League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/10/1956

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Score	Cle	2.57	Wynn	Cle	25-6	Score	Cle	270
Wynn	Cle	2.69	Score	Cle	24-7	Foytack	Det	184
Sturdivant	NYA	2.80	Lary	Det	21-7	Lary	Det	183
Ford	NYA	2.88	Ford	NYA	20-7	Hoeft	Det	181
Lemon,B	Cle	3.05	Lemon,B	Cle	20-9	Pierce	ChA	178
Lary	Det	3.06	Foytack	Det	18-7	Wynn	Cle	173
Nixon	Bos	3.21	Garcia	Cle	17-6	Pascual	Was	161
Brewer	Bos	3.27	Wilson,J	ChA	16-8	Ford	NYA	156
Donovan	ChA	3.32	Pierce	ChA	16-11	Brewer	Bos	149
Foytack	Det	3.48	Brewer	Bos	16-11	Sullivan	Bos	145
Wilson,J	ChA	3.55	Sullivan	Bos	16-14	Sturdivant	NYA	144
Garcia	Cle	3.57	2 tied with		15	Johnson,C	Bal	136


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Zuverink	Bal	69	Lary	Det	303.0	Wynn	Cle	.806
Shantz	KC	63	Wynn	Cle	281.1	Sturdivant	NYA	.789
Crimian	KC	60	Lemon,B	Cle	280.0	Score	Cle	.774
Chakales	Was	59	Foytack	Det	253.2	Lary	Det	.750
Gorman	KC	56	Pierce	ChA	252.2	Ford	NYA	.741
Aber	Det	54	Score	Cle	252.0	Garcia	Cle	.739
Morgan,T	NYA	49	Brewer	Bos	245.0	Foytack	Det	.720
Grob	Was	47	Sullivan	Bos	241.0	Nixon	Bos	.706
Gromek	Det	45	Stobbs	Was	235.1	Lemon,B	Cle	.690
Delock	Bos	44	Ford	NYA	234.2	Grim	NYA	.688
Hurd	Bos	43	Hoeft	Det	232.0	Wilson,J	ChA	.667
3 tied with		42	Donovan	ChA	228.0	Gromek	Det	.667


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Lary	Det	38	Wynn	Cle	18	Score	Cle	8
Wynn	Cle	35	Lemon,B	Cle	18	Ford	NYA	4
Lemon,B	Cle	35	Lary	Det	17	Stobbs	Was	4
Hoeft	Det	34	Ford	NYA	15	Wynn	Cle	4
Ditmar	KC	34	Score	Cle	14	Johnson,C	Bal	3
Sullivan	Bos	33	Pierce	ChA	14	Moore	Bal	3
Stobbs	Was	33	Donovan	ChA	12	Wilson,J	ChA	3
Score	Cle	33	Foytack	Det	12	Donovan	ChA	3
Pierce	ChA	33	Sullivan	Bos	12	Pierce	ChA	3
Brewer	Bos	32	Stobbs	Was	12	6 tied with		2
Foytack	Det	32	Brewer	Bos	10
2 tied with		31	3 tied with		9


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Mossi	Cle	15	Mossi	Cle	.882	Staley	ChA	3
Shantz	KC	14	Delock	Bos	.857	LaPalme	ChA	3
Zuverink	Bal	13	Narleski	Cle	.846	Grim	NYA	3
Delock	Bos	12	Howell	ChA	.833	Aber	Det	3
Narleski	Cle	11	Hurd	Bos	.818	14 tied with		2
Howell	ChA	10	Shantz	KC	.778
Gromek	Det	10	Sturdivant	NYA	.700
Hurd	Bos	9	Gromek	Det	.667
Aber	Det	9	Morgan,T	NYA	.667
Morgan,T	NYA	8	Zuverink	Bal	.619
Sturdivant	NYA	7	Byerly	Was	.545
2 tied with		6	Aber	Det	.529


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Score	Cle	.184	Score	Cle	5.8	Sturdivant	NYA	9.7
Sturdivant	NYA	.216	Sturdivant	NYA	7.2	Wynn	Cle	10.3
Ford	NYA	.221	Larsen	NYA	7.4	Score	Cle	10.8
Brewer	Bos	.224	Ford	NYA	7.4	Ford	NYA	10.9
Harshman	ChA	.224	Brewer	Bos	7.5	Lemon,B	Cle	11.4
Wynn	Cle	.224	Wynn	Cle	7.5	Lary	Det	11.6
Lary	Det	.225	Harshman	ChA	7.5	Donovan	ChA	11.8
Larsen	NYA	.227	Lary	Det	7.6	Garcia	Cle	11.9
Lemon,B	Cle	.227	Lemon,B	Cle	7.7	Brewer	Bos	11.9
Foytack	Det	.238	Moore	Bal	8.1	Harshman	ChA	12.0
Moore	Bal	.241	Foytack	Det	8.1	Pierce	ChA	12.2
Pierce	ChA	.241	Pierce	ChA	8.2	Johnson,C	Bal	12.4


