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. Cobb • DET 9.8
2. Collins • PHA 9.6
3. Smith • CHW 7.8
4. Walsh • CHW 6.8
5. Bush • DET 6.5
6. Lajoie • CLE 6.4
7. Speaker • BOS 6.3
8. Morgan • 2TM 5.9
9. Plank • PHA 5.7
10. Baker • PHA 5.7

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. Smith • CHW 7.1
2. Morgan • 2TM 6.6
3. Walsh • CHW 6.3
4. Krause • PHA 5.7
5. Joss • CLE 5.4
6. Plank • PHA 5.3
7. Warhop • NYY 4.6
8. Mullin • DET 4.6
9. Bender • PHA 4.6
10. Johnson • WSH 4.1

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. Krause • PHA 1.39
2. Walsh • CHW 1.41
3. Bender • PHA 1.66
4. Joss • CLE 1.71
5. Killian • DET 1.71
6. White • CHW 1.72
7. Plank • PHA 1.76
8. Smith • CHW 1.80
9. Morgan • 2TM 1.81
10. Lake • NYY 1.88

Wins

Wins

1. Mullin • DET 29
2. Smith • CHW 25
3. Willett • DET 21
4. Plank • PHA 19
Summers • DET 19
Young • CLE 19
7. Bender • PHA 18
Morgan • 2TM 18
Krause • PHA 18
10. Arellanes • BOS 16

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. Mullin • DET .784
2. Cicotte • BOS .737
3. Bender • PHA .692
Krause • PHA .692
5. Summers • DET .679
6. Willett • DET .677
7. Plank • PHA .655
8. Wood • BOS .611
9. Smith • CHW .595
10. Walsh • CHW .577

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Walsh • CHW 0.938
2. Krause • PHA 0.939
3. Joss • CLE 0.944
4. Smith • CHW 0.953
5. Bender • PHA 0.964
6. White • CHW 1.013
7. Arellanes • BOS 1.019
8. Wood • BOS 1.021
9. Morgan • 2TM 1.043
10. Plank • PHA 1.044

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Morgan • 2TM 6.259
2. Krause • PHA 6.380
3. Walsh • CHW 6.486
4. Cicotte • BOS 6.487
5. Wood • BOS 6.778
6. Coombs • PHA 6.827
7. Smith • CHW 6.855
8. Scott • CHW 6.975
9. Bender • PHA 7.056
10. Pelty • SLB 7.134

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. Joss • CLE 1.150
2. White • CHW 1.570
3. Powell • SLB 1.582
4. Bender • PHA 1.620
5. Summers • DET 1.662
6. Arellanes • BOS 1.678
7. Smith • CHW 1.726
8. Young • CLE 1.804
9. Burns • 2TM 1.870
10. Walsh • CHW 1.954

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Berger • CLE 5.903
2. Krause • PHA 5.873
3. Bender • PHA 5.796
4. Waddell • SLB 5.759
5. Bailey • SLB 5.156
6. Johnson • WSH 4.981
7. Walsh • CHW 4.962
8. Wood • BOS 4.929
9. Lake • NYY 4.890
10. Scott • CHW 4.854

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Smith • CHW 51
2. Arellanes • BOS 45
3. Groom • WSH 44
4. Willett • DET 41
5. Johnson • WSH 40
Mullin • DET 40
Morgan • 2TM 40
8. Gray • WSH 36
Scott • CHW 36
Warhop • NYY 36

Saves

Saves

1. Arellanes • BOS 8
2. Powell • SLB 3
3. Pape • BOS 2
Works • DET 2
Donovan • DET 2
Warhop • NYY 2
Walsh • CHW 2
Hughes • NYY 2
9. Liebhardt • CLE 1
Bender • PHA 1
Lelivelt • DET 1
Lake • NYY 1
Lafitte • DET 1
Killian • DET 1
Johnson • WSH 1
Hughes • WSH 1
Grahame • SLB 1
Coombs • PHA 1
Cicotte • BOS 1
Brockett • NYY 1
Berger • CLE 1
Manning • NYY 1
Quinn • NYY 1
Schlitzer • 2TM 1
Morgan • 2TM 1
Winchell • CLE 1
Willett • DET 1
Mullin • DET 1
Suter • CHW 1
Summers • DET 1
Suggs • DET 1
Steele • BOS 1
Speer • DET 1
Smith • CHW 1
Vickers • PHA 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Smith • CHW 365.0
2. Mullin • DET 303.2
3. Johnson • WSH 296.1
4. Young • CLE 294.1
5. Morgan • 2TM 293.1
6. Willett • DET 292.2
7. Summers • DET 281.2
8. Plank • PHA 265.1
9. Groom • WSH 260.2
10. Scott • CHW 250.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Smith • CHW 177
2. Johnson • WSH 164
3. Berger • CLE 162
4. Bender • PHA 161
5. Waddell • SLB 141
6. Krause • PHA 139
7. Scott • CHW 135
8. Plank • PHA 132
9. Groom • WSH 131
10. Walsh • CHW 127

Games Started

Games Started

1. Smith • CHW 40
2. Morgan • 2TM 36
Johnson • WSH 36
4. Mullin • DET 35
5. Young • CLE 34
Willett • DET 34
7. Plank • PHA 33
8. Summers • DET 32
9. Groom • WSH 31
10. Berger • CLE 29
Scott • CHW 29
Bender • PHA 29

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Smith • CHW 37
2. Young • CLE 30
3. Mullin • DET 29
4. Johnson • WSH 27
5. Morgan • 2TM 26
6. Willett • DET 25
7. Bender • PHA 24
Plank • PHA 24
Joss • CLE 24
Summers • DET 24

Shutouts

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

1. Walsh • CHW 8
2. Smith • CHW 7
Krause • PHA 7
4. Coombs • PHA 6
5. Bender • PHA 5
Waddell • SLB 5
Morgan • 2TM 5
Pelty • SLB 5
9. Joss • CLE 4
Scott • CHW 4
Powell • SLB 4
Johnson • WSH 4
Wood • BOS 4
Donovan • DET 4
Berger • CLE 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Smith • 2TM 6
2. Willett • DET 5
3. Young • CLE 4
Summers • DET 4
5. Arellanes • BOS 3
Morgan • 2TM 3
Chesbro • 2TM 3
Hughes • NYY 3
Grahame • SLB 3
Doyle • NYY 3
Dinneen • SLB 3
Cicotte • BOS 3
Chech • BOS 3
Brockett • NYY 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Groom • WSH 105
2. Morgan • 2TM 102
3. Scott • CHW 93
4. Johnson • WSH 84
5. Warhop • NYY 81
6. Mullin • DET 78
7. Gray • WSH 77
8. Willett • DET 76
9. Bailey • SLB 75
10. Coombs • PHA 73

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Smith • CHW 278
2. Young • CLE 267
3. Mullin • DET 258
4. Johnson • WSH 247
5. Summers • DET 243
6. Willett • DET 239
7. Berger • CLE 221
Powell • SLB 221
9. Groom • WSH 218
10. Plank • PHA 215

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. Bender • PHA 3.578
2. Krause • PHA 2.837
3. Berger • CLE 2.793
4. Walsh • CHW 2.540
5. Smith • CHW 2.529
6. White • CHW 2.484
7. Waddell • SLB 2.474
8. Joss • CLE 2.161
9. Plank • PHA 2.129
10. Smith • 2TM 2.128

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. Scott • CHW 0.000
Joss • CLE 0.000
Walsh • CHW 0.000
Falkenberg • CLE 0.000
5. Smith • CHW 0.025
6. Mullin • DET 0.030
7. Johnson • WSH 0.030
8. Plank • PHA 0.034
9. Bender • PHA 0.036
10. Powell • SLB 0.038

Losses

Losses

1. Groom • WSH 26
2. Johnson • WSH 25
3. Gray • WSH 19
4. Morgan • 2TM 17
Smith • CHW 17
6. Powell • SLB 16
7. Young • CLE 15
Warhop • NYY 15
9. Burns • 2TM 14
Berger • CLE 14
Waddell • SLB 14
Grahame • SLB 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Gray • WSH 87
2. Groom • WSH 83
3. Willett • DET 76
4. Berger • CLE 75
Mullin • DET 75
6. Young • CLE 74
7. Johnson • WSH 73
Smith • CHW 73
9. Summers • DET 70
10. Grahame • SLB 65
Warhop • NYY 65

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Berger • CLE 13
2. Johnson • WSH 12
3. Smith • 2TM 11
Willett • DET 11
Lake • NYY 11
Morgan • 2TM 11
7. Groom • WSH 10
8. Bailey • SLB 9
Brockett • NYY 9
10. Grahame • SLB 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Warhop • NYY 26
2. Morgan • 2TM 22
3. Scott • CHW 16
4. Johnson • WSH 15
Willett • DET 15
6. Groom • WSH 13
Krause • PHA 13
8. Berger • CLE 12
9. Burns • 2TM 11
Dygert • PHA 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Smith • CHW 1,376
2. Johnson • WSH 1,219
3. Mullin • DET 1,189
4. Willett • DET 1,173
5. Young • CLE 1,137
6. Morgan • 2TM 1,136
7. Summers • DET 1,132
8. Groom • WSH 1,070
9. Plank • PHA 1,028
10. Scott • CHW 978

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. Arellanes • BOS 15
2. Dygert • PHA 13
3. Warhop • NYY 12
Quinn • NYY 12
Bailey • SLB 12
6. Grahame • SLB 11
Suter • CHW 11
8. Works • DET 10
Smith • CHW 10
10. Cicotte • BOS 9
Groom • WSH 9
Vickers • PHA 9

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Krause • PHA 174
2. Walsh • CHW 169
3. Joss • CLE 150
4. Killian • DET 148
5. Bender • PHA 147
6. White • CHW 138
7. Plank • PHA 138
8. Morgan • 2TM 136
9. Lake • NYY 134
10. Smith • CHW 132

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. Bender • PHA 1.58
2. Walsh • CHW 1.82
3. Berger • CLE 1.86
4. Waddell • SLB 1.87
5. Krause • PHA 1.91
6. Smith • CHW 1.91
7. Plank • PHA 2.06
8. White • CHW 2.07
9. Joss • CLE 2.10
10. Wood • BOS 2.12

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. Walsh • CHW 25
2. Morgan • 2TM 24
3. Krause • PHA 24
4. Smith • CHW 24
5. Bender • PHA 21
6. Joss • CLE 20
7. Plank • PHA 20
8. Killian • DET 16
9. Mullin • DET 13
10. Summers • DET 12

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. Walsh • CHW 3.1
2. Morgan • 2TM 2.9
Krause • PHA 2.9
4. Smith • CHW 2.8
5. Bender • PHA 2.5
6. Joss • CLE 2.4
7. Plank • PHA 2.3
8. Killian • DET 1.9
9. Mullin • DET 1.6
10. Summers • DET 1.4

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 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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