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Events of Tuesday, September 18, 1956

9-17-1956 9-19-1956   9-18-1955 9-18-1957 

NY  A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  -   3  6  1
CHI A    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  -   2  8  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Ford (19-5)
LP: Pierce (20-8)
SV: Grim (3)
HR: Mantle (50), Doby (20), Dropo (7)

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1  (1)
CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   1  8  1

BOX+PBP
WP: Score (18-9)
LP: Wiesler (3-12)

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2  (2)
CLE A    0  0  2    0  0  2    0  2  x  -   6 10  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Garcia (11-12)
LP: Stobbs (15-13)
HR: Wertz (30)

BAL A    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  1
DET A    1  0  4    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Foytack (14-12)
LP: Johnson (8-11)
HR: Boone (22)

BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  3  0  -   5 12  2
KC  A    0  0  0    1  3  0    0  1  1  -   6 10  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Crimian (4-7)
LP: Delock (13-7)
HR: Williams (23), Lopez (18), Skizas (10)

STL N    3  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   6  5  0
BRO N    0  0  2    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   5  7  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Jackson (2-2)
LP: Erskine (13-10)
HR: Musial (25), Boyer (26), Hodges (28)

CHI N    3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  9  0  (1)
NY  N    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  4  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Rush (13-8)
LP: Gomez (7-16)
HR: Kellert (3), Thompson (8)

CHI N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1  (2)
NY  N    1  0  3    0  2  0    2  0  x  -   8 12  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Ridzik (6-2)
LP: Brosnan (4-9)
SV: McCall (6)
HR: King (14), Brandt (11)

CIN N    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  0  (1)
PHI N    0  1  0    2  0  0    0  1  x  -   4  8  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Simmons (13-10)
LP: Jansen (2-2)
HR: Post 2 (31)

CIN N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   4  9  2  (2)
PHI N    1  2  0    0  1  0    1  2  x  -   7 12  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Roberts (18-16)
LP: Fowler (11-11)
HR: Bailey (27)

MIL N    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   6 11  1
PIT N    0  0  1    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   4 13  2

BOX+PBP
WP: Sleater (2-2)
LP: Face (12-12)
SV: Spahn (3)

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Standings At Close of Play of September 18, 1956

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Brooklyn Dodgers               144   87   57    0  .604     -   663  567
Milwaukee Braves               147   88   58    1  .603     -   675  544
Cincinnati Reds                146   83   62    1  .572   4.5   726  629
St. Louis Cardinals            145   73   70    2  .510  13.5   647  639
Philadelphia Phillies          144   68   76    0  .472  19.0   640  695
Pittsburgh Pirates             148   62   83    3  .428  25.5   561  610
New York Giants                145   60   85    0  .414  27.5   497  628
Chicago Cubs                   147   57   87    3  .396  30.0   562  659

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               145   93   52    0  .641     -   810  585
Cleveland Indians              146   82   63    1  .566  11.0   676  545
Chicago White Sox              143   80   63    0  .559  12.0   712  588
Boston Red Sox                 146   79   66    1  .545  14.0   727  703
Detroit Tigers                 145   76   68    1  .528  16.5   729  662
Baltimore Orioles              144   62   82    0  .431  30.5   526  660
Washington Senators            146   58   87    1  .400  35.0   623  868
Kansas City Athletics          143   47   96    0  .329  45.0   580  772

ML League Leaders 

Debuts on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
BRO N  Don Demeter (21)

Last Games on This Date

Team   Player Name  (Age)
NY  N  Bill Sarni (28)

Deaths on This Date

Jim Rutherford (69)

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