AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/23/1956

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Dickson	SF	2.75	Foytack	Ont	203	Jones	BC	129
Harshman	Ont	2.94	Jones	BC	163	Nuxhall	Ont	117
Rush	CC	3.01	Johnson	Car	136	Foytack	Ont	116
Foytack	Ont	3.17	Harshman	Ont	131	Buhl	CC	114
Wehmeier	BC	3.22	Newcombe	SF	129	Craig	SF	102
Jones	BC	3.32	Friend	Ill	129	Ford	CC	100
Ford	CC	3.44	Ford	CC	128	Lemon	Ill	84
Spahn	Car	3.48	Lary	Ill	124	Dickson	SF	82
Friend	Ill	3.50	Haddix	Ill	121	Harshman	Ont	81
Nuxhall	Ont	3.53	Dickson	SF	118	Haddix	Ill	80
Johnson	Car	3.60	Garcia	SF	114	Lawrence	SF	76
Buhl	CC	3.70	Spahn	Car	114	Schmidt	Car	75
Newcombe	SF	3.75	Nuxhall	Ont	113	Lary	Ill	74
Lemon	Ill	3.79	Rush	CC	109	Garcia	SF	72
Burdette	Car	3.80	Poholsky	Car	107	Johnson	Car	67


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Rush	CC	19-8	Shantz	Ont	.882	Schmidt	Car	5.9
Spahn	Car	19-9	Acker	Ill	.813	Poholsky	Car	5.8
Harshman	Ont	16-10	Johnson	Car	.714	Johnson	Car	5.8
Shantz	Ont	15-2	Rush	CC	.704	Nuxhall	Ont	5.7
Johnson	Car	15-6	Miller,B	CC	.688	Buhl	CC	5.0
Newcombe	SF	15-11	Spahn	Car	.679	Rush	CC	5.0
Dickson	SF	14-7	Dickson	SF	.667	Newcombe	SF	5.0
Acker	Ill	13-3	Parnell	BC	.643	Spahn	Car	4.9
Poholsky	Car	13-10	Munger	BC	.643	Lemon	Ill	4.8
Nuxhall	Ont	13-11	Harshman	Ont	.615	Jones	BC	4.8
Lemon	Ill	13-13	Gorman	CC	.600	Haddix	Ill	4.8
Foytack	Ont	13-13	Schmidt	Car	.588	Ford	CC	4.7
Friend	Ill	12-11	LaPalme	Ont	.579	Dickson	SF	4.4
Buhl	CC	12-11	Newcombe	SF	.577	Lawrence	SF	4.3
4 tied with		11	Poholsky	Car	.565	Foytack	Ont	4.3


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Harshman	Ont	.208	Spahn	Car	.273	Foytack	Ont	.296
Foytack	Ont	.208	Harshman	Ont	.274	Buhl	CC	.319
Buhl	CC	.210	Dickson	SF	.279	Harshman	Ont	.322
Dickson	SF	.211	Newcombe	SF	.282	Jones	BC	.334
Craig	SF	.227	Rush	CC	.289	Ford	CC	.345
Johnson	Car	.231	Wehmeier	BC	.292	Friend	Ill	.350
Spahn	Car	.236	Foytack	Ont	.295	Dickson	SF	.353
Ford	CC	.237	Johnson	Car	.300	Rush	CC	.355
Rush	CC	.239	Friend	Ill	.308	Nuxhall	Ont	.356
Newcombe	SF	.241	Buhl	CC	.309	Wehmeier	BC	.357
Lawrence	SF	.243	Poholsky	Car	.312	Spahn	Car	.359
Lemon	Ill	.244	Lemon	Ill	.314	Johnson	Car	.379
Wehmeier	BC	.245	Lawrence	SF	.315	Lawrence	SF	.389
Schmidt	Car	.248	Burdette	Car	.316	Craig	SF	.389
Jones	BC	.250	Ford	CC	.322	Newcombe	SF	.390


Hits per 9 innings			Walks per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Buhl	CC	6.9	Spahn	Car	1.6	Spahn	Car	9.7
Foytack	Ont	6.9	Burdette	Car	1.8	Harshman	Ont	10.1
Harshman	Ont	6.9	Newcombe	SF	2.0	Dickson	SF	10.1
Dickson	SF	7.0	Poholsky	Car	2.1	Newcombe	SF	10.4
Craig	SF	7.7	Rush	CC	2.3	Rush	CC	10.7
Johnson	Car	7.8	Friend	Ill	2.3	Wehmeier	BC	10.9
Spahn	Car	7.9	Wehmeier	BC	2.4	Foytack	Ont	11.1
Ford	CC	8.0	Johnson	Car	3.0	Johnson	Car	11.3
Rush	CC	8.2	Harshman	Ont	3.1	Friend	Ill	11.6
Jones	BC	8.2	Garcia	SF	3.1	Buhl	CC	11.7
Lawrence	SF	8.3	Dickson	SF	3.1	Poholsky	Car	11.8
Lemon	Ill	8.3	Lary	Ill	3.3	Lemon	Ill	11.9
Newcombe	SF	8.3	Lemon	Ill	3.4	Lawrence	SF	12.0
Wehmeier	BC	8.5	Lawrence	SF	3.6	Burdette	Car	12.1
Schmidt	Car	8.5	Haddix	Ill	3.7	Ford	CC	12.3


