AL Pitching Leaders

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/21/1956

Earned run average			Strikeouts			Walks

Spahn	Det	2.53	Score	LA	226	Jones	ChA	120
Ford	LA	2.55	Mizell	Det	157	Score	LA	117
Mizell	Det	2.75	Jones	ChA	153	Craig	PB	116
Harshman	Det	2.97	Hoeft	PB	149	Foytack	Wis	113
Score	LA	3.00	Haddix	LA	146	Simmons	ChA	109
Donovan	Wis	3.09	Foytack	Wis	136	Harshman	Det	108
Sturdivant	LA	3.12	Harshman	Det	131	Mizell	Det	95
Fowler	Wis	3.77	Craig	PB	131	Stone	ChA	89
Ditmar	Bos	3.87	Ditmar	Bos	127	Schmidt	LA	87
Schmidt	LA	4.05	Ford	LA	121	Ditmar	Bos	83
Wehmeier	Bos	4.12	Sturdivant	LA	120	Maglie	ChA	82
Simmons	ChA	4.16	Spahn	Det	119	Hoeft	PB	81
Maglie	ChA	4.18	Donovan	Wis	117	Sisler	PB	71
Kline	Bos	4.31	Maglie	ChA	115	Larsen	PB	68
Poholsky	Det	4.51	Kline	Bos	115	Ford	LA	68


Wins			Winning percentage			Average run support

Ford	LA	19-6	Sturdivant	LA	.824	Fowler	Wis	7.0
Mizell	Det	18-8	Ford	LA	.760	Sturdivant	LA	6.5
Score	LA	17-8	Mizell	Det	.692	Ford	LA	6.4
Harshman	Det	17-9	Score	LA	.680	Dickson	Wis	6.0
Donovan	Wis	16-11	Parnell	Wis	.667	Schmidt	LA	5.7
Sturdivant	LA	14-3	Harshman	Det	.654	Foytack	Wis	5.6
Larsen	PB	14-9	Schmidt	LA	.647	Score	LA	5.5
Poholsky	Det	13-11	Fowler	Wis	.632	Mizell	Det	5.3
Simmons	ChA	13-11	Larsen	PB	.609	Haddix	LA	5.3
Haddix	LA	13-11	Donovan	Wis	.593	Harshman	Det	5.3
Fowler	Wis	12-7	Poholsky	Det	.542	Simmons	ChA	5.2
Spahn	Det	12-12	Simmons	ChA	.542	Jones	ChA	5.0
Schmidt	LA	11-6	Haddix	LA	.542	Donovan	Wis	4.8
Kline	Bos	11-11	3 tied with		.500	Maglie	ChA	4.8
Craig	PB	11-14				Wehmeier	Bos	4.6


Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Mizell	Det	.205	Spahn	Det	.261	Mizell	Det	.316
Ford	LA	.208	Ford	LA	.264	Score	LA	.324
Harshman	Det	.215	Donovan	Wis	.269	Harshman	Det	.339
Score	LA	.215	Sturdivant	LA	.272	Ford	LA	.344
Sturdivant	LA	.219	Mizell	Det	.296	Spahn	Det	.345
Spahn	Det	.225	Fowler	Wis	.309	Sturdivant	LA	.367
Donovan	Wis	.232	Harshman	Det	.314	Wehmeier	Bos	.378
Jones	ChA	.251	Score	LA	.315	Schmidt	LA	.380
Dickson	Wis	.258	Poholsky	Det	.318	Donovan	Wis	.380
Wehmeier	Bos	.259	Dickson	Wis	.319	Simmons	ChA	.384
Schmidt	LA	.262	Kline	Bos	.322	Craig	PB	.389
Maglie	ChA	.266	Wehmeier	Bos	.327	Fowler	Wis	.391
Kline	Bos	.266	Ditmar	Bos	.330	Kaiser	PB	.403
Ditmar	Bos	.267	Law	Bos	.334	Jones	ChA	.405
Fowler	Wis	.267	Maglie	ChA	.338	Kline	Bos	.406


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

Mizell	Det	6.7	Spahn	Det	1.6	Ford	LA	9.4
Ford	LA	6.8	Donovan	Wis	1.6	Spahn	Det	9.5
Harshman	Det	7.1	Poholsky	Det	1.9	Donovan	Wis	9.7
Score	LA	7.2	Fowler	Wis	2.0	Sturdivant	LA	10.0
Sturdivant	LA	7.4	Law	Bos	2.2	Mizell	Det	10.9
Spahn	Det	7.8	Sturdivant	LA	2.3	Harshman	Det	12.0
Donovan	Wis	7.9	Ford	LA	2.5	Fowler	Wis	12.1
Jones	ChA	8.5	Hacker	ChA	2.7	Score	LA	12.1
Schmidt	LA	9.0	Kline	Bos	2.7	Poholsky	Det	12.2
Wehmeier	Bos	9.1	Kaiser	PB	2.9	Kline	Bos	12.3
Craig	PB	9.2	Haddix	LA	3.0	Dickson	Wis	12.6
Maglie	ChA	9.2	Dickson	Wis	3.1	Ditmar	Bos	12.7
Dickson	Wis	9.3	Ditmar	Bos	3.2	Wehmeier	Bos	12.7
Ditmar	Bos	9.3	Hoeft	PB	3.5	Maglie	ChA	13.2
Kline	Bos	9.4	Wehmeier	Bos	3.5	Law	Bos	13.2


