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Events of Monday, August 20, 1956

8-19-1956 8-21-1956   8-20-1955 8-20-1957 

MIL N    0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  2
CIN N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Burdette (16-7)
LP: Lawrence (16-7)
SV: Spahn (2)
HR: Mathews (28), Adcock (30), Robinson (30)

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Standings At Close of Play of August 20, 1956

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Milwaukee Braves               115   70   45    0  .609     -   548  415
Brooklyn Dodgers               114   67   47    0  .588   2.5   536  468
Cincinnati Reds                119   68   50    1  .576   3.5   587  515
St. Louis Cardinals            118   58   58    2  .500  12.5   544  536
Philadelphia Phillies          114   55   59    0  .482  14.5   507  553
Pittsburgh Pirates             119   51   66    2  .436  20.0   459  499
Chicago Cubs                   117   47   67    3  .412  22.5   466  542
New York Giants                112   44   68    0  .393  24.5   382  501

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               118   77   41    0  .653     -   684  496
Cleveland Indians              116   67   48    1  .583   8.5   585  460
Chicago White Sox              113   62   51    0  .549  12.5   587  476
Boston Red Sox                 117   63   53    1  .543  13.0   583  565
Detroit Tigers                 118   55   62    1  .470  21.5   580  569
Baltimore Orioles              116   52   64    0  .448  24.0   438  546
Washington Senators            116   49   66    1  .426  26.5   518  687
Kansas City Athletics          116   38   78    0  .328  38.0   472  648

ML League Leaders 

Births on This Date

Joel Finch

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Transactions

Boston Red Sox sold Max Surkont to New York Giants.

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