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1924 American League Pitching Leaders

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AL Most Valuable Player: Walter Johnson

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American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Ruth • NYY 11.3

2. Ehmke • BOS 8.2

3. Pennock • NYY 7.9

4. Johnson • WSH 7.5

5. Shaute • CLE 6.7

6. Goslin • WSH 6.5

7. Heilmann • DET 6.3

8. Bush • NYY 5.8

9. Smith • CLE 5.8

10. Cobb • DET 5.5

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Ehmke • BOS 8.3

2. Pennock • NYY 8.1

3. Johnson • WSH 6.8

4. Smith • CLE 5.9

5. Shaute • CLE 5.7

6. Ferguson • BOS 5.5

7. Quinn • BOS 5.3

8. Baumgartner • PHA 5.2

9. Wingard • SLB 5.0

10. Zachary • WSH 4.8

Earned Run Average

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

1. Johnson • WSH 2.72

2. Zachary • WSH 2.75

3. Pennock • NYY 2.83

4. Baumgartner • PHA 2.88

5. Smith • CLE 3.02

6. Marberry • WSH 3.09

7. Collins • DET 3.21

8. Quinn • BOS 3.27

9. Ehmke • BOS 3.46

10. Wingard • SLB 3.51

Wins

1. Johnson • WSH 23

2. Pennock • NYY 21

3. Shaute • CLE 20

Thurston • CHW 20

5. Ehmke • BOS 19

6. Rommel • PHA 18

Hoyt • NYY 18

8. Bush • NYY 17

Whitehill • DET 17

10. Mogridge • WSH 16

Shocker • SLB 16

Shawkey • NYY 16

Win-Loss %

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

1. Johnson • WSH .767

2. Pennock • NYY .700

Holloway • DET .700

4. Baumgartner • PHA .684

5. Collins • DET .667

6. Whitehill • DET .654

7. Zachary • WSH .625

8. Shawkey • NYY .593

Mogridge • WSH .593

10. Thurston • CHW .588

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Johnson • WSH 1.116

2. Collins • DET 1.213

3. Zachary • WSH 1.238

4. Smith • CLE 1.248

5. Pennock • NYY 1.278

6. Quinn • BOS 1.281

7. Ehmke • BOS 1.286

8. Mogridge • WSH 1.305

9. Shocker • SLB 1.307

10. Marberry • WSH 1.331

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • WSH 7.552

2. Collins • DET 8.292

3. Marberry • WSH 8.754

4. Zachary • WSH 8.793

5. Wingard • SLB 8.876

6. Davis • SLB 8.925

7. Baumgartner • PHA 9.000

8. Mogridge • WSH 9.169

9. Ehmke • BOS 9.257

10. Bush • NYY 9.357

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Smith • CLE 1.526

2. Thurston • CHW 1.856

3. Shocker • SLB 1.900

4. Pennock • NYY 2.012

5. Quinn • BOS 2.047

6. Ehmke • BOS 2.314

7. Zachary • WSH 2.354

8. Johnson • WSH 2.496

9. Mogridge • WSH 2.577

10. Collins • DET 2.625

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • WSH 5.121

2. Shawkey • NYY 4.941

3. Ehmke • BOS 3.400

4. Shocker • SLB 3.215

5. Pennock • NYY 3.175

6. Marberry • WSH 3.133

7. Collins • DET 3.125

8. Connally • CHW 3.094

9. Ferguson • BOS 2.954

10. Bush • NYY 2.857

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marberry • WSH 50

2. Holloway • DET 49

3. Hoyt • NYY 46

Shaute • CLE 46

5. Ehmke • BOS 45

6. Connally • CHW 44

Quinn • BOS 44

8. Rommel • PHA 43

Vangilder • SLB 43

10. Danforth • SLB 41

Ferguson • BOS 41

Lyons • CHW 41

Saves

1. Marberry • WSH 15

2. Russell • WSH 8

3. Quinn • BOS 7

4. Connally • CHW 6

Dauss • DET 6

6. Danforth • SLB 5

7. Baumgartner • PHA 4

Hoyt • NYY 4

Ehmke • BOS 4

Wells • DET 4

Innings Pitched

1. Ehmke • BOS 315.0

2. Thurston • CHW 291.0

3. Pennock • NYY 286.1

4. Shaute • CLE 283.0

5. Rommel • PHA 278.0

6. Johnson • WSH 277.2

7. Bush • NYY 252.0