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

Score	LA	9.3	Harshman	Det	0.5	Simmons	ChA	0.1
Jones	ChA	7.6	Kaiser	PB	0.6	Haddix	LA	0.1
Foytack	Wis	6.8	Craig	PB	0.6	Poholsky	Det	0.1
Haddix	LA	6.6	Simmons	ChA	0.7	Donovan	Wis	0.2
Mizell	Det	6.5	Mizell	Det	0.7	Spahn	Det	0.3
Hoeft	PB	6.4	Score	LA	0.7	Kline	Bos	0.3
Sturdivant	LA	5.9	Wehmeier	Bos	0.8	Mizell	Det	0.3
Harshman	Det	5.8	Ford	LA	0.8	Law	Bos	0.3
Craig	PB	5.3	Schmidt	LA	0.8	Harshman	Det	0.3
Maglie	ChA	5.2	Fowler	Wis	0.9	Maglie	ChA	0.3
Dickson	Wis	5.1	Haddix	LA	0.9	Wehmeier	Bos	0.3
Ditmar	Bos	5.0	Spahn	Det	0.9	Ford	LA	0.3
Kaiser	PB	5.0	Hoeft	PB	0.9	Score	LA	0.3
Kline	Bos	4.6	Ditmar	Bos	1.0	Sturdivant	LA	0.3
Spahn	Det	4.6	Maglie	ChA	1.0	Foytack	Wis	0.4


Shutouts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Ford	LA	4	Spahn	Det	25	Spahn	Det	.781
Haddix	LA	3	Mizell	Det	22	Mizell	Det	.710
Trucks	Bos	2	Ford	LA	22	Ford	LA	.710
Sturdivant	LA	2	Score	LA	21	Score	LA	.677
Fowler	Wis	2	Donovan	Wis	21	Donovan	Wis	.677
Harshman	Det	2	Ditmar	Bos	21	Sturdivant	LA	.667
Score	LA	2	Harshman	Det	19	Harshman	Det	.655
Donovan	Wis	2	Craig	PB	19	Ditmar	Bos	.618
Spahn	Det	2	Kline	Bos	18	Wehmeier	Bos	.600
Ditmar	Bos	2	Poholsky	Det	17	Poholsky	Det	.531
6 tied with		1	Wehmeier	Bos	15	Kline	Bos	.529
			Haddix	LA	15	Schmidt	LA	.522
			4 tied with		14	Fowler	Wis	.519
						Craig	PB	.514
						Kaiser	PB	.500


Save Opportunities			Saves			Save percentage

Miller,B	Det	38	Bessent	Bos	32	Byerly	LA	.931
Acker	Wis	35	Miller,B	Det	29	Bessent	Bos	.914
Bessent	Bos	35	Acker	Wis	28	Acker	Wis	.800
Byerly	LA	29	Byerly	LA	27	Miller,B	Det	.763
Drabowsky	ChA	24	Drabowsky	ChA	18	Drabowsky	ChA	.750
King	PB	20	King	PB	15
Gross	ChA	13	Gross	ChA	10
Grim	ChA	10	Grim	ChA	5
LaPalme	LA	8	Phillips	Wis	4
Coleman	PB	8	Coleman	PB	4
Baumann	PB	7	Baumann	PB	3
Trowbridge	Bos	7	6 tied with		2
Larsen	PB	6
Lown	LA	6
Phillips	Wis	6


Holds			Blown saves			Blown save percentage

Lown	LA	16	Miller,B	Det	9	Drabowsky	ChA	.250
Staley	Det	15	Acker	Wis	7	Miller,B	Det	.237
Mossi	Wis	14	Drabowsky	ChA	6	Acker	Wis	.200
Grim	ChA	14	Trowbridge	Bos	5	Bessent	Bos	.086
Gross	ChA	10	King	PB	5	Byerly	LA	.069
LaPalme	LA	9	Larsen	PB	4
Larsen	PB	9	Lown	LA	4
Phillips	Wis	8	Baumann	PB	4
Trowbridge	Bos	6	Grim	ChA	4
Coleman	PB	5	Staley	Det	3
Baumann	PB	4	Coleman	PB	3
King	PB	4	Bessent	Bos	3
4 tied with		3	8 tied with		2




