National League League Leaders
Sunday, September 30, 1956

Batting Average

AARON, Hank MIL .353
CLEMENTE, Roberto PIT .331
VIRDON, Bill STL/PIT .330
MUSIAL, Stan STL .310
MAYS, Willie NYN .310
BELL, Gus CIN .307
HODGES, Gil BKN .294
BOYER, Ken STL .291
FURILLO, Carl BKN .290
DARK, Al NYN/STL .289

Home Runs

MATHEWS, Eddie MIL 38
BELL, Gus CIN 37
KLUSZEWSKI, Ted CIN 36
ADCOCK, Joe MIL 34
ROBINSON, Frank CIN 31
MAYS, Willie NYN 30
LOPATA, Stan PHI 29
THOMAS, Frank PIT 29
BOYER, Ken STL 28
LONG, Dale PIT 27

Runs Batted In

AARON, Hank MIL 124
BOYER, Ken STL 114
ENNIS, Del PHI 112
BELL, Gus CIN 112
MATHEWS, Eddie MIL 103
MUSIAL, Stan STL 101
ADCOCK, Joe MIL 100
HODGES, Gil BKN 94
LOPATA, Stan PHI 93
POST, Wally CIN 91

Hits

AARON, Hank MIL 226
VIRDON, Bill STL/PIT 194
BELL, Gus CIN 182
MUSIAL, Stan STL 182
MAYS, Willie NYN 180
ASHBURN, Richie PHI 177
DARK, Al NYN/STL 176
BOYER, Ken STL 174
TEMPLE, Johnny CIN 171
GILLIAM, Jim BKN 171

On Base Pct

MUSIAL, Stan STL .396
FURILLO, Carl BKN .390
GILLIAM, Jim BKN .389
MAYS, Willie NYN .386
MOON, Wally STL .384
AARON, Hank MIL .383
SNIDER, Duke BKN .381
BELL, Gus CIN .375
HODGES, Gil BKN .374
ROBINSON, Frank CIN .369

Slugging Pct

AARON, Hank MIL .602
MAYS, Willie NYN .540
BELL, Gus CIN .540
MUSIAL, Stan STL .528
ADCOCK, Joe MIL .521
KLUSZEWSKI, Ted CIN .509
MATHEWS, Eddie MIL .508
ROBINSON, Frank CIN .505
LONG, Dale PIT .500
HODGES, Gil BKN .497

Runs

BELL, Gus CIN 109
MATHEWS, Eddie MIL 104
ASHBURN, Richie PHI 104
MAYS, Willie NYN 103
TEMPLE, Johnny CIN 103
GILLIAM, Jim BKN 103
AARON, Hank MIL 102
MOON, Wally STL 100
BLASINGAME, Don STL 98
MUSIAL, Stan STL 96

Stolen Bases

MAYS, Willie NYN 27
GILLIAM, Jim BKN 25
BLASINGAME, Don STL 19
TEMPLE, Johnny CIN 13
ROBINSON, Jackie BKN 10
CLEMENTE, Roberto PIT 10
FONDY, Dee CHIN 10
BRUTON, Bill MIL 10
BOYER, Ken STL 10
ENNIS, Del PHI 10

Doubles

AARON, Hank MIL 37
MUSIAL, Stan STL 37
CLEMENTE, Roberto PIT 35
BANKS, Ernie CHIN 35
DARK, Al NYN/STL 34
ROBINSON, Frank CIN 34
LOPATA, Stan PHI 32
HODGES, Gil BKN 32
FURILLO, Carl BKN 30
MAYS, Willie NYN 30

Triples

AARON, Hank MIL 21
FONDY, Dee CHIN 12
O'CONNELL, Danny MIL 11
MOON, Wally STL 11
ASHBURN, Richie PHI 11
AMOROS, Sandy BKN 9
BRUTON, Bill MIL 9
WHITE, Bill NYN 9
VIRDON, Bill STL/PIT 9
TEMPLE, Johnny CIN 8

Walks

GILLIAM, Jim BKN 102
SNIDER, Duke BKN 96
MOON, Wally STL 89
FURILLO, Carl BKN 87
MUSIAL, Stan STL 85
JONES, Willie PHI 81
O'CONNELL, Danny MIL 80
MATHEWS, Eddie MIL 78
BLASINGAME, Don STL 78
ASHBURN, Richie PHI 77

Strikeouts

POST, Wally CIN 114
LOPATA, Stan PHI 102
ROBINSON, Frank CIN 94
LONG, Dale PIT 92
HODGES, Gil BKN 90
BRUTON, Bill MIL 88
SNIDER, Duke BKN 88
ADCOCK, Joe MIL 86
FONDY, Dee CHIN 78
CAMPANELLA, Roy BKN 77

