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 | 1956 Baseball
 
 "Smart" League Standings on July 4
 
 
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| New York | 48 | 26 | .649 | - | 416 | 317 | 96.7 | 57.3 | 44.0 |  		
		| Chicago | 42 | 27 | .609 | 3.5 | 363 | 275 | 94.8 | 59.2 | 33.4 |  		
		| Cleveland | 42 | 29 | .592 | 4.5 | 353 | 272 | 92.5 | 61.5 | 22.0 |  		
		| Boston | 37 | 34 | .521 | 9.5 | 349 | 357 | 77.2 | 76.8 | 0.6 |  		
		| Baltimore | 33 | 40 | .452 | 14.5 | 275 | 349 | 65.4 | 88.6 | 0.0 |  		
		| Detroit | 30 | 41 | .423 | 16.5 | 334 | 322 | 70.6 | 83.4 | <0.1 |  		
		| Washington | 31 | 47 | .397 | 19 | 353 | 473 | 59.7 | 94.3 | 0.0 |  		
		| Kansas City | 27 | 46 | .370 | 20.5 | 320 | 398 | 59.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 |  
 
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		| POFF |  		
		| Milwaukee | 39 | 28 | .582 | - | 308 | 248 | 89.1 | 64.9 | 40.4 |  		
		| Cincinnati | 41 | 30 | .577 | - | 367 | 332 | 86.7 | 67.3 | 27.1 |  		
		| Brooklyn | 40 | 30 | .571 | 0.5 | 333 | 307 | 85.8 | 68.2 | 22.7 |  		
		| St. Louis | 37 | 36 | .507 | 5 | 360 | 343 | 78.1 | 75.9 | 4.4 |  		
		| Pittsburgh | 34 | 36 | .486 | 6.5 | 291 | 283 | 78.4 | 75.6 | 5.0 |  		
		| Chicago | 29 | 38 | .433 | 10 | 293 | 339 | 66.9 | 87.1 | 0.2 |  		
		| Philadelphia | 30 | 41 | .423 | 11 | 313 | 352 | 68.2 | 85.8 | 0.3 |  		
		| New York | 29 | 40 | .420 | 11 | 234 | 295 | 62.8 | 91.2 | <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
 
 
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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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