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1956 National League Starting Pitching

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Team & League Starting Pitching*

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Tm R/G G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
BRO 3.90 154 154 68 44 42 11 12 93 61 .604 7 23 46 11 85 55% 54 89 19 161 50 67 44 4.8 4.8 6.5
CHC 4.51 157 157 37 74 46 6 25 60 94 .390 6 15 37 6 81 52% 50 83 13 108 49 35 67 3.8 3.8 6.4
CIN 4.25 155 155 57 49 49 12 15 91 63 .591 5 29 47 4 77 50% 50 87 16 157 56 80 42 5.1 4.9 6.3
MLN 3.67 155 155 78 46 31 14 19 92 62 .597 3 10 64 12 94 61% 55 90 22 101 28 86 28 4.6 5.1 7.0
NYG 4.22 154 154 50 70 34 6 19 67 87 .435 5 18 31 8 72 47% 50 93 19 158 52 73 42 3.5 3.7 6.0
PHI 4.79 154 154 57 67 30 8 14 71 83 .461 7 16 57 4 74 48% 51 85 14 136 48 62 60 4.4 4.4 6.9
PIT 4.16 157 157 45 62 50 5 16 66 88 .429 4 19 37 6 68 43% 50 90 15 139 51 97 40 3.8 4.1 6.1
STL 4.47 156 156 53 67 36 3 22 76 78 .494 3 17 41 11 81 52% 51 91 21 197 76 52 65 4.4 3.9 6.2
LgAvg 4.25 155 155 56 60 40 8 18 77 77 .500 5 18 45 8 79 51% 51 93 13 145 51 69 49 4.3 4.4 6.4
4.25 1242 1242 445 479 318 65 142 616 616 .500 40 147 360 62 632 51% 51 93 13 1157 410 552 388 4.3 4.4 6.4

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1 Tom Acker 26 CIN 83.2 29 7 3 1 3 1 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 1 2 29% 51 84 34 9 1 5 2 6.4 6.6 5.6
2 *Johnny Antonelli 26 NYG 258.1 41 36 17 13 6 2 5 19 17 .528 0 4 15 5 21 58% 57 93 19 10 3 19 6 3.4 4.2 6.8
3 *Luis Arroyo 29 PIT 28.2 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 45 63 26 11 2 0 1 7.0 9.0 5.5
4 Bob Blaylock 21 STL 41.0 14 6 0 5 1 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36 46 26 7 5 4 2 4.4 1.4 4.1
5 Jim Brosnan 26 CHC 95.0 30 10 2 5 3 0 0 4 6 .400 1 1 1 1 3 30% 46 76 20 5 1 4 6 4.1 5.1 6.0
6 Bob Buhl 27 MLN 216.2 38 33 17 8 8 4 2 19 13 .594 1 2 13 2 18 55% 53 84 24 17 7 18 6 4.8 5.6 6.4
7 Lew Burdette 29 MLN 256.1 39 35 19 10 6 3 6 23 12 .657 2 1 16 6 23 66% 57 82 28 19 6 21 5 5.1 5.0 7.3
8 *Jackie Collum 29 STL 60.0 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 23 20 9 1 0 5.4 12.0 2.0
9 Gene Conley 25 MLN 158.1 31 19 7 7 5 1 1 9 10 .474 0 4 5 1 10 53% 51 72 35 13 2 10 3 4.0 3.0 6.5
10 Roger Craig 26 BRO 199.0 35 32 12 9 11 0 3 18 14 .563 3 7 8 2 20 63% 53 86 23 30 12 15 7 4.8 4.2 6.1
11 Ray Crone 24 MLN 169.2 35 21 10 8 3 5 5 11 10 .524 0 0 6 0 10 48% 49 79 23 13 5 10 5 4.8 6.7 6.7
12 *Jim Davis 31 CHC 120.1 46 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 5 .500 0 2 2 1 6 55% 50 72 32 20 6 8 1 2.8 2.5 6.5
