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1956 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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National
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
New York (N)	98	64	.605	--
Pittsburgh	96	66	.593	2
San Diego	95	67	.586	3
Boston (N)	95	67	.586	3
Brooklyn	91	71	.562	7
Montreal	67	95	.414	31
St. Louis	66	96	.407	32
Cincinnati	62	100	.383	36

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	New York (N) Giants over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NL League Series (4-1)	New York (N) Giants over Pittsburgh Pirates

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
NYG	5.6	905	162	5669	1539	323	39	232	582	836	.271	.339	.465	.804
BSN	5.4	875	162	5546	1497	254	42	227	616	778	.270	.343	.454	.797
BRK	5.2	836	162	5535	1433	214	33	201	709	999	.259	.343	.418	.761
PIT	5.0	806	162	5439	1374	236	25	203	596	1005	.253	.326	.417	.744
STL	4.5	728	162	5602	1433	284	28	137	575	847	.256	.325	.390	.715
SDP	4.2	675	162	5486	1386	249	25	106	534	801	.253	.319	.365	.684
CIN	4.0	650	162	5486	1326	222	26	135	536	840	.242	.309	.365	.675
MON	3.7	607	162	5415	1275	213	31	126	480	899	.235	.298	.356	.654
Totals	4.7	6082	1296	44178	11263	1995	249	1367	4628	7005	.255	.326	.404	.730
Average		760	162	5522	1408	249	31	171	578	876

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SDP	3.9	638	162	3.45	1459.3	1377	8.5	410	2.5	813	5.0	36
PIT	4.1	661	162	3.84	1446.7	1409	8.7	501	3.1	692	4.3	28
NYG	4.3	702	162	3.93	1462.3	1302	8.0	592	3.7	997	6.2	34
BSN	4.5	734	162	4.13	1444.7	1316	8.1	627	3.9	1082	6.7	28
MON	4.6	749	162	4.36	1431.0	1357	8.4	651	4.0	1002	6.2	26
BRK	4.9	786	162	4.49	1450.0	1518	9.4	504	3.1	647	4.0	26
STL	5.0	802	162	4.56	1466.0	1286	7.9	787	4.9	1180	7.3	31
CIN	5.1	824	162	4.72	1440.0	1432	8.8	616	3.8	913	5.6	23
Totals	4.5	5896	1296	4.18	11600.0	10997	8.5	4688	3.6	7326	5.7	232
Average		737	162		1450	1375		586		916		29

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BSN	94	68	1	6	15	0	0	3	11	0.98	1.12	2,190,103	Ben Thompson
NYG	99	63	-1	5	14	4	1	1	14	0.97	1.20	2,259,937	Matt Ida
CIN	64	98	-2	4	12	1	10	2	18	1.00	1.06	1,675,740	Freddy Wills
BRK	86	76	5	3	13	8	0	1	24	0.99	0.98	1,548,754	Ty Kubick
PIT	96	66	0	3	12	1	0	3	30	0.99	0.90	2,395,557	Jay Zorn
SDP	85	77	10	3	8	1	19	1	20	0.91	0.75	1,718,656	Jamie D'Agostini
MON	66	96	1	1	15	1	2	1	9	1.12	1.13	2,266,472	Hyram the Camel Jockey
STL	74	88	-8	0	15	2	1	4	25	1.04	1.12	2,172,700	Joel Roltgen

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
NYG	294	164.78	87.98	41.20	8.46	2.78	6.44	4.99	6.81	11.74
PIT	288	140.90	102.94	44.14	1.89	3.03	6.02	9.60	13.25	10.37
SDP	285	116.91	120.03	48.03	12.57	1.40	10.53	2.35	6.61	14.59
BSN	285	163.09	84.30	37.57	8.82	3.48	5.13	4.63	6.15	9.36
BRK	273	158.78	78.88	35.31	7.18	1.84	4.42	5.17	7.32	9.38
MON	201	67.21	88.41	45.34	6.28	3.18	8.55	4.29	10.21	12.85
STL	198	95.88	66.01	36.09	12.16	3.93	6.20	0.38	3.48	9.95
CIN	186	89.38	64.18	32.41	11.52	2.55	1.95	5.20	2.67	8.54

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.321, 51 HR, 133 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Warren Spahn	SDP	25-9, 2.03, 367.7 IP, 341 K
Bronze Rookie:	Gene Freese	MON	.293, 16 HR, 62 RBI

