League Pitching Leaders

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

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Burdette	Mil	2.15	Newcombe	Brk	26-10	Jones,S	ChN	179
Newcombe	Brk	2.25	Burdette	Mil	24-5	Friend,B	Pit	161
Wehmeier	StL	2.70	Spahn	Mil	20-10	Roberts	Phi	152
Spahn	Mil	3.11	Craig	Brk	16-9	Mizell	StL	149
Law	Pit	3.29	Dickson	StL	15-11	Haddix	Phi	149
Buhl	Mil	3.30	Antonelli	NYN	15-14	Kline	Pit	136
Rush	ChN	3.44	Buhl	Mil	15-14	Newcombe	Brk	135
Kline	Pit	3.49	Maglie	Brk	14-4	Antonelli	NYN	129
Maglie	Brk	3.57	Mizell	StL	14-11	Nuxhall	Cin	120
Craig	Brk	3.59	Roberts	Phi	14-18	Spahn	Mil	119
Crone	Mil	3.60	Friend,B	Pit	14-19	Dickson	StL	115
Dickson	StL	3.73	6 tied with		13	Craig	Brk	108


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Face	Pit	63	Newcombe	Brk	303.2	Burdette	Mil	.828
Freeman	Cin	63	Friend,B	Pit	294.1	Maglie	Brk	.778
Lown	ChN	62	Roberts	Phi	287.2	Newcombe	Brk	.722
Labine	Brk	61	Burdette	Mil	284.0	Spahn	Mil	.667
Wilhelm	NYN	59	Spahn	Mil	280.1	Craig	Brk	.640
Jackson,L	StL	49	Kline	Pit	275.2	Crone	Mil	.619
Valntineti	ChN	44	Antonelli	NYN	269.1	Jeffcoat	Cin	.600
McCall	NYN	42	Rush	ChN	238.1	Lawrence	Cin	.591
Bessent	Brk	42	Law	Pit	235.1	Conley	Mil	.579
Roebuck	Brk	42	Haddix	Phi	232.0	Dickson	StL	.577
Grissom	NYN	41	Buhl	Mil	229.1	Fowler	Cin	.571
Roberts	Phi	41	Mizell	StL	228.1	Simmons	Phi	.565


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Friend,B	Pit	40	Newcombe	Brk	28	Burdette	Mil	7
Kline	Pit	39	Spahn	Mil	22	Newcombe	Brk	7
Roberts	Phi	37	Burdette	Mil	21	Spahn	Mil	6
Antonelli	NYN	36	Roberts	Phi	20	Gross	Cin	4
Newcombe	Brk	36	Rush	ChN	14	Wehmeier	StL	3
Burdette	Mil	35	Friend,B	Pit	14	Poholsky	StL	3
Spahn	Mil	35	Haddix	Phi	13	Haddix	Phi	3
Mizell	StL	32	Antonelli	NYN	13	Mizell	StL	3
Law	Pit	32	Buhl	Mil	12	Buhl	Mil	3
Buhl	Mil	32	Poholsky	StL	11	Craig	Brk	3
Craig	Brk	32	Wehmeier	StL	10	Antonelli	NYN	3
Nuxhall	Cin	32	Mizell	StL	10	7 tied with		2


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Freeman	Cin	20	Johnson,E	Mil	.882	Labine	Brk	3
Labine	Brk	18	Labine	Brk	.857	Hughes	Brk	2
Johnson,E	Mil	15	Miller,BJ	Phi	.833	Davis	ChN	2
Lown	ChN	15	Lown	ChN	.750	Flowers	Phi	2
Face	Pit	13	Face	Pit	.722	Collum	StL	2
Wilhelm	NYN	11	King,N	Pit	.700	Grissom	NYN	2
Miller,BJ	Phi	10	Freeman	Cin	.690	Valntineti	ChN	2
Grissom	NYN	9	Wilhelm	NYN	.647	Bessent	Brk	2
Bessent	Brk	9	Grissom	NYN	.643	Jackson,L	StL	2
Jackson,L	StL	8	Bessent	Brk	.643	Face	Pit	2
King,N	Pit	7	Jackson,L	StL	.471	23 tied with		1
2 tied with		6	Jolly	Mil	.462


