American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Henderson • 2TM 8.7
3. Boggs • BOS 8.4
4. Ripken • BAL 6.7
5. McGriff • TOR 6.6
6. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
7. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
8. Sierra • TEX 5.9
9. Yount • MIL 5.8
10. Molitor • MIL 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
3. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
4. Clemens • BOS 5.7
5. Moore • OAK 5.4
6. Bosio • MIL 5.4
7. Ryan • TEX 5.1
8. Finley • CAL 4.9
9. Candiotti • CLE 4.7
10. McCaskill • CAL 4.6
Earned Run Average
1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.16
2. Finley • CAL 2.57
3. Moore • OAK 2.61
4. Blyleven • CAL 2.73
5. McCaskill • CAL 2.93
6. Bosio • MIL 2.95
7. Welch • OAK 3.00
8. Gubicza • KCR 3.04
9. Cerutti • TOR 3.07
10. Candiotti • CLE 3.10
Wins
1. Saberhagen • KCR 23
2. Stewart • OAK 21
3. Davis • OAK 19
Moore • OAK 19
5. Ballard • BAL 18
6. Anderson • MIN 17
Blyleven • CAL 17
Clemens • BOS 17
Gordon • KCR 17
Stieb • TOR 17
Welch • OAK 17
Win-Loss %
1. Saberhagen • KCR .793
2. Blyleven • CAL .773
3. Davis • OAK .731
4. Bankhead • SEA .700
Stewart • OAK .700
6. Ballard • BAL .692
7. Swindell • CLE .684
8. Stieb • TOR .680
Welch • OAK .680
10. Gordon • KCR .654
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Saberhagen • KCR 0.961
2. Ryan • TEX 1.086
3. Blyleven • CAL 1.116
4. Moore • OAK 1.142
5. Stieb • TOR 1.161
6. Bosio • MIL 1.163
7. Key • TOR 1.171
8. Candiotti • CLE 1.180
9. Bankhead • SEA 1.189
10. Black • CLE 1.192
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 6.092
2. Gordon • KCR 6.736
3. Stieb • TOR 7.142
4. Saberhagen • KCR 7.170
5. Moore • OAK 7.188
6. Clemens • BOS 7.638
7. Finley • CAL 7.708
8. Brown • TEX 7.869
9. Bankhead • SEA 8.002
10. Welch • OAK 8.199
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Key • TOR 1.125
2. Saberhagen • KCR 1.475
3. Blyleven • CAL 1.643
4. Bosio • MIL 1.841
5. Witt • CAL 1.964
6. Black • CLE 2.105
7. Gubicza • KCR 2.224
8. Cerutti • TOR 2.323
9. Ballard • BAL 2.382
10. Candiotti • CLE 2.403
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • TEX 11.319
2. Gordon • KCR 8.448
3. Clemens • BOS 8.171
4. Witt • TEX 7.688
5. Viola • MIN 7.070
6. Finley • CAL 7.032
7. Perez • CHW 6.922
8. Bosio • MIL 6.635
9. Saberhagen • KCR 6.621
10. Moore • OAK 6.406
Games Played
1. Crim • MIL 76
2. Murphy • BOS 74
3. Rogers • TEX 73
4. Russell • TEX 71
5. Guetterman • NYY 70
6. Orosco • CLE 69
7. Schooler • SEA 67
8. Ward • TOR 66
9. Jackson • SEA 65
Reardon • MIN 65
Williamson • BAL 65
Saves
1. Russell • TEX 38
2. Thigpen • CHW 34
3. Plesac • MIL 33
Eckersley • OAK 33
Schooler • SEA 33
6. Jones • CLE 32
7. Reardon • MIN 31
8. Olson • BAL 27
9. Smith • BOS 25
Righetti • NYY 25
Harvey • CAL 25
Innings Pitched
1. Saberhagen • KCR 262.1
2. Stewart • OAK 257.2
3. Gubicza • KCR 255.0
4. Clemens • BOS 253.1
5. Milacki • BAL 243.0
6. Moore • OAK 241.2
7. Blyleven • CAL 241.0
8. Ryan • TEX 239.1
