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1956 MLB Innings Pitched by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1956, with 1398.0, 4.2 ahead of the Milwaukee Braves. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1380.2.

Led all of MLB in 1956 Boston Red Sox 155 games
1398.0 Innings Pitched 4.2 clear of Milwaukee Braves
# Team League G IP
1 Boston Red Sox AL 155 1398.0
2 Milwaukee Braves NL 155 1393.1
3 Chicago Cubs NL 157 1392.0
4 Chicago White Sox AL 154 1389.0
4 Cincinnati Redlegs NL 155 1389.0
6 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 1388.2
7 Cleveland Indians AL 155 1384.0
8 New York Yankees AL 154 1382.0
MLB average 1380.2
9 Detroit Tigers AL 155 1379.0
10 New York Giants NL 154 1378.0
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 1377.1
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 157 1376.1
13 Kansas City Athletics AL 154 1370.1
14 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 154 1368.2
14 Washington Senators AL 155 1368.2
16 Baltimore Orioles AL 154 1360.2

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.