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Events of Thursday, August 30, 1956

8-29-1956 8-31-1956   8-30-1955 8-30-1957 

BRO N    1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  6  1
CHI N    1  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  -   4 11  1

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WP: Lown (8-6)
LP: Bessent (1-3)
HR: Jackson (8), Whisenant (11)

PIT N    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  2
MIL N    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  6  0

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HR: Virdon (9)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 30, 1956

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Milwaukee Braves               126   76   49    1  .608     -   595  446
Brooklyn Dodgers               125   74   51    0  .592   2.0   588  511
Cincinnati Reds                128   74   53    1  .583   3.0   643  556
St. Louis Cardinals            128   63   63    2  .500  13.5   585  573
Philadelphia Phillies          123   59   64    0  .480  16.0   553  608
Pittsburgh Pirates             130   54   73    3  .425  23.0   486  542
New York Giants                123   50   73    0  .407  25.0   421  545
Chicago Cubs                   129   51   75    3  .405  25.5   507  597

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               128   82   46    0  .641     -   720  530
Cleveland Indians              125   72   52    1  .581   8.0   614  483
Chicago White Sox              124   69   55    0  .556  11.0   639  522
Boston Red Sox                 126   68   57    1  .544  12.5   622  605
Detroit Tigers                 127   61   65    1  .484  20.0   621  602
Baltimore Orioles              125   56   69    0  .448  24.5   463  576
Washington Senators            126   52   73    1  .416  28.5   562  744
Kansas City Athletics          125   41   84    0  .328  39.5   511  690

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Steve Baker
Scott Brown
Roger Erickson
Willie Mueller

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