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Score	Cle	134	Sturdivant	NYA	2.2	Score	Cle	9.6
Wiesler	Was	125	Stobbs	Was	2.3	Pascual	Was	7.8
Lary	Det	123	Donovan	ChA	2.4	Sturdivant	NYA	7.1
Moore	Bal	122	Garcia	Cle	2.6	Hoeft	Det	7.0
Foytack	Det	120	Wynn	Cle	2.6	Foytack	Det	6.5
Ditmar	KC	112	Johnson,C	Bal	3.1	Pierce	ChA	6.3
Brewer	Bos	112	Sullivan	Bos	3.2	Johnson,C	Bal	6.2
Lemon,B	Cle	111	Ford	NYA	3.3	Ford	NYA	6.0
Pierce	ChA	110	Kucks	NYA	3.4	Wynn	Cle	5.5
Harshman	ChA	105	Lemon,B	Cle	3.6	Brewer	Bos	5.5
Stone	Was	101	Lary	Det	3.7	Ditmar	KC	5.4
Hoeft	Det	99	Wilson,J	ChA	3.7	Lary	Det	5.4


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Sturdivant	NYA	1.05	Pascual	Was	38	Hoeft	Det	7.0
Wynn	Cle	1.12	Kellner	KC	26	Lary	Det	6.4
Score	Cle	1.18	Pierce	ChA	26	Pascual	Was	6.2
Ford	NYA	1.19	Lemon,B	Cle	26	Wilson,J	ChA	6.2
Lemon,B	Cle	1.25	Ramos	Was	24	Moore	Bal	5.8
Lary	Det	1.25	Lary	Det	24	Nixon	Bos	5.8
Brewer	Bos	1.29	Porterfield	Bos	23	Sturdivant	NYA	5.8
Donovan	ChA	1.29	Donovan	ChA	23	Kucks	NYA	5.7
Garcia	Cle	1.30	Hoeft	Det	23	Harshman	ChA	5.6
Harshman	ChA	1.32	Sullivan	Bos	23	Garcia	Cle	5.4
Pierce	ChA	1.35	Foytack	Det	22	Larsen	NYA	5.4
Wilson,J	ChA	1.36	Wynn	Cle	22	Ford	NYA	5.4


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Lary	Det	1284	Lemon,B	Cle	33.63	Score	Cle	31
Lemon,B	Cle	1177	Lary	Det	32.92	Wynn	Cle	31
Wynn	Cle	1150	Wynn	Cle	32.86	Sullivan	Bos	30
Foytack	Det	1094	Brewer	Bos	32.78	Lemon,B	Cle	29
Pierce	ChA	1090	Sullivan	Bos	32.52	Lary	Det	28
Sullivan	Bos	1073	Ford	NYA	31.55	Ford	NYA	27
Hoeft	Det	1056	Stobbs	Was	31.36	Brewer	Bos	27
Brewer	Bos	1049	Pierce	ChA	31.14	Pierce	ChA	27
Score	Cle	1039	Donovan	ChA	31.06	Ditmar	KC	27
Stobbs	Was	1035	Score	Cle	30.56	Donovan	ChA	26
Ditmar	KC	984	Nixon	Bos	30.39	Stobbs	Was	26
Kucks	NYA	982	Harshman	ChA	30.16	2 tied with		25


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Ditmar	KC	6-21	Zuverink	Bal	53	Ditmar	KC	153
Pascual	Was	7-15	Shantz	KC	44	Hoeft	Det	153
Johnson,C	Bal	9-15	Mossi	Cle	34	Pascual	Was	137
Zuverink	Bal	3-14	Chakales	Was	34	Sullivan	Bos	132
Stobbs	Was	12-14	Morgan,T	NYA	33	Lary	Det	128
Sullivan	Bos	16-14	Delock	Bos	31	Herriage	KC	116
Herriage	KC	1-13	Aber	Det	31	Ramos	Was	116
Wight	Bal	6-13	Hurd	Bos	30	Pierce	ChA	116
Donovan	ChA	13-13	Crimian	KC	28	Stobbs	Was	114
Palica	Bal	4-12	Narleski	Cle	24	Stone	Was	111
4 tied with		11	Howell	ChA	23	Kucks	NYA	109
			Gorman	KC	23	2 tied with		106


