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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 12

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 15 8 .652 - 132 96 94.7 59.3 40.3
Cleveland 13 8 .619 1 91 59 92.1 61.9 31.9
Chicago 9 8 .529 3 61 75 83.8 70.2 14.0
Boston 10 10 .500 3.5 94 106 76.9 77.1 5.6
Washington 11 12 .478 4 112 132 63.8 90.2 0.4
Baltimore 11 13 .458 4.5 84 103 63.1 90.9 0.3
Kansas City 8 12 .400 5.5 93 99 62.0 92.0 0.3
Detroit 8 14 .364 6.5 107 104 79.5 74.5 7.3

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 9 4 .692 - 68 53 91.5 62.5 38.4
St. Louis 13 7 .650 -0.5 117 93 79.7 74.3 10.4
Cincinnati 13 8 .619 - 125 108 81.4 72.6 12.7
Brooklyn 11 9 .550 1.5 86 81 87.8 66.2 26.6
Pittsburgh 10 10 .500 2.5 86 82 71.8 82.2 3.7
New York 9 12 .429 4 79 89 75.9 78.1 6.1
Chicago 5 11 .313 5.5 57 78 60.3 93.7 0.5
Philadelphia 5 14 .263 7 72 106 67.7 86.3 1.8

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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