1956 California League Pitching Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

Attendance: 645,328 (1,152/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	Pete Hernandez	26	VIS	C		24	10	.706	4.05	4.64	36	34	29	3	287.0	286	148	129	24	109	212	6	1	15	1.376	9.0	0.8	3.4	6.6	1.95
2	Nelson Chittum	23	FRE	C	STL	23	7	.767	3.62	4.13	37	32	24	3	266.0	249	122	107	16	97	180	8	0	7	1.301	8.4	0.5	3.3	6.1	1.86
3	Howie Nunn	20	FRE	C	STL	23	7	.767	3.67	4.83	39	28	18	3	218.0	225	117	89	9	109	153	3	0	4	1.532	9.3	0.4	4.5	6.3	1.40
4	Dave Jordan*	19	STK	C		19	11	.633	3.27	3.87	34	29	26	5	256.0	208	110	93	22	96	227	5	0	9	1.188	7.3	0.8	3.4	8.0	2.36
5	Alvin Spearman	24	STK	C		18	3	.857	2.62	3.45	22	19	18	4	175.0	166	67	51	6	58	88	7	1	1	1.280	8.5	0.3	3.0	4.5	1.52
6	Cliff Allmon	22	SJO	C		17	12	.586	4.64	5.14	33	31	25	2	254.0	256	145	131	20	99	163	6	1	14	1.398	9.1	0.7	3.5	5.8	1.65
7	Don Orwiler*	26	MOD	C	NYY	17	9	.654	3.48	4.65	36	29	22	1	248.0	273	128	96	14	89	179	9	0	10	1.460	9.9	0.5	3.2	6.5	2.01
8	Veto Ramirez	27	STK	C		15	12	.556	4.00	4.96	33	28	17	0	243.0	256	134	108	15	103	132	3	0	8	1.477	9.5	0.6	3.8	4.9	1.28
9	Samuel Williams	33	SJO	C		15	9	.625	3.10	3.81	28	24	19	0	203.0	189	86	70	8	52	121	3	0	2	1.187	8.4	0.4	2.3	5.4	2.33
10	James Lee	22	SJO	C		14	12	.538	3.59	4.68	29	29	19	0	223.0	212	116	89	11	77	176	1	0	8	1.296	8.6	0.4	3.1	7.1	2.29
11	Tommy Sheridan	21	REN	C	BRO	14	8	.636	4.21	5.18	29	25	9	1	186.0	187	107	87	7	118	126	14	1	4	1.640	9.0	0.3	5.7	6.1	1.07
12	Jack Smith	20	REN	C	BRO	14	10	.583	4.82	5.74	35	27	10	2	196.0	219	125	105	8	120	141	8	1	3	1.730	10.1	0.4	5.5	6.5	1.18
13	Art Bielefeld	27	STK	C		12	9	.571	3.40	4.63	37	23	15	1	212.0	226	109	80	16	67	106	6	0	6	1.382	9.6	0.7	2.8	4.5	1.58
14	Frank Cornell	19	MOD	C	NYY	12	13	.480	6.23	7.64	40	17	5	0	159.0	143	135	110	9	178	173	6	2	15	2.019	8.1	0.5	10.1	9.8	0.97
15	Red Lynn	42	BAK	C	PHI	12	9	.571	5.08	6.11	24	18	12	0	140.0	162	95	79	11	52	72	6	0	6	1.529	10.4	0.7	3.3	4.6	1.38
16	Donald Nichols	21	MOD	C	NYY	12	14	.462	3.86	5.10	40	28	20	1	247.0	238	140	106	13	93	173	5	0	6	1.340	8.7	0.5	3.4	6.3	1.86
17	Henry Overin*	23	STK	C		12	9	.571	3.48	4.81	24	23	14	0	176.0	203	94	68	8	89	94	4	0	12	1.659	10.4	0.4	4.6	4.8	1.06
18	William Sperling	23	SJO	C		12	5	.706	3.47	5.70	31	15	7	0	161.0	171	102	62	6	114	88	2	0	5	1.770	9.6	0.3	6.4	4.9	0.77
