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1959 American League Pitching Leaders
1958 AL
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1960 AL
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1959 NL
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1959 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
2.190
2.
Pascual
(WSH)
2.640
3.
Shaw
(CHW)
2.692
4.
Ditmar
(NYY)
2.896
5.
Walker
(BAL)
2.918
6.
O'Dell
(BAL)
2.935
7.
Ford
(NYY)
3.044
8.
Daley
(KCA)
3.162
9.
Wynn
(CHW)
3.168
10.
Pappas
(BAL)
3.268
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wynn
(CHW)
22
2.
McLish
(CLE)
19
3.
Shaw
(CHW)
18
4.
Bunning
(DET)
17
Lary
(DET)
17
Pascual
(WSH)
17
Mossi
(DET)
17
8.
Bell
(CLE)
16
Ford
(NYY)
16
Daley
(KCA)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Shaw
(CHW)
.750
2.
McLish
(CLE)
.704
3.
Wynn
(CHW)
.688
4.
Mossi
(DET)
.654
5.
Delock
(BOS)
.647
6.
Maas
(NYY)
.636
7.
Lary
(DET)
.630
Pascual
(WSH)
.630
9.
Pappas
(BAL)
.625
10.
Casale
(BOS)
.619
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ditmar
(NYY)
1.030
2.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
1.128
3.
Pascual
(WSH)
1.136
4.
Mossi
(DET)
1.136
5.
O'Dell
(BAL)
1.154
6.
Brown
(BAL)
1.159
7.
Walker
(BAL)
1.165
8.
Shaw
(CHW)
1.175
9.
Bunning
(DET)
1.182
10.
Pappas
(BAL)
1.194
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Score
(CLE)
6.890
2.
Ditmar
(NYY)
6.951
3.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
7.088
4.
Wynn
(CHW)
7.111
5.
O'Dell
(BAL)
7.360
6.
Pappas
(BAL)
7.524
7.
Pascual
(WSH)
7.617
8.
Grant
(CLE)
7.621
9.
Walker
(BAL)
7.912
10.
Bunning
(DET)
7.931
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brown
(BAL)
1.756
2.
Lary
(DET)
1.857
3.
Garver
(KCA)
1.878
4.
Mossi
(DET)
1.934
5.
Ramos
(WSH)
2.003
6.
Fischer
(WSH)
2.066
7.
Shaw
(CHW)
2.107
8.
Ditmar
(NYY)
2.317
9.
Foytack
(DET)
2.397
10.
Pierce
(CHW)
2.491
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Score
(CLE)
8.234
2.
Bunning
(DET)
7.246
3.
Pascual
(WSH)
6.976
4.
Turley
(NYY)
6.473
5.
Wynn
(CHW)
6.301
6.
Latman
(CHW)
5.596
7.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
5.535
8.
Lary
(DET)
5.529
9.
Sullivan
(BOS)
5.420
10.
Bell
(CLE)
5.231
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Staley
(CHW)
67
2.
Lown
(CHW)
60
3.
Clevenger
(WSH)
50
4.
Shaw
(CHW)
47
5.
Morgan
(DET)
46
Fornieles
(BOS)
46
7.
Perry
(CLE)
44
Bell
(CLE)
44
9.
Sturdivant
(TOT)
43
10.
Kucks
(TOT)
42
Narleski
(DET)
42
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lown
(CHW)
15
2.
Duren
(NYY)
14
Loes
(BAL)
14
Staley
(CHW)
14
5.
Fornieles
(BOS)
11
6.
Morgan
(DET)
9
7.
Clevenger
(WSH)
8
8.
Stobbs
(WSH)
7
Sisler
(TOT)
7
Kiely
(BOS)
7
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wynn
(CHW)
255.2
2.
Bunning
(DET)
249.2
3.
Foytack
(DET)
240.1
4.
Pascual
(WSH)
238.2
5.
McLish
(CLE)
235.1
6.
Bell
(CLE)
234.0
7.
Ramos
(WSH)
233.2
8.
Shaw
(CHW)
230.2
9.
Mossi
(DET)
228.0
10.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
226.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bunning
(DET)
201
2.
Pascual
(WSH)
185
3.
Wynn
(CHW)
179
4.
Score
(CLE)
147
5.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
139
6.
Lary
(DET)
137
7.
Bell
(CLE)
136
8.
Mossi
(DET)
125
Daley
(KCA)
125
10.
Brewer
(BOS)
121
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foytack
(DET)
37
Wynn
(CHW)
37
3.
Bunning
(DET)
35
Ramos
(WSH)
35
5.
Pierce
(CHW)
33
6.
Lary
(DET)
32
McLish
(CLE)
32
Brewer
(BOS)
32
9.
Garver
(KCA)
30
Mossi
(DET)
30
Pascual
(WSH)
30
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pascual
(WSH)
17
2.
Mossi
(DET)
15
Pappas
(BAL)
15
4.
Bunning
(DET)
14
Wynn
(CHW)
14
6.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
13
McLish
(CLE)
13
8.
Pierce
(CHW)
12
Daley
(KCA)
12
Bell
(CLE)
12
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pascual
(WSH)
6
2.
