Leaders & Trailers

Leaders and Trailers
1956 American League
(only includes games for which Retrosheet has released play-by-play data)

Leaders and Trailers for a Specific League/Season (1916 to 2019)

Multiple Seasons (Players):
Leaders and Trailers over Full Retrosheet Era (1916 to 2019)

Players: Single-Season, Career; Teams: Single-Season

Statistics to Show for Leaders and Trailers

Regular Season Only
Total Wins (Wins, Losses, WOPA, WORL):    pWins    eWins
Batting    Baserunning    Offense    Pitching    Fielding (all positions)    Defense
By Position:    P    C    1B    2B    3B    SS    LF    CF    RF    DH    PH    PR    P Off.    SP    RP
By Component :    1    2    3    4    3&4    5    6    7    8    9    8&9
Fielding, by Position:    P    C    1B    2B    3B    SS    LF    CF    RF

Postseason (Players only):    Total, All Series    World Series    League Championship Series    Division Series    Wild Card Round
Total Wins (Regular Season plus Postseason):    pWins    eWins

Missing games extrapolated

Component 4

Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Mickey Mantle 9.1 3.2
5.8
1 Frank Lary 8.9 7.5
1.5
2 Al Kaline 6.7 4.9
1.8
2 Early Wynn 8.7 6.3
2.5
3 Charlie Maxwell 6.3 3.7
2.6
3 Bob Lemon 8.5 6.5
2.0
4 Yogi Berra 6.2 4.6
1.6
4 Billy Pierce 8.4 7.4
1.0
5 Vic Wertz 6.1 3.6
2.5
5 Frank Sullivan 8.2 6.8
1.4
6 Roy Sievers 5.9 4.4
1.5
6 Tom Brewer 8.2 5.3
2.8
7 Jackie Jensen 5.7 5.1
0.6
7 Chuck Stobbs 8.1 7.6
0.5
8 Ray Boone 5.6 3.8
1.8
8 Art Ditmar 7.8 8.0
-0.2
9 Minnie Minoso 5.5 4.6
0.9
9 Dick Donovan 7.5 6.2
1.3
10 Jim Lemon 5.5 3.5
2.0
10 Jack Harshman 7.4 4.5
2.9

Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Nellie Fox 3.4 6.3
-2.9
1 Art Ditmar 7.8 8.0
-0.2
2 Jim Piersall 4.7 5.4
-0.7
2 Chuck Stobbs 8.1 7.6
0.5
3 Jackie Jensen 5.7 5.1
0.6
3 Frank Lary 8.9 7.5
1.5
4 Al Kaline 6.7 4.9
1.8
4 Billy Pierce 8.4 7.4
1.0
5 Bill Tuttle 3.5 4.8
-1.3
5 Billy Hoeft 7.0 7.2
-0.3
6 Billy Klaus 3.4 4.7
-1.3
6 Camilo Pascual 5.2 6.9
-1.6
7 Luis Aparicio 2.6 4.6
-2.0
7 Frank Sullivan 8.2 6.8
1.4
8 Billy Gardner 3.6 4.6
-1.0
8 Paul Foytack 7.1 6.7
0.4
9 Minnie Minoso 5.5 4.6
0.9
9 Bob Lemon 8.5 6.5
2.0
10 Hank Bauer 5.1 4.6
0.6
10 Early Wynn 8.7 6.3
2.5

Net Batting Wins
Top 10 Players           Net Pitching Wins
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Mickey Mantle 9.1 3.2 5.8
1 Jack Harshman 7.4 4.5 2.9
2 Charlie Maxwell 6.3 3.7 2.6
2 Tom Brewer 8.2 5.3 2.8
3 Vic Wertz 6.1 3.6 2.5
3 Early Wynn 8.7 6.3 2.5
4 Ted Williams 5.5 3.1 2.3
4 Bob Lemon 8.5 6.5 2.0
5 Jim Lemon 5.5 3.5 2.0
5 Whitey Ford 6.5 4.6 1.9
6 Bill Skowron 5.3 3.4 1.9
6 Johnny Kucks 7.2 5.8 1.5
7 Al Kaline 6.7 4.9 1.8
7 Frank Lary 8.9 7.5 1.5
8 Larry Doby 5.3 3.5 1.8
8 Frank Sullivan 8.2 6.8 1.4
9 Ray Boone 5.6 3.8 1.8
9 Willard Nixon 4.8 3.5 1.3
10 Yogi Berra 6.2 4.6 1.6
10 Bob Chakales 3.1 1.8 1.3

Net Batting Losses
Top 10 Players           Net Pitching Losses
Top 10 Players

Player Wins Losses
Net Wins
          Player Wins Losses
Net Wins

1 Nellie Fox 3.4 6.3 -2.9
1 Camilo Pascual 5.2 6.9 -1.6
2 Luis Aparicio 2.6 4.6 -2.0
2 Steve Gromek 4.4 5.7 -1.4
3 Willy Miranda 2.1 4.0 -1.9
3 Troy Herriage 3.1 4.3 -1.1
4 Sammy White 2.3 3.8 -1.4
4 Jose G. Santiago 0.7 1.5 -0.8
5 Whitey Herzog 2.0 3.4 -1.4
5 Alex Kellner 2.8 3.6 -0.7
6 Bobby Avila 3.1 4.4 -1.4
6 Connie Grob 2.7 3.3 -0.6
7 Billy Goodman 2.2 3.5 -1.3
7 Duke Maas 1.9 2.5 -0.6
8 Billy Klaus 3.4 4.7 -1.3
8 Bob Porterfield 4.2 4.8 -0.6
9 Bill Tuttle 3.5 4.8 -1.3
9 Pedro Ramos 5.1 5.7 -0.6
10 Dave Philley 2.4 3.6 -1.2
10 Dick Brodowski 0.6 1.1 -0.6

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		Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Pitching Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Mickey Mantle	9.1	3.2	5.8	1	Frank Lary	8.9	7.5	1.5
2	Al Kaline	6.7	4.9	1.8	2	Early Wynn	8.7	6.3	2.5
3	Charlie Maxwell	6.3	3.7	2.6	3	Bob Lemon	8.5	6.5	2.0
4	Yogi Berra	6.2	4.6	1.6	4	Billy Pierce	8.4	7.4	1.0
5	Vic Wertz	6.1	3.6	2.5	5	Frank Sullivan	8.2	6.8	1.4
6	Roy Sievers	5.9	4.4	1.5	6	Tom Brewer	8.2	5.3	2.8
7	Jackie Jensen	5.7	5.1	0.6	7	Chuck Stobbs	8.1	7.6	0.5
8	Ray Boone	5.6	3.8	1.8	8	Art Ditmar	7.8	8.0	-0.2
9	Minnie Minoso	5.5	4.6	0.9	9	Dick Donovan	7.5	6.2	1.3
10	Jim Lemon	5.5	3.5	2.0	10	Jack Harshman	7.4	4.5	2.9

		Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Nellie Fox	3.4	6.3	-2.9	1	Art Ditmar	7.8	8.0	-0.2
2	Jim Piersall	4.7	5.4	-0.7	2	Chuck Stobbs	8.1	7.6	0.5
3	Jackie Jensen	5.7	5.1	0.6	3	Frank Lary	8.9	7.5	1.5
4	Al Kaline	6.7	4.9	1.8	4	Billy Pierce	8.4	7.4	1.0
5	Bill Tuttle	3.5	4.8	-1.3	5	Billy Hoeft	7.0	7.2	-0.3
6	Billy Klaus	3.4	4.7	-1.3	6	Camilo Pascual	5.2	6.9	-1.6
7	Luis Aparicio	2.6	4.6	-2.0	7	Frank Sullivan	8.2	6.8	1.4
8	Billy Gardner	3.6	4.6	-1.0	8	Paul Foytack	7.1	6.7	0.4
9	Minnie Minoso	5.5	4.6	0.9	9	Bob Lemon	8.5	6.5	2.0
10	Hank Bauer	5.1	4.6	0.6	10	Early Wynn	8.7	6.3	2.5

		Net Batting Wins Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Wins Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Mickey Mantle	9.1	3.2	5.8	1	Jack Harshman	7.4	4.5	2.9
2	Charlie Maxwell	6.3	3.7	2.6	2	Tom Brewer	8.2	5.3	2.8
3	Vic Wertz	6.1	3.6	2.5	3	Early Wynn	8.7	6.3	2.5
4	Ted Williams	5.5	3.1	2.3	4	Bob Lemon	8.5	6.5	2.0
5	Jim Lemon	5.5	3.5	2.0	5	Whitey Ford	6.5	4.6	1.9
6	Bill Skowron	5.3	3.4	1.9	6	Johnny Kucks	7.2	5.8	1.5
7	Al Kaline	6.7	4.9	1.8	7	Frank Lary	8.9	7.5	1.5
8	Larry Doby	5.3	3.5	1.8	8	Frank Sullivan	8.2	6.8	1.4
9	Ray Boone	5.6	3.8	1.8	9	Willard Nixon	4.8	3.5	1.3
10	Yogi Berra	6.2	4.6	1.6	10	Bob Chakales	3.1	1.8	1.3

		Net Batting Losses Top 10 Players					Net Pitching Losses Top 10 Players
	Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins		Player	Wins	Losses	Net Wins
1	Nellie Fox	3.4	6.3	-2.9	1	Camilo Pascual	5.2	6.9	-1.6
2	Luis Aparicio	2.6	4.6	-2.0	2	Steve Gromek	4.4	5.7	-1.4
3	Willy Miranda	2.1	4.0	-1.9	3	Troy Herriage	3.1	4.3	-1.1
4	Sammy White	2.3	3.8	-1.4	4	Jose G. Santiago	0.7	1.5	-0.8
5	Whitey Herzog	2.0	3.4	-1.4	5	Alex Kellner	2.8	3.6	-0.7
6	Bobby Avila	3.1	4.4	-1.4	6	Connie Grob	2.7	3.3	-0.6
7	Billy Goodman	2.2	3.5	-1.3	7	Duke Maas	1.9	2.5	-0.6
8	Billy Klaus	3.4	4.7	-1.3	8	Bob Porterfield	4.2	4.8	-0.6
9	Bill Tuttle	3.5	4.8	-1.3	9	Pedro Ramos	5.1	5.7	-0.6
10	Dave Philley	2.4	3.6	-1.2	10	Dick Brodowski	0.6	1.1	-0.6