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1933 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: Washington Nationals

AL Most Valuable Player: Jimmie Foxx

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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. Foxx • PHA 8.9

2. Grove • PHA 7.3

3. Gehringer • DET 7.2

4. Gehrig • NYY 7.1

5. Cronin • WSH 7.1

6. Hadley • SLB 6.9

7. Cochrane • PHA 6.2

8. Ruth • NYY 6.2

9. Harder • CLE 5.4

10. Appling • CHW 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 8.4

2. Hadley • SLB 7.4

3. Harder • CLE 5.6

4. Marberry • DET 5.4

5. Pearson • CLE 4.8

6. Whitehill • WSH 4.7

7. Bridges • DET 4.3

8. Wells • SLB 4.1

9. Weiland • BOS 3.9

10. Crowder • WSH 3.8

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. Harder • CLE 2.95

2. Bridges • DET 3.09

3. Gomez • NYY 3.18

4. Grove • PHA 3.20

5. Marberry • DET 3.29

6. Whitehill • WSH 3.33

7. Jones • CHW 3.36

8. Brown • CLE 3.41

9. Fischer • DET 3.55

10. Hildebrand • CLE 3.76

Wins

1. Grove • PHA 24

Crowder • WSH 24

3. Whitehill • WSH 22

4. Gomez • NYY 16

Hildebrand • CLE 16

Marberry • DET 16

7. Stewart • WSH 15

Hadley • SLB 15

Harder • CLE 15

Allen • NYY 15

Blaeholder • SLB 15

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. Van Atta • NYY .750

Grove • PHA .750

3. Whitehill • WSH .733

4. Stewart • WSH .714

5. Allen • NYY .682

6. Russell • WSH .667

7. Durham • CHW .625

8. Crowder • WSH .615

Gomez • NYY .615

10. Hildebrand • CLE .593

Marberry • DET .593

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Marberry • DET 1.229

2. Stewart • WSH 1.244

3. Harder • CLE 1.269

4. Brown • CLE 1.276

5. Bridges • DET 1.296

6. Crowder • WSH 1.310

7. Grove • PHA 1.318

8. Hildebrand • CLE 1.330

9. Sorrell • DET 1.337

10. Weiland • BOS 1.373

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Bridges • DET 7.416

2. Weiland • BOS 8.196

3. Allen • NYY 8.334

4. Gomez • NYY 8.361

5. Hildebrand • CLE 8.374

6. Fischer • DET 8.672

7. Marberry • DET 8.761

8. Hadley • SLB 8.782

9. Ruffing • NYY 8.809

10. Stewart • WSH 8.857

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • CLE 1.654

2. Marberry • DET 2.303

3. Stewart • WSH 2.341

4. Harder • CLE 2.383

5. Blaeholder • SLB 2.429

6. Crowder • WSH 2.435

7. Grove • PHA 2.713

8. Wells • SLB 2.784

9. Lyons • CHW 2.921

10. Sorrell • DET 3.017

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Gomez • NYY 6.251

2. Allen • NYY 5.800

3. Ruffing • NYY 4.672

4. Bridges • DET 4.635

5. Fischer • DET 4.582

6. Van Atta • NYY 4.357

7. Hadley • SLB 4.235

8. Weiland • BOS 4.035

9. Pipgras • 2TM 3.905

10. Johnson • BOS 3.766

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Crowder • WSH 52

2. Russell • WSH 50

3. Welch • BOS 47

4. Kline • BOS 46

5. Hogsett • DET 45

Grove • PHA 45

Hadley • SLB 45

8. Harder • CLE 43

9. Brown • 2TM 41

Connally • CLE 41

Saves

1. Russell • WSH 13

2. Hogsett • DET 9

3. Moore • NYY 8

4. Heving • CHW 6

Grove • PHA 6

6. Faber • CHW 5

McAfee • WSH 5

8. Pennock • NYY 4

Kline • BOS 4

Crowder • WSH 4

Walberg • PHA 4

Gray • SLB 4

Harder • CLE 4

Innings Pitched

1. Hadley • SLB 316.2

2. Crowder • WSH 299.1

3. Grove • PHA 275.1

4. Whitehill • WSH 270.0

5. Blaeholder • SLB 255.2

6. Harder • CLE 253.0

7. Marberry • DET 238.1

8. Ruffing • NYY 235.0

9. Gomez • NYY 234.2

10. Bridges • DET 233.0

Strikeouts

1. Gomez • NYY 163

2. Hadley • SLB 149

3. Ruffