1956 AL Standings and League Leaders

September 12, 1956

The Detroit Tigers magic number to win the AL Pennant is down to 4. The Tiger's Harvey Kuenn has passed Boston's Ted Williams in the battle for best BA in the AL. Frank Lary has a 27-5 record with 4 more starts left on the season in his quest for 30 wins. Al Kaline leads the AL in RBI but Boston's Jackie Jensen has been very hot. Ray Boone is having an excellent season and is listed in the top 5 of the 3 major hitting categories.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Detroit DEA             94  43  .686 ----     4    70  67 .511   82  72 .532
1956 Chicago CHA             79  57  .581 14.5          76  60 .559   85  69 .552
1956 Cleveland CLA           76  60  .559 17.5          77  59 .566   88  66 .571
1956 Boston BOA              76  61  .555 18.0          76  61 .555   84  70 .545
1956 New York NYA            75  63  .543 19.5          89  49 .645   97  57 .630
1956 Baltimore BAA           56  81  .409 38.0          59  78 .431   69  85 .448
1956 Kansas City KCA         48  88  .353 45.5          43  93 .316   52 102 .338
1956 Washington WAA          43  94  .314 51.0          57  80 .416   59  95 .383
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 American League                 Date: 9/12/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 DEA  94  43    H.Kuenn   DEA .368  M.Mantle  NYA   48  A.Kaline  DEA  130
1956 CHA  79  57    T.William BOA .360  L.Doby    CHA   35  J.Jensen  BOA  122
1956 CLA  76  60    R.Boone   DEA .334  R.Sievers WAA   32  R.Boone   DEA  114
1956 BOA  76  61    J.Jensen  BOA .331  Y.Berra   NYA   30  C.Maxwell DEA  111
1956 NYA  75  63    H.Simpson KCA .320  R.Boone   DEA   29  M.Mantle  NYA  109
1956 BAA  56  81
1956 KCA  48  88    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 WAA  43  94    F.Lary    DEA   27  A.Aber    DEA   13  T.Sturdiv NYA 2.13
                    D.Donovan CHA   18  G.Zuverin BAA   13  F.Lary    DEA 2.68
                    B.Lemon   CLA   16  T.Morgan  NYA    7  E.Wynn    CLA 2.73
                    B.Hoeft   DEA   16  P.Lapalme CHA    7  J.Harshma CHA 2.91
                    OTHERS TIED W   15  T.Hurd    BOA    7  D.Larsen  NYA 3.09
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    H.Kuenn   DEA   12  N.Fox     CHA   28  H.Score   CLA  257
                    B.Martin  NYA   11  J.Rivera  CHA   24  P.Foytack DEA  183
                    M.Minoso  CHA    9  J.Busby   CLA   17  B.Hoeft   DEA  179
                    R.Boone   DEA    8  L.Aparici CHA   17  C.Pascual WAA  159
                    B.Skowron NYA    7  W.Herzog  WAA   16  F.Lary    DEA  156