1928 American League Pitching Leaders

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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 10.1

2. Gehrig • NYY 9.5

3. Goslin • WSH 7.5

4. Manush • SLB 7.3

5. Grove • PHA 7.2

6. Thomas • CHW 7.0

7. Jones • WSH 6.2

8. Pennock • NYY 5.9

9. Braxton • WSH 5.6

10. Sewell • CLE 5.4

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. Grove • PHA 7.1

2. Thomas • CHW 6.6

3. Braxton • WSH 6.0

4. Pennock • NYY 5.9

5. Jones • WSH 5.4

6. Carroll • DET 5.2

7. Gray • SLB 5.0

8. Pipgras • NYY 4.9

9. Hoyt • NYY 4.9

10. Crowder • SLB 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. Braxton • WSH 2.51

2. Pennock • NYY 2.56

3. Grove • PHA 2.58

4. Jones • WSH 2.84

5. Quinn • PHA 2.90

6. Rommel • PHA 3.06

7. Thomas • CHW 3.08

8. Gray • SLB 3.19

9. Carroll • DET 3.27

10. Hoyt • NYY 3.36

Wins

1. Grove • PHA 24

Pipgras • NYY 24

3. Hoyt • NYY 23

4. Crowder • SLB 21

5. Gray • SLB 20

6. Morris • BOS 19

7. Quinn • PHA 18

8. Walberg • PHA 17

Jones • WSH 17

Thomas • CHW 17

Pennock • NYY 17

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. Crowder • SLB .808

2. Hoyt • NYY .767

3. Grove • PHA .750

4. Pennock • NYY .739

5. Rommel • PHA .722

6. Quinn • PHA .720

7. Jones • WSH .708

8. Pipgras • NYY .649

9. Gray • SLB .625

10. Johnson • NYY .609

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Braxton • WSH 1.012

2. Grove • PHA 1.116

3. Rommel • PHA 1.169

4. Pennock • NYY 1.209

5. Hoyt • NYY 1.242

6. Thomas • CHW 1.247

7. Marberry • WSH 1.252

8. Walberg • PHA 1.273

9. Jones • WSH 1.277

10. Quinn • PHA 1.292

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Braxton • WSH 7.296

2. Grove • PHA 7.842

3. Earnshaw • PHA 8.128

4. Jones • WSH 8.372

5. Johnson • NYY 8.503

6. Carroll • DET 8.532

7. Gray • SLB 8.772

8. Crowder • SLB 8.779

9. Thomas • CHW 8.809

10. Morris • BOS 8.907

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Rommel • PHA 1.347

2. Quinn • PHA 1.448

3. Pennock • NYY 1.706

4. Braxton • WSH 1.814

5. Russell • BOS 1.833

6. Hoyt • NYY 1.978

7. Uhle • CLE 2.016

8. Blaeholder • SLB 2.184

9. Grove • PHA 2.201

10. Marberry • WSH 2.343

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Earnshaw • PHA 6.651

2. Grove • PHA 6.294

3. Johnson • NYY 4.975

4. Walberg • PHA 4.277

5. Whitehill • DET 4.263

6. Marberry • WSH 4.240

7. Pipgras • NYY 4.161

8. Thomas • CHW 4.102

9. Braxton • WSH 3.875

10. Ruffing • BOS 3.671

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marberry • WSH 48

2. Morris • BOS 47

3. Pipgras • NYY 46

4. Rommel • PHA 43

5. Hoyt • NYY 42

Hudlin • CLE 42

Ruffing • BOS 42

8. Crowder • SLB 41

9. Grove • PHA 39

Lyons • CHW 39

Smith • DET 39

Saves

1. Hoyt • NYY 8

2. Lyons • CHW 7

Hudlin • CLE 7

4. Braxton • WSH 6

5. Vangilder • DET 5

Morris • BOS 5

7. Stoner • DET 4

Rommel • PHA 4

9. Bayne • CLE 3

Thomas • CHW 3

Stewart • SLB 3

