Events of Sunday, August 26, 1956 (original) (raw)

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Events of Sunday, August 26, 1956

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Events of Sunday, August 26, 1956

8-25-1956 8-27-1956 8-26-1955 8-26-1957

CHI A 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3 (1) BAL A 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 8 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Wight (8-10) LP: Pierce (18-6)

CHI A 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 5 1 (2) BAL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Staley (5-1) LP: Brown (8-4) HR: Hatfield (6), Triandos (13)

KC A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 (1) BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 2 8 0

BOX+PBP WP: Nixon (8-6) LP: Shantz (2-6) HR: Gernert (16), Lepcio (10)

KC A 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 - 7 17 1 (2) BOS A 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 6 8 1

BOX+PBP WP: Ditmar (10-17) LP: Porterfield (3-10) HR: Zernial 2 (15), Skizas (7), Bolling (3), Vernon (14)

DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 5 (1) NY A 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 x - 7 12 0

BOX+PBP WP: Sturdivant (13-6) LP: Foytack (10-11)

DET A 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 (2) NY A 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 12 1

BOX+PBP WP: Gromek (8-5) LP: McDermott (2-6) SV: Lary (1) HR: Byrne (3)

CLE A 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 7 2 WAS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1

BOX+PBP WP: Wynn (15-7) LP: Stone (4-5) HR: Colavito (16)

PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 8 2 (1) CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1

BOX+PBP WP: Friend (15-13) LP: Rush (12-7)

PIT N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 (2) CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Kline (11-15) LP: Jones (7-12) SV: Friend (1)

PHI N 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 1 (1) CIN N 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 x - 10 15 0

BOX+PBP WP: Fowler (9-10) LP: Negray (2-3) HR: Lopata (28), Kluszewski (33)

PHI N 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 - 11 16 0 (2) CIN N 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 2

BOX+PBP WP: Haddix (12-5) LP: Lawrence (16-8) HR: Lopata (29)

BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 7 1 MIL N 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 x - 6 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Buhl (16-5) LP: Craig (12-9) HR: Amoros (10), Logan (12), Aaron (20)

NY N 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 (1) STL N 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 0

BOX+PBP WP: Poholsky (8-10) LP: Margoneri (5-4) SV: Collum (6) HR: Sauer (5)

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 8 0 (2) STL N 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 3

BOX+PBP WP: Littlefield (2-5) LP: Mizell (12-11) SV: Antonelli (1) HR: Musial (22), Katt (11)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 26, 1956

NL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 122 75 47 0 .615 - 583 433 Brooklyn Dodgers 120 71 49 0 .592 3.0 559 492 Cincinnati Reds 126 72 53 1 .576 4.5 628 552 St. Louis Cardinals 126 63 61 2 .508 13.0 575 559 Philadelphia Phillies 121 57 64 0 .471 17.5 539 598 Pittsburgh Pirates 127 53 72 2 .424 23.5 479 533 New York Giants 121 50 71 0 .413 24.5 417 530 Chicago Cubs 125 49 73 3 .402 26.0 491 574

AL

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 126 80 46 0 .635 - 709 524 Cleveland Indians 122 70 51 1 .579 7.5 606 478 Chicago White Sox 121 67 54 0 .554 10.5 623 506 Boston Red Sox 124 67 56 1 .545 11.5 615 597 Detroit Tigers 125 60 64 1 .484 19.0 613 595 Baltimore Orioles 123 55 68 0 .447 23.5 460 573 Washington Senators 122 51 70 1 .421 26.5 544 723 Kansas City Athletics 123 41 82 0 .333 37.5 505 679

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

George Bjorkman

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