1956 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Lew Burdette led the NL in earned run average in 1956 with 2.70, 0.08 ahead of Warren Spahn (2.78).

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Led the NL in 1956 Lew Burdette Milwaukee Braves

2.70 Earned Run Average 0.08 clear of Warren Spahn

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Lew Burdette	ML1	2.70	19	10	256.1	1.12
2	Warren Spahn	ML1	2.78	20	11	281.1	1.07
3	Johnny Antonelli	NY1	2.86	20	13	258.1	1.16
4	Sal Maglie	BRO +1	2.89	13	5	196.0	1.09
5	Don Newcombe	BRO	3.06	27	7	268.0	0.99
6	Gene Conley	ML1	3.13	8	9	158.1	1.40
7	Bob Rush	CHN	3.19	13	10	239.2	1.12
8	Murry Dickson	SLN +1	3.28	13	11	219.1	1.20
9	Bob Buhl	ML1	3.32	18	8	216.2	1.36
10	Curt Simmons	PHI	3.36	15	10	198.0	1.27
11	Ron Kline	PIT	3.38	14	18	264.0	1.30
12	Bob Friend	PIT	3.46	17	17	314.1	1.26
13	Tom Poholsky	SLN	3.59	9	14	203.0	1.25
14	Vinegar Bend Mizell	SLN	3.62	14	14	208.2	1.27
15	Harvey Haddix	PHI +1	3.67	13	8	230.1	1.25
16	Roger Craig	BRO	3.71	12	11	199.0	1.29
17	Joe Nuxhall	CIN	3.72	13	11	200.2	1.41
18	Herm Wehmeier	SLN +1	3.73	12	11	190.2	1.31
19	Hal Jeffcoat	CIN	3.84	8	2	171.0	1.43
20	RC Ray Crone	ML1	3.87	11	10	169.2	1.28
21	Sam Jones	CHN	3.91	9	14	188.2	1.43
22	Al Worthington	NY1	3.97	7	14	165.2	1.40
23	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	3.99	19	10	218.2	1.29
24	Art Fowler	CIN	4.05	11	11	177.2	1.27
25	Johnny Klippstein	CIN	4.09	12	11	211.0	1.43
26	Carl Erskine	BRO	4.25	13	11	186.1	1.32
27	Vern Law	PIT	4.32	8	16	195.2	1.36
28	Robin Roberts	PHI	4.45	19	18	297.1	1.24
29	Ruben Gomez	NY1	4.58	7	17	196.1	1.37
30	Warren Hacker	CHN	4.66	3	13	168.0	1.39