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Sunday, May 06, 1956
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Detroit Tigers
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inal
Baltimore Orioles
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Ray Moore (2-2)
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Steve Gromek (1-3)
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George Zuverink (5)
Detroit Tigers
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inal
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4
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Erv Palica (1-3)
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Frank Lary (1-3)
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George Zuverink (6)
Pittsburgh Pirates
2
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inal
Chicago Cubs
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Ron Kline (2-1)
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Paul Minner (1-2)
Pittsburgh Pirates
6
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inal
Chicago Cubs
6
(7)
Philadelphia Phillies
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inal
Cincinnati Redlegs
10
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Brooks Lawrence (3-0)
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Jim Owens (0-2)
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inal
Cincinnati Redlegs
11
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Hersh Freeman (2-0)
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Saul Rogovin (0-1)
Chicago White Sox
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inal
New York Yankees
4
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Whitey Ford (4-0)
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Jack Harshman (1-1)
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inal
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Harry Byrd (0-1)
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Jim Konstanty (3)
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inal
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Al Worthington (1-2)
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Ellis Kinder (5)
New York Giants
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inal
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Vinegar Bend Mizell (2-2)
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inal
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7
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Bill Harrington (1-0)
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Connie Grob (1-2)
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Tom Gorman (1)
Kansas City Athletics
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Dick Brodowski (0-2)
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Jack Crimian (1)
Up To This Date
After This Date
Standings Up to and Including this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
13
5
.722
--
118
77
.686
CLE
9
6
.600
2.5
65
39
.718
BOS
7
7
.500
4.0
65
79
.412
CHW
6
6
.500
4.0
35
50
.342
WSH
9
10
.474
4.5
87
99
.441
KCA
7
9
.438
5.0
81
83
.489
BAL
8
11
.421
5.5
70
89
.392
DET
6
11
.353
6.5
70
75
.468
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
CIN
11
6
.647
--
98
84
.570
STL
10
6
.625
0.5
89
75
.578
MLN
6
3
.667
1.0
45
34
.625
BRO
8
8
.500
2.5
68
74
.461
NYG
8
8
.500
2.5
62
62
.500
PIT
8
9
.471
3.0
80
73
.542
PHI
5
10
.333
5.0
61
82
.368
CHC
4
10
.286
5.5
50
69
.357
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
84
52
.618
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739
554
.629
CLE
79
60
.568
6.5
647
542
.580
CHW
79
63
.556
8.0
741
584
.607
DET
76
61
.555
8.5
719
624
.564
BOS
77
63
.550
9.0
715
672
.528
BAL
61
74
.452
22.5
501
616
.407
WSH
50
85
.370
33.5
565
825
.333
KCA
45
93
.326
40.0
538
748
.354
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
85
53
.616
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652
527
.596
MLN
86
59
.593
2.5
664
535
.598
CIN
80
57
.584
4.5
677
574
.575
STL
66
72
.478
19.0
589
623
.474
PHI
66
73
.475
19.5
607
656
.465
NYG
59
79
.428
26.0
478
588
.406
PIT
58
79
.423
26.5
508
580
.440
CHC
56
84
.400
30.0
547
639
.429
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