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1956 National League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Brooklyn Dodgers

NL Most Valuable Player: Don Newcombe

ML Cy Young: Don Newcombe

NL Rookie of the Year: Frank Robinson

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National League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

National League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Brooklyn Dodgers	93	61	.604	--		4.7	3.9	0.8	-0.1	0.7	90-64	3	52-25	41-36	6-5	25-21	86-54	7-7	21-23	72-38
2	Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	1.0	1.0	4.6	3.7	0.9	-0.1	0.8	92-62	0	47-29	45-33	7-9	22-21	79-55	13-7	25-19	67-43
3	Cincinnati Redlegs	91	63	.591	2.0	3.0	5.0	4.2	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-66	3	51-26	40-37	14-7	29-22	65-41	26-22	20-24	71-39
4	St. Louis Cardinals	76	78	.494	17.0	48.0	4.3	4.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	75-79	1	43-34	33-44	10-8	22-17	50-44	26-34	24-42	52-36
5	Philadelphia Phillies	71	83	.461	22.0	68.0	4.3	4.8	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	70-84	1	40-37	31-46	6-10	17-25	62-73	9-10	32-34	39-49
6	New York Giants	67	87	.435	26.0	88.0	3.5	4.2	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	64-90	3	37-40	30-47	6-11	28-25	48-62	19-25	21-45	46-42
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	66	88	.429	27.0	94.0	3.7	4.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	70-84	-4	35-43	31-45	5-8	25-29	46-60	20-28	22-44	44-44
8	Chicago Cubs	60	94	.390	33.0	136.0	3.8	4.5	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	65-89	-5	39-38	21-56	11-7	22-30	46-70	14-24	21-45	39-49
	Average	77	77	.500			4.2	4.2				76-77		43-34	34-43	8-8	23-23	60-57	16-19	23-34	53-42

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers	35	31.0	4.68	154	5885	5098	720	1315	212	36	179	680	65	37	649	738	.258	.342	.419	.761	97	2136	146	17	86	34	91	1100
Chicago Cubs	37	28.4	3.80	157	5855	5260	597	1281	202	50	142	563	55	38	446	776	.244	.302	.382	.684	84	2009	99	13	87	46	60	1027
Cincinnati Redlegs	39	27.7	5.00	155	6009	5291	775	1406	201	32	221	734	45	22	528	760	.266	.336	.441	.777	103	2334	112	51	90	43	69	1098
Milwaukee Braves	33	27.5	4.57	155	5900	5207	709	1350	212	54	177	667	29	20	486	714	.259	.323	.423	.745	104	2201	99	20	142	42	76	1057
New York Giants	40	27.5	3.51	154	5712	5190	540	1268	192	45	145	497	67	34	402	659	.244	.299	.382	.682	83	1985	114	21	59	37	50	1007
Philadelphia Phillies	37	29.4	4.34	154	5913	5204	668	1313	207	49	121	616	45	23	585	673	.252	.329	.381	.709	92	1981	132	27	52	42	62	1098
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	25.2	3.75	157	5759	5221	588	1340	199	57	110	546	24	33	383	752	.257	.307	.380	.687	86	1983	124	18	95	40	43	1008
St. Louis Cardinals	46	28.7	4.35	156	5986	5378	678	1443	234	49	124	628	41	35	503	622	.268	.333	.399	.732	97	2147	128	33	41	31	53	1142
League Average	35	28.2	4.25	155	5877	5231	659	1340	207	46	152	616	46	30	498	712	.256	.321	.401	.722	93	2097	119	25	82	39	63	1067
	281	28.2	4.25	1242	47019	41849	5275	10716	1659	372	1219	4931	371	242	3982	5694	.256	.321	.401	.722	93	16776	954	200	652	315	504	8537

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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