1956 Pacific Coast League Pitching Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: Open

Overall: 670 games, 8 teams, approx. 167 games in season

Attendance: 1,634,526 (2,439/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	René Valdés	27	POR	Opn	BRO	22	11	.667	3.44	3.86	41	35	18	8	254.0	245	109	97	22	69	148	3	1	1	1.236	8.7	0.8	2.4	5.2	2.14
2	Dave Hillman	28	LOS	Opn	CHC	21	7	.750	3.39	3.86	33	29	15	3	210.0	207	90	79	16	60	130	3	0	3	1.271	8.9	0.7	2.6	5.6	2.17
3	Jerry Casale	22	SFR	Opn	BOS	19	11	.633	4.11	4.62	37	32	16	3	228.0	229	117	104	19	81	143	6	1	9	1.360	9.0	0.8	3.2	5.6	1.77
4	Gene Fodge	24	LOS	Opn	CHC	19	7	.731	4.31	4.69	44	25	11	2	192.0	204	100	92	13	82	122	5	1	1	1.490	9.6	0.6	3.8	5.7	1.49
5	Elmer Singleton	38	SLE	Opn	CIN	18	8	.692	2.55	2.95	29	29	17	4	226.0	212	74	64	16	58	110	4	0	6	1.195	8.4	0.6	2.3	4.4	1.90
6	Bob Darnell	25	POR	Opn	BRO	16	12	.571	3.93	4.77	38	26	12	0	215.0	242	114	94	21	57	111	7	0	5	1.391	10.1	0.9	2.4	4.6	1.95
7	Earl Harrist	37	SAC	Opn		16	10	.615	3.51	3.86	32	29	9	3	205.0	192	88	80	22	58	97	6	1	6	1.220	8.4	1.0	2.5	4.3	1.67
8	Bill Werle*	35	POR	Opn	BRO	16	15	.516	4.41	4.77	35	34	17	1	247.0	330	131	121	27	40	82	3	1	10	1.498	12.0	1.0	1.5	3.0	2.05
9	Gene Bearden*	35	SAC	Opn		15	14	.517	3.48	4.22	34	30	12	3	207.0	215	97	80	14	56	54	1	0	1	1.309	9.3	0.6	2.4	2.3	0.96
10	Charlie Beamon	21	VAN	Opn	BAL	13	6	.684	3.55	4.04	28	23	15	0	165.0	165	74	65	8	65	84	4	0	11	1.394	9.0	0.4	3.5	4.6	1.29
11	Dick Drott	19	LOS	Opn	CHC	13	10	.565	4.39	5.44	35	30	11	1	197.0	198	119	96	23	108	184	6	1	9	1.553	9.0	1.1	4.9	8.4	1.70
12	Pete Mesa	26	SDG	Opn	CLE	13	12	.520	3.85	4.56	40	32	13	0	241.0	246	122	103	23	137	141	5	1	6	1.589	9.2	0.9	5.1	5.3	1.03
13	Bud Podbielan	32	SLE	Opn	CIN	13	11	.542	3.30	4.30	34	25	12	2	199.0	202	95	73	15	50	96	2	0	3	1.266	9.1	0.7	2.3	4.3	1.92
14	Ben Wade	33	HOL	Opn	PIT	13	18	.419	4.06	5.04	37	28	13	5	184.0	188	103	83	23	56	106	4	0	4	1.326	9.2	1.1	2.7	5.2	1.89
15	Bob Alexander	33	POR	Opn	BRO	12	11	.522	3.85	4.50	42	30	12	5	222.0	214	111	95	16	93	102	6	1	10	1.383	8.7	0.6	3.8	4.1	1.10
16	Bob Anderson	20	LOS	Opn	CHC	12	4	.750	2.66	3.69	70	0	0	0	105.0	103	43	31	5	52	61	1	0	12	1.476	8.8	0.4	4.5	5.2	1.17
