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1956 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Brooklyn BRO 93 61 .604 -- Milwkee MLN 92 62 .597 1.0 Cincnnti CIN 91 63 .591 2.0 St.Louis STL 76 78 .494 17.0 Phildlpa PHI 71 83 .461 22.0 NewYorkG NYG 67 87 .435 26.0 Pittsbgh PIT 66 88 .429 27.0 ChicagoC CHC 60 94 .390 33.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-3):   New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1956 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 CIN  5.00   775  155  5291  1406  201  32  221  528   760  .266  .332  .441   45   22 111  5.43  4.58
 BRO  4.68   720  154  5098  1315  212  36  179  649   738  .258  .342  .419   65   37 105  4.77  4.58
 MLN  4.57   709  155  5207  1350  212  54  177  486   714  .259  .323  .423   29   20 112  4.47  4.68
 STL  4.35   678  156  5378  1443  234  49  124  503   622  .268  .331  .399   41   35 102  4.59  4.10
 PHI  4.34   668  154  5204  1313  207  49  121  585   673  .252  .328  .381   45   23  97  4.38  4.30
 CHC  3.80   597  157  5260  1281  202  50  142  446   776  .244  .303  .382   55   38  91  4.29  3.30
 PIT  3.75   588  157  5221  1340  199  57  110  383   752  .257  .307  .380   24   33  91  3.86  3.63
 NYG  3.51   540  154  5190  1268  192  45  145  402   659  .244  .299  .382   67   34  89  3.49  3.52
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.25  5275 1242 41849 10716 1659 372 1219 3982  5694  .256  .321  .401  371  242

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 MLN  3.67   569  155  3.11  1393  1295   8.4   467  3.0  133   639   64    12    12  27 112  3.44  3.90
 BRO  3.90   601  154  3.57  1368  1251   8.1   441  2.9  171   772   46    11    12  30 113  3.92  3.88
 PIT  4.16   653  157  3.74  1376  1406   9.0   469  3.0  142   662   37     6     8  24 101  4.21  4.11
 NYG  4.22   650  154  3.78  1378  1287   8.4   551  3.6  144   765   31     8     9  28 100  3.97  4.47
 CIN  4.25   658  155  3.85  1389  1406   9.1   458  3.0  141   653   47     4     4  29 102  4.32  4.17
 CHC  4.51   708  157  3.96  1392  1325   8.4   613  3.9  161   744   37     6     6  17  96  4.26  4.77
 STL  4.47   698  156  3.97  1388  1339   8.6   546  3.5  155   709   41    11    12  30  95  4.21  4.74
 PHI  4.79   738  154  4.20  1377  1407   9.1   437  2.8  172   750   57     4     4  15  89  4.35  5.23
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.25  5275 1242  3.77 11061 10716   8.7  3982  3.2 1219  5694  360          67 200

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BRO  111  149  .981   .729  1,213,562  15,761   90-64  52-25 41-36 109 107 31.0 28.2   7   4  43 Alston
 MLN  130  159  .979   .725  2,046,331  26,576   92-62  47-29 45-33  94  92 27.6 28.6   3   4  21 Grimm and Haney
 CIN  113  147  .981   .710  1,125,928  14,622   88-66  51-26 40-37 105 104 27.7 29.5   1   8  26 Tebbetts
 STL  134  172  .978   .715  1,029,773  13,202   75-79  43-34 33-44 100 100 28.7 28.8   2   3  42 Hutchinson
 PHI  144  140  .975   .704    934,798  12,140   70-84  40-37 31-46  98  99 29.4 28.5   2   2  18 Smith
 NYG  144  143  .976   .717    629,179   8,171   64-90  37-40 30-47  99 100 27.5 29.4   3   2  26 Rigney
 PIT  162  140  .973   .701    949,878  12,178   70-84  35-43 31-45  98 100 25.1 26.8   2   2  33 Bragan
 CHC  143  141  .976   .717    720,118   9,001   65-89  39-38 21-56  99 101 28.4 28.8   2   1  10 Hack