19	Billy Joe Waters	26	SLS	C	MLN	12	11	.522	4.06	4.81	32	24	15	0	206.0	227	110	93	8	62	103	1	0	2	1.403	9.9	0.3	2.7	4.5	1.66
20	John Morrill	23	VIS	C		11	11	.500	5.23	6.34	31	27	11	0	196.0	228	138	114	20	118	98	3	1	8	1.765	10.5	0.9	5.4	4.5	0.83
21	Chuck Page	20	REN	C	BRO	11	7	.611	4.37	5.01	22	19	11	1	140.0	119	78	68	5	146	140	4	0	9	1.893	7.7	0.3	9.4	9.0	0.96
22	David Dexter	19	FRE	C	STL	10	8	.556	3.99	5.53	29	19	10	2	140.0	137	86	62	6	112	70	7	0	4	1.779	8.8	0.4	7.2	4.5	0.63
23	Donald Glenn	21	SJO	C		10	13	.435	4.60	5.98	28	22	13	1	182.0	221	121	93	11	73	108	1	0	8	1.615	10.9	0.5	3.6	5.3	1.48
24	William Dials	29	VIS	C		9	6	.600	5.44	6.06	52	8	3	0	144.0	155	97	87	15	81	94	8	1	7	1.639	9.7	0.9	5.1	5.9	1.16
25	Ed Strichek	20	REN	C	BRO	9	7	.563	5.57	6.93	45	8	2	0	126.0	116	97	78	10	107	94	4	0	6	1.770	8.3	0.7	7.6	6.7	0.88
26	Cless Hinckley	25	SJO	C		8	3	.727	5.05	6.89	33	9	3	0	98.0	119	75	55	7	32	44	3	1	6	1.541	10.9	0.6	2.9	4.0	1.38
27	George Moton	21	FRE	C	STL	8	8	.500	5.26	6.90	29	16	7	0	137.0	146	105	80	12	93	87	4	2	8	1.745	9.6	0.8	6.1	5.7	0.94
28	Arthur Wendt*	22	REN	C	BRO	8	13	.381	4.24	5.97	33	21	9	0	172.0	135	114	81	6	191	184	4	0	11	1.895	7.1	0.3	10.0	9.6	0.96
29	Jim Cammel	19	SLS	C	MLN	7	10	.412	6.08	6.95	25	18	3	0	114.0	116	88	77	7	83	61	6	0	5	1.746	9.2	0.6	6.6	4.8	0.73
30	Edward Culbert*	20	BAK	C	PHI	7	10	.412	6.38	8.03	33	23	4	0	158.0	181	141	112	4	147	94	10	0	9	2.076	10.3	0.2	8.4	5.4	0.64
31	Ernie Domenichelli	27	VIS	C		7	16	.304	5.13	6.00	28	21	9	1	156.0	182	104	89	16	76	111	4	0	7	1.654	10.5	0.9	4.4	6.4	1.46
32	Dave Faszholz	23	MOD	C	NYY	7	7	.500	6.73	7.48	19	13	5	0	95.0	124	79	71	19	36	39	0	0	0	1.684	11.7	1.8	3.4	3.7	1.08
33	James Jennings	22	FRE	C	STL	7	5	.583	4.35	4.74	23	11	6	0	93.0	96	49	45	6	49	54	0	0	3	1.559	9.3	0.6	4.7	5.2	1.10
34	Reese Dick	25	SLS	C	MLN	6	8	.429	5.94	6.77	40	5	0	0	109.0	141	82	72	7	64	48	0	0	3	1.881	11.6	0.6	5.3	4.0	0.75
35	Ernest Evans*	18	FRE	C	STL	6	4	.600	5.34	6.49	18	8	4	0	86.0	97	62	51	4	56	44	3	0	6	1.779	10.2	0.4	5.9	4.6	0.79
36	John Payne	24	BAK	C	PHI	6	13	.316	6.75	7.50	37	19	6	0	156.0	188	130	117	14	74	81	10	1	4	1.679	10.8	0.8	4.3	4.7	1.09
37	Ralph Burns	21	SLS	C	MLN	5	10	.333	4.43	6.23	26	14	5	2	120.0	138	83	59	4	71	73	2	0	0	1.742	10.4	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.03