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Hoeft	Det	133	Hoeft	Det	277	Pierce	ChA	49
Ditmar	KC	123	Stobbs	Was	274	Stobbs	Was	42
Sullivan	Bos	120	Sullivan	Bos	259	Ditmar	KC	41
Pascual	Was	118	Lary	Det	256	Sullivan	Bos	40
Ramos	Was	112	Ditmar	KC	248	Wynn	Cle	40
Herriage	KC	103	Lemon,B	Cle	239	Wilson,J	ChA	39
Lary	Det	103	Wynn	Cle	235	Wight	Bal	38
Pierce	ChA	102	Donovan	ChA	233	Hoeft	Det	38
Foytack	Det	98	Pierce	ChA	231	Lary	Det	38
Stone	Was	97	Foytack	Det	228	Donovan	ChA	36
Stobbs	Was	96	Kucks	NYA	227	Lemon,B	Cle	36
Lemon,B	Cle	95	Garcia	Cle	216	3 tied with		34


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Lary	Det	13	Grob	Was	15	Garcia	Cle	.619
Pierce	ChA	11	Ditmar	KC	14	Gorman	KC	.688
Wynn	Cle	10	Pascual	Was	14	Herriage	KC	.722
Keegan	ChA	8	Griggs	Was	13	Pascual	Was	.737
Palica	Bal	8	Herriage	KC	13	Griggs	Was	.813
Stone	Was	8	Garcia	Cle	13	Ditmar	KC	.875
Pascual	Was	8	Gromek	Det	11	Grob	Was	.882
Garcia	Cle	8	Gorman	KC	11
Kucks	NYA	8	Nixon	Bos	10
Hoeft	Det	8	Moore	Bal	9
Sullivan	Bos	8	Ramos	Was	9
5 tied with		7	2 tied with		8


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Gromek	Det	12	Score	Cle	13	Ramos	Was	5
Sullivan	Bos	12	Lasorda	KC	12	Aguirre	Cle	4
Sisler	Bos	11	Nixon	Bos	12	Aber	Det	3
Kucks	NYA	11	Hurd	Bos	11	Grob	Was	3
Lary	Det	11	Wiesler	Was	10	Wiesler	Was	3
Brewer	Bos	10	Pascual	Was	10	Kucks	NYA	3
Trucks	Det	9	Aber	Det	9	Pierce	ChA	3
Grim	NYA	8	Grob	Was	7	Fornieles	Bal	2
Nixon	Bos	8	Stobbs	Was	7	Turley	NYA	2
Pascual	Was	8	5 tied with		6	Sullivan	Bos	2
Wynn	Cle	8				9 tied with		1
3 tied with		7


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Garcia	Cle	.214	Howell	ChA	.208	Lary	Det	37
Score	Cle	.222	Mossi	Cle	.219	Donovan	ChA	34
Wynn	Cle	.286	Consuegra	Bal	.231	Foytack	Det	32
Brewer	Bos	.308	Narleski	Cle	.242	Pierce	ChA	31
Foytack	Det	.348	Shantz	KC	.256	Wynn	Cle	31
Moore	Bal	.364	Gromek	Det	.314	Moore	Bal	30
Donovan	ChA	.375	Aber	Det	.341	Kucks	NYA	30
Wight	Bal	.375	Crimian	KC	.364	Score	Cle	28
Pierce	ChA	.375	Grob	Was	.379	Hoeft	Det	28
Ford	NYA	.375	Grim	NYA	.400	Lemon,B	Cle	28
Harshman	ChA	.379	Kinder	ChA	.406	3 tied with		27
2 tied with		.417	Chakales	Was	.462


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Pierce	ChA	910	Pierce	ChA	806	Sturdivant	NYA	.562
Score	Cle	849	Score	Cle	730	Score	Cle	.579
Hoeft	Det	820	Stobbs	Was	730	Ford	NYA	.581
Stobbs	Was	788	Hoeft	Det	724	Brewer	Bos	.585
Harshman	ChA	775	Harshman	ChA	679	Lary	Det	.604
Lary	Det	730	Ford	NYA	656	Larsen	NYA	.606
Ford	NYA	728	Lary	Det	650	Garcia	Cle	.615
Lemon,B	Cle	670	Wynn	Cle	608	Wynn	Cle	.621
Wynn	Cle	664	Lemon,B	Cle	604	Nixon	Bos	.625
Foytack	Det	640	Sullivan	Bos	582	Lemon,B	Cle	.626
Sullivan	Bos	639	Foytack	Det	565	Wilson,J	ChA	.633
Wight	Bal	636	Wight	Bal	550	Shantz	KC	.633


