 2 homeruns.  Brooklyn
banged out 7 hits on the afternoon.  
 
Paul Foytack(0-1) suffered the loss. He surrendered 5 runs and 6 hits in 7
innings.

1956 World Series Game 2

October 4, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Detroit Tigers 3-2 today in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series. Brooklyn starter Sal Maglie went the distance for the home team, holding the Tigers to just 3 hits. The game was tied at 2 in the bottom of the 8th inning when Duke Snider connected with a big blast over the centerfield wall. Maglie retired the Tigers 1,2,3 in the 9th giving Brooklyn the win and a 2-0 Series edge. The Series will now shift to Detroit for 3 games after tomorrow's off day.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Detroit Tigers At 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers              10/4/1956
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .429     J.Gilliam LF        3  1  1  1 .500  
  E.Torgeson 1B       4  0  0  0 .143     P.Reese SS          3  0  1  0 .429  
  A.Kaline RF         4  1  2  0 .250     D.Snider CF         3  1  1  1 .375  
  C.Maxwell LF        3  0  0  0 .143     J.Robinson 3B       3  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Boone 3B          3  0  0  0 .000     G.Hodges 1B         3  0  0  0 .286  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .250     C.Furillo RF        4  1  1  0 .375  
  B.Tuttle CF         4  1  0  0 .000     C.Neal 2B           4  0  1  0 .250  
  R.Wilson C          3  0  0  0 .000     R.Campanella C      3  0  1  0 .143  
  B.Hoeft P           1  0  0  0 .000     S.Maglie P          3  0  0  0 .000  
A-J.Small PH          1  0  1  1 .500                                          
  W.Masterson P       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  2  3  1                 Totals      29  3  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hoeft In 7th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  3  0
Dodgers......... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 1    -  3  6  1
 
Tigers (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Hoeft                   6       5   2   1   3   6   0   1.50
W.Masterson LOSS(0-1)     2       1   1   1   1   3   1   4.50
Totals                    8       6   3   2   4   9   1
 
Dodgers (2-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Maglie WIN(1-0)         9       3   2   1   5   6   0   1.00
Totals                    9       3   2   1   5   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,385 DATE- Thursday, October 4th 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:39
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- C.Neal
DOUBLES- A.Kaline-2(2nd), J.Small(1st), R.Campanella(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Snider(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese
WALKS- H.Kuenn, C.Maxwell, R.Boone, R.Wilson, B.Hoeft, J.Gilliam, D.Snider,
       J.Robinson, G.Hodges
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, E.Torgeson, A.Kaline, F.Bolling-2, R.Wilson, D.Snider,
             J.Robinson, G.Hodges-3, C.Neal-2, S.Maglie-2
GIDP- H.Kuenn
WILD PITCHES- W.Masterson, S.Maglie
PASSED BALLS- R.Wilson-2
2-out RBI- J.Gilliam, J.Small
RLISP 2-out- C.Maxwell, G.Hodges-2, C.Furillo-4, J.Gilliam, B.Tuttle-2, P.Reese,
             H.Kuenn-2, E.Torgeson-2, C.Neal
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Pee Wee Reese robbed Harvey Kuenn of a base hit.
 
Sal Maglie allowed just 3 hits at Ebbets Field where the Brooklyn Dodgers beat
the Detroit Tigers by the score of 3 to 2.
 
The game was won by Brooklyn with a run in the bottom of the 8th inning.  Duke
Snider smashed a solo-shot out of the park.  Jackie Robinson followed and he
drew a walk.  Walt Masterson then uncorked a wild one that found its way to
the backstop.  Gil Hodges dug into the batters box next, but he struck out.
After another out, Charlie Neal got his turn next, but he was a strikeout
victim.  The Detroit batters didn't put up a fight in the 9th.  
 
The victory was credited to Maglie(1-0) who went the distance, allowing 2
runs. The losing pitcher was Masterson(0-1) in relief.  
 

