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1956 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Newcombe

AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Aparicio

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American 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	New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--		5.6	4.1	1.5	-0.2	1.3	98-56	-1	49-28	48-29	6-6	18-19	61-40	36-17	49-39	48-18
2	Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	9.0	9.0	4.6	3.7	0.8	-0.1	0.7	91-63	-3	46-31	42-35	6-8	23-24	61-45	27-21	37-51	51-15
3	Chicago White Sox	85	69	.552	12.0	15.0	5.0	4.1	0.9	-0.1	0.8	91-63	-6	46-31	39-38	9-9	24-23	51-33	34-36	45-43	40-26
4	Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	13.0	18.0	5.0	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	80-74	4	43-34	41-36	12-7	27-20	69-44	15-26	47-41	37-29
5	Detroit Tigers	82	72	.532	15.0	26.0	5.1	4.5	0.6	-0.1	0.5	85-69	-3	37-40	45-32	5-4	14-22	53-45	29-27	42-46	40-26
6	Baltimore Orioles	69	85	.448	28.0	91.0	3.7	4.6	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	62-92	7	41-36	28-49	6-7	28-23	48-55	21-30	42-68	27-17
7	Washington Nationals	59	95	.383	38.0	151.0	4.2	6.0	-1.8	0.2	-1.5	53-101	6	32-45	27-50	6-7	21-19	47-69	12-26	39-71	20-24
8	Kansas City Athletics	52	102	.338	45.0	200.0	4.0	5.4	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	57-97	-5	22-55	30-47	6-8	18-23	40-72	12-30	33-77	19-25
	Average	77	77	.500			4.6	4.6				77-76		39-37	37-39	7-7	21-21	53-50	23-26	41-54	35-22

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
Baltimore Orioles	48	28.1	3.71	154	5790	5090	571	1242	198	34	91	515	39	42	561	725	.244	.320	.350	.670	85	1781	133	22	84	31	30	1112
Boston Red Sox	34	28.3	5.03	155	6218	5349	780	1473	261	45	139	752	28	19	727	689	.275	.362	.419	.781	97	2241	153	25	68	46	41	1269
Chicago White Sox	41	30.3	5.04	154	6122	5286	776	1412	218	43	128	726	70	33	619	658	.267	.349	.397	.746	97	2100	130	75	86	56	30	1200
Cleveland Indians	35	30.0	4.59	155	5990	5148	712	1256	199	23	153	677	40	32	681	764	.244	.335	.381	.715	88	1960	110	40	81	38	35	1150
Detroit Tigers	39	27.1	5.09	155	6144	5364	789	1494	209	50	150	745	43	26	643	618	.279	.356	.420	.776	104	2253	133	28	58	50	30	1233
Kansas City Athletics	44	28.6	4.02	154	5861	5256	619	1325	204	41	112	584	40	30	479	725	.252	.315	.370	.685	81	1947	127	20	67	37	31	1063
New York Yankees	38	28.1	5.56	154	6080	5312	857	1433	193	55	190	788	51	37	615	755	.270	.347	.434	.781	108	2306	102	30	82	36	40	1128
Washington Nationals	33	26.8	4.21	155	6044	5202	652	1302	198	62	112	612	37	34	690	877	.250	.341	.377	.717	93	1960	142	41	75	35	42	1232
League Average	36	28.4	4.66	154	6031	5251	720	1367	210	44	134	675	44	32	627	726	.260	.341	.394	.735	94	2068	129	35	75	41	35	1173
	288	28.4	4.66	1236	48249	42007	5756	10937	1680	353	1075	5399	348	253	5015	5811	.260	.341	.394	.735	94	16548	1030	281	601	329	279	9387

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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