1956 American League Stats

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1956 American League Standings

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	97-57 (0.630)	-	857	631	98-56 (0.637)	101-53 (0.656)	1,491,784	56.3	30.1	4.1	22.1
2	Cleveland Indians	88-66 (0.571)	9.0	712	581	91-63 (0.592)	87-67 (0.565)	865,467	41.6	11.9	-6.3	36.0
3	Chicago White Sox	85-69 (0.552)	12.0	776	634	91-63 (0.591)	90-64 (0.584)	1,000,090	45.2	19.9	-2.2	27.4
4	Boston Red Sox	84-70 (0.545)	13.0	780	751	80-74 (0.517)	86-68 (0.558)	1,137,158	40.7	21.1	1.3	18.3
5	Detroit Tigers	82-72 (0.532)	15.0	789	699	85-69 (0.555)	88-66 (0.571)	1,051,182	43.2	25.5	-1.4	19.0
6	Baltimore Orioles	69-85 (0.448)	28.0	571	705	62-92 (0.405)	64-90 (0.416)	901,201	19.0	5.5	2.7	10.8
7	Washington Senators	59-95 (0.383)	38.0	652	924	53-101 (0.346)	47-107 (0.305)	431,647	1.4	13.5	0.8	-12.9
8	Kansas City Athletics	52-102 (0.338)	45.0	619	831	57-97 (0.368)	53-101 (0.344)	1,015,154	7.4	-0.2	4.2	3.3

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	24	12.4	12.6	150	652	188	22	5	52	112	10	1	158.152	0.464	0.705
2	Ted Williams	BOS	LF	37	7.4	7.1	136	503	138	28	2	24	102	0	0	112.819	0.479	0.605
3	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	32	7.1	7.2	151	665	172	29	11	21	86	12	6	118.637	0.425	0.525
4	Al Kaline	DET	RF	21	6.3	7.1	153	693	194	32	10	27	70	7	1	112.641	0.383	0.530
5	Charlie Maxwell	DET	LF	29	6.2	6.7	141	592	163	14	3	28	79	1	1	104.158	0.414	0.534
6	Yogi Berra	NYA	C	31	5.7	6.3	140	597	155	29	2	30	65	3	2	96.257	0.378	0.534
7	Bob Nieman	2 teams	LF	29	5.5	6.1	128	522	137	21	6	14	90	1	6	92.121	0.435	0.495
8	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	29	5.4	5.1	151	673	182	23	11	20	89	11	3	109.680	0.405	0.496
9	Ray Boone	DET	3B	32	5.4	5.1	131	568	148	14	6	25	77	0	0	95.078	0.403	0.518
10	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	25	5.0	3.1	134	523	143	21	6	23	50	4	4	84.844	0.382	0.528
11	Harvey Kuenn	DET	SS	25	4.6	4.0	146	657	196	32	7	12	55	9	5	96.637	0.387	0.470
12	Larry Doby	CHA	CF	32	4.6	5.1	140	619	135	22	3	24	102	0	1	92.392	0.392	0.466
13	Roy Sievers	WS1	LF	29	4.3	2.5	152	659	139	27	2	29	100	0	0	93.024	0.370	0.467
14	Vic Wertz	CLE	1B	31	4.1	3.2	136	568	127	22	0	32	75	0	0	84.490	0.364	0.509
15	Gil McDougald	NYA	SS	28	3.9	6.2	120	518	136	13	3	13	68	3	8	76.731	0.405	0.443
16	Mickey Vernon	BOS	1B	38	3.9	2.1	119	471	125	28	4	15	57	1	0	78.354	0.403	0.511
17	Jim Lemon	WS1	RF	28	3.7	4.2	146	613	146	21	11	27	65	2	4	85.031	0.349	0.502
18	Eddie Yost	WS1	3B	29	3.6	5.5	152	684	119	17	2	11	151	8	5	87.882	0.412	0.336
19	Al Smith	CLE	RF	28	3.6	3.3	141	626	144	26	5	16	84	6	3	84.279	0.378	0.433
20	Pete Runnels	WS1	1B	28	3.4	1.6	147	646	179	29	9	8	58	5	5	84.051	0.372	0.432
21	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	31	3.3	2.8	136	527	132	28	2	11	53	2	0	72.569	0.383	0.438
22	Rocky Colavito	CLE	RF	22	3.1	3.0	101	380	89	11	4	21	49	0	1	59.474	0.372	0.531
23	Gus Triandos	BAL	C	25	3.0	5.4	131	509	126	18	1	21	48	0	0	65.278	0.348	0.462
24	Harry Simpson	KC1	RF	30	3.0	1.9	141	597	159	22	11	21	47	2	3	80.668	0.347	0.490
25	Earl Torgeson	DET	1B	32	2.7	1.9	117	400	84	9	3	12	78	6	4	58.389	0.406	0.424
26	Dick Gernert	BOS	LF	27	2.7	2.7	106	370	89	11	0	16	56	1	0	58.070	0.400	0.484
27	Hank Bauer	NYA	RF	33	2.3	1.9	147	612	130	18	7	26	59	4	2	66.306	0.316	0.445
28	Jim Piersall	BOS	CF	26	2.2	3.6	155	681	176	40	6	14	58	7	7	83.309	0.350	0.449
29	Billy Klaus	BOS	3B	27	2.1	2.2	135	620	141	29	5	7	90	1	0	75.453	0.378	0.387
30	Hector Lopez	KC1	3B	26	2.1	2.5	151	639	153	27	3	18	63	4	5	75.236	0.347	0.428
31	Dick Williams	BAL	CF	27	2.0	2.2	87	390	101	18	4	11	30	5	5	47.522	0.342	0.453
32	Gene Woodling	CLE	LF	33	2.0	1.8	100	399	83	17	0	8	69	2	6	52.271	0.395	0.391
33	Vic Power	KC1	1B	28	2.0	2.9	127	559	164	21	5	14	24	2	2	67.172	0.340	0.447
34	Frank Bolling	DET	2B	24	2.0	1.2	102	422	103	21	7	7	42	6	2	50.955	0.354	0.434
35	Red Wilson	DET	C	27	1.9	2.3	78	278	66	12	2	7	42	2	1	39.833	0.393	0.452
36	Al Rosen	CLE	3B	32	1.8	1.6	121	481	111	18	2	15	58	1	3	57.906	0.351	0.428
37	Nellie Fox	CHA	2B	28	1.7	2.3	154	721	192	20	10	4	44	8	4	73.511	0.347	0.376
38	Lou Skizas	2 teams	DH	24	1.5	1.8	89	323	95	11	3	11	15	3	1	41.786	0.341	0.479
39	Lou Berberet	WS1	C	26	1.5	2.2	95	256	54	6	3	4	46	0	0	34.230	0.402	0.377
40	Bob Boyd	BAL	1B	36	1.4	0.9	70	262	70	8	3	2	30	0	5	34.201	0.395	0.400
41	Clint Courtney	WS1	C	29	1.4	1.6	101	316	85	20	3	5	20	0	5	40.976	0.362	0.445
42	Bob Cerv	NYA	LF	31	1.3	1.3	54	135	35	5	6	3	18	0	1	22.298	0.396	0.530
43	Tito Francona	BAL	RF	22	1.2	1.3	139	500	115	16	4	9	51	11	5	49.120	0.334	0.373
44	George Kell	2 teams	3B	33	1.2	1.2	123	480	115	22	2	9	33	0	1	45.979	0.315	0.395
45	Enos Slaughter	2 teams	LF	40	1.0	1.1	115	344	86	18	5	2	34	2	1	38.327	0.352	0.392