Innings			Batters faced per game			Complete games

Ford	LA	247.0	Simmons	ChA	33.23	Ford	LA	17
Spahn	Det	234.1	Ford	LA	31.84	Donovan	Wis	14
Donovan	Wis	233.0	Donovan	Wis	30.35	Simmons	ChA	12
Ditmar	Bos	230.0	Maglie	ChA	29.93	Sturdivant	LA	10
Kline	Bos	223.1	Harshman	Det	29.90	Harshman	Det	10
Simmons	ChA	223.0	Spahn	Det	29.84	Maglie	ChA	7
Craig	PB	221.2	Score	LA	29.63	Haddix	LA	6
Score	LA	219.0	Fowler	Wis	29.41	Spahn	Det	6
Mizell	Det	216.1	Jones	ChA	29.29	Fowler	Wis	5
Law	Bos	212.0	Mizell	Det	28.94	Law	Bos	5
Poholsky	Det	211.1	Law	Bos	28.61	Wehmeier	Bos	4
Hoeft	PB	209.2	Poholsky	Det	28.59	Dickson	Wis	4
Harshman	Det	203.0	Haddix	LA	28.58	Score	LA	4
Haddix	LA	198.2	Ditmar	Bos	28.54	Poholsky	Det	4
Maglie	ChA	198.0	Kline	Bos	28.12	2 tied with		3


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Hoeft	PB	51	Harshman	Det	15	Dickson	Wis	33
Ditmar	Bos	48	Ford	LA	13	Poholsky	Det	28
Haddix	LA	42	Worthngton	LA	9	Donovan	Wis	27
Law	Bos	42	Larsen	PB	9	Law	Bos	27
Craig	PB	42	Donovan	Wis	9	Jones	ChA	26
Kline	Bos	36	Roebuck	PB	8	Kline	Bos	26
Poholsky	Det	34	Haddix	LA	8	Ditmar	Bos	25
Ford	LA	34	Poholsky	Det	8	Spahn	Det	24
Simmons	ChA	32	Craig	PB	8	Hacker	ChA	22
Donovan	Wis	31	Simmons	ChA	8	Sturdivant	LA	22
Maglie	ChA	30	Hoeft	PB	8	Maglie	ChA	22
Hacker	ChA	29	Shantz	Bos	7	Hoeft	PB	22
Kaiser	PB	29	Hacker	ChA	7	Parnell	Wis	21
Harshman	Det	29	Law	Bos	7	Ford	LA	21
4 tied with		28	5 tied with		6	2 tied with		20


Stolen bases			Steal percentage			Pickoffs

Jones	ChA	16	Kline	Bos	.438	Hoeft	PB	4
Hacker	ChA	15	Craig	PB	.600	Kline	Bos	4
Kaiser	PB	15	Ditmar	Bos	.722	Hacker	ChA	3
Ditmar	Bos	13	Hacker	ChA	.750	Jones	ChA	3
Craig	PB	12	Kaiser	PB	.750	Craig	PB	3
Hoeft	PB	11	Jones	ChA	.800	Simmons	ChA	2
Bessent	Bos	9				Lown	LA	2
Ford	LA	9				19 tied with		1
Stone	ChA	9
Trowbridge	Bos	8
Trucks	Bos	8
Fowler	Wis	8
Dickson	Wis	8
Score	LA	8
Larsen	PB	8


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Gromek	Wis	12	Roebuck	PB	15	Koufax	PB	4
Maas	ChA	9	Hoeft	PB	9	Craig	PB	4
Jones	ChA	9	Law	Bos	8	Aguirre	PB	3
Craig	PB	9	Ford	LA	8	Foytack	Wis	2
Staley	Det	8	Foytack	Wis	7
Sisler	PB	8	Aguirre	PB	6
Mizell	Det	7	Stone	ChA	6
Klippstein	Wis	6	Score	LA	6
Meyer	Wis	6	Spahn	Det	6
Trucks	Bos	6	7 tied with		4
Lary	Det	6
Maglie	ChA	6
Simmons	ChA	6
7 tied with		5



Games			Starts			Batters faced

Bessent	Bos	71	Hoeft	PB	39	Hoeft	PB	1009
Staley	Det	65	Craig	PB	37	Ditmar	Bos	999
Grim	ChA	64	Kline	Bos	34	Simmons	ChA	997
Gross	ChA	64	Ditmar	Bos	34	Craig	PB	993
Roebuck	PB	62	Law	Bos	33	Ford	LA	987
Miller,B	Det	61	Poholsky	Det	32	Kline	Bos	956
Larsen	PB	59	Spahn	Det	32	Spahn	Det	955
Fornieles	PB	57	Mizell	Det	31	Score	LA	948
Acker	Wis	56	Donovan	Wis	31	Law	Bos	944
Mossi	Wis	55	Ford	LA	31	Donovan	Wis	941
Phillips	Wis	55	Foytack	Wis	31	Poholsky	Det	915
Shantz	Bos	54	Haddix	LA	31	Mizell	Det	897
Drabowsky	ChA	54	Score	LA	31	Haddix	LA	886
King	PB	54	Simmons	ChA	30	Maglie	ChA	868
Lown	LA	53	Dickson	Wis	30	Harshman	Det	867


