1956 Final Stats and Standings
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Final 1956 Standings and Statistics Table of Contents 2….Standings 3….American League Leaders 5….National League Leaders 7….Team Stats 8….Team-by-Team Individual Stats 24….World’s Series Stats MLB Standings Through Games Of 9/30/1956 American League W LGB Pct R RA New York Yankees 106 48-- .688 854 570 Detroit Tigers 102 524.0 .662 807 585 Boston Red Sox 89 6517.0 .578 781 727 Chicago White Sox 83 7123.0 .539 722 607 Cleveland Indians 83 7123.0 .539 637 602 Washington Senators 53 10153.0 .344 658 888 Baltimore Orioles 51 10355.0 .331 541 758 Kansas City Athletics 49 10557.0 .318 569 832 National League W LGB Pct R RA Cincinnati Redlegs 94 60-- .610 755 624 Brooklyn Dodgers 88 666.0 .571 706 552 St. Louis Cardinals 85 699.0 .552 660 592 New York Giants 84 7010.0 .545 573 534 Milwaukee Braves 82 7212.0 .532 640 619 Chicago Cubs 69 8525.0 .448 560 664 Pittsburgh Pirates 59 9535.0 .383 554 670 Philadelphia Phillies 55 9939.0 .357 570 763 2 American League Leaders Including Games of Sunday, September 30, 1956 Hits Strikeouts Batting Leaders Al KalineDET 232 Jim LemonWSH 140 Nellie FoxCHA 205 Larry DobyCHA 119 Batting Average Mickey MantleNYA 200 Roy SieversWSH 108 Ted WilliamsBOS .401 Harvey KuennDET 194 Eddie YostWSH 100 Mickey MantleNYA .377 Pete RunnelsWSH 189 Gus TriandosBAL 97 Al KalineDET .376 Jackie JensenBOS 183 Willy MirandaBAL 91 Gil McDougaldNYA .342 Jim PiersallBOS 179 Vic WertzCLE 90 Charlie MaxwellDET .338 Minnie MinosoCHA 175 Hank BauerNYA 89 Vic PowerKC .331 Vic PowerKC 175 Mickey MantleNYA 80 Pete RunnelsWSH .326 Charlie MaxwellDET 170 Al SmithCLE 80 Harvey KuennDET .320 Jackie JensenBOS .319 Doubles Stolen Bases Minnie MinosoCHA .311 Yogi BerraNYA 40 Jim RiveraCHA 23 Sherm LollarCHA 37 Luis AparicioCHA 12 Home Runs Jim PiersallBOS 36 Andy CareyNYA 12 Mickey MantleNYA 62 Al KalineDET 34 Bobby AvilaCLE 12 Minnie MinosoCHA 36 Billy KlausBOS 34 Jackie JensenBOS 11 Charlie MaxwellDET 34 Minnie MinosoCHA 33 Eddie YostWSH 10 Yogi BerraNYA 34 Ted WilliamsBOS 33 Mickey MantleNYA 10 Al KalineDET 31 Harvey KuennDET 32 Minnie MinosoCHA 9 Bill SkowronNYA 29 Mickey MantleNYA 32 Tito FranconaBAL 9 Jim LemonWSH 28 George KellCHA-BAL 31 Hank BauerNYA 8 Hank BauerNYA 28 Ted WilliamsBOS 28 Triples On Base Percentage Gus TriandosBAL 27 Herb PlewsWSH 15 Ted WilliamsBOS .525 Minnie MinosoCHA 14 Mickey