1956 World Series Game 1

October 3, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers won game 1 of the 1956 WS by defeating the Detroit Tigers 8-3.
Brooklyn scored 2 runs off Frank Lary in the 1st inning, 2 runs in the 2nd, and then added 4 runs against the Detroit bullpen in the 7th. Don Newcombe went the distance for the Dodgers, getting the complete game victory. Gil Hodges drove in 4 runs to lead the Brooklyn hitting attack. Earl Torgeson and Ray Boone homered for Detroit in a losing effort.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Detroit Tigers At 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers              10/3/1956
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Tuttle CF         4  0  0  0 .000     J.Gilliam 2B        3  1  2  0 .667  
  E.Torgeson 1B       3  1  1  1 .333     P.Reese SS          4  2  2  2 .500  
  A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .000     D.Snider CF         5  1  2  1 .400  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  1  1 .250     J.Robinson 3B       3  2  0  0 .000  
  R.Boone 3B          4  0  0  0 .000     G.Hodges 1B         4  0  2  4 .500  
  H.Kuenn SS          4  1  3  0 .750     C.Furillo RF        4  0  2  1 .500  
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  2  1 .500     S.Amoros LF         4  1  1  0 .250  
  F.House C           3  0  0  0 .000     R.Campanella C      4  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Lary P            2  0  0  0 .000     D.Newcombe P        3  1  1  0 .333  
A-W.Belardi PH        1  0  1  01.000                                          
B-J.Brideweser PR     0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  A.Aber P            0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  J.Bunning P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  S.Gromek P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
C-J.Small PH          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  8  3                 Totals      34  8 12  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lary In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Belardi In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gromek In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  8  0
Dodgers......... 2 2 0  0 0 0  4 0    -  8 12  0
 
Tigers (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Lary LOSS(0-1)          6       7   4   4   1   5   0   6.00
A.Aber                    0 1/3   2   3   3   1   0   0  81.00
J.Bunning                 0       2   1   1   1   0   0   ----
S.Gromek                  1 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      12   8   8   3   6   0
 
Dodgers (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Newcombe WIN(1-0)       9       8   3   3   2   5   2   3.00
Totals                    9       8   3   3   2   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,220 DATE- Wednesday, October 3rd 1956 TIME- Day 
T- 2:08
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Dodgers: 1
DOUBLES- J.Gilliam(1st), P.Reese(1st), D.Snider(1st), G.Hodges(1st),
         C.Furillo(1st)
TRIPLES- F.Bolling(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Torgeson(1st), C.Maxwell(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Gilliam, D.Newcombe
WALKS- E.Torgeson, F.House, J.Gilliam, P.Reese, J.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling, F.Lary-2, J.Gilliam, P.Reese,
             G.Hodges, C.Furillo, S.Amoros, R.Campanella
GIDP- B.Tuttle
2-out RBI- G.Hodges-2, P.Reese-2, E.Torgeson, F.Bolling, C.Maxwell
RLISP 2-out- C.Furillo, F.House-2, J.Gilliam, D.Snider-2, S.Amoros,
             R.Campanella-2
 
First baseman Gil Hodges had 2 base hits and 4 RBI and Don Newcombe completed
the game without help from the bullpen at Ebbets Field where the Brooklyn
Dodgers beat the Detroit Tigers 8 to 3.
 
Brooklyn started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of
the first scoring 2 runners on 3 hits.  The big moment was provided by Hodges
who brought the crowd to their feet when he doubled bringing in two
baserunners.  Brooklyn managed 12 hits in their victory.  
 
Newcombe(1-0) finished the game allowing 3 runs in the victory. Frank
Lary(0-1) was charged with the loss.  He surrendered 4 runs and 7 hits in 6
innings.

1956 World Series Preview

October 2, 1956

  The 1956 World Series starts tomorrow pitting two teams, that won their respective league championships with relative ease, against each other.
  The Detroit Tigers (104-50) moved into 1st place in the AL on May 15 and stayed there until the end. Detroit finished 13 games ahead of the 2nd place Chicago White Sox. They feature one of the best hitting attacks ever seen in MLB. Hitting .299 as a team, the Tigers scored an incredible 1050 runs this season, over 200 more than the 2nd highest scoring team. Detroit also features the best pitcher in baseball this season. Frank Lary went 29-7 with a 2.70 ERA. Lary had 22 complete games among his 38 starts and threw 4 shutouts.
  The NL Champion Brooklyn Dodgers (99-55) had an even easier time than Detroit. They finished 19 games ahead of the 2nd place St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodgers moved into 1st place on April 23rd and except for 2 days in June, never relinquished the lead. Brooklyn had the best pitching staff in the NL and were the 2nd best offensive team (the Cardinals edged them out for that distinction).
  Game 1 of the World Series will be in Brooklyn and Dodger ace Don Newcombe (25-8) will get the start against Detroit's Frank Lary (29-7). The following are the final regular season stats for both teams:

