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Sunday, August 12, 1956
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Robin Roberts (14-12)
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Clem Labine (14)
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inal
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inal
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inal
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Herb Score (12-7)
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inal
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Brooks Lawrence (16-5)
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inal
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Willard Nixon (6-5)
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Camilo Pascual (2)
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
73
38
.658
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649
476
.638
CLE
63
45
.583
8.5
558
436
.611
BOS
62
47
.569
10.0
548
513
.530
CHW
56
50
.528
14.5
548
462
.577
DET
52
58
.473
20.5
561
549
.510
BAL
48
62
.436
24.5
420
528
.397
WSH
45
64
.413
27.0
483
654
.365
KCA
37
72
.339
35.0
453
602
.373
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
MLN
65
42
.607
--
517
384
.633
BRO
64
44
.593
1.5
511
448
.560
CIN
63
46
.578
3.0
548
488
.553
STL
55
54
.505
11.0
527
510
.515
PHI
52
55
.486
13.0
484
528
.460
PIT
48
61
.440
18.0
428
467
.460
CHC
44
62
.415
20.5
444
517
.431
NYG
39
66
.371
25.0
353
470
.372
Standings For Games Played After this Date
AL Overall
AL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
DET
30
14
.682
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228
150
.683
CHW
29
19
.604
3.0
228
172
.626
NYY
24
19
.558
5.5
208
155
.631
CLE
25
21
.543
6.0
154
145
.528
BOS
22
23
.489
8.5
232
238
.488
BAL
21
23
.477
9.0
151
177
.428
KCA
15
30
.333
15.5
166
229
.357
WSH
14
31
.311
16.5
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270
.298
NL Overall
NL Overall Table
Tm
W
L
W-L%
GB
RS
RA
pythW-L%
BRO
29
17
.630
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209
153
.639
CIN
28
17
.622
0.5
227
170
.629
MLN
27
20
.574
2.5
192
185
.517
NYG
28
21
.571
2.5
187
180
.517
STL
21
24
.467
7.5
151
188
.401
PHI
19
28
.404
10.5
184
210
.440
PIT
18
27
.400
10.5
160
186
.432
CHC
16
32
.333
14.0
153
191
.400
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