1956 Major League Baseball Leaders

1956 Major League Baseball Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1956 Major League Baseball Standings

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	200	34	14	26
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	196	32	7	12
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	194	32	10	27
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	192	20	10	4
Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	190	26	8	3
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	188	22	5	52
Bill Virdon	Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals	185	23	10	10
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	184	33	6	27
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	182	30	2	26
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	182	23	11	20

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	HR
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	52
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	43
Joe Adcock	Milwaukee Braves	38
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	38
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	37
Willie Mays	New York Giants	36
Wally Post	Cincinnati Redlegs	36
Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Redlegs	35
Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers	32
Stan Lopata	Philadelphia Phillies	32
Vic Wertz	Cleveland Indians	32

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	2B
Jim Piersall	Boston Red Sox	40
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	34
Stan Lopata	Philadelphia Phillies	33
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	33
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	33
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	32
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	32
Gus Bell	Cincinnati Redlegs	31
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	30
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	30
Carl Furillo	Brooklyn Dodgers	30

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	3B
Bill Bruton	Milwaukee Braves	15
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	14
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	11
Jim Lemon	Washington Senators	11
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	11
Wally Moon	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Harry Simpson	Kansas City Athletics	11
Lee Walls	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	10
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	10
Bill Virdon	St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates	10

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	RBI
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	130
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	128
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	109
Vic Wertz	Cleveland Indians	106
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	105
Harry Simpson	Kansas City Athletics	105
Joe Adcock	Milwaukee Braves	103
Larry Doby	Chicago White Sox	102
Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Redlegs	102
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	101

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	W	L
Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	27	7
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	21	13
Johnny Antonelli	New York Giants	20	13
Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	20	14
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	20	14
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	20	9
Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	20	9
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	20	11
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	20	9
Tom Brewer	Boston Red Sox	19	9
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	19	10
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	19	6
Brooks Lawrence	Cincinnati Redlegs	19	10
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	19	18

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	SHO
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	6
Johnny Antonelli	New York Giants	5
Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	5
Tom Brewer	Boston Red Sox	4
Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	4
Mike Garcia	Cleveland Indians	4
Jack Harshman	Chicago White Sox	4
Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	4
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	4

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	SO
Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	263
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	192
Paul Foytack	Detroit Tigers	184
Sam Jones	Chicago Cubs	176
Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	172
Harvey Haddix	St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies	170
Bob Friend	Pittsburgh Pirates	166
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	165
Camilo Pascual	Washington Senators	162
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	158

Save Leaders

Player	Team	SV
Clem Labine	Brooklyn Dodgers	19
Hersh Freeman	Cincinnati Redlegs	18
George Zuverink	Baltimore Orioles	16
Turk Lown	Chicago Cubs	13
Tom Morgan	New York Yankees	11
Don Mossi	Cleveland Indians	11
Don Bessent	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Ike Delock	Boston Red Sox	9
Larry Jackson	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Ellis Kinder	St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox	9
Bobby Shantz	Kansas City Athletics	9

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