Games finished			Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct

Bessent	Bos	56	Hacker	ChA	.235	Bessent	Bos	.162
Miller,B	Det	52	Sturdivant	LA	.273	Byerly	LA	.205
Byerly	LA	45	Schmidt	LA	.286	Miller,B	Det	.219
Acker	Wis	44	Score	LA	.286	Acker	Wis	.250
Drabowsky	ChA	39	Maglie	ChA	.286	Gross	ChA	.286
King	PB	32	Dickson	Wis	.294	Dorish	Det	.286
Fornieles	PB	30	Poholsky	Det	.318	Fornieles	PB	.288
Gross	ChA	30	Spahn	Det	.333	Grim	ChA	.289
Staley	Det	29	Craig	PB	.357	King	PB	.294
Phillips	Wis	26	Fowler	Wis	.368	Ridzik	Bos	.344
Face	Bos	23	Simmons	ChA	.385	Meyer	Wis	.357
Lown	LA	23	Harshman	Det	.400	Lown	LA	.360
Coleman	PB	22	Mizell	Det	.409	Staley	Det	.365
Mossi	Wis	22	Kline	Bos	.412	Burtschy	ChA	.394
Larsen	PB	21	Foytack	Wis	.417	Shantz	Bos	.394


Ground ball DP			Decisions			Losses

Craig	PB	25	Hoeft	PB	30	Hoeft	PB	5-25
Ditmar	Bos	25	Law	Bos	28	Law	Bos	10-18
Jones	ChA	23	Donovan	Wis	27	Ditmar	Bos	9-17
Ford	LA	23	Harshman	Det	26	Hacker	ChA	3-15
Mizell	Det	21	Mizell	Det	26	Kaiser	PB	5-14
Simmons	ChA	21	Ditmar	Bos	26	Foytack	Wis	8-14
Hoeft	PB	21	Ford	LA	25	Craig	PB	11-14
Law	Bos	20	Score	LA	25	Maglie	ChA	8-12
Maglie	ChA	19	Craig	PB	25	Dickson	Wis	10-12
Sisler	PB	18	Simmons	ChA	24	Spahn	Det	12-12
Schmidt	LA	18	Haddix	LA	24	6 tied with		11
Harshman	Det	18	Poholsky	Det	24
Foytack	Wis	17	Spahn	Det	24
Score	LA	17	Larsen	PB	23
2 tied with		16	3 tied with		22


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

Spahn	Det	.606	Ford	LA	1.03	Spahn	Det	2.8
Ford	LA	.608	Spahn	Det	1.04	Donovan	Wis	2.8
Mizell	Det	.612	Donovan	Wis	1.06	Sturdivant	LA	2.6
Sturdivant	LA	.639	Sturdivant	LA	1.08	Haddix	LA	2.2
Score	LA	.639	Mizell	Det	1.18	Fowler	Wis	2.2
Donovan	Wis	.650	Fowler	Wis	1.31	Poholsky	Det	2.2
Harshman	Det	.653	Harshman	Det	1.32	Score	LA	1.9
Fowler	Wis	.700	Score	LA	1.33	Hoeft	PB	1.8
Wehmeier	Bos	.705	Poholsky	Det	1.33	Ford	LA	1.8
Kline	Bos	.727	Kline	Bos	1.34	Kaiser	PB	1.7
Schmidt	LA	.731	Dickson	Wis	1.37	Kline	Bos	1.7
Simmons	ChA	.737	Ditmar	Bos	1.39	Mizell	Det	1.7
Dickson	Wis	.746	Wehmeier	Bos	1.40	Dickson	Wis	1.6
Maglie	ChA	.746	Maglie	ChA	1.43	Law	Bos	1.6
Craig	PB	.748	Law	Bos	1.45	Ditmar	Bos	1.5


Runs created per 27 outs			Runs created ERA			Component ERA

Ford	LA	2.9	Ford	LA	2.63	Ford	LA	2.29
Spahn	Det	3.0	Spahn	Det	2.77	Spahn	Det	2.51
Mizell	Det	3.1	Mizell	Det	2.83	Donovan	Wis	2.74
Donovan	Wis	3.3	Donovan	Wis	3.02	Sturdivant	LA	2.78
Sturdivant	LA	3.3	Sturdivant	LA	3.06	Mizell	Det	2.79
Score	LA	3.5	Score	LA	3.26	Harshman	Det	3.11
Harshman	Det	3.6	Harshman	Det	3.32	Score	LA	3.33
Wehmeier	Bos	4.2	Wehmeier	Bos	3.94	Fowler	Wis	3.84
Fowler	Wis	4.3	Fowler	Wis	4.03	Wehmeier	Bos	3.94
Kline	Bos	4.5	Kline	Bos	4.06	Kline	Bos	4.11
Schmidt	LA	4.6	Schmidt	LA	4.27	Ditmar	Bos	4.19
Ditmar	Bos	4.7	Ditmar	Bos	4.29	Poholsky	Det	4.24
Dickson	Wis	4.7	Maglie	ChA	4.35	Maglie	ChA	4.42
Maglie	ChA	4.8	Simmons	ChA	4.35	Schmidt	LA	4.56
Simmons	ChA	4.8	Dickson	Wis	4.43	Dickson	Wis	4.57


