Events of Thursday, August 23, 1956 (original) (raw)

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Events of Thursday, August 23, 1956

8-22-1956 8-24-1956 8-23-1955 8-23-1957

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 BAL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 x - 3 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Moore (10-6) LP: Lary (13-13) SV: Brown (1)

CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 2 3 1

BOX+PBP WP: Parnell (7-3) LP: Lemon (16-11) HR: Colavito (15)

CHI A 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 8 14 0 (1) NY A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Keegan (4-5) LP: R. Coleman (3-4) HR: Rivera (8), Berra (23)

CHI A 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 13 1 (2) NY A 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 13 1

BOX+PBP WP: Howell (5-6) LP: Turley (7-3) SV: LaPalme (2) HR: Mantle (43)

KC A 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 1 WAS A 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 5 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Stobbs (12-10) LP: Crimian (2-7) HR: Sievers (25)

NY N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 (1) CHI N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1

BOX+PBP WP: Antonelli (13-12) LP: Drabowsky (1-1)

NY N 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 - 8 13 0 (2) CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 7 1

BOX+PBP WP: Surkont (1-0) LP: Hacker (2-12) SV: Wilhelm (7) HR: White (16), Baker (10)

BRO N 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 0 CIN N 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Newcombe (20-6) LP: Klippstein (11-10) HR: Frank Robinson (32), Post (26), Bailey (22)

PHI N 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 MIL N 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 x - 11 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Crone (10-8) LP: Simmons (10-8) SV: Johnson (6) HR: Lopata 2 (27), Logan (11), Aaron (19), Thomson (17)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 (1) STL N 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 3 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Mizell (12-10) LP: Kline (10-15) HR: Katt (9)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 8 0 (2) STL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Collum (6-1) LP: Face (8-8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 23, 1956

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 119 73 46 0 .613 - 571 427 Brooklyn Dodgers 117 70 47 0 .598 2.0 549 477 Cincinnati Reds 122 70 51 1 .579 4.0 605 528 St. Louis Cardinals 122 60 60 2 .500 13.5 554 545 Philadelphia Phillies 117 55 62 0 .470 17.0 519 578 Pittsburgh Pirates 123 51 70 2 .421 23.0 468 518 Chicago Cubs 121 49 69 3 .415 23.5 486 559 New York Giants 117 47 70 0 .402 25.0 399 519

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 122 78 44 0 .639 - 694 515 Cleveland Indians 119 68 50 1 .576 8.0 591 465 Chicago White Sox 117 65 52 0 .556 10.5 613 493 Boston Red Sox 120 65 54 1 .546 11.5 595 578 Detroit Tigers 121 57 63 1 .475 20.0 597 580 Baltimore Orioles 119 54 65 0 .454 22.5 447 556 Washington Senators 119 50 68 1 .424 26.0 531 707 Kansas City Athletics 119 39 80 0 .328 37.5 485 659

ML League Leaders

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