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1968 American League Pitching Leaders
1967 AL
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1968 NL
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1968 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
1.603
2.
McDowell
(CLE)
1.807
3.
McNally
(BAL)
1.945
4.
McLain
(DET)
1.955
5.
John
(CHW)
1.979
6.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
2.054
7.
Nash
(OAK)
2.283
8.
Horlen
(CHW)
2.374
9.
Odom
(OAK)
2.451
10.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
2.455
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
31
2.
McNally
(BAL)
22
3.
Tiant
(CLE)
21
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
21
5.
Hardin
(BAL)
18
6.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
17
Lolich
(DET)
17
8.
Culp
(BOS)
16
Ellsworth
(BOS)
16
Chance
(MIN)
16
Odom
(OAK)
16
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
.838
2.
Culp
(BOS)
.727
3.
Tiant
(CLE)
.700
4.
Ellsworth
(BOS)
.696
5.
McNally
(BAL)
.688
6.
Lolich
(DET)
.654
7.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
.636
8.
Odom
(OAK)
.615
9.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
.586
10.
Hardin
(BAL)
.581
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McNally
(BAL)
.843
2.
Tiant
(CLE)
.871
3.
McLain
(DET)
.905
4.
Chance
(MIN)
.983
5.
Peterson
(NYY)
1.017
6.
John
(CHW)
1.038
7.
Nash
(OAK)
1.050
8.
Brunet
(CAL)
1.056
9.
Hardin
(BAL)
1.057
10.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
1.062
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
5.296
2.
McNally
(BAL)
5.769
3.
McDowell
(CLE)
6.056
4.
Siebert
(CLE)
6.335
5.
McLain
(DET)
6.455
6.
John
(CHW)
6.852
7.
Chance
(MIN)
6.904
8.
Culp
(BOS)
6.906
9.
Hardin
(BAL)
6.934
10.
Phoebus
(BAL)
6.956
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Peterson
(NYY)
1.229
2.
McLain
(DET)
1.688
3.
Ellsworth
(BOS)
1.699
4.
Kaat
(MIN)
1.731
5.
McNally
(BAL)
1.813
6.
Chance
(MIN)
1.942
7.
Merritt
(MIN)
1.964
8.
Coleman
(WSA)
2.058
9.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
2.099
10.
Nash
(OAK)
2.165
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
9.468
2.
Tiant
(CLE)
9.197
3.
Lolich
(DET)
8.059
4.
Culp
(BOS)
7.905
5.
McLain
(DET)
7.500
6.
Phoebus
(BAL)
7.218
7.
Chance
(MIN)
7.212
8.
Merritt
(MIN)
6.835
9.
Williams
(CLE)
6.808
10.
Boswell
(MIN)
6.774
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(CHW)
88
2.
Wilhelm
(CHW)
72
3.
Locker
(CHW)
70
4.
Perranoski
(MIN)
66
5.
Watt
(BAL)
59
Higgins
(WSA)
59
7.
Burgmeier
(CAL)
56
Humphreys
(WSA)
56
9.
Fisher
(CLE)
54
Worthington
(MIN)
54
Aker
(OAK)
54
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Worthington
(MIN)
18
2.
Wood
(CHW)
16
3.
Higgins
(WSA)
13
4.
Wilhelm
(CHW)
12
Romo
(CLE)
12
Stange
(BOS)
12
7.
Lyle
(BOS)
11
Aker
(OAK)
11
Watt
(BAL)
11
Hamilton
(NYY)
11
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
336.0
2.
Chance
(MIN)
292.0
3.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
278.2
4.
McNally
(BAL)
273.0
5.
McDowell
(CLE)
269.0
6.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
267.1
7.
Tiant
(CLE)
258.1
8.
Brunet
(CAL)
245.1
9.
Hardin
(BAL)
244.0
10.
Phoebus
(BAL)
240.2
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
283
2.
McLain
(DET)
280
3.
Tiant
(CLE)
264
4.
Chance
(MIN)
234
5.
McNally
(BAL)
202
6.
Lolich
(DET)
197
7.
Phoebus
(BAL)
193
8.
Culp
(BOS)
190
9.
Merritt
(MIN)
181
10.
Hunter
(OAK)
172
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
41
2.
Chance
(MIN)
39
3.
McDowell
(CLE)
37
4.
Brunet
(CAL)
36
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
36
Phoebus
(BAL)
36
7.
McNally
(BAL)
35
Hardin
(BAL)
35
Horlen
(CHW)
35
10.
Hunter
(OAK)
34
Dobson
(OAK)
34
Merritt
(MIN)
34
Bahnsen
(NYY)
34
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
28
2.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
19
Tiant
(CLE)
19
4.
McNally
(BAL)
18
5.
Hardin
(BAL)
16
6.
Chance
(MIN)
15
7.
Coleman
(WSA)
12
Nash
(OAK)
12
9.
Dobson
(OAK)
11
Merritt
(MIN)
11
McDowell
(CLE)
11
Hunter
(OAK)
11
Culp
(BOS)
11
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
9
2.
Culp
(BOS)
6
Nash
(OAK)
6
Chance
(MIN)
6
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
6
McLain
(DET)
6
7.
Brunet
(CAL)
5
McNally
(BAL)
5
9.
Lolich
(DET)
4
Pascual
(WSA)
4
Odom
(OAK)
4
Siebert
(CLE)
4
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
31
2.
Hunter
(OAK)
29
3.
McNally
(BAL)
24
4.
Brunet
(CAL)
23
Lolich
(DET)
23
6.
Ellis
(CAL)
22
7.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
21
Merritt
(MIN)
21
9.
Dobson
(OAK)
20
Hardin
(BAL)
20
Wilson
(DET)
20
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
110
2.
Phoebus
(BAL)
105
3.
Odom
(OAK)
98
4.
Siebert
(CLE)
88
5.
Boswell
(MIN)
87
6.
Culp
(BOS)
82
7.
Hargan
(CLE)
81
8.
Dobson
(OAK)
80
9.
Sparma
(DET)
77
10.
Tiant
(CLE)
73
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
243
2.
McLain
(DET)
241
3.
Chance
(MIN)
224
4.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
216
5.
Coleman
(WSA)
212
6.
Hunter
(OAK)
210
7.
Merritt
(MIN)
207
8.
Dobson
(OAK)
197
Horlen
(CHW)
197
10.
Ellsworth
(BOS)
196
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
4.444
2.
Peterson
(NYY)
3.966
3.
Chance
(MIN)
3.714
4.
McNally
(BAL)
3.673
5.
Tiant
(CLE)
3.616
6.
Merritt
(MIN)
3.481
7.
Kaat
(MIN)
3.250
8.
Nash
(OAK)
3.073
9.
Lolich
(DET)
3.031
10.
Williams
(CLE)
2.882
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bell
(BOS)
.316
2.
Odom
(OAK)
.350
3.
Phoebus
(BAL)
.374
4.
Peters
(CHW)
.387
5.
McDowell
(CLE)
.435
6.
Chance
(MIN)
.462
7.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
.471
8.
Pascual
(WSA)
.493
9.
John
(CHW)
.507
10.
Siebert
(CLE)
.524
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Brunet
(CAL)
17
2.
Merritt
(MIN)
16
Chance
(MIN)
16
Coleman
(WSA)
16
5.
Hargan
(CLE)
15
Phoebus
(BAL)
15
McGlothlin
(CAL)
15
8.
Carlos
(CHW)
14
McDowell
(CLE)
14
Dobson
(OAK)
14
Horlen
(CHW)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hunter
(OAK)
87
2.
Merritt
(MIN)
86
3.
McGlothlin
(CAL)
82
Chance
(MIN)
82
5.
Coleman
(WSA)
81
6.
Lolich
(DET)
78
Brunet
(CAL)
78
8.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
76
9.
Sparma
(DET)
75
Dobson
(OAK)
75
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Odom
(OAK)
17
Bertaina
(WSA)
17
3.
Clark
(CAL)
13
4.
Chance
(MIN)
12
5.
Phoebus
(BAL)
10
Dobson
(OAK)
10
Brunet
(CAL)
10
8.
Bell
(BOS)
9
Hardin
(BAL)
9
Culp
(BOS)
9
Boswell
(MIN)
9
Coleman
(WSA)
9
Waslewski
(BOS)
9
Peters
(CHW)
9
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Horlen
(CHW)
14
2.
John
(CHW)
12
Coleman
(WSA)
12
4.
Lolich
(DET)
11
Lonborg
(BOS)
11
6.
McDowell
(CLE)
10
McNally
(BAL)
10
Chance
(MIN)
10
Williams
(CLE)
10
Hardin
(BAL)
10
Carlos
(CHW)
10
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
1288
2.
Chance
(MIN)
1161
3.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
1123
4.
McDowell
(CLE)
1098
5.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
1070
6.
McNally
(BAL)
1038
7.
Phoebus
(BAL)
994
8.
Tiant
(CLE)
987
9.
Hardin
(BAL)
974
10.
Brunet
(CAL)
973
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(CHW)
46
2.
Perranoski
(MIN)
41
3.
Wilhelm
(CHW)
39
Watt
(BAL)
39
5.
Womack
(NYY)
36
6.
Worthington
(MIN)
34
7.
Higgins
(WSA)
33
8.
Locker
(CHW)
32
9.
Aker
(OAK)
30
Stange
(BOS)
30
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
186
2.
McDowell
(CLE)
165
3.
John
(CHW)
161
4.
McLain
(DET)
154
5.
McNally
(BAL)
152
6.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
139
7.
Horlen
(CHW)
134
8.
Chance
(MIN)
124
9.
Nash
(OAK)
123
10.
Williams
(CLE)
119
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