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

Ford	LA	.214	Law	Bos	782	Score	LA	.049
Mizell	Det	.230	Ford	LA	774	Mizell	Det	.052
Sturdivant	LA	.231	Spahn	Det	767	Schmidt	LA	.056
Spahn	Det	.232	Simmons	ChA	763	Jones	ChA	.056
Donovan	Wis	.236	Ditmar	Bos	760	Kaiser	PB	.057
Harshman	Det	.242	Hoeft	PB	754	Simmons	ChA	.057
Dickson	Wis	.256	Donovan	Wis	750	Spahn	Det	.059
Schmidt	LA	.260	Poholsky	Det	743	Wehmeier	Bos	.060
Wehmeier	Bos	.266	Kline	Bos	743	Fowler	Wis	.062
Score	LA	.268	Craig	PB	722	Foytack	Wis	.063
Kline	Bos	.279	Haddix	LA	653	Harshman	Det	.063
Ditmar	Bos	.279	Maglie	ChA	643	Dickson	Wis	.065
Fowler	Wis	.280	Fowler	Wis	640	Craig	PB	.065
Maglie	ChA	.280	Mizell	Det	621	Maglie	ChA	.067
Jones	ChA	.281	Harshman	Det	615	Ford	LA	.069


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

Hoeft	PB	528	Spahn	Det	.372	Ford	LA	.121
Ditmar	Bos	459	Ford	LA	.386	Harshman	Det	.121
Craig	PB	454	Mizell	Det	.388	Mizell	Det	.126
Law	Bos	448	Score	LA	.404	Sturdivant	LA	.129
Simmons	ChA	447	Donovan	Wis	.405	Score	LA	.135
Kline	Bos	427	Sturdivant	LA	.406	Donovan	Wis	.146
Poholsky	Det	420	Harshman	Det	.418	Jones	ChA	.151
Haddix	LA	417	Fowler	Wis	.421	Spahn	Det	.153
Jones	ChA	403	Wehmeier	Bos	.427	Ditmar	Bos	.158
Foytack	Wis	403	Kaiser	PB	.439	Craig	PB	.162
Maglie	ChA	398	Schmidt	LA	.446	Foytack	Wis	.165
Score	LA	383	Kline	Bos	.447	Maglie	ChA	.166
Donovan	Wis	381	Simmons	ChA	.448	Dickson	Wis	.167
Ford	LA	381	Craig	PB	.457	Schmidt	LA	.168
Dickson	Wis	372	Maglie	ChA	.459	Wehmeier	Bos	.170


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			Double rate

Hoeft	PB	525	Spahn	Det	.369	Jones	ChA	.017
Ditmar	Bos	455	Mizell	Det	.380	Dickson	Wis	.020
Craig	PB	445	Ford	LA	.383	Score	LA	.023
Law	Bos	444	Donovan	Wis	.400	Mizell	Det	.028
Simmons	ChA	441	Score	LA	.400	Spahn	Det	.029
Kline	Bos	422	Sturdivant	LA	.401	Schmidt	LA	.031
Haddix	LA	416	Fowler	Wis	.414	Fowler	Wis	.031
Poholsky	Det	416	Harshman	Det	.415	Simmons	ChA	.032
Foytack	Wis	398	Wehmeier	Bos	.425	Donovan	Wis	.033
Jones	ChA	394	Kaiser	PB	.435	Harshman	Det	.033
Maglie	ChA	392	Kline	Bos	.441	Foytack	Wis	.034
Score	LA	379	Simmons	ChA	.442	Wehmeier	Bos	.034
Ford	LA	378	Schmidt	LA	.443	Ford	LA	.034
Donovan	Wis	376	Craig	PB	.448	Maglie	ChA	.035
Dickson	Wis	368	Maglie	ChA	.452	Poholsky	Det	.037


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

Ford	LA	.185	Spahn	Det	.213	Ford	LA	.269
Spahn	Det	.188	Ford	LA	.247	Bessent	Bos	.280
Mizell	Det	.190	Mizell	Det	.282	Mizell	Det	.315
Harshman	Det	.216	Sturdivant	LA	.291	Spahn	Det	.315
Score	LA	.222	Donovan	Wis	.300	Harshman	Det	.330
Bessent	Bos	.224	Harshman	Det	.318	Schmidt	LA	.331
Jones	ChA	.235	Kline	Bos	.321	Score	LA	.343
Schmidt	LA	.238	Schmidt	LA	.323	Sisler	PB	.359
Parnell	Wis	.247	Bessent	Bos	.327	Jones	ChA	.375
Sturdivant	LA	.250	Parnell	Wis	.328	Parnell	Wis	.392
Donovan	Wis	.252	Fowler	Wis	.332	Maglie	ChA	.401
Kline	Bos	.262	Haddix	LA	.333	Sturdivant	LA	.413
Sisler	PB	.273	Score	LA	.333	Kaiser	PB	.416
Fowler	Wis	.277	Jones	ChA	.355	Kline	Bos	.416
Ditmar	Bos	.282	Shantz	Bos	.357	Donovan	Wis	.417