Earned Run Average

MAGLIE, Sal BKN 2.06
WEHMEIER, Herm PHI/STL 2.10
NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 2.14
CRONE, Ray MIL 2.25
SPAHN, Warren MIL 2.49
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 2.51
FRIEND, Bob PIT 2.53
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 2.55
BUHL, Bob MIL 2.65
KLINE, Ron PIT 2.91

Wins

NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 26-6
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 22-8
FRIEND, Bob PIT 21-16
SPAHN, Warren MIL 19-7
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 19-8
HADDIX, Harvey STL/PHI 17-14
FOWLER, Art CIN 15-6
BUHL, Bob MIL 15-10
LAWRENCE, Brooks CIN 15-11
KLINE, Ron PIT 15-21

Saves

FREEMAN, Hersh CIN 21
PHILLIPS, Taylor MIL 14
JACKSON, Larry STL 11
LOWN, Turk CHIN 9
WILHELM, Hoyt NYN 9
MILLER, Bob J PHI 9
SLEATER, Lou MIL 8
LABINE, Clem BKN 7
MCCALL, Windy NYN 7
COLLUM, Jackie STL 6

Winning Pct

NEWCOMBE, Don BKN .813
GRISSOM, Marv NYN .786
BURDETTE, Lew MIL .733
SPAHN, Warren MIL .731
FOWLER, Art CIN .714
PHILLIPS, Taylor MIL .714
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL .704
MAGLIE, Sal BKN .667
KLIPPSTEIN, Johnny CIN .667
SCHMIDT, Willard STL .625

Innings Pitched

FRIEND, Bob PIT 334.7
NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 307.0
KLINE, Ron PIT 302.7
SPAHN, Warren MIL 285.3
ROBERTS, Robin PHI 281.0
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 279.3
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 279.0
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 258.3
RUSH, Bob CHIN 250.3
NUXHALL, Joe CIN 238.0

Games Started

FRIEND, Bob PIT 40
KLINE, Ron PIT 39
ROBERTS, Robin PHI 37
NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 36
SPAHN, Warren MIL 35
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 35
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 35
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 33
RUSH, Bob CHIN 32
NUXHALL, Joe CIN 32

Complete Games

NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 28
FRIEND, Bob PIT 26
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 18
SPAHN, Warren MIL 18
ROBERTS, Robin PHI 18
RUSH, Bob CHIN 16
KLINE, Ron PIT 15
SIMMONS, Curt PHI 14
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 14
MAGLIE, Sal BKN 13

Shut Outs

NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 9
WEHMEIER, Herm PHI/STL 6
KLINE, Ron PIT 6
KLIPPSTEIN, Johnny CIN 5
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 5
FOWLER, Art CIN 4
MAGLIE, Sal BKN 4
ERSKINE, Carl BKN 4
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 4
SPAHN, Warren MIL 4

Strikeouts

FRIEND, Bob PIT 192
ROBERTS, Robin PHI 188
JONES, Sam CHIN 179
NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 175
HADDIX, Harvey STL/PHI 170
KLINE, Ron PIT 165
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 158
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 157
NUXHALL, Joe CIN 155
POHOLSKY, Tom STL 138

Walks Allowed

BUHL, Bob MIL 127
JONES, Sam CHIN 104
LAWRENCE, Brooks CIN 99
FRIEND, Bob PIT 96
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 89
KLINE, Ron PIT 87
GOMEZ, Ruben NYN 87
SCHMIDT, Willard STL 83
LOWN, Turk CHIN 82
BURDETTE, Lew MIL 79

HR Allowed

ROBERTS, Robin PHI 42
MIZELL, Vinegar B STL 32
FRIEND, Bob PIT 31
POHOLSKY, Tom STL 29
RUSH, Bob CHIN 29
HACKER, Warren CHIN 28
LAW, Vern PIT 28
ANTONELLI, Johnny NYN 28
NEWCOMBE, Don BKN 28
SIMMONS, Curt PHI 27

Appearances

LOWN, Turk CHIN 68
FREEMAN, Hersh CIN 66
FACE, Roy PIT 49
JACKSON, Larry STL 49
LABINE, Clem BKN 48
RIDZIK, Steve NYN 46
WILHELM, Hoyt NYN 46
COLLUM, Jackie STL 45
MILLER, Bob J PHI 44
DAVIS, Jim CHIN 43

 

 

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