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Events of Sunday, August 19, 1956

8-18-1956 8-20-1956 8-19-1955 8-19-1957

NY A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 0 BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 9 0

BOX+PBP WP: Johnson (6-7) LP: Kucks (16-7)

WAS A 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 - 7 9 1 (1) BOS A 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 - 5 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Stobbs (11-10) LP: Brewer (16-6) HR: Lemon (22), Bolling (2), Gernert (13)

WAS A 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 - 11 16 1 (2) BOS A 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 10 19 2

BOX+PBP WP: Ramos (12-7) LP: Dorish (0-2) HR: Lepcio (8)

DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 7 0 (1) CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Lary (13-12) LP: Harshman (10-8)

DET A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 (2) CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 x - 4 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Donovan (7-7) LP: Hoeft (14-11)

KC A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 2 (1) CLE A 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x - 5 11 0

BOX+PBP WP: Lemon (16-10) LP: Burnette (2-6) HR: Lopez (15)

KC A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 2 (2) CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x - 2 6 3

BOX+PBP WP: Garcia (9-11) LP: Ditmar (9-16) SV: Mossi (8)

MIL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 5 0 CIN N 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Spahn (14-9) LP: Acker (2-3) HR: Aaron (18), Mathews (27), Kluszewski (31)

PIT N 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 (1) NY N 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 x - 7 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Wilhelm (3-7) LP: D. Hall (0-6) HR: Mazeroski (2), Brandt (9), Mays (24), Castleman (11), Spencer (12)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 6 2 (2) NY N 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 x - 3 6 2

BOX+PBP WP: Antonelli (12-12) LP: Kline (10-14) SV: McCall (5) HR: Spencer (13), Antonelli (2)

BRO N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 12 1 PHI N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Newcombe (19-6) LP: Simmons (10-7) SV: Labine (15) HR: Hodges (25)

CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 (1) STL N 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 x - 6 14 0

BOX+PBP WP: Dickson (10-9) LP: Kaiser (3-7) HR: Musial (21)

CHI N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 4 0 (2) STL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0

BOX+PBP WP: Davis (5-5) LP: Mizell (11-10) SV: Lown (11) HR: Repulski (8)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 19, 1956

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 114 69 45 0 .605 - 545 414 Brooklyn Dodgers 114 67 47 0 .588 2.0 536 468 Cincinnati Reds 118 68 49 1 .581 2.5 586 512 St. Louis Cardinals 118 58 58 2 .500 12.0 544 536 Philadelphia Phillies 114 55 59 0 .482 14.0 507 553 Pittsburgh Pirates 119 51 66 2 .436 19.5 459 499 Chicago Cubs 117 47 67 3 .412 22.0 466 542 New York Giants 112 44 68 0 .393 24.0 382 501

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 118 77 41 0 .653 - 684 496 Cleveland Indians 116 67 48 1 .583 8.5 585 460 Chicago White Sox 113 62 51 0 .549 12.5 587 476 Boston Red Sox 117 63 53 1 .543 13.0 583 565 Detroit Tigers 118 55 62 1 .470 21.5 580 569 Baltimore Orioles 116 52 64 0 .448 24.0 438 546 Washington Senators 116 49 66 1 .426 26.5 518 687 Kansas City Athletics 116 38 78 0 .328 38.0 472 648

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Ron Roenicke

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