Whitey Ford had the best ERA in 1956, with an ERA of 2.47.

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era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game leaders 1956

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.47	1956	NYY	31	19	6	.760	30	141	18	2	1	225.2	187	62	70	13	84	4	1	3	920	6	5.62	3.35	1.68	0.52	15.3	9.1	1.20	.257	2.79	62	3.04	79	7.46	21
2	Herb Score H. Score	2.53	1956	CLE	35	20	9	.690	33	263	16	5	0	249.1	162	70	82	18	129	2	1	2	1,022	11	9.49	4.66	2.04	0.65	25.7	12.6	1.17	.236	2.96	61	2.77	69	5.85	34.6
3	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	2.70	1956	MIL	39	19	10	.655	35	110	16	6	1	256.1	234	77	92	22	52	3	2	7	1,035	2	3.86	1.83	2.12	0.77	10.6	5.0	1.12	.250	3.23	78	3.27	91	8.22	8.7
4	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2.72	1956	CLE	38	20	9	.690	35	158	18	4	2	277.2	233	84	93	19	91	5	2	7	1,144	5	5.12	2.95	1.74	0.62	13.8	8.0	1.17	.246	3.01	65	3.16	78	7.55	26.7
5	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2.78	1956	MIL	39	20	11	.645	35	128	20	3	3	281.1	249	87	92	25	52	3	3	12	1,113	7	4.09	1.66	2.46	0.80	11.5	4.7	1.07	.248	2.94	80	3.20	89	7.97	11.9
6	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	2.86	1956	NYG	41	20	13	.606	36	145	15	5	1	258.1	225	82	93	20	75	3	5	10	1,061	6	5.05	2.61	1.93	0.70	13.7	7.1	1.16	.251	3.24	76	3.16	81	7.84	21.5
7	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	2.89	1956	TOT	30	13	5	.722	26	110	9	3	0	196.0	160	63	67	22	54	5	0	1	780	2	5.05	2.48	2.04	1.01	14.1	6.9	1.09	.234	3.08	74	3.61	89	7.35	9.9
8	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	3.03	1956	CLE	39	20	14	.588	35	94	21	2	3	255.1	230	86	103	23	89	6	3	2	1,074	4	3.31	3.14	1.06	0.81	8.8	8.3	1.25	.240	3.63	73	3.92	97	8.11	2.9
9	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	3.06	1956	BKN	38	27	7	.794	36	139	18	5	0	268.0	219	91	101	33	46	3	2	8	1,052	4	4.67	1.54	3.02	1.11	13.2	4.4	0.99	.224	3.39	78	3.48	86	7.35	17.3
10	Jack Harshman J. Harshman	3.10	1956	CWS	34	15	11	.577	30	143	15	4	0	226.2	183	78	85	14	102	3	3	4	950	7	5.68	4.05	1.40	0.56	15.1	10.7	1.26	.246	3.38	75	3.30	83	7.27	17.2
11	Gene Conley G. Conley	3.13	1956	MIL	31	8	9	.471	19	68	5	1	3	158.1	169	55	74	13	52	2	9	10	681	3	3.87	2.96	1.31	0.74	10.0	7.6	1.40	.286	4.21	90	3.60	100	9.61	-0.9
12	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.15	1956	DET	41	21	13	.618	38	165	20	3	1	294.0	289	103	116	20	116	12	2	4	1,269	3	5.05	3.55	1.42	0.61	13.0	9.1	1.38	.281	3.55	76	3.44	85	8.85	19.1
13	Bob Rush B. Rush	3.19	1956	CHC	32	13	10	.565	32	104	13	1	0	239.2	210	85	101	30	59	2	0	8	977	6	3.91	2.22	1.76	1.13	10.6	6.0	1.12	.230	3.79	84	3.89	99	7.89	1.5
14	Don Larsen D. Larsen	3.26	1956	NYY	38	11	5	.688	20	107	6	1	1	179.2	133	65	72	19	96	7	9	0	759	3	5.36	4.81	1.11	0.95	14.1	12.6	1.27	.215	3.61	82	4.27	111	6.66	-9
15	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	3.28	1956	TOT	31	13	11	.542	30	110	12	3	0	219.1	195	80	90	21	69	1	0	5	896	7	4.51	2.83	1.59	0.86	12.3	7.7	1.20	.250	3.69	86	3.57	90	8.00	9.8
16	Tom Sturdivant T. Sturdivant	3.30	1956	NYY	32	16	8	.667	17	110	6	2	5	158.1	134	58	63	15	52	4	11	4	656	2	6.25	2.96	2.12	0.85	16.8	7.9	1.17	.251	3.58	83	3.27	85	7.62	10.4
17	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.32	1956	CWS	35	20	9	.690	33	192	21	1	1	276.1	261	102	108	24	100	3	2	7	1,166	6	6.25	3.26	1.92	0.78	16.5	8.6	1.31	.280	3.52	81	3.23	81	8.50	23.3
18	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	3.32	1956	MIL	38	18	8	.692	33	86	13	2	0	216.2	190	80	96	18	105	2	0	7	924	3	3.57	4.36	0.82	0.75	9.3	11.4	1.36	.241	3.99	96	4.14	115	7.89	-15.3
19	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.36	1956	PHI	33	15	10	.600	27	88	14	0	0	198.0	186	74	95	17	65	3	3	7	834	1	4.00	2.95	1.35	0.77	10.6	7.8	1.27	.256	4.32	90	3.63	94	8.45	5.2
20	Ron Kline R. Kline	3.38	1956	PIT	44	14	18	.438	39	125	9	2	2	264.0	263	99	110	26	81	5	2	8	1,102	10	4.26	2.76	1.54	0.89	11.3	7.4	1.30	.274	3.75	91	3.68	96	8.97	4.1
21	Frank Sullivan F. Sullivan	3.42	1956	BOS	34	14	7	.667	33	116	12	1	0	242.0	253	92	112	22	82	8	1	6	1,048	4	4.31	3.05	1.41	0.82	11.1	7.8	1.38	.282	4.17	77	3.71	86	9.41	15.9
22	Connie Johnson C. Johnson	3.44	1956	TOT	31	9	11	.450	27	136	9	2	0	196.0	176	75	84	13	69	1	2	3	822	4	6.24	3.17	1.97	0.60	16.5	8.4	1.25	.270	3.86	88	2.92	77	8.08	19.7
23	Bob Friend B. Friend	3.46	1956	PIT	49	17	17	.500	42	166	19	4	3	314.1	310	121	137	25	85	2	7	18	1,315	5	4.75	2.43	1.95	0.72	12.6	6.5	1.26	.275	3.92	94	3.18	83	8.88	22.8
24	Tom Brewer T. Brewer	3.50	1956	BOS	32	19	9	.679	32	127	15	4	0	244.1	200	95	103	14	112	5	0	6	1,039	5	4.68	4.13	1.13	0.52	12.2	10.8	1.28	.238	3.79	79	3.51	82	7.37	21.1
25	Paul Foytack P. Foytack	3.59	1956	DET	43	15	13	.536	33	184	16	1	1	256.0	211	102	114	24	142	2	5	4	1,098	8	6.47	4.99	1.30	0.84	16.8	12.9	1.38	.251	4.01	86	3.84	95	7.42	5.3

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