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1957 National League Pitching Leaders
1956 NL
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1958 NL
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1957 AL
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1957 MLB
Pitching Leaders
NL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Podres
(BRO)
2.663
2.
Drysdale
(BRO)
2.688
3.
Spahn
(MLN)
2.690
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
2.742
5.
Law
(PIT)
2.867
6.
Sanford
(PHI)
3.080
7.
Friend
(PIT)
3.379
8.
Simmons
(PHI)
3.439
9.
Barclay
(NYG)
3.443
10.
Jackson
(STL)
3.466
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
21
2.
Sanford
(PHI)
19
3.
Buhl
(MLN)
18
4.
Drysdale
(BRO)
17
Burdette
(MLN)
17
6.
Lawrence
(CIN)
16
7.
Drott
(CHC)
15
Gomez
(NYG)
15
Jackson
(STL)
15
McDaniel
(STL)
15
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Buhl
(MLN)
.720
2.
Sanford
(PHI)
.704
3.
Spahn
(MLN)
.656
4.
Burdette
(MLN)
.654
Drysdale
(BRO)
.654
6.
McDaniel
(STL)
.625
Jackson
(STL)
.625
8.
Wehmeier
(STL)
.588
9.
Drott
(CHC)
.577
10.
Podres
(BRO)
.571
Jones
(STL)
.571
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Podres
(BRO)
1.082
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.158
3.
Drysdale
(BRO)
1.167
4.
Newcombe
(BRO)
1.168
5.
Spahn
(MLN)
1.177
6.
Law
(PIT)
1.182
7.
Jackson
(STL)
1.203
8.
Sanford
(PHI)
1.217
9.
Friend
(PIT)
1.231
10.
Lawrence
(CIN)
1.238
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sanford
(PHI)
7.378
2.
Podres
(BRO)
7.714
3.
Drott
(CHC)
7.860
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
7.934
5.
Worthington
(NYG)
7.992
6.
Spahn
(MLN)
8.004
7.
Drysdale
(BRO)
8.023
8.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
8.036
9.
Jones
(STL)
8.080
10.
Jackson
(STL)
8.387
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newcombe
(BRO)
1.495
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
1.550
3.
Law
(PIT)
1.668
4.
Purkey
(PIT)
1.904
5.
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
2.000
6.
Podres
(BRO)
2.020
7.
Haddix
(PHI)
2.057
8.
Burdette
(MLN)
2.069
9.
Simmons
(PHI)
2.123
10.
Friend
(PIT)
2.209
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Jones
(STL)
7.588
2.
Haddix
(PHI)
7.172
3.
Sanford
(PHI)
7.149
4.
Drott
(CHC)
6.681
5.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
6.384
6.
Drysdale
(BRO)
6.027
7.
Worthington
(NYG)
5.137
8.
Nuxhall
(CIN)
5.111
9.
Podres
(BRO)
5.005
10.
Wehmeier
(STL)
4.964
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lown
(CHC)
67
2.
Face
(PIT)
59
3.
Labine
(BRO)
58
4.
Worthington
(NYG)
55
Grissom
(NYG)
55
6.
Arroyo
(PIT)
54
7.
Freeman
(CIN)
52
Farrell
(PHI)
52
9.
Lawrence
(CIN)
49
Acker
(CIN)
49
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Labine
(BRO)
17
2.
Grissom
(NYG)
14
3.
Lown
(CHC)
12
4.
Wilhelm
(STL)
11
5.
Farrell
(PHI)
10
Face
(PIT)
10
7.
McMahon
(MLN)
9
8.
Elston
(TOT)
8
Roebuck
(BRO)
8
Freeman
(CIN)
8
Muffett
(STL)
8
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Friend
(PIT)
277.0
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
271.0
3.
Burdette
(MLN)
256.2
4.
Lawrence
(CIN)
250.1
5.
Roberts
(PHI)
249.2
6.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
239.2
7.
Gomez
(NYG)
238.1
8.
Sanford
(PHI)
236.2
9.
Drott
(CHC)
229.0
10.
Drysdale
(BRO)
221.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sanford
(PHI)
188
2.
Drott
(CHC)
170
Drabowsky
(CHC)
170
4.
Jones
(STL)
154
5.
Drysdale
(BRO)
148
6.
Friend
(PIT)
143
7.
Haddix
(PHI)
136
8.
Roberts
(PHI)
128
9.
Koufax
(BRO)
122
10.
Lawrence
(CIN)
121
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Friend
(PIT)
38
2.
Gomez
(NYG)
36
3.
Spahn
(MLN)
35
4.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
33
Sanford
(PHI)
33
Burdette
(MLN)
33
7.
Drott
(CHC)
32
Lawrence
(CIN)
32
Roberts
(PHI)
32
10.
Buhl
(MLN)
31
Kline
(PIT)
31
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
31
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Spahn
(MLN)
18
2.
Friend
(PIT)
17
3.
Gomez
(NYG)
16
4.
Sanford
(PHI)
15
5.
Buhl
(MLN)
14
Burdette
(MLN)
14
Roberts
(PHI)
14
8.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
12
Newcombe
(BRO)
12
Lawrence
(CIN)
12
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Podres
(BRO)
6
2.
