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1940 American League Pitching Leaders
1939 AL
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1941 AL
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1940 NL
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1940 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
2.613
2.
Newsom
(DET)
2.830
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
3.110
4.
Smith
(CHW)
3.212
5.
Chase
(WSH)
3.233
6.
Lyons
(CHW)
3.236
7.
Milnar
(CLE)
3.268
8.
Russo
(NYY)
3.280
9.
Bridges
(DET)
3.369
10.
Ruffing
(NYY)
3.385
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
27
2.
Newsom
(DET)
21
3.
Milnar
(CLE)
18
4.
Hudson
(WSH)
17
5.
Rowe
(DET)
16
Auker
(SLB)
16
7.
Ruffing
(NYY)
15
Chase
(WSH)
15
Smith
(CLE)
15
10.
Babich
(PHA)
14
Leonard
(WSH)
14
Russo
(NYY)
14
Rigney
(CHW)
14
Smith
(CHW)
14
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rowe
(DET)
.842
2.
Newsom
(DET)
.808
3.
Feller
(CLE)
.711
4.
Smith
(CLE)
.682
5.
Wilson
(BOS)
.667
6.
Milnar
(CLE)
.643
7.
Russo
(NYY)
.636
8.
Heving
(BOS)
.632
9.
Dietrich
(CHW)
.625
10.
Smith
(CHW)
.609
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
1.133
2.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.176
3.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.208
4.
Lee
(CHW)
1.224
5.
Russo
(NYY)
1.247
6.
Rowe
(DET)
1.260
7.
Newsom
(DET)
1.269
8.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.301
9.
Bridges
(DET)
1.310
10.
Babich
(PHA)
1.317
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
6.883
2.
Rigney
(CHW)
7.696
3.
Smith
(CHW)
7.770
4.
Bridges
(DET)
7.786
5.
Newsom
(DET)
8.011
6.
Russo
(NYY)
8.604
7.
Ruffing
(NYY)
8.681
8.
Babich
(PHA)
8.712
9.
Lee
(CHW)
8.803
10.
Chase
(WSH)
8.943
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.787
2.
Lee
(CHW)
2.211
3.
Rowe
(DET)
2.290
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
2.429
5.
Russo
(NYY)
2.614
6.
Smith
(CLE)
2.705
7.
Harder
(CLE)
2.850
8.
Rigney
(CHW)
2.886
9.
Hudson
(WSH)
2.893
10.
Knott
(CHW)
2.962
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
7.333
2.
Bridges
(DET)
6.056
3.
Wilson
(BOS)
5.822
4.
Newsom
(DET)
5.591
5.
Smith
(CHW)
5.166
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
4.521
7.
Chase
(WSH)
4.437
8.
Russo
(NYY)
4.136
9.
Breuer
(NYY)
3.896
10.
Ruffing
(NYY)
3.863
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
43
2.
Benton
(DET)
42
3.
Heusser
(PHA)
41
Wilson
(BOS)
41
5.
Dobson
(CLE)
40
6.
Heving
(BOS)
39
Rigney
(CHW)
39
8.
Auker
(SLB)
38
Hudson
(WSH)
38
10.
Milnar
(CLE)
37
Brown
(CHW)
37
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Benton
(DET)
17
2.
Brown
(CHW)
10
3.
Murphy
(NYY)
9
4.
Appleton
(CHW)
5
Heusser
(PHA)
5
Wilson
(BOS)
5
Allen
(CLE)
5
8.
Feller
(CLE)
4
Eisenstat
(CLE)
4
Lawson
(SLB)
4
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
320.1
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
289.0
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
280.2
4.
Newsom
(DET)
264.0
5.
Auker
(SLB)
263.2
6.
Chase
(WSH)
261.2
7.
Hudson
(WSH)
252.0
8.
Milnar
(CLE)
242.1
9.
Babich
(PHA)
229.1
10.
Lee
(CHW)
228.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
261
2.
Newsom
(DET)
164
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
141
4.
Bridges
(DET)
133
5.
Chase
(WSH)
129
6.
Leonard
(WSH)
124
7.
Smith
(CHW)
119
8.
Wilson
(BOS)
102
9.
Milnar
(CLE)
99
10.
Ruffing
(NYY)
97
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
37
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
35
Auker
(SLB)
35
4.
Newsom
(DET)
34
Chase
(WSH)
34
6.
Milnar
(CLE)
33
Rigney
(CHW)
33
8.
Kennedy
(SLB)
32
9.
Hudson
(WSH)
31
10.
Babich
(PHA)
30
Ruffing
(NYY)
30
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
31
2.
Lee
(CHW)
24
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
23
4.
Ruffing
(NYY)
20
Newsom
(DET)
20
Chase
(WSH)
20
Auker
(SLB)
20
8.
Hudson
(WSH)
19
Rigney
(CHW)
19
10.
Kennedy
(SLB)
18
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
4
Lyons
(CHW)
4
Milnar
(CLE)
4
4.
Allen
(CLE)
3
Newsom
(DET)
3
Hudson
(WSH)
3
Ruffing
(NYY)
3
Bonham
(NYY)
3
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
2
Auker
(SLB)
2
Bridges
(DET)
2
Beckmann
(PHA)
2
Rigney
(CHW)
2
Knott
(CHW)
2
Gorsica
(DET)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ruffing
(NYY)
24
Harris
(SLB)
24
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
22
4.
