1956 National League Stats

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1956 National 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	Brooklyn Dodgers	93-61 (0.604)	-	720	601	90-64 (0.582)	95-59 (0.617)	1,213,562	50.1	22.5	5.4	22.2
2	Milwaukee Braves	92-62 (0.597)	1.0	709	569	92-62 (0.599)	99-55 (0.643)	2,046,331	53.4	27.0	5.6	20.9
3	Cincinnati Redlegs	91-63 (0.591)	2.0	775	658	88-66 (0.574)	87-67 (0.565)	1,125,928	42.1	25.5	2.5	14.1
4	St. Louis Cardinals	76-78 (0.494)	17.0	678	698	75-79 (0.487)	78-76 (0.506)	1,029,773	32.8	17.5	4.8	10.5
5	Philadelphia Phillies	71-83 (0.461)	22.0	668	738	70-84 (0.455)	62-92 (0.403)	934,798	17.1	16.0	-1.8	2.9
6	New York Giants	67-87 (0.435)	26.0	540	650	64-90 (0.416)	68-86 (0.442)	629,179	22.6	6.2	3.3	13.1
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	66-88 (0.429)	27.0	588	653	70-84 (0.452)	67-87 (0.435)	949,878	21.4	6.9	2.0	12.4
8	Chicago Cubs	60-94 (0.390)	33.0	597	708	65-89 (0.423)	60-94 (0.390)	720,118	15.2	5.9	1.4	7.9

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	Duke Snider	BRO	CF	29	7.6	7.5	151	652	158	33	2	43	99	3	3	121.244	0.399	0.598
2	Willie Mays	NY1	CF	25	7.0	7.4	152	650	171	27	8	36	68	40	10	107.557	0.369	0.557
3	Hank Aaron	ML1	RF	22	6.9	7.2	153	660	200	34	14	26	37	2	4	106.820	0.365	0.558
4	Eddie Mathews	ML1	3B	24	6.6	6.5	151	651	150	21	2	37	91	6	0	101.446	0.373	0.518
5	Frank Robinson	CIN	LF	20	6.6	7.1	152	668	166	27	6	38	64	8	4	112.081	0.379	0.558
6	Stan Musial	SLN	1B	35	6.4	7.5	156	682	184	33	6	27	75	2	0	109.629	0.386	0.522
7	Joe Adcock	ML1	1B	28	5.5	6.6	137	500	132	23	1	38	32	1	0	81.001	0.337	0.597
8	Stan Lopata	PHI	C	30	5.3	3.8	146	624	143	33	7	32	75	5	2	93.504	0.353	0.535
9	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	1B	31	4.8	4.2	138	574	156	14	1	35	49	1	0	90.231	0.362	0.536
10	Wally Moon	SLN	RF	26	4.8	5.1	149	622	161	22	11	16	80	12	9	92.884	0.390	0.469
11	Ernie Banks	CHN	SS	25	4.6	3.5	139	593	160	25	8	28	52	6	9	90.753	0.357	0.530
12	Gus Bell	CIN	CF	27	4.5	3.6	150	666	176	31	4	29	50	6	2	93.126	0.347	0.501
13	Ed Bailey	CIN	C	25	4.4	5.3	118	446	115	8	2	28	52	2	0	75.073	0.385	0.551
14	Gil Hodges	BRO	1B	32	4.4	6.0	153	633	146	29	4	32	76	3	3	91.482	0.353	0.507
15	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	25	4.4	5.5	150	639	182	30	2	26	38	8	3	88.641	0.347	0.494
16	Willie Jones	PHI	3B	30	4.1	4.4	149	621	144	20	4	17	92	5	4	84.255	0.384	0.429