Primary Player Statistics For 1956 Detroit Tigers Totals After 154 Games
 
 
NAME              BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
B.Hicks           .410  15  39   5  16  5  0  0   4   3   4  0  0  0   0  0  0
H.Kuenn           .377 142 586 118 221 32  6 12  96  60  42  1  0 15  20  7 30
J.Small           .376  60 117  19  44  5  4  0  19   7   8  0  0  2   0  0  0
R.Wilson          .344  85 270  43  93 17  3  8  67  49  24  0  1  9   0  1  5
R.Boone           .335 133 516 113 173 13 11 31 124  83  54  5  0 20   0  0 25
J.Phillips        .335  68 206  39  69 13  2  1  36  24  17  0  0  6   1  1  9
C.Maxwell         .324 141 509 113 165 11  9 26 125 108  68  9  0  7   0  3  6
A.Kaline          .306 152 648 143 198 33 12 32 148  72  64  0  2 22   3  1  5
W.Streuli         .300   3  10   3   3  2  0  0   1   2   4  0  0  0   0  0  1
F.Hatfield        .300   4  10   2   3  1  0  1   4   1   1  4  0  0   0  0  0
F.Bolling         .297 100 404  85 120 26 11 11  68  45  52  0  6  8   4  1 10
B.Tuttle          .277 138 591  98 164 19  8 10  72  44  48  0 11 12   4  4 14
B.Kennedy         .262  51 145  20  38  2  0  1  21  24  23  2  5 11   5  1 11
E.Torgeson        .262 117 317  95  83  9  2 14  59  94  43  0  2 15   3  0 10
W.Belardi         .256  65 125  18  32  2  1  5  29  14  11  6  0  7   0  0  4
F.House           .244  81 295  40  72  2  3 10  46  20  28  1  1  5   1  0  8
J.Brideweser      .240  54 179  28  43  7  1  0  20  14  26  2  5  7   4  0  6
R.Bertoia         .185  20  65   8  12  1  0  3  11   6   7  0  0  2   0  0  1
C.Lau             .143   2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
J.Delsing         .077   7  13   1   1  1  0  0   0   3   3  1  0  0   0  0  0
J.Porter          .000   2   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
C.King            .000   3   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
ALL PITCHERS      .210 154 410  57  86 19  4  0  42  49 105  0 60  5   0  0 19
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS       .299    5468    1637    77    992     635    93     45   164
                       154    1050    220   165     724     31   153     19
 
 
NAME               ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
N.Garver          2.63  2  0 1.000   4  3  1  0  1  24.0  16   7   7  1  14  15
F.Lary            2.70 29  7  .806  38 38 22  4  0 313.0 257 123  94 19 131 183
A.Aber            3.62  4  6  .400  52  0  0  0 13  64.2  82  33  26  2  14  21
S.Gromek          3.67  9  3  .750  33 13  6  1  3 137.1 128  67  56 20  41  64
V.Trucks          3.74  8  6  .571  28 16  5  1  5 137.1 112  70  57 16  74  47
P.Foytack         3.97 17 10  .630  37 32 10  2  0 249.1 216 118 110 23 145 209
J.Bunning         3.99  4  0 1.000  14  3  0  0  0  38.1  39  21  17  4  20  25
W.Masterson       4.02  5  0 1.000  42  0  0  0  2  47.0  45  25  21  3  36  36
D.Marlowe         4.32  1  0 1.000   4  1  0  0  0   8.1   9   4   4  2   7   3
B.Hoeft           4.43 18 11  .621  37 34  8  1  0 262.1 296 151 129 25 109 204
D.Maas            4.68  5  4  .556  14  7  2  1  0  59.2  74  36  31  4  23  30
B.Black           5.19  0  0  ----   3  1  0  0  0   8.2  10   7   5  1   8   5
H.Woodeshick      7.45  1  1  .500   2  2  0  0  0   9.2  20   8   8  0   2   3
B.Miller          8.53  1  1  .500   9  3  0  0  1  25.1  35  26  24  8  13  14
G.Host           23.14  0  1  .000   1  1  0  0  0   2.1   6   6   6  1   4   5
J.Brady          27.00  0  0  ----   3  0  0  0  0   1.0   3   4   3  1   5   0
P.Wojey           ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
ALL NON-PITCHERS  ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
Team                                          1                   -3
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS       3.86    50       154    54    25      1348     595    646
                      104     .675    154    11   1388.1     706    130     864

