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Saturday, August 04, 1956
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St. Louis Cardinals
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inal
Brooklyn Dodgers
12
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Carl Erskine (10-6)
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Bob Blaylock (0-2)
Baltimore Orioles
4
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inal
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Bill Wight (6-9)
Boston Red Sox
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inal
Cleveland Indians
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Ike Delock (9-6)
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Mike Garcia (7-11)
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inal
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Washington Nationals
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inal
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Pedro Ramos (9-7)
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Wally Burnette (2-3)
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Dean Stone (3)
Chicago Cubs
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inal
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Warren Hacker (2-10)
Cincinnati Redlegs
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inal
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Howie Pollet (3-4)
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
67
35
.657
--
593
437
.636
CLE
59
41
.590
7.0
519
399
.618
BOS
57
44
.564
9.5
526
489
.533
CHW
51
46
.526
13.5
508
424
.582
DET
47
55
.461
20.0
520
518
.502
BAL
45
57
.441
22.0
387
492
.392
WSH
42
61
.408
25.5
448
617
.358
KCA
36
65
.356
30.5
422
547
.383
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
MLN
58
38
.604
--
465
354
.622
BRO
58
42
.580
2.0
470
426
.545
CIN
59
43
.578
2.0
511
454
.554
STL
50
48
.510
9.0
491
460
.530
PHI
48
52
.480
12.0
459
502
.459
PIT
44
56
.440
16.0
397
431
.462
CHC
42
57
.424
17.5
423
485
.438
NYG
37
60
.381
21.5
330
434
.377
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
DET
35
17
.673
--
269
181
.674
CHW
34
23
.596
3.5
268
210
.610
NYY
30
22
.577
5.0
264
194
.637
CLE
29
25
.537
7.0
193
182
.527
BOS
27
26
.509
8.5
254
262
.486
BAL
24
28
.462
11.0
184
213
.433
WSH
17
34
.333
17.5
204
307
.321
KCA
16
37
.302
19.5
197
284
.339
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
35
19
.648
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250
175
.658
CIN
32
20
.615
2.0
264
204
.616
MLN
34
24
.586
3.0
244
215
.558
NYG
30
27
.526
6.5
210
216
.487
STL
26
30
.464
10.0
187
238
.391
PHI
23
31
.426
12.0
209
236
.445
PIT
22
32
.407
13.0
191
222
.432
CHC
18
37
.327
17.5
174
223
.388
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