13 Murry Dickson 39 TOT 219.1 31 30 13 10 7 0 3 19 11 .633 0 4 12 3 18 60% 57 91 26 16 5 9 13 5.0 4.4 7.3
14 Murry Dickson 39 PHI 23.0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 49 38 2 2 1 2 2.9 3.0 7.7
15 Murry Dickson 39 STL 196.1 28 27 13 7 7 0 3 19 8 .704 0 4 12 3 18 67% 58 91 26 14 3 8 11 5.2 4.6 7.3
16 Moe Drabowsky 20 CHC 51.0 9 7 2 4 1 0 3 2 5 .286 0 1 3 0 6 86% 57 71 32 2 0 0 3 3.0 3.7 7.0
17 Don Drysdale 19 BRO 99.0 25 12 4 5 3 0 1 6 6 .500 0 3 2 0 7 58% 53 78 36 15 4 4 5 4.1 3.5 6.5
18 Carl Erskine 29 BRO 186.1 31 28 11 10 7 3 4 15 13 .536 0 5 8 1 14 50% 50 88 20 18 3 8 10 4.3 4.7 6.4
19 Roy Face 28 PIT 135.1 68 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45 73 25 19 8 2 1 3.7 5.3
20 Turk Farrell 22 PHI 4.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 1 1 0 1 3.0 0.0 4.3
21 Ben Flowers 29 TOT 52.2 35 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 53 30 10 4 1 2 6.8 1.0 3.9
22 Ben Flowers 29 STL 11.2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 33% 42 53 30 1 1 1 2 6.8 1.0 3.9
23 Art Fowler 33 CIN 177.2 45 23 8 10 5 1 2 10 13 .435 1 3 8 0 11 48% 48 78 16 30 14 15 6 4.3 4.4 5.9
24 Bob Friend 25 PIT 314.1 49 42 17 17 8 2 3 21 19 .525 1 4 19 4 20 48% 54 90 21 6 4 34 4 4.0 4.3 7.2
25 Ruben Gomez 28 NYG 196.1 40 31 6 17 8 2 3 10 21 .323 0 5 4 2 8 26% 47 85 21 27 9 19 6 3.5 2.5 5.7
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
26 Marv Grissom 38 NYG 80.2 43 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 53 59 47 6 1 0 2 3.0 3.3 5.8
27 *Don Gross 25 CIN 69.1 19 7 3 0 4 1 0 7 0 1.000 0 2 2 0 5 71% 58 81 39 9 0 2 2 5.0 4.1 7.3
28 Warren Hacker 31 CHC 168.0 34 24 3 13 8 0 4 8 16 .333 1 1 4 0 11 46% 46 67 24 10 5 5 10 4.1 2.4 6.1
29 *Harvey Haddix 30 TOT 230.4 35 30 13 8 9 1 2 18 13 .581 2 5 12 3 17 57% 54 81 28 23 11 13 10 5.3 5.2 7.3
30 *Harvey Haddix 30 STL 23.2 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 .750 1 1 1 1 1 25% 44 81 28 7 5 1 3 7.6 7.4 5.9
31 *Harvey Haddix 30 PHI 206.2 31 26 12 8 6 1 2 15 12 .556 1 4 11 2 16 62% 56 80 30 16 6 12 7 4.9 5.0 7.5
32 Dick Hall 25 PIT 62.1 19 9 0 6 3 0 2 2 7 .222 0 0 1 0 2 22% 44 62 32 9 4 3 6 2.7 2.2 5.3
33 Jim Hearn 35 NYG 129.1 30 19 5 10 4 1 1 7 12 .368 0 3 2 0 7 37% 47 80 22 12 1 5 6 3.3 2.4 5.3
34 Dave Hillman 28 CHC 12.1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 52 61 43 0 0 0 2 1.5 1.8 6.2
35 Jim Hughes 33 TOT 57.1 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
36 Jim Hughes 33 CHC 45.1 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 15 11 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
37 Larry Jackson 25 STL 85.1 51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 21 21 15 8 0 0 3.0 0.0 0.3
38 Larry Jansen 35 CIN 34.2 8 7 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 2 0 3 43% 47 70 28 4 0 0 7 6.1 7.6 4.8
39 Hal Jeffcoat 31 CIN 171.0 38 16 6 2 8 1 0 11 5 .688 2 4 2 0 10 63% 50 73 24 15 6 6 5 4.8 4.2 7.3
40 Gordon Jones 26 STL 11.1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 3 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 2.0
41 Sam Jones 30 CHC 188.2 33 28 8 14 6 1 4 11 16 .407 2 0 8 2 13 46% 54 81 16 12 6 7 13 4.2 5.5 6.5
42 Don Kaiser 21 CHC 150.1 27 22 4 9 9 0 4 6 16 .273 1 5 5 1 13 59% 52 80 20 9 1 2 9 3.1 3.4 6.5
43 Ron Kline 24 PIT 264.0 44 39 14 18 7 0 8 16 23 .410 1 3 9 2 23 59% 53 77 15 7 1 29 3 3.5 3.4 6.6
44 Johnny Klippstein 28 CIN 211.0 37 29 10 11 8 3 5 16 13 .552 0 3 11 0 14 48% 49 72 20 22 5 14 7 5.0 5.1 6.8
45 *Sandy Koufax 20 BRO 58.2 16 10 2 4 4 0 0 5 5 .500 0 1 0 0 3 30% 46 61 31 16 6 3 5 3.7 4.0 4.9
46 Clem Labine 29 BRO 115.2 62 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 1 1 1 0 2 67% 54 74 28 7 1 3 0 4.5 5.0 6.2
47 *Paul LaPalme 32 TOT 27.2 12 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 50 36 6 4 2 0 5.1 4.8 6.3
48 *Paul LaPalme 32 CIN 27.0 11 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 43 50 36 4 2 2 0 5.1 4.8 6.3
49 Vern Law 26 PIT 195.2 39 32 7 13 12 1 2 14 18 .438 0 5 6 0 12 38% 47 72 25 12 4 18 8 4.3 5.5 5.8
50 Brooks Lawrence 31 CIN 218.2 49 30 13 9 8 4 3 17 12 .586 1 7 11 1 15 50% 50 84 23 15 5 21 6 6.1 5.6 6.3
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
51 *Ken Lehman 28 BRO 49.1 25 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 46 48 44 17 6 3 1 2.8 3.5 4.8
52 *Don Liddle 31 TOT 66.0 25 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 5 .286 2 0 1 0 1 14% 41 69 27 16 3 1 4 3.7 2.9 4.4
53 *Don Liddle 31 NYG 41.1 11 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 2 0 1 0 1 20% 44 69 31 8 3 1 2 4.3 3.5 5.3
54 *Don Liddle 31 STL 24.2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 42 27 8 0 0 2 2.0 0.0 2.0
55 *Dick Littlefield 30 TOT 119.4 40 11 3 4 4 0 2 5 6 .455 0 2 0 0 7 64% 51 83 25 17 11 6 4 3.2 2.5 5.5
56 *Dick Littlefield 30 PIT 12.2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 47 54 39 6 3 0 2 4.0 1.8 4.0
57 *Dick Littlefield 30 STL 9.2 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 43 60 25 3 3 0 2 2.8 0.0 4.2
58 *Dick Littlefield 30 NYG 97.0 31 7 3 2 2 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 5 71% 54 83 34 8 5 6 0 3.0 3.6 6.3
59 Billy Loes 26 BRO 1.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 21 21 3 3 0 1 3.0 0.0 1.3
60 Sal Maglie 39 BRO 191.0 28 26 13 5 8 4 2 18 8 .692 3 3 9 3 16 62% 59 88 34 18 3 12 7 4.7 4.8 7.2
61 *Joe Margoneri 26 NYG 91.2 23 13 5 5 3 0 1 8 5 .615 0 3 2 0 7 54% 48 73 23 13 5 6 4 4.1 4.8 5.5
62 *Windy McCall 30 NYG 77.1 46 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 1 0 0 1 25% 35 54 19 8 2 2 1 3.1 3.3 4.6
63 *Mike McCormick 17 NYG 6.2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 37 31 4 2 1 1 4.3 1.5 2.8
64 Lindy McDaniel 20 STL 116.1 39 7 2 4 1 0 1 3 4 .429 0 1 1 0 3 43% 43 70 21 14 7 4 3 5.5 3.0 5.1
65 Jack Meyer 24 PHI 96.0 41 7 1 5 1 0 2 1 6 .143 0 0 2 0 3 43% 49 83 26 18 6 1 5 2.0 2.4 6.0
66 Russ Meyer 32 TOT 58.0 21 9 1 5 3 0 0 3 6 .333 0 0 0 0 2 22% 73 24 4 3 2 5 3.9 3.4 5.1
67 Russ Meyer 32 CHC 57.0 20 9 1 5 3 0 0 3 6 .333 0 0 0 0 2 22% 41 73 24 4 3 2 5 3.9 3.4 5.1
68 Bob Miller 30 PHI 122.1 49 6 2 2 2 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 3 1 5 83% 64 85 47 10 5 4 2 3.4 3.1 8.3
69 Stu Miller 28 TOT 114.0 27 15 3 8 4 0 1 5 10 .333 2 1 2 0 5 33% 73 26 15 4 5 7 3.8 4.3 6.2
70 Stu Miller 28 PHI 106.2 24 15 3 8 4 0 1 5 10 .333 2 1 2 0 5 33% 46 73 26 15 4 5 7 3.8 4.3 6.2
71 *Paul Minner 32 CHC 47.0 10 9 2 5 2 2 2 3 6 .333 0 1 1 0 3 33% 39 66 13 4 2 1 7 4.4 4.2 4.9
72 *Vinegar Bend Mizell 25 STL 208.2 33 33 14 14 5 2 3 17 15 .531 0 0 11 3 17 52% 55 86 25 35 12 12 15 4.2 4.5 6.3
73 Ramon Monzant 23 NYG 13.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 87 87 87 1 0 1 0 9.0 9.0 9.0
74 Red Munger 37 PIT 107.0 35 13 2 3 8 0 0 5 7 .417 1 2 0 0 5 38% 44 61 19 16 11 6 6 3.8 3.2 5.3
75 Red Murff 35 MLN 24.1 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 2 0 0 1 5.0 9.0 5.0
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
76 Cholly Naranjo 21 PIT 34.1 17 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 .333 0 2 0 0 1 33% 42 58 31 6 2 2 1 2.7 6.8 2.9
77 Ron Negray 26 PHI 66.2 39 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 50 75 26 11 2 3 0 3.2 3.4 5.1
78 Don Newcombe 30 BRO 268.0 38 36 25 7 4 4 2 27 9 .750 0 2 18 5 23 64% 59 89 19 9 4 19 6 6.0 6.1 7.2
79 *Joe Nuxhall 27 CIN 200.2 44 32 11 11 10 0 3 19 13 .594 1 7 10 2 16 50% 51 87 21 27 14 15 6 4.3 4.1 5.9
80 Jim Owens 22 PHI 29.2 10 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 43 24 7 3 1 3 3.9 4.5 3.5
81 Laurin Pepper 25 PIT 30.0 11 7 1 1 5 1 0 1 6 .143 0 2 0 0 0 0% 45 52 37 7 2 0 6 2.8 3.0 3.4
82 *Taylor Phillips 23 MLN 87.2 23 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 .500 0 1 3 0 5 83% 61 81 43 5 3 3 1 3.3 3.6 7.9