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Burdette	Mil	.198	Burdette	Mil	6.5	Newcombe	Brk	8.2
Buhl	Mil	.202	Buhl	Mil	6.6	Burdette	Mil	8.7
Newcombe	Brk	.208	Newcombe	Brk	6.8	Spahn	Mil	9.5
Spahn	Mil	.222	Spahn	Mil	7.6	Maglie	Brk	9.9
Mizell	StL	.228	Mizell	StL	7.6	Rush	ChN	10.0
Maglie	Brk	.228	Maglie	Brk	7.8	Wehmeier	StL	10.7
Rush	ChN	.234	Rush	ChN	7.9	Poholsky	StL	11.1
Craig	Brk	.237	Wehmeier	StL	8.0	Dickson	StL	11.1
Wehmeier	StL	.238	Craig	Brk	8.1	Law	Pit	11.1
Worthngton	NYN	.241	Worthngton	NYN	8.2	Buhl	Mil	11.1
Kline	Pit	.247	Simmons	Phi	8.6	Mizell	StL	11.4
Dickson	StL	.248	Law	Pit	8.6	Fowler	Cin	11.4


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Buhl	Mil	115	Roberts	Phi	1.2	Jones,S	ChN	8.9
Kline	Pit	92	Newcombe	Brk	1.2	Mizell	StL	5.9
Jones,S	ChN	91	Fowler	Cin	1.4	Haddix	Phi	5.8
Craig	Brk	91	Spahn	Mil	1.7	Nuxhall	Cin	4.9
Mizell	StL	91	Poholsky	StL	1.9	Friend,B	Pit	4.9
Nuxhall	Cin	89	Erskine	Brk	1.9	Worthngton	NYN	4.8
Schmidt	StL	81	Maglie	Brk	2.0	Kaiser	ChN	4.8
Antonelli	NYN	80	Rush	ChN	2.0	Roberts	Phi	4.8
Lawrence	Cin	77	Burdette	Mil	2.1	Dickson	StL	4.7
Gomez	NYN	72	Law	Pit	2.1	Fowler	Cin	4.7
Friend,B	Pit	72	Friend,B	Pit	2.2	Craig	Brk	4.6
2 tied with		71	Hacker	ChN	2.2	Maglie	Brk	4.6


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Newcombe	Brk	0.90	Roberts	Phi	45	Newcombe	Brk	5.7
Burdette	Mil	0.95	Friend,B	Pit	37	Crone	Mil	5.6
Spahn	Mil	1.03	Hacker	ChN	35	Lawrence	Cin	5.5
Maglie	Brk	1.08	Gomez	NYN	33	Nuxhall	Cin	5.5
Rush	ChN	1.10	Dickson	StL	30	Spahn	Mil	5.3
Wehmeier	StL	1.18	Worthngton	NYN	28	Hacker	ChN	5.1
Law	Pit	1.20	Lawrence	Cin	28	Maglie	Brk	5.1
Poholsky	StL	1.20	Klippstein	Cin	27	Dickson	StL	5.1
Dickson	StL	1.23	Jones,S	ChN	26	Fowler	Cin	5.0
Buhl	Mil	1.23	Simmons	Phi	26	Mizell	StL	5.0
Mizell	StL	1.24	Haddix	Phi	26	Erskine	Brk	5.0
Fowler	Cin	1.25	3 tied with		25	Klippstein	Cin	4.9


