Saturday, April 9, 2016

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
 

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