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

Law	Bos	111	Poholsky	Det	56	Ford	LA	.517
Poholsky	Det	109	Hacker	ChA	55	Spahn	Det	.529
Ditmar	Bos	100	Craig	PB	51	Mizell	Det	.597
Craig	PB	95	Kline	Bos	48	Bessent	Bos	.607
Kline	Bos	95	Dickson	Wis	45	Harshman	Det	.648
Maglie	ChA	90	Foytack	Wis	45	Schmidt	LA	.653
Dickson	Wis	86	Kaiser	PB	43	Score	LA	.677
Kaiser	PB	85	Law	Bos	42	Sturdivant	LA	.704
Foytack	Wis	85	Hoeft	PB	41	Donovan	Wis	.717
Hoeft	PB	84	Larsen	PB	40	Parnell	Wis	.720
Donovan	Wis	84	Ditmar	Bos	40	Jones	ChA	.729
Wehmeier	Bos	81	Roebuck	PB	39	Sisler	PB	.729
Haddix	LA	80	Haddix	LA	39	Kline	Bos	.737
Simmons	ChA	73	Maglie	ChA	38	Maglie	ChA	.767
Hacker	ChA	72	Donovan	Wis	35	Fowler	Wis	.778


Doubles vs LHB			Triples vs LHB			Homeruns vs LHB

Ditmar	Bos	22	Harshman	Det	6	Dickson	Wis	16
Haddix	LA	20	Ditmar	Bos	6	Hacker	ChA	13
Craig	PB	18	Poholsky	Det	5	Foytack	Wis	13
Sisler	PB	15	Worthngton	LA	4	Poholsky	Det	13
Poholsky	Det	15	Simmons	ChA	4	Kline	Bos	13
Spahn	Det	14	Wehmeier	Bos	4	Donovan	Wis	12
Wehmeier	Bos	13	Craig	PB	4	Larsen	PB	11
Kaiser	PB	13	Law	Bos	4	Jones	ChA	10
Donovan	Wis	13	Meyer	Wis	3	Gromek	Wis	9
Sturdivant	LA	12	Shantz	Bos	3	Fowler	Wis	9
Maglie	ChA	12	Haddix	LA	3	Sturdivant	LA	9
Lary	Det	11	Maglie	ChA	3	Hoeft	PB	9
Kline	Bos	11	Donovan	Wis	3	Law	Bos	9
3 tied with		10	Kline	Bos	3	9 tied with		7
			11 tied with		2


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

Poholsky	Det	33	Poholsky	Det	173	Bessent	Bos	.056
Ditmar	Bos	33	Law	Bos	156	Ford	LA	.085
Haddix	LA	29	Kline	Bos	151	Sisler	PB	.086
Craig	PB	29	Ditmar	Bos	149	Schmidt	LA	.093
Donovan	Wis	28	Dickson	Wis	147	Kaiser	PB	.097
Dickson	Wis	27	Craig	PB	142	Maglie	ChA	.107
Kline	Bos	27	Donovan	Wis	139	Harshman	Det	.115
Hacker	ChA	23	Foytack	Wis	135	Stone	ChA	.117
Foytack	Wis	23	Haddix	LA	124	Trucks	Bos	.120
Law	Bos	23	Hacker	ChA	123	Score	LA	.122
Sturdivant	LA	22	Hoeft	PB	123	Mizell	Det	.125
Wehmeier	Bos	22	Maglie	ChA	123	Spahn	Det	.127
Fowler	Wis	21	Wehmeier	Bos	117	Simmons	ChA	.132
Spahn	Det	21	Kaiser	PB	111	Law	Bos	.136
4 tied with		20	Fowler	Wis	108	Ditmar	Bos	.138


Walks vs LHB			Strikeouts vs LHB			Hit by pitch vs LHB

Craig	PB	60	Mizell	Det	65	Gromek	Wis	5
Ditmar	Bos	46	Haddix	LA	65	Simmons	ChA	4
Jones	ChA	45	Score	LA	64	Shantz	Bos	3
Foytack	Wis	40	Spahn	Det	55	Lary	Det	3
Score	LA	38	Foytack	Wis	49	Stewart	ChA	2
Simmons	ChA	37	Jones	ChA	46	Bessent	Bos	2
Maglie	ChA	37	Ford	LA	44	Stone	ChA	2
Sisler	PB	34	Hoeft	PB	43	Sisler	PB	2
Harshman	Det	34	Harshman	Det	41	Hoeft	PB	2
Wehmeier	Bos	34	Maglie	ChA	41	Jones	ChA	2
Larsen	PB	32	Kline	Bos	40	Maglie	ChA	2
Schmidt	LA	32	Simmons	ChA	37	Craig	PB	2
Kline	Bos	32	Ditmar	Bos	37	25 tied with		1
Mizell	Det	30	Donovan	Wis	35
2 tied with		28	Craig	PB	35


Sacrifice bunts vs LHB			Sacrifice flies vs LHB			Atbats vs LHB

Hacker	ChA	6	Sisler	PB	6	Kline	Bos	363
Craig	PB	6	Maglie	ChA	6	Ditmar	Bos	355
Parnell	Wis	5	Poholsky	Det	6	Poholsky	Det	337
Sturdivant	LA	5	Law	Bos	5	Donovan	Wis	333
Score	LA	5	Black	Bos	4	Law	Bos	330
Schmidt	LA	5	Larsen	PB	4	Craig	PB	325
Wehmeier	Bos	5	Schmidt	LA	4	Maglie	ChA	307
Kaiser	PB	5	Ditmar	Bos	4	Foytack	Wis	278
Maglie	ChA	5	Gross	ChA	3	Dickson	Wis	277
Ditmar	Bos	5	Grim	ChA	3	Spahn	Det	276
6 tied with		4	Hacker	ChA	3	Kaiser	PB	267
			Mizell	Det	3	Haddix	LA	266
			Donovan	Wis	3	Ford	LA	260
			16 tied with		2	Hoeft	PB	257
						Wehmeier	Bos	256


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

Larsen	PB	17.1	Haddix	LA	13.3	Ditmar	Bos	411
Dickson	Wis	17.3	Sisler	PB	13.9	Kline	Bos	398
Hacker	ChA	18.1	Ditmar	Bos	16.1	Craig	PB	395
Face	Bos	19.6	Lary	Det	17.1	Poholsky	Det	372
Shantz	Bos	20.0	Craig	PB	18.1	Law	Bos	364
Gromek	Wis	20.1	Roebuck	PB	18.5	Donovan	Wis	362
Roebuck	PB	21.1	Wehmeier	Bos	19.7	Maglie	ChA	357
Foytack	Wis	21.4	Spahn	Det	19.7	Foytack	Wis	324
Jones	ChA	25.1	Gromek	Wis	20.1	Dickson	Wis	305
Poholsky	Det	25.9	Stone	ChA	20.3	Jones	ChA	303
Lary	Det	26.9	Kaiser	PB	20.5	Kaiser	PB	301
Fowler	Wis	26.9	Sturdivant	LA	21.0	Wehmeier	Bos	296
Donovan	Wis	27.8	Poholsky	Det	22.5	Schmidt	LA	290
Kline	Bos	27.9	Trucks	Bos	22.9	Spahn	Det	288
Sturdivant	LA	28.0	Fowler	Wis	24.2	Haddix	LA	286


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

Sturdivant	LA	.200	Donovan	Wis	.250	Score	LA	.316
Mizell	Det	.212	Sturdivant	LA	.261	Mizell	Det	.316
Score	LA	.212	Ford	LA	.270	Wehmeier	Bos	.327
Harshman	Det	.215	Wehmeier	Bos	.280	Sturdivant	LA	.341
Ford	LA	.217	Spahn	Det	.282	Harshman	Det	.342
Donovan	Wis	.220	Poholsky	Det	.284	Donovan	Wis	.358
Wehmeier	Bos	.222	Dickson	Wis	.286	Spahn	Det	.359
Dickson	Wis	.225	Fowler	Wis	.297	Craig	PB	.360
Spahn	Det	.241	Mizell	Det	.302	Dickson	Wis	.361
Maglie	ChA	.247	Law	Bos	.305	Simmons	ChA	.362
Craig	PB	.252	Ditmar	Bos	.307	Fowler	Wis	.364
Poholsky	Det	.254	Score	LA	.308	Sisler	PB	.364
Simmons	ChA	.254	Harshman	Det	.312	Foytack	Wis	.370
Sisler	PB	.255	Maglie	ChA	.318	Ford	LA	.375
Foytack	Wis	.257	Kline	Bos	.322	Lary	Det	.378


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

Hoeft	PB	227	Hoeft	PB	116	Sturdivant	LA	.602
Simmons	ChA	160	Simmons	ChA	83	Wehmeier	Bos	.607
Haddix	LA	152	Law	Bos	74	Donovan	Wis	.608
Spahn	Det	150	Stone	ChA	72	Mizell	Det	.618
Law	Bos	145	Ditmar	Bos	70	Score	LA	.624
Ford	LA	139	Parnell	Wis	62	Spahn	Det	.640
Kline	Bos	138	Haddix	LA	61	Ford	LA	.645
Ditmar	Bos	137	Ford	LA	61	Dickson	Wis	.648
Craig	PB	131	Dickson	Wis	60	Harshman	Det	.655
Fowler	Wis	130	Maglie	ChA	60	Fowler	Wis	.661
Poholsky	Det	129	Hacker	ChA	59	Poholsky	Det	.676
Stone	ChA	125	Foytack	Wis	59	Craig	PB	.688
Kaiser	PB	124	Score	LA	59	Simmons	ChA	.692
Score	LA	123	Jones	ChA	58	Sisler	PB	.702
Donovan	Wis	120	2 tied with		57	Lary	Det	.719


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Hoeft	PB	41	Ford	LA	11	Ditmar	Bos	20
Law	Bos	32	Harshman	Det	9	Law	Bos	18
Ford	LA	31	Larsen	PB	7	Dickson	Wis	17
Ditmar	Bos	26	Hoeft	PB	7	Maglie	ChA	17
Kline	Bos	25	Roebuck	PB	6	Spahn	Det	17
Craig	PB	24	Donovan	Wis	6	Parnell	Wis	16
Simmons	ChA	24	Worthngton	LA	5	Jones	ChA	16
Haddix	LA	22	Hacker	ChA	5	Ford	LA	16
Hacker	ChA	21	Jones	ChA	5	Poholsky	Det	15
Harshman	Det	21	Haddix	LA	5	Donovan	Wis	15
Mizell	Det	21	Score	LA	5	Haddix	LA	14
Foytack	Wis	19	8 tied with		4	Sturdivant	LA	13
Poholsky	Det	19				Kline	Bos	13
3 tied with		18				Hoeft	PB	13
						Simmons	ChA	12