17	Russ Kemmerer	25	SFR	Opn	BOS	12	14	.462	3.48	4.17	38	32	13	1	233.0	235	108	90	9	93	137	1	1	8	1.408	9.1	0.3	3.6	5.3	1.47
18	Ryne Duren	27	VAN	Opn	BAL	11	11	.500	4.13	4.65	33	28	14	4	205.0	185	106	94	16	87	183	9	1	8	1.327	8.1	0.7	3.8	8.0	2.10
19	Bob Garber	27	HOL	Opn	PIT	11	6	.647	3.77	4.12	24	17	7	1	129.0	127	59	54	19	51	75	2	1	2	1.380	8.9	1.3	3.6	5.2	1.47
20	Larry Jansen	35	SLE	Opn	CIN	11	2	.846	2.57	3.03	24	11	6	1	98.0	85	33	28	7	20	59	0	0	0	1.071	7.8	0.6	1.8	5.4	2.95
21	Roger Osenbaugh	26	SAC	Opn		11	12	.478	4.23	4.55	37	20	6	3	166.0	169	84	78	16	72	84	1	1	9	1.452	9.2	0.9	3.9	4.6	1.17
22	Art Schallock*	32	SLE	Opn	CIN	11	9	.550	3.42	4.09	35	24	8	2	163.0	187	74	62	3	52	98	1	0	4	1.466	10.3	0.2	2.9	5.4	1.88
23	Cloyd Boyer	28	SAC	Opn		10	9	.526	3.95	4.99	26	25	9	1	164.0	173	91	72	15	77	64	4	2	4	1.524	9.5	0.8	4.2	3.5	0.83
24	Jack Carmichael	27	SDG	Opn	CLE	10	16	.385	3.82	4.13	35	32	17	4	233.0	249	107	99	30	52	122	11	0	3	1.292	9.6	1.2	2.0	4.7	2.35
25	Don Fracchia	25	SLE	Opn	CIN	10	14	.417	4.45	5.03	33	21	9	0	188.0	202	105	93	18	70	70	3	1	4	1.447	9.7	0.9	3.4	3.4	1.00
26	Howie Judson	31	SLE	Opn	CIN	10	13	.435	4.63	5.55	36	27	7	2	175.0	193	108	90	18	69	109	2	0	6	1.497	9.9	0.9	3.5	5.6	1.58
27	George O'Donnell	27	HOL	Opn	PIT	10	5	.667	3.16	3.93	51	0	0	0	94.0	98	41	33	4	21	33	2	0	1	1.266	9.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	1.57
28	George Bamberger	32	VAN	Opn	BAL	9	14	.391	4.06	4.89	30	28	8	3	186.0	215	101	84	20	45	69	2	0	3	1.398	10.4	1.0	2.2	3.3	1.53
29	Eddie Erautt	31	SDG	Opn	CLE	9	19	.321	4.71	5.48	37	28	11	0	189.0	231	115	99	19	60	91	5	0	3	1.540	11.0	0.9	2.9	4.3	1.52
30	Bob Smith*	28	SFR	Opn	BOS	9	10	.474	4.45	4.97	33	25	5	1	174.0	171	96	86	11	94	107	11	1	13	1.523	8.8	0.6	4.9	5.5	1.14
31	Cholly Naranjo	22	HOL	Opn	PIT	8	6	.571	3.05	3.36	19	16	5	3	118.0	98	44	40	4	39	90	1	0	4	1.161	7.5	0.3	3.0	6.9	2.31
32	Bob Smith*	26	SFR	Opn	BOS	8	11	.421	4.38	5.42	30	25	8	1	156.0	176	94	76	9	53	91	4	1	2	1.468	10.2	0.5	3.1	5.3	1.72
33	Luis Arroyo*	29	HOL	Opn	PIT	7	5	.583	2.82	3.99	22	16	7	2	115.0	110	51	36	6	45	76	1	0	2	1.348	8.6	0.5	3.5	5.9	1.69
34	Eli Grba	21	SFR	Opn	BOS	7	4	.636	4.84	5.52	45	3	0	0	93.0	100	57	50	6	49	37	1	0	10	1.602	9.7	0.6	4.7	3.6	0.76