Strikeouts per 9 innings			Homeruns per 9 innings			Stolen bases per 9 innings

Jones	BC	7.4	Jones	BC	0.4	Spahn	Car	0.0
Foytack	Ont	7.1	Friend	Ill	0.5	Buhl	CC	0.2
Johnson	Car	6.1	Nuxhall	Ont	0.5	Burdette	Car	0.2
Haddix	Ill	5.6	Foytack	Ont	0.6	Nuxhall	Ont	0.3
Lary	Ill	5.6	Wehmeier	BC	0.6	Harshman	Ont	0.3
Ford	CC	5.3	Buhl	CC	0.7	Rush	CC	0.3
Harshman	Ont	5.0	Ford	CC	0.7	Dickson	SF	0.3
Newcombe	SF	5.0	Harshman	Ont	0.7	Lemon	Ill	0.4
Garcia	SF	4.9	Lary	Ill	0.8	Lary	Ill	0.4
Friend	Ill	4.9	Spahn	Car	0.8	Johnson	Car	0.4
Nuxhall	Ont	4.7	Garcia	SF	0.9	Craig	SF	0.4
Poholsky	Car	4.7	Rush	CC	0.9	Ford	CC	0.4
Dickson	SF	4.5	Dickson	SF	1.0	Schmidt	Car	0.4
Craig	SF	4.5	Craig	SF	1.1	Wehmeier	BC	0.4
Lawrence	SF	4.4	Haddix	Ill	1.1	Poholsky	Car	0.4


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Lary	Ill	4	Foytack	Ont	25	Dickson	SF	.742
Garcia	SF	3	Dickson	SF	23	Rush	CC	.688
Rush	CC	3	Rush	CC	22	Foytack	Ont	.658
Spahn	Car	3	Friend	Ill	22	Friend	Ill	.647
Foytack	Ont	3	Harshman	Ont	21	Harshman	Ont	.636
Miller,B	CC	2	Burdette	Car	21	Burdette	Car	.636
Davis	BC	2	Spahn	Car	21	Spahn	Car	.636
Wehmeier	BC	2	Ford	CC	20	Ford	CC	.625
Dickson	SF	2	Buhl	CC	20	Buhl	CC	.625
Lemon	Ill	2	Johnson	Car	18	Wehmeier	BC	.609
Ford	CC	2	Newcombe	SF	18	Johnson	Car	.600
Harshman	Ont	2	Nuxhall	Ont	18	Newcombe	SF	.581
Friend	Ill	2	Haddix	Ill	17	Haddix	Ill	.567
7 tied with		1	Jones	BC	17	Jones	BC	.548
			3 tied with		16	Lawrence	SF	.533


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

King	Car	45	King	Car	35	Grim	CC	.853
LaPalme	Ont	43	Bessent	SF	30	Zuverink	Ill	.846
Bessent	SF	38	Grim	CC	29	Bessent	SF	.789
Grim	CC	34	LaPalme	Ont	29	King	Car	.778
Zuverink	Ill	26	Zuverink	Ill	22	LaPalme	Ont	.674
Labine	BC	23	Labine	BC	15
Waters	Ill	9	Miller,B	CC	5
Shantz	Ont	9	Shantz	Ont	5
Valntineti	Car	8	Waters	Ill	5
Acker	Ill	8	McCall	CC	3
Jackson	BC	8	Gorman	CC	3
Miller,B	CC	7	Davis	BC	3
Brown	Car	7	Sleater	Ont	3
4 tied with		6	Brown	Car	3
			Acker	Ill	3


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Brown	Car	14	LaPalme	Ont	14	LaPalme	Ont	.326
Jackson	BC	14	King	Car	10	King	Car	.222
Shantz	Ont	13	Labine	BC	8	Bessent	SF	.211
Gross	Car	9	Bessent	SF	8	Zuverink	Ill	.154
Johnson	SF	9	Johnson	SF	6	Grim	CC	.147
Acker	Ill	9	Jackson	BC	5
Aber	SF	8	Valntineti	Car	5
Gorman	CC	7	Grim	CC	5
Wilhelm	Ont	7	Roebuck	Ill	4
Zuverink	Ill	6	Acker	Ill	4
Jolly	BC	5	Zuverink	Ill	4
Miller,B	CC	4	Shantz	Ont	3
Sleater	Ont	3	4 tied with		2
Waters	Ill	3
Labine	BC	3


Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Foytack	Ont	258.2	Rush	CC	32.34	Spahn	Car	12
Rush	CC	248.1	Dickson	SF	31.26	Rush	CC	11
Spahn	Car	245.2	Newcombe	SF	31.19	Harshman	Ont	9
Friend	Ill	236.1	Burdette	Car	30.42	Garcia	SF	8
Dickson	SF	236.0	Lemon	Ill	30.16	Newcombe	SF	8
Harshman	Ont	236.0	Wehmeier	BC	29.91	Dickson	SF	8
Burdette	Car	234.1	Spahn	Car	29.85	Lemon	Ill	8
Newcombe	SF	233.0	Schmidt	Car	29.83	Ford	CC	7
Lemon	Ill	225.2	Friend	Ill	29.38	Foytack	Ont	7
Buhl	CC	219.0	Garcia	SF	29.35	Lary	Ill	6
Ford	CC	217.0	Ford	CC	29.09	Wehmeier	BC	5
Nuxhall	Ont	214.1	Buhl	CC	28.94	Buhl	CC	5
Garcia	SF	208.2	Jones	BC	28.29	Friend	Ill	5
Poholsky	Car	204.0	Haddix	Ill	28.10	5 tied with		4
2 tied with		200.0	Johnson	Car	28.00


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Lemon	Ill	43	Garcia	SF	11	Poholsky	Car	41
Lary	Ill	39	Craig	SF	8	Burdette	Car	35
Newcombe	SF	38	Lary	Ill	8	Lemon	Ill	28
Crone	BC	37	Ford	CC	8	Newcombe	SF	28
Friend	Ill	37	Harshman	Ont	8	Dickson	SF	27
Garcia	SF	36	Spahn	Car	8	Schmidt	Car	26
Craig	SF	34	Burdette	Car	8	Gromek	Ont	25
Dickson	SF	34	Parnell	BC	7	Crone	BC	25
Stobbs	Ill	33	Brosnan	Ont	6	Rush	CC	25
Nuxhall	Ont	33	Gorman	CC	6	Lawrence	SF	24
Johnson	Car	32	Poholsky	Car	6	Johnson	Car	24
Spahn	Car	32	Nuxhall	Ont	6	Haddix	Ill	23
Poholsky	Car	31	Newcombe	SF	6	Craig	SF	23
Jones	BC	31	3 tied with		5	Spahn	Car	22
3 tied with		30				Garcia	SF	21


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Gromek	Ont	16	Ford	CC	.450	Black	Car	2
Foytack	Ont	16	Jones	BC	.600	Parnell	BC	2
Jones	BC	15	Friend	Ill	.611	Johnson	Car	2
Garcia	SF	13	Garcia	SF	.722	Friend	Ill	2
Lawrence	SF	12	Foytack	Ont	.727	Ford	CC	2
Newcombe	SF	11	Gromek	Ont	.762	Foytack	Ont	2
Friend	Ill	11				Jones	BC	2
Haddix	Ill	10				17 tied with		1
Lemon	Ill	9
Dickson	SF	9
Poholsky	Car	9
Ford	CC	9
5 tied with		8




Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Jones	BC	11	Bunning	Ill	9	Craig	SF	4
Johnson	Car	9	Dickson	SF	9	Crone	BC	3
Poholsky	Car	8	Foytack	Ont	8	Aguirre	CC	2
Garcia	SF	7	Roebuck	Ill	7	Aber	SF	2
Gromek	Ont	6	Munger	BC	6	Buhl	CC	2
Craig	SF	6	Craig	SF	6	Foytack	Ont	2
Lemon	Ill	6	Buhl	CC	6	Negray		1
Spahn	Car	6	Ford	CC	6	Zuverink	Ill	1
Burdette	Car	6	Newcombe	SF	6	King	Car	1
Rush	CC	6	LaPalme	Ont	5	LaPalme	Ont	1
7 tied with		5	Stobbs	Ill	5
			7 tied with		4





Games			Starts			Batters faced

Jackson	BC	89	Foytack	Ont	38	Foytack	Ont	1092
Labine	BC	83	Nuxhall	Ont	37	Rush	CC	1035
Shantz	Ont	68	Friend	Ill	34	Burdette	Car	1004
LaPalme	Ont	65	Lary	Ill	33	Friend	Ill	999
King	Car	61	Burdette	Car	33	Spahn	Car	985
Acker	Ill	59	Spahn	Car	33	Harshman	Ont	974
Chakales	CC	58	Harshman	Ont	33	Dickson	SF	969
Munger	BC	58	Poholsky	Car	32	Newcombe	SF	967
Bessent	SF	56	Lemon	Ill	32	Lemon	Ill	965
Brown	Car	55	Ford	CC	32	Nuxhall	Ont	954
Zuverink	Ill	55	Rush	CC	32	Ford	CC	931
Grim	CC	53	Buhl	CC	32	Buhl	CC	926
Aber	SF	53	5 tied with		31	Garcia	SF	910
Gorman	CC	51				Lary	Ill	896
Bunning	Ill	50				Jones	BC	877


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

LaPalme	Ont	55	Burdette	Car	.100	Labine	BC	.186
King	Car	52	Rush	CC	.125	Jolly	BC	.200
Labine	BC	47	Wehmeier	BC	.125	King	Car	.207
Bessent	SF	45	Lemon	Ill	.231	Munger	BC	.216
Grim	CC	42	Lawrence	SF	.286	Loes	Ill	.269
Zuverink	Ill	40	Dickson	SF	.286	Acker	Ill	.290
Brown	Car	26	Harshman	Ont	.294	Shantz	Ont	.341
Acker	Ill	26	Garcia	SF	.300	Gromek	Ont	.345
Johnson	SF	23	Friend	Ill	.308	Jackson	BC	.373
Aber	SF	23	Poholsky	Car	.316	Chakales	CC	.400
Shantz	Ont	22	Schmidt	Car	.333	Bessent	SF	.406
Jackson	BC	20	Buhl	CC	.353	LaPalme	Ont	.414
4 tied with		17	Foytack	Ont	.360	Bunning	Ill	.423
			Nuxhall	Ont	.360	Black	Car	.425
			Jones	BC	.375	Brown	Car	.433


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Jones	BC	30	Spahn	Car	28	Lary	Ill	9-17
Burdette	Car	24	Craig	SF	27	Craig	SF	10-17
Craig	SF	23	Rush	CC	27	Haddix	Ill	5-14
Nuxhall	Ont	23	Newcombe	SF	26	Garcia	SF	10-14
Buhl	CC	22	Lemon	Ill	26	Burdette	Car	11-14
Schmidt	Car	21	Lary	Ill	26	Lemon	Ill	13-13
Foytack	Ont	21	Harshman	Ont	26	Foytack	Ont	13-13
Harshman	Ont	20	Foytack	Ont	26	Lawrence	SF	8-12
9 tied with		17	Burdette	Car	25	King	Car	2-11
			Garcia	SF	24	Zuverink	Ill	3-11
			Nuxhall	Ont	24	Friend	Ill	12-11
			Poholsky	Car	23	Buhl	CC	12-11
			Buhl	CC	23	Nuxhall	Ont	13-11
			Friend	Ill	23	Newcombe	SF	15-11
			3 tied with		21	5 tied with		10


On-base plus slugging			Walks plus hits per inning			Strikeout/walk ratio

Foytack	Ont	.591	Spahn	Car	1.06	Spahn	Car	2.7
Harshman	Ont	.595	Harshman	Ont	1.11	Newcombe	SF	2.5
Buhl	CC	.629	Dickson	SF	1.12	Poholsky	Car	2.3
Dickson	SF	.631	Newcombe	SF	1.15	Friend	Ill	2.1
Spahn	Car	.632	Rush	CC	1.16	Johnson	Car	2.0
Rush	CC	.644	Wehmeier	BC	1.20	Burdette	Car	2.0
Wehmeier	BC	.649	Johnson	Car	1.20	Foytack	Ont	1.8
Friend	Ill	.657	Foytack	Ont	1.22	Rush	CC	1.7
Ford	CC	.667	Friend	Ill	1.27	Lary	Ill	1.7
Newcombe	SF	.672	Poholsky	Car	1.27	Harshman	Ont	1.6
Johnson	Car	.679	Buhl	CC	1.28	Garcia	SF	1.6
Nuxhall	Ont	.703	Lemon	Ill	1.30	Haddix	Ill	1.5
Jones	BC	.703	Burdette	Car	1.32	Wehmeier	BC	1.4
Lawrence	SF	.704	Lawrence	SF	1.32	Dickson	SF	1.4
Craig	SF	.713	Ford	CC	1.35	Ford	CC	1.3


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Harshman	Ont	2.9	Harshman	Ont	2.67	Harshman	Ont	2.50
Foytack	Ont	3.0	Foytack	Ont	2.77	Spahn	Car	2.63
Spahn	Car	3.1	Spahn	Car	2.85	Dickson	SF	2.74
Dickson	SF	3.3	Dickson	SF	2.99	Foytack	Ont	2.79
Buhl	CC	3.3	Buhl	CC	3.03	Wehmeier	BC	2.99
Wehmeier	BC	3.6	Wehmeier	BC	3.26	Rush	CC	3.06
Rush	CC	3.6	Rush	CC	3.27	Buhl	CC	3.07
Newcombe	SF	3.7	Newcombe	SF	3.39	Newcombe	SF	3.09
Friend	Ill	3.7	Friend	Ill	3.39	Friend	Ill	3.34
Johnson	Car	3.8	Ford	CC	3.44	Johnson	Car	3.40
Ford	CC	3.8	Johnson	Car	3.45	Ford	CC	3.58
Craig	SF	4.2	Jones	BC	3.83	Lemon	Ill	3.79
Nuxhall	Ont	4.2	Craig	SF	3.88	Lawrence	SF	3.82
Jones	BC	4.2	Lawrence	SF	3.90	Craig	SF	3.92
Lawrence	SF	4.3	Nuxhall	Ont	3.91	Nuxhall	Ont	4.09


