1956 NL Standings

September 12, 1956

The Brooklyn Dodger's magic number to win the NL Pennant is down to 4. The Dodger's Duke Snider leads the NL in RBI and is chasing Cincinnati's Ted Kluszewski for the HR crown. Milwaukee's Hank Aaron looks to have a lock on the NL batting title. No 20 game winners in the NL yet, but Don Newcombe and Lew Burdette will square off today. Both pitchers have 19 wins, so one of them may become the 1st 20 game winner in the league.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1956 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1956 Brooklyn BRN            86  52  .623 ----     4    83  55 .601   93  61 .604
1956 St. Louis SLN           72  65  .526 13.5          69  68 .504   76  78 .494
1956 Cincinnati CIN          72  66  .522 14.0          81  57 .587   91  63 .591
1956 Milwaukee MLN           71  67  .514 15.0          83  55 .601   92  62 .597
1956 Chicago CHN             67  70  .489 18.5          54  83 .394   60  94 .390
1956 Philadelphia PHN        64  72  .471 21.0          63  73 .463   71  83 .461
1956 New York NYN            62  75  .453 23.5          56  81 .409   67  87 .435
1956 Pittsburgh PIN          56  83  .403 30.5          61  78 .439   66  88 .429
 
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1956 National League                 Date: 9/12/1956
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1956 BRN  86  52    H.Aaron   MLN .346  T.Kluszew CIN   41  D.Snider  BRN  126
1956 SLN  72  65    J.Logan   MLN .325  D.Snider  BRN   39  G.Bell    CIN  122
1956 CIN  72  66    E.Banks   CHN .322  G.Bell    CIN   35  T.Kluszew CIN  116
1956 MLN  71  67    R.Clement PIN .319  S.Lopata  PHN   34  S.Lopata  PHN  102
1956 CHN  67  70    F.Robinso CIN .313  W.Post    CIN   32  S.Musial  SLN   99
1956 PHN  64  72
1956 NYN  62  75    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1956 PIN  56  83    D.Newcomb BRN   19  T.Lown    CHN   16  L.Burdett MLN 2.67
                    L.Burdett MLN   19  C.Labine  BRN   10  D.Newcomb BRN 2.74
                    R.Craig   BRN   16  H.Freeman CIN    9  S.Maglie  BRN 2.82
                    R.Roberts PHN   16  OTHERS TIED W    6  D.Kaiser  CHN 2.99
                    B.Friend  PIN   16                      R.Gomez   NYN 3.10
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    W.Moryn   CHN   15  J.Gilliam BRN   24  H.Haddix  PHN  161
                    R.Clement PIN   14  W.Mays    NYN   23  S.Jones   CHN  161
                    G.Baker   CHN    9  W.Moon    SLN   19  B.Friend  PIN  151
                    R.Ashburn PHN    8  B.White   NYN   18  V.Mizell  SLN  150
                    D.Mueller NYN    8  F.Robinso CIN   16  R.Roberts PHN  142