8. Smith • CLE 247.2

9. Hoyt • NYY 247.0

10. Shocker • SLB 246.1

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • WSH 158

2. Ehmke • BOS 119

3. Shawkey • NYY 114

4. Pennock • NYY 101

5. Shocker • SLB 88

6. Bush • NYY 80

7. Ferguson • BOS 78

8. Collins • DET 75

9. Rommel • PHA 72

10. Hoyt • NYY 71

Games Started

1. Johnson • WSH 38

2. Thurston • CHW 36

Ehmke • BOS 36

4. Rommel • PHA 34

Shaute • CLE 34

Pennock • NYY 34

7. Coveleski • CLE 33

Shocker • SLB 33

9. Hoyt • NYY 32

Ferguson • BOS 32

Whitehill • DET 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Thurston • CHW 28

2. Ehmke • BOS 26

3. Pennock • NYY 25

4. Shaute • CLE 21

5. Rommel • PHA 20

Johnson • WSH 20

Smith • CLE 20

8. Bush • NYY 19

9. Coveleski • CLE 18

10. Shocker • SLB 17

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Johnson • WSH 6

2. Davis • SLB 5

3. Shocker • SLB 4

Pennock • NYY 4

Ehmke • BOS 4

6. Bush • NYY 3

Ogden • 2TM 3

Rommel • PHA 3

Jones • NYY 3

10. Gray • PHA 2

Hoyt • NYY 2

Whitehill • DET 2

Mogridge • WSH 2

Coveleski • CLE 2

Quinn • BOS 2

Smith • CLE 2

Shaute • CLE 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Thurston • CHW 17

2. Danforth • SLB 16

3. Stoner • DET 13

Pennock • NYY 13

5. Shocker • SLB 11

Shawkey • NYY 11

7. Johnson • WSH 10

Lyons • CHW 10

Vangilder • SLB 10

Quinn • BOS 10

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Bush • NYY 109

2. Ferguson • BOS 108

3. Rommel • PHA 94

4. Gray • PHA 89

5. Wingard • SLB 85

6. Shaute • CLE 83

7. Ehmke • BOS 81

Meeker • PHA 81

9. Whitehill • DET 79

10. Johnson • WSH 77

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Thurston • CHW 330

2. Ehmke • BOS 324

3. Shaute • CLE 317

4. Pennock • NYY 302

Rommel • PHA 302

6. Hoyt • NYY 295

7. Coveleski • CLE 286

8. Lyons • CHW 279

9. Stoner • DET 271

10. Shocker • SLB 270

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Johnson • WSH 2.052

2. Shocker • SLB 1.692

3. Pennock • NYY 1.578

4. Shawkey • NYY 1.541

5. Ehmke • BOS 1.469

6. Quinn • BOS 1.231

7. Collins • DET 1.190

8. Stoner • DET 1.015

9. Heimach • PHA 1.000

10. Marberry • WSH 0.971

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Mogridge • WSH 0.085

2. Heimach • PHA 0.091

3. Marberry • WSH 0.138

4. Burns • PHA 0.175

5. Smith • CLE 0.182

6. Zachary • WSH 0.222

7. Coveleski • CLE 0.225

8. Connally • CHW 0.225

9. Ferguson • BOS 0.227

10. Wingard • SLB 0.248

Losses

1. Ehmke • BOS 17

Shaute • CLE 17

Ferguson • BOS 17

4. Coveleski • CLE 16

Bush • NYY 16

6. Rommel • PHA 15

Uhle • CLE 15

8. Smith • CLE 14

Thurston • CHW 14

10. Shocker • SLB 13

Connally • CHW 13

Hoyt • NYY 13

Davis • SLB 13

Quinn • BOS 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Thurston • CHW 123

2. Rommel • PHA 122

3. Ehmke • BOS 121

4. Shaute • CLE 118

5. Lyons • CHW 117

6. Shocker • SLB 115

7. Stoner • DET 113

8. Danforth • SLB 110

9. Coveleski • CLE 108

10. Heimach • PHA 104

Hoyt • NYY 104

Uhle • CLE 104

Wild Pitches

1. Bush • NYY 7

Meeker • PHA 7

3. Thurston • CHW 5

Uhle • CLE 5

Jones • NYY 5

Coveleski • CLE 5

Shawkey • NYY 5

Shaute • CLE 5

9. Faber • CHW 4

Johnson • WSH 4

Leverett • CHW 4

Wingard • SLB 4

Pennock • NYY 4

Ehmke • BOS 4

Lyons • CHW 4

Collins • DET 4

Pipgras • NYY 4

Piercy • BOS 4

Connally • CHW 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Uhle • CLE 13