Newcombe
(BRO)
4
Spahn
(MLN)
4
Drysdale
(BRO)
4
5.
Antonelli
(NYG)
3
Law
(PIT)
3
Friend
(PIT)
3
Drott
(CHC)
3
Sanford
(PHI)
3
10.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
2
McDevitt
(BRO)
2
Barclay
(NYG)
2
Mizell
(STL)
2
Buhl
(MLN)
2
Kline
(PIT)
2
Jones
(STL)
2
Nuxhall
(CIN)
2
Jackson
(STL)
2
Simmons
(PHI)
2
Roberts
(PHI)
2
McDaniel
(STL)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
40
2.
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
29
3.
Gomez
(NYG)
28
Newcombe
(BRO)
28
Friend
(PIT)
28
Kline
(PIT)
28
7.
Lawrence
(CIN)
26
8.
Wehmeier
(STL)
25
Burdette
(MLN)
25
10.
Nuxhall
(CIN)
24
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drott
(CHC)
129
2.
Buhl
(MLN)
121
3.
Sanford
(PHI)
94
Drabowsky
(CHC)
94
5.
Spahn
(MLN)
78
6.
Lawrence
(CIN)
76
7.
McDevitt
(BRO)
72
8.
Gomez
(NYG)
71
Jones
(STL)
71
10.
Klippstein
(CIN)
68
Friend
(PIT)
68
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Friend
(PIT)
273
2.
Burdette
(MLN)
260
3.
Roberts
(PHI)
246
4.
Spahn
(MLN)
241
5.
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
236
6.
Lawrence
(CIN)
234
7.
Gomez
(NYG)
233
8.
Antonelli
(NYG)
228
9.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
214
Simmons
(PHI)
214
Kline
(PIT)
214
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Haddix
(PHI)
3.487
2.
Roberts
(PHI)
2.977
3.
Newcombe
(BRO)
2.727
4.
Podres
(BRO)
2.477
5.
Drysdale
(BRO)
2.426
6.
Jones
(STL)
2.169
7.
Friend
(PIT)
2.103
8.
Sanford
(PHI)
2.000
9.
Nuxhall
(CIN)
1.868
10.
Simmons
(PHI)
1.840
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Simmons
(PHI)
.467
2.
Purkey
(PIT)
.501
3.
McDaniel
(STL)
.613
4.
Buhl
(MLN)
.623
5.
Podres
(BRO)
.689
6.
Drysdale
(BRO)
.692
7.
Rush
(CHC)
.701
8.
Spahn
(MLN)
.764
9.
Antonelli
(NYG)
.805
10.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
.826
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
22
2.
Antonelli
(NYG)
18
Friend
(PIT)
18
4.
Kline
(PIT)
16
Rush
(CHC)
16
6.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
15
7.
Purkey
(PIT)
14
8.
Haddix
(PHI)
13
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
13
Gomez
(NYG)
13
Lawrence
(CIN)
13
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Roberts
(PHI)
113
2.
Burdette
(MLN)
106
3.
Friend
(PIT)
104
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
104
5.
Gomez
(NYG)
100
Rush
(CHC)
100
7.
Lawrence
(CIN)
98
8.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
94
9.
Kline
(PIT)
92
Nuxhall
(CIN)
92
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Sanford
(PHI)
12
2.
McDaniel
(STL)
9
3.
McDevitt
(BRO)
7
Drott
(CHC)
7
Schmidt
(STL)
7
6.
Haddix
(PHI)
6
Conley
(MLN)
6
Arroyo
(PIT)
6
9.
Worthington
(NYG)
5
Klippstein
(CIN)
5
Koufax
(BRO)
5
Drabowsky
(CHC)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
10
2.
Lawrence
(CIN)
8
Acker
(CIN)
8
4.
Arroyo
(PIT)
7
Purkey
(PIT)
7
Drott
(CHC)
7
Drysdale
(BRO)
7
Jeffcoat
(CIN)
7
Nuxhall
(CIN)
7
10.
Jones
(STL)
6
McDevitt
(BRO)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Friend
(PIT)
1148
2.
Spahn
(MLN)
1111
3.
Burdette
(MLN)
1067
4.
Lawrence
(CIN)
1045
5.
Roberts
(PHI)
1033
6.
Gomez
(NYG)
1011
7.
Drabowsky
(CHC)
1010
8.
Drott
(CHC)
1007
9.
Sanford
(PHI)
989
10.
Buhl
(MLN)
926
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lown
(CHC)
47
2.
Grissom
(NYG)
38
3.
Labine
(BRO)
37
4.
Face
(PIT)
32
Farrell
(PHI)
32
6.
Wilhelm
(STL)
30
7.
Freeman
(CIN)
26
8.
Worthington
(NYG)
23
9.
McMahon
(MLN)
19
Roebuck
(BRO)
19
King
(PIT)
19
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Podres
(BRO)
156
2.
Drysdale
(BRO)
154
3.
Law
(PIT)
133
4.
Spahn
(MLN)
130
5.
Buhl
(MLN)
127
6.
Sanford
(PHI)
123
7.
Newcombe
(BRO)
119
8.
Lawrence
(CIN)
116
9.
Barclay
(NYG)
115
10.
Jackson
(STL)
114
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Pitching Leaders