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Don Newcombe BRO 27-7  3.06 139 SO Cy Young Award Don Newcombe (ML) BRO 27-7  3.06 139 SO Rookie of the Year Frank Robinson CIN .290/.379/.558 (ML) - Award for both leagues

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Aaron-MLN .328 Virdon-TOT .319 Clemente-PIT .311 Musial-STL .310 Boyer-STL .306	On-base % Snider-BRO .399 Gilliam-BRO .399 Moon-STL .390 Musial-STL .386 Ashburn-PHI .384	Slugging % Snider-BRO .598 Adcock-MLN .597 Aaron-MLN .558 Robinson-CIN .558 Mays-NYG .557	OPS Snider-BRO .997 Robinson-CIN .936 Adcock-MLN .934 Mays-NYG .926 Aaron-MLN .923
Games Thomas-PIT 157 Virdon-TOT 157 Musial-STL 156 Ashburn-PHI 154 Temple-CIN 154	At Bats Temple-CIN 632 Ennis-PHI 630 Ashburn-PHI 628 Dark-TOT 619 Aaron-MLN 609	Plate Appearances (approx.) Ashburn-PHI 719 Temple-CIN 712 Gilliam-BRO 701 Musial-STL 682 Ennis-PHI 672	Runs Robinson-CIN 122 Snider-BRO 112 Aaron-MLN 106 Mathews-MLN 103 Gilliam-BRO 102
Hits Aaron-MLN 200 Ashburn-PHI 190 Virdon-TOT 185 Musial-STL 184 Boyer-STL 182	Total Bases Aaron-MLN 340 Snider-BRO 324 Mays-NYG 322 Robinson-CIN 319 Musial-STL 310	Doubles Aaron-MLN 34 Lopata-PHI 33 Musial-STL 33 Snider-BRO 33 Bell-CIN 31	Triples Bruton-MLN 15 Aaron-MLN 14 Moon-STL 11 Walls-PIT 11 Virdon-TOT 10
Home Runs Snider-BRO 43 Adcock-MLN 38 Robinson-CIN 38 Mathews-MLN 37 Mays-NYG 36 Post-CIN 36	RBI Musial-STL 109 Adcock-MLN 103 Kluszewski-CIN 102 Snider-BRO 101 Boyer-STL 98	Bases on Balls Snider-BRO 99 Gilliam-BRO 95 Jones-PHI 92 Mathews-MLN 91 Moon-STL 80	Strikeouts Post-CIN 124 Snider-BRO 101 Robinson-CIN 95 Lopata-PHI 93 Hodges-BRO 91
Stolen Bases Mays-NYG 40 Gilliam-BRO 21 White-NYG 15 Temple-CIN 14 Reese-BRO 13	Singles Temple-CIN 157 Ashburn-PHI 153 Virdon-TOT 142 Gilliam-BRO 141 Dark-TOT 131	Adjusted OPS+ Snider-BRO 155 Adcock-MLN 152 Aaron-MLN 151 Mays-NYG 146 Mathews-MLN 143	Runs Created Snider-BRO 128 Robinson-CIN 121 Musial-STL 119 Mays-NYG 118 Aaron-MLN 115
Adjusted Batting Runs Snider-BRO 46 Aaron-MLN 41 Musial-STL 37 Mays-NYG 37 Robinson-CIN 36	Batting Wins Snider-BRO 4.5 Aaron-MLN 4.1 Mays-NYG 3.7 Musial-STL 3.7 Robinson-CIN 3.6	Extra-Base Hits Snider-BRO 78 Aaron-MLN 74 Lopata-PHI 72 Mays-NYG 71 Robinson-CIN 71	Times on Base Gilliam-BRO 277 Ashburn-PHI 274 Musial-STL 262 Snider-BRO 258 Robinson-CIN 250
Offensive Win% Snider-BRO .755 Robinson-CIN .716 Mathews-MLN .714 Mays-NYG .707 Musial-STL .707	Hit By Pitch Robinson-CIN 20 Hemus-TOT 8 Jablonski-CIN 7 Repulski-STL 7 Del Greco-TOT 6	Sac. Hits Logan-MLN 31 Bruton-MLN 18 Groat-PIT 17 Temple-CIN 17 O'Connell-MLN 16	Sac. Flies Long-PIT 11 Fondy-CHC 10 Lopata-PHI 9 Bruton-MLN 8 Dark-TOT 8
Intentional Walks Snider-BRO 26 Kluszewski-CIN 22 Mays-NYG 20 Banks-CHC 18 Mathews-MLN 17	Grounded into Double Plays Furillo-BRO 27 Thomas-PIT 22 Aaron-MLN 21 Campanella-BRO 20 Musial-STL 19	Caught Stealing Mays-NYG 10 Banks-CHC 9 Gilliam-BRO 9 Moon-STL 9 Blasingame-STL 8 White-NYG 8	Power/Speed Number Mays-NYG 37.9 White-NYG 17.8 Moon-STL 13.7 Robinson-CIN 13.2 Boyer-STL 12.2
At Bats per Strikeout Mueller-NYG 64.7 Schoendienst-TOT 32.5 Groat-PIT 20.8 Kluszewski-CIN 16.7 Temple-CIN 15.8	At Bats per Home Run Adcock-MLN 11.9 Snider-BRO 12.6 Kluszewski-CIN 14.8 Mathews-MLN 14.9 Post-CIN 15.0	Outs Ennis-PHI 490 Temple-CIN 489 Dark-TOT 477 Reese-BRO 462 Thomas-PIT 457	ERA Burdette-MLN 2.70 Spahn-MLN 2.78 Antonelli-NYG 2.86 Maglie-BRO 2.87 Newcombe-BRO 3.06
