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1939 American League Pitching Leaders
1938 AL
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1940 AL
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1939 NL
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1939 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Grove
(BOS)
2.545
2.
Lyons
(CHW)
2.763
3.
Feller
(CLE)
2.852
4.
Ruffing
(NYY)
2.931
5.
Hadley
(NYY)
2.981
6.
Gomez
(NYY)
3.409
7.
Bridges
(DET)
3.500
8.
Harder
(CLE)
3.505
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
3.542
10.
Newsom
(TOT)
3.579
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
24
2.
Ruffing
(NYY)
21
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
20
Newsom
(TOT)
20
5.
Bridges
(DET)
17
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
15
Lee
(CHW)
15
Grove
(BOS)
15
Harder
(CLE)
15
10.
Milnar
(CLE)
14
Lyons
(CHW)
14
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Donald
(NYY)
.813
2.
Grove
(BOS)
.789
3.
Ruffing
(NYY)
.750
4.
Feller
(CLE)
.727
5.
Leonard
(WSH)
.714
6.
Bridges
(DET)
.708
7.
Pearson
(NYY)
.706
8.
Lyons
(CHW)
.700
9.
Hadley
(NYY)
.667
10.
Rigney
(CHW)
.652
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.089
2.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.226
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.233
4.
Feller
(CLE)
1.244
5.
Grove
(BOS)
1.246
6.
Bridges
(DET)
1.248
7.
Gomez
(NYY)
1.298
8.
Harder
(CLE)
1.332
9.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.335
10.
Newsom
(TOT)
1.365
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
6.887
2.
Hadley
(NYY)
7.714
3.
Gomez
(NYY)
7.864
4.
Ruffing
(NYY)
8.139
5.
Chase
(WSH)
8.341
6.
Smith
(TOT)
8.385
7.
Newsom
(TOT)
8.393
8.
Lyons
(CHW)
8.444
9.
Bridges
(DET)
8.454
10.
Grove
(BOS)
8.482
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.355
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.972
3.
Beckmann
(PHA)
2.376
4.
Lee
(CHW)
2.681
5.
Grove
(BOS)
2.733
6.
Harder
(CLE)
2.769
7.
Bridges
(DET)
2.773
8.
Allen
(CLE)
2.880
9.
Ruffing
(NYY)
2.893
10.
Nelson
(PHA)
2.914
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
7.463
2.
Newsom
(TOT)
5.925
3.
Bridges
(DET)
5.864
4.
Rigney
(CHW)
4.898
5.
Gomez
(NYY)
4.636
6.
Chase
(WSH)
4.578
7.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
4.555
8.
Allen
(CLE)
4.063
9.
Wilson
(BOS)
4.060
10.
Trout
(DET)
4.000
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brown
(CHW)
61
2.
Dean
(PHA)
54
3.
Dickman
(BOS)
48
4.
Heving
(BOS)
46
5.
Newsom
(TOT)
41
Potter
(PHA)
41
Trotter
(SLB)
41
8.
Appleton
(WSH)
40
Kramer
(SLB)
40
Carrasquel
(WSH)
40
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(NYY)
19
2.
Brown
(CHW)
18
3.
Dean
(PHA)
7
Heving
(BOS)
7
5.
Appleton
(WSH)
6
6.
Dickman
(BOS)
5
Benton
(DET)
5
8.
McKain
(DET)
4
Ostermueller
(BOS)
4
10.
Hudlin
(CLE)
3
Lee
(CHW)
3
Milnar
(CLE)
3
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
296.2
2.
Newsom
(TOT)
291.2
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
269.1
4.
Lee
(CHW)
235.0
5.
Ruffing
(NYY)
233.1
6.
Chase
(WSH)
232.0
7.
Rigney
(CHW)
218.2
8.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
217.1
9.
Kennedy
(TOT)
212.2
10.
Kramer
(SLB)
211.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
246
2.
Newsom
(TOT)
192
3.
Bridges
(DET)
129
4.
Rigney
(CHW)
119
5.
Chase
(WSH)
118
6.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
110
7.
Mills
(SLB)
103
8.
Gomez
(NYY)
102
9.
Ruffing
(NYY)
95
10.
Leonard
(WSH)
88
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(TOT)
37
2.
Feller
(CLE)
35
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
34
4.
Kramer
(SLB)
31
Kennedy
(TOT)
31
Chase
(WSH)
31
7.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
29
Rigney
(CHW)
29
Lee
(CHW)
29
10.
Ruffing
(NYY)
28
Ross
(PHA)
28
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(TOT)
24
Feller
(CLE)
24
3.
Ruffing
(NYY)
22
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
21
5.
Grove
(BOS)
17
6.
Bridges
(DET)
16
Lyons
(CHW)
16
8.
Lee
(CHW)
15
Chase
(WSH)
15
10.
Gomez
(NYY)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ruffing
(NYY)
5
2.
Feller
(CLE)
4
3.
Newsom
(TOT)
3
4.
