American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Perry • CLE 11.0
2. Wood • CHW 10.3
3. Allen • CHW 8.6
4. Murcer • NYY 8.2
5. Fisk • BOS 7.3
6. Lolich • DET 7.2
7. Ryan • CAL 6.3
8. Tiant • BOS 6.2
9. Rudi • OAK 6.1
10. Palmer • BAL 6.1
WAR for Pitchers
1. Perry • CLE 10.8
2. Wood • CHW 10.7
3. Lolich • DET 7.4
4. Tiant • BOS 6.5
5. Ryan • CAL 6.2
6. Hunter • OAK 5.7
7. Bradley • CHW 5.4
8. Palmer • BAL 5.2
9. Nelson • KCR 5.1
10. Blyleven • MIN 5.0
Earned Run Average
1. Tiant • BOS 1.91
2. Perry • CLE 1.92
3. Hunter • OAK 2.04
4. Palmer • BAL 2.07
5. Nelson • KCR 2.08
6. Paul • TEX 2.17
7. Ryan • CAL 2.28
8. Kline • NYY 2.40
9. Odom • OAK 2.50
10. Lolich • DET 2.50
Wins
1. Perry • CLE 24
Wood • CHW 24
3. Lolich • DET 22
4. Bahnsen • CHW 21
Hunter • OAK 21
Palmer • BAL 21
7. Coleman • DET 19
Holtzman • OAK 19
Ryan • CAL 19
10. Cuellar • BAL 18
Wright • CAL 18
Win-Loss %
1. Hunter • OAK .750
2. Odom • OAK .714
Tiant • BOS .714
4. Palmer • BAL .677
5. Nelson • KCR .647
6. Kline • NYY .640
7. Holtzman • OAK .633
8. Wright • CAL .621
9. Lolich • DET .611
10. Cuellar • BAL .600
Perry • CLE .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Nelson • KCR 0.871
2. Hunter • OAK 0.914
3. Perry • CLE 0.978
4. Palmer • BAL 1.053
5. Wood • CHW 1.059
6. Holtzman • OAK 1.070
7. Kline • NYY 1.075
8. Dobson • BAL 1.077
9. Tiant • BOS 1.078
10. Cuellar • BAL 1.079
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • CAL 5.261
2. Hunter • OAK 6.095
3. Nelson • KCR 6.231
4. Tiant • BOS 6.436
5. Messersmith • CAL 6.631
6. Perry • CLE 6.645
7. Woodson • MIN 6.902
8. Coleman • DET 6.943
9. May • CAL 7.101
10. Cuellar • BAL 7.140
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Peterson • NYY 1.582
2. Nelson • KCR 1.610
3. Kline • NYY 1.676
4. Holtzman • OAK 1.764
5. Wood • CHW 1.768
6. Drago • KCR 1.918
7. Lolich • DET 2.035
8. Hunter • OAK 2.133
9. Perry • CLE 2.154
10. Blyleven • MIN 2.161
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • CAL 10.426
2. Messersmith • CAL 7.532
3. May • CAL 7.407
4. Bradley • CHW 7.235
5. Blyleven • MIN 7.142
6. Coleman • DET 7.136
7. Lolich • DET 6.874
8. Broberg • TEX 6.788
9. Nelson • KCR 6.231
10. Tiant • BOS 6.184
Games Played
1. Lindblad • TEX 66
2. Fingers • OAK 65
3. Granger • MIN 63
4. Forster • CHW 62
LaRoche • MIN 62
Sanders • MIL 62
7. Seelbach • DET 61
8. Piña • TEX 60
9. Lyle • NYY 59
10. Panther • TEX 58
Saves
1. Lyle • NYY 35
2. Forster • CHW 29
3. Fingers • OAK 21
4. Granger • MIN 19
5. Sanders • MIL 17
6. Piña • TEX 15
7. Seelbach • DET 14
8. Scherman • DET 12
Linzy • MIL 12
10. Knowles • OAK 11
Innings Pitched
1. Wood • CHW 376.2
2. Perry • CLE 342.2
3. Lolich • DET 327.1
4. Hunter • OAK 295.1
5. Blyleven • MIN 287.1
6. Ryan • CAL 284.0
7. Coleman • DET 280.0
8. Palmer • BAL 274.1
9. Dobson • BAL 268.1
10. Holtzman • OAK 265.1
Strikeouts
1. Ryan • CAL 329
2. Lolich • DET 250