In-play average			Balls in park			Extra-base hit rate

Dickson	SF	.211	Rush	CC	831	Foytack	Ont	.045
Buhl	CC	.212	Burdette	Car	820	Jones	BC	.048
Harshman	Ont	.220	Spahn	Car	800	Ford	CC	.048
Craig	SF	.231	Friend	Ill	791	Friend	Ill	.053
Schmidt	Car	.235	Newcombe	SF	757	Buhl	CC	.054
Rush	CC	.241	Foytack	Ont	752	Nuxhall	Ont	.055
Lemon	Ill	.242	Lemon	Ill	747	Rush	CC	.055
Foytack	Ont	.243	Harshman	Ont	742	Harshman	Ont	.055
Spahn	Car	.244	Dickson	SF	741	Haddix	Ill	.060
Lawrence	SF	.246	Buhl	CC	713	Spahn	Car	.063
Johnson	Car	.248	Nuxhall	Ont	708	Wehmeier	BC	.065
Newcombe	SF	.248	Garcia	SF	696	Lawrence	SF	.066
Wehmeier	BC	.252	Ford	CC	681	Dickson	SF	.067
Ford	CC	.257	Lary	Ill	676	Schmidt	Car	.068
Poholsky	Car	.260	Poholsky	Car	662	2 tied with		.071


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Single rate

Burdette	Car	466	Foytack	Ont	.370	Craig	SF	.120
Poholsky	Car	434	Harshman	Ont	.374	Dickson	SF	.122
Lemon	Ill	434	Spahn	Car	.386	Buhl	CC	.126
Lary	Ill	420	Friend	Ill	.387	Harshman	Ont	.131
Garcia	SF	419	Rush	CC	.391	Johnson	Car	.136
Nuxhall	Ont	408	Wehmeier	BC	.392	Foytack	Ont	.137
Rush	CC	405	Buhl	CC	.401	Lemon	Ill	.139
Foytack	Ont	404	Dickson	SF	.401	Newcombe	SF	.149
Newcombe	SF	403	Ford	CC	.412	Schmidt	Car	.149
Craig	SF	394	Newcombe	SF	.417	Lawrence	SF	.150
Dickson	SF	389	Nuxhall	Ont	.428	Poholsky	Car	.156
Friend	Ill	387	Johnson	Car	.431	Spahn	Car	.157
Ford	CC	384	Jones	BC	.436	Ford	CC	.158
Jones	BC	382	Lawrence	SF	.441	Jones	BC	.158
Spahn	Car	380	Haddix	Ill	.447	Nuxhall	Ont	.159


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Burdette	Car	460	Foytack	Ont	.365	Ford	CC	.021
Lemon	Ill	428	Harshman	Ont	.373	Foytack	Ont	.027
Poholsky	Car	426	Spahn	Car	.380	Harshman	Ont	.028
Lary	Ill	415	Friend	Ill	.382	Schmidt	Car	.028
Garcia	SF	412	Rush	CC	.386	Rush	CC	.028
Nuxhall	Ont	405	Wehmeier	BC	.391	Haddix	Ill	.028
Newcombe	SF	401	Buhl	CC	.397	Burdette	Car	.030
Rush	CC	399	Dickson	SF	.400	Buhl	CC	.031
Foytack	Ont	399	Ford	CC	.407	Lawrence	SF	.032
Craig	SF	388	Newcombe	SF	.415	Spahn	Car	.032
Dickson	SF	388	Johnson	Car	.420	Nuxhall	Ont	.035
Friend	Ill	382	Jones	BC	.423	Dickson	SF	.035
Ford	CC	379	Nuxhall	Ont	.425	Jones	BC	.035
Haddix	Ill	374	Lawrence	SF	.438	Poholsky	Car	.036
Spahn	Car	374	Lemon	Ill	.444	Friend	Ill	.037


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

Harshman	Ont	.190	Newcombe	SF	.252	Harshman	Ont	.270
Foytack	Ont	.208	Spahn	Car	.256	Foytack	Ont	.283
Newcombe	SF	.213	Harshman	Ont	.280	Ford	CC	.300
Ford	CC	.218	Foytack	Ont	.292	Spahn	Car	.307
Buhl	CC	.225	Ford	CC	.296	Jones	BC	.338
Spahn	Car	.229	Johnson	Car	.299	Buhl	CC	.344
Lemon	Ill	.236	Wehmeier	BC	.301	Newcombe	SF	.350
Dickson	SF	.237	Lemon	Ill	.305	Nuxhall	Ont	.357
Johnson	Car	.243	Haddix	Ill	.307	Parnell	BC	.362
Craig	SF	.245	Stobbs	Ill	.311	Friend	Ill	.363
Lawrence	SF	.248	Rush	CC	.312	Lemon	Ill	.373
Nuxhall	Ont	.249	Dickson	SF	.325	Haddix	Ill	.379
Rush	CC	.250	Parnell	BC	.329	Chakales	CC	.379
Chakales	CC	.258	Friend	Ill	.330	Lawrence	SF	.379
Stobbs	Ill	.263	Lawrence	SF	.331	Johnson	Car	.382


