Games on September 16, 1956

The games of September 16, 1956

Retrosheet's records show 13 games on September 16, 1956. The Kansas City Athletics routed the Baltimore Orioles 10-1, the widest margin of the day. The highest-scoring game ended 10-3, the New York Yankees over the Cleveland Indians. One-run games: the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-2 over the Cincinnati Redlegs, the Cleveland Indians 4-3 over the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers 5-4 over the Boston Red Sox, and the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 over the Kansas City Athletics. Elsewhere, the Chicago White Sox topped the Washington Senators 7-5, the Chicago White Sox topped the Washington Senators 7-2, the Detroit Tigers topped the Boston Red Sox 8-4, the Philadelphia Phillies fell to the Chicago Cubs, 7-4, the Chicago Cubs fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-3. Doubleheaders on the date: the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox, the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, and the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. The pager links to the previous game day, Sep 15, 1956 and the next, Sep 17, 1956. For the wider picture, see the 1956 season.