1956 Western League Pitching Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 558 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season

Attendance: 757,963 (1,358/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Marshall Bridges*	25	TPK	A	MLN	18	11	.621	3.90	4.80	39	31	19	242.0	208	129	105	22	151	213	2	3	5	1.483	7.7	0.8	5.6	7.9	1.41
2	Mike Coen	22	AMA	A		17	9	.654	3.46	4.33	34	27	17	208.0	200	100	80	24	93	171	7	1	5	1.409	8.7	1.0	4.0	7.4	1.84
3	Bennie Daniels	24	LIN	A	PIT	15	3	.833	4.08	4.72	30	28	10	183.0	161	96	83	10	109	121	3	1	9	1.475	7.9	0.5	5.4	6.0	1.11
4	John O'Donnell*	29	TPK	A	MLN	15	11	.577	3.32	4.26	42	23	14	209.0	201	99	77	28	76	150	2	0	5	1.325	8.7	1.2	3.3	6.5	1.97
5	Russ Heman	23	CSP	A	CHW	14	11	.560	4.37	5.54	33	28	14	208.0	206	128	101	30	110	186	11	0	14	1.519	8.9	1.3	4.8	8.0	1.69
6	Don Rowe*	20	LIN	A	PIT	13	7	.650	4.63	5.05	29	27	10	173.0	173	97	89	15	112	164	3	2	6	1.647	9.0	0.8	5.8	8.5	1.46
7	Larry Sherry	20	PBO	A	BRO	13	13	.500	4.39	5.04	33	31	13	209.0	194	117	102	25	132	184	8	0	11	1.560	8.4	1.1	5.7	7.9	1.39
8	Hugh Blanton	32	AMA	A		12	5	.706	3.65	4.42	24	15	8	116.0	112	57	47	14	36	104	2	0	4	1.276	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.1	2.89
9	Robert Lowe	26	CSP	A	CHW	12	7	.632	5.37	6.28	34	12	8	129.0	167	90	77	21	23	61	0	2	4	1.473	11.7	1.5	1.6	4.3	2.65
10	Jack Venable	29	AMA	A		12	4	.750	5.55	6.12	48	8	3	128.0	152	87	79	20	66	130	2	0	5	1.703	10.7	1.4	4.6	9.1	1.97
11	Kenneth Yoke*	23	AMA	A		12	5	.706	3.70	4.47	28	18	11	151.0	148	75	62	16	59	104	1	2	4	1.371	8.8	1.0	3.5	6.2	1.76
12	Reggie Lee*	22	ABQ	A	NYG	11	9	.550	4.14	5.47	27	25	10	176.0	139	107	81	12	115	183	3	0	18	1.443	7.1	0.6	5.9	9.4	1.59
13	Dick Spady	26	PBO	A	BRO	11	8	.579	5.14	6.73	35	14	6	147.0	169	110	84	16	71	72	6	1	2	1.633	10.3	1.0	4.3	4.4	1.01
14	Ted Thiem	20	SXC	A	STL	11	14	.440	4.21	5.46	34	27	11	188.0	190	114	88	23	89	99	3	0	8	1.484	9.1	1.1	4.3	4.7	1.11
15	Jim Tugerson	33	AMA	A		11	6	.647	5.67	6.43	27	22	10	154.0	169	110	97	34	58	132	2	1	8	1.474	9.9	2.0	3.4	7.7	2.28
16	Don Williams	24	LIN	A	PIT	11	8	.579	3.39	4.50	44	4	1	122.0	118	61	46	12	54	102	4	2	6	1.410	8.7	0.9	4.0	7.5	1.89
17	Rich Ramos	22	CSP	A	CHW	10	11	.476	4.47	5.14	26	25	10	175.0	186	100	87	16	76	144	7	0	5	1.497	9.6	0.8	3.9	7.4	1.89
18	John Rieder	23	DMO	A	CHC	10	6	.625	4.18	4.99	37	18	5	155.0	173	86	72	16	59	84	6	1	4	1.497	10.0	0.9	3.4	4.9	1.42
19	Deward Williams	24	LIN	A	PIT	10	6	.625	4.68	5.82	26	23	8	150.0	140	97	78	11	98	139	4	0	9	1.587	8.4	0.7	5.9	8.3	1.42