Gold Glove Winners

P	Ken Lehman	SDP	1.000, 32 PO, 58 A, 0 E
C	Charlie Silvera	CIN	.996, 748 PO, 47 A, 3 E 52.2% (12-23) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Joe Adcock	PIT	.993, 1784 PO, 147 A, 14 E
2B	Pee Wee Reese	MON	.975, 296 PO, 534 A, 21 E
3B	Woodie Held	NYG	.979, 67 PO, 308 A, 8 E
SS	Jack Lohrke	PIT	.985, 228 PO, 627 A, 13 E
LF	Gene Woodling	BRK	.988, 318 PO, 4 A, 4 E
CF	Mickey Mantle	BRK	.976, 404 PO, 10 A, 10 E
RF	Chuck Diering	BRK	.990, 303 PO, 8 A, 3 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Wakefield	NYG	.336
Finigan	SDP	.336
Mantle	BRK	.321
Runnels	BSN	.319
Ennis	NYG	.309

On-Base Pct

Mantle	BRK	.438
Wakefield	NYG	.413
Finigan	SDP	.403
Woodling	BRK	.402
Ennis	NYG	.389

Slugging Pct

Mantle	BRK	.681
Ennis	NYG	.616
Sawatski	BSN	.578
Kokos	BSN	.571
Wakefield	NYG	.559

OPS

Mantle	BRK	1.119
Ennis	NYG	1.005
Wakefield	NYG	.972
Sawatski	BSN	.952
Woodling	BRK	.941

Mantle	BRK	145.9
Ennis	NYG	129.6
McDougald	NYG	113.5
Woodling	BRK	113.2
Sawatski	BSN	110.5

Games

Lapointe	CIN	161
Carey	MON	158
Adcock	PIT	157
Ennis	NYG	157
Kokos	BSN	157

At-Bats

Lapointe	CIN	648
McDougald	NYG	617
Finigan	SDP	613
Hazle	SDP	601
Aaron	NYG	597

Runs

McDougald	NYG	133
Mantle	BRK	127
Ennis	NYG	126
Kokos	BSN	108
Adcock	PIT	106

Hits

Finigan	SDP	206
Aaron	NYG	183
Ennis	NYG	182
Mele		178
Mantle	BRK	177

Total Bases

Mantle	BRK	376
Ennis	NYG	363
McDougald	NYG	334
Aaron	NYG	328
Adcock	PIT	321

Singles

Lapointe	CIN	153
Finigan	SDP	151
Diering	BRK	145
Mele		128
Runnels	BSN	126

Doubles

McDougald	NYG	45
Aaron	NYG	41
Ennis	NYG	41
Finigan	SDP	41
Kuenn	NYG	37

Triples

Carey	MON	10
McDougald	NYG	9
Thompson	BSN	9
Aaron	NYG	7
Hofman	BRK	7

Homeruns

Mantle	BRK	51
Kokos	BSN	48
Sawatski	BSN	47
Ennis	NYG	44
Adcock	PIT	42

RBIs

Ennis	NYG	144
Mantle	BRK	133
Kokos	BSN	122
Adcock	PIT	121
Woodling	BRK	121

Stolen Bases

Mays	CIN	30
Ashburn	BSN	18
Jackson	BRK	14
Mantle	BRK	12
Blattner	STL	10

Caught Stealing

Ashburn	BSN	10
Maxwell	CIN	10
Mays	CIN	8
Michaels	BRK	5
Stirnweiss		5

Walks

Mantle	BRK	117
Glaviano		115
Woodling	BRK	105
Mathews	BRK	100
Kokos	BSN	87

Strikeouts

Glaviano		173
Reese	MON	154
Mantle	BRK	151
Maxwell	CIN	139
Held	NYG	121

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Spahn		2.03
Stobbs	SDP	2.41
Friend	PIT	3.13
Stone	NYG	3.40
Pierce	NYG	3.43

Wins

Friend	PIT	31
Spahn		25
Stobbs	SDP	25
Kucks	BRK	22
Presko	BSN	22

Losses

Bowman	CIN	22
Fannin		21
Gross	MON	21
Garcia	PIT	20
Bunning		19

Winning Pct

Friend	PIT	.795
Spahn		.735
Stobbs	SDP	.714
Kucks	BRK	.710
Johnson		.708

Saves

Wilhelm	PIT	21
Abernathy	NYG	20
Mossi	MON	18
Farrell	BSN	17
Nixon	CIN	17

Games Pitched

Mossi	MON	112
Rozek	STL	84
Brosnan	CIN	82
Owens	NYG	81
Holloman	CIN	79

Games Started

Antonelli	NYG	44
Friend	PIT	44
Garcia	PIT	44
Pollet	STL	44
Presko	BSN	44

Complete Games

Kucks	BRK	23
Friend	PIT	22
Spahn		22
Garcia	PIT	17
Haddix	BSN	16

Shutouts

Stobbs	SDP	5
Freeman	BRK	4
Spahn		4
Friend	PIT	3
Roberts	SDP	3

Innings Pitched

Spahn		367.7
Friend	PIT	364.7
Garcia	PIT	352.3
Presko	BSN	335.0
Spooner	BSN	325.3

