1956 NATIONAL LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Status	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Don Newcombe	Retired	Brooklyn	27	7	3.06	38	36	18	5	0	268	219	101	91	33	46	139	0.99	7.35	1.11	1.54	4.67
2	Warren Spahn	Deceased	Milwaukee	20	11	2.79	39	35	20	3	3	281	249	92	87	25	52	128	1.07	7.97	0.80	1.66	4.10
3	Johnny Antonelli	Retired	NY Giants	20	13	2.86	41	36	15	5	1	258	225	93	82	20	75	145	1.16	7.85	0.70	2.62	5.06
4	Bob Friend	Retired	Pittsburgh	17	17	3.47	49	42	19	4	3	314	310	137	121	25	85	166	1.26	8.88	0.72	2.44	4.76
5	Lew Burdette	Deceased	Milwaukee	19	10	2.71	39	35	16	6	1	256	234	92	77	22	52	110	1.12	8.22	0.77	1.83	3.87
6	Robin Roberts	Deceased	Philadelphia	19	18	4.45	43	37	22	1	3	297	328	155	147	46	40	157	1.24	9.94	1.39	1.21	4.76
7	Harvey Haddix	Deceased	St. Louis	1	0	5.43	4	4	1	1	0	23	28	15	14	3	10	16	1.64	10.86	1.16	3.88	6.21
		Deceased	Philadelphia	12	8	3.49	31	26	11	2	2	206	196	98	80	23	55	154	1.22	8.55	1.00	2.40	6.72
8	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Deceased	St. Louis	14	14	3.63	33	33	11	3	0	208	172	93	84	20	92	153	1.27	7.44	0.86	3.98	6.61
9	Sal Maglie	Deceased	Brooklyn	13	5	2.87	28	26	9	3	0	191	154	65	61	21	52	108	1.08	7.26	0.99	2.45	5.09
10	Ron Kline	Deceased	Pittsburgh	14	18	3.37	44	39	9	2	2	264	263	110	99	26	81	125	1.30	8.97	0.89	2.76	4.26
11	Bob Rush	Deceased	Chi Cubs	13	10	3.20	32	32	13	1	0	239	210	101	85	30	59	104	1.12	7.90	1.13	2.22	3.91
12	Murry Dickson	Deceased	St. Louis	13	8	3.07	28	27	12	3	0	196	175	75	67	20	57	109	1.18	8.03	0.92	2.62	5.00
		Deceased	Philadelphia	0	3	5.09	3	3	0	0	0	23	20	15	13	1	12	1	1.39	7.83	0.39	4.70	0.39
13	Bob Buhl	Deceased	Milwaukee	18	8	3.33	38	33	13	2	0	216	190	96	80	18	105	86	1.36	7.91	0.75	4.37	3.58
14	Brooks Lawrence	Deceased	Cincinnati	19	10	4.00	49	30	11	1	0	218	210	109	97	26	71	96	1.29	8.66	1.07	2.93	3.96
15	Tom Poholsky	Deceased	St. Louis	9	14	3.59	33	29	7	2	0	203	210	100	81	27	44	95	1.25	9.31	1.20	1.95	4.21
16	Roger Craig	Retired	Brooklyn	12	11	3.71	35	32	8	2	1	199	169	90	82	25	87	109	1.29	7.64	1.13	3.93	4.93
17	Joe Nuxhall	Deceased	Cincinnati	13	11	3.73	44	32	10	2	3	200	196	96	83	18	87	120	1.41	8.81	0.81	3.91	5.39
18	Sam Jones	Deceased	Chi Cubs	9	14	3.92	33	28	8	2	0	188	155	93	82	21	115	176	1.43	7.41	1.00	5.50	8.42
19	Curt Simmons	Retired	Philadelphia	15	10	3.36	33	27	14	0	0	198	186	95	74	17	65	88	1.27	8.45	0.77	2.95	4.00
20	Art Fowler	Deceased	Cincinnati	11	11	4.06	45	23	8	0	1	177	191	92	80	15	35	86	1.28	9.70	0.76	1.78	4.37
21	Hersh Freeman	Deceased	Cincinnati	14	5	3.41	64	0	0	0	18	108	112	44	41	2	34	50	1.35	9.32	0.17	2.83	4.16
22	Roy Face	Retired	Pittsburgh	12	13	3.53	68	3	0	0	6	135	131	57	53	16	42	96	1.28	8.73	1.07	2.80	6.40
23	Clem Labine	Deceased	Brooklyn	10	6	3.36	62	3	1	0	19	115	111	48	43	11	39	75	1.30	8.67	0.86	3.05	5.86
24	Turk Lown	Retired	Chi Cubs	9	8	3.59	61	0	0	0	13	110	95	49	44	10	78	74	1.57	7.76	0.82	6.37	6.04
25	Carl Erskine	Retired	Brooklyn	13	11	4.26	31	28	8	1	0	186	189	92	88	25	57	95	1.32	9.14	1.21	2.76	4.59
Rank	Player	Status	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
26	Hoyt Wilhelm	Deceased	NY Giants	4	9	3.84	64	0	0	0	8	89	97	45	38	7	43	71	1.57	9.80	0.71	4.34	7.17
27	Ruben Gomez	Deceased	NY Giants	7	17	4.59	40	31	4	2	0	196	191	108	100	19	77	76	1.37	8.77	0.87	3.53	3.49
28	Larry Jackson	Deceased	St. Louis	2	2	4.12	51	1	0	0	9	85	75	44	39	5	45	50	1.41	7.93	0.53	4.76	5.29
29	Vern Law	Retired	Pittsburgh	8	16	4.33	39	32	6	0	2	195	218	110	94	24	49	60	1.37	10.05	1.11	2.26	2.77
30	Hal Jeffcoat	Deceased	Cincinnati	8	2	3.84	38	16	2	0	2	171	189	79	73	12	55	55	1.43	9.95	0.63	2.89	2.89
31	Johnny Klippstein	Deceased	Cincinnati	12	11	4.09	37	29	11	0	1	211	219	103	96	26	82	86	1.43	9.34	1.11	3.50	3.67
32	Warren Hacker	Deceased	Chi Cubs	3	13	4.66	34	24	4	0	0	168	190	103	87	28	44	65	1.39	10.18	1.50	2.36	3.48
33	Al Worthington	Retired	NY Giants	7	14	3.98	28	24	4	0	0	165	158	82	73	20	74	95	1.40	8.61	1.09	4.03	5.18
34	Herm Wehmeier	Deceased	Philadelphia	0	2	4.05	3	3	0	0	0	20	18	9	9	2	11	8	1.45	8.10	0.90	4.95	3.60
		Deceased	St. Louis	12	9	3.70	34	19	7	2	1	170	150	80	70	16	71	68	1.30	7.93	0.85	3.75	3.60
35	Ray Crone	Retired	Milwaukee	11	10	3.88	35	21	6	0	2	169	173	92	73	19	44	73	1.28	9.20	1.01	2.34	3.88
36	Gene Conley	Retired	Milwaukee	8	9	3.13	31	19	5	1	3	158	169	74	55	13	52	68	1.40	9.62	0.74	2.96	3.87
37	Windy McCall	Retired	NY Giants	3	4	3.62	46	4	0	0	7	77	74	36	31	7	20	41	1.22	8.64	0.82	2.33	4.79
38	Don Bessent	Deceased	Brooklyn	4	3	2.50	38	0	0	0	9	79	63	23	22	5	31	52	1.19	7.17	0.57	3.53	5.92
39	Marv Grissom	Deceased	NY Giants	1	1	1.57	43	2	0	0	7	80	71	15	14	3	16	49	1.08	7.97	0.34	1.80	5.50
40	Ernie Johnson	Deceased	Milwaukee	4	3	3.71	36	0	0	0	6	51	54	21	21	9	21	26	1.47	9.53	1.59	3.71	4.59
41	Jackie Collum	Deceased	St. Louis	6	2	4.20	38	1	0	0	7	60	63	29	28	6	27	17	1.50	9.45	0.90	4.05	2.55
42	Bob Miller	Retired	Philadelphia	3	6	3.24	49	6	3	1	5	122	115	55	44	14	34	53	1.22	8.48	1.03	2.51	3.91
43	Dave Jolly	Deceased	Milwaukee	2	3	3.78	29	0	0	0	7	45	39	21	19	7	35	20	1.64	7.77	1.39	6.97	3.98
44	Nellie King	Deceased	Pittsburgh	4	1	3.15	38	0	0	0	5	60	54	24	21	8	19	25	1.22	8.10	1.20	2.85	3.75
45	Jack Meyer	Deceased	Philadelphia	7	11	4.41	41	7	2	0	2	96	86	49	47	8	51	66	1.43	8.06	0.75	4.78	6.19
46	Ellis Kinder	Deceased	St. Louis	2	0	3.57	22	0	0	0	6	25	23	11	10	3	9	4	1.27	8.21	1.07	3.21	1.43
47	Jim Davis	Deceased	Chi Cubs	5	7	3.67	46	11	2	1	2	120	116	56	49	11	59	66	1.46	8.69	0.82	4.42	4.95
48	Vito Valentinetti	Retired	Chi Cubs	6	4	3.79	42	2	0	0	1	95	84	47	40	10	36	26	1.26	7.95	0.95	3.41	2.46
49	Ed Roebuck	Retired	Brooklyn	5	4	3.94	43	0	0	0	1	89	83	49	39	15	29	60	1.26	8.38	1.52	2.93	6.06
50	Saul Rogovin	Deceased	Philadelphia	7	6	5.00	22	18	3	0	0	106	122	65	59	22	27	48	1.40	10.34	1.86	2.29	4.07
Rank	Player	Status	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
51	Jim Konstanty	Deceased	St. Louis	1	1	4.60	27	0	0	0	5	39	46	20	20	4	6	7	1.33	10.59	0.92	1.38	1.61
52	Ben Flowers	Deceased	St. Louis	1	1	7.23	3	3	0	0	0	11	15	9	9	1	5	5	1.79	12.05	0.80	4.02	4.02
		Deceased	Philadelphia	0	2	5.71	32	0	0	0	0	41	54	29	26	9	10	22	1.56	11.85	1.98	2.20	4.83
53	Tom Acker	Retired	Cincinnati	4	3	2.38	29	7	1	1	1	83	60	23	22	7	29	54	1.07	6.49	0.76	3.14	5.84
54	Howie Pollet	Deceased	Pittsburgh	0	4	3.12	19	0	0	0	3	23	18	10	8	3	8	10	1.13	7.01	1.17	3.12	3.90
55	Steve Ridzik	Deceased	NY Giants	6	2	3.81	41	5	1	1	0	92	80	42	39	7	65	53	1.57	7.82	0.68	6.35	5.18

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