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1969 American League Pitching Leaders
1968 AL
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1970 AL
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1969 NL
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1969 MLB
Pitching Leaders
AL Pitching Leaders
Glossary
Earned Run Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bosman
(WSA)
2.192
2.
Palmer
(BAL)
2.337
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
2.384
4.
Messersmith
(CAL)
2.520
5.
Peterson
(NYY)
2.548
6.
Cox
(WSA)
2.779
7.
McLain
(DET)
2.797
8.
Perry
(MIN)
2.820
9.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
2.822
10.
Odom
(OAK)
2.918
Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
24
2.
Cuellar
(BAL)
23
3.
Boswell
(MIN)
20
Perry
(MIN)
20
McNally
(BAL)
20
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
20
7.
Lolich
(DET)
19
8.
McDowell
(CLE)
18
9.
Culp
(BOS)
17
Peterson
(NYY)
17
Win-Loss %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Palmer
(BAL)
.800
2.
Perry
(MIN)
.769
3.
McNally
(BAL)
.741
4.
Bosman
(WSA)
.737
5.
McLain
(DET)
.727
6.
Odom
(OAK)
.714
7.
Culp
(BOS)
.680
8.
Cuellar
(BAL)
.676
9.
Phoebus
(BAL)
.667
Segui
(SEP)
.667
Walks & Hits per IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Peterson
(NYY)
.996
2.
Cuellar
(BAL)
1.005
3.
Bosman
(WSA)
1.010
4.
Messersmith
(CAL)
1.076
5.
Palmer
(BAL)
1.077
6.
McLain
(DET)
1.092
7.
McDowell
(CLE)
1.137
8.
May
(CAL)
1.153
9.
Bunker
(KCR)
1.168
10.
McNally
(BAL)
1.176
Hits per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Messersmith
(CAL)
6.084
2.
Palmer
(BAL)
6.514
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
6.595
4.
Lolich
(DET)
6.862
5.
Odom
(OAK)
6.964
6.
McDowell
(CLE)
7.011
7.
May
(CAL)
7.087
8.
Bosman
(WSA)
7.275
9.
Peterson
(NYY)
7.544
10.
Boswell
(MIN)
7.549
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Peterson
(NYY)
1.423
2.
Bosman
(WSA)
1.819
3.
McLain
(DET)
1.855
4.
Perry
(MIN)
2.270
5.
Cuellar
(BAL)
2.446
6.
Bunker
(KCR)
2.506
7.
McGlothlin
(CAL)
2.597
8.
Kaat
(MIN)
2.785
9.
McNally
(BAL)
2.814
10.
Murphy
(CAL)
2.879
Strikeouts per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
8.811
2.
Lolich
(DET)
8.690
3.
Messersmith
(CAL)
7.596
4.
Butler
(KCR)
7.250
5.
Williams
(CLE)
7.015
6.
Culp
(BOS)
6.819
7.
Siebert
(TOT)
6.750
8.
Boswell
(MIN)
6.671
9.
May
(CAL)
6.638
10.
Coleman
(WSA)
6.614
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Wood
(CHW)
76
2.
Perranoski
(MIN)
75
3.
Lyle
(BOS)
71
4.
Locker
(TOT)
68
5.
Segui
(SEP)
66
6.
Williams
(CLE)
61
7.
Lindblad
(OAK)
60
Fingers
(OAK)
60
9.
Pizarro
(TOT)
57
Bouton
(SEP)
57
Saves
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Perranoski
(MIN)
31
2.
Tatum
(CAL)
22
3.
Lyle
(BOS)
17
4.
Higgins
(WSA)
16
Watt
(BAL)
16
6.
Wood
(CHW)
15
7.
Aker
(TOT)
14
8.
Knowles
(WSA)
13
9.
Richert
(BAL)
12
Williams
(CLE)
12
Segui
(SEP)
12
Fingers
(OAK)
12
Innings Pitched
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
325.0
2.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
303.0
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
290.2
4.
McDowell
(CLE)
285.0
5.
Lolich
(DET)
280.2
6.
Peterson
(NYY)
272.0
7.
McNally
(BAL)
268.2
8.
Perry
(MIN)
261.2
9.
Boswell
(MIN)
256.1
10.
Messersmith
(CAL)
250.0
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
279
2.
Lolich
(DET)
271
3.
Messersmith
(CAL)
211
4.
Boswell
(MIN)
190
5.
Cuellar
(BAL)
182
Coleman
(WSA)
182
7.
McLain
(DET)
181
8.
Culp
(BOS)
172
9.
McNally
(BAL)
166
10.
Tiant
(CLE)
156
Butler
(KCR)
156
Games Started
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
41
2.
McNally
(BAL)
40
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
39
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
39
5.
Boswell
(MIN)
38
McDowell
(CLE)
38
7.
Peterson
(NYY)
37
Tiant
(CLE)
37
9.
Coleman
(WSA)
36
Lolich
(DET)
36
Perry
(MIN)
36
Complete Games
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
24
2.
McLain
(DET)
23
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
18
McDowell
(CLE)
18
5.
Peterson
(NYY)
16
6.
Lolich
(DET)
15
7.
Perry
(MIN)
12
Coleman
(WSA)
12
9.
Palmer
(BAL)
11
Dobson
(OAK)
11
McNally
(BAL)
11
Shutouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
9
2.