 

 

 

Primary Player Statistics For 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers Totals After 154 Games
 
 
NAME              BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
D.Zimmer          .389   9  18   3   7  0  0  0   1   0   6  0  0  0   0  0  1
D.Mitchell        .353  10  17   0   6  0  0  0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
J.Gilliam         .313 153 601 119 188 21  7  7  52  98  35  1  7  4  27 12 14
D.Snider          .309 153 554 119 171 42  4 42 138 109  90  0  0 19   4  2  5
J.Robinson        .300 119 406  68 122 15  6 17  69  60  42  7  2  7  12  4  8
R.Jackson         .296  86 294  42  87 14  7  7  49  29  43  3  1 12   1  3  4
C.Neal            .286  65 154  27  44  4  3  2  15   9  29  0  0  4   1  1  3
G.Hodges          .268 152 563  88 151 33  2 32  99  73 105  0  6 15   6  1  9
C.Furillo         .268 143 541  59 145 39  0 16  95  51  38  0  2 23   0  2  2
P.Reese           .264 145 592  88 156 24  5  6  51  44  65  0 29  8  11  0 31
S.Amoros          .259 113 328  44  85 16  8 11  52  46  42  1  2  3   2  4  5
D.Howell          .250   4  16   2   4  2  0  0   0   0   5  0  0  0   0  0  0
R.Walker          .237  41 135  12  32  7  2  2  16   7  17  0  0  4   0  0  5
R.Campanella      .203 118 413  61  84 13  1 18  44  64  48  2  2 12   4  0  8
R.Nelson          .155  26 103   8  16  1  0  5  17   3  13  0  0  0   0  0  3
C.Fernandez       .150  25  60   8   9  1  0  1   4   6  12  0  0  2   2  3  3
G.Cimoli          .045  31  22   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   5  0  0  2   0  0  1
D.Demeter         .000   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  0  0  0   0  0  0
D.Williams        ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
B.Aspromonte      ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
ALL PITCHERS      .164 154 426  34  70 14  0  2  28  34 135  5 47  4   1  1 11
----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- --
TEAM TOTALS       .263    5245    1378    45    731     732    98     71   113
                       154     782    247   168     634     19   119     33
 
 
NAME               ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
D.Drysdale        1.37 10  1  .909  14 12 10  4  0 105.1  86  19  16  6  32  67
D.Bessent         1.61  9  5  .643  26  0  0  0  4  44.2  42   9   8  2  18  29
D.Newcombe        2.62 25  8  .758  36 36 22  3  0 302.2 257  97  88 28  51 156
C.Labine          2.63  4  4  .500  44  3  2  1 10  89.0  96  49  26  8  29  55
J.Hughes          2.70  0  0  ----   2  0  0  0  0   3.1   4   1   1  1   0   0
S.Maglie          2.78 13  9  .591  26 26 10  2  0 210.2 163  72  65 23  69 119
B.Loes            3.00  0  0  ----   1  1  0  0  0   6.0   5   2   2  0   4   4
C.Erskine         3.50 11  6  .647  29 28  8  1  0 192.2 201  92  75 24  59  93
R.Craig           3.68 18  8  .692  32 32 14  2  0 237.1 208 112  97 19  95 115
E.Roebuck         4.47  4  4  .500  43  0  0  0  2  86.2  82  47  43 15  21  58
C.Templeton       6.28  1  1  .500   2  2  0  0  0  14.1  21  10  10  3   7   5
K.Lehman          7.95  1  5  .167  17  4  0  0  1  43.0  58  46  38 14  21  27
S.Koufax          8.00  3  4  .429  12 10  1  0  0  54.0  77  52  48 11  34  23
R.Branca          ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
B.Darnell         ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
ALL NON-PITCHERS  ----  0  0  ----   0  0  0  0  0   0.0   0   0   0  0   0   0
Team                                          1                   -1
----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- ---
TEAM TOTALS       3.34    55       154    67    17      1300     516    440
                       99     .643    154    14   1389.2     608    154     751