35	Dave Hoskins	38	SDG	Opn	CLE	7	11	.389	4.61	5.35	46	14	7	0	158.0	159	94	81	18	63	87	3	0	2	1.405	9.1	1.0	3.6	5.0	1.38
36	Lee Jones	28	SAC	Opn		7	1	.875	3.67	5.07	43	2	0	0	103.0	117	58	42	8	48	61	1	0	3	1.602	10.2	0.7	4.2	5.3	1.27
37	Darrell Martin	20	POR	Opn	BRO	7	2	.778	3.15	4.14	35	14	4	0	137.0	144	63	48	13	55	50	5	1	3	1.453	9.5	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91
38	Marino Pieretti	35	LOS	Opn	CHC	7	9	.438	4.90	5.71	38	17	2	0	156.0	191	99	85	16	53	68	4	0	3	1.564	11.0	0.9	3.1	3.9	1.28
39	Bob Thorpe	21	LOS	Opn	CHC	7	7	.500	4.85	5.48	29	20	6	1	156.0	183	95	84	24	60	77	4	0	3	1.558	10.6	1.4	3.5	4.4	1.28
40	Bill Abernathie	27	SFR	Opn	BOS	6	4	.600	2.65	2.91	36	1	0	0	68.0	57	22	20	6	20	20	1	1	2	1.132	7.5	0.8	2.6	2.6	1.00
41	Ray Bauer*	27	LOS	Opn	CHC	6	1	.857	3.15	4.05	49	0	0	0	80.0	85	36	28	4	25	32	1	0	2	1.375	9.6	0.5	2.8	3.6	1.28
42	Charlie Drummond	25	VAN	Opn	BAL	6	4	.600	4.13	4.97	44	0	0	0	96.0	93	53	44	5	64	61	2	2	8	1.635	8.7	0.5	6.0	5.7	0.95
43	Bill Fischer	25	VAN	Opn	BAL	6	8	.429	4.64	5.01	16	14	4	0	97.0	125	54	50	4	26	40	3	0	2	1.557	11.6	0.4	2.4	3.7	1.54
44	Bob Harrison	25	VAN	Opn	BAL	6	6	.500	3.07	3.78	14	11	7	1	88.0	74	37	30	2	53	64	5	0	9	1.443	7.6	0.2	5.4	6.5	1.21
45	Tommy Herrera	24	SDG	Opn	CLE	6	6	.500	4.97	5.51	28	2	0	0	67.0	80	41	37	6	21	43	4	0	1	1.507	10.7	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.05
46	Bob Purkey	26	HOL	Opn	PIT	6	8	.429	3.36	3.97	20	14	5	0	118.0	125	52	44	7	23	60	3	0	4	1.254	9.5	0.5	1.8	4.6	2.61
47	Roger Sawyer*	21	HOL	Opn	PIT	6	4	.600	3.39	3.88	44	15	3	0	146.0	141	63	55	11	65	64	4	0	7	1.411	8.7	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.98
48	Bud Watkins	25	SAC	Opn		6	11	.353	4.60	5.30	28	15	5	1	129.0	129	76	66	10	50	49	2	0	3	1.388	9.0	0.7	3.5	3.4	0.98
49	John Briggs	22	LOS	Opn	CHC	5	5	.500	5.63	6.30	18	13	4	0	80.0	109	56	50	9	27	37	0	0	1	1.700	12.3	1.0	3.0	4.2	1.37
50	Hy Cohen	25	LOS	Opn	CHC	5	0	1.000	5.70	6.30	5	5	1	0	30.0	40	21	19	5	15	16	0	0	1	1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	4.8	1.07
51	Glenn Elliott*	36	SAC	Opn		5	3	.625	3.41	4.74	20	12	3	1	95.0	100	50	36	7	18	39	1	0	1	1.242	9.5	0.7	1.7	3.7	2.17
52	Fred Green*	22	HOL	Opn	PIT	5	4	.556	4.72	5.27	33	5	2	0	82.0	85	48	43	6	37	53	3	0	3	1.488	9.3	0.7	4.1	5.8	1.43
