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Events of Tuesday, August 21, 1956

8-20-1956 8-22-1956   8-21-1955 8-21-1957 

KC  A    1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
BAL A    1  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   4 10  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Zuverink (6-5)
LP: Gorman (7-8)
HR: Lopez (16)

CLE A    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  0
NY  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Score (14-7)
LP: Larsen (7-5)
HR: Score (1)

DET A    0  0  0    2  1  2    0  0  3  -   8 13  0
WAS A    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Gromek (7-5)
LP: Stewart (4-6)
HR: Sievers (23)

PHI N    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  0  -   4  8  0
CHI N    1  1  0    0  3  0    0  1  x  -   6 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Jones (7-11)
LP: Roberts (14-14)
SV: Lown (12)
HR: King 2 (12)

PIT N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  7  1
CIN N    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  4  x  -   7 10  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Freeman (11-4)
LP: Pollet (0-4)
HR: Robinson (31), Bell (23), Kluszewski (32)

NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   3  8  1  (1)
MIL N    3  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  9  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Buhl (15-5)
LP: Gomez (6-14)
HR: Mathews (29)

NY  N    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  1  (2)
MIL N    0  3  0    0  1  0    0  2  x  -   6 10  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Conley (7-7)
LP: Margoneri (5-3)
HR: Adcock (31), Rice (3)

BRO N    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
STL N    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Erskine (11-6)
LP: Wehmeier (8-9)
SV: Bessent (3)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 21, 1956

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Milwaukee Braves               117   72   45    0  .615     -   559  420
Brooklyn Dodgers               115   68   47    0  .591   3.0   538  469
Cincinnati Reds                120   69   50    1  .580   4.0   594  519
St. Louis Cardinals            119   58   59    2  .496  14.0   545  538
Philadelphia Phillies          115   55   60    0  .478  16.0   511  559
Pittsburgh Pirates             120   51   67    2  .432  21.5   463  506
Chicago Cubs                   118   48   67    3  .417  23.0   472  546
New York Giants                114   44   70    0  .386  26.5   387  512

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               119   77   42    0  .647     -   684  499
Cleveland Indians              117   68   48    1  .586   7.5   588  460
Chicago White Sox              113   62   51    0  .549  12.0   587  476
Boston Red Sox                 117   63   53    1  .543  12.5   583  565
Detroit Tigers                 119   56   62    1  .475  20.5   588  572
Baltimore Orioles              117   53   64    0  .453  23.0   442  549
Washington Senators            117   49   67    1  .422  26.5   521  695
Kansas City Athletics          117   38   79    0  .325  38.0   475  652

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

John Henry Johnson

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