9. Bosio • MIL 234.2
10. Tanana • DET 223.2
Strikeouts
1. Ryan • TEX 301
2. Clemens • BOS 230
3. Saberhagen • KCR 193
4. Bosio • MIL 173
Gubicza • KCR 173
6. Moore • OAK 172
7. Witt • TEX 166
8. Finley • CAL 156
9. Stewart • OAK 155
10. Gordon • KCR 153
Games Started
1. Gubicza • KCR 36
Milacki • BAL 36
Stewart • OAK 36
4. Ballard • BAL 35
Clemens • BOS 35
Moore • OAK 35
Saberhagen • KCR 35
8. Boddicker • BOS 34
Hawkins • NYY 34
10. Alexander • DET 33
Anderson • MIN 33
Bankhead • SEA 33
Blyleven • CAL 33
Bosio • MIL 33
Key • TOR 33
Stieb • TOR 33
Tanana • DET 33
Welch • OAK 33
Witt • CAL 33
Complete Games
1. Saberhagen • KCR 12
2. Morris • DET 10
3. Finley • CAL 9
4. Gubicza • KCR 8
Blyleven • CAL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Bosio • MIL 8
Stewart • OAK 8
9. Farrell • CLE 7
Viola • MIN 7
Brown • TEX 7
Shutouts
1. Blyleven • CAL 5
2. McCaskill • CAL 4
Saberhagen • KCR 4
4. Moore • OAK 3
Black • CLE 3
Clemens • BOS 3
7. Swindell • CLE 2
Milacki • BAL 2
Ryan • TEX 2
Jeffcoat • TEX 2
Abbott • CAL 2
Holman • SEA 2
Hawkins • NYY 2
Gubicza • KCR 2
Stieb • TOR 2
Farrell • CLE 2
Bosio • MIL 2
Boddicker • BOS 2
Bankhead • SEA 2
Home Runs
1. Alexander • DET 28
Hough • TEX 28
3. Witt • CAL 26
4. Schmidt • BAL 24
5. Hawkins • NYY 23
Morris • DET 23
Perez • CHW 23
Stewart • OAK 23
9. Smith • MIN 22
10. Milacki • BAL 21
Smithson • BOS 21
Tanana • DET 21
Bases on Balls
1. Witt • TEX 114
2. Ryan • TEX 98
3. Hough • TEX 95
4. Clemens • BOS 93
5. Perez • CHW 90
6. Milacki • BAL 88
7. Gordon • KCR 86
8. Moore • OAK 83
9. Finley • CAL 82
10. Welch • OAK 78
Hits
1. Stewart • OAK 260
2. Gubicza • KCR 252
Witt • CAL 252
4. Alexander • DET 245
5. Ballard • BAL 240
6. Hawkins • NYY 238
7. Milacki • BAL 233
8. Tanana • DET 227
9. Key • TOR 226
10. Blyleven • CAL 225
Bosio • MIL 225
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Saberhagen • KCR 4.488
2. Key • TOR 4.370
3. Bosio • MIL 3.604
4. Ryan • TEX 3.071
5. Blyleven • CAL 2.977
6. Viola • MIN 2.936
7. Gubicza • KCR 2.746
8. Witt • CAL 2.563
9. Swindell • CLE 2.529
10. Clemens • BOS 2.473
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Gubicza • KCR 0.353
2. Candiotti • CLE 0.437
3. Saberhagen • KCR 0.446
4. Brown • TEX 0.471
5. Moore • OAK 0.521
6. Stieb • TOR 0.523
7. Blyleven • CAL 0.523
8. Flanagan • TOR 0.524
9. Gordon • KCR 0.552
10. Welch • OAK 0.558
Losses
1. Alexander • DET 18
2. Hawkins • NYY 15
Witt • CAL 15
4. Farrell • CLE 14
Key • TOR 14
Morris • DET 14
Perez • CHW 14
Smithson • BOS 14
Tanana • DET 14
10. Hough • TEX 13
Rosenberg • CHW 13
Schmidt • BAL 13
Witt • TEX 13
Earned Runs
1. Hawkins • NYY 111
Witt • TEX 111
Witt • CAL 111
4. Alexander • DET 110
5. Perez • CHW 102
6. Milacki • BAL 101
7. Schmidt • BAL 99
8. Stewart • OAK 95
9. Boddicker • BOS 94
10. Key • TOR 93
Wild Pitches
1. Ryan • TEX 19
2. Moore • OAK 17
3. Black • CLE 13
Stewart • OAK 13
Ward • TOR 13
6. Gordon • KCR 12
Morris • DET 12
Perez • CHW 12
9. Krueger • MIL 10