53	Bill Henry*	28	SFR	Opn	BOS	5	6	.455	4.71	5.14	29	14	5	1	105.0	115	60	55	12	34	50	3	0	0	1.419	9.9	1.0	2.9	4.3	1.47
54	Curt Raydon	22	HOL	Opn	PIT	5	5	.500	4.23	5.49	21	14	4	0	100.0	108	61	47	8	51	59	2	0	4	1.590	9.7	0.7	4.6	5.3	1.16
55	Joe Stanka	24	SAC	Opn		5	14	.263	4.32	4.53	31	24	6	0	173.0	156	87	83	15	84	108	2	0	2	1.387	8.1	0.8	4.4	5.6	1.29
56	Royce Lint*	35	POR	Opn	BRO	4	9	.308	4.34	4.50	34	8	4	0	112.0	127	56	54	16	46	40	1	0	2	1.545	10.2	1.3	3.7	3.2	0.87
57	Jim McDonald	29	VAN	Opn	BAL	4	5	.444	2.82	4.45	12	9	5	1	83.0	70	41	26	2	25	37	3	0	1	1.145	7.6	0.2	2.7	4.0	1.48
58	Harry Perkowski*	33	LOS	Opn	CHC	4	6	.400	4.80	5.70	22	12	2	0	90.0	106	57	48	10	41	52	3	0	0	1.633	10.6	1.0	4.1	5.2	1.27
59	Pat Scantlebury*	38	SLE	Opn	CIN	4	2	.667	3.34	4.35	10	8	5	0	62.0	72	30	23	6	14	34	0	1	0	1.387	10.5	0.9	2.0	4.9	2.43
60	Max Surkont	34	SFR	Opn	BOS	4	6	.400	2.38	3.09	16	13	6	2	102.0	87	35	27	5	29	57	2	1	3	1.137	7.7	0.4	2.6	5.0	1.97
61	Joe Trimble	25	HOL	Opn	PIT	4	11	.267	4.50	4.86	22	19	6	1	124.0	114	67	62	10	52	82	6	0	5	1.339	8.3	0.7	3.8	6.0	1.58
62	Fred Waters*	29	HOL	Opn	PIT	4	3	.571	3.25	3.88	14	11	2	2	72.0	74	31	26	5	30	29	1	2	4	1.444	9.3	0.6	3.8	3.6	0.97
63	Milo Candini	38	SAC	Opn		3	4	.429	2.05	2.73	49	0	0	0	66.0	53	20	15	4	25	39	0	0	4	1.182	7.2	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.56
64	Al Curtis	26	VAN	Opn	BAL	3	2	.600	7.68	7.94	13	3	1	0	34.0	43	30	29	5	34	14	1	0	4	2.265	11.4	1.3	9.0	3.7	0.41
65	Bob Greenwood	28	SDG	Opn	CLE	3	5	.375	5.55	6.00	18	6	2	0	60.0	69	40	37	5	30	24	0	0	3	1.650	10.4	0.8	4.5	3.6	0.80
66	Bob Kerrigan*	35	SDG	Opn	CLE	3	4	.429	4.26	4.74	22	6	0	0	57.0	60	30	27	9	21	26	1	0	0	1.421	9.5	1.4	3.3	4.1	1.24
67	Ron Mrozinski*	25	SAC	Opn		3	2	.600	4.73	6.30	10	7	2	0	40.0	54	28	21	7	16	11	0	0	2	1.750	12.2	1.6	3.6	2.5	0.69
68	Jack Osborn	22	SFR	Opn	BOS	3	7	.300	3.30	3.42	13	10	4	0	71.0	71	27	26	2	21	27	0	1	0	1.296	9.0	0.3	2.7	3.4	1.29
69	Bill Brenner	35	SLE	Opn	CIN	2	3	.400	5.26	5.82	11	7	2	0	65.0	74	42	38	7	27	23	0	0	0	1.554	10.2	1.0	3.7	3.2	0.85
70	Lino Donoso*	33	HOL	Opn	PIT	2	2	.500	5.09	5.87	14	3	1	0	46.0	57	30	26	5	11	19	4	1	3	1.478	11.2	1.0	2.2	3.7	1.73
71	Dick Fiedler	29	POR	Opn	BRO	2	6	.250	3.38	5.51	27	9	3	1	80.0	84	49	30	6	23	32	8	0	5	1.338	9.5	0.7	2.6	3.6	1.39
