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1942 American League Pitching Leaders
1941 AL
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1943 AL
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1942 NL
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1942 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
2.096
2.
Bonham
(NYY)
2.270
3.
Chandler
(NYY)
2.377
4.
Newhouser
(DET)
2.450
5.
Borowy
(NYY)
2.523
6.
Hughson
(BOS)
2.594
7.
Niggeling
(SLB)
2.661
8.
Humphries
(CHW)
2.680
9.
Trucks
(DET)
2.738
10.
Bridges
(DET)
2.741
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughson
(BOS)
22
2.
Bonham
(NYY)
21
3.
Marchildon
(PHA)
17
Bagby
(CLE)
17
5.
Chandler
(NYY)
16
6.
Niggeling
(SLB)
15
Borowy
(NYY)
15
8.
Trucks
(DET)
14
Wagner
(BOS)
14
Ruffing
(NYY)
14
Lyons
(CHW)
14
Auker
(SLB)
14
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bonham
(NYY)
.808
2.
Borowy
(NYY)
.789
3.
Hughson
(BOS)
.786
4.
Chandler
(NYY)
.762
5.
Lyons
(CHW)
.700
6.
Ruffing
(NYY)
.667
7.
Bagby
(CLE)
.654
8.
Trucks
(DET)
.636
9.
Hollingsworth
(SLB)
.625
10.
Niggeling
(SLB)
.577
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bonham
(NYY)
.987
2.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.070
3.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.157
4.
Breuer
(NYY)
1.181
5.
Hughson
(BOS)
1.185
6.
Dobson
(BOS)
1.221
7.
Bagby
(CLE)
1.223
8.
Chandler
(NYY)
1.246
9.
Borowy
(NYY)
1.250
10.
Humphries
(CHW)
1.253
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newhouser
(DET)
6.713
2.
Niggeling
(SLB)
7.546
3.
Dobson
(BOS)
7.637
4.
Trucks
(DET)
7.891
5.
Chandler
(NYY)
7.894
6.
Harris
(PHA)
7.916
7.
Borowy
(NYY)
7.923
8.
Bonham
(NYY)
7.925
9.
Marchildon
(PHA)
7.930
10.
Wagner
(BOS)
8.065
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bonham
(NYY)
.956
2.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.298
3.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.905
4.
Breuer
(NYY)
2.026
5.
Bagby
(CLE)
2.128
6.
Humphries
(CHW)
2.326
7.
Hughson
(BOS)
2.402
8.
Hudson
(WSH)
2.632
9.
Wolff
(PHA)
2.897
10.
Hollingsworth
(SLB)
2.907
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newhouser
(DET)
5.047
2.
Bridges
(DET)
5.017
3.
Trucks
(DET)
4.885
4.
Newsom
(WSH)
4.760
5.
Niggeling
(SLB)
4.667
6.
Benton
(DET)
4.368
7.
Borowy
(NYY)
4.290
8.
Marchildon
(PHA)
4.057
9.
Wolff
(PHA)
3.947
10.
Breuer
(NYY)
3.943
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Haynes
(CHW)
40
2.
Caster
(SLB)
39
3.
Hughson
(BOS)
38
Bagby
(CLE)
38
Newhouser
(DET)
38
Marchildon
(PHA)
38
7.
Zuber
(WSH)
37
8.
Auker
(SLB)
35
Trout
(DET)
35
Carrasquel
(WSH)
35
Benton
(DET)
35
Hudson
(WSH)
35
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(NYY)
11
2.
Haynes
(CHW)
6
Brown
(BOS)
6
4.
Newhouser
(DET)
5
Caster
(SLB)
5
6.
Hollingsworth
(SLB)
4
Carrasquel
(WSH)
4
Gorsica
(DET)
4
Hughson
(BOS)
4
10.
Ferrick
(CLE)
3
Ryba
(BOS)
3
Wolff
(PHA)
3
Heving
(CLE)
3
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughson
(BOS)
281.0
2.
Bagby
(CLE)
270.2
3.
Auker
(SLB)
249.0
4.
Marchildon
(PHA)
244.0
5.
Hudson
(WSH)
239.1
6.
Humphries
(CHW)
228.1
7.
Benton
(DET)
226.2
8.
Bonham
(NYY)
226.0
9.
Trout
(DET)
223.0
10.
White
(DET)
216.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(WSH)
113
Hughson
(BOS)
113
3.
Benton
(DET)
110
Marchildon
(PHA)
110
5.
Niggeling
(SLB)
107
6.
Newhouser
(DET)
103
7.
Bridges
(DET)
97
8.
Wolff
(PHA)
94
9.
White
(DET)
93
10.
Trout
(DET)
91
Trucks
(DET)
91
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bagby
(CLE)
35
2.
Auker
(SLB)
34
3.
Hudson
(WSH)
31
Marchildon
(PHA)
31
5.
Benton
(DET)
30
Hughson
(BOS)
30
7.
Harder
(CLE)
29
Newsom
(WSH)
29
Trout
(DET)
29
10.
Wynn
(WSH)
28
Galehouse
(SLB)
28
Smith
(CHW)
28
Humphries
(CHW)
28
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughson
(BOS)
22
Bonham
(NYY)
22
3.
Lyons
(CHW)
20
4.
Hudson
(WSH)
19
5.
Marchildon
(PHA)
18
Smith
(CHW)
18
7.