MantleNYA .496 Runs Batted In Jim LemonWSH 11 Al KalineDET .439 Mickey MantleNYA 172 Jackie JensenBOS 11 Charlie MaxwellDET .430 Al KalineDET 146 Pete RunnelsWSH 10 Gil McDougaldNYA .428 Minnie MinosoCHA 129 Harry SimpsonKC 10 Minnie MinosoCHA .420 Yogi BerraNYA 121 Al KalineDET 9 Bob NiemanCHA-BAL .417 Jim PiersallBOS 112 Bob CervNYA 8 Jackie JensenBOS .407 Charlie MaxwellDET 109 Billy GoodmanBOS 8 Eddie YostWSH .394 Mickey VernonBOS 108 Luis AparicioCHA 8 Tito FranconaBAL .391 Bill SkowronNYA 98 Jim LemonWSH 96 Bases On Balls Slugging Percentage Jackie JensenBOS 92 Eddie YostWSH 149 Mickey MantleNYA .811 Mickey MantleNYA 127 Ted WilliamsBOS .700 Runs Scored Ted WilliamsBOS 105 Al KalineDET .611 Mickey MantleNYA 143 Bob NiemanCHA-BAL 93 Minnie MinosoCHA .611 Minnie MinosoCHA 122 Larry DobyCHA 92 Charlie MaxwellDET .575 Al KalineDET 115 Minnie MinosoCHA 88 Yogi BerraNYA .567 Charlie MaxwellDET 108 Charlie MaxwellDET 85 Bill SkowronNYA .556 Jackie JensenBOS 108 Jackie JensenBOS 84 Mickey VernonBOS .546 Harvey KuennDET 104 Roy SieversWSH 80 Gil McDougaldNYA .523 Billy KlausBOS 103 Ray BooneDET 79 Jim LemonWSH .509 Nellie FoxCHA 95 Billy KlausBOS 79 Yogi BerraNYA 93 Bobby AvilaCLE 79 Gil McDougaldNYA 91 3 American League Leaders Including Games of Sunday, September 30, 1956 Shutouts Saves Pitching Leaders Herb ScoreCLE 6 George ZuverinkBAL 15 Frank LaryDET 6 Tom MorganNYA 12 Earned Run Average Willard NixonBOS 5 Don MossiCLE 11 Whitey FordNYA 2.23 Early WynnCLE 5 Ike DelockBOS 10 Herb ScoreCLE 2.35 Whitey FordNYA 4 Bobby ShantzKC 8 Paul FoytackDET 2.36 Paul FoytackDET 4 Al Aber DET 7 Willard NixonBOS 2.51 Tom BrewerBOS 3 Tom HurdBOS 6 Frank LaryDET 2.54 Jack HarshmanCHA 3 Tommy ByrneNYA 6 Jim WilsonBAL-CHA 2.81 Billy PierceCHA 3 Ellis KinderCHA 5 Jack HarshmanCHA 3.02 Billy HoeftDET 3 Bob GrimNYA 5 Connie JohnsonCHA-BAL 3.08 Art DitmarKC 3 Frank SullivanBOS 3.16 Mel ParnellBOS 3 Billy PierceCHA 3.22 Innings Pitched Wins Frank LaryDET 301 Frank LaryDET 23-9 Billy PierceCHA 277 Paul FoytackDET 20-6 Early WynnCLE 277 Whitey FordNYA 19-5 Bob LemonCLE 267 Billy HoeftDET 19-11 Billy HoeftDET 263 Johnny KucksNYA 18-6 Paul FoytackDET 260 Herb ScoreCLE 18-10 Herb ScoreCLE 257 Billy PierceCHA 17-12 Art DitmarKC 245 Dick DonovanCHA 17-14 Tom BrewerBOS 244 Dave SislerBOS 16-3 Frank SullivanBOS 242 Tom BrewerBOS 16-12 Strikeouts Games Pitched Herb ScoreCLE 277 George ZuverinkBAL 61 Billy PierceCHA 