League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/6/1955

Earned Run Average Wins Strikeouts
           
PierceChW 1.67 FordNYY24-8 ScoreCle246
LemonCle 2.80 TurleyNYY22-7 TurleyNYY200
HarshmanChW 2.80 LaryDet18-7 PierceChW153
FordNYY 2.88 WynnCle18-9 Sullivan,FBos148
HoeftDet 2.99 PierceChW17-4 GarciaCle134
TurleyNYY 2.99 LemonCle17-8 WynnCle130
LaryDet 3.14 Sullivan,FBos16-12 FordNYY130
ByrneNYY 3.19 ScoreCle15-8 HoeftDet128
Sullivan,FBos 3.21 HoeftDet15-9 LemonCle122
WilsonBal 3.22 WilsonBal15-14 WilsonBal122
WynnCle 3.23 KucksNYY14-2 TrucksChW115
ScoreCle 3.29 BrewerBos14-9 LaryDet101
           
           
Games Innings Winning percentage
           
NarleskiCle60 Sullivan,FBos261.0 KucksNYY .875
GormanKCA55 FordNYY259.0 PierceChW .810
RamosWas54 TurleyNYY246.2 ByrneNYY .800
MossiCle50 WynnCle242.2 TurleyNYY .759
AbernathyWas44 WilsonBal240.1 FordNYY .750
PascualWas43 LaryDet238.0 LaryDet .720
MooreBal43 GarverDet230.0 HarshmanChW .684
AberDet43 LemonCle228.1 LemonCle .680
KinderBos43 ScoreCle227.1 WynnCle .667
DorishBal42 HoeftDet223.0 DelockBos .667
KonstantyNYY42 PierceChW215.2 NarleskiCle .667
2 tied with 41 2 tied with 207.2 ScoreCle .652
           
           
Starts Complete games Shutouts
           
Sullivan,FBos35 PierceChW17 WynnCle5
TurleyNYY34 FordNYY17 ByrdChW4
FordNYY33 HoeftDet14 PierceChW4
ScoreCle32 WilsonBal14 LarsenNYY3
GarverDet32 WynnCle14 PalicaBal3
NixonBos31 Sullivan,FBos14 GarciaCle3
LemonCle31 LaryDet13 FordNYY3
WynnCle31 TurleyNYY12 Shantz,BoKCA2
WilsonBal31 LemonCle11 HarshmanChW2
LaryDet31 GarverDet11 GromekDet2
GarciaCle31 ScoreCle11 PorterfieldWas2
HoeftDet29 2 tied with 10 LemonCle2
           
           
Saves Save percentage Holds
           
KinderBos22 KinderBos .880 FletcherDet3
NarleskiCle17 KonstantyNYY .875 AberDet3
KonstantyNYY14 MossiCle .857 MaglieCle2
GormanKCA13 MorganNYY .857 DelockBos2
MossiCle12 RamosWas .727 BrodowskiBos2
MorganNYY12 NarleskiCle .708 HouttemanCle2
HowellChW9 HowellChW .692 SainKCA2
RamosWas8 KielyBos .667 ConsuegraChW2
KielyBos8 HurdBos .600 MartinChW2
DorishBal8 ConsuegraChW .583 HurdBos2
MooreBal7 GormanKCA .565 MossiCle2
ConsuegraChW7 DorishBal .471 25 tied with 1
           
           
Batting average Hits per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
PierceChW .191 PierceChW 6.2 PierceChW 9.2
FordNYY .199 FordNYY 6.5 FordNYY 10.1
TurleyNYY .203 TurleyNYY 6.5 WilsonBal 10.4
ScoreCle .204 ScoreCle 6.6 HoeftDet 10.5
ByrneNYY .216 ByrneNYY 7.0 DonovanChW 10.5
HarshmanChW .217 HarshmanChW 7.1 TrucksChW 11.0
WilsonBal .218 HoeftDet 7.3 Sullivan,FBos 11.4
HoeftDet .221 WilsonBal 7.4 GromekDet 11.6
Sullivan,FBos .234 Sullivan,FBos 7.8 WynnCle 11.6
BrewerBos .245 WynnCle 8.2 LemonCle 11.7
DonovanChW .246 DonovanChW 8.3 GarciaCle 11.7
WynnCle .246 BrewerBos 8.3 TurleyNYY 12.0
           
           
Walks Walks per 9 innings Strikeouts per 9 innings
           
TurleyNYY146 GarciaCle 1.8 ScoreCle 9.7
ScoreCle138 GromekDet 2.0 TurleyNYY 7.3
PalicaBal115 DonovanChW 2.1 PierceChW 6.4
McDermottWas108 GarverDet 2.2 GarciaCle 5.8
StoneWas100 PorterfieldWas 2.4 TrucksChW 5.2
FordNYY100 TrucksChW 2.4 HoeftDet 5.2
HarshmanChW98 LemonCle 2.8 Sullivan,FBos 5.1
BrewerBos98 WilsonBal 2.8 McDermottWas 4.9
Sullivan,FBos95 ByrdChW 2.8 WynnCle 4.8
LaryDet94 PierceChW 2.9 LemonCle 4.8
PortocarreroKCA91 HoeftDet 3.1 DitmarKCA 4.7
NixonBos90 WynnCle 3.1 WilsonBal 4.6
           
           
WHIP Homeruns Average run support
           
PierceChW 1.01 GarverDet31 FordNYY 6.4
FordNYY 1.10 TrucksChW25 ByrneNYY 6.2
WilsonBal 1.14 TurleyNYY24 TurleyNYY 5.7
DonovanChW 1.15 BrewerBos23 LemonCle 5.7
HoeftDet 1.16 GromekDet21 WynnCle 5.7
TrucksChW 1.20 BoyerKCA20 HoeftDet 5.6
Sullivan,FBos 1.23 LopatBal20 LaryDet 5.3
LemonCle 1.25 HoeftDet20 GromekDet 5.2
WynnCle 1.26 CeccarelliKCA19 GarverDet 5.1
GromekDet 1.26 KellnerKCA19 ScoreCle 5.1
GarciaCle 1.29 4 tied with 17 NixonBos 4.7
TurleyNYY 1.31     PorterfieldWas 4.7
           
           
Batters faced Batters faced per game Decisions
           
Sullivan,FBos1095 WynnCle31.63 FordNYY32
FordNYY1057 Sullivan,FBos31.29 WilsonBal29
TurleyNYY1044 TurleyNYY30.71 TurleyNYY29
LaryDet1038 LaryDet30.53 PorterfieldWas28
WynnCle1012 ScoreCle30.50 Sullivan,FBos28
WilsonBal1006 GarverDet30.21 WynnCle27
GarverDet997 FordNYY30.20 GarciaCle26
ScoreCle976 LemonCle29.88 LemonCle25
LemonCle956 BrewerBos29.83 GarverDet25
HoeftDet913 PierceChW29.66 LaryDet25
NixonBos907 WilsonBal29.59 GromekDet24
GarciaCle898 HarshmanChW29.36 HoeftDet24
           
           
Losses Games finished Runs
           
PorterfieldWas12-16 NarleskiCle46 GarverDet132
KellnerKCA4-15 GormanKCA43 NixonBos111
StoneWas3-14 KinderBos35 PorterfieldWas104
DitmarKCA6-14 KonstantyNYY32 StobbsWas103
GarverDet11-14 MossiCle31 SchmitzWas102
WilsonBal15-14 DorishBal30 Sullivan,FBos102
StobbsWas3-13 RamosWas29 AbernathyWas100
SchmitzWas6-13 HowellChW26 KellnerKCA100
GarciaCle13-13 BirrerDet24 PascualWas99
4 tied with 12 MorganNYY24 ScoreCle99
    MooreBal23 WilsonBal99
    AberDet23 2 tied with 98
           
           
Earned runs Hits Doubles
           
GarverDet115 LaryDet253 LaryDet43
NixonBos99 GarverDet250 PorterfieldWas41
Sullivan,FBos93 Sullivan,FBos226 NixonBos36
DitmarKCA92 GarciaCle225 FordNYY36
BrewerBos92 WynnCle222 SchmitzWas35
SchmitzWas91 LemonCle216 GarverDet34
PorterfieldWas91 PorterfieldWas214 GromekDet33
KellnerKCA89 NixonBos200 HoeftDet32
TrucksChW87 WilsonBal198 TrucksChW31
WynnCle87 GromekDet196 ScoreCle31
WilsonBal86 SchmitzWas191 3 tied with 30
4 tied with 85 BrewerBos189    
           
           
Triples Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Sullivan,FBos11 LaryDet18 AbernathyWas .750
McDermottWas10 PortocarreroKCA14 PortocarreroKCA .778
GarciaCle10 DitmarKCA12 LaryDet .783
NixonBos10 GarverDet12    
WilsonBal9 AbernathyWas12    
FordNYY9 PorterfieldWas11    
DitmarKCA8 StoneWas11    
GromekDet8 BrewerBos9    
BrewerBos8 StobbsWas9    
ScoreCle8 PalicaBal9    
8 tied with 7 4 tied with 8    
           
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
RamosWas12 DitmarKCA9 WieslerNYY2
SchmitzWas12 ScoreCle9 ChakalesWas2
LemonCle10 LemonCle8 GromekDet2
Sullivan,FBos10 WilsonBal8 Sullivan,FBos2
SusceBos7 JohnsonBal7 9 tied with 1
MooreBal7 TurleyNYY7    
ByrdChW7 7 tied with 6    
WynnCle7        
BoyerKCA6        
AbernathyWas6        
GarverDet6        
LaryDet6        
           
