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1956 Baseball Season 1956 Baseball Season
1955/1957
National League
Team Name                        G    W    L   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Brooklyn Dodgers               154   93   61  .604     -   720  601
Milwaukee Braves               155   92   62  .597   1.0   709  569
Cincinnati Redlegs             155   91   63  .591   2.0   775  658
St. Louis Cardinals            156   76   78  .494  17.0   678  698
Philadelphia Phillies          154   71   83  .461  22.0   668  738
New York Giants                154   67   87  .435  26.0   540  650
Pittsburgh Pirates             157   66   88  .429  27.0   588  653
Chicago Cubs                   157   60   94  .390  33.0   597  708
American League
Team Name                        G    W    L   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               154   97   57  .630     -   857  631
Cleveland Indians              155   88   66  .571   9.0   712  581
Chicago White Sox              154   85   69  .552  12.0   776  634
Boston Red Sox                 155   84   70  .545  13.0   780  751
Detroit Tigers                 155   82   72  .532  15.0   789  699
Baltimore Orioles              154   69   85  .448  28.0   571  705
Washington Senators            155   59   95  .383  38.0   652  924
Kansas City Athletics          154   52  102  .338  45.0   619  831
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1956 Calendar of Baseball Events/Games

January

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
  15  16  17  18  19  20  21
  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
  29  30  31         

February

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
               1   2   3   4
   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
  19  20  21  22  23  24  25
  26  27  28     

March

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                   1   2   3
   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
  25  26  27  28  29  30  31

April

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
  15  16  17  18  19  20  21
  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
  29  30     

May

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
           1   2   3   4   5
   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
  20  21  22  23  24  25  26
  27  28  29  30  31  

June

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                       1   2
   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
  17  18  19  20  21  22  23
  24  25  26  27  28  29  30

July

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
  15  16  17  18  19  20  21
  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
  29  30  31   

August

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
               1   2   3   4
   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
  19  20  21  22  23  24  25
  26  27  28  29  30  31 

September

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                           1
   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
  16  17  18  19  20  21  22
  23  24  25  26  27  28  29
  30       

October

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
       1   2   3   4   5   6
   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
  21  22  23  24  25  26  27
  28  29  30  31          

November

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                   1   2   3
   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
  25  26  27  28  29  30   

December

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                           1
   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
  16  17  18  19  20  21  22
  23  24  25  26  27  28  29
  30  31        
1956 Calendar of Baseball Events/Games

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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