17	Richie Ashburn	PHI	CF	29	4.1	5.7	154	719	190	26	8	3	79	10	1	88.423	0.384	0.384
18	Jim Gilliam	BRO	2B	27	4.1	5.5	153	701	178	23	8	6	95	21	9	92.930	0.399	0.396
19	Johnny Logan	ML1	SS	30	3.8	5.0	148	631	153	27	5	15	46	3	0	70.815	0.340	0.431
20	Walt Moryn	CHN	RF	30	3.6	4.0	147	588	151	27	3	23	50	4	2	78.889	0.347	0.478
21	Carl Furillo	BRO	RF	34	3.4	3.1	149	587	151	30	0	21	57	1	1	79.246	0.357	0.467
22	Bill Virdon	2 teams	CF	25	3.4	3.7	157	627	185	23	10	10	38	6	7	80.858	0.359	0.445
23	Dale Long	PIT	1B	30	3.1	3.2	148	582	136	20	7	27	54	1	0	73.369	0.327	0.485
24	Sandy Amoros	BRO	LF	26	3.1	2.5	114	361	76	11	8	16	59	3	4	56.599	0.385	0.517
25	Wally Post	CIN	RF	26	2.9	3.5	143	586	134	25	3	36	37	6	0	72.487	0.301	0.506
26	Frank Thomas	PIT	3B	27	2.7	2.1	157	637	166	24	3	25	36	0	5	76.540	0.326	0.461
27	Bill White	NY1	1B	22	2.6	5.1	138	568	130	23	7	22	47	15	8	66.594	0.322	0.459
28	Jackie Robinson	BRO	3B	37	2.5	4.4	117	431	98	15	2	10	60	12	5	55.537	0.382	0.412
29	Lee Walls	PIT	LF	23	2.4	3.0	143	537	130	20	11	11	50	3	5	63.478	0.345	0.432
30	Monte Irvin	CHN	LF	37	2.2	3.1	111	387	92	13	3	15	41	1	0	49.398	0.346	0.460
31	Jackie Brandt	2 teams	CF	22	2.2	2.5	125	421	117	19	8	12	21	3	5	53.395	0.330	0.478
32	Elmer Valo	PHI	RF	35	2.1	2.2	98	345	84	13	3	5	48	7	6	46.063	0.392	0.406
33	Roberto Clemente	PIT	RF	21	2.1	2.2	147	572	169	30	7	7	13	6	6	63.215	0.330	0.431
34	Solly Hemus	2 teams	2B	33	1.9	0.9	86	233	55	10	4	5	29	1	1	34.688	0.395	0.458
35	Del Ennis	PHI	LF	31	1.9	1.2	153	672	164	23	3	26	33	7	3	67.652	0.299	0.430
36	Bill Bruton	ML1	CF	30	1.9	2.2	147	578	143	23	15	8	26	8	6	54.150	0.304	0.419
37	Del Crandall	ML1	C	26	1.7	2.5	112	358	74	14	2	16	35	1	2	39.346	0.312	0.450
38	Red Schoendienst	2 teams	2B	33	1.6	1.5	132	536	147	21	3	2	41	1	3	57.057	0.354	0.370
39	Rip Repulski	SLN	LF	27	1.5	1.5	112	410	104	18	3	11	24	2	2	46.422	0.330	0.428
40	Roy McMillan	CIN	SS	26	1.5	5.1	150	574	126	16	7	3	76	4	3	60.030	0.366	0.344
41	Marv Blaylock	PHI	1B	26	1.5	2.5	136	522	117	14	8	10	50	5	1	51.410	0.327	0.385
42	Danny O'Connell	ML1	2B	27	1.5	2.3	139	598	119	17	9	2	76	3	3	52.455	0.342	0.321
43	Smoky Burgess	CIN	C	29	1.4	1.2	90	258	63	10	0	12	26	0	1	34.376	0.346	0.476
44	Bobby Thomson	ML1	LF	32	1.4	1.8	142	505	106	10	4	20	43	2	4	48.215	0.302	0.408
45	Randy Jackson	BRO	3B	30	1.4	3.2	101	346	84	15	7	8	28	2	1	40.294	0.333	0.446