72	Al Gettel	38	SDG	Opn	CLE	2	4	.333	5.43	6.67	26	4	2	1	58.0	76	43	35	8	23	32	2	0	1	1.707	11.8	1.2	3.6	5.0	1.39
73	Bob Hooper	34	VAN	Opn	BAL	2	3	.400	6.61	6.89	21	5	1	0	64.0	81	49	47	6	38	39	7	0	5	1.859	11.4	0.8	5.3	5.5	1.03
74	Chet Johnson*	38	SAC	Opn		2	1	.667	3.69	4.62	12	3	0	0	39.0	48	20	16	3	13	14	1	0	3	1.564	11.1	0.7	3.0	3.2	1.08
75	Bill Kennedy*	35	SLE	Opn	CIN	2	5	.286	2.55	4.16	43	0	0	0	67.0	57	31	19	3	23	55	1	0	1	1.194	7.7	0.4	3.1	7.4	2.39
76	Alex Konikowski	28	POR	Opn	BRO	2	1	.667	4.81	4.81	11	4	2	0	43.0	45	23	23	5	11	28	0	0	1	1.302	9.4	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.55
77	Chuck Locke	24	VAN	Opn	BAL	2	9	.182	4.56	5.14	13	12	5	0	77.0	86	44	39	4	49	30	3	0	3	1.753	10.1	0.5	5.7	3.5	0.61
78	Laurin Pepper	25	HOL	Opn	PIT	2	1	.667	1.80	1.80	4	4	3	0	35.0	27	7	7	0	14	12	0	0	3	1.171	6.9	0.0	3.6	3.1	0.86
79	Ray Shore	35	POR	Opn	BRO	2	7	.222	3.13	3.78	52	0	0	0	69.0	55	29	24	7	45	55	1	0	2	1.449	7.2	0.9	5.9	7.2	1.22
80	Don Swanson*	23	LOS	Opn	CHC	2	0	1.000			7
81	Fred Besana*	26	VAN	Opn	BAL	1	13	.071	6.59	7.13	25	16	2	0	101.0	116	80	74	9	65	43	5	0	12	1.792	10.3	0.8	5.8	3.8	0.66
82	Don Dangleis	22	HOL	Opn	PIT	1	1	.500			7
83	Bill Griffin*	21	POR	Opn	BRO	1	0	1.000			2
84	Leo Kiely*	26	SFR	Opn	BOS	1	3	.250	2.10	4.50	13	0	0	0	30.0	31	15	7	3	8	8	0	0	0	1.300	9.3	0.9	2.4	2.4	1.00
85	Tom Lovrich	26	SAC	Opn		1	0	1.000			9
86	Olaf Nelson	23	HOL	Opn	PIT	1	2	.333			10
87	Jim Peete*	25	SDG	Opn	CLE	1	0	1.000	4.91	5.45	16	0	0	0	33.0	26	20	18	6	26	21	0	0	5	1.576	7.1	1.6	7.1	5.7	0.81
88	Kent Peterson*	30	SDG	Opn	CLE	1	0	1.000			6
89	Bill Slack	23	SFR	Opn	BOS	1	2	.333	4.32	4.50	28	0	0	0	50.0	49	25	24	7	21	13	0	0	0	1.400	8.8	1.3	3.8	2.3	0.62
90	Leverette Spencer	26	SDG	Opn	CLE	1	2	.333	4.63	6.43	11	3	0	0	35.0	37	25	18	5	13	13	1	0	1	1.429	9.5	1.3	3.3	3.3	1.00
91	Bob Thollander	25	SFR	Opn	BOS	1	1	.500			3
92	Jack Thomas	25	SFR	Opn	BOS	1	2	.333			8
93	Chris Van Cuyk*	29	VAN	Opn	BAL	1	2	.333			7
94	John André	33	LOS	Opn	CHC	0	1	.000			3
95	Ralph Birkofer	22	SLE	Opn	CIN	0	0				7
96	Ted Bowsfield*	21	SFR	Opn	BOS	0	3	.000			5
97	Chuck Churn	26	HOL	Opn	PIT	0	1	.000			6
98	Mike Coen	22	SAC	Opn		0	0				1
99	Don Corella*	22	HOL	Opn	PIT	0	0				2
100	Angelo Dagres*	21	VAN	Opn	BAL	0	0				1