Hits vs LHB			Runs batted in vs LHB			On-base plus slugging vs LHB

Burdette	Car	133	Burdette	Car	56	Harshman	Ont	.550
Friend	Ill	105	Poholsky	Car	53	Spahn	Car	.563
Lary	Ill	102	Buhl	CC	46	Foytack	Ont	.575
Poholsky	Car	100	Lawrence	SF	46	Ford	CC	.596
Rush	CC	97	Rush	CC	46	Newcombe	SF	.603
Garcia	SF	95	Friend	Ill	44	Buhl	CC	.676
Dickson	SF	84	Foytack	Ont	42	Lemon	Ill	.678
Newcombe	SF	84	Lary	Ill	41	Johnson	Car	.681
Foytack	Ont	83	Dickson	SF	40	Wehmeier	BC	.685
Jones	BC	82	Lemon	Ill	39	Haddix	Ill	.686
Lawrence	SF	77	Crone	BC	38	Parnell	BC	.690
Crone	BC	74	Craig	SF	38	Friend	Ill	.693
Lemon	Ill	74	Garcia	SF	38	Nuxhall	Ont	.703
Spahn	Car	73	Gromek	Ont	37	Rush	CC	.709
Johnson	Car	70	2 tied with		36	Stobbs	Ill	.709


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Garcia	SF	18	Craig	SF	6	Poholsky	Car	19
Lemon	Ill	17	Lary	Ill	6	Burdette	Car	19
Lary	Ill	16	Gorman	CC	4	Dickson	SF	16
Crone	BC	15	Burdette	Car	4	Rush	CC	13
Jones	BC	15	Black	Car	3	Newcombe	SF	13
Friend	Ill	15	Bessent	SF	3	Lawrence	SF	11
Burdette	Car	15	Munger	BC	3	Schmidt	Car	10
Dickson	SF	14	Gromek	Ont	3	Crone	BC	10
Rush	CC	14	Wehmeier	BC	3	Shantz	Ont	9
Craig	SF	13	Garcia	SF	3	Gromek	Ont	8
Newcombe	SF	13	Poholsky	Car	3	Johnson	Car	8
Wehmeier	BC	12	15 tied with		2	Garcia	SF	8
Johnson	Car	12				Lemon	Ill	8
Buhl	CC	11				Buhl	CC	7
Poholsky	Car	11				Lary	Ill	7


Extra base hits vs LHB			Total bases vs LHB			Isolated power vs LHB

Burdette	Car	38	Burdette	Car	213	Jones	BC	.066
Poholsky	Car	33	Poholsky	Car	174	Foytack	Ont	.075
Dickson	SF	32	Rush	CC	154	Spahn	Car	.078
Garcia	SF	29	Lary	Ill	151	Harshman	Ont	.081
Lary	Ill	29	Dickson	SF	150	Ford	CC	.082
Rush	CC	29	Garcia	SF	143	Friend	Ill	.085
Newcombe	SF	27	Newcombe	SF	138	Parnell	BC	.092
Crone	BC	26	Friend	Ill	137	Nuxhall	Ont	.109
Lemon	Ill	26	Crone	BC	121	Haddix	Ill	.112
Craig	SF	25	Lawrence	SF	118	Jackson	BC	.115
Johnson	Car	22	Lemon	Ill	117	Wehmeier	BC	.115
Friend	Ill	21	Foytack	Ont	113	Buhl	CC	.119
Schmidt	Car	20	Craig	SF	111	Brosnan	Ont	.120
Buhl	CC	20	Johnson	Car	110	Chakales	CC	.121
Lawrence	SF	19	Schmidt	Car	106	Gorman	CC	.124


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Craig	SF	55	Foytack	Ont	74	Ford	CC	4
Jones	BC	52	Jones	BC	65	Jones	BC	4
Buhl	CC	50	Newcombe	SF	49	Garcia	SF	3
Dickson	SF	47	Ford	CC	47	Craig	SF	3
Foytack	Ont	45	Johnson	Car	45	Poholsky	Car	3
Lawrence	SF	39	Spahn	Car	44	Foytack	Ont	3
Rush	CC	36	Dickson	SF	39	Drysdale	BC	2
Garcia	SF	34	Haddix	Ill	38	Chakales	CC	2
Schmidt	Car	32	Harshman	Ont	37	Miller,B	CC	2
Nuxhall	Ont	32	Lary	Ill	36	Lary	Ill	2
Lemon	Ill	31	Friend	Ill	35	21 tied with		1
Lary	Ill	31	Nuxhall	Ont	34
Friend	Ill	31	Burdette	Car	31
Harshman	Ont	26	Lemon	Ill	30
Burdette	Car	26	2 tied with		29


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Nuxhall	Ont	10	Parnell	BC	5	Burdette	Car	409
Lawrence	SF	7	Rush	CC	5	Foytack	Ont	399
Poholsky	Car	6	Buhl	CC	4	Newcombe	SF	394
Lemon	Ill	6	Friend	Ill	4	Rush	CC	388
Dickson	SF	6	Zuverink	Ill	3	Friend	Ill	377
Newcombe	SF	6	Acker	Ill	3	Dickson	SF	355
Burdette	Car	6	Gorman	CC	3	Poholsky	Car	328
Valntineti	Car	5	Ford	CC	3	Lary	Ill	328
Jackson	BC	5	Craig	SF	3	Spahn	Car	319
Gromek	Ont	5	Jones	BC	3	Lemon	Ill	314
Friend	Ill	5	Dickson	SF	3	Lawrence	SF	311
Rush	CC	5	13 tied with		2	Jones	BC	302
Wehmeier	BC	4				Buhl	CC	302
Spahn	Car	4				Garcia	SF	301
9 tied with		3				Johnson	Car	288