46	Roy Campanella	BRO	C	34	1.3	1.2	124	461	85	6	1	20	66	1	0	49.209	0.333	0.394
47	Hank Sauer	SLN	LF	39	1.3	1.3	75	181	45	4	0	5	25	0	0	25.991	0.403	0.424
48	Ray Jablonski	CIN	3B	29	1.3	0.4	130	458	104	25	1	15	37	2	4	51.044	0.324	0.432
49	Jim King	CHN	LF	23	1.2	1.9	118	354	79	13	2	15	30	1	2	38.878	0.312	0.445
50	Bob Thurman	CIN	RF	39	1.1	1.0	80	150	41	5	2	8	10	0	0	22.024	0.340	0.532

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	Warren Spahn	ML1	35	7.3	7.1	39	35	281.33	20	11	20	3	92	52	128	64.89	2.78	1.07	4.09
2	Don Newcombe	BRO	30	7.2	7.2	38	36	268.00	27	7	18	0	101	46	139	63.88	3.06	0.99	4.67
3	Johnny Antonelli	NY1	26	6.9	6.2	41	36	258.33	20	13	15	1	93	75	145	60.86	2.86	1.16	5.05
4	Lew Burdette	ML1	29	6.0	5.4	39	35	256.33	19	10	16	1	92	52	110	53.23	2.70	1.12	3.86
5	Sal Maglie	BRO	39	5.3	4.2	28	26	191.00	13	5	9	0	65	52	108	46.75	2.87	1.08	5.09
6	Bob Friend	PIT	25	4.6	3.7	49	42	314.33	17	17	19	3	137	85	166	45.44	3.46	1.26	4.75
7	Murry Dickson	2 teams	39	4.1	3.9	31	30	219.33	13	11	12	0	90	69	110	35.97	3.28	1.20	4.51
8	Ron Kline	PIT	24	4.1	3.0	44	39	264.00	14	18	9	2	110	81	125	40.65	3.38	1.30	4.26
9	Bob Rush	CHN	30	4.1	2.9	32	32	239.67	13	10	13	0	101	59	104	40.20	3.19	1.12	3.91
10	Marv Grissom	NY1	38	3.1	2.9	43	2	80.67	1	1	0	7	15	16	49	27.16	1.56	1.08	5.47
11	Vinegar Bend Mizell	SLN	25	3.1	2.0	33	33	208.67	14	14	11	0	93	92	153	27.02	3.62	1.27	6.60
12	Roger Craig	BRO	26	2.7	1.4	35	32	199.00	12	11	8	1	90	87	109	23.92	3.71	1.29	4.93
13	Tom Poholsky	SLN	26	2.5	1.7	33	29	203.00	9	14	7	0	100	44	95	21.72	3.59	1.25	4.21
14	Harvey Haddix	2 teams	30	2.3	2.0	35	30	230.33	13	8	12	2	113	65	170	22.95	3.67	1.25	6.64
15	Don Bessent	BRO	25	2.3	2.0	38	0	79.33	4	3	0	9	23	31	52	20.79	2.50	1.18	5.90
16	Don Drysdale	BRO	19	2.3	2.2	25	12	99.00	5	5	2	0	35	31	55	20.45	2.64	1.27	5.00
17	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	27	2.3	2.1	44	32	200.67	13	11	10	3	96	87	120	21.91	3.72	1.41	5.38
18	Curt Simmons	PHI	27	2.2	2.0	33	27	198.00	15	10	14	0	95	65	88	21.75	3.36	1.27	4.00
19	Clem Labine	BRO	29	2.2	1.8	62	3	115.67	10	6	1	19	48	39	75	19.63	3.35	1.30	5.84
20	Tom Acker	CIN	26	2.2	1.9	29	7	83.67	4	3	1	1	23	29	54	21.36	2.37	1.06	5.81
21	Taylor Phillips	ML1	23	2.2	1.7	23	6	87.67	5	3	3	2	25	33	36	19.31	2.26	1.16	3.70
22	Herm Wehmeier	2 teams	29	2.1	1.8	37	22	190.67	12	11	7	1	89	82	76	18.66	3.73	1.31	3.59
23	Bob Buhl	ML1	27	2.0	0.9	38	33	216.67	18	8	13	0	96	105	86	17.52	3.32	1.36	3.57