1956 AL Final Standings

October 1, 1956

The Detroit Tigers are the 1956 AL Champions with an astounding 104 wins. They finish up 13 games ahead of 2nd place Chicago. 5 teams finish above .500 in the AL. The New York Yankees have the most disappointing season, winning 12 less games than their actual.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Detroit DEA            104  50  .675 ----  *WON*   82  72 .532   82  72 .532
1956 Chicago CHA             91  63  .591 13.0          85  69 .552   85  69 .552
1956 Boston BOA              86  68  .558 18.0          84  70 .545   84  70 .545
1956 Cleveland CLA           86  68  .558 18.0          88  66 .571   88  66 .571
1956 New York NYA            85  69  .552 19.0          97  57 .630   97  57 .630
1956 Baltimore BAA           65  89  .422 39.0          69  85 .448   69  85 .448
1956 Kansas City KCA         50 104  .325 54.0          52 102 .338   52 102 .338
1956 Washington WAA          49 105  .318 55.0          59  95 .383   59  95 .383
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     65   89  .422 32-45 33-44 29-22 36-67  9- 8 24-22     5-5     Won 2
BOA     86   68  .558 43-34 43-34 21-20 65-48  5- 8 23-25     6-4     Lost 3
CHA     91   63  .591 46-31 45-32 38-32 53-31 11- 9 24-23     6-4     Lost 1
CLA     86   68  .558 47-30 39-38 27-21 59-47 11-10 27-22     5-5     Lost 2
DEA    104   50  .675 48-29 56-21 41-15 63-35  8- 4 23-14     7-3     Won 2
KCA     50  104  .325 27-50 23-54 12-30 38-74  4-12 18-24     1-9     Won 1
NYA     85   69  .552 46-31 39-38 35-18 50-51 14-10 16-20     6-4     Won 3
WAA     49  105  .318 20-57 29-48 11-27 38-78  8- 9 14-19     4-6     Lost 2
TOTAL  616  616  .500
HOME   309  307  .502
ROAD   307  309  .498
LEFT   214  185  .536
RIGHT  402  431  .483
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BAA      8- 5  8-19 12-17 11-18 14-14 12-16    640- 806
BOA      5- 4 13-17 14-13 21-10 17-12 16-12    819- 729
CHA      5- 1 15-12 16-14 18-12 20-13 17-11    789- 673
CLA      4- 7 18- 8 18-11 18-12 12-18 16-12    710- 593
DEA      5- 5 22- 7 20- 7 23- 9 18-11 16-11   1050- 706
KCA      4- 5 12-18  7-23  9-19 12-17  6-22    623- 889
NYA      3- 8 19-12 16-11 14-15 15-16 18- 7    779- 675
WAA      7- 6  7-21 12-19  4-23 10-17  9-19    665-1004
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BAA BOA CHA CLA DEA KCA NYA WAA TOT
BAA    -   9   9   9   6  13   9  10  65
BOA   13   -   9  12   8  18  11  15  86
CHA   13  13   -  13   8  16  11  17  91
CLA   13  10   9   -   9  14  14  17  86
DEA   16  14  14  13   -  13  13  21 104
KCA    9   4   6   8   9   -   6   8  50
NYA   13  11  11   8   9  16   -  17  85
WAA   12   7   5   5   1  14   5   -  49
TOT   89  68  63  68  50 104  69 105
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BAA BOA CHA CLA DEA KCA NYA WAA  TOT
BAA    -  87  84  78  90 112  85 104  640
BOA  125   -  99  91 121 125 101 157  819
CHA  125 109   -  86 114 106  92 157  789
CLA  104  78  83   -  90 126  86 143  710
DEA  140 145 152 113   - 161 152 187 1050
KCA   83  78  78  72 108   -  81 123  623
NYA  115 118  96  73 115 129   - 133  779
WAA  114 114  81  80  68 130  78   -  665
TOT  806 729 673 593 706 889 6751004

