| Breaking News |  | Monday, September 17th, 1956: 1956 DJIL Batting Title to Daniel Carr
Kings second baseman Daniel Carr hit the cover off the ball all year long and today picked up the Dow Jones Industrials League batting crown. The 24-year-old Carr hit .359 with 5 home runs and 72 RBIs. He also delivered 203 hits, including 42 doubles and 9 triples, played in 142 games and scored 102 runs.
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| Saturday, September 1st, 1956: Dow Jones Industrials League Names Rookie of Month
Daniel Carr earned August's Rookie of the Month honors in the Dow Jones Industrials League for last month's performance. The boyish Westinghouse second baseman might be wet behind the ears, but he's proving that he has what it takes to play at this level.
Carr hit .379 with 1 home run, 13 RBIs and 23 runs scored this past month on his way to winning the award.
This year Carr is batting .365 with 4 home runs and 68 RBIs. In 128 games he has scored 94 times.
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| Monday, August 27th, 1956: DJIL's Top Player, Carr of Westinghouse
It can be difficult for a young player to step out of the shadows and assert himself in the Dow Jones Industrials League, but last week Daniel Carr of the Westinghouse Kings reminded everyone just why he's here as he threw up numbers that made him an easy selection for Player of the Week.
Carr rocked opposing pitching for a .571 average (12-21), 1 home run and 4 RBIs to come away with the award.
In 1956 Carr is hitting .364 with 178 hits, 4 home runs, 64 RBIs, .440 OBP and has scored 91 runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 90-64, .584 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 46-31, .597 PCT | | Record on the road | 44-33, .571 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-7, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 25-19, .568 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 37-19, .661 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 53-45, .541 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in April | 17-10, .630 PCT | | Record in May | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in June | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record in July | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in August | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in September | 5-10, .333 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .267 - 2nd in DJIL | | On-Base Percentage | .347 - 2nd in DJIL | | Slugging Percentage | .367 - 6th in DJIL | | On-Base + Slugging | .714 - 4th in DJIL | | Runs Scored | 719 - 2nd in DJIL | | Hits | 1405 - 2nd in DJIL | | Extra-Base Hits | 342 - 7th in DJIL | | Home Runs | 80 - 6th in DJIL | | Bases-On-Balls | 625 - 1st in DJIL | | Strikeouts | 554 - 1st in DJIL | | Stolen Bases | 175 - 5th in DJIL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.45 - 1st in DJIL | | Starters' ERA | 3.41 - 1st in DJIL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.67 - 6th in DJIL | | Runs allowed | 628 - 1st in DJIL | | Hits allowed | 1314 - 2nd in DJIL | | Opponents AVG | .254 - 2nd in DJIL | | BABIP | .298 - 7th in DJIL | | Home Runs allowed | 67 - tied for 1st in DJIL | | Bases-On-Balls | 533 - 3rd in DJIL | | Strikeouts | 911 - 2nd in DJIL |
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