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1909 American League Pitching Leaders
1908 AL
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1910 AL
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1909 NL
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1909 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Krause
(PHA)
1.394
2.
Walsh
(CHW)
1.407
3.
Bender
(PHA)
1.656
4.
Joss
(CLE)
1.706
5.
Killian
(DET)
1.713
6.
White
(CHW)
1.722
7.
Plank
(PHA)
1.764
8.
Smith
(CHW)
1.800
9.
Morgan
(TOT)
1.810
10.
Lake
(NYY)
1.881
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mullin
(DET)
29
2.
Smith
(CHW)
25
3.
Willett
(DET)
21
4.
Plank
(PHA)
19
Summers
(DET)
19
Young
(CLE)
19
7.
Bender
(PHA)
18
Morgan
(TOT)
18
Krause
(PHA)
18
10.
Arellanes
(BOS)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mullin
(DET)
.784
2.
Cicotte
(BOS)
.722
3.
Krause
(PHA)
.692
Bender
(PHA)
.692
5.
Summers
(DET)
.679
6.
Willett
(DET)
.677
7.
Plank
(PHA)
.655
8.
Wood
(BOS)
.611
9.
Smith
(CHW)
.595
10.
Walsh
(CHW)
.577
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walsh
(CHW)
.938
2.
Krause
(PHA)
.939
3.
Joss
(CLE)
.944
4.
Smith
(CHW)
.953
5.
Bender
(PHA)
.964
6.
White
(CHW)
1.013
7.
Arellanes
(BOS)
1.019
8.
Wood
(BOS)
1.021
9.
Morgan
(TOT)
1.043
10.
Plank
(PHA)
1.044
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Morgan
(TOT)
6.259
2.
Krause
(PHA)
6.380
3.
Walsh
(CHW)
6.486
4.
Cicotte
(BOS)
6.595
5.
Wood
(BOS)
6.778
6.
Coombs
(PHA)
6.827
7.
Smith
(CHW)
6.855
8.
Scott
(CHW)
6.975
9.
Bender
(PHA)
7.056
10.
Pelty
(SLB)
7.134
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Joss
(CLE)
1.150
2.
White
(CHW)
1.570
3.
Powell
(SLB)
1.582
4.
Bender
(PHA)
1.620
5.
Summers
(DET)
1.661
6.
Arellanes
(BOS)
1.678
7.
Smith
(CHW)
1.726
8.
Young
(CLE)
1.800
9.
Burns
(TOT)
1.870
10.
Walsh
(CHW)
1.954
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Berger
(CLE)
5.903
2.
Krause
(PHA)
5.873
3.
Bender
(PHA)
5.796
4.
Waddell
(SLB)
5.760
5.
Bailey
(SLB)
5.156
6.
Johnson
(WSH)
4.981
7.
Walsh
(CHW)
4.962
8.
Wood
(BOS)
4.930
9.
Lake
(NYY)
4.890
10.
Scott
(CHW)
4.854
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
51
2.
Arellanes
(BOS)
45
3.
Groom
(WSH)
44
4.
Willett
(DET)
41
5.
Mullin
(DET)
40
Johnson
(WSH)
40
Morgan
(TOT)
40
8.
Gray
(WSH)
36
Scott
(CHW)
36
Warhop
(NYY)
36
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Arellanes
(BOS)
8
2.
Powell
(SLB)
3
3.
Cicotte
(BOS)
2
Pape
(BOS)
2
Walsh
(CHW)
2
Warhop
(NYY)
2
Works
(DET)
2
Donovan
(DET)
2
9.
Summers
(DET)
1
Hughes
(NYY)
1
Willett
(DET)
1
Morgan
(TOT)
1
Quinn
(NYY)
1
Smith
(CHW)
1
Speer
(DET)
1
Steele
(BOS)
1
Suter
(CHW)
1
Winchell
(CLE)
1
Vickers
(PHA)
1
Johnson
(WSH)
1
Killian
(DET)
1
Lafitte
(DET)
1
Lake
(NYY)
1
Lelivelt
(DET)
1
Liebhardt
(CLE)
1
Manning
(NYY)
1
Schlitzer
(TOT)
1
Hughes
(WSH)
1
Grahame
(SLB)
1
Coombs
(PHA)
1
Brockett
(NYY)
1
Berger
(CLE)
1
Bender
(PHA)
1
Mullin
(DET)
1
Suggs
(DET)
1
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
365.0
2.
Mullin
(DET)
303.2
3.
Johnson
(WSH)
296.1
4.
Young
(CLE)
295.0
5.
Morgan
(TOT)
293.1
6.
Willett
(DET)
292.2
7.
Summers
(DET)
281.2
8.
Plank
(PHA)
265.1
9.
Groom
(WSH)
260.2
10.
Scott
(CHW)
250.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
177
2.
Johnson
(WSH)
164
3.
Berger
(CLE)
162
4.
Bender
(PHA)
161
5.
Waddell
(SLB)
141
6.
Krause
(PHA)
139
7.
Scott
(CHW)
135
8.
Plank
(PHA)
132
9.
Groom
(WSH)
131
10.
Walsh
(CHW)
127
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
40
2.
Johnson
(WSH)
36
Morgan
(TOT)
36
4.
Mullin
(DET)
35
5.
Willett
(DET)
34
Young
(CLE)
34
7.
Plank
(PHA)
33
8.
Summers
(DET)
32
9.
Groom
(WSH)
31
10.
Berger
(CLE)
29
Bender
(PHA)
29
Scott
(CHW)
29
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
37
2.