1956 AL Final News Recap and League Leaders

October 1, 1956

Detroit's Harvey Kuenn wins the 1956 AL batting title and Al Kaline wins the RBI crown. New York Yankee Mickey Mantle wins the HR crown. The Tiger's Frank Lary is the top pitcher in the league but comes up 1 game short of 30 wins.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 American League                 Date: 10/1/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 DEA 104  50    H.Kuenn   DEA .377  M.Mantle  NYA   51  A.Kaline  DEA  148
1956 CHA  91  63    T.William BOA .350  L.Doby    CHA   36  J.Jensen  BOA  130
1956 BOA  86  68    R.Boone   DEA .335  R.Sievers WAA   35  C.Maxwell DEA  125
1956 CLA  86  68    M.Minoso  CHA .327  A.Kaline  DEA   32  R.Boone   DEA  124
1956 NYA  85  69    J.Jensen  BOA .325  OTHERS TIED W   31  M.Mantle  NYA  119
1956 BAA  65  89
1956 KCA  50 104    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 WAA  49 105    F.Lary    DEA   29  G.Zuverin BAA   16  T.Sturdiv NYA 2.15
                    D.Donovan CHA   21  A.Aber    DEA   13  E.Wynn    CLA 2.64
                    H.Score   CLA   19  T.Morgan  NYA    8  F.Lary    DEA 2.70
                    B.Hoeft   DEA   18  P.Lapalme CHA    8  H.Score   CLA 2.73
                    OTHERS TIED W   17  T.Hurd    BOA    7  J.Harshma CHA 2.84
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Rivera  CHA    9  N.Fox     CHA   33  H.Score   CLA  298
                    J.Pisoni  KCA    9  J.Rivera  CHA   25  P.Foytack DEA  209
                    D.William BAA    8  L.Aparici CHA   21  B.Hoeft   DEA  204
                    H.Bauer   NYA    7  H.Kuenn   DEA   20  F.Lary    DEA  183
                    J.Demaest KCA    7  W.Herzog  WAA   18  C.Pascual WAA  175
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  7  at  WAA  6
BAA  5  at  WAA  4
BOA  3  at  NYA  9
CHA  4  at  KCA 10
DEA 12  at  CLA  4
 

