1956 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | New York Yankees ** | 97 | 57 | .630 | -- | 857 | 631 | Casey Stengel | Yankee Stadium | 1,491,784 | $0 | Mickey Mantle (1) | Whitey Ford (6) | Won World Series (Dodgers) |
| 2 | Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 9.0 | 712 | 581 | Al Lopez | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 865,467 | $0 | Vic Wertz (13) | Early Wynn (1) | |
| 3 | Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12.0 | 776 | 634 | Marty Marion | Comiskey Park | 1,000,090 | $0 | Minnie Minoso (2) | Billy Pierce (4) | |
| 4 | Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13.0 | 780 | 751 | Pinky Higgins | Fenway Park | 1,137,158 | $0 | Jackie Jensen (4) | Tom Brewer (10) | |
| 5 | Detroit Tigers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 15.0 | 789 | 699 | Bucky Harris | Briggs Stadium | 1,051,182 | $0 | Al Kaline (3) | Frank Lary (3) | |
| 6 | Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 85 | .448 | 28.0 | 571 | 705 | Paul Richards | Memorial Stadium | 901,201 | $0 | Bob Nieman (21) | Connie Johnson (15) | |
| 7 | Washington Senators I | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38.0 | 652 | 924 | Chuck Dressen | Griffith Stadium | 431,647 | $0 | Roy Sievers (9) | Chuck Stobbs (13) | |
| 8 | Kansas City Athletics | 52 | 102 | .338 | 45.0 | 619 | 831 | Lou Boudreau | Municipal Stadium | 1,015,154 | $0 | Harry Simpson (15) | Art Ditmar (14) |
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