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Friend,B	Pit	1238	Antonelli	NYN	32.47	Newcombe	Brk	36
Roberts	Phi	1226	Newcombe	Brk	31.59	Friend,B	Pit	33
Kline	Pit	1192	Spahn	Mil	31.53	Roberts	Phi	32
Antonelli	NYN	1169	Rush	ChN	31.35	Spahn	Mil	30
Newcombe	Brk	1169	Friend,B	Pit	30.95	Buhl	Mil	29
Spahn	Mil	1135	Burdette	Mil	30.94	Antonelli	NYN	29
Burdette	Mil	1114	Law	Pit	30.84	Burdette	Mil	29
Haddix	Phi	993	Kline	Pit	30.56	Rush	ChN	28
Law	Pit	987	Mizell	StL	30.09	Law	Pit	28
Rush	ChN	972	Haddix	Phi	30.09	Gomez	NYN	28
Mizell	StL	963	Buhl	Mil	30.00	Kline	Pit	27
Buhl	Mil	960	Maglie	Brk	29.96	Dickson	StL	26


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Gomez	NYN	8-20	Face	Pit	51	Roberts	Phi	145
Friend,B	Pit	14-19	Freeman	Cin	49	Friend,B	Pit	142
Roberts	Phi	14-18	Lown	ChN	46	Antonelli	NYN	136
Rush	ChN	11-17	Labine	Brk	38	Gomez	NYN	124
Law	Pit	12-16	Wilhelm	NYN	38	Kline	Pit	121
Worthngton	NYN	7-15	Grissom	NYN	28	Jones,S	ChN	117
Kline	Pit	12-15	Jackson,L	StL	27	Hacker	ChN	116
Antonelli	NYN	15-14	Johnson,E	Mil	25	Haddix	Phi	113
Buhl	Mil	15-14	Bessent	Brk	25	Klippstein	Cin	112
Jones,S	ChN	7-13	King,N	Pit	24	Mizell	StL	111
3 tied with		12	McCall	NYN	24	Spahn	Mil	108
			Black,J	Cin	24	Nuxhall	Cin	107


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Friend,B	Pit	132	Roberts	Phi	340	Roberts	Phi	55
Roberts	Phi	127	Friend,B	Pit	305	Friend,B	Pit	47
Antonelli	NYN	116	Antonelli	NYN	278	Lawrence	Cin	43
Gomez	NYN	110	Kline	Pit	268	Spahn	Mil	43
Hacker	ChN	107	Spahn	Mil	236	Antonelli	NYN	42
Kline	Pit	107	Newcombe	Brk	230	Kline	Pit	42
Jones,S	ChN	103	Haddix	Phi	229	Fowler	Cin	41
Klippstein	Cin	102	Law	Pit	226	Haddix	Phi	37
Haddix	Phi	101	Lawrence	Cin	219	Burdette	Mil	36
Nuxhall	Cin	99	Gomez	NYN	215	Jeffcoat	Cin	34
Spahn	Mil	97	Nuxhall	Cin	215	Gomez	NYN	34
Mizell	StL	96	Dickson	StL	212	2 tied with		33


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Kline	Pit	14	Kaiser	ChN	22	Miller,S	Phi	.563
Spahn	Mil	12	Friend,B	Pit	21	Friend,B	Pit	.724
Antonelli	NYN	12	Hacker	ChN	17	Hacker	ChN	.739
Lawrence	Cin	11	Law	Pit	16	Law	Pit	.762
Haddix	Phi	11	Kline	Pit	14	Munger	Pit	.813
Buhl	Mil	10	Munger	Pit	13	Kline	Pit	.824
Law	Pit	9	Meyer,J	Phi	12	Kaiser	ChN	.880
Roberts	Phi	9	Haddix	Phi	11
Friend,B	Pit	9	Rogovin	Phi	11
4 tied with		8	Hall,D	Pit	10
			4 tied with		9



Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Gomez	NYN	8	Kline	Pit	11	Jackson,L	StL	2
Law	Pit	8	Wilhelm	NYN	10	Crone	Mil	2
Briggs	ChN	7	Roebuck	Brk	8	Buhl	Mil	2
Miller,S	Phi	7	Nuxhall	Cin	8	McCormick	NYN	1
Klippstein	Cin	7	Valntineti	ChN	6	Koufax	Brk	1
Craig	Brk	7	McDaniel	StL	6	Negray	Phi	1
Davis	ChN	6	Mizell	StL	6	Littlefield	NYN	1
Jones,S	ChN	6	Law	Pit	6	Freeman	Cin	1
Lawrence	Cin	6	7 tied with		5	Klippstein	Cin	1
Spahn	Mil	6				Craig	Brk	1
6 tied with		5



Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Haddix	Phi	.111	Labine	Brk	.143	Friend,B	Pit	30
Erskine	Brk	.200	Grissom	NYN	.222	Lawrence	Cin	29
Simmons	Phi	.222	Freeman	Cin	.257	Newcombe	Brk	29
Spahn	Mil	.250	Johnson,E	Mil	.313	Roberts	Phi	28
Law	Pit	.267	Hughes	Brk	.385	Nuxhall	Cin	27
Kline	Pit	.300	Bessent	Brk	.400	Burdette	Mil	26
Nuxhall	Cin	.308	Ridzik	NYN	.414	Buhl	Mil	25
Dickson	StL	.364	Collum	StL	.444	Gomez	NYN	23
Poholsky	StL	.375	Wilhelm	NYN	.467	Craig	Brk	23
Lawrence	Cin	.375	King,N	Pit	.484	Simmons	Phi	22
Wehmeier	StL	.375	Black,J	Cin	.500	4 tied with		21
Burdette	Mil	.429	Face	Pit	.528


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

Antonelli	NYN	890	Antonelli	NYN	805	Burdette	Mil	.480
Spahn	Mil	826	Spahn	Mil	769	Newcombe	Brk	.548
Haddix	Phi	741	Roberts	Phi	705	Rush	ChN	.570
Roberts	Phi	738	Friend,B	Pit	686	Craig	Brk	.598
Friend,B	Pit	735	Haddix	Phi	678	Kline	Pit	.603
Nuxhall	Cin	719	Newcombe	Brk	658	Buhl	Mil	.605
Mizell	StL	712	Nuxhall	Cin	631	Spahn	Mil	.610
Newcombe	Brk	697	Mizell	StL	623	Dickson	StL	.622
Kline	Pit	669	Kline	Pit	611	Wehmeier	StL	.627
Burdette	Mil	640	Burdette	Mil	599	Maglie	Brk	.646
Simmons	Phi	621	Simmons	Phi	547	Poholsky	StL	.650
Buhl	Mil	601	Rush	ChN	539	Friend,B	Pit	.668


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

Burdette	Mil	.177	Burdette	Mil	.219	Burdette	Mil	.260
Buhl	Mil	.205	Newcombe	Brk	.237	Craig	Brk	.310
Rush	ChN	.206	Rush	ChN	.253	Newcombe	Brk	.312
Newcombe	Brk	.208	Spahn	Mil	.265	Buhl	Mil	.314
Craig	Brk	.214	Dickson	StL	.272	Rush	ChN	.317
Kline	Pit	.221	Poholsky	StL	.273	Kline	Pit	.327
Dickson	StL	.222	Maglie	Brk	.273	Spahn	Mil	.345
Spahn	Mil	.222	Wehmeier	StL	.274	Dickson	StL	.350
Worthngton	NYN	.228	Kline	Pit	.276	Wehmeier	StL	.354
Maglie	Brk	.231	Friend,B	Pit	.283	Jones,S	ChN	.367
Poholsky	StL	.235	Roberts	Phi	.283	Miller,S	Phi	.368
Mizell	StL	.236	Law	Pit	.283	Antonelli	NYN	.370