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

Hoeft	PB	61	Hoeft	PB	321	Lary	Det	.090
Ford	LA	58	Ford	LA	240	Kaiser	PB	.100
Law	Bos	53	Law	Bos	237	Fowler	Wis	.101
Ditmar	Bos	46	Simmons	ChA	228	Score	LA	.104
Haddix	LA	41	Haddix	LA	226	Mizell	Det	.104
Simmons	ChA	40	Ditmar	Bos	223	Wehmeier	Bos	.105
Kline	Bos	39	Spahn	Det	223	Craig	PB	.108
Harshman	Det	39	Kline	Bos	204	Simmons	ChA	.108
Donovan	Wis	39	Poholsky	Det	199	Sisler	PB	.109
Maglie	ChA	38	Donovan	Wis	195	Foytack	Wis	.114
Poholsky	Det	37	Maglie	ChA	187	Spahn	Det	.117
Craig	PB	36	Craig	PB	187	Harshman	Det	.128
Hacker	ChA	35	Score	LA	183	Kline	Bos	.129
Spahn	Det	35	Stone	ChA	181	Stone	ChA	.131
Mizell	Det	34	2 tied with		180	Schmidt	LA	.134


Walks vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB

Score	LA	79	Score	LA	162	Maas	ChA	8
Jones	ChA	75	Jones	ChA	107	Staley	Det	7
Harshman	Det	74	Hoeft	PB	106	Gromek	Wis	7
Foytack	Wis	73	Craig	PB	96	Jones	ChA	7
Simmons	ChA	72	Mizell	Det	92	Craig	PB	7
Stone	ChA	65	Ditmar	Bos	90	Sisler	PB	6
Mizell	Det	65	Harshman	Det	90	Mizell	Det	6
Hoeft	PB	62	Sturdivant	LA	89	Drabowsky	ChA	5
Craig	PB	56	Foytack	Wis	87	Klippstein	Wis	5
Schmidt	LA	55	Donovan	Wis	82	Meyer	Wis	5
Haddix	LA	52	Haddix	LA	81	Trucks	Bos	5
Ford	LA	46	Dickson	Wis	78	Foytack	Wis	5
Maglie	ChA	45	Ford	LA	77	Fowler	Wis	5
Parnell	Wis	42	Kline	Bos	75	Kline	Bos	5
2 tied with		37	2 tied with		74	5 tied with		4


Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB

Foytack	Wis	13	Hoeft	PB	9	Hoeft	PB	645
Poholsky	Det	12	Larsen	PB	8	Ford	LA	640
Hoeft	PB	12	Foytack	Wis	8	Simmons	ChA	630
Stone	ChA	11	Craig	PB	8	Spahn	Det	622
Ditmar	Bos	11	Ford	LA	7	Score	LA	579
Law	Bos	9	Harshman	Det	6	Mizell	Det	547
Kaiser	PB	8	Ditmar	Bos	5	Donovan	Wis	545
Dickson	Wis	8	Score	LA	5	Law	Bos	538
Ford	LA	8	9 tied with		4	Haddix	LA	538
Simmons	ChA	8				Ditmar	Bos	532
9 tied with		7				Craig	PB	520
						Harshman	Det	517
						Kline	Bos	512
						Poholsky	Det	508
						Fowler	Wis	495


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

Parnell	Wis	22.0	Hoeft	PB	15.7	Hoeft	PB	729
Dickson	Wis	25.9	Shantz	Bos	16.3	Simmons	ChA	716
Ditmar	Bos	26.6	Lary	Det	16.4	Ford	LA	704
Jones	ChA	26.6	Law	Bos	16.8	Score	LA	673
Maglie	ChA	26.6	Hacker	ChA	18.8	Spahn	Det	667
Shantz	Bos	29.0	Ditmar	Bos	20.5	Mizell	Det	627
Law	Bos	29.9	Kline	Bos	20.5	Harshman	Det	603
Sturdivant	LA	33.4	Larsen	PB	20.6	Haddix	LA	600
Poholsky	Det	33.9	Ford	LA	20.6	Craig	PB	598
Donovan	Wis	36.3	Foytack	Wis	21.3	Ditmar	Bos	588
Spahn	Det	36.6	Craig	PB	21.7	Law	Bos	580
Schmidt	LA	38.1	Stone	ChA	23.8	Donovan	Wis	579
Haddix	LA	38.4	Haddix	LA	24.5	Kline	Bos	558
Kline	Bos	39.4	Harshman	Det	24.6	Poholsky	Det	543
Ford	LA	40.0	Parnell	Wis	25.1	Fowler	Wis	530

AL Pitching Leaders -- ARegular season -- as of 9/21/1956

AL Pitching Leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 9/21/1956