Whitehill • DET 13

3. Quinn • BOS 12

4. Ehmke • BOS 11

5. Piercy • BOS 10

Johnson • WSH 10

7. Marberry • WSH 9

Vangilder • SLB 9

Connally • CHW 9

10. Bayne • SLB 8

Batters Faced

1. Ehmke • BOS 1,349

2. Thurston • CHW 1,237

3. Shaute • CLE 1,223

4. Pennock • NYY 1,201

5. Rommel • PHA 1,183

6. Johnson • WSH 1,148

7. Bush • NYY 1,106

8. Hoyt • NYY 1,088

9. Coveleski • CLE 1,076

10. Ferguson • BOS 1,063

Games Finished

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

1. Marberry • WSH 31

2. Connally • CHW 25

3. Holloway • DET 22

4. Dauss • DET 20

Gaston • NYY 20

Ross • BOS 20

7. Russell • WSH 18

8. Lyons • CHW 15

9. Pruett • SLB 14

Speece • WSH 14

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Johnson • WSH 149

2. Baumgartner • PHA 148

3. Pennock • NYY 148

4. Zachary • WSH 148

5. Smith • CLE 142

6. Quinn • BOS 134

7. Marberry • WSH 132

8. Wingard • SLB 129

9. Collins • DET 128

10. Ehmke • BOS 126

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Johnson • WSH 3.48

2. Ehmke • BOS 3.70

3. Heimach • PHA 3.70

4. Shocker • SLB 3.74

5. Pennock • NYY 3.77

6. Smith • CLE 3.79

7. Collins • DET 3.80

8. Mogridge • WSH 3.84

9. Shawkey • NYY 3.91

10. Zachary • WSH 3.91

Adj. Pitching Runs

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

1. Pennock • NYY 45

2. Johnson • WSH 44

3. Ehmke • BOS 33

4. Zachary • WSH 31

5. Smith • CLE 30

6. Baumgartner • PHA 27

7. Quinn • BOS 23

8. Wingard • SLB 22

9. Collins • DET 19

10. Marberry • WSH 19

Adj. Pitching Wins

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

1. Pennock • NYY 4.5

2. Johnson • WSH 4.5

3. Ehmke • BOS 3.2

4. Zachary • WSH 3.1

5. Smith • CLE 2.9

6. Baumgartner • PHA 2.6

7. Quinn • BOS 2.2

8. Wingard • SLB 2.2

9. Collins • DET 1.9

10. Ogden • 2TM 1.8

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

Base-Out Runs Saved Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and above 0 is better than average

1. Johnson • WSH 53.60

2. Pennock • NYY 53.08

3. Zachary • WSH 34.03

4. Collins • DET 29.50

5. Ehmke • BOS 28.36

6. Smith • CLE 26.85

7. Bush • NYY 23.40

8. Marberry • WSH 22.93

9. Ogden • 2TM 22.60

10. Mogridge • WSH 22.31

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Pennock • NYY 6.5

2. Johnson • WSH 4.8

3. Marberry • WSH 4.5

4. Rommel • PHA 3.0

5. Zachary • WSH 2.8

6. Mogridge • WSH 2.8

7. Hoyt • NYY 2.8

8. Baumgartner • PHA 2.7

9. Quinn • BOS 2.5

10. Wingard • SLB 2.1

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

Situational Wins (WPA/LI) It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play. WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats. This stat does not.

1. Johnson • WSH 5.3

2. Smith • CLE 3.4

3. Mogridge • WSH 3.1

4. Zachary • WSH 3.0

5. Collins • DET 2.9

6. Pennock • NYY 2.9

7. Rommel • PHA 2.4

8. Marberry • WSH 2.3

9. Shaute • CLE 2.1

10. Quinn • BOS 2.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Pennock • NYY 30.3

2. Johnson • WSH 20.3

3. Zachary • WSH 17.5

4. Marberry • WSH 13.0

5. Jones • NYY 10.4

6. Hoyt • NYY 10.2

7. Ogden • 2TM 6.0

8. Wingard • SLB 6.0

9. Quinn • BOS 4.7

10. Danforth • SLB 4.5

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

Base-Out Wins Saved This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Johnson • WSH 5.6

2. Pennock • NYY 5.4

3. Zachary • WSH 3.5

4. Collins • DET 3.0

5. Ehmke • BOS 2.7

6. Smith • CLE 2.6

7. Ogden • 2TM 2.4

8. Bush • NYY 2.3

9. Marberry • WSH 2.3

10. Mogridge • WSH 2.2

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