Wins Newcombe-BRO 27 Antonelli-NYG 20 Spahn-MLN 20 Burdette-MLN 19 Lawrence-CIN 19 Roberts-PHI 19	Won-Loss % Newcombe-BRO .794 Freeman-CIN .737 Maglie-BRO .722 Buhl-MLN .692 Burdette-MLN .655 Lawrence-CIN .655	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newcombe-BRO 0.989 Spahn-MLN 1.070 Maglie-BRO 1.079 Burdette-MLN 1.116 Rush-CHC 1.122	Hits Allowed/9IP Maglie-BRO 7.26 Newcombe-BRO 7.35 Jones-CHC 7.39 Mizell-STL 7.42 Craig-BRO 7.64
Bases on Balls/9IP Roberts-PHI 1.21 Newcombe-BRO 1.54 Spahn-MLN 1.66 Fowler-CIN 1.77 Burdette-MLN 1.83	Strikeouts/9IP Jones-CHC 8.40 Haddix-TOT 6.64 Mizell-STL 6.60 Nuxhall-CIN 5.38 Worthington-NYG 5.16	Games Face-PIT 68 Freeman-CIN 64 Wilhelm-NYG 64 Labine-BRO 62 Lown-CHC 61	Saves Labine-BRO 19 Freeman-CIN 18 Lown-CHC 13 Bessent-BRO 9 Jackson-STL 9
Innings Friend-PIT 314.3 Roberts-PHI 297.3 Spahn-MLN 281.3 Newcombe-BRO 268.0 Kline-PIT 264.0	Strikeouts Jones-CHC 176 Haddix-TOT 170 Friend-PIT 166 Roberts-PHI 157 Mizell-STL 153	Games Started Friend-PIT 42 Kline-PIT 39 Roberts-PHI 37 Antonelli-NYG 36 Newcombe-BRO 36	Comp. Games Roberts-PHI 22 Spahn-MLN 20 Friend-PIT 19 Newcombe-BRO 18 Burdette-MLN 16
Shutouts Burdette-MLN 6 Antonelli-NYG 5 Newcombe-BRO 5 Friend-PIT 4 Dickson-TOT 3 Haddix-TOT 3 Maglie-BRO 3 Mizell-STL 3 Spahn-MLN 3	Home Runs Allow. Roberts-PHI 46 Newcombe-BRO 33 Rush-CHC 30 Hacker-CHC 28 Poholsky-STL 27	Bases On Balls Allow. Jones-CHC 115 Buhl-MLN 105 Mizell-STL 92 Craig-BRO 87 Nuxhall-CIN 87	Hits Allowed Roberts-PHI 328 Friend-PIT 310 Kline-PIT 263 Spahn-MLN 249 Burdette-MLN 234
SO to Walk Roberts-PHI 3.93 Newcombe-BRO 3.02 Haddix-TOT 2.62 Fowler-CIN 2.46 Spahn-MLN 2.46	Losses Kline-PIT 18 Roberts-PHI 18 Friend-PIT 17 Gomez-NYG 17 Law-PIT 16	Earned Runs Allow. Roberts-PHI 147 Friend-PIT 121 Gomez-NYG 100 Kline-PIT 99 Lawrence-CIN 97	Wild Pitches Kline-PIT 10 Roebuck-BRO 10 Law-PIT 8 McDaniel-STL 8 Craig-BRO 7 Dickson-TOT 7 Jeffcoat-CIN 7 Spahn-MLN 7
Hit Batsmen Klippstein-CIN 10 Gomez-NYG 9 Jones-CHC 8 Mizell-STL 7 Phillips-MLN 7	Batters Faced Friend-PIT 1315 Roberts-PHI 1228 Spahn-MLN 1113 Kline-PIT 1102 Antonelli-NYG 1061	Games Finished Freeman-CIN 47 Labine-BRO 47 Lown-CHC 47 Wilhelm-NYG 38 Face-PIT 34	Adjusted ERA+ Maglie-BRO 140 Newcombe-BRO 132 Antonelli-NYG 132 Burdette-MLN 128 Spahn-MLN 125
Oldest Player Kinder-STL 1914-07-26 (41) Cooper-STL 1915-01-08 (41) Dickson-TOT 1916-08-21 (39) Konstanty-STL 1917-03-02 (39) McCullough-CHC 1917-03-04 (39)	Youngest Player McCormick-NYG 1938-09-29 (17) Aspromonte- 1938-06-19 (18) Flood- 1938-01-18 (18) Swanson-PIT 1936-10-15 (19) Mazeroski-PIT 1936-09-05 (19)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Bob Friend (PIT) C. Ed Bailey (CIN) 1B. Dale Long (PIT) 2B. Johnny Temple (CIN) 3B. Ken Boyer (STL) SS. Roy McMillan (CIN) LF. Frank Robinson (CIN) CF. Gus Bell (CIN) RF. Stan Musial (STL)		Hank Aaron* (MLN) Johnny Antonelli* (NYG) Ernie Banks (CHC) Roy Campanella* (BRO) Del Crandall (MLN) Jim Gilliam (BRO) Ted Kluszewski* (CIN) Clem Labine (BRO) Brooks Lawrence (CIN)		Stan Lopata (PHI) Eddie Mathews (MLN) Willie Mays* (NYG) Joe Nuxhall (CIN) Rip Repulski* (STL) Robin Roberts (PHI) Duke Snider* (BRO) Warren Spahn* (MLN)

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