83 Tom Poholsky 26 STL 203.0 33 29 9 14 6 1 8 14 15 .483 1 2 7 2 17 59% 52 84 26 17 4 7 10 3.8 4.0 6.6
84 Steve Ridzik 27 NYG 92.1 41 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 .600 0 0 1 1 3 60% 54 75 36 21 9 2 3 4.3 5.5 5.6
85 Robin Roberts 29 PHI 297.1 43 37 17 18 2 5 4 17 20 .459 1 2 22 1 17 46% 51 81 17 10 4 26 5 4.4 4.6 7.7
86 Saul Rogovin 32 PHI 106.2 22 18 7 6 5 2 1 10 8 .556 0 5 3 0 7 39% 46 72 14 7 4 1 13 5.4 4.3 5.8
87 Bob Rush 30 CHC 239.2 32 32 13 10 9 3 6 17 14 .548 0 4 13 1 23 72% 56 83 17 8 4 5 10 4.1 4.1 7.5
88 Jack Sanford 27 PHI 13.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 61 61 61 1 0 0 1 4.5 5.1 7.0
89 *Pat Scantlebury 38 CIN 19.0 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37 38 35 0 0 0 1 6.3 3.0 4.5
90 Willard Schmidt 28 STL 147.2 33 21 6 8 7 0 4 9 12 .429 1 3 2 0 13 62% 50 79 26 22 7 6 9 4.6 3.6 6.0
91 *Curt Simmons 27 PHI 198.0 33 27 14 10 3 0 2 14 13 .519 2 1 14 0 17 63% 53 81 17 17 7 8 11 4.9 5.1 7.1
92 *Lou Sleater 29 MLN 45.2 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 9 1 0 1 10.0 15.8 3.0
93 *Warren Spahn 35 MLN 281.1 39 35 20 11 4 1 4 22 13 .629 0 1 20 3 26 74% 60 90 22 9 0 22 5 4.3 4.7 8.0
94 Max Surkont 34 TOT 39.2 14 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 2 50% 70 32 3 1 2 1 4.2 5.5 6.3
95 Max Surkont 34 NYG 32.0 8 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 2 50% 51 70 32 1 1 2 1 4.2 5.5 6.3
96 *Chuck Templeton 24 BRO 16.1 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 45 35 4 2 0 2 5.3 4.0 4.7
97 Bob Trowbridge 26 MLN 50.2 19 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 50% 58 73 52 4 3 2 1 5.6 6.9 6.3
98 Vito Valentinetti 27 CHC 95.1 42 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 46 56 35 11 8 1 0 5.5 6.0 5.0
99 *Fred Waters 29 PIT 51.0 23 5 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 .600 1 0 1 0 2 40% 52 70 41 13 1 3 2 5.0 2.8 5.7
100 Herm Wehmeier 29 TOT 190.2 37 22 7 10 5 0 3 9 12 .429 0 3 7 2 12 55% 52 80 22 20 8 7 9 3.1 2.4 6.6
Rk Age Tm IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
101 Herm Wehmeier 29 PHI 20.0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 2 67% 50 75 29 1 0 0 3 1.7 1.7 6.7
102 Herm Wehmeier 29 STL 170.2 34 19 7 8 4 0 2 8 10 .444 0 3 7 2 10 53% 52 80 22 19 8 7 6 3.3 2.5 6.6
103 Al Worthington 27 NYG 165.2 28 24 7 13 4 0 7 10 14 .417 1 0 4 0 15 63% 51 78 26 19 7 9 9 3.1 3.9 6.6
104 Roy Wright 22 NYG 2.2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20 20 20 1 0 0 1 2.0 6.0 2.7
1955 NL  / 1957 NL  / 1956 AL  / 1956 MLB  Starting Pitching