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1941 American League Pitching Leaders
1940 AL
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1942 AL
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1941 NL
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1941 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lee
(CHW)
2.367
2.
Benton
(DET)
2.968
3.
Wagner
(BOS)
3.075
4.
Russo
(NYY)
3.091
5.
Feller
(CLE)
3.149
6.
Smith
(CHW)
3.178
7.
Chandler
(NYY)
3.189
8.
Harris
(BOS)
3.247
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
3.445
10.
Hudson
(WSH)
3.461
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
25
2.
Lee
(CHW)
22
3.
Newsome
(BOS)
19
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
18
5.
Ruffing
(NYY)
15
Gomez
(NYY)
15
Benton
(DET)
15
8.
Auker
(SLB)
14
Russo
(NYY)
14
10.
Muncrief
(SLB)
13
Hudson
(WSH)
13
Knott
(PHA)
13
Rigney
(CHW)
13
Smith
(CHW)
13
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Gomez
(NYY)
.750
2.
Benton
(DET)
.714
Ruffing
(NYY)
.714
4.
Dobson
(BOS)
.706
5.
Lee
(CHW)
.667
6.
Feller
(CLE)
.658
7.
Newsome
(BOS)
.655
8.
Wagner
(BOS)
.600
9.
Muncrief
(SLB)
.591
10.
Russo
(NYY)
.583
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lee
(CHW)
1.165
2.
Benton
(DET)
1.237
3.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.244
4.
Chandler
(NYY)
1.259
5.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.260
6.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.270
7.
Muncrief
(SLB)
1.278
8.
Galehouse
(SLB)
1.319
9.
Donald
(NYY)
1.321
10.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.333
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Benton
(DET)
7.421
2.
Feller
(CLE)
7.452
3.
Lee
(CHW)
7.731
4.
Donald
(NYY)
7.981
5.
Chandler
(NYY)
8.028
6.
Marchildon
(PHA)
8.281
7.
Smith
(CHW)
8.305
8.
Russo
(NYY)
8.370
9.
Wagner
(BOS)
8.408
10.
Rigney
(CHW)
8.506
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.778
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.898
3.
Muncrief
(SLB)
2.226
4.
Ruffing
(NYY)
2.618
5.
Lee
(CHW)
2.757
6.
McCrabb
(PHA)
2.803
7.
Gorsica
(DET)
2.895
8.
Galehouse
(SLB)
3.215
9.
Sundra
(WSH)
3.261
10.
Smith
(CLE)
3.266
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
6.822
2.
Newsom
(DET)
6.292
3.
Newhouser
(DET)
5.514
4.
Harris
(BOS)
5.149
5.
Rigney
(CHW)
4.519
6.
Russo
(NYY)
4.507
7.
Gomez
(NYY)
4.375
8.
Chase
(WSH)
4.289
9.
Donald
(NYY)
4.019
10.
Lee
(CHW)
3.896
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
44
2.
Newsom
(DET)
43
3.
Brown
(CLE)
41
4.
Ryba
(BOS)
40
5.
Benton
(DET)
38
6.
Trout
(DET)
37
7.
Zuber
(WSH)
36
Muncrief
(SLB)
36
Newsome
(BOS)
36
Ferrick
(PHA)
36
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(NYY)
15
2.
Benton
(DET)
7
Ferrick
(PHA)
7
4.
Ryba
(BOS)
6
5.
Brown
(CLE)
5
Heving
(CLE)
5
7.
Chandler
(NYY)
4
8.
Hadley
(PHA)
3
Masterson
(WSH)
3
Caster
(SLB)
3
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
343.0
2.
Lee
(CHW)
300.1
3.
Smith
(CHW)
263.1
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
256.0
5.
Newsom
(DET)
250.1
6.
Hudson
(WSH)
249.2
7.
Rigney
(CHW)
237.0
8.
Milnar
(CLE)
229.1
9.
Auker
(SLB)
216.0
10.
Muncrief
(SLB)
214.1
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
260
2.
Newsom
(DET)
175
3.
Lee
(CHW)
130
4.
Rigney
(CHW)
119
5.
Harris
(BOS)
111
Smith
(CHW)
111
7.
Hudson
(WSH)
108
8.
Newhouser
(DET)
106
9.
Russo
(NYY)
105
10.
Chase
(WSH)
98
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
40
2.
Newsom
(DET)
36
3.
Lee
(CHW)
34
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
33
Smith
(CHW)
33
Hudson
(WSH)
33
7.
Auker
(SLB)
31
8.
Milnar
(CLE)
30
Chase
(WSH)
30
10.
Newsome
(BOS)
29
Rigney
(CHW)
29
Harris
(SLB)
29
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lee
(CHW)
30
2.
Feller
(CLE)
28
3.
Smith
(CHW)
21
4.
Leonard
(WSH)
19
Lyons
(CHW)
19
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
18
7.
Hudson
(WSH)
17
Russo
(NYY)
17
Newsome
(BOS)
17
10.
Marchildon
(PHA)
14
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
6
2.
Humphries
(CHW)
4
Leonard
(WSH)
4
Chandler
(NYY)
4
5.
Wagner
(BOS)
3
Russo
(NYY)
3
Rigney
(CHW)
3
Hudson
(WSH)
3
Lee
(CHW)
3
10.
Smith
(CLE)
2
Ruffing
(NYY)
2
Galehouse
(SLB)
2
Gomez
(NYY)
2
Harris
(SLB)
2
Newsome
(BOS)
2
Newsom
(DET)
2
Muncrief
(SLB)
2
Lyons
(CHW)
2
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rigney
(CHW)
21
2.
Auker
(SLB)
20
Knott
(PHA)
20
4.
Harris
(SLB)
18
Muncrief
(SLB)
18
Lee
(CHW)
18
7.
Niggeling
(SLB)
17
8.
Harris
(PHA)
16
McCrabb
(PHA)
16
10.
Marchildon
(PHA)
15
Feller
(CLE)
15
Newsom
(DET)
15
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
194
2.
Newhouser
(DET)
137
3.
Newsom
(DET)
118
Marchildon
(PHA)
118
5.
Milnar
(CLE)
116
6.
Chase
(WSH)
115
7.
Smith
(CHW)
114
8.
Gomez
(NYY)
103
9.
Hudson
(WSH)
97
10.
Lee
(CHW)
92
Rigney
(CHW)
92
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
284
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
271
3.
Auker
(SLB)
268
4.
Newsom
(DET)
265
5.
Lee
(CHW)
258
6.
Smith
(CHW)
243
7.
Hudson
(WSH)
242
8.
Harris
(SLB)
237
9.
Milnar
(CLE)
236
10.
Newsome
(BOS)
235
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.703
2.
Leonard
(WSH)
1.685
3.
Newsom
(DET)
1.483
4.
Lee
(CHW)
1.413
5.
Feller
(CLE)
1.340
6.
Rigney
(CHW)
1.294
7.
Harris
(BOS)
1.291
8.
Muncrief
(SLB)
1.264
9.
Russo
(NYY)
1.207
10.
Hudson
(WSH)
1.113
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Leonard
(WSH)
.211
2.
Chandler
(NYY)
.275
3.
Harris
(BOS)
.278
4.
Newhouser
(DET)
.312
5.
Russo
(NYY)
.343
6.
Milnar
(CLE)
.353
7.
Feller
(CLE)
.394
8.
Lyons
(CHW)
.432
9.
Hudson
(WSH)
.433
10.
Smith
(CHW)
.444
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(DET)
20
2.
Milnar
(CLE)
19
3.
Chase
(WSH)
18
4.
Smith
(CHW)
17
5.
Marchildon
(PHA)
15
Bagby
(CLE)
15
Auker
(SLB)
15
8.
Harris
(SLB)
14
Hudson
(WSH)
14
Harris
(BOS)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Auker
(SLB)
132
2.
Newsom
(DET)
128
3.
Feller
(CLE)
120
4.
Chase
(WSH)
116
5.
Milnar
(CLE)
111
6.
Harris
(SLB)
108
7.
Rigney
(CHW)
101
8.
Sundra
(WSH)
99
9.
Leonard
(WSH)
98
Newsome
(BOS)
98
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marchildon
(PHA)
12
2.
Chase
(WSH)
11
3.
Leonard
(WSH)
9
4.
Wilson
(BOS)
8
Smith
(CLE)
8
Allen
(SLB)
8
Knott
(PHA)
8
8.
Hadley
(PHA)
7
Rigney
(CHW)
7
10.
Feller
(CLE)
6
Newsome
(BOS)
6
Smith
(CHW)
6
Sundra
(WSH)
6
Harris
(BOS)
6
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsome
(BOS)
7
2.
Bagby
(CLE)
6
3.
Hadley
(PHA)
5
Feller
(CLE)
5
Smith
(CHW)
5
Muncrief
(SLB)
5
7.
Lee
(CHW)
4
Lyons
(CHW)
4
Galehouse
(SLB)
4
Dietrich
(CHW)
4
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Feller
(CLE)
1466
2.
Lee
(CHW)
1224
3.
Newsom
(DET)
1130
4.
Smith
(CHW)
1125
5.
Leonard
(WSH)
1073
6.
Hudson
(WSH)
1071
7.
Milnar
(CLE)
1018
8.
Rigney
(CHW)
1005
9.
Auker
(SLB)
981
10.
Chase
(WSH)
951
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(NYY)
31
2.
Brown
(CLE)
28
3.
Ferrick
(PHA)
25
Ryba
(BOS)
25
5.
Branch
(NYY)
22
6.
Trotter
(SLB)
20
7.
Zuber
(WSH)
19
Benton
(DET)
19
Carrasquel
(WSH)
19
10.
Harris
(PHA)
15
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lee
(CHW)
173
2.
Benton
(DET)
152
3.
Wagner
(BOS)
135
4.
Smith
(CHW)
129
5.
Harris
(BOS)
128
6.
Russo
(NYY)
127
7.
Feller
(CLE)
125
8.
Chandler
(NYY)
124
9.
Galehouse
(SLB)
118
10.
Muncrief
(SLB)
118
1940 AL
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1942 AL
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1941 MLB
Pitching Leaders