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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 20

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 21 10 .677 - 178 123 98.8 55.2 48.5
Cleveland 18 11 .621 2 126 82 96.0 58.0 36.9
Boston 16 12 .571 3.5 135 133 81.8 72.2 6.8
Chicago 12 13 .480 6 97 116 76.8 77.2 3.2
Baltimore 15 17 .469 6.5 117 144 64.7 89.3 0.1
Detroit 12 17 .414 8 134 129 78.7 75.3 4.4
Washington 12 18 .400 8.5 126 165 58.6 95.4 <0.1
Kansas City 10 18 .357 9.5 125 146 60.7 93.3 0.1

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 13 8 .619 - 104 75 93.7 60.3 44.9
Brooklyn 16 11 .593 - 125 116 86.4 67.6 21.8
St. Louis 17 12 .586 - 162 134 83.1 70.9 13.7
Cincinnati 16 12 .571 0.5 154 156 77.0 77.0 6.4
Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 1.5 129 114 76.9 77.1 6.2
New York 13 15 .464 3.5 110 114 76.5 77.5 5.9
Philadelphia 10 18 .357 6.5 113 148 66.3 87.7 1.1
Chicago 7 18 .280 8 90 130 56.3 97.7 0.1

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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