38	Mike Dalton	18	SLS	C	MLN	5	2	.714	6.00	6.63	12	9	2	1	57.0	44	42	38	3	70	46	3	0	4	2.000	6.9	0.5	11.1	7.3	0.66
39	John DeSousa	21	FRE	C	STL	5	3	.625	4.50	5.48	9	7	4	0	64.0	76	39	32	3	34	46	2	0	3	1.719	10.7	0.4	4.8	6.5	1.35
40	Joseph Gaggero	22	MOD	C	NYY	5	5	.500	5.56	7.58	17	11	5	0	89.0	97	75	55	6	62	59	5	0	1	1.787	9.8	0.6	6.3	6.0	0.95
41	Kent Geisler	19	SLS	C	MLN	5	11	.313	6.68	8.10	30	20	1	0	120.0	146	108	89	5	92	59	4	0	6	1.983	11.0	0.4	6.9	4.4	0.64
42	Robert Greer*	18	FRE	C	STL	5	3	.625	4.76	5.66	16	7	2	0	70.0	62	44	37	5	59	61	3	1	4	1.729	8.0	0.6	7.6	7.8	1.03
43	John Lawless	22	SLS	C	MLN	5	6	.455	4.63	4.99	31	5	0	0	101.0	92	56	52	9	58	70	3	0	4	1.485	8.2	0.8	5.2	6.2	1.21
44	Malvern Murphy	20	MOD	C	NYY	5	10	.333	5.69	6.55	22	18	7	0	125.0	123	91	79	10	98	145	6	0	12	1.768	8.9	0.7	7.1	10.4	1.48
45	Ralph Pausig	22	VIS	C		5	7	.417	6.07	6.98	15	13	6	0	89.0	118	69	60	9	23	25	3	0	10	1.584	11.9	0.9	2.3	2.5	1.09
46	Tom Baker*	22	FRE	C	STL	4	2	.667	4.04	4.83	12	10	5	0	69.0	64	37	31	1	48	53	0	0	2	1.623	8.3	0.1	6.3	6.9	1.10
47	Jim Golden	20	BAK	C	PHI	4	8	.333	7.22	9.12	17	12	2	0	76.0	83	77	61	3	80	56	8	1	10	2.145	9.8	0.4	9.5	6.6	0.70
48	Thomas Graham	21	SLS	C	MLN	4	5	.444	4.55	5.54	17	14	2	0	91.0	89	56	46	5	61	76	3	0	3	1.648	8.8	0.5	6.0	7.5	1.25
49	Lewis Sneed	23	REN	C	BRO	4	2	.667	4.25	7.00	12	4	1	0	36.0	44	28	17	2	16	29	1	0	2	1.667	11.0	0.5	4.0	7.3	1.81
50	Paul Benedetto*	21	VIS	C		3	5	.375	7.76	8.69	24	11	2	0	87.0	89	84	75	10	85	51	2	1	4	2.000	9.2	1.0	8.8	5.3	0.60
51	David Borges	19	VIS	C		3	6	.333	7.65	9.39	30	10	0	0	93.0	104	97	79	15	78	51	4	1	6	1.957	10.1	1.5	7.5	4.9	0.65
52	Billy Heil	21	BAK	C	PHI	3	3	.500	5.83	6.67	10	5	4	0	54.0	55	40	35	9	39	22	0	0	1	1.741	9.2	1.5	6.5	3.7	0.56
53	Louis Hribar	20	REN	C	BRO	3	4	.429	5.70	6.59	18	10	0	9	71.0	60	52	45	5	90	57	1	1	12	2.113	7.6	0.6	11.4	7.2	0.63
54	Twyman Jones?	--	REN	C	BRO	3	0	1.000			10
55	Elmer Franklin	21	VIS	C		2	6	.250	9.00	10.32	11	7	2	9	41.0	58	47	41	1	31	20	2	0	1	2.171	12.7	0.2	6.8	4.4	0.65
56	Robert Hale	20	REN	C	BRO	2	1	.667	5.81	6.75	12	5	1	0	48.0	48	36	31	4	42	36	2	0	0	1.875	9.0	0.8	7.9	6.8	0.86
57	Al Lyons	37	MOD	C	NYY	2	0	1.000			6
58	Jack Planck	22	SLS	C	MLN	2	10	.167	6.36	7.45	23	10	4	0	99.0	132	82	70	7	55	53	2	0	4	1.889	12.0	0.6	5.0	4.8	0.96
59	Carl Rounds	24	MOD	C	NYY	2	2	.500	4.07	5.14	6	5	1	0	42.0	42	24	19	1	33	20	1	0	3	1.786	9.0	0.2	7.1	4.3	0.61
60	Thomas Tucker?	--	BAK	C	PHI	2	5	.286	6.31	7.79	21	4	0	0	67.0	92	58	47	6	42	32	1	0	2	2.000	12.4	0.8	5.6	4.3	0.76
61	Clarence Turner	23	REN	C	BRO	2	4	.333			12
62	Max Weekly*	22	MOD	C	NYY	2	4	.333	7.12	9.42	9	5	2	0	43.0	55	45	34	3	30	28	0	1	4	1.977	11.5	0.6	6.3	5.9	0.93
63	Raymond Yepiz?	--	BAK	C	PHI	2	1	.667			6
64	Eldon DeRoin	25	REN	C	BRO	1	0	1.000			7
65	James Dougherty?	23	SJO	C		1	0	1.000			1
66	Earl Gorden*	23	REN	C	BRO	1	1	.500	7.00	7.00	9	4	2	0	36.0	52	28	28	2	26	18	1	0	1	2.167	13.0	0.5	6.5	4.5	0.69
67	Gary Graham*	23	BAK	C	PHI	1	0	1.000			5
68	Dick Green	24	SJO	C		1	1	.500			2
69	Robert Henry*	20	BAK	C	PHI	1	7	.125	5.95	8.27	18	10	0	0	62.0	81	57	41	5	50	26	2	0	2	2.113	11.8	0.7	7.3	3.8	0.52
70	Don Herman	25	STK	C		1	1	.500			3
71	Alan Johnson?	--	STK	C		1	1	.500			7
72	Aaron Jones*	19	MOD	C	NYY	1	1	.500			8
73	William Juhay*	21	BAK	C	PHI	1	2	.333			6
74	Kenneth Klauser*	22	VIS	C		1	0	1.000			2
75	Eddie Lake	40	SLS	C	MLN	1	0	1.000			4
76	Eugene Lee	22	REN	C	BRO	1	2	.333			7
77	Stanley Martysus?	--	SLS	C	MLN	1	1	.500			3
78	Richard Meder	21	BAK	C	PHI	1	2	.333			6
79	Bill Nolan	22	VIS	C		1	5	.167	5.73	7.13	14	8	2	0	77.0	110	61	49	7	45	37	0	0	0	2.013	12.9	0.8	5.3	4.3	0.82
80	Gene Rosen*	21	SJO	C		1	6	.143	5.74	7.66	7	7	2	1	47.0	48	40	30	4	41	38	2	0	0	1.894	9.2	0.8	7.9	7.3	0.93
81	Robin Shannon?	--	VIS	C		1	1	.500			7
82	Robert Sutton	18	MOD	C	NYY	1	3	.250	8.02	10.47	16	5	0	0	55.0	82	64	49	8	32	21	1	0	8	2.073	13.4	1.3	5.2	3.4	0.66
83	Donald Tierney	29	BAK	C	PHI	1	2	.333			5
84	Robert Bartalini	19	SJO	C		0	0				1
85	Joe Bayno*	21	REN	C	BRO	0	0				3
86	John Bellone	24	SLS	C	MLN	0	1	.000			1
87	David Binkley	19	SLS	C	MLN	0	0				1
88	Floyd Brower	23	SJO	C		0	0				2
89	Paul Calvert	38	MOD	C	NYY	0	0				3
90	Lowell Creighton	19	SLS	C	MLN	0	3	.000			4
91	John Curry	19	SLS	C	MLN	0	0				2
92	Chet Dickey	25	MOD	C	NYY	0	0				1
93	Raul Dieppa	21	MOD	C	NYY	0	0				1
94	Raymond Estes	22	SLS	C	MLN	0	0				2
95	Peter Fannon*	26	BAK	C	PHI	0	1	.000			2
96	Thomas Feldstein	23	BAK	C	PHI	0	2	.000			6
97	Harold Francis	24	SLS	C	MLN	0	1	.000			5
98	James Gaines	20	SLS	C	MLN	0	1	.000			6
99	William Gibbs	21	SLS	C	MLN	0	0				1
100	Benjamin Gonzales	19	SJO	C		0	0				3