Dean
(PHA)
21
5.
Breuer
(NYY)
20
Hudson
(WSH)
20
Grove
(BOS)
20
8.
Newsom
(DET)
19
Leonard
(WSH)
19
10.
Potter
(PHA)
18
Kennedy
(SLB)
18
Caster
(PHA)
18
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Chase
(WSH)
143
2.
Kennedy
(SLB)
122
3.
Feller
(CLE)
118
4.
Newsom
(DET)
100
5.
Milnar
(CLE)
99
6.
Auker
(SLB)
96
7.
Smith
(CHW)
95
8.
Rigney
(CHW)
90
9.
Masterson
(WSH)
88
Bridges
(DET)
88
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leonard
(WSH)
328
2.
Auker
(SLB)
299
3.
Hudson
(WSH)
272
4.
Kennedy
(SLB)
263
5.
Chase
(WSH)
260
6.
Feller
(CLE)
245
7.
Milnar
(CLE)
242
8.
Rigney
(CHW)
240
9.
Newsom
(DET)
235
10.
Caster
(PHA)
234
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
2.212
2.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.946
3.
Newsom
(DET)
1.640
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.590
5.
Russo
(NYY)
1.582
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.567
7.
Lee
(CHW)
1.554
8.
Bridges
(DET)
1.511
9.
Rowe
(DET)
1.419
10.
Harder
(CLE)
1.288
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
.365
2.
Chase
(WSH)
.481
3.
Bridges
(DET)
.501
4.
Lee
(CHW)
.513
5.
Milnar
(CLE)
.520
6.
Gorsica
(DET)
.563
7.
Auker
(SLB)
.580
8.
Smith
(CLE)
.590
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
.592
10.
Babich
(PHA)
.628
Chandler
(NYY)
.628
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Caster
(PHA)
19
Leonard
(WSH)
19
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
18
4.
Chase
(WSH)
17
Kennedy
(SLB)
17
6.
Hudson
(WSH)
16
Bagby
(BOS)
16
8.
Harris
(SLB)
15
9.
Potter
(PHA)
14
10.
Masterson
(WSH)
13
Lee
(CHW)
13
Babich
(PHA)
13
Heusser
(PHA)
13
Dean
(PHA)
13
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kennedy
(SLB)
138
2.
Caster
(PHA)
130
3.
Hudson
(WSH)
128
4.
Dean
(PHA)
117
5.
Auker
(SLB)
116
6.
Leonard
(WSH)
112
7.
Harris
(SLB)
106
8.
Potter
(PHA)
99
9.
Rigney
(CHW)
97
10.
Bagby
(BOS)
96
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Chase
(WSH)
12
Vaughan
(PHA)
12
3.
Potter
(PHA)
10
Leonard
(WSH)
10
5.
Feller
(CLE)
8
Harris
(SLB)
8
Niggeling
(SLB)
8
8.
Krakauskas
(WSH)
7
Dobson
(CLE)
7
10.
Lyons
(CHW)
6
Mills
(SLB)
6
Hudson
(WSH)
6
Wilson
(BOS)
6
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CLE)
6
Chandler
(NYY)
6
3.
Hash
(BOS)
5
Chase
(WSH)
5
Feller
(CLE)
5
Niggeling
(SLB)
5
Harder
(CLE)
5
8.
Gorsica
(DET)
4
Dickman
(BOS)
4
10.
Caster
(PHA)
3
Ruffing
(NYY)
3
Besse
(PHA)
3
Smith
(CHW)
3
Trout
(DET)
3
Vaughan
(PHA)
3
Auker
(SLB)
3
Wilson
(BOS)
3
Newsom
(DET)
3
Allen
(CLE)
3
Kennedy
(SLB)
3
Hudson
(WSH)
3
Naymick
(CLE)
3
Monteagudo
(WSH)
3
Heving
(BOS)
3
Masterson
(WSH)
3
Mills
(SLB)
3
Harris
(SLB)
3
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
1304
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
1245
3.
Auker
(SLB)
1176
4.
Chase
(WSH)
1165
5.
Rigney
(CHW)
1152
6.
Newsom
(DET)
1101
7.
Hudson
(WSH)
1090
8.
Milnar
(CLE)
1049
9.
Kennedy
(SLB)
1020
10.
Babich
(PHA)
988
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brown
(CHW)
36
2.
Benton
(DET)
35
3.
Murphy
(NYY)
28
4.
Heusser
(PHA)
26
5.
Heving
(BOS)
21
6.
Trotter
(SLB)
19
7.
Carrasquel
(WSH)
17
McKain
(DET)
17
9.
Appleton
(CHW)
16
Beckmann
(PHA)
16
Lawson
(SLB)
16
Dobson
(CLE)
16
Krakauskas
(WSH)
16
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(DET)
167
2.
Feller
(CLE)
161
3.
Rigney
(CHW)
142
4.
Bridges
(DET)
140
5.
Smith
(CHW)
138
6.
Lyons
(CHW)
137
7.
Rowe
(DET)
137
8.
Chase
(WSH)
129
9.
Milnar
(CLE)
129
10.
Lee
(CHW)
127
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Pitching Leaders