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Tuesday, May 22, 1956
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Milwaukee Braves
7
F
inal
Brooklyn Dodgers
3
W
Bob Buhl (3-2)
L
Carl Erskine (2-3)
S
Dave Jolly (3)
Boston Red Sox
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inal
Cleveland Indians
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Early Wynn (4-2)
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Dave Sisler (3)
New York Yankees
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inal
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Washington Nationals
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inal
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Bunky Stewart (2-1)
Cincinnati Redlegs
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inal
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St. Louis Cardinals
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inal
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Herm Wehmeier (1-3)
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Vern Law (1-3)
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Jackie Collum (3)
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
22
11
.667
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188
131
.660
CLE
18
12
.600
2.5
129
87
.673
BOS
17
12
.586
3.0
140
136
.513
CHW
12
13
.480
6.0
97
116
.419
BAL
15
17
.469
6.5
117
144
.406
DET
13
17
.433
7.5
137
131
.520
WSH
12
19
.387
9.0
127
171
.367
KCA
11
19
.367
9.5
136
155
.440
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
STL
19
12
.613
--
172
138
.599
MLN
14
8
.636
0.5
111
78
.656
CIN
17
12
.586
1.0
161
160
.503
BRO
16
12
.571
1.5
128
123
.518
PIT
15
14
.517
3.0
138
126
.542
NYG
13
17
.433
5.5
114
124
.462
PHI
10
18
.357
7.5
113
148
.379
CHC
7
18
.280
9.0
97
137
.347
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
NYY
75
46
.620
--
669
500
.630
CHW
73
56
.566
6.0
679
518
.621
CLE
70
54
.565
6.5
583
494
.575
DET
69
55
.556
7.5
652
568
.563
BOS
67
58
.536
10.0
640
615
.518
BAL
54
68
.443
21.5
454
561
.404
WSH
47
76
.382
29.0
525
753
.341
KCA
41
83
.331
35.5
483
676
.351
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
77
49
.611
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592
478
.597
MLN
78
54
.591
2.0
598
491
.589
CIN
74
51
.592
2.5
614
498
.595
PHI
61
65
.484
16.0
555
590
.472
STL
57
66
.463
18.5
506
560
.454
NYG
54
70
.435
22.0
426
526
.405
CHC
53
76
.411
25.5
500
571
.440
PIT
51
74
.408
25.5
450
527
.428
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