20	John Hricinak	24	DMO	A	CHC	9	5	.643	3.41	4.57	20	17	4	124.0	144	63	47	9	38	61	4	0	4	1.468	10.5	0.7	2.8	4.4	1.61
21	Ed Ludwig*	24	SXC	A	STL	9	10	.474	4.50	5.52	26	21	8	150.0	163	92	75	18	61	130	5	0	6	1.493	9.8	1.1	3.7	7.8	2.13
22	Ted Shandor	27	ABQ	A	NYG	9	15	.375	5.30	6.74	32	24	10	175.0	228	131	103	22	55	92	1	0	0	1.617	11.7	1.1	2.8	4.7	1.67
23	Rudy Árias*	25	CSP	A	CHW	8	5	.615	3.55	4.44	35	10	7	142.0	139	70	56	14	65	122	4	0	4	1.437	8.8	0.9	4.1	7.7	1.88
24	Bill Roland	26	TPK	A	MLN	8	6	.571	4.54	4.97	25	11	6	105.0	96	58	53	10	63	96	2	1	9	1.514	8.2	0.9	5.4	8.2	1.52
25	Armando Suarez*	24	PBO	A	BRO	8	5	.615	5.00	5.57	29	15	4	126.0	149	78	70	13	53	80	3	2	2	1.603	10.6	0.9	3.8	5.7	1.51
26	Don Swanson*	23	DMO	A	CHC	8	5	.615	3.17	4.46	18	17	6	125.0	133	62	44	8	48	87	8	0	4	1.448	9.6	0.6	3.5	6.3	1.81
27	Richard Atkinson	25	SXC	A	STL	7	10	.412	5.14	6.61	29	24	9	177.0	187	130	101	27	97	134	8	0	5	1.605	9.5	1.4	4.9	6.8	1.38
28	Joe Baliga	23	PBO	A	BRO	7	5	.583	5.13	5.44	21	11	2	86.0	86	52	49	12	39	52	3	0	4	1.453	9.0	1.3	4.1	5.4	1.33
29	Robert Faust	22	PBO	A	BRO	7	7	.500	4.15	5.84	19	11	6	91.0	89	59	42	9	45	75	6	0	4	1.473	8.8	0.9	4.5	7.4	1.67
30	Mike Hoffman	26	LIN	A	PIT	7	5	.583	4.04	6.06	34	10	2	107.0	128	72	48	13	63	45	2	0	13	1.785	10.8	1.1	5.3	3.8	0.71
31	James Mertlik*	23	PBO	A	BRO	7	8	.467	4.98	6.38	40	16	5	141.0	158	100	78	11	103	107	4	0	4	1.851	10.1	0.7	6.6	6.8	1.04
32	Charles Rabung	23	CSP	A	CHW	7	9	.438	6.05	6.55	28	16	7	125.0	136	91	84	20	60	57	7	0	3	1.568	9.8	1.4	4.3	4.1	0.95
33	Domingo Rossello	24	LIN	A	PIT	7	7	.500	4.50	5.20	27	26	8	154.0	176	89	77	23	50	77	2	1	6	1.468	10.3	1.3	2.9	4.5	1.54
34	Dwight Stoddard	25	DMO	A	CHC	7	7	.500	4.65	5.53	33	11	3	122.0	122	75	63	14	67	70	1	0	5	1.549	9.0	1.0	4.9	5.2	1.04
35	Russell Wingo	24	DMO	A	CHC	7	7	.500	4.89	6.44	40	10	2	116.0	123	83	63	16	50	90	1	2	4	1.491	9.5	1.2	3.9	7.0	1.80
36	John André	33	DMO	A	CHC	6	2	.750	3.88	4.88	11	10	5	72.0	74	39	31	7	26	52	3	0	0	1.389	9.3	0.9	3.3	6.5	2.00
37	Garland Brill	25	CSP	A	CHW	6	5	.545	5.34	6.13	35	5	1	91.0	103	62	54	14	42	74	2	0	8	1.593	10.2	1.4	4.2	7.3	1.76
38	Vernon Cray	26	SXC	A	STL	6	11	.353	4.62	5.40	57	2	0	115.0	118	69	59	19	49	81	2	0	12	1.452	9.2	1.5	3.8	6.3	1.65
39	Paul Hoffmeister	27	DMO	A	CHC	6	5	.545	3.77	6.10	43	0	0	62.0	58	42	26	9	35	63	0	1	3	1.500	8.4	1.3	5.1	9.1	1.80
40	Bud McClure*	24	DMO	A	CHC	6	3	.667	3.04	3.25	21	10	4	83.0	67	30	28	7	46	71	0	0	5	1.361	7.3	0.8	5.0	7.7	1.54
41	Bill Nordberg	30	LIN	A	PIT	6	10	.375	3.87	4.86	38	2	0	100.0	101	54	43	9	49	55	2	1	5	1.500	9.1	0.8	4.4	5.0	1.12
42	Charles Ready	25	PBO	A	BRO	6	7	.462	4.89	5.76	45	4	1	114.0	118	73	62	10	80	94	9	0	13	1.737	9.3	0.8	6.3	7.4	1.18
