Events of Friday, May 11, 1956 (original) (raw)

Events of Friday, May 11, 1956

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Events of Friday, May 11, 1956

5-10-1956 5-12-1956 5-11-1955 5-11-1957

KC A 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 CLE A 2 2 0 0 0 - 4 4 0

BOX+PBP WP: Garcia (2-2) LP: Kretlow (1-3) HR: Busby (3)

CHI A 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 - 9 12 2 DET A 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 - 7 13 0

BOX+PBP WP: Howell (2-2) LP: Lary (1-4) HR: Harshman (1)

BAL A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 12 1 NY A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Ford (5-0) LP: Palica (1-4)

BOS A 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 WAS A 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 4 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Chakales (3-1) LP: Delock (0-2) HR: Gernert (6)

NY N 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 1 BRO N 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 x - 8 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Craig (3-2) LP: Gomez (1-1) HR: Katt (3)

MIL N 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 9 13 3 CIN N 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 8 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (1-0) LP: Fowler (2-3) SV: Jolly (2) HR: Thomson (2), Robinson (6), Kluszewski (6), McMillan (1)

PHI N 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 - 6 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Arroyo (1-0) LP: Meyer (2-1) HR: Blaylock (1), Ennis (2), Kravitz (1)

Standings At Close of Play of May 11, 1956

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 12 9 3 0 .750 0.5 62 43 St. Louis Cardinals 19 13 6 0 .684 - 107 79 Cincinnati Reds 21 12 8 1 .600 1.5 116 103 Brooklyn Dodgers 19 10 9 0 .526 3.0 83 81 Pittsburgh Pirates 20 9 10 1 .474 4.0 86 83 New York Giants 20 9 11 0 .450 4.5 79 86 Philadelphia Phillies 18 5 13 0 .278 7.5 67 100 Chicago Cubs 17 4 11 2 .267 7.0 50 75

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 22 15 7 0 .682 - 132 95 Cleveland Indians 20 12 8 0 .600 2.0 86 56 Boston Red Sox 19 10 9 0 .526 3.5 85 94 Chicago White Sox 16 8 8 0 .500 4.0 54 69 Washington Senators 22 10 12 0 .455 5.0 100 123 Baltimore Orioles 23 10 13 0 .435 5.5 83 103 Kansas City Athletics 19 8 11 0 .421 5.5 90 94 Detroit Tigers 21 8 13 0 .381 6.5 101 97

ML League Leaders

Transactions

Baltimore Orioles sold Jim Dyck to Cincinnati Reds.

Boston Red Sox sold Grady Hatton to St. Louis Cardinals.

Detroit Tigers signed Walt Masterson as a free agent.

Philadelphia Phillies traded Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Harvey Haddix, Ben Flowers and Stu Miller.