Smith • DET 3

Pipgras • NYY 3

Pennock • NYY 3

Moore • NYY 3

Grove • PHA 3

Gray • SLB 3

Blaeholder • SLB 3

Innings Pitched

1. Pipgras • NYY 300.2

2. Ruffing • BOS 289.1

3. Thomas • CHW 283.0

4. Hoyt • NYY 273.0

5. Gray • SLB 262.2

6. Grove • PHA 261.2

7. Morris • BOS 257.2

8. Shaute • CLE 253.2

9. Crowder • SLB 244.0

10. Ogden • SLB 242.2

Strikeouts

1. Grove • PHA 183

2. Pipgras • NYY 139

3. Thomas • CHW 129

4. Ruffing • BOS 118

5. Earnshaw • PHA 117

6. Walberg • PHA 112

7. Johnson • NYY 110

8. Morris • BOS 104

9. Gray • SLB 102

10. Crowder • SLB 99

Games Started

1. Pipgras • NYY 38

2. Ruffing • BOS 34

3. Thomas • CHW 32

4. Shaute • CLE 31

Hadley • WSH 31

Grove • PHA 31

Gray • SLB 31

Hoyt • NYY 31

Crowder • SLB 31

Ogden • SLB 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Ruffing • BOS 25

2. Grove • PHA 24

Thomas • CHW 24

4. Pipgras • NYY 22

5. Gray • SLB 21

Shaute • CLE 21

Lyons • CHW 21

8. Morris • BOS 20

9. Hoyt • NYY 19

Jones • WSH 19

Crowder • SLB 19

Carroll • DET 19

Pennock • NYY 19

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Pennock • NYY 5

2. Pipgras • NYY 4

Quinn • PHA 4

Jones • WSH 4

Grove • PHA 4

6. Hoyt • NYY 3

Walberg • PHA 3

Earnshaw • PHA 3

Hadley • WSH 3

Gaston • WSH 3

Thomas • CHW 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ogden • SLB 23

Blaeholder • SLB 23

3. Walberg • PHA 19

4. Hoyt • NYY 16

Stoner • DET 16

Johnson • NYY 16

7. Thomas • CHW 14

8. MacFayden • BOS 12

Adkins • CHW 12

10. Rommel • PHA 11

Gray • SLB 11

Faber • CHW 11

Crowder • SLB 11

Lyons • CHW 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Johnson • NYY 104

2. Pipgras • NYY 103

3. Earnshaw • PHA 100

Hadley • WSH 100

5. Ruffing • BOS 96

6. Crowder • SLB 91

7. Hudlin • CLE 90

8. Adkins • CHW 89

9. Carroll • DET 87

10. Gray • SLB 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pipgras • NYY 314

2. Ruffing • BOS 303

3. Shaute • CLE 295

4. Hoyt • NYY 279

5. Thomas • CHW 277

6. Lyons • CHW 276

7. Ogden • SLB 257

8. Gray • SLB 256

9. Morris • BOS 255

10. Uhle • CLE 252

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. Grove • PHA 2.859

2. Braxton • WSH 2.136

3. Marberry • WSH 1.810

4. Walberg • PHA 1.750

5. Thomas • CHW 1.697

6. Blaeholder • SLB 1.673

7. Uhle • CLE 1.542

8. Rommel • PHA 1.423

9. Pipgras • NYY 1.350

10. Pennock • NYY 1.325

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Pennock • NYY 0.085

2. Pipgras • NYY 0.120

3. Quinn • PHA 0.128

4. Hadley • WSH 0.155

5. Jones • WSH 0.200

6. Marberry • WSH 0.223

7. Vangilder • DET 0.230

8. Carroll • DET 0.234

9. Morris • BOS 0.245

10. Ruffing • BOS 0.249

Losses

1. Ruffing • BOS 25

2. Shaute • CLE 17

Uhle • CLE 17

4. Ogden • SLB 16

Whitehill • DET 16

Adkins • CHW 16

Thomas • CHW 16

8. MacFayden • BOS 15

Morris • BOS 15

Blaeholder • SLB 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ruffing • BOS 125