46	Billy Martin	NYA	2B	28	1.0	1.2	121	504	121	24	5	9	30	7	3	45.971	0.310	0.397
47	Billy Goodman	BOS	2B	30	1.0	1.3	105	448	117	22	8	2	40	0	3	50.899	0.356	0.404
48	Jim Rivera	CHA	RF	34	1.0	1.3	139	555	125	23	5	12	49	20	9	53.927	0.322	0.395
49	Wayne Belardi	DET	1B	25	1.0	0.8	79	179	43	3	1	6	15	0	0	23.462	0.371	0.429
50	Les Moss	CHA	C	31	0.9	0.0	56	147	31	4	0	10	18	0	0	20.239	0.338	0.512

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Early Wynn	CLE	36	10.4	10.1	38	35	277.67	20	9	18	2	93	91	158	88.49	2.72	1.17	5.12
2	Herb Score	CLE	23	10.1	9.5	35	33	249.33	20	9	16	0	82	129	263	85.99	2.53	1.17	9.49
3	Frank Lary	DET	26	8.8	8.0	41	38	294.00	21	13	20	1	116	116	165	74.99	3.15	1.38	5.05
4	Whitey Ford	NYA	27	8.7	8.5	31	30	225.67	19	6	18	1	70	84	141	74.42	2.47	1.20	5.62
5	Billy Pierce	CHA	29	8.3	7.0	35	33	276.33	20	9	21	1	108	100	192	70.61	3.32	1.31	6.25
6	Bob Lemon	CLE	35	7.8	7.7	39	35	255.33	20	14	21	3	103	89	94	66.27	3.03	1.25	3.31
7	Jack Harshman	CHA	28	7.1	7.2	34	30	226.67	15	11	15	0	85	102	143	60.53	3.10	1.26	5.68
8	Tom Brewer	BOS	24	6.3	6.2	32	32	244.33	19	9	15	0	103	112	127	59.24	3.50	1.28	4.68
9	Paul Foytack	DET	25	5.6	4.2	43	33	256.00	15	13	16	1	114	142	184	47.59	3.59	1.38	6.47
10	Dick Donovan	CHA	28	5.6	5.7	34	31	234.67	12	10	14	0	99	59	120	47.36	3.64	1.15	4.60
11	Frank Sullivan	BOS	26	5.5	4.2	34	33	242.00	14	7	12	0	112	82	116	51.69	3.42	1.38	4.31
12	Chuck Stobbs	WS1	26	4.9	4.0	37	33	240.00	15	15	15	1	115	54	97	41.72	3.60	1.32	3.64
13	Tom Sturdivant	NYA	26	4.7	4.8	32	17	158.33	16	8	6	5	63	52	110	40.40	3.30	1.17	6.25
14	Connie Johnson	2 teams	33	4.6	4.6	31	27	196.00	9	11	9	0	84	69	136	35.88	3.44	1.25	6.24
15	Wally Burnette	KC1	27	4.6	3.7	18	14	121.33	6	8	4	0	48	39	54	35.43	2.89	1.27	4.01
16	Don Larsen	NYA	26	4.1	4.2	38	20	179.67	11	5	6	1	72	96	107	35.12	3.26	1.27	5.36
17	Billy Hoeft	DET	24	3.8	3.9	38	34	248.00	20	14	18	0	127	104	172	32.42	4.06	1.53	6.24
18	Mike Garcia	CLE	32	3.7	2.8	35	30	197.67	11	12	8	0	93	74	119	31.74	3.78	1.45	5.42
19	Art Ditmar	KC1	27	3.0	1.7	44	34	254.33	12	22	14	1	141	108	126	23.09	4.42	1.42	4.46
20	Tom Gorman	KC1	31	2.8	2.0	52	13	171.33	9	10	1	3	83	68	56	21.91	3.83	1.38	2.94
21	Ray Narleski	CLE	27	2.8	2.8	32	0	59.33	3	2	0	4	11	19	42	23.76	1.52	0.93	6.37
22	Johnny Kucks	NYA	23	2.5	1.7	34	31	224.33	18	9	12	0	113	72	67	21.18	3.85	1.31	2.69
23	Gerry Staley	2 teams	35	2.4	1.7	27	10	102.00	8	3	5	0	41	20	26	20.19	3.26	1.20	2.29
24	Jim Wilson	2 teams	34	2.1	2.3	35	28	208.00	13	14	7	0	109	86	113	18.30	4.28	1.37	4.89
25	Willard Nixon	BOS	28	2.0	1.5	23	22	145.33	9	8	9	0	79	57	74	18.82	4.21	1.37	4.58
26	Bob Grim	NYA	26	2.0	1.8	26	6	74.67	6	1	1	5	27	31	48	16.71	2.77	1.27	5.79
27	Mel Parnell	BOS	34	1.9	1.3	21	20	131.33	7	6	6	0	71	59	41	17.83	3.77	1.43	2.81
28	Don Mossi	CLE	27	1.9	1.7	48	3	87.67	6	5	0	11	38	33	59	15.85	3.59	1.28	6.06
29	Virgil Trucks	DET	39	1.8	1.5	22	16	120.00	6	5	3	1	56	63	43	15.59	3.83	1.39	3.23
30	Ike Delock	BOS	26	1.8	1.4	48	8	128.33	13	7	1	9	65	80	105	16.59	4.21	1.57	7.36
31	Hal Brown	BAL	31	1.7	1.6	35	14	151.67	9	7	4	2	72	37	57	13.50	4.04	1.18	3.38
32	Ray Moore	BAL	30	1.7	1.9	32	27	185.00	12	7	9	0	90	99	105	13.41	4.18	1.41	5.11
33	Bill Wight	BAL	34	1.5	1.0	35	26	174.67	9	12	7	0	92	72	84	11.84	4.02	1.55	4.33
34	Bobby Shantz	KC1	30	1.5	1.2	45	2	101.33	2	7	1	9	51	37	67	11.55	4.35	1.30	5.95
35	Paul LaPalme	CHA	32	1.5	1.3	29	0	45.67	3	1	0	2	14	27	23	12.55	2.37	1.27	4.53
36	Tommy Byrne	NYA	36	1.5	1.7	37	8	109.67	7	3	1	6	50	72	52	12.41	3.36	1.64	4.27
37	Bud Byerly	WS1	36	1.4	1.2	25	0	51.67	2	4	0	4	19	14	19	12.02	2.96	1.14	3.31
38	Steve Gromek	DET	36	1.3	1.3	40	13	141.00	8	6	4	4	74	47	64	10.99	4.28	1.34	4.09
39	Bob Keegan	CHA	35	1.3	0.9	20	16	105.33	5	7	4	0	56	35	32	10.80	3.93	1.46	2.73
40	Alex Kellner	KC1	31	1.2	1.0	20	17	91.67	7	4	5	0	49	33	44	9.44	4.32	1.48	4.32
41	Dave Sisler	BOS	24	1.1	0.5	39	14	142.33	9	8	3	3	81	72	93	10.48	4.62	1.35	5.88
42	Al Aber	DET	28	1.1	1.1	42	0	63.00	4	4	0	7	30	25	21	9.42	3.43	1.43	3.00
43	Mike Fornieles	2 teams	24	1.1	0.7	36	11	126.67	4	8	1	1	68	31	59	8.18	4.05	1.28	4.19
44	Charlie Beamon	BAL	21	1.0	0.9	2	1	13.00	2	0	1	0	2	8	14	8.08	1.38	1.31	9.69
45	Rip Coleman	NYA	24	1.0	0.5	29	9	88.33	3	5	0	2	42	42	42	8.50	3.67	1.57	4.28
46	Ellis Kinder	CHA	41	1.0	0.9	29	0	29.67	3	1	0	3	10	8	19	8.38	2.73	1.38	5.76
47	Hank Aguirre	CLE	25	0.9	0.6	16	9	65.33	3	5	2	1	35	27	31	7.88	3.72	1.38	4.27
48	Jim Bunning	DET	24	0.9	1.0	15	3	53.33	5	1	0	1	24	28	34	7.40	3.71	1.56	5.74
49	George Zuverink	BAL	31	0.6	0.4	62	0	97.33	7	6	0	16	52	34	33	4.64	4.16	1.50	3.05
50	Fritz Dorish	2 teams	34	0.6	0.6	28	0	42.33	0	2	0	0	20	13	15	5.11	3.83	1.37	3.19

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Gus Triandos	BAL	25	2.2	89.0	658.3	417.0	50.0	5.0	12.0	20.405
	2	Hal Smith	2 teams	25	1.8	108.0	832.3	496.0	55.0	5.0	14.0	16.698
	3	Sammy White	BOS	28	1.4	114.0	973.0	547.0	60.0	10.0	13.0	10.809
	4	Tim Thompson	KC1	32	0.8	68.0	572.3	328.0	38.0	7.0	7.0	7.908
	5	Lou Berberet	WS1	26	0.8	59.0	461.7	266.0	28.0	1.0	6.0	6.560
	6	Elston Howard	NYA	27	0.7	26.0	184.0	108.0	14.0	0.0	5.0	6.053
	7	Yogi Berra	NYA	31	0.6	135.0	1172.3	732.0	55.0	11.0	15.0	5.382
	8	Ed FitzGerald	WS1	32	0.5	50.0	323.7	206.0	19.0	6.0	5.0	4.239
1B	1	Vic Power	KC1	28	0.3	76.0	630.7	671.0	62.0	5.0	73.0	2.741
	2	Dick Gernert	BOS	27	0.3	37.0	313.3	307.0	37.0	3.0	36.0	2.111
	3	Gus Triandos	BAL	25	0.2	52.0	396.7	373.0	39.0	7.0	27.0	2.233
	4	Dick Williams	BAL	27	0.2	10.0	36.0	36.0	7.0	0.0	4.0	1.798
	5	Joe Collins	NYA	33	0.1	43.0	256.3	251.0	30.0	0.0	37.0	0.501
	6	Rudy Regalado	CLE	26	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.373
	7	Irv Noren	NYA	31	0.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.175
	8	George Kell	2 teams	33	0.0	6.0	31.3	23.0	4.0	0.0	4.0	0.186
2B	1	Jerry Coleman	NYA	31	0.9	41.0	264.3	89.0	94.0	4.0	32.0	7.604
	2	Gil McDougald	NYA	28	0.7	31.0	218.3	57.0	77.0	2.0	28.0	5.887
	3	Vic Power	KC1	28	0.6	47.0	389.7	122.0	138.0	7.0	40.0	6.017
	4	Tony Roig	WS1	27	0.6	27.0	213.0	67.0	79.0	4.0	25.0	5.017
	5	Reno Bertoia	DET	21	0.6	18.0	151.0	51.0	57.0	2.0	18.0	4.835
	6	Nellie Fox	CHA	28	0.5	154.0	1380.0	478.0	396.0	12.0	124.0	4.559
	7	Pete Runnels	WS1	28	0.4	69.0	558.7	179.0	177.0	10.0	56.0	3.736
	8	George Strickland	CLE	30	0.3	28.0	216.0	73.0	69.0	2.0	21.0	2.803
3B	1	Eddie Yost	WS1	29	1.8	135.0	1187.3	164.0	303.0	18.0	31.0	15.183
	2	Billy Klaus	BOS	27	1.1	106.0	944.0	120.0	242.0	21.0	18.0	8.720
	3	Fred Hatfield	CHA	31	0.8	100.0	771.3	83.0	189.0	11.0	21.0	6.595
	4	Sammy Esposito	CHA	24	0.8	61.0	417.3	41.0	109.0	6.0	17.0	6.450
	5	Andy Carey	NYA	24	0.6	131.0	1087.0	114.0	265.0	21.0	26.0	5.009
	6	Hector Lopez	KC1	26	0.5	121.0	1034.3	152.0	254.0	26.0	23.0	5.073
	7	Ted Lepcio	BOS	26	0.4	22.0	147.0	27.0	40.0	2.0	4.0	3.462
	8	Jim Finigan	KC1	27	0.3	32.0	254.0	29.0	70.0	9.0	7.0	2.797
SS	1	Joe DeMaestri	KC1	27	1.6	132.0	1053.7	210.0	407.0	23.0	95.0	15.158
	2	Don Buddin	BOS	22	1.6	113.0	988.3	213.0	370.0	29.0	98.0	12.177
	3	Gil McDougald	NYA	28	1.3	92.0	768.0	177.0	273.0	14.0	77.0	10.905
	4	Jose Valdivielso	WS1	22	1.1	90.0	672.0	144.0	266.0	23.0	58.0	9.755
	5	Luis Aparicio	CHA	22	0.6	152.0	1299.7	250.0	474.0	35.0	91.0	4.856
	6	Jerry Lumpe	NYA	23	0.5	17.0	123.0	32.0	55.0	8.0	15.0	4.503
	7	Willy Miranda	BAL	30	0.5	147.0	1209.7	229.0	436.0	26.0	91.0	4.502
	8	Billy Hunter	NYA	28	0.4	32.0	175.0	49.0	58.0	0.0	20.0	3.665
LF	1	Charlie Maxwell	DET	29	0.6	134.0	1145.3	280.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	5.051
	2	Bob Nieman	BAL	29	0.4	114.0	977.7	241.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	4.077
	3	Gene Stephens	BOS	23	0.4	70.0	155.7	52.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.255
	4	Norm Siebern	NYA	22	0.4	51.0	372.0	104.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	3.259
	5	Lou Skizas	KC1	24	0.3	57.0	496.7	125.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	2.948
	6	Whitey Herzog	WS1	24	0.2	17.0	129.0	36.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.555
	7	Bob Kennedy	DET	35	0.2	21.0	133.3	41.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.384
	8	Joe Collins	NYA	33	0.1	26.0	184.0	45.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.198
CF	1	Jim Piersall	BOS	26	1.4	155.0	1373.0	457.0	10.0	4.0	1.0	10.898
	2	Larry Doby	CHA	32	0.5	137.0	1205.3	378.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	4.513
	3	Jim Busby	CLE	29	0.4	133.0	1116.7	347.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	3.798
	4	Al Smith	CLE	28	0.4	21.0	172.3	67.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.046
	5	Dick Williams	BAL	27	0.3	66.0	527.3	170.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.028
	6	Mickey Mantle	NYA	24	0.2	144.0	1261.7	367.0	10.0	4.0	3.0	1.661
	7	Jim Small	DET	19	0.1	14.0	109.0	41.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.228
	8	Jim Rivera	CHA	34	0.1	17.0	124.7	45.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.211
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	21	0.7	144.0	1259.7	308.0	14.0	5.0	4.0	5.834
	2	Jim Lemon	WS1	28	0.4	127.0	1107.3	266.0	7.0	10.0	4.0	3.069
	3	Bubba Phillips	CHA	28	0.2	22.0	140.0	42.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.075
	4	Joe Collins	NYA	33	0.2	23.0	134.0	41.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.768
	5	Ernie Oravetz	WS1	24	0.2	10.0	72.0	26.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.794
	6	Jim Rivera	CHA	34	0.2	119.0	959.3	220.0	9.0	6.0	4.0	1.546
	7	Tito Francona	BAL	22	0.2	98.0	683.7	155.0	10.0	3.0	1.0	1.513
	8	Dave Philley	2 teams	36	0.2	40.0	282.3	67.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.436