Events of Wednesday, August 22, 1956 (original) (raw)

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Events of Wednesday, August 22, 1956

8-21-1956 8-23-1956 8-22-1955 8-22-1957

KC A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 - 7 11 4 BAL A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Burnette (3-6) LP: Loes (1-6) SV: Gorman (4) HR: Groth (5)

CHI A 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 6 11 1 (1) BOS A 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 2

BOX+PBP WP: Pierce (18-5) LP: Nixon (7-6) SV: Kinder (1) HR: Hatfield (5)

CHI A 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 (2) BOS A 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 - 7 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Delock (10-6) LP: LaPalme (2-1) HR: Aparicio (2), Wilson (1), Gernert (14), Lepcio (9)

CLE A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 NY A 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 3 5 0

BOX+PBP WP: Sturdivant (12-6) LP: Wynn (14-7)

DET A 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 9 15 0 WAS A 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 5 7 3

BOX+PBP WP: Foytack (10-10) LP: Stone (4-4) SV: Aber (6) HR: Yost (10), Sievers (24)

PHI N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 2 CHI N 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 x - 8 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Rush (12-6) LP: Haddix (11-5) HR: Jones (13), Whisenant (10)

PIT N 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 11 4 CIN N 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 x - 6 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Nuxhall (9-8) LP: Friend (14-13) SV: Jeffcoat (1) HR: Bell (24)

NY N 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 MIL N 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Littlefield (1-5) LP: Phillips (3-2) SV: Wilhelm (6)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 5 1 STL N 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 3

BOX+PBP WP: Craig (12-8) LP: Poholsky (7-10) SV: Labine (16)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 22, 1956

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 118 72 46 0 .610 - 560 422 Brooklyn Dodgers 116 69 47 0 .595 2.0 543 472 Cincinnati Reds 121 70 50 1 .583 3.0 600 522 St. Louis Cardinals 120 58 60 2 .492 14.0 548 543 Philadelphia Phillies 116 55 61 0 .474 16.0 514 567 Pittsburgh Pirates 121 51 68 2 .429 21.5 466 512 Chicago Cubs 119 49 67 3 .422 22.0 480 549 New York Giants 115 45 70 0 .391 25.5 389 513

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 120 78 42 0 .650 - 687 501 Cleveland Indians 118 68 49 1 .581 8.5 590 463 Chicago White Sox 115 63 52 0 .548 12.5 599 486 Boston Red Sox 119 64 54 1 .542 13.0 593 577 Detroit Tigers 120 57 62 1 .479 20.5 597 577 Baltimore Orioles 118 53 65 0 .449 24.0 444 556 Washington Senators 118 49 68 1 .419 27.5 526 704 Kansas City Athletics 118 39 79 0 .331 38.0 482 654

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Mark Gilbert Paul Molitor

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Transactions

New York Yankees claimed George Wilson from New York Giants on waivers.

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