1956 NL Final Standings

October 1, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodgers are the 1956 NL Champions. The Dodgers win 99 games on the season and finish an astounding 19 games ahead of the runner up St. Louis Cardinals. Only 3 teams finish above .500 with the Milwaukee Braves and Cincinnati Reds having the most disappointing seasons. The 4th place Chicago Cubs have the most surprising season, finishing 16 games above their actual record.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Brooklyn BRN            99  55  .643 ----  *WON*   93  61 .604   93  61 .604
1956 St. Louis SLN           80  74  .519 19.0          76  78 .494   76  78 .494
1956 Milwaukee MLN           78  76  .506 21.0          92  62 .597   92  62 .597
1956 Chicago CHN             76  78  .494 23.0          60  94 .390   60  94 .390
1956 Cincinnati CIN          76  78  .494 23.0          91  63 .591   91  63 .591
1956 Philadelphia PHN        73  81  .474 26.0          71  83 .461   71  83 .461
1956 New York NYN            71  83  .461 28.0          67  87 .435   67  87 .435
1956 Pittsburgh PIN          63  91  .409 36.0          66  88 .429   66  88 .429
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BRN     99   55  .643 53-24 46-31  6- 8 93-47  8- 6 23-19     7-3     Won 1
CHN     76   78  .494 46-31 30-47 20-18 56-60  8-10 30-22     6-4     Won 2
CIN     76   78  .494 46-31 30-47 24-24 52-54  9- 9 19-25     3-7     Lost 3
MLN     78   76  .506 40-36 38-40 11- 9 67-67  8- 7 20-18     4-6     Lost 2
NYN     71   83  .461 40-37 31-46 16-28 55-55 10- 8 24-31     6-4     Won 1
PHN     73   81  .474 36-41 37-40 13- 6 60-75  2- 6 18-22     4-6     Lost 1
PIN     63   91  .409 35-43 28-48 20-27 43-64  6-10 27-27     5-5     Lost 1
SLN     80   74  .519 47-30 33-44 32-28 48-46  9- 4 25-22     6-4     Won 2
TOTAL  616  616  .500
HOME   343  273  .557
ROAD   273  343  .443
LEFT   142  148  .490
RIGHT  474  468  .503
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BRN      8- 3 17- 7 18-12 21-10 15-15 20- 8    782- 608
CHN      3- 7 11-13 14-13 19-15 13-19 16-11    651- 678
CIN      5- 5 13-14 12-16 21-12 15-15 10-16    746- 713
MLN      5- 2 13- 9 20-12 15-16 15-20 10-17    721- 669
NYN      7- 4  7-18 11-17 11-17 20-12 15-15    647- 699
PHN      3- 8 10-14 16-15 11-20 17-10 16-14    707- 792
PIN      4- 7 12-14  9-19 12-19 15-17 11-15    605- 751
SLN      5- 4 18-12 16-12 13-14 16-18 12-14    788- 737
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN TOT
BRN    -  13  14  12  12  15  17  16  99
CHN    9   -  11  13   9  12  14   8  76
CIN    8  11   -  12  13  10  14   8  76
MLN   10   9  10   -  13   8  15  13  78
NYN   10  13   9   9   -  11   8  11  71
PHN    7  10  12  14  11   -  10   9  73
PIN    5   8   8   7  14  12   -   9  63
SLN    6  14  14   9  11  13  13   -  80
TOT   55  78  78  76  83  81  91  74
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM BRN CHN CIN MLN NYN PHN PIN SLN  TOT
BRN    - 108  97 105  96 119 119 138  782
CHN   87   -  97  94  80 113 102  78  651
CIN   81 117   - 108 106 115 122  97  746
MLN   90  72 113   - 113 114 125  94  721
NYN   85  96  97  83   -  98  76 112  647
PHN   78  89 114 125 100   -  95 106  707
PIN   61  95  71  76  72 118   - 112  605
SLN  126 101 124  78 132 115 112   -  788
TOT  608 678 713 669 699 792 751 737

1956 NL Final News Recap with League Leaders

October 1, 1956

Brooklyn's Duke Snider wins the 1956 NL HR and RBI crowns and Atlanta's Hank Aaron wins the BA title. The Dodgers Don Newcombe is the top pitcher in the league with 25 wins and a 2.62 ERA.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 National League                 Date: 10/1/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 BRN  99  55    H.Aaron   MLN .338  D.Snider  BRN   42  D.Snider  BRN  138
1956 SLN  80  74    E.Banks   CHN .325  T.Kluszew CIN   41  G.Bell    CIN  131
1956 MLN  78  76    R.Clement PIN .325  G.Bell    CIN   38  T.Kluszew CIN  117
1956 CHN  76  78    J.Logan   MLN .318  S.Lopata  PHN   38  S.Lopata  PHN  113
1956 CIN  76  78    J.Gilliam BRN .313  OTHERS TIED W   35  J.Adcock  MLN  109
1956 PHN  73  81
1956 NYN  71  83    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 PIN  63  91    D.Newcomb BRN   25  T.Lown    CHN   17  D.Newcomb BRN 2.62
                    L.Burdett MLN   20  C.Labine  BRN   10  L.Burdett MLN 2.76
                    R.Roberts PHN   20  H.Freeman CIN   10  S.Maglie  BRN 2.78
                    R.Craig   BRN   18  R.Negray  PHN    8  J.Antonel NYN 3.17
                    B.Friend  PIN   18  OTHERS TIED W    7  D.Kaiser  CHN 3.33
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Kluszew CIN   11  W.Mays    NYN   32  S.Jones   CHN  187
                    J.Gilliam BRN    8  J.Gilliam BRN   27  H.Haddix  PHN  183
                    G.Bell    CIN    6  W.Moon    SLN   21  R.Roberts PHN  171
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  B.White   NYN   19  B.Friend  PIN  171
                                        OTHERS TIED W   16  V.Mizell  SLN  165
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CIN  4  at  CHN  5
MLN  1  at  SLN  5
NYN  4  at  PHN  5
NYN  9  at  PHN  4
PIN  5  at  BRN  6