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 | 1956 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on July 3
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| New York | 47 | 25 | .653 | - | 401 | 306 | 97.1 | 56.9 | 45.5 |  		
		| Chicago | 41 | 26 | .612 | 3.5 | 356 | 270 | 95.2 | 58.8 | 34.7 |  		
		| Cleveland | 40 | 29 | .580 | 5.5 | 344 | 267 | 91.8 | 62.2 | 18.9 |  		
		| Boston | 36 | 33 | .522 | 9.5 | 338 | 342 | 77.3 | 76.7 | 0.7 |  		
		| Baltimore | 32 | 39 | .451 | 14.5 | 260 | 335 | 64.9 | 89.1 | <0.1 |  		
		| Detroit | 30 | 39 | .435 | 15.5 | 329 | 313 | 71.4 | 82.6 | 0.1 |  		
		| Washington | 30 | 46 | .395 | 19 | 339 | 458 | 59.3 | 94.7 | 0.0 |  		
		| Kansas City | 26 | 45 | .366 | 20.5 | 315 | 391 | 59.1 | 94.9 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| Milwaukee | 38 | 27 | .585 | - | 298 | 241 | 88.6 | 65.4 | 40.9 |  		
		| Cincinnati | 40 | 29 | .580 | - | 359 | 324 | 87.1 | 66.9 | 31.9 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 38 | 30 | .559 | 1.5 | 312 | 304 | 82.7 | 71.3 | 14.8 |  		
		| St. Louis | 36 | 35 | .507 | 5 | 353 | 333 | 78.7 | 75.3 | 6.1 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 33 | 35 | .485 | 6.5 | 281 | 275 | 78.0 | 76.0 | 5.5 |  		
		| New York | 29 | 38 | .433 | 10 | 231 | 274 | 66.7 | 87.3 | 0.2 |  		
		| Chicago | 28 | 37 | .431 | 10 | 285 | 331 | 65.8 | 88.2 | 0.3 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 29 | 40 | .420 | 11 | 305 | 342 | 68.3 | 85.7 | 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
 
 
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		| 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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