League standings - 1956 National League
Regular season

Divisional
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentRFRAMgnMgc
1956Beard Black Cats11044 .714- 9-1W3wwwlwwwwww9255923330
1956East Kenosha Lakers8965 .57821 9-1W1wlwwwwwwww768617151 
1956Newark Bears8074 .51930 4-6L3lllwlllwww723734-11 
1956Schenectady Patriots7876 .50632 4-6W1wllwwwllll650673-23 
1956Asbury Argonauts7282 .46838 8-2L1lwwwlwwwww726765-39 
1956New Bedford Ahabs51103 .33159 3-7L1lwwlllwlll653895-242 
1956Raleigh Tarheels31123 .20179 1-9L1lwllllllll455925-470 

Wildcard
YearTeamWLPctGBL10StrkRecentMgc
1956Beard Black Cats11044 .714na 9-1W3wwwlwwwwww 
1956East Kenosha Lakers8965 .578- 9-1W1wlwwwwwwww0
1956Newark Bears8074 .5199 4-6L3lllwlllwww 
1956Schenectady Patriots7876 .50611 4-6W1wllwwwllll 
1956Asbury Argonauts7282 .46817 8-2L1lwwwlwwwww 
1956New Bedford Ahabs51103 .33138 3-7L1lwwlllwlll 
1956Raleigh Tarheels31123 .20158 1-9L1lwllllllll 

Expanded1
YearTeamHomeRoadGrassTurfvsLHPvsRHPDivInterLg
1956Beard Black Cats54-2356-21110-44 30-1780-2762-2248-22
1956East Kenosha Lakers44-3345-3289-65 24-1965-4649-3540-30
1956Newark Bears45-3235-4280-74 26-1554-5948-3632-38
1956Schenectady Patriots43-3435-4278-76 22-2156-5544-4034-36
1956Asbury Argonauts35-4237-4072-82 23-2849-5443-4129-41
1956New Bedford Ahabs23-5428-4951-103 15-3136-7227-5724-46
1956Raleigh Tarheels16-6115-6231-123 11-2720-9621-6310-60

Expanded2
YearTeamLead7Tied7Trail71-runExtra
1956Beard Black Cats91-311-58-3632-1612-3
1956East Kenosha Lakers75-68-56-5430-2111-8
1956Newark Bears56-816-58-6132-219-1
1956Schenectady Patriots62-49-187-5420-2211-13
1956Asbury Argonauts57-78-107-6523-228-10
1956New Bedford Ahabs40-128-113-8019-315-13
1956Raleigh Tarheels21-53-77-11117-205-5