2. Shaute • CLE 114

3. Pipgras • NYY 113

4. Ogden • SLB 112

5. Lyons • CHW 106

6. Blaeholder • SLB 104

7. MacFayden • BOS 103

8. Hoyt • NYY 102

9. Morris • BOS 101

10. Crowder • SLB 100

Wild Pitches

1. Earnshaw • PHA 7

Shaute • CLE 7

3. Jones • WSH 5

Walsh • CHW 5

Pipgras • NYY 5

Grant • CLE 5

7. Billings • DET 4

Johnson • NYY 4

Hudlin • CLE 4

Grove • PHA 4

Ruffing • BOS 4

Blankenship • CHW 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • NYY 12

2. Bayne • CLE 10

Ruffing • BOS 10

4. Uhle • CLE 8

Hadley • WSH 8

6. MacFayden • BOS 7

Hudlin • CLE 7

Gibson • DET 7

Quinn • PHA 7

Carroll • DET 7

Batters Faced

1. Pipgras • NYY 1,298

2. Ruffing • BOS 1,246

3. Thomas • CHW 1,180

4. Hoyt • NYY 1,138

5. Gray • SLB 1,104

6. Shaute • CLE 1,093

7. Morris • BOS 1,087

8. Grove • PHA 1,064

9. Ogden • SLB 1,050

10. Lyons • CHW 1,043

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 26

2. Bayne • CLE 21

Vangilder • DET 21

Smith • DET 21

5. Simmons • BOS 19

6. Moore • NYY 18

Rommel • PHA 18

8. Stoner • DET 16

9. Holloway • DET 15

Morris • BOS 15

Orwoll • PHA 15

Cox • CHW 15

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Braxton • WSH 159

2. Grove • PHA 155

3. Pennock • NYY 149

4. Jones • WSH 141

5. Quinn • PHA 138

6. Gray • SLB 132

7. Thomas • CHW 131

8. Rommel • PHA 131

9. Carroll • DET 126

10. Morris • BOS 115

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. Grove • PHA 2.93

2. Pennock • NYY 3.28

3. Marberry • WSH 3.30

4. Braxton • WSH 3.32

5. Pipgras • NYY 3.39

6. Quinn • PHA 3.45

7. Morris • BOS 3.62

8. Uhle • CLE 3.67

9. Thomas • CHW 3.67

10. Ruffing • BOS 3.73

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. Grove • PHA 40

2. Braxton • WSH 34

3. Pennock • NYY 31

4. Thomas • CHW 31

5. Jones • WSH 27

6. Gray • SLB 25

7. Quinn • PHA 22

8. Carroll • DET 21

9. Rommel • PHA 19

10. Pipgras • NYY 16

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. Grove • PHA 4.1

2. Braxton • WSH 3.5

3. Pennock • NYY 3.2

4. Thomas • CHW 3.1

5. Jones • WSH 2.8

6. Gray • SLB 2.5

7. Quinn • PHA 2.2

8. Carroll • DET 2.2

9. Rommel • PHA 1.8

10. Crowder • SLB 1.6

Pipgras • NYY 1.6

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. Grove • PHA 49.68

2. Pennock • NYY 38.17

3. Braxton • WSH 37.14

4. Hoyt • NYY 29.90

5. Rommel • PHA 28.24

6. Hadley • WSH 27.78

7. Thomas • CHW 27.28

8. Pipgras • NYY 27.07

9. Quinn • PHA 21.17

10. Ruffing • BOS 16.95

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Grove • PHA 5.6

2. Pennock • NYY 4.8

3. Rommel • PHA 4.7

4. Hoyt • NYY 4.5

5. Braxton • WSH 3.9

6. Pipgras • NYY 3.4

7. Crowder • SLB 3.0

8. Hudlin • CLE 2.5

9. Gray • SLB 2.1

10. Thomas • CHW 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. Grove • PHA 5.4

2. Braxton • WSH 4.1

3. Pennock • NYY 3.6

4. Pipgras • NYY 2.9

5. Rommel • PHA 2.7

6. Quinn • PHA 2.6

7. Gray • SLB 2.1

8. Hadley • WSH 2.0

9. Walberg • PHA 2.0

10. Thomas • CHW 1.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Hoyt • NYY 13.2

2. Pipgras • NYY 11.4

3. Pennock • NYY 9.1

4. Rommel • PHA 7.3

5. Grove • PHA 6.0

6. Quinn • PHA 5.6

7. Zachary • 2TM 5.2

8. Johnson • NYY 3.3

9. Walberg • PHA 3.0

10. Shaute • CLE 2.0

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. Grove • PHA 5.2

2. Pennock • NYY 4.1

3. Braxton • WSH 3.8

4. Hoyt • NYY 3.1

5. Rommel • PHA 2.8

6. Hadley • WSH 2.8

7. Pipgras • NYY 2.8

8. Thomas • CHW 2.8

9. Quinn • PHA 2.1

10. Ruffing • BOS 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