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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 6

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 13 5 .722 - 118 77 98.7 55.3 51.0
Cleveland 9 6 .600 2.5 65 39 90.6 63.4 24.9
Boston 7 7 .500 4 65 79 77.2 76.8 5.1
Chicago 6 6 .500 4 35 50 82.4 71.6 11.1
Washington 9 10 .474 4.5 87 99 63.3 90.7 0.3
Kansas City 7 9 .438 5 81 83 63.0 91.0 0.4
Baltimore 8 11 .421 5.5 70 89 61.1 92.9 0.3
Detroit 6 11 .353 6.5 70 75 79.7 74.3 6.9

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 6 3 .667 - 45 34 89.0 65.0 32.9
Cincinnati 11 6 .647 -1 97 83 83.1 70.9 17.2
St. Louis 10 6 .625 -0.5 89 75 75.2 78.8 6.6
Brooklyn 8 8 .500 1.5 68 74 84.2 69.8 20.6
New York 8 8 .500 1.5 62 62 80.1 73.9 13.1
Pittsburgh 8 9 .471 2 74 67 71.2 82.8 3.9
Philadelphia 5 10 .333 4 61 82 72.1 81.9 5.1
Chicago 4 10 .286 4.5 43 62 61.2 92.8 0.5

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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