Plunk • 2TM 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Stieb • TOR 13
2. Boddicker • BOS 10
Smithson • BOS 10
4. Ryan • TEX 9
5. Blyleven • CAL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Pall • CHW 8
Tanana • DET 8
9. Anderson • MIN 7
Farrell • CLE 7
Batters Faced
1. Stewart • OAK 1,081
2. Gubicza • KCR 1,060
3. Clemens • BOS 1,044
4. Milacki • BAL 1,022
5. Saberhagen • KCR 1,021
6. Ryan • TEX 988
7. Alexander • DET 977
8. Moore • OAK 976
9. Blyleven • CAL 973
10. Bosio • MIL 969
Games Finished
1. Russell • TEX 66
2. Reardon • MIN 61
3. Schooler • SEA 60
4. Henke • TOR 56
Thigpen • CHW 56
6. Jones • CLE 53
Righetti • NYY 53
8. Olson • BAL 52
9. Plesac • MIL 51
10. Smith • BOS 50
Adjusted ERA+
1. Saberhagen • KCR 180
2. Finley • CAL 149
3. Moore • OAK 142
4. Blyleven • CAL 140
5. Clemens • BOS 132
6. Bosio • MIL 131
7. McCaskill • CAL 130
8. Gubicza • KCR 128
9. Candiotti • CLE 128
10. Ryan • TEX 124
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.45
2. Ryan • TEX 2.51
3. Gubicza • KCR 2.72
4. Bosio • MIL 2.87
5. Candiotti • CLE 3.05
6. Blyleven • CAL 3.08
7. Moore • OAK 3.15
8. Clemens • BOS 3.17
9. Key • TOR 3.17
10. Gordon • KCR 3.28
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Saberhagen • KCR 49
2. Blyleven • CAL 32
3. Moore • OAK 29
4. Finley • CAL 28
5. Montgomery • KCR 26
6. Clemens • BOS 25
7. McCaskill • CAL 23
8. Gubicza • KCR 23
9. Bosio • MIL 22
10. Olson • BAL 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.4
2. Blyleven • CAL 3.5
3. Moore • OAK 3.1
4. Finley • CAL 3.0
5. Clemens • BOS 2.7
6. Montgomery • KCR 2.7
7. McCaskill • CAL 2.5
8. Gubicza • KCR 2.4
9. Bosio • MIL 2.3
10. Olson • BAL 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Saberhagen • KCR 51.84
2. Blyleven • CAL 39.69
3. Moore • OAK 32.83
4. Finley • CAL 29.90
5. Gubicza • KCR 26.58
6. Montgomery • KCR 25.57
7. Clemens • BOS 25.21
8. McCaskill • CAL 24.21
9. Olson • BAL 23.59
10. Bosio • MIL 22.88
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.7
2. Blyleven • CAL 4.5
3. McCaskill • CAL 3.3
4. Olson • BAL 3.2
5. Eckersley • OAK 3.2
6. Swindell • CLE 3.1
7. Finley • CAL 3.1
8. Gubicza • KCR 2.9
9. Ryan • TEX 2.6
10. Jones • CLE 2.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.9
2. Ryan • TEX 3.6
3. Blyleven • CAL 3.4
4. Moore • OAK 3.3
5. Candiotti • CLE 3.1
6. Gubicza • KCR 3.0
7. Bosio • MIL 2.8
8. Finley • CAL 2.1
9. Eckersley • OAK 2.1
10. Olson • BAL 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Saberhagen • KCR 6.7
2. Olson • BAL 6.7
3. Acker • TOR 6.5
4. Ballard • BAL 5.8
5. Henke • TOR 5.5
6. Blyleven • CAL 5.4
7. McCaskill • CAL 5.1
8. Stieb • TOR 5.0
9. Moore • OAK 4.2
10. Milacki • BAL 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.8
2. Blyleven • CAL 4.4
3. Moore • OAK 3.6
4. Finley • CAL 3.3
5. Gubicza • KCR 2.8
6. Montgomery • KCR 2.7
7. McCaskill • CAL 2.6
8. Clemens • BOS 2.6
9. Olson • BAL 2.5
10. Bosio • MIL 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