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Score	Cle	.186	Sturdivant	NYA	.249	Score	Cle	.288
Brewer	Bos	.203	Gorman	KC	.274	Ford	NYA	.291
Sturdivant	NYA	.203	Wynn	Cle	.281	Brewer	Bos	.294
Gorman	KC	.212	Garcia	Cle	.282	Larsen	NYA	.297
Sisler	Bos	.218	Johnson,C	Bal	.289	Lary	Det	.306
Larsen	NYA	.219	Ford	NYA	.290	Sturdivant	NYA	.313
Porterfield	Bos	.222	Brewer	Bos	.291	Nixon	Bos	.313
Ford	NYA	.223	Score	Cle	.291	Shantz	KC	.329
Lemon,B	Cle	.224	Lemon,B	Cle	.293	Sisler	Bos	.330
Shantz	KC	.224	Lary	Det	.298	Harshman	ChA	.330
Harshman	ChA	.224	Wilson,J	ChA	.298	Foytack	Det	.331
Lary	Det	.225	Fornieles	Bal	.301	Lemon,B	Cle	.333


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Pierce	ChA	42	Pierce	ChA	8	Pascual	Was	23
Hoeft	Det	36	Stone	Was	7	Pierce	ChA	21
Stobbs	Was	36	Hoeft	Det	7	Kellner	KC	20
Wight	Bal	28	Palica	Bal	6	Ramos	Was	17
Harshman	ChA	27	Wilson,J	ChA	6	Hoeft	Det	17
Sullivan	Bos	26	Kucks	NYA	6	Porterfield	Bos	16
Wynn	Cle	26	Wight	Bal	6	Grob	Was	15
Ditmar	KC	25	Harshman	ChA	6	Herriage	KC	14
Wiesler	Was	24	Stobbs	Was	6	Donovan	ChA	14
Donovan	ChA	24	Crimian	KC	5	Lemon,B	Cle	14
Score	Cle	24	Kellner	KC	5	Score	Cle	14
Lary	Det	23	Sullivan	Bos	5	3 tied with		13


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Hoeft	Det	221	Pierce	ChA	71	Hoeft	Det	322
Stobbs	Was	219	Hoeft	Det	60	Pierce	ChA	319
Pierce	ChA	198	Stobbs	Was	53	Stobbs	Was	300
Wight	Bal	163	Pascual	Was	45	Harshman	ChA	224
Harshman	ChA	152	Harshman	ChA	44	Ditmar	KC	219
Ditmar	KC	149	Kellner	KC	43	Pascual	Was	218
Sullivan	Bos	147	Ramos	Was	42	Wight	Bal	218
Lary	Det	146	Score	Cle	42	Sullivan	Bos	210
Ford	NYA	146	Ditmar	KC	41	Score	Cle	210
Wynn	Cle	139	Wynn	Cle	41	Wynn	Cle	207
Donovan	ChA	136	Donovan	ChA	40	Donovan	ChA	206
Score	Cle	136	Sullivan	Bos	40	Lemon,B	Cle	201


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Score	Cle	108	Trucks	Det	7	Score	Cle	222
Wiesler	Was	97	Gromek	Det	7	Pierce	ChA	141
Pierce	ChA	88	Crimian	KC	7	Hoeft	Det	133
Harshman	ChA	84	Nixon	Bos	7	Lary	Det	121
Stone	Was	80	Kucks	NYA	7	Foytack	Det	120
Hoeft	Det	79	Sullivan	Bos	7	Ford	NYA	112
Wight	Bal	74	Sisler	Bos	6	Pascual	Was	110
Stewart	Was	69	Ditmar	KC	6	Brewer	Bos	110
Brewer	Bos	68	Wynn	Cle	6	Sullivan	Bos	107
Moore	Bal	66	6 tied with		5	Harshman	ChA	105
Lary	Det	65				Wynn	Cle	99
Foytack	Det	63				Sturdivant	NYA	96


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Sturdivant	NYA	4.2	Hoeft	Det	9	Gorman	KC	12
Garcia	Cle	2.9	Gromek	Det	8	Brewer	Bos	9
Sullivan	Bos	2.9	Moore	Bal	8	Sullivan	Bos	9
Fornieles	Bal	2.7	Wiesler	Was	7	Morgan,T	NYA	8
Johnson,C	Bal	2.6	Wilson,J	ChA	7	Stewart	Was	8
Pascual	Was	2.6	Ditmar	KC	7	Ditmar	KC	8
Wynn	Cle	2.5	Wight	Bal	7	Pierce	ChA	8
Score	Cle	2.1	Stobbs	Was	7	Wiesler	Was	7
Foytack	Det	1.9	5 tied with		6	5 tied with		6
Gromek	Det	1.9
Lary	Det	1.9
Nixon	Bos	1.8

League Pitching Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/10/1956

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/10/1956