League standings - 1956 American League
Regular season

Wildcard
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB		L10	Strk	Recent	Mgc
1956	Boston	98	56	.636	na		6-4	W5	wwwwwlwlll
1956	Cleveland	88	66	.571	-		6-4	L1	lwlwwllwww	0
1956	Kansas City	82	72	.532	6		4-6	W1	wllllwlwwl
1956	Washington	81	73	.526	7		6-4	W3	wwwllwwwll
1956	Detroit	80	74	.519	8		8-2	W1	wlwwwwwwlw
1956	New York (A)	73	81	.474	15		5-5	L3	lllwwwwlwl
1956	Chicago (A)	58	96	.377	30		3-7	L1	lwwllllwll
1956	Baltimore	56	98	.364	32		0-10	L14	llllllllll

Expanded1
Year	Team	Home	Road	Grass	Turf	vsLHP	vsRHP	Div	InterLg
1956	Boston	57-20	41-36	98-56		17-7	81-49	98-56
1956	Cleveland	50-27	38-39	88-66		13-7	75-59	88-66
1956	Kansas City	51-26	31-46	82-72		10-5	72-67	82-72
1956	Washington	47-30	34-43	81-73		12-12	69-61	81-73
1956	Detroit	41-36	39-38	80-74		12-5	68-69	80-74
1956	New York (A)	38-39	35-42	73-81		10-11	63-70	73-81
1956	Chicago (A)	29-48	29-48	58-96		11-13	47-83	58-96
1956	Baltimore	32-45	24-53	56-98		3-11	53-87	56-98

Expanded2
Year	Team	Lead7	Tied7	Trail7	1-run	Extra
1956	Boston	79-6	12-10	7-40	29-25	9-4
1956	Cleveland	66-7	10-5	12-54	32-18	7-8
1956	Kansas City	62-7	12-11	8-54	27-22	8-4
1956	Washington	66-8	7-9	8-56	21-22	8-5
1956	Detroit	61-9	12-10	7-55	24-18	12-12
1956	New York (A)	55-10	11-10	7-61	16-29	8-9
1956	Chicago (A)	47-8	6-10	5-78	13-24	3-10
1956	Baltimore	45-5	5-10	6-83	20-24	5-8