Young
(CLE)
30
3.
Mullin
(DET)
29
4.
Johnson
(WSH)
27
5.
Morgan
(TOT)
26
6.
Willett
(DET)
25
7.
Joss
(CLE)
24
Summers
(DET)
24
Plank
(PHA)
24
Bender
(PHA)
24
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walsh
(CHW)
8
2.
Smith
(CHW)
7
Krause
(PHA)
7
4.
Coombs
(PHA)
6
5.
Waddell
(SLB)
5
Morgan
(TOT)
5
Pelty
(SLB)
5
Bender
(PHA)
5
9.
Scott
(CHW)
4
Joss
(CLE)
4
Johnson
(WSH)
4
Wood
(BOS)
4
Donovan
(DET)
4
Powell
(SLB)
4
Berger
(CLE)
4
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(TOT)
6
2.
Willett
(DET)
5
3.
Young
(CLE)
4
Summers
(DET)
4
5.
Grahame
(SLB)
3
Doyle
(NYY)
3
Dinneen
(SLB)
3
Cicotte
(BOS)
3
Chech
(BOS)
3
Chesbro
(TOT)
3
Brockett
(NYY)
3
Morgan
(TOT)
3
Hughes
(NYY)
3
Arellanes
(BOS)
3
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Groom
(WSH)
105
2.
Morgan
(TOT)
102
3.
Scott
(CHW)
93
4.
Johnson
(WSH)
84
5.
Warhop
(NYY)
81
6.
Mullin
(DET)
78
7.
Gray
(WSH)
77
8.
Willett
(DET)
76
9.
Bailey
(SLB)
75
10.
Coombs
(PHA)
73
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
278
2.
Young
(CLE)
267
3.
Mullin
(DET)
258
4.
Johnson
(WSH)
247
5.
Summers
(DET)
243
6.
Willett
(DET)
239
7.
Powell
(SLB)
221
Berger
(CLE)
221
9.
Groom
(WSH)
218
10.
Plank
(PHA)
215
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bender
(PHA)
3.578
2.
Krause
(PHA)
2.837
3.
Berger
(CLE)
2.793
4.
Walsh
(CHW)
2.540
5.
Smith
(CHW)
2.529
6.
White
(CHW)
2.484
7.
Waddell
(SLB)
2.474
8.
Joss
(CLE)
2.161
9.
Plank
(PHA)
2.129
10.
Smith
(TOT)
2.128
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Falkenberg
(CLE)
0.00
Joss
(CLE)
0.00
Scott
(CHW)
0.00
Walsh
(CHW)
0.00
5.
Smith
(CHW)
.025
6.
Mullin
(DET)
.030
7.
Johnson
(WSH)
.030
8.
Plank
(PHA)
.034
9.
Bender
(PHA)
.036
10.
Powell
(SLB)
.038
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Groom
(WSH)
26
2.
Johnson
(WSH)
25
3.
Gray
(WSH)
19
4.
Morgan
(TOT)
17
Smith
(CHW)
17
6.
Powell
(SLB)
16
7.
Warhop
(NYY)
15
Young
(CLE)
15
9.
Waddell
(SLB)
14
Burns
(TOT)
14
Berger
(CLE)
14
Grahame
(SLB)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gray
(WSH)
87
2.
Groom
(WSH)
83
3.
Willett
(DET)
76
4.
Berger
(CLE)
75
Mullin
(DET)
75
6.
Young
(CLE)
74
7.
Smith
(CHW)
73
Johnson
(WSH)
73
9.
Summers
(DET)
70
10.
Warhop
(NYY)
65
Grahame
(SLB)
65
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Berger
(CLE)
13
2.
Johnson
(WSH)
12
3.
Willett
(DET)
11
Smith
(TOT)
11
Lake
(NYY)
11
Morgan
(TOT)
11
7.
Groom
(WSH)
10
8.
Brockett
(NYY)
9
Bailey
(SLB)
9
10.
Grahame
(SLB)
7
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Warhop
(NYY)
26
2.
Morgan
(TOT)
22
3.
Scott
(CHW)
16
4.
Willett
(DET)
15
Johnson
(WSH)
15
6.
Krause
(PHA)
13
Groom
(WSH)
13
8.
Berger
(CLE)
12
9.
Burns
(TOT)
11
10.
Summers
(DET)
10
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
1427
2.
Johnson
(WSH)
1257
3.
Mullin
(DET)
1232
4.
Willett
(DET)
1173
5.
Young
(CLE)
1172
6.
Morgan
(TOT)
1136
7.
Summers
(DET)
1132
8.
Groom
(WSH)
1070
9.
Plank
(PHA)
1061
10.
Scott
(CHW)
976
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Arellanes
(BOS)
15
2.
Dygert
(PHA)
13
3.
Quinn
(NYY)
12
Bailey
(SLB)
12
Warhop
(NYY)
12
Suter
(CHW)
12
7.
Grahame
(SLB)
11
8.
Smith
(CHW)
10
Works
(DET)
10
10.
Vickers
(PHA)
9
Cicotte
(BOS)
9
Groom
(WSH)
9
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Krause
(PHA)
172
2.
Walsh
(CHW)
167
3.
Joss
(CLE)
149
4.
Killian
(DET)
147
5.
Bender
(PHA)
145
6.
White
(CHW)
136
7.
Plank
(PHA)
136
8.
Lake
(NYY)
134
9.
Morgan
(TOT)
134
10.
Smith
(CHW)
130
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