24	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	31	2.0	1.3	49	30	218.67	19	10	11	0	109	71	96	19.25	3.99	1.29	3.95
25	Hersh Freeman	CIN	27	1.9	1.6	64	0	108.67	14	5	0	18	44	34	50	18.53	3.40	1.34	4.14
26	Roy Face	PIT	28	1.9	1.6	68	3	135.33	12	13	0	6	57	42	96	18.40	3.52	1.28	6.38
27	Gene Conley	ML1	25	1.7	1.3	31	19	158.33	8	9	5	3	74	52	68	15.35	3.13	1.40	3.87
28	Don Kaiser	CHN	21	1.7	0.6	27	22	150.33	4	9	5	0	69	52	74	16.48	3.59	1.30	4.43
29	Johnny Klippstein	CIN	28	1.6	0.5	37	29	211.00	12	11	11	1	103	82	86	15.98	4.09	1.43	3.67
30	Don Gross	CIN	25	1.6	1.4	19	7	69.33	3	0	2	0	25	20	47	15.98	1.95	1.28	6.10
31	Carl Erskine	BRO	29	1.6	0.6	31	28	186.33	13	11	8	0	92	57	95	14.28	4.25	1.32	4.59
32	Art Fowler	CIN	33	1.6	1.2	45	23	177.67	11	11	8	1	92	35	86	15.40	4.05	1.27	4.36
33	Hal Jeffcoat	CIN	31	1.5	0.8	38	16	171.00	8	2	2	2	79	55	55	14.48	3.84	1.43	2.89
34	Sam Jones	CHN	30	1.5	1.1	33	28	188.67	9	14	8	0	93	115	176	14.44	3.91	1.43	8.40
35	Bob Miller	PHI	30	1.4	1.0	49	6	122.33	3	6	3	5	55	34	53	13.38	3.24	1.22	3.90
36	Moe Drabowsky	CHN	20	1.2	1.1	9	7	51.00	2	4	3	0	19	39	36	11.59	2.47	1.49	6.35
37	Al Worthington	NY1	27	1.2	1.0	28	24	165.67	7	14	4	0	82	74	95	10.38	3.97	1.40	5.16
38	Willard Schmidt	SLN	28	1.1	1.0	33	21	147.67	6	8	2	1	69	78	52	10.12	3.84	1.42	3.17
39	Turk Lown	CHN	32	1.1	1.2	61	0	110.67	9	8	0	13	49	78	74	10.79	3.58	1.56	6.02
40	Bob Trowbridge	ML1	26	1.1	0.9	19	4	50.67	3	2	1	0	15	34	40	9.33	2.66	1.42	7.11
41	Lindy McDaniel	SLN	20	1.0	0.9	39	7	116.33	7	6	1	0	60	42	59	9.09	3.40	1.40	4.56
42	Robin Roberts	PHI	29	1.0	0.5	43	37	297.33	19	18	22	3	155	40	157	9.76	4.45	1.24	4.75
43	Jim Davis	CHN	31	1.0	0.7	46	11	120.33	5	7	2	2	56	59	66	9.78	3.66	1.45	4.94
44	Nelson King	PIT	28	0.9	0.8	38	0	60.00	4	1	0	5	24	19	25	8.94	3.15	1.22	3.75
45	Windy McCall	NY1	30	0.9	0.7	46	4	77.33	3	4	0	7	36	20	41	7.78	3.61	1.22	4.77
46	Fred Waters	PIT	29	0.8	0.4	23	5	51.00	2	2	1	0	18	30	14	8.06	2.82	1.53	2.47
47	Jim Brosnan	CHN	26	0.8	0.6	30	10	95.00	5	9	1	1	44	45	51	7.50	3.79	1.47	4.83
48	Hoyt Wilhelm	NY1	33	0.7	0.6	64	0	89.33	4	9	0	8	45	43	71	5.97	3.83	1.57	7.15
49	Steve Ridzik	NY1	27	0.6	0.5	41	5	92.33	6	2	1	0	42	65	53	5.37	3.80	1.57	5.17
50	Joe Margoneri	NY1	26	0.6	0.2	23	13	91.67	6	6	2	0	45	49	49	5.30	3.93	1.49	4.81

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Ed Bailey	CIN	25	0.9	106.0	924.0	511.0	52.0	9.0	10.0	8.710
	2	Hobie Landrith	CHN	26	0.9	99.0	802.0	483.0	55.0	14.0	9.0	8.090
	3	Bill Sarni	2 teams	28	0.9	119.0	975.3	586.0	61.0	5.0	10.0	9.525
	4	Del Crandall	ML1	26	0.8	109.0	819.7	448.0	44.0	2.0	9.0	8.860
	5	Hal Smith	SLN	25	0.6	66.0	516.0	300.0	34.0	6.0	3.0	6.453
	6	Wes Westrum	NY1	33	0.6	67.0	411.3	297.0	27.0	6.0	7.0	6.306
	7	Jack Shepard	PIT	25	0.4	86.0	635.7	356.0	36.0	4.0	4.0	3.707
	8	Harry Chiti	CHN	23	0.3	67.0	540.0	327.0	35.0	7.0	2.0	3.091
1B	1	Bill White	NY1	22	2.6	138.0	1222.7	1256.0	111.0	15.0	106.0	27.758
	2	Gil Hodges	BRO	32	1.7	138.0	1120.3	1190.0	103.0	10.0	105.0	18.176
	3	Stan Musial	SLN	35	1.2	103.0	873.7	870.0	90.0	7.0	96.0	13.246
	4	Joe Adcock	ML1	28	1.1	129.0	1004.3	1086.0	75.0	6.0	109.0	11.550
	5	Marv Blaylock	PHI	26	1.0	124.0	1000.3	949.0	72.0	8.0	86.0	9.989
	6	Frank Torre	ML1	24	0.9	89.0	388.0	390.0	42.0	3.0	34.0	9.379
	7	Rocky Nelson	2 teams	31	0.5	39.0	226.3	243.0	27.0	2.0	26.0	5.904
	8	Wally Moon	SLN	26	0.5	52.0	454.0	498.0	47.0	9.0	52.0	5.073
2B	1	Don Blasingame	SLN	24	1.9	98.0	859.7	280.0	303.0	8.0	89.0	20.665
	2	Gene Baker	CHN	31	1.3	140.0	1232.0	362.0	426.0	25.0	99.0	12.283
	3	Jim Gilliam	BRO	27	1.1	102.0	865.0	233.0	326.0	11.0	64.0	12.152
	4	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	19	0.9	81.0	671.0	163.0	242.0	8.0	56.0	8.107
	5	Danny O'Connell	ML1	27	0.9	138.0	1142.0	295.0	381.0	10.0	98.0	9.483
	6	Johnny O'Brien	PIT	25	0.3	53.0	251.7	67.0	98.0	7.0	17.0	2.637
	7	Johnny Temple	CIN	28	0.2	154.0	1344.7	389.0	432.0	16.0	89.0	1.500
	8	Gene Freese	PIT	22	0.1	26.0	137.3	31.0	50.0	0.0	7.0	0.836
3B	1	Randy Jackson	BRO	30	1.8	80.0	682.3	84.0	184.0	2.0	19.0	19.144
	2	Jackie Robinson	BRO	37	1.7	72.0	595.0	61.0	173.0	8.0	15.0	18.330
	3	Ken Boyer	SLN	25	1.2	149.0	1298.7	130.0	309.0	18.0	37.0	12.669
	4	Eddie Miksis	CHN	29	0.6	48.0	412.3	59.0	96.0	4.0	5.0	5.693
	5	Foster Castleman	NY1	25	0.6	107.0	891.0	90.0	213.0	17.0	10.0	6.640
	6	Hank Thompson	NY1	30	0.6	44.0	324.7	25.0	94.0	12.0	7.0	6.508
	7	Daryl Spencer	NY1	27	0.4	12.0	99.3	14.0	33.0	3.0	5.0	4.641
	8	Alex Grammas	CIN	30	0.3	58.0	342.3	41.0	79.0	4.0	8.0	3.327
SS	1	Roy McMillan	CIN	26	3.6	150.0	1311.0	319.0	511.0	21.0	105.0	34.570
	2	Johnny Logan	ML1	30	1.2	148.0	1299.7	266.0	467.0	24.0	94.0	12.776
	3	Dick Groat	PIT	25	0.6	141.0	1205.0	287.0	420.0	34.0	74.0	5.225
	4	Felix Mantilla	ML1	21	0.5	15.0	87.7	19.0	41.0	0.0	8.0	4.954
	5	Eddie O'Brien	PIT	25	0.3	23.0	147.3	35.0	53.0	2.0	14.0	3.029
	6	Chico Fernandez	BRO	24	0.1	25.0	163.7	34.0	56.0	2.0	11.0	0.907
	7	Jerry Kindall	CHN	21	0.1	18.0	158.7	33.0	53.0	4.0	12.0	0.504
	8	Danny O'Connell	ML1	27	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.520
LF	1	Monte Irvin	CHN	37	0.9	96.0	777.0	215.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	8.371
	2	Jim King	CHN	23	0.8	69.0	589.0	164.0	10.0	1.0	2.0	7.068
	3	Frank Robinson	CIN	20	0.5	146.0	1270.7	312.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	5.277
	4	Lee Walls	PIT	23	0.4	72.0	578.7	154.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	3.395
	5	Bobby Thomson	ML1	32	0.2	126.0	912.3	221.0	6.0	7.0	0.0	2.688
	6	Jackie Brandt	2 teams	22	0.2	84.0	564.3	133.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	2.049
	7	Jim Gilliam	BRO	27	0.2	53.0	412.3	97.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.857
	8	Gino Cimoli	BRO	26	0.1	52.0	86.7	28.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.295
CF	1	Richie Ashburn	PHI	29	1.6	154.0	1368.3	501.0	11.0	9.0	4.0	15.114
	2	Willie Mays	NY1	25	0.4	152.0	1343.0	416.0	14.0	9.0	6.0	4.439
	3	Pete Whisenant	CHN	26	0.4	83.0	720.7	224.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	3.731
	4	Bill Virdon	2 teams	25	0.3	154.0	1296.7	387.0	12.0	5.0	1.0	2.957
	5	Bill Bruton	ML1	30	0.3	145.0	1246.3	397.0	11.0	14.0	2.0	3.342
	6	Solly Drake	CHN	25	0.2	53.0	461.3	138.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.460
	7	Bobby Thomson	ML1	32	0.1	23.0	147.0	45.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.666
	8	Jackie Brandt	2 teams	22	0.0	24.0	128.0	38.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.480
RF	1	Wally Post	CIN	26	0.6	135.0	1193.3	285.0	15.0	10.0	2.0	5.339
	2	Roberto Clemente	PIT	21	0.4	101.0	831.0	192.0	15.0	6.0	1.0	3.155
	3	Walt Moryn	CHN	30	0.4	141.0	1241.7	272.0	17.0	6.0	1.0	3.246
	4	Hank Aaron	ML1	22	0.3	152.0	1349.3	313.0	17.0	13.0	4.0	3.520
	5	Lee Walls	PIT	23	0.2	56.0	445.3	110.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.867
	6	Jim Greengrass	PHI	28	0.2	60.0	457.3	105.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.858
	7	Elmer Valo	PHI	35	0.1	87.0	722.3	165.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	1.049
	8	Jackie Brandt	2 teams	22	0.1	33.0	203.0	47.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.129