Auker
(SLB)
17
Humphries
(CHW)
17
Chandler
(NYY)
17
Wagner
(BOS)
17
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bonham
(NYY)
6
2.
White
(DET)
4
Harder
(CLE)
4
Hughson
(BOS)
4
Masterson
(WSH)
4
Borowy
(NYY)
4
Ruffing
(NYY)
4
Bagby
(CLE)
4
9.
Niggeling
(SLB)
3
Galehouse
(SLB)
3
Dobson
(BOS)
3
Chandler
(NYY)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bagby
(CLE)
19
2.
Smith
(CHW)
17
3.
Auker
(SLB)
16
Dietrich
(CHW)
16
Wolff
(PHA)
16
6.
Trout
(DET)
15
7.
Marchildon
(PHA)
14
Harris
(PHA)
14
9.
Fowler
(PHA)
13
Chandler
(NYY)
13
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marchildon
(PHA)
140
2.
Newhouser
(DET)
114
3.
Christopher
(PHA)
99
4.
Wagner
(BOS)
95
5.
Niggeling
(SLB)
93
6.
Newsom
(WSH)
92
7.
Judd
(BOS)
90
8.
Trout
(DET)
89
9.
Smith
(CHW)
86
Auker
(SLB)
86
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Auker
(SLB)
273
2.
Bagby
(CLE)
267
3.
Hudson
(WSH)
266
4.
Hughson
(BOS)
258
5.
Wynn
(WSH)
246
6.
Newsom
(WSH)
236
7.
Humphries
(CHW)
227
8.
Smith
(CHW)
223
9.
Marchildon
(PHA)
215
10.
Trout
(DET)
214
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bonham
(NYY)
2.958
2.
Ruffing
(NYY)
1.951
3.
Breuer
(NYY)
1.946
4.
Lyons
(CHW)
1.923
5.
Bridges
(DET)
1.590
6.
Hughson
(BOS)
1.507
7.
Wolff
(PHA)
1.362
8.
Benton
(DET)
1.310
9.
Borowy
(NYY)
1.288
10.
Trucks
(DET)
1.230
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Trucks
(DET)
.161
2.
Milnar
(CLE)
.172
3.
Newhouser
(DET)
.196
4.
Newsom
(WSH)
.211
5.
Wagner
(BOS)
.219
6.
Hollingsworth
(SLB)
.224
7.
Galehouse
(SLB)
.234
8.
White
(DET)
.249
9.
Wynn
(WSH)
.284
10.
Borowy
(NYY)
.303
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Smith
(CHW)
20
2.
Trout
(DET)
18
3.
Hudson
(WSH)
17
Newsom
(WSH)
17
5.
Wynn
(WSH)
16
6.
Wolff
(PHA)
15
Smith
(CLE)
15
Harris
(PHA)
15
9.
Newhouser
(DET)
14
Marchildon
(PHA)
14
Harder
(CLE)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Newsom
(WSH)
117
2.
Hudson
(WSH)
116
3.
Marchildon
(PHA)
114
4.
Auker
(SLB)
113
5.
Wynn
(WSH)
108
6.
Smith
(CHW)
95
7.
Besse
(PHA)
91
8.
Bagby
(CLE)
89
9.
Newsome
(BOS)
88
10.
Dietrich
(CHW)
87
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Marchildon
(PHA)
13
2.
Trout
(DET)
8
3.
Trucks
(DET)
7
Judd
(BOS)
7
Niggeling
(SLB)
7
6.
Benton
(DET)
5
Zuber
(WSH)
5
Wolff
(PHA)
5
Donald
(NYY)
5
Sundra
(TOT)
5
Bridges
(DET)
5
Haynes
(CHW)
5
Ross
(CHW)
5
Smith
(CHW)
5
Ostermueller
(SLB)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Niggeling
(SLB)
11
2.
Humphries
(CHW)
7
3.
White
(DET)
5
Smith
(CLE)
5
Dietrich
(CHW)
5
Hudson
(WSH)
5
Wagner
(BOS)
5
8.
Galehouse
(SLB)
4
Bridges
(DET)
4
Marchildon
(PHA)
4
Milnar
(CLE)
4
Chandler
(NYY)
4
Smith
(CHW)
4
Besse
(PHA)
4
Trout
(DET)
4
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hughson
(BOS)
1150
2.
Bagby
(CLE)
1111
3.
Auker
(SLB)
1093
4.
Marchildon
(PHA)
1081
5.
Hudson
(WSH)
1048
6.
Humphries
(CHW)
967
7.
Trout
(DET)
965
8.
Newsom
(WSH)
957
9.
Benton
(DET)
954
10.
Smith
(CHW)
935
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Haynes
(CHW)
35
2.
Murphy
(NYY)
26
3.
Caster
(SLB)
24
4.
Brown
(BOS)
23
5.
Gorsica
(DET)
19
Zuber
(WSH)
19
Eisenstat
(CLE)
19
8.
Appleton
(TOT)
16
9.
Ryba
(BOS)
15
Lindell
(NYY)
15
Ferrick
(CLE)
15
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lyons
(CHW)
173
2.
Newhouser
(DET)
161
3.
Bonham
(NYY)
151
4.
Chandler
(NYY)
145
5.
Trucks
(DET)
144
6.
Bridges
(DET)
144
7.
Hughson
(BOS)
144
8.
Niggeling
(SLB)
139
9.
Benton
(DET)
136
10.
Borowy
(NYY)
136
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