American Association Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. King • STL 16.0
2. Seward • PHA 9.9
3. Caruthers • BRO 6.6
4. Stovey • PHA 5.4
5. Reilly • CIN 5.2
6. Smith • CIN 5.0
7. Hudson • STL 4.9
8. Hughes • BRO 4.8
9. Chamberlain • 2TM 4.5
10. Mullane • CIN 4.3

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. King • STL 14.7
2. Seward • PHA 10.1
3. Caruthers • BRO 5.7
4. Hughes • BRO 5.3
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 4.4
6. Smith • CIN 4.3
7. Viau • CIN 4.1
8. Hudson • STL 4.1
9. Bakley • CLE 4.0
10. Terry • BRO 3.8

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. King • STL 1.63
2. Seward • PHA 2.01
3. Terry • BRO 2.03
4. Hughes • BRO 2.13
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 2.19
6. Weyhing • PHA 2.25
7. Caruthers • BRO 2.39
8. Foutz • BRO 2.51
9. Hudson • STL 2.54
10. Viau • CIN 2.65

Wins

Wins

1. King • STL 45
2. Seward • PHA 35
3. Caruthers • BRO 29
4. Weyhing • PHA 28
5. Viau • CIN 27
6. Mullane • CIN 26
7. Bakley • CLE 25
Chamberlain • 2TM 25
Hudson • STL 25
Hughes • BRO 25

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Hudson • STL .714
2. Chamberlain • 2TM .694
3. King • STL .692
4. Caruthers • BRO .659
5. Viau • CIN .659
6. Hughes • BRO .658
7. Seward • PHA .648
8. Foutz • BRO .632
9. Mullane • CIN .619
Terry • BRO .619

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. King • STL 0.874
2. Seward • PHA 0.993
3. Caruthers • BRO 0.996
4. Hudson • STL 1.027
5. Foutz • BRO 1.028
6. Hughes • BRO 1.044
7. Weyhing • PHA 1.052
8. Chamberlain • 2TM 1.055
9. Terry • BRO 1.087
10. Mullane • CIN 1.094

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Terry • BRO 6.692
2. King • STL 6.696
3. Seward • PHA 6.733
4. Hughes • BRO 6.967
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 6.984
6. Weyhing • PHA 6.995
7. Foutz • BRO 7.466
8. Hudson • STL 7.649
9. Viau • CIN 7.684
10. Smith • 2TM 7.739

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. King • STL 1.170
2. Caruthers • BRO 1.218
3. Hudson • STL 1.595
4. Ewing • LOU 1.602
5. Hecker • LOU 1.733
6. Stratton • LOU 1.769
7. Mullane • CIN 1.775
8. Foutz • BRO 1.790
9. Mays • BRO 1.793
10. Bakley • CLE 2.163

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Terry • BRO 6.369
2. Ramsey • LOU 5.994
3. Chamberlain • 2TM 5.143
4. Smith • 2TM 4.901
5. Seward • PHA 4.720
6. O'Brien • CLE 4.691
7. Weyhing • PHA 4.545
8. Mullane • CIN 4.401
9. Ewing • LOU 4.099
10. Smith • CIN 3.979

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. King • STL 66
2. Bakley • CLE 61
3. Seward • PHA 57
4. Porter • KCC 55
5. Cunningham • BAL 51
6. Weyhing • PHA 47
7. Caruthers • BRO 44
Mullane • CIN 44
9. Viau • CIN 42
10. Smith • CIN 40
Ramsey • LOU 40
Kilroy • BAL 40
Hughes • BRO 40

Saves

Saves

1. Gilks • CLE 1
Mullane • CIN 1
Corkhill • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. King • STL 584.2
2. Bakley • CLE 532.2
3. Seward • PHA 518.2
4. Porter • KCC 474.0
5. Cunningham • BAL 453.1
6. Weyhing • PHA 404.0
7. Caruthers • BRO 391.2
8. Viau • CIN 387.2
9. Mullane • CIN 380.1
10. Hughes • BRO 363.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Seward • PHA 272
2. King • STL 258
3. Ramsey • LOU 228
4. Bakley • CLE 212
5. Weyhing • PHA 204
6. Cunningham • BAL 186
Mullane • CIN 186
8. Chamberlain • 2TM 176
9. Smith • 2TM 171
10. Viau • CIN 164

Games Started

Games Started

1. King • STL 64
2. Bakley • CLE 61
3. Seward • PHA 57
4. Porter • KCC 54
5. Cunningham • BAL 51
6. Weyhing • PHA 47
7. Caruthers • BRO 43
8. Viau • CIN 42
Mullane • CIN 42
10. Smith • CIN 40
Ramsey • LOU 40
Kilroy • BAL 40
Hughes • BRO 40

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. King • STL 64
2. Bakley • CLE 60
3. Seward • PHA 57
4. Porter • KCC 53
5. Cunningham • BAL 50
6. Weyhing • PHA 45
7. Caruthers • BRO 42
Viau • CIN 42
9. Mullane • CIN 41
10. Hughes • BRO 40

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Seward • PHA 6
King • STL 6
3. Smith • CIN 5
Hudson • STL 5
5. Caruthers • BRO 4
Porter • KCC 4
Mullane • CIN 4
Mattimore • PHA 4
Bakley • CLE 4
10. Weyhing • PHA 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Porter • KCC 16
2. Bakley • CLE 14
3. Ramsey • LOU 10
4. Mullane • CIN 9
Crowell • 2TM 9
6. Hudson • STL 8
Cunningham • BAL 8
8. Viau • CIN 7
Stratton • LOU 7
10. Mattimore • PHA 6
King • STL 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cunningham • BAL 157
2. Smith • 2TM 147
3. Bakley • CLE 128
4. Seward • PHA 127
5. Porter • KCC 120
6. Weyhing • PHA 111
7. Viau • CIN 110
8. O'Brien • CLE 99
9. Hughes • BRO 98
10. Smith • CIN 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Porter • KCC 527
2. Bakley • CLE 518
3. King • STL 435
4. Cunningham • BAL 412
5. Seward • PHA 388
6. Ramsey • LOU 362
7. Kilroy • BAL 347
8. Mullane • CIN 341
9. Caruthers • BRO 337
10. Viau • CIN 331

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. King • STL 3.395
2. Ramsey • LOU 2.651
3. Caruthers • BRO 2.642
4. Ewing • LOU 2.559
5. Mullane • CIN 2.480
6. Hudson • STL 2.203
7. Seward • PHA 2.142
8. Mays • BRO 2.094
9. Foutz • BRO 2.086
10. Terry • BRO 2.060

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Smith • CIN 0.026
2. Mays • BRO 0.056
3. Seward • PHA 0.069
4. Sullivan • KCC 0.084
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 0.088
6. Weyhing • PHA 0.089
7. Caruthers • BRO 0.092
8. Terry • BRO 0.092
9. King • STL 0.092
10. Hughes • BRO 0.124

Losses

Losses

1. Porter • KCC 37
2. Bakley • CLE 33
3. Ramsey • LOU 30
4. Cunningham • BAL 29
5. Kilroy • BAL 21
6. Smith • 2TM 20
King • STL 20
8. Seward • PHA 19
O'Brien • CLE 19
10. Weyhing • PHA 18

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Porter • KCC 219
2. Bakley • CLE 176
3. Cunningham • BAL 171
4. Kilroy • BAL 144
5. Ramsey • LOU 130
6. Smith • 2TM 124
7. Mullane • CIN 120
8. Seward • PHA 116
9. Viau • CIN 114
10. Stratton • LOU 109

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Weyhing • PHA 56
2. Seward • PHA 54
3. Ramsey • LOU 48
4. Cunningham • BAL 47
5. Kilroy • BAL 45
6. Bakley • CLE 40
7. O'Brien • CLE 37
8. Chamberlain • 2TM 31
9. Sullivan • KCC 30
10. Smith • 2TM 29

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Weyhing • PHA 42
2. Cunningham • BAL 30
King • STL 30
4. Mullane • CIN 29
5. Smith • 2TM 24
Sullivan • KCC 24
7. Porter • KCC 23
Kilroy • BAL 23
9. Seward • PHA 22
10. Viau • CIN 20

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. King • STL 2,286
2. Bakley • CLE 2,251
3. Seward • PHA 2,085
4. Porter • KCC 2,084
5. Cunningham • BAL 1,952
6. Weyhing • PHA 1,673
7. Viau • CIN 1,618
8. Mullane • CIN 1,580
9. Caruthers • BRO 1,569
10. Ramsey • LOU 1,481

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Stratton • LOU 5
2. Foutz • BRO 4
3. Smith • 2TM 3
Burns • 2TM 3
5. Mullane • CIN 2
Corkhill • 2TM 2
Toole • KCC 2
Stricker • CLE 2
McCarthy • STL 2
Mattimore • PHA 2
Hudson • STL 2
Gilks • CLE 2

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. King • STL 195
2. Terry • BRO 148
3. Seward • PHA 146
4. Hughes • BRO 141
5. Chamberlain • 2TM 140
6. Weyhing • PHA 131
7. Caruthers • BRO 126
8. Hudson • STL 125
9. Foutz • BRO 120
10. Viau • CIN 117

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. King • STL 2.38
2. Terry • BRO 2.47
3. Ramsey • LOU 2.48
4. Caruthers • BRO 2.48
5. Seward • PHA 2.50
6. Ewing • LOU 2.54
7. Chamberlain • 2TM 2.57
8. Mays • BRO 2.63
9. Foutz • BRO 2.66
10. Smith • CIN 2.67

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. King • STL 91
2. Seward • PHA 55
3. Hughes • BRO 31
4. Caruthers • BRO 28
5. Weyhing • PHA 25
6. Hudson • STL 25
7. Chamberlain • 2TM 21
8. Terry • BRO 21
9. Viau • CIN 20
10. Smith • CIN 18

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. King • STL 9.1
2. Seward • PHA 5.3
3. Hughes • BRO 3.0
4. Caruthers • BRO 2.7
5. Weyhing • PHA 2.4
Hudson • STL 2.4
7. Chamberlain • 2TM 2.1
8. Terry • BRO 2.0
9. Viau • CIN 1.9
10. Smith • CIN 1.7

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 rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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