who had the best era in the al in 1956

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

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 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 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 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 Early Wynn
E. Wynn
2.72
1956
CLE 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
4 Bob Lemon
B. Lemon
3.03
1956
CLE 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
5 Jack Harshman
J. Harshman
3.10
1956
CWS 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
6 Frank Lary
F. Lary
3.15
1956
DET 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
7 Don Larsen
D. Larsen
3.26
1956
NYY 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
8 Tom Sturdivant
T. Sturdivant
3.30
1956
NYY 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
9 Billy Pierce
B. Pierce
3.32
1956
CWS 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
10 Frank Sullivan
F. Sullivan
3.42
1956
BOS 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
11 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
12 Tom Brewer
T. Brewer
3.50
1956
BOS 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
13 Paul Foytack
P. Foytack
3.59
1956
DET 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
14 Chuck Stobbs
C. Stobbs
3.60
1956
WSH WSH
37
15
15
.500
33
97
15
1
1
240.0
264
96
115
29
54
1
2
4
1,026
5
3.64
2.03
1.80
1.09
9.5
5.3
1.33
.278
4.31
87
3.82
95
9.90
5.4
15 Dick Donovan
D. Donovan
3.64
1956
CWS CWS
34
12
10
.545
31
120
14
3
0
234.2
212
95
99
22
59
6
2
6
966
5
4.60
2.26
2.03
0.84
12.4
6.1
1.15
.250
3.80
88
3.40
85
8.13
15.3
16 Mike Garcia
M. Garcia
3.78
1956
CLE CLE
35
11
12
.478
30
119
8
4
0
197.2
213
83
93
18
74
5
1
5
874
3
5.42
3.37
1.61
0.82
13.6
8.5
1.45
.296
4.23
91
3.55
88
9.70
10.4
17 Tom Gorman
T. Gorman
3.83
1956
KCA KCA
52
9
10
.474
13
56
1
0
4
171.1
168
73
83
23
68
2
23
7
733
2
2.94
3.57
0.82
1.21
7.6
9.3
1.38
.248
4.36
89
4.69
112
8.82
-8.8
18 Johnny Kucks
J. Kucks
3.85
1956
NYY NYY
34
18
9
.667
31
67
12
3
0
224.1
223
96
113
19
72
10
1
0
947
3
2.69
2.89
0.93
0.76
7.1
7.6
1.32
.262
4.53
96
3.97
103
8.95
-3.3
19 Bill Wight
B. Wight
4.02
1956
BAL BAL
35
9
12
.429
26
84
7
1
0
174.2
198
78
92
7
72
6
2
3
778
5
4.33
3.71
1.17
0.36
10.8
9.3
1.55
.314
4.74
103
3.27
86
10.20
10
20 Billy Hoeft
B. Hoeft
4.06
1956
DET DET
38
20
14
.588
34
172
18
4
0
248.0
276
112
127
22
104
5
2
12
1,094
7
6.24
3.77
1.65
0.80
15.7
9.5
1.53
.321
4.61
98
3.45
86
10.02
15.7
21 Ray Moore
R. Moore
4.18
1956
BAL BAL
32
12
7
.632
27
105
9
1
0
185.0
161
86
90
12
99
1
2
1
792
2
5.11
4.82
1.06
0.58
13.3
12.5
1.41
.259
4.38
107
3.70
98
7.83
1.1
22 Jim Wilson
J. Wilson
4.28
1956
TOT
35
13
14
.481
28
113
7
3
0
208.0
198
99
109
20
86
4
4
6
885
4
4.89
3.72
1.31
0.87
12.8
9.7
1.37
.269
4.72
106
3.83
97
8.57
2.3
23 Art Ditmar
A. Ditmar
4.42
1956
KCA KCA
44
12
22
.353
34
126
14
2
1
254.1
254
125
141
30
108
7
6
6
1,101
5
4.46
3.82
1.17
1.06
11.4
9.8
1.42
.270
4.99
102
4.27
102
8.99
-1.7
24 Camilo Pascual
C. Pascual
5.87
1956
WSH WSH
39
6
18
.250
27
162
6
0
2
188.2
194
123
131
33
89
6
9
4
848
7
7.73
4.25
1.82
1.57
19.1
10.5
1.50
.289
6.25
141
4.44
110
9.25
-8.7

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