AB per homerun vs LHB			AB per double vs LHB			Plate appearances vs LHB

Shantz	Ont	15.6	Garcia	SF	16.7	Foytack	Ont	451
Poholsky	Car	17.3	Crone	BC	16.7	Burdette	Car	443
Burdette	Car	21.5	Lemon	Ill	18.5	Rush	CC	435
Dickson	SF	22.2	Wehmeier	BC	19.5	Newcombe	SF	422
Schmidt	Car	22.9	Jones	BC	20.1	Friend	Ill	417
Crone	BC	25.1	Lary	Ill	20.5	Dickson	SF	412
Gromek	Ont	26.5	Craig	SF	21.3	Lary	Ill	364
Lawrence	SF	28.3	Jackson	BC	21.8	Jones	BC	364
Rush	CC	29.8	Chakales	CC	22.0	Lawrence	SF	360
Newcombe	SF	30.3	Stobbs	Ill	22.3	Buhl	CC	359
Munger	BC	30.3	Miller,B	CC	23.3	Lemon	Ill	354
Labine	BC	31.4	Johnson	Car	24.0	Poholsky	Car	350
Johnson	Car	36.0	Friend	Ill	25.1	Garcia	SF	341
Garcia	SF	37.6	Dickson	SF	25.4	Craig	SF	341
Stobbs	Ill	39.0	Burdette	Car	27.3	Spahn	Car	336


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

Dickson	SF	.193	Dickson	SF	.244	Davis	BC	.302
Buhl	CC	.201	Harshman	Ont	.271	Dickson	SF	.304
Foytack	Ont	.208	Rush	CC	.272	Buhl	CC	.304
Harshman	Ont	.213	Shantz	Ont	.274	Foytack	Ont	.305
Craig	SF	.216	Burdette	Car	.277	Shantz	Ont	.319
Shantz	Ont	.223	Spahn	Car	.281	Rush	CC	.326
Johnson	Car	.223	Wehmeier	BC	.287	Jones	BC	.332
Schmidt	Car	.229	Gromek	Ont	.288	Munger	BC	.334
Wehmeier	BC	.231	Friend	Ill	.292	Harshman	Ont	.338
Rush	CC	.231	Craig	SF	.292	Friend	Ill	.340
Jones	BC	.235	Buhl	CC	.295	Wehmeier	BC	.341
Poholsky	Car	.239	Garcia	SF	.296	Gorman	CC	.352
Spahn	Car	.239	Poholsky	Car	.297	Nuxhall	Ont	.356
Lawrence	SF	.240	Crone	BC	.298	Ford	CC	.364
Garcia	SF	.240	Munger	BC	.298	Burdette	Car	.375


Hits vs RHB			Runs batted in vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Nuxhall	Ont	149	Haddix	Ill	74	Dickson	SF	.548
Haddix	Ill	148	Harshman	Ont	70	Shantz	Ont	.593
Spahn	Car	144	Ford	CC	68	Rush	CC	.599
Harshman	Ont	142	Garcia	SF	64	Buhl	CC	.600
Ford	CC	139	Nuxhall	Ont	64	Foytack	Ont	.603
Lemon	Ill	135	Craig	SF	61	Harshman	Ont	.609
Friend	Ill	134	Spahn	Car	61	Wehmeier	BC	.628
Lary	Ill	133	Poholsky	Car	60	Friend	Ill	.632
Newcombe	SF	132	Lemon	Ill	60	Munger	BC	.632
Stobbs	Ill	131	Stobbs	Ill	59	Davis	BC	.638
Burdette	Car	128	Lary	Ill	58	Burdette	Car	.653
Rush	CC	128	Friend	Ill	58	Spahn	Car	.668
Garcia	SF	124	Parnell	BC	57	Craig	SF	.674
Foytack	Ont	116	Lawrence	SF	56	Garcia	SF	.677
2 tied with		113	Newcombe	SF	55	Johnson	Car	.678


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Nuxhall	Ont	28	Garcia	SF	8	Poholsky	Car	22
Stobbs	Ill	26	Spahn	Car	7	Lemon	Ill	20
Lemon	Ill	26	Harshman	Ont	7	Haddix	Ill	19
Newcombe	SF	25	Parnell	BC	6	Gromek	Ont	17
Spahn	Car	24	Ford	CC	6	Craig	SF	17
Harshman	Ont	24	Newcombe	SF	5	Spahn	Car	17
Lary	Ill	23	LaPalme	Ont	4	Schmidt	Car	16
Crone	BC	22	Brosnan	Ont	4	Johnson	Car	16
Friend	Ill	22	Lawrence	SF	4	Burdette	Car	16
Craig	SF	21	Burdette	Car	4	Crone	BC	15
Johnson	Car	20	Nuxhall	Ont	4	Newcombe	SF	15
Poholsky	Car	20	5 tied with		3	Harshman	Ont	15
Dickson	SF	20				4 tied with		13
Foytack	Ont	20
Haddix	Ill	19


Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB			Isolated power vs RHB

Lemon	Ill	49	Spahn	Car	233	Davis	BC	.062
Spahn	Car	48	Haddix	Ill	230	Munger	BC	.078
Harshman	Ont	46	Lemon	Ill	227	Gorman	CC	.081
Poholsky	Car	45	Harshman	Ont	225	Friend	Ill	.092
Newcombe	SF	45	Newcombe	SF	212	Rush	CC	.095
Stobbs	Ill	41	Nuxhall	Ont	209	Shantz	Ont	.096
Haddix	Ill	41	Ford	CC	206	Foytack	Ont	.097
Craig	SF	40	Poholsky	Car	205	Jones	BC	.097
Nuxhall	Ont	40	Stobbs	Ill	200	Nuxhall	Ont	.102
Crone	BC	39	Burdette	Car	199	Buhl	CC	.103
Garcia	SF	39	Garcia	SF	197	Wehmeier	BC	.110
Johnson	Car	38	Lary	Ill	190	Dickson	SF	.111
4 tied with		35	Friend	Ill	184	Ford	CC	.118
			Rush	CC	181	Lary	Ill	.119
			Johnson	Car	176	Harshman	Ont	.125


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Nuxhall	Ont	85	Foytack	Ont	129	Johnson	Car	8
Jones	BC	77	Jones	BC	98	Jones	BC	7
Ford	CC	76	Friend	Ill	94	Shantz	Ont	5
Foytack	Ont	71	Harshman	Ont	94	Gromek	Ont	5
Haddix	Ill	71	Johnson	Car	91	Poholsky	Car	5
Buhl	CC	64	Lary	Ill	88	Burdette	Car	5
Harshman	Ont	55	Garcia	SF	85	Friend	Ill	5
Lemon	Ill	53	Rush	CC	83	Rush	CC	5
Parnell	BC	50	Haddix	Ill	83	Lemon	Ill	5
Craig	SF	47	Ford	CC	81	Spahn	Car	5
Johnson	Car	45	Newcombe	SF	80	Garcia	SF	4
Davis	BC	43	Dickson	SF	79	7 tied with		3
Schmidt	Car	43	Nuxhall	Ont	79
Lary	Ill	43	Poholsky	Car	78
Garcia	SF	38	2 tied with		74


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Haddix	Ill	11	Chakales	CC	7	Harshman	Ont	666
Rush	CC	9	Nuxhall	Ont	7	Spahn	Car	602
Dickson	SF	8	Davis	BC	5	Nuxhall	Ont	587
Garcia	SF	8	Spahn	Car	5	Haddix	Ill	573
Gorman	CC	7	Ford	CC	5	Ford	CC	566
Gromek	Ont	7	Haddix	Ill	5	Foytack	Ont	558
Stobbs	Ill	7	Harshman	Ont	5	Rush	CC	555
Lary	Ill	7	Bunning	Ill	4	Lemon	Ill	544
Lemon	Ill	7	Drysdale	BC	4	Friend	Ill	541
Foytack	Ont	7	Jackson	BC	4	Burdette	Car	530
Nuxhall	Ont	7	Parnell	BC	4	Garcia	SF	517
6 tied with		6	Newcombe	SF	4	Dickson	SF	513
			15 tied with		3	Newcombe	SF	503
						Buhl	CC	493
						Lary	Ill	478


AB per homerun vs RHB			AB per double vs RHB			Plate appearances vs RHB

Gromek	Ont	21.2	Crone	BC	16.5	Harshman	Ont	732
Poholsky	Car	21.5	Stobbs	Ill	17.4	Nuxhall	Ont	688
Crone	BC	24.2	Newcombe	SF	20.1	Haddix	Ill	662
Schmidt	Car	25.1	Lary	Ill	20.8	Ford	CC	654
Craig	SF	26.9	Lemon	Ill	20.9	Spahn	Car	649
Lemon	Ill	27.2	Nuxhall	Ont	21.0	Foytack	Ont	641
Johnson	Car	29.1	Chakales	CC	21.0	Lemon	Ill	611
Haddix	Ill	30.2	Craig	SF	21.8	Rush	CC	600
Lawrence	SF	32.1	Wehmeier	BC	22.2	Friend	Ill	582
Burdette	Car	33.1	Lawrence	SF	23.2	Garcia	SF	569
Newcombe	SF	33.5	Johnson	Car	23.3	Buhl	CC	567
Stobbs	Ill	34.8	Poholsky	Car	23.6	Burdette	Car	561
Spahn	Car	35.4	Friend	Ill	24.6	Dickson	SF	557
Chakales	CC	36.0	Spahn	Car	25.1	Newcombe	SF	545
Parnell	BC	38.7	Shantz	Ont	25.1	Lary	Ill	532

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/23/1956

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/23/1956