3. Perry • CLE 234
4. Blyleven • MIN 228
5. Coleman • DET 222
6. Bradley • CHW 209
7. Wood • CHW 193
8. Hunter • OAK 191
9. Palmer • BAL 184
10. May • CAL 169
Games Started
1. Wood • CHW 49
2. Bahnsen • CHW 41
Lolich • DET 41
4. Bradley • CHW 40
Perry • CLE 40
6. Coleman • DET 39
Ryan • CAL 39
8. Blyleven • MIN 38
9. Holtzman • OAK 37
Hunter • OAK 37
Complete Games
1. Perry • CLE 29
2. Lolich • DET 23
3. Wood • CHW 20
Ryan • CAL 20
5. Palmer • BAL 18
6. Cuellar • BAL 17
7. Hunter • OAK 16
Holtzman • OAK 16
9. Wright • CAL 15
10. Pattin • BOS 13
Dobson • BAL 13
Shutouts
1. Ryan • CAL 9
2. Wood • CHW 8
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 7
4. Nelson • KCR 6
Tiant • BOS 6
McNally • BAL 6
7. Perry • CLE 5
Hunter • OAK 5
9. Pattin • BOS 4
Blue • OAK 4
Holtzman • OAK 4
Cuellar • BAL 4
Lolich • DET 4
Kline • NYY 4
Home Runs
1. Lolich • DET 29
2. Wood • CHW 28
3. Parsons • MIL 27
4. Coleman • DET 23
Holtzman • OAK 23
6. Bahnsen • CHW 22
Blyleven • MIN 22
Drago • KCR 22
9. Cuellar • BAL 21
Hunter • OAK 21
Palmer • BAL 21
Tidrow • CLE 21
Bases on Balls
1. Ryan • CAL 157
2. Coleman • DET 110
3. Hand • TEX 103
4. Woodson • MIN 101
5. Odom • OAK 87
6. Broberg • TEX 85
Stottlemyre • NYY 85
8. May • CAL 82
Perry • CLE 82
10. Wright • CAL 80
Hits
1. Wood • CHW 325
2. Lolich • DET 282
3. Peterson • NYY 270
4. Bahnsen • CHW 263
5. Perry • CLE 253
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 250
7. Blyleven • MIN 247
8. Holtzman • OAK 232
Pattin • BOS 232
10. Drago • KCR 230
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Nelson • KCR 3.871
2. Lolich • DET 3.378
3. Blyleven • MIN 3.304
4. Bradley • CHW 3.215
5. Perry • CLE 2.854
6. Hunter • OAK 2.729
7. Drago • KCR 2.647
8. Palmer • BAL 2.629
9. Wood • CHW 2.608
10. Pattin • BOS 2.585
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Paul • TEX 0.223
2. Messersmith • CAL 0.265
3. Tiant • BOS 0.352
4. Kline • NYY 0.419
5. Dobson • BAL 0.436
6. Ryan • CAL 0.444
7. Perry • CLE 0.446
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.450
9. Splittorff • KCR 0.458
10. Odom • OAK 0.463
Losses
1. Dobson • BAL 18
Stottlemyre • NYY 18
3. Blyleven • MIN 17
Drago • KCR 17
McNally • BAL 17
Wood • CHW 17
7. Bahnsen • CHW 16
Perry • CLE 16
Perry • MIN 16
Ryan • CAL 16
Earned Runs
1. Wood • CHW 105
2. Bahnsen • CHW 101
3. Parsons • MIL 93
Stottlemyre • NYY 93
5. Lolich • DET 91
Pattin • BOS 91
7. Peterson • NYY 90
8. Blyleven • MIN 87
Coleman • DET 87
10. Bradley • CHW 86
Wild Pitches
1. Ryan • CAL 18
2. Broberg • TEX 14
3. Perry • CLE 11
Wood • CHW 11
5. Coleman • DET 9
Kekich • NYY 9
7. Allen • CAL 8
Bahnsen • CHW 8
Harrison • BAL 8
10. Alexander • BAL 7
Blyleven • MIN 7
Bradley • CHW 7
Clark • CAL 7
Gogolewski • TEX 7
Gossage • CHW 7
Peterson • NYY 7
Stephenson • MIL 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Broberg • TEX 13
2. Perry • CLE 12