Wynn
(CHW)
5
3.
Pappas
(BAL)
4
4.
Lary
(DET)
3
Wilhelm
(BAL)
3
Turley
(NYY)
3
Mossi
(DET)
3
Casale
(BOS)
3
Brewer
(BOS)
3
Shaw
(CHW)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bunning
(DET)
37
2.
Foytack
(DET)
34
3.
Ramos
(WSH)
29
4.
Score
(CLE)
28
Bell
(CLE)
28
6.
McLish
(CLE)
26
Pierce
(CHW)
26
8.
Daley
(KCA)
24
Herbert
(KCA)
24
10.
Lary
(DET)
23
Grant
(CLE)
23
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wynn
(CHW)
119
2.
Score
(CLE)
115
3.
Bell
(CLE)
105
4.
Casale
(BOS)
89
Ford
(NYY)
89
6.
Brewer
(BOS)
88
7.
Turley
(NYY)
83
8.
Grant
(CLE)
81
9.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
77
10.
Larsen
(NYY)
76
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLish
(CLE)
253
2.
Foytack
(DET)
239
3.
Ramos
(WSH)
233
4.
Lary
(DET)
225
5.
Kemmerer
(WSH)
221
6.
Bunning
(DET)
220
7.
Brewer
(BOS)
219
8.
Shaw
(CHW)
217
Pierce
(CHW)
217
10.
Garver
(KCA)
214
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lary
(DET)
2.978
2.
Pascual
(WSH)
2.681
3.
Bunning
(DET)
2.680
4.
Mossi
(DET)
2.551
5.
Brown
(BAL)
2.531
6.
Daley
(KCA)
2.016
7.
Walker
(BAL)
1.923
8.
Ditmar
(NYY)
1.846
9.
Pierce
(CHW)
1.839
10.
Terry
(TOT)
1.837
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pappas
(BAL)
.344
2.
Pascual
(WSH)
.377
3.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
.518
4.
Ford
(NYY)
.574
5.
Brewer
(BOS)
.585
6.
Shaw
(CHW)
.585
7.
Walker
(BAL)
.643
8.
Wynn
(CHW)
.704
9.
Donovan
(CHW)
.751
10.
Ditmar
(NYY)
.757
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ramos
(WSH)
19
2.
Kemmerer
(WSH)
17
3.
Pierce
(CHW)
15
4.
Foytack
(DET)
14
5.
Bunning
(DET)
13
Daley
(KCA)
13
Garver
(KCA)
13
8.
Brewer
(BOS)
12
Kucks
(TOT)
12
Narleski
(DET)
12
O'Dell
(BAL)
12
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foytack
(DET)
124
2.
Ramos
(WSH)
108
Bunning
(DET)
108
4.
Bell
(CLE)
105
5.
Kemmerer
(WSH)
103
6.
Herbert
(KCA)
99
7.
McLish
(CLE)
95
8.
Brewer
(BOS)
90
Wynn
(CHW)
90
Pierce
(CHW)
90
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Score
(CLE)
14
Pappas
(BAL)
14
3.
Brewer
(BOS)
11
4.
Kemmerer
(WSH)
10
5.
Bell
(CLE)
8
6.
Casale
(BOS)
7
Larsen
(NYY)
7
Daley
(KCA)
7
9.
Foytack
(DET)
6
10.
Ford
(NYY)
5
Pascual
(WSH)
5
Wynn
(CHW)
5
Ramos
(WSH)
5
Tomanek
(KCA)
5
Wilhelm
(BAL)
5
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kucks
(TOT)
12
2.
Lary
(DET)
11
Daley
(KCA)
11
Bunning
(DET)
11
5.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
10
6.
Ramos
(WSH)
9
Wynn
(CHW)
9
8.
Ditmar
(NYY)
8
9.
Sullivan
(BOS)
7
10.
Shaw
(CHW)
6
Morgan
(DET)
6
Sturdivant
(TOT)
6
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wynn
(CHW)
1076
2.
Bunning
(DET)
1037
3.
McLish
(CLE)
1021
4.
Bell
(CLE)
1005
5.
Foytack
(DET)
1000
6.
Pascual
(WSH)
984
7.
Ramos
(WSH)
978
8.
Shaw
(CHW)
949
9.
Pierce
(CHW)
934
10.
Lary
(DET)
931
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lown
(CHW)
37
Staley
(CHW)
37
3.
Loes
(BAL)
31
4.
Duren
(NYY)
29
5.
Fornieles
(BOS)
26
6.
Kiely
(BOS)
23
7.
Morgan
(DET)
22
8.
Clevenger
(WSH)
21
Narleski
(DET)
21
10.
Sisler
(TOT)
20
Hyde
(WSH)
20
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wilhelm
(BAL)
173
2.
Pascual
(WSH)
149
3.
Shaw
(CHW)
141
4.
Walker
(BAL)
130
5.
O'Dell
(BAL)
129
6.
Daley
(KCA)
127
7.
Ditmar
(NYY)
125
8.
Mossi
(DET)
121
9.
Wynn
(CHW)
119
10.
Ford
(NYY)
119
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