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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 3

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 9 5 .643 - 95 69 95.1 58.9 37.6
Chicago 5 3 .625 1 28 36 86.3 67.7 17.4
Cleveland 8 5 .615 0.5 60 34 91.7 62.3 27.1
Washington 8 7 .533 1.5 71 69 66.6 87.4 1.0
Boston 6 6 .500 2 55 59 80.8 73.2 8.7
Kansas City 5 7 .417 3 50 58 58.6 95.4 0.2
Detroit 5 8 .385 3.5 45 55 80.1 73.9 7.8
Baltimore 5 10 .333 4.5 55 79 57.0 97.0 0.2

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 5 3 .625 - 42 32 88.0 66.0 28.9
St. Louis 7 5 .583 - 66 62 70.7 83.3 3.7
Brooklyn 8 6 .571 - 64 60 88.8 65.2 30.0
New York 7 6 .538 0.5 51 50 81.1 72.9 13.9
Cincinnati 7 6 .538 0.5 65 63 80.4 73.6 12.6
Pittsburgh 7 7 .500 1 63 55 70.2 83.8 3.1
Philadelphia 5 7 .417 2 49 59 75.5 78.5 7.1
Chicago 3 9 .250 4 40 59 61.3 92.7 0.6

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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