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Events of Wednesday, August 1, 1956

7-31-1956 8-2-1956   8-1-1955 8-1-1957 

WAS A    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    4  -   6 10  2
CHI A    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   2  9  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Stobbs (9-8)
LP: Wilson (11-10)
HR: Lemon (16), Esposito (1)

NY  A    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  3
CLE A    2  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Lemon (14-8)
LP: Byrne (6-2)
HR: Bauer (21)

BOS A    3  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   5 11  3
DET A    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  1  -   4  8  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Brewer (15-3)
LP: Foytack (8-8)
SV: Hurd (5)
HR: Williams (10), Jensen (12), Maxwell (20)

BAL A    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   4  9  0
KC  A    0  3  0    0  2  3    1  0  x  -   9 12  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Kretlow (4-5)
LP: Johnson (4-6)
SV: Shantz (7)
HR: Gardner (10), Pilarcik (2)

MIL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  1
BRO N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  8  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Labine (9-4)
LP: Burdette (12-6)
SV: Craig (1)
HR: Snider (26)

CIN N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  0
NY  N    0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   3  9  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Gomez (6-11)
LP: Klippstein (9-8)
SV: Grissom (5)

CHI N    0  0  0    2  3  0    1  0  2  -   8 15  1
PHI N    2  2  0    0  0  0    5  1  x  -  10 14  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Roberts (12-11)
LP: Valentinetti (5-3)
HR: Fondy (6), Moryn (14), Jones (11)

STL N    0  2  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   4 10  0
PIT N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Schmidt (5-6)
LP: Kline (9-11)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 1, 1956

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Milwaukee Braves                93   57   36    0  .613     -   455  344
Cincinnati Reds                100   58   41    1  .586   2.0   492  436
Brooklyn Dodgers                97   56   41    0  .577   3.0   447  411
St. Louis Cardinals             96   48   47    1  .505  10.0   469  435
Philadelphia Phillies           98   46   52    0  .469  13.5   443  493
Pittsburgh Pirates              98   43   53    2  .448  15.5   379  407
Chicago Cubs                    98   41   55    2  .427  17.5   418  475
New York Giants                 92   34   58    0  .370  22.5   311  413

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees                99   67   32    0  .677     -   585  418
Cleveland Indians               98   58   39    1  .598   8.0   509  386
Boston Red Sox                  99   54   44    1  .551  12.5   495  480
Chicago White Sox               94   48   46    0  .511  16.5   475  413
Baltimore Orioles               99   45   54    0  .455  22.0   378  461
Detroit Tigers                 100   45   54    1  .455  22.0   502  492
Washington Senators            101   40   60    1  .400  27.5   437  607
Kansas City Athletics           98   35   63    0  .357  31.5   414  538

ML League Leaders 

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Transactions

St. Louis Cardinals sold Grady Hatton to Baltimore Orioles.

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