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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 5

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 11 5 .688 - 110 77 96.4 57.6 41.7
Cleveland 9 6 .600 1.5 65 39 91.0 63.0 25.3
Chicago 6 4 .600 2 35 42 86.5 67.5 17.0
Washington 9 8 .529 2.5 77 76 67.4 86.6 1.0
Boston 7 7 .500 3 65 79 77.4 76.6 5.2
Detroit 6 9 .400 4.5 65 65 82.4 71.6 9.5
Kansas City 5 9 .357 5 58 73 57.1 96.9 0.1
Baltimore 6 11 .353 5.5 60 84 57.9 96.1 0.2

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 6 3 .667 - 45 34 89.2 64.8 33.6
St. Louis 9 5 .643 -0.5 80 66 74.8 79.2 6.7
Cincinnati 9 6 .600 - 76 72 81.1 72.9 14.9
Brooklyn 8 8 .500 1.5 68 74 84.2 69.8 20.4
New York 7 7 .500 1.5 53 53 80.5 73.5 13.6
Pittsburgh 7 9 .438 2.5 72 66 69.6 84.4 3.2
Philadelphia 5 8 .385 3 50 61 75.0 79.0 6.9
Chicago 4 9 .308 4 42 60 61.7 92.3 0.8

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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