Hits Allowed

Friend	PIT	351
Fannin		339
Roberts	SDP	331
Garcia	PIT	320
Kucks	BRK	320

Homeruns Allowed

Fannin		44
Antonelli	NYG	43
Spooner	BSN	41
Haddix	BSN	38
Sullivan	BRK	37

Strikeouts

Spahn		341
Spooner	BSN	334
Duren	STL	318
Pollet	STL	312
Antonelli	NYG	280

Walks Allowed

Pollet	STL	185
Duren	STL	180
Spooner	BSN	153
Koufax	MON	147
Stone	NYG	133

Walks per 9IP

Stobbs	SDP	1.5
Friend	PIT	2.1
Roberts	SDP	2.1
Freeman	BRK	2.1
Spahn		2.2

Hits per 9IP

Duren	STL	6.2
Spahn		6.4
Spooner	BSN	6.6
Stone	NYG	6.8
Peterson	MON	6.8

Strikeouts per 9IP

Duren	STL	10.2
Spooner	BSN	9.2
Pollet	STL	9.1
Peterson	MON	9.1
Spahn		8.3

WHiP

Spahn		0.96
Stobbs	SDP	1.01
Friend	PIT	1.19
Spooner	BSN	1.20
Pierce	NYG	1.22

OAVG

Duren	STL	.194
Spahn		.199
Spooner	BSN	.203
Peterson	MON	.208
Stone	NYG	.209

OOBP

Spahn		.250
Stobbs	SDP	.258
Friend	PIT	.295
Antonelli	NYG	.298
Freeman	BRK	.298

OSLG

Spahn		.283
Stobbs	SDP	.328
Stone	NYG	.337
Friend	PIT	.341
Pollet	STL	.345

OOPS

Spahn		.533
Stobbs	SDP	.586
Friend	PIT	.635
Stone	NYG	.643
Freeman	BRK	.644

League All-Stars
Hank Aaron	Joe Adcock	Johnny Antonelli
Del Ennis	Jim Finigan	Bob Friend
Bob Grim	Randy Jackson	Connie Johnson
Dick Kokos	Harvey Kuenn	Dale Long
Mickey Mantle	Gil McDougald	Don Mossi
Willard Nixon	Joe Presko	Robin Roberts
Carl Sawatski	Charlie Silvera	Warren Spahn
Chuck Stobbs	Hank Thompson	Gene Woodling
Gus Zernial

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Warren Spahn	SDP	$ 28,000,000
2.	Kent Peterson	MON	$ 21,730,000
3.	Gene Woodling	BRK	$ 14,865,890
4.	Stan Musial	CIN	$ 13,500,000
5.	Robin Roberts	SDP	$ 10,000,000
6.	Del Ennis	NYG	$ 8,550,000
7.	Buddy Blattner	STL	$ 7,950,000
8.	Mickey Mantle	BRK	$ 7,378,571
9.	Billy Pierce	NYG	$ 7,100,000
10.	Chuck Stobbs	SDP	$ 6,990,000
11.	Tommy Hughes	BSN	$ 6,500,000
	Dale Mitchell	STL	$ 6,500,000
13.	Cliff Fannin	CIN	$ 6,350,000
14.	Willie Mays	CIN	$ 6,250,000
15.	Dick Wakefield	NYG	$ 6,001,001
16.	Richie Ashburn	BSN	$ 6,000,000
17.	Joe Adcock	PIT	$ 5,971,429
18.	Bobby Hofman	BRK	$ 5,671,429
19.	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	$ 5,500,000
20.	Gus Zernial	PIT	$ 5,300,000
21.	Mike Garcia	PIT	$ 5,000,000
22.	Carl Sawatski	BSN	$ 4,971,429
23.	Gil McDougald	NYG	$ 4,764,286
24.	Howie Pollet	STL	$ 4,600,000
	Dick Kokos	BSN	$ 4,600,000