43	Glenn Thompson	27	TPK	A	MLN	6	6	.500	6.03	6.44	22	14	6	109.0	124	78	73	10	74	87	2	1	5	1.817	10.2	0.8	6.1	7.2	1.18
44	Bob Clear	28	SXC	A	STL	5	4	.556	6.00	6.46	22	9	5	78.0	95	56	52	21	44	60	2	0	5	1.782	11.0	2.4	5.1	6.9	1.36
45	Stewart Alton	26	TPK	A	MLN	4	3	.571	5.96	6.90	23	7	2	77.0	88	59	51	13	52	75	9	2	1	1.818	10.3	1.5	6.1	8.8	1.44
46	Andy Bush	37	AMA	A		4	1	.800	2.57	3.70	8	8	3	56.0	57	23	16	5	5	23	0	0	0	1.107	9.2	0.8	0.8	3.7	4.60
47	Tom Guderian	22	DMO	A	CHC	4	8	.333	6.00	7.56	28	7	0	75.0	100	63	50	11	47	35	4	0	4	1.960	12.0	1.3	5.6	4.2	0.74
48	Lonnie Myers	24	ABQ	A	NYG	4	7	.364	7.01	8.58	32	7	0	86.0	124	82	67	6	46	57	0	0	5	1.977	13.0	0.6	4.8	6.0	1.24
49	Thomas Richards	20	CSP	A	CHW	4	9	.308	5.85	7.76	14	14	5	80.0	91	69	52	14	47	74	5	0	8	1.725	10.2	1.6	5.3	8.3	1.57
50	Herb Shankman*	24	TPK	A	MLN	4	3	.571	5.56	6.35	21	7	0	68.0	72	48	42	5	56	66	4	0	5	1.882	9.5	0.7	7.4	8.7	1.18
51	William Wells	21	PBO	A	BRO	4	6	.400	6.45	8.73	14	12	5	67.0	87	65	48	6	53	41	2	0	5	2.090	11.7	0.8	7.1	5.5	0.77
52	Bud Bauhofer	25	ABQ	A	NYG	3	5	.375	5.33	7.00	26	9	1	81.0	102	63	48	15	40	59	3	2	4	1.753	11.3	1.7	4.4	6.6	1.48
53	Rogers Fister	22	SXC	A	STL	3	14	.176	6.42	7.80	34	19	4	143.0	162	124	102	21	91	85	2	0	7	1.769	10.2	1.3	5.7	5.3	0.93
54	Gene Hines	23	PBO	A	BRO	3	4	.429	5.85	7.35	15	8	1	60.0	50	49	39	9	68	37	1	0	15	1.967	7.5	1.4	10.2	5.6	0.54
55	Tom LeGros	25	DMO	A	CHC	3	2	.600	6.19	6.75	8	7	2	48.0	65	36	33	10	15	21	0	0	0	1.667	12.2	1.9	2.8	3.9	1.40
56	Fernando Osorio	26	ABQ	A	NYG	3	5	.375	3.72	4.30	34	6	2	92.0	93	44	38	8	34	70	0	0	1	1.380	9.1	0.8	3.3	6.8	2.06
57	Gale Pringle	34	AMA	A		3	2	.600	4.71	5.57	15	7	2	63.0	71	39	33	12	26	55	0	0	1	1.540	10.1	1.7	3.7	7.9	2.12
58	Marv Rotblatt*	28	TPK	A	MLN	3	3	.500	5.21	5.92	13	5	1	38.0	43	25	22	7	19	30	0	0	5	1.632	10.2	1.7	4.5	7.1	1.58
59	Larry Shepard	37	LIN	A	PIT	3	0	1.000	6.53	7.69	18	3	1	62.0	76	53	45	12	23	34	1	0	2	1.597	11.0	1.7	3.3	4.9	1.48
60	Gary Underhill*	20	SXC	A	STL	3	5	.375	5.14	6.86	16	10	0	63.0	68	48	36	7	44	49	2	1	2	1.778	9.7	1.0	6.3	7.0	1.11
61	Don Urquhart	26	SXC	A	STL	3	5	.375	4.50	5.57	15	11	5	84.0	92	52	42	10	47	44	3	0	1	1.655	9.9	1.1	5.0	4.7	0.94
62	Fred Zirella?	26	AMA	A		3	1	.750			14											0
63	Hoyt Benedict	26	AMA	A		2	0	1.000			7											0
64	Ronald Berdrow	22	AMA	A		2	3	.400			8											0
65	Phillip Brown	22	CSP	A	CHW	2	6	.250	5.11	6.20	16	10	2	74.0	82	51	42	7	51	61	3	0	7	1.797	10.0	0.9	6.2	7.4	1.20
66	Freddie Burdette	19	DMO	A	CHC	2	3	.400	4.02	5.94	9	8	1	47.0	46	31	21	9	30	27	3	0	0	1.617	8.8	1.7	5.7	5.2	0.90
67	Lester Fessette	25	TPK	A	MLN	2	1	.667			3											0
68	Martin Garber*	20	DMO	A	CHC	2	5	.286	5.71	7.62	17	8	0	52.0	59	44	33	5	33	38	2	0	2	1.769	10.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.15
69	Carl Johnson	22	DMO	A	CHC	2	4	.333	5.40	8.33	10	6	1	40.0	44	37	24	6	31	31	0	0	6	1.875	9.9	1.4	7.0	7.0	1.00
70	Jack Martin*	26	ABQ	A	NYG	2	1	.667			5											0
71	Andy Olsen*	25	LIN	A	PIT	2	1	.667	3.72	4.70	15	3	1	46.0	40	24	19	3	26	40	1	0	0	1.435	7.8	0.6	5.1	7.8	1.54
72	Jim Peete*	25	ABQ	A	NYG	2	4	.333	4.83	5.83	9	8	2	54.0	52	35	29	5	45	52	1	0	3	1.796	8.7	0.8	7.5	8.7	1.16
73	Jack Sanoff	24	TPK	A	MLN	2	2	.500			7											0
74	August Schmidt	20	AMA	A		2	1	.667			5											0
75	Dan Severino	22	CSP	A	CHW	2	5	.286	6.34	7.73	15	9	2	71.0	83	61	50	17	42	54	2	0	6	1.761	10.5	2.2	5.3	6.8	1.29
76	Richard Shinnick	23	LIN	A	PIT	2	2	.500			7											0
77	Dick Spiller	21	SXC	A	STL	2	5	.286	6.10	7.69	23	6	1	62.0	74	53	42	13	36	43	1	0	11	1.774	10.7	1.9	5.2	6.2	1.19
78	Earl Tucker*	22	AMA	A		2	0	1.000			12											0
79	Arnold Banals	22	PBO	A	BRO	1	0	1.000			4											0
80	Ernest Bartolomei*	22	ABQ	A	NYG	1	2	.333			5											0
81	Bob Bennett	22	CSP	A	CHW	1	0	1.000			6											0
82	Jack Brown	23	LIN	A	PIT	1	1	.500			4											0
83	Marcos Cobos	24	LIN	A	PIT	1	0	1.000			3											0
84	Maurice Fisher	25	AMA	A		1	4	.200	3.64	6.51	11	5	0	47.0	51	34	19	12	16	23	0	0	3	1.426	9.8	2.3	3.1	4.4	1.44
85	Terry Fox	20	TPK	A	MLN	1	4	.200	4.42	5.19	16	6	2	59.0	59	34	29	5	31	40	0	1	1	1.525	9.0	0.8	4.7	6.1	1.29
86	Willie Franco	23	AMA	A		1	0	1.000			4											0
87	James Kenaga*	24	ABQ	A	NYG	1	1	.500			2											0
88	Cleo Lewright	28	LIN	A	PIT	1	0	1.000			2											0
89	Audie Malone	33	AMA	A		1	2	.333			4											0
90	Henry Overin*	23	ABQ	A	NYG	1	2	.333			6											0
91	Tommy Pollet	27	ABQ	A	NYG	1	3	.250	7.63	7.83	9	4	1	46.0	62	40	39	4	25	24	0	0	2	1.891	12.1	0.8	4.9	4.7	0.96
92	Edward Sassone	22	ABQ	A	NYG	1	1	.500			2											0
93	Whit Ulrich	24	TPK	A	MLN	1	1	.500			11											0
94	Ron Wells	21	PBO	A	BRO	1	3	.250	7.84	6.10	7	6	0	31.0	43	21	27	6	25	21	1	0	1	2.194	12.5	1.7	7.3	6.1	0.84
95	Fritz Ackley	19	CSP	A	CHW	0	2	.000	6.47	9.00	9	4	0	32.0	41	32	23	4	14	26	5	0	3	1.719	11.5	1.1	3.9	7.3	1.86
96	Thomas Allen	20	TPK	A	MLN	0	0				1											0
97	Kenneth Andersen*	20	ABQ	A	NYG	0	0				1											0
98	Jack Bickett?	26	TPK	A	MLN	0	0				2											0
99	Douglas Bogenreif	24	SXC	A	STL	0	4	.000			6											0
100	Ralph Buckingham*	25	AMA	A		0	0				8											0