Palmer
(BAL)
6
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
5
4.
McDowell
(CLE)
4
Kilkenny
(DET)
4
Coleman
(WSA)
4
Peterson
(NYY)
4
Butler
(KCR)
4
McNally
(BAL)
4
10.
Peters
(CHW)
3
Perry
(MIN)
3
Hunter
(OAK)
3
Odom
(OAK)
3
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
3
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
37
2.
Hunter
(OAK)
34
3.
Pattin
(SEP)
29
Bunker
(KCR)
29
5.
Bahnsen
(NYY)
28
6.
Brunet
(TOT)
26
Coleman
(WSA)
26
Brabender
(SEP)
26
9.
Williams
(CLE)
25
McLain
(DET)
25
Culp
(BOS)
25
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
129
2.
Lolich
(DET)
122
3.
Odom
(OAK)
112
4.
Nagy
(BOS)
106
5.
Brabender
(SEP)
103
6.
McDowell
(CLE)
102
Burbach
(NYY)
102
8.
Coleman
(WSA)
100
Messersmith
(CAL)
100
10.
Boswell
(MIN)
99
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
288
2.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
267
3.
Kaat
(MIN)
252
4.
Dobson
(OAK)
244
Perry
(MIN)
244
6.
Peters
(CHW)
238
7.
Horlen
(CHW)
237
8.
McNally
(BAL)
232
9.
John
(CHW)
230
10.
Tiant
(CLE)
229
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Peterson
(NYY)
3.488
2.
McDowell
(CLE)
2.735
3.
McLain
(DET)
2.702
4.
Bosman
(WSA)
2.538
5.
Perry
(MIN)
2.318
6.
Cuellar
(BAL)
2.304
7.
Lolich
(DET)
2.221
8.
Culp
(BOS)
2.177
9.
Wilson
(DET)
2.174
10.
Messersmith
(CAL)
2.110
Home Runs per 9 IP
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McDowell
(CLE)
.411
2.
Nagy
(BOS)
.458
3.
Peterson
(NYY)
.496
4.
Murphy
(CAL)
.501
5.
Bosman
(WSA)
.513
6.
Palmer
(BAL)
.547
7.
Cuellar
(BAL)
.557
8.
Nelson
(KCR)
.559
9.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
.564
10.
Odom
(OAK)
.584
Losses
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Tiant
(CLE)
20
2.
Horlen
(CHW)
16
Rooker
(KCR)
16
Bahnsen
(NYY)
16
Murphy
(CAL)
16
McGlothlin
(CAL)
16
Peterson
(NYY)
16
8.
Hunter
(OAK)
15
Peters
(CHW)
15
10.
Williams
(CLE)
14
Brabender
(SEP)
14
Hargan
(CLE)
14
McDowell
(CLE)
14
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
14
Earned Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Peters
(CHW)
110
2.
Tiant
(CLE)
103
3.
Murphy
(CAL)
101
Dobson
(OAK)
101
McLain
(DET)
101
6.
Horlen
(CHW)
99
Pattin
(SEP)
99
8.
Brabender
(SEP)
98
Lolich
(DET)
98
10.
McNally
(BAL)
96
Culp
(BOS)
96
Wild Pitches
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(CAL)
16
Messersmith
(CAL)
16
3.
Higgins
(WSA)
15
John
(CHW)
15
5.
McDowell
(CLE)
14
Lolich
(DET)
14
7.
Odom
(OAK)
13
8.
Coleman
(WSA)
12
9.
Hannan
(WSA)
10
Bahnsen
(NYY)
10
Boswell
(MIN)
10
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Murphy
(CAL)
21
2.
Lolich
(DET)
14
3.
Brabender
(SEP)
13
4.
Williams
(CLE)
12
5.
Nagy
(BOS)
11
6.
Kaat
(MIN)
9
Perry
(MIN)
9
8.
Boswell
(MIN)
8
Tiant
(CLE)
8
10.
Lonborg
(BOS)
7
McDowell
(CLE)
7
Batters Faced
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McLain
(DET)
1304
2.
Stottlemyre
(NYY)
1244
3.
Lolich
(DET)
1172
4.
McDowell
(CLE)
1166
5.
Cuellar
(BAL)
1137
6.
McNally
(BAL)
1093
7.
Tiant
(CLE)
1091
8.
Perry
(MIN)
1079
9.
Boswell
(MIN)
1070
10.
Peterson
(NYY)
1066
Games Finished
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Perranoski
(MIN)
52
2.
Wood
(CHW)
50
3.
Lyle
(BOS)
44
4.
Watt
(BAL)
41
5.
Knowles
(WSA)
40
6.
Segui
(SEP)
38
7.
Drabowsky
(KCR)
37
8.
Higgins
(WSA)
35
Wilhelm
(CAL)
35
10.
Tatum
(CAL)
33
Adjusted ERA+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Bosman
(WSA)
157
2.
Palmer
(BAL)
154
3.
Cuellar
(BAL)
151
4.
Messersmith
(CAL)
137
5.
Peterson
(NYY)
137
6.
McLain
(DET)
135
7.
Perry
(MIN)
131
8.
McDowell
(CLE)
127
9.
Cox
(WSA)
124
10.
Nagy
(BOS)
124
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