American League 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. Chesbro • NYY 11.4
2. Waddell • PHA 10.4
3. Young • BOS 9.6
4. Plank • PHA 9.3
5. Lajoie • CLE 8.5
6. Davis • CHW 7.2
7. Howell • SLB 6.7
8. Bradley • CLE 6.4
9. Flick • CLE 6.3
10. Parent • BOS 6.3

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. Waddell • PHA 11.3
2. Chesbro • NYY 10.6
3. Young • BOS 9.3
4. Plank • PHA 8.8
5. Howell • SLB 6.0
6. Bernhard • CLE 5.4
7. Tannehill • BOS 5.3
8. Dinneen • BOS 5.2
9. Joss • CLE 5.0
10. Killian • DET 4.5

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. Joss • CLE 1.59
2. Waddell • PHA 1.62
3. White • CHW 1.78
4. Chesbro • NYY 1.82
5. Owen • CHW 1.94
6. Young • BOS 1.97
7. Tannehill • BOS 2.04
8. Smith • CHW 2.08
9. Bernhard • CLE 2.13
10. Plank • PHA 2.17

Wins

Wins

1. Chesbro • NYY 41
2. Plank • PHA 26
Young • BOS 26
4. Waddell • PHA 25
5. Powell • NYY 23
Bernhard • CLE 23
Dinneen • BOS 23
8. Owen • CHW 21
Tannehill • BOS 21
10. Altrock • CHW 19
Donahue • CLE 19

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. Chesbro • NYY .774
2. Tannehill • BOS .656
3. Smith • CHW .640
4. Bernhard • CLE .639
5. Dinneen • BOS .622
6. Young • BOS .619
7. Plank • PHA .605
8. Owen • CHW .583
Joss • CLE .583
Orth • 2TM .583

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Young • BOS 0.937
2. Chesbro • NYY 0.937
3. Owen • CHW 0.965
4. Joss • CLE 0.988
5. Tannehill • BOS 1.026
6. Dinneen • BOS 1.031
7. Waddell • PHA 1.039
8. Patterson • CHW 1.042
9. Howell • SLB 1.048
10. Altrock • CHW 1.049

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Chesbro • NYY 6.691
2. Owen • CHW 6.943
3. Smith • CHW 6.949
4. Gibson • BOS 7.121
5. Waddell • PHA 7.214
6. Moore • CLE 7.353
7. Bender • PHA 7.380
8. Henley • PHA 7.458
9. Joss • CLE 7.487
10. Dinneen • BOS 7.588

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. Young • BOS 0.687
2. Tannehill • BOS 1.054
3. Patterson • CHW 1.309
4. Joss • CLE 1.404
5. Altrock • CHW 1.407
6. Orth • 2TM 1.448
7. Wolfe • 2TM 1.459
8. Bernhard • CLE 1.544
9. Donahue • CLE 1.592
10. Dinneen • BOS 1.689

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Waddell • PHA 8.201
2. Bender • PHA 6.584
3. Moore • CLE 5.495
4. Plank • PHA 5.063
5. Glade • SLB 4.858
6. Young • BOS 4.737
7. Smith • CHW 4.736
8. Chesbro • NYY 4.731
9. Powell • NYY 4.658
10. White • CHW 4.539

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Chesbro • NYY 55
2. Powell • NYY 47
3. Waddell • PHA 46
4. Patten • WSH 45
Mullin • DET 45
6. Plank • PHA 44
7. Young • BOS 43
8. Killian • DET 40
9. Pelty • SLB 39
10. Altrock • CHW 38
Bernhard • CLE 38

Saves

Saves

1. Patten • WSH 3
2. Altrock • CHW 1
Clarkson • NYY 1
Glade • SLB 1
Owen • CHW 1
Walsh • CHW 1
Young • BOS 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Chesbro • NYY 454.2
2. Powell • NYY 390.1
3. Waddell • PHA 383.0
4. Mullin • DET 382.1
5. Young • BOS 380.0
6. Patten • WSH 357.2
7. Plank • PHA 357.1
8. Dinneen • BOS 335.2
9. Killian • DET 331.2
10. Bernhard • CLE 320.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Waddell • PHA 349
2. Chesbro • NYY 239
3. Powell • NYY 202
4. Plank • PHA 201
5. Young • BOS 200
6. Mullin • DET 161
7. Glade • SLB 156
8. Dinneen • BOS 153
9. Patten • WSH 150
10. Bender • PHA 149

Games Started

Games Started

1. Chesbro • NYY 51
2. Waddell • PHA 46
3. Powell • NYY 45
4. Mullin • DET 44
5. Plank • PHA 43
6. Young • BOS 41
7. Patten • WSH 39
8. Bernhard • CLE 37
Dinneen • BOS 37
10. Altrock • CHW 36
Owen • CHW 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Chesbro • NYY 48
2. Mullin • DET 42
3. Young • BOS 40
4. Waddell • PHA 39
5. Powell • NYY 38
6. Plank • PHA 37
Dinneen • BOS 37
Patten • WSH 37
9. Bernhard • CLE 35
10. Owen • CHW 34

Shutouts

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

1. Young • BOS 10
2. Waddell • PHA 8
3. Plank • PHA 7
Mullin • DET 7
White • CHW 7
6. Donahue • CLE 6
Glade • SLB 6
Altrock • CHW 6
Chesbro • NYY 6
10. Dinneen • BOS 5
Henley • PHA 5
Joss • CLE 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Powell • NYY 15
2. Sudhoff • SLB 8
Dinneen • BOS 8
Gibson • BOS 8
5. Pelty • SLB 7
Hughes • 2TM 7
Kitson • DET 7
8. Jacobson • WSH 6
White • CHW 6
Young • BOS 6

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mullin • DET 131
2. Townsend • WSH 100
3. Donovan • DET 94
4. Killian • DET 93
5. Powell • NYY 92
6. Waddell • PHA 91
7. Chesbro • NYY 88
8. Plank • PHA 86
9. Hughes • 2TM 82
10. Gibson • BOS 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Patten • WSH 367
2. Mullin • DET 345
3. Powell • NYY 340
4. Chesbro • NYY 338
5. Young • BOS 327
6. Bernhard • CLE 323
7. Townsend • WSH 319
8. Plank • PHA 311
9. Waddell • PHA 307
10. Killian • DET 293

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. Young • BOS 6.897
2. Waddell • PHA 3.835
3. Tannehill • BOS 3.515
4. Joss • CLE 2.767
5. Chesbro • NYY 2.716
6. Glade • SLB 2.690
7. Patterson • CHW 2.667
8. Donahue • CLE 2.592
9. Bender • PHA 2.525
10. Bernhard • CLE 2.491

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 • CHW 0.000
Killian • DET 0.000
Joss • CLE 0.000
4. Mullin • DET 0.024
5. Howell • SLB 0.030
6. Bender • PHA 0.044
7. Patten • WSH 0.050
8. Plank • PHA 0.050
9. Rhoads • CLE 0.051
10. Patterson • CHW 0.055

Losses

Losses

1. Townsend • WSH 26
2. Mullin • DET 23
Hughes • 2TM 23
Jacobson • WSH 23
Patten • WSH 23
6. Howell • SLB 21
7. Killian • DET 20
8. Powell • NYY 19
Waddell • PHA 19
10. Pelty • SLB 18

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Patten • WSH 122
2. Townsend • WSH 116
3. Powell • NYY 106
4. Hughes • 2TM 104
5. Mullin • DET 102
6. Altrock • CHW 101
7. Jacobson • WSH 100
8. Pelty • SLB 95
9. Sudhoff • SLB 93
10. Chesbro • NYY 92

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Townsend • WSH 19
2. Moore • CLE 13
3. Powell • NYY 12
Smith • CHW 12
5. Donovan • DET 11
6. Chesbro • NYY 9
Siever • SLB 9
Pelty • SLB 9
Gibson • BOS 9
10. Hughes • 2TM 8
Mullin • DET 8
Rhoads • CLE 8
Waddell • PHA 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Patten • WSH 20
Pelty • SLB 20
3. Henley • PHA 19
Plank • PHA 19
5. Killian • DET 17
6. Stovall • DET 16
7. Waddell • PHA 14
8. Wolfe • 2TM 13
Howell • SLB 13
Glade • SLB 13
Tannehill • BOS 13

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Chesbro • NYY 1,720
2. Mullin • DET 1,568
3. Powell • NYY 1,546
4. Waddell • PHA 1,496
5. Patten • WSH 1,478
6. Young • BOS 1,435
7. Plank • PHA 1,427
8. Killian • DET 1,341
9. Dinneen • BOS 1,298
10. Bernhard • CLE 1,289

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. Walsh • CHW 10
2. Clarkson • NYY 9
3. Bender • PHA 8
4. Killian • DET 6
Patten • WSH 6
Puttmann • NYY 6
7. Siever • SLB 5
Hess • CLE 5
Griffith • NYY 5
Morgan • SLB 5
Patterson • CHW 5
Orth • 2TM 5
Wolfe • 2TM 5

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Waddell • PHA 167
2. Joss • CLE 162
3. Chesbro • NYY 148
4. White • CHW 138
5. Young • BOS 136
6. Tannehill • BOS 131
7. Owen • CHW 126
8. Plank • PHA 125
9. Dinneen • BOS 122
10. Gibson • BOS 121

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. Waddell • PHA 1.59
2. Young • BOS 1.83
3. Bender • PHA 1.95
4. Chesbro • NYY 2.11
5. Joss • CLE 2.13
6. Glade • SLB 2.17
7. Donahue • CLE 2.18
8. Bernhard • CLE 2.24
9. Moore • CLE 2.25
10. Plank • PHA 2.25

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. Chesbro • NYY 43
2. Waddell • PHA 40
3. Young • BOS 33
4. Plank • PHA 23
5. Joss • CLE 20
6. Tannehill • BOS 19
7. Owen • CHW 18
8. Dinneen • BOS 17
9. Bernhard • CLE 15
10. Howell • SLB 11

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. Chesbro • NYY 5.1
2. Waddell • PHA 4.7
3. Young • BOS 3.9
4. Plank • PHA 2.7
5. Joss • CLE 2.4
6. Tannehill • BOS 2.2
7. Owen • CHW 2.1
8. Dinneen • BOS 2.0
9. Bernhard • CLE 1.8
10. Howell • SLB 1.2

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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