1956 Most Common Pitchers
- Team's starters sorted by GS+CG, closers by SV+GF/3, bullpen by G-GS+GF
- (pitching WAR)
| Starting Pitchers | Bullpen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | Closer | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| 1 | BAL (69-85, 10.83 dWAR) | R.Moore (2.00) | C.Johnson (2.95) | B.Wight (1.29) | H.Brown (1.95) | D.Ferrarese (0.18) | G.Zuverink (0.60) | M.Fornieles (0.39) | B.Loes (0.00) | J.Schmitz (0.04) |
| 2 | BOS (84-70, 11.23 dWAR) | T.Brewer (4.93) | F.Sullivan (3.94) | W.Nixon (1.68) | M.Parnell (0.95) | B.Porterfield (-0.58) | I.Delock (1.28) | T.Hurd (-0.71) | D.Sisler (0.27) | L.Kiely (-0.54) |
| 3 | BRO (93-61, 17.11 dWAR) | D.Newcombe (4.51) | R.Craig (1.91) | C.Erskine (0.87) | S.Maglie (4.94) | D.Drysdale (1.79) | C.Labine (1.94) | D.Bessent (2.66) | E.Roebuck (0.12) | K.Lehman (-0.77) |
| 4 | CHC (60-94, 10.25 dWAR) | B.Rush (3.83) | S.Jones (1.82) | W.Hacker (-0.85) | D.Kaiser (1.83) | J.Davis (1.40) | T.Lown (1.74) | V.Valentinetti (0.77) | J.Hughes (-0.71) | J.Brosnan (1.04) |
| 5 | CHW (85-69, 16.60 dWAR) | B.Pierce (5.23) | D.Donovan (3.57) | J.Harshman (4.26) | J.Wilson (0.78) | B.Keegan (0.49) | G.Staley (1.89) | D.Howell (-0.20) | E.Kinder (0.72) | P.LaPalme (1.39) |
| 6 | CIN (91-63, 17.48 dWAR) | J.Nuxhall (2.04) | B.Lawrence (2.19) | J.Klippstein (2.32) | A.Fowler (0.94) | H.Jeffcoat (2.33) | H.Freeman (2.53) | J.Black (0.61) | T.Acker (2.85) | D.Gross (1.77) |
| 7 | CLE (88-66, 26.50 dWAR) | B.Lemon (5.19) | E.Wynn (7.83) | H.Score (7.27) | M.Garcia (2.26) | H.Aguirre (0.26) | D.Mossi (1.86) | R.Narleski (2.61) | C.McLish (0.09) | A.Houtteman (-0.80) |
| 8 | DET (82-72, 13.27 dWAR) | F.Lary (6.31) | B.Hoeft (2.02) | P.Foytack (3.63) | V.Trucks (1.31) | S.Gromek (0.76) | A.Aber (0.98) | W.Masterson (0.20) | D.Maas (-1.21) | J.Bunning (0.76) |
| 9 | KCA (52-102, 4.91 dWAR) | A.Ditmar (1.99) | L.Kretlow (0.08) | A.Kellner (0.74) | W.Burnette (3.13) | T.Herriage (-1.54) | B.Shantz (1.32) | J.Crimian (-0.43) | T.Gorman (2.45) | B.Harrington (-0.31) |
| 10 | MLN (92-62, 15.19 dWAR) | W.Spahn (5.47) | L.Burdette (4.19) | B.Buhl (1.42) | R.Crone (-0.48) | G.Conley (0.50) | E.Johnson (0.54) | D.Jolly (0.18) | L.Sleater (0.16) | T.Phillips (2.14) |
| 11 | NYG (67-87, 17.11 dWAR) | J.Antonelli (6.42) | R.Gomez (0.70) | A.Worthington (1.70) | J.Hearn (0.17) | J.Margoneri (0.80) | H.Wilhelm (0.66) | W.McCall (0.92) | M.Grissom (3.88) | S.Ridzik (1.16) |
| 12 | NYY (97-57, 9.88 dWAR) | W.Ford (5.21) | J.Kucks (0.17) | B.Turley (-0.65) | D.Larsen (2.62) | T.Sturdivant (2.10) | T.Morgan (-0.76) | T.Byrne (0.79) | B.Grim (1.22) | R.Coleman (0.43) |
| 13 | PHI (71-83, 9.91 dWAR) | R.Roberts (2.39) | C.Simmons (2.40) | H.Haddix (2.74) | S.Rogovin (-0.19) | S.Miller (0.20) | J.Meyer (0.91) | B.Miller (1.94) | R.Negray (0.35) | B.Flowers (-0.26) |
| 14 | PIT (66-88, 17.97 dWAR) | B.Friend (5.57) | R.Kline (4.93) | V.Law (0.55) | R.Munger (0.79) | D.Hall (0.18) | R.Face (2.50) | N.King (1.37) | H.Pollet (0.52) | F.Waters (1.34) |
| 15 | STL (76-78, 9.36 dWAR) | V.Mizell (2.37) | M.Dickson (3.85) | T.Poholsky (1.52) | H.Wehmeier (1.60) | W.Schmidt (1.46) | L.Jackson (0.47) | J.Collum (0.44) | J.Konstanty (0.16) | L.McDaniel (0.56) |
| 16 | WSH (59-95, 0.31 dWAR) | C.Stobbs (4.89) | C.Pascual (-0.81) | B.Wiesler (-1.26) | D.Stone (-1.94) | P.Ramos (0.75) | H.Griggs (-1.18) | B.Chakales (1.08) | C.Grob (-2.29) | B.Byerly (1.75) |
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