Grove
(BOS)
2
Beckmann
(PHA)
2
Donald
(NYY)
2
Bridges
(DET)
2
Gomez
(NYY)
2
Kramer
(SLB)
2
Russo
(NYY)
2
Rigney
(CHW)
2
Nelson
(PHA)
2
Milnar
(CLE)
2
Leonard
(WSH)
2
Lee
(CHW)
2
Allen
(CLE)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nelson
(PHA)
27
Marcum
(TOT)
27
3.
Potter
(PHA)
26
4.
Kennedy
(TOT)
22
5.
Newsom
(TOT)
19
6.
Kramer
(SLB)
18
7.
Ross
(PHA)
17
Rowe
(DET)
17
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
16
Caster
(PHA)
16
Mills
(SLB)
16
Trotter
(SLB)
16
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
142
2.
Kramer
(SLB)
127
3.
Newsom
(TOT)
126
4.
Kennedy
(TOT)
124
5.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
114
Chase
(WSH)
114
7.
Mills
(SLB)
113
8.
Milnar
(CLE)
99
9.
Ross
(PHA)
95
10.
Smith
(TOT)
92
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leonard
(WSH)
273
2.
Newsom
(TOT)
272
3.
Kramer
(SLB)
269
4.
Lee
(CHW)
260
5.
Potter
(PHA)
258
6.
Kennedy
(TOT)
254
7.
Nelson
(PHA)
233
8.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
230
9.
Feller
(CLE)
227
10.
Ross
(PHA)
216
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
2.500
2.
Bridges
(DET)
2.115
3.
Feller
(CLE)
1.732
4.
Newsom
(TOT)
1.524
5.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.492
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.417
7.
Allen
(CLE)
1.411
8.
Grove
(BOS)
1.397
9.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.267
10.
Gomez
(NYY)
1.214
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Trout
(DET)
.278
2.
Ostermueller
(BOS)
.339
3.
Lyons
(CHW)
.365
4.
Grove
(BOS)
.377
5.
Chase
(WSH)
.388
6.
Feller
(CLE)
.394
7.
Carrasquel
(WSH)
.395
8.
Rigney
(CHW)
.412
9.
Allen
(CLE)
.463
10.
Milnar
(CLE)
.474
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kennedy
(TOT)
20
2.
Chase
(WSH)
19
3.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
17
4.
Kramer
(SLB)
16
5.
Ross
(PHA)
14
6.
Harris
(TOT)
13
Gill
(TOT)
13
Nelson
(PHA)
13
Trotter
(SLB)
13
10.
Pippen
(TOT)
12
Milnar
(CLE)
12
Haynes
(WSH)
12
Rowe
(DET)
12
Potter
(PHA)
12
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Potter
(PHA)
144
2.
Kramer
(SLB)
137
Kennedy
(TOT)
137
4.
Newsom
(TOT)
116
Ross
(PHA)
116
6.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
111
7.
Lee
(CHW)
110
8.
Leonard
(WSH)
106
9.
Mills
(SLB)
105
Nelson
(PHA)
105
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
14
2.
Potter
(PHA)
12
3.
Chase
(WSH)
11
4.
Harris
(TOT)
10
5.
Kramer
(SLB)
9
6.
Leonard
(WSH)
6
Haynes
(WSH)
6
8.
Trout
(DET)
5
Benton
(DET)
5
Dietrich
(CHW)
5
Ross
(PHA)
5
Allen
(CLE)
5
Ostermueller
(BOS)
5
Krakauskas
(WSH)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Mills
(SLB)
8
2.
Bridges
(DET)
6
3.
Trotter
(SLB)
5
Leonard
(WSH)
5
Potter
(PHA)
5
Rich
(BOS)
5
7.
Trout
(DET)
4
Appleton
(WSH)
4
Smith
(TOT)
4
10.
Gill
(TOT)
3
Kramer
(SLB)
3
Caster
(PHA)
3
Dickman
(BOS)
3
Newsom
(TOT)
3
Kelley
(WSH)
3
Allen
(CLE)
3
Lee
(CHW)
3
Nelson
(PHA)
3
Harder
(CLE)
3
Hadley
(NYY)
3
Parmelee
(PHA)
3
Gomez
(NYY)
3
Feller
(CLE)
3
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(TOT)
1261
2.
Feller
(CLE)
1243
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
1133
4.
Chase
(WSH)
1019
5.
Lee
(CHW)
1008
6.
Kennedy
(TOT)
1001
7.
Kramer
(SLB)
998
8.
Ruffing
(NYY)
968
9.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
966
10.
Rigney
(CHW)
946
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brown
(CHW)
56
2.
Dean
(PHA)
38
3.
Murphy
(NYY)
34
4.
Appleton
(WSH)
27
5.
Heving
(BOS)
26
6.
Dickman
(BOS)
23
7.
Benton
(DET)
18
8.
Dobson
(CLE)
17
9.
Thomas
(TOT)
16
10.
Eisenstat
(TOT)
15
Lawson
(TOT)
15
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Grove
(BOS)
185
2.
Lyons
(CHW)
171
3.
Feller
(CLE)
154
4.
Ruffing
(NYY)
148
5.
Hadley
(NYY)
146
6.
Bridges
(DET)
140
7.
Newsom
(TOT)
137
8.
Trout
(DET)
136
9.
Gomez
(NYY)
127
10.
Rigney
(CHW)
127
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