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Antonelli	NYN	34	Spahn	Mil	9	Hacker	ChN	21
Roberts	Phi	33	Kline	Pit	8	Gomez	NYN	21
Lawrence	Cin	29	Haddix	Phi	8	Mizell	StL	21
Haddix	Phi	29	Antonelli	NYN	8	Haddix	Phi	20
Friend,B	Pit	28	Lawrence	Cin	7	Roberts	Phi	20
Spahn	Mil	28	Hall,D	Pit	6	Lawrence	Cin	18
Fowler	Cin	25	Buhl	Mil	6	Simmons	Phi	18
Kline	Pit	25	Friend,B	Pit	6	Friend,B	Pit	18
Nuxhall	Cin	24	5 tied with		5	Law	Pit	17
Kaiser	ChN	22				Nuxhall	Cin	17
Newcombe	Brk	22				Klippstein	Cin	16
2 tied with		21				Spahn	Mil	16


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

Antonelli	NYN	203	Haddix	Phi	57	Antonelli	NYN	298
Roberts	Phi	184	Roberts	Phi	57	Roberts	Phi	285
Spahn	Mil	171	Antonelli	NYN	57	Haddix	Phi	275
Haddix	Phi	170	Lawrence	Cin	54	Spahn	Mil	265
Friend,B	Pit	170	Spahn	Mil	53	Friend,B	Pit	264
Nuxhall	Cin	160	Friend,B	Pit	52	Mizell	StL	239
Mizell	StL	147	Gomez	NYN	45	Nuxhall	Cin	239
Simmons	Phi	138	Mizell	StL	45	Lawrence	Cin	233
Newcombe	Brk	137	Nuxhall	Cin	43	Gomez	NYN	223
Lawrence	Cin	136	Kline	Pit	41	Law	Pit	208
Kline	Pit	135	Law	Pit	40	Simmons	Phi	208
Gomez	NYN	133	Newcombe	Brk	39	Newcombe	Brk	205


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Mizell	StL	74	Gomez	NYN	8	Friend,B	Pit	120
Nuxhall	Cin	73	Miller,S	Phi	6	Jones,S	ChN	116
Antonelli	NYN	66	Klippstein	Cin	6	Haddix	Phi	114
Buhl	Mil	64	Craig	Brk	6	Mizell	StL	106
Simmons	Phi	57	Law	Pit	6	Kline	Pit	100
Davis	ChN	49	Briggs	ChN	5	Roberts	Phi	98
Margoneri	NYN	48	Davis	ChN	5	Newcombe	Brk	93
Haddix	Phi	47	Jones,S	ChN	5	Antonelli	NYN	93
Kline	Pit	46	Spahn	Mil	5	Spahn	Mil	85
Gomez	NYN	45	8 tied with		4	Nuxhall	Cin	81
Craig	Brk	44				Dickson	StL	80
Lawrence	Cin	44				Buhl	Mil	80


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

Fowler	Cin	6.8	Lawrence	Cin	13	Nuxhall	Cin	7
Roberts	Phi	5.2	Newcombe	Brk	13	Antonelli	NYN	7
Newcombe	Brk	4.2	Mizell	StL	11	Flowers	Phi	6
Friend,B	Pit	3.6	Margoneri	NYN	10	Davis	ChN	6
Poholsky	StL	3.5	Gomez	NYN	10	Friend,B	Pit	6
Maglie	Brk	3.0	Buhl	Mil	10	Haddix	Phi	6
Kaiser	ChN	3.0	Simmons	Phi	10	Spahn	Mil	6
Jones,S	ChN	2.9	Schmidt	StL	9	6 tied with		5
Rogovin	Phi	2.8	Erskine	Brk	9
Wehmeier	StL	2.6	Munger	Pit	8
Hacker	ChN	2.5	Miller,S	Phi	8
Haddix	Phi	2.4	Rush	ChN	8

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

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