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1956 Baseball

"Smart" League Standings on May 23

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1956 AL Standings What are these?
American W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
New York 23 11 .676 - 201 136 100.1 53.9 52.5
Cleveland 19 12 .613 2.5 135 90 96.1 57.9 35.7
Boston 17 13 .567 4 143 142 81.7 72.3 5.8
Chicago 13 13 .500 6 100 118 77.0 77.0 3.4
Baltimore 15 18 .455 7.5 119 147 64.4 89.6 0.1
Detroit 13 18 .419 8.5 142 144 76.6 77.4 2.4
Kansas City 12 19 .387 9.5 143 161 63.4 90.6 0.2
Washington 12 20 .375 10 133 178 56.7 97.3 <0.1

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1956 NL Standings
National W L PCT GB RS RA EXPW EXPL POFF
Milwaukee 14 8 .636 - 111 78 95.1 58.9 50.3
St. Louis 19 13 .594 - 172 144 84.3 69.7 14.4
Cincinnati 17 12 .586 0.5 160 159 78.7 75.3 7.9
Brooklyn 16 12 .571 1 128 123 84.7 69.3 17.2
Pittsburgh 16 14 .533 2 138 120 77.6 76.4 6.5
New York 13 17 .433 5 114 124 73.0 81.0 2.9
Philadelphia 10 19 .345 7.5 117 153 64.8 89.2 0.6
Chicago 8 18 .308 8 95 134 57.8 96.2 0.2

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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