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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 9

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 14 6 .700 - 127 86 97.9 56.1 51.4
Boston 10 7 .588 2.5 81 88 80.3 73.7 8.7
Cleveland 10 8 .556 3 75 53 87.9 66.1 19.5
Baltimore 10 12 .455 5 81 100 62.3 91.7 0.3
Kansas City 8 10 .444 5 89 90 63.6 90.4 0.6
Washington 9 12 .429 5.5 96 120 61.2 92.8 0.3
Chicago 6 8 .429 5 43 61 80.8 73.2 9.3
Detroit 8 12 .400 6 94 88 82.0 72.0 9.8

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 8 3 .727 - 53 35 92.6 61.4 40.7
St. Louis 13 6 .684 -1 107 79 80.4 73.6 10.8
Cincinnati 12 7 .632 - 107 93 81.9 72.1 13.6
Brooklyn 9 9 .500 2.5 75 77 85.5 68.5 20.4
New York 9 10 .474 3 75 78 79.0 75.0 9.9
Pittsburgh 8 10 .444 3.5 74 72 69.5 84.5 2.5
Philadelphia 5 12 .294 6 62 94 68.5 85.5 1.8
Chicago 4 11 .267 6 43 68 58.6 95.4 0.4

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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