           
Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct Ground ball DP
           
GarciaCle .190 MorganNYY .250 TurleyNYY35
LaryDet .200 MossiCle .250 Sullivan,FBos31
GarverDet .231 ZuverinkBal .250 LemonCle30
PalicaBal .235 AberDet .258 ScoreCle29
BrewerBos .250 KinderBos .278 WynnCle29
WilsonBal .250 BirrerDet .292 StoneWas25
McDermottWas .304 KielyBos .333 TrucksChW25
TurleyNYY .333 GormanKCA .345 LaryDet25
PierceChW .333 NarleskiCle .378 PorterfieldWas24
ByrneNYY .368 HowellChW .382 PalicaBal24
TrucksChW .400 ChakalesWas .405 3 tied with 22
PorterfieldWas .409 RamosWas .417    
           
           
Plate appearances vs RHB Atbats vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
FordNYY864 FordNYY766 Sullivan,FBos .516
ScoreCle817 ScoreCle682 PierceChW .537
PierceChW747 PierceChW675 KucksNYY .539
HoeftDet742 HoeftDet673 WilsonBal .562
Sullivan,FBos673 Sullivan,FBos608 FordNYY .580
StoneWas614 WilsonBal554 BrewerBos .580
TurleyNYY610 GarverDet553 PalicaBal .582
HarshmanChW605 LaryDet545 MooreBal .593
WilsonBal603 LemonCle539 TurleyNYY .603
LaryDet600 WynnCle527 HoeftDet .608
LemonCle595 StoneWas521 LemonCle .609
GarverDet591 TurleyNYY516 WynnCle .623
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
TurleyNYY .186 WilsonBal .257 Sullivan,FBos .258
PierceChW .193 Sullivan,FBos .258 PalicaBal .271
MooreBal .193 PierceChW .260 KucksNYY .275
FordNYY .198 KucksNYY .264 PierceChW .277
KucksNYY .202 HoeftDet .269 MooreBal .303
Sullivan,FBos .204 BrewerBos .273 FordNYY .304
HoeftDet .205 SusceBos .274 WilsonBal .305
ScoreCle .208 FordNYY .276 TurleyNYY .306
WilsonBal .211 DonovanChW .276 BrewerBos .307
BrewerBos .215 TrucksChW .277 ScoreCle .314
SusceBos .215 GromekDet .278 LemonCle .317
PalicaBal .216 GarverDet .278 WynnCle .328
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
FordNYY31 GarciaCle9 GarverDet19
LaryDet30 McDermottWas8 LopatBal18
PorterfieldWas27 NixonBos7 HoeftDet18
SchmitzWas26 FordNYY7 CeccarelliKCA16
HoeftDet26 BoyerKCA6 GromekDet14
McDermottWas24 ByrneNYY6 TrucksChW13
StoneWas24 ScoreCle6 HarshmanChW13
TrucksChW21 6 tied with 5 TurleyNYY13
PierceChW21     ScoreCle13
ScoreCle21     KellnerKCA12
3 tied with 20     FordNYY12
        6 tied with 10
           
           
Hits vs RHB Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB
           
FordNYY152 FordNYY50 FordNYY233
StobbsWas150 HoeftDet49 HoeftDet228
LaryDet149 McDermottWas41 GarverDet218
McDermottWas142 LaryDet41 ScoreCle214
StoneWas142 ScoreCle40 LaryDet211
ScoreCle142 GromekDet38 McDermottWas209
SchmitzWas139 CeccarelliKCA37 StobbsWas205
GarverDet138 StoneWas37 StoneWas200
HoeftDet138 GarverDet37 GarciaCle192
KellnerKCA131 LopatBal36 SchmitzWas191
PierceChW130 SchmitzWas36 KellnerKCA189
WynnCle129 HarshmanChW36 PierceChW187
           
           
Walks vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB
           
ScoreCle119 RamosWas9 ScoreCle202
McDermottWas87 SchmitzWas7 TurleyNYY133
HarshmanChW84 LemonCle7 PierceChW127
StoneWas84 WynnCle6 Sullivan,FBos110
FordNYY84 SusceBos5 GarciaCle103
TurleyNYY78 MooreBal5 FordNYY103
ByrneNYY65 AbernathyWas5 HoeftDet99
PierceChW60 ByrdChW5 WilsonBal97
HoeftDet59 Sullivan,FBos5 LemonCle93
KellnerKCA57 7 tied with 4 WynnCle86
PalicaBal56     BrewerBos78
CeccarelliKCA53     TrucksChW77
           
           
Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB
           
GarciaCle 4.3 TurleyNYY11 Sullivan,FBos8
GromekDet 3.7 TrucksChW10 FordNYY8
TrucksChW 3.7 NixonBos10 ColemanDet6
DonovanChW 3.4 WilsonBal10 LaryDet6
PorterfieldWas 3.3 Sullivan,FBos10 11 tied with 5
GarverDet 3.2 ScoreCle10    
WilsonBal 2.9 PascualWas9    
Sullivan,FBos 2.6 DonovanChW9    
WynnCle 2.6 PalicaBal9    
BrewerBos 2.2 ByrneNYY9    
LemonCle 2.2 StobbsWas9    
PierceChW 2.1 GarverDet9