227 Jack CrimianKC 51 Early WynnCLE 181 Ike DelockBOS 49 Paul FoytackDET 179 Tom GormanKC 47 Frank LaryDET 176 Don MossiCLE 46 Billy HoeftDET 162 Bobby ShantzKC 44 Camilo PascualWSH 161 Bob ChakalesWSH 43 Jack HarshmanCHA 153 Tom MorganNYA 42 Connie JohnsonCHA-BAL 143 Art DitmarKC 42 Dick DonovanCHA 138 Tom HurdBOS 41 Whitey FordNYA 138 Al AberDET 41 Frank LaryDET 41 Bases On Balls Tom BrewerBOS 139 Complete Games Paul FoytackDET 132 Billy PierceCHA 22 Frank LaryDET 132 Frank LaryDET 20 Herb ScoreCLE 127 Bob LemonCLE 19 Art DitmarKC 124 Early WynnCLE 18 Ray MooreBAL 116 Paul FoytackDET 17 Camilo PascualWSH 103 Billy HoeftDET 17 Jack HarshmanCHA 103 Tom BrewerBOS 16 Billy PierceCHA 102 Whitey FordNYA 16 Don LarsenNYA 101 Herb ScoreCLE 15 Dick DonovanCHA 15 4 National League Leaders Including Games of Sunday, September 30, 1956 Hits Stolen Bases Batting Leaders Willie MaysNYN 200 Jim GilliamBRK 28 Stan MusialSTL 199 Willie MaysNYN 28 Batting Average Gus BellCIN 184 Johnny TempleCIN 15 Wally MoonSTL .346 Hank AaronMIL 183 Bill WhiteNYN 11 Willie MaysNYN .337 Bill VirdonSTL-PIT 180 Richie AshburnPHI 11 Roberto ClementePIT .324 Wally MoonSTL 180 Jackie RobinsonBRK 10 Stan MusialSTL .324 Ernie BanksCHN 177 Wally MoonSTL 9 Duke SniderBRK .318 Roberto ClementePIT 176 Don HoakCHN 8 Ernie BanksCHN .318 Duke SniderBRK 173 Elmer ValoPHI 8 Gus BellCIN .309 Frank ThomasPIT 172 Frank RobinsonCIN 8 Ted KluszewskiCIN .309 Don BlasingameSTL 8 Bill VirdonSTL-PIT .302 Doubles Del EnnisPHI 8 Hank AaronMIL .300 Duke SniderBRK 48 Ken BoyerSTL 8 Stan MusialSTL 43 Home Runs Stan LopataPHI 39 On Base Percentage Ted KluszewskiCIN 53 Roberto ClementePIT 37 Wally MoonSTL .444 Willie MaysNYN 52 Gil HodgesBRK 37 Duke SniderBRK .429 Wally PostCIN 45 Joe AdcockMIL 32 Willie MaysNYN .397 Duke SniderBRK 44 Hank AaronMIL 32 Stan MusialSTL .387 Eddie MathewsMIL 44 Ernie BanksCHN 31 Gil HodgesBRK .377 Joe AdcockMIL 41 Willie MaysNYN 31 Don BlasingameSTL .373 Frank RobinsonCIN 38 Johnny LoganMIL 31 Richie AshburnPHI .372 Gus BellCIN 36 Jim GilliamBRK .371 Ed BaileyCIN 31 Triples Willie JonesPHI .370 Ernie BanksCHN 29 Wally MoonSTL 20 Gus BellCIN .365 Del EnnisPHI 29 Bill BrutonMIL 18 Dale LongPIT 29 Randy JacksonBRK 13 Slugging Percentage Alvin DarkNYN-STL 13 Willie MaysNYN .683 Runs Batted In Sandy AmorosBRK 11 Duke SniderBRK .653 Duke SniderBRK 130 Hank AaronMIL 11 Ted KluszewskiCIN .639 Ted KluszewskiCIN 116 Marv