most wins as a pitcher before all-star game in 1956

Billy Pierce won the most games before the All-Star Game in 1956, with 13 wins.

	NAME	W	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	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	H/9
1	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	13	3	.813	18	17	3.11	96	11	1	0	142.0	129	49	51	11	61	2	1	3	604	1	6.08	3.87	1.57	0.70	15.9	10.1	1.34	.272	3.23	8.18
2	Brooks Lawrence B. Lawrence	12	0	1.000	21	16	3.48	42	5	1	0	111.1	103	43	48	10	43	2	5	1	466	0	3.40	3.48	0.98	0.81	9.0	9.2	1.31	.252	3.88	8.33
3	Jim Wilson J. Wilson	11	5	.688	19	15	3.56	59	6	3	0	116.1	107	46	50	10	50	2	2	4	493	3	4.56	3.87	1.18	0.77	12.0	10.1	1.35	.261	3.87	8.28
4	Tom Brewer T. Brewer	11	3	.786	16	16	3.02	57	8	2	0	122.0	84	41	45	4	58	3	0	2	504	2	4.20	4.28	0.98	0.30	11.3	11.5	1.16	.209	3.32	6.20
5	Johnny Kucks J. Kucks	11	4	.733	16	15	3.26	33	7	1	0	118.2	113	43	50	8	35	5	0	0	496	2	2.50	2.65	0.94	0.61	6.7	7.1	1.25	.253	3.79	8.57
6	Bob Friend B. Friend	11	7	.611	23	22	3.03	94	11	3	0	163.1	147	55	64	14	53	0	1	9	678	2	5.18	2.92	1.77	0.77	13.9	7.8	1.22	.257	3.53	8.10
7	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	11	5	.688	17	16	3.58	67	8	1	0	118.0	109	47	53	16	19	2	1	2	475	2	5.11	1.45	3.53	1.22	14.1	4.0	1.08	.251	4.04	8.31
8	Billy Hoeft B. Hoeft	10	6	.625	17	15	4.14	75	8	3	0	113.0	124	52	56	11	44	1	2	5	493	3	5.97	3.50	1.70	0.88	15.2	8.9	1.49	.312	4.46	9.88
9	Whitey Ford W. Ford	10	4	.714	17	16	2.43	66	11	2	1	118.1	106	32	38	4	43	2	1	3	480	2	5.02	3.27	1.53	0.30	13.8	9.0	1.26	.279	2.89	8.06
10	Early Wynn E. Wynn	10	4	.714	18	17	3.00	80	9	2	0	132.0	112	44	50	14	38	3	0	5	540	2	5.45	2.59	2.11	0.95	14.8	7.0	1.14	.242	3.41	7.64
11	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	10	6	.625	18	17	3.83	57	9	0	1	122.1	123	52	58	14	40	5	1	0	530	3	4.19	2.94	1.43	1.03	10.8	7.5	1.33	.263	4.27	9.05
12	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	9	4	.692	18	16	3.33	45	6	0	0	102.2	97	38	50	8	53	1	0	5	452	1	3.94	4.65	0.85	0.70	10.0	11.7	1.46	.258	4.38	8.50
13	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	9	4	.692	20	16	2.13	51	6	4	1	122.2	101	29	42	12	26	1	2	1	487	2	3.74	1.91	1.96	0.88	10.5	5.3	1.04	.224	3.08	7.41
14	Ray Crone R. Crone	8	5	.615	13	13	3.18	38	6	0	0	96.1	95	34	47	7	22	1	0	3	406	1	3.55	2.06	1.73	0.65	9.4	5.4	1.21	.260	4.39	8.88
15	Roger Craig R. Craig	8	3	.727	16	16	3.23	59	6	2	0	100.1	75	36	38	13	47	2	0	2	417	4	5.29	4.22	1.26	1.17	14.1	11.3	1.22	.209	3.41	6.73
16	Herb Score H. Score	8	6	.571	15	15	2.96	118	6	1	0	109.1	73	36	40	8	66	2	0	2	464	7	9.71	5.43	1.79	0.66	25.4	14.2	1.27	.241	3.29	6.01
17	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	8	7	.533	20	17	3.26	65	6	2	0	118.2	100	43	50	12	36	2	3	3	487	3	4.93	2.73	1.81	0.91	13.3	7.4	1.15	.237	3.79	7.58
18	Vinegar Bend Mizell V. Bend Mizell	8	7	.533	17	17	4.21	89	5	0	0	107.0	101	50	54	16	47	2	0	2	464	2	7.49	3.95	1.89	1.35	19.2	10.1	1.38	.274	4.54	8.50
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	8	10	.444	21	18	4.28	81	11	0	2	136.2	142	65	67	18	23	0	3	2	560	0	5.33	1.51	3.52	1.19	14.5	4.1	1.21	.283	4.41	9.35
20	Frank Sullivan F. Sullivan	8	3	.727	17	17	3.26	58	7	1	0	127.0	123	46	58	11	52	4	0	3	548	2	4.11	3.69	1.12	0.78	10.6	9.5	1.38	.265	4.11	8.72
21	Tom Sturdivant T. Sturdivant	7	2	.778	16	4	2.34	40	1	0	4	61.2	50	16	17	5	24	0	9	2	254	1	5.84	3.50	1.67	0.73	15.7	9.4	1.20	.243	2.48	7.30
22	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	7	9	.438	21	18	3.71	70	8	2	0	136.0	129	56	61	11	47	4	1	1	570	1	4.63	3.11	1.49	0.73	12.3	8.2	1.29	.269	4.04	8.54
23	Johnny Klippstein J. Klippstein	7	4	.636	17	17	4.16	49	8	0	0	123.1	124	57	58	15	45	5	0	6	529	0	3.58	3.28	1.09	1.09	9.3	8.5	1.37	.263	4.23	9.05
24	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	7	7	.500	18	16	2.80	73	7	3	1	125.1	109	39	43	12	22	0	1	4	497	5	5.24	1.58	3.32	0.86	14.7	4.4	1.05	.249	3.09	7.83
25	Ron Kline R. Kline	7	9	.438	21	19	3.41	50	6	2	1	116.0	114	44	49	8	36	2	1	5	484	5	3.88	2.79	1.39	0.62	10.3	7.4	1.29	.273	3.80	8.84

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Sun 5/17	CHC	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Mon 5/18	CWS	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Tue 5/19	CWS	@	SEA	9:40 PM
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Cardinals	27	18	.600	1.5
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