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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 2

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Chicago 5 2 .714 - 24 29 88.0 66.0 19.6
New York 9 4 .692 -1 88 61 96.8 57.2 42.2
Cleveland 7 5 .583 0.5 53 33 89.8 64.2 21.7
Washington 7 7 .500 1.5 64 65 65.1 88.9 0.7
Boston 5 6 .455 2 50 57 79.3 74.7 7.2
Detroit 5 7 .417 2.5 43 50 81.0 73.0 8.3
Kansas City 4 7 .364 3 42 51 56.8 97.2 0.1
Baltimore 5 9 .357 3.5 54 72 59.1 94.9 0.2

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
St. Louis 7 4 .636 - 63 55 72.3 81.7 4.6
Milwaukee 5 3 .625 0.5 42 32 88.1 65.9 29.5
Cincinnati 7 5 .583 0.5 64 58 82.2 71.8 15.3
Brooklyn 7 6 .538 1 57 57 87.2 66.8 26.4
New York 7 6 .538 1 51 50 81.1 72.9 13.8
Pittsburgh 6 7 .462 2 58 54 68.4 85.6 2.7
Philadelphia 5 7 .417 2.5 49 59 75.5 78.5 7.1
Chicago 3 9 .250 4.5 40 59 61.1 92.9 0.7

Baseball statistics
W: Wins  L: Losses  PCT: Winning percentage
GB: Games Back (Number of games behind the League leader)
RS: Runs Scored  RA: Runs Against
Baseball "coolstats"   What are these?
EXP W: Expected season Wins  EXP L: Expected season Losses
POFF: % chance of making the Playoffs



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