BlaylockPHI 10 Wally MoonSTL .596 Willie MaysNYN 111 Lee WallsPIT 10 Joe AdcockMIL .591 Joe AdcockMIL 109 Willie MaysNYN 9 Wally PostCIN .555 Stan MusialSTL 109 Stan LopataPHI 9 Ernie BanksCHN .544 Eddie MathewsMIL 107 Gus BellCIN .543 Gus BellCIN 104 Bases On Balls Stan MusialSTL .540 Frank RobinsonCIN 99 Duke SniderBRK 107 Eddie MathewsMIL .538 Dale LongPIT 95 Wally MoonSTL 93 Wally MoonSTL 94 Jim GilliamBRK 92 Willie JonesPHI 89 Runs Scored Gil HodgesBRK 88 Willie MaysNYN 110 Richie AshburnPHI 84 Duke SniderBRK 105 Roy McMillanCIN 79 Jim GilliamBRK 103 Don BlasingameSTL 75 Gus BellCIN 101 Danny O'ConnellMIL 74 Frank RobinsonCIN 100 Sandy AmorosBRK 69 Eddie MathewsMIL 99 Wally PostCIN 96 Strikeouts Don BlasingameSTL 96 Wally PostCIN 129 Wally MoonSTL 95 Frank RobinsonCIN 100 Hank AaronMIL 91 Joe AdcockMIL 92 Dale LongPIT 89 Marv BlaylockPHI 86 Walt MorynCHN 85 Stan LopataPHI 84 Dee FondyCHN 83 Gus BellCIN 79 Duke SniderBRK 78 5 National League Leaders Including Games of Sunday, September 30, 1956 Shutouts Saves Pitching Leaders Sal MaglieBRK 6 Hersh FreemanCIN 19 Bob BuhlMIL 5 Clem LabineBRK 17 Earned Run Average Herm WehmeierPHI-STL 5 Turk LownCHN 13 Johnny AntonelliNYN 2.13 Johnny AntonelliNYN 5 Don BessentBRK 11 Sal MaglieBRK 2.14 Art FowlerCIN 4 Hoyt WilhelmNYN 10 Don NewcombeBRK 2.55 Carl ErskineBRK 4 Larry JacksonSTL 9 Warren SpahnMIL 2.56 Tom PoholskySTL 4 Windy McCallNYN 8 Vinegar Bend MizellSTL 2.61 Joe NuxhallCIN 4 Marv GrissomNYN 7 Joe NuxhallCIN 2.76 Vinegar Bend MizellSTL 3 Jackie CollumSTL 7 Willard SchmidtSTL 2.86 Warren SpahnMIL 3 Roy FacePIT 6 Carl ErskineBRK 2.99 Curt SimmonsPHI 3 Dave JollyMIL 6 Herm WehmeierPHI-STL 3.02 Bob RushCHN 3 Bob MillerPHI 6 Curt SimmonsPHI 3.28 Willard SchmidtSTL 3 Ellis KinderSTL 6 Jim DavisCHN 3 Wins Don NewcombeBRK 23-9 Innings Pitched Warren SpahnMIL 21-11 Bob FriendPIT 305 Johnny AntonelliNYN 19-11 Robin RobertsPHI 286 Vinegar Bend MizellSTL 18-9 Warren SpahnMIL 284 Joe NuxhallCIN 17-7 Don NewcombeBRK 279 Brooks LawrenceCIN 16-10 Ron KlinePIT 274 Willard SchmidtSTL 15-3 Johnny AntonelliNYN 271 Carl ErskineBRK 15-4 Lew BurdetteMIL 262 Sal MaglieBRK 15-8 Bob RushCHN 239 Lew BurdetteMIL 14-18 Vinegar Bend MizellSTL 231 Brooks LawrenceCIN 226 Games Pitched Roy FacePIT 68 Strikeouts Hoyt WilhelmNYN 64 Robin RobertsPHI 187 Hersh FreemanCIN 64 Harvey HaddixSTL-PHI 181 Clem LabineBRK 61 Vinegar Bend MizellSTL 170 Turk LownCHN 61 Johnny