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1956 MLB Pitcher Fielding Percentage Leaders

Share of chances handled cleanly at pitcher

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Vern Law, Roger Craig and 5 others shared the lead in the majors in pitcher fielding percentage with 1.000 in 1956, 12 points ahead of Tom Brewer (.988). It is the best single-season pitcher fielding percentage mark in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Vern Law led in pitcher fielding percentage.

SS ASS POSS DPSS FPCTSS RFSS GSS E2B A2B PO2B DP2B FPCT2B RF2B G2B E3B A3B PO3B DP3B FPCT3B RF3B G3B EC POC AC DPC FPCTC RFC GC E1B PO1B A1B DP1B FPCT1B RF1B G1B EOF POOF AOF FPCTOF RFOF GOF EP AP POP FPCTP RFP GP E

Showing pitchers with at least 157.0 innings — the same bar the ERA title asks for. Show all players

Vern Law Led all of MLB in 1956 Vern Law Pittsburgh Pirates
1.000 Pitcher Fielding Percentage Tied with Roger Craig
Showing Pitcher Fielding Percentage and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P FPCT G PO A E
1 Vern Law Vern Law PIT 1.000 39 12 31 0
2 Roger Craig Roger Craig BRO 1.000 35 10 22 0
3 Mike Garcia Mike Garcia CLE 1.000 35 13 27 0
4 Jim Wilson Jim Wilson CHA 1.000 35 10 33 0
5 Warren Hacker Warren Hacker CHN 1.000 34 5 18 0
6 Tom Poholsky Tom Poholsky SLN 1.000 33 12 35 0
7 Sal Maglie Sal Maglie BRO 1.000 30 9 20 0
8 Tom Brewer Tom Brewer BOS .988 32 28 52 1
9 Murry Dickson Murry Dickson SLN .987 31 24 51 1
10 Lew Burdette Lew Burdette ML1 .985 39 19 48 1
11 Whitey Ford Whitey Ford NYA .985 31 9 57 1
12 Don Newcombe Don Newcombe BRO .985 38 25 39 1
13 Johnny Antonelli Johnny Antonelli NY1 .984 41 11 49 1
14 Ruben Gomez Ruben Gomez NY1 .983 40 19 40 1
15 Chuck Stobbs Chuck Stobbs WS1 .983 37 19 39 1
16 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn ML1 .983 39 16 41 1
17 Dick Donovan Dick Donovan CHA .983 34 11 46 1
18 Bob Buhl Bob Buhl ML1 .982 38 19 35 1
19 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan BOS .981 34 16 37 1
20 Johnny Klippstein Johnny Klippstein CIN .981 37 10 42 1
21 Art Fowler Art Fowler CIN .979 45 12 35 1
22 Carl Erskine Carl Erskine BRO .977 31 9 34 1
23 Harvey Haddix Harvey Haddix PHI .976 35 10 31 1
24 Curt Simmons Curt Simmons PHI .975 33 4 35 1
25 Ray Crone ML1 .974 35 15 23 1
26 Brooks Lawrence Brooks Lawrence CIN .971 49 13 53 2
27 Billy Hoeft Billy Hoeft DET .971 38 5 28 1
28 Bob Friend Bob Friend PIT .969 49 14 49 2
29 Hal Jeffcoat Hal Jeffcoat CIN .969 38 21 42 2
30 Robin Roberts Robin Roberts PHI .969 43 12 50 2
31 Art Ditmar Art Ditmar KC1 .964 44 20 33 2
32 Connie Johnson Connie Johnson BAL .962 31 9 16 1
33 Vinegar Bend Mizell Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN .961 33 19 30 2
34 Bob Rush Bob Rush CHN .960 32 14 34 2
35 Early Wynn Early Wynn CLE .955 38 15 48 3
36 Frank Lary Frank Lary DET .952 41 15 45 3
37 Herm Wehmeier Herm Wehmeier SLN .952 37 16 24 2
38 Camilo Pascual Camilo Pascual WS1 .951 39 8 31 2
39 Joe Nuxhall Joe Nuxhall CIN .949 44 6 31 2
40 Gene Conley Gene Conley ML1 .943 31 8 25 2
41 Ron Kline Ron Kline PIT .937 44 17 42 4
42 Paul Foytack Paul Foytack DET .936 43 11 33 3
43 Bob Lemon Bob Lemon CLE .934 39 24 61 6
44 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman KC1 .930 52 11 29 3
45 Billy Pierce Billy Pierce CHA .925 35 4 33 3
46 Don Larsen Don Larsen NYA .923 38 13 23 3
47 Tom Sturdivant Tom Sturdivant NYA .923 32 11 13 2
48 Al Worthington Al Worthington NY1 .917 28 9 35 4
49 Johnny Kucks Johnny Kucks NYA .914 34 13 40 5
50 Herb Score Herb Score CLE .909 35 1 19 2
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