3. Lolich • DET 11
Lonborg • MIL 11
5. Blyleven • MIN 10
Kline • NYY 10
Ryan • CAL 10
8. Coleman • DET 9
Pattin • BOS 9
10. Perry • MIN 8
Piña • TEX 8
Batters Faced
1. Wood • CHW 1,490
2. Perry • CLE 1,345
3. Lolich • DET 1,321
4. Blyleven • MIN 1,158
5. Ryan • CAL 1,154
6. Hunter • OAK 1,148
7. Coleman • DET 1,145
8. Palmer • BAL 1,094
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,088
10. Bahnsen • CHW 1,075
Games Finished
1. Lyle • NYY 56
2. Sanders • MIL 51
3. Forster • CHW 45
4. LaRoche • MIN 43
5. Fingers • OAK 41
6. Granger • MIN 40
Piña • TEX 40
8. Linzy • MIL 36
9. Seelbach • DET 34
10. Lindblad • TEX 33
Adjusted ERA+
1. Tiant • BOS 169
2. Perry • CLE 168
3. Palmer • BAL 149
4. Nelson • KCR 145
5. Hunter • OAK 140
6. Paul • TEX 139
7. Ryan • CAL 128
8. Lolich • DET 127
9. Wood • CHW 126
10. Corbin • MIN 124
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Messersmith • CAL 2.35
2. Paul • TEX 2.39
3. Ryan • CAL 2.49
4. Perry • CLE 2.50
5. Bradley • CHW 2.51
6. Nelson • KCR 2.54
7. Tiant • BOS 2.62
8. Blyleven • MIN 2.63
9. Dobson • BAL 2.64
10. Curtis • BOS 2.67
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Perry • CLE 49
2. Palmer • BAL 30
3. Hunter • OAK 30
4. Wood • CHW 27
5. Lolich • DET 25
6. Tiant • BOS 24
7. Ryan • CAL 22
8. Nelson • KCR 20
9. Blyleven • MIN 18
10. Cuellar • BAL 15
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Perry • CLE 6.1
2. Palmer • BAL 3.6
3. Hunter • OAK 3.6
4. Wood • CHW 3.2
5. Lolich • DET 3.0
6. Tiant • BOS 2.9
7. Ryan • CAL 2.6
8. Nelson • KCR 2.4
9. Blyleven • MIN 2.1
10. Cuellar • BAL 1.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Perry • CLE 55.98
2. Palmer • BAL 35.75
3. Hunter • OAK 34.26
4. Wood • CHW 28.47
5. Lolich • DET 28.24
6. Nelson • KCR 27.94
7. Ryan • CAL 26.50
8. Tiant • BOS 23.09
9. Blyleven • MIN 20.41
10. Dobson • BAL 20.10
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Perry • CLE 7.1
2. Nelson • KCR 4.5
3. Lyle • NYY 4.4
4. Lolich • DET 3.9
5. Hunter • OAK 3.8
6. Ryan • CAL 3.8
7. Palmer • BAL 3.7
8. Kline • NYY 3.0
9. Wood • CHW 2.7
10. Tiant • BOS 2.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Perry • CLE 4.8
2. Hunter • OAK 3.8
3. Palmer • BAL 2.8
4. Ryan • CAL 2.7
5. Nelson • KCR 2.6
6. Tiant • BOS 2.5
7. Kline • NYY 2.3
8. Dobson • BAL 2.3
9. Harrison • BAL 2.1
10. Lyle • NYY 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Lolich • DET 9.2
2. Tiant • BOS 5.5
3. Palmer • BAL 5.3
4. Fryman • DET 5.3
5. Hunter • OAK 5.2
6. Lyle • NYY 3.9
7. Odom • OAK 3.7
8. Cuellar • BAL 3.7
9. Perry • CLE 3.6
10. Veale • BOS 3.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Perry • CLE 6.9
2. Palmer • BAL 4.4
3. Hunter • OAK 4.4
4. Nelson • KCR 3.4
5. Wood • CHW 3.3
Lolich • DET 3.3
7. Ryan • CAL 3.3
8. Tiant • BOS 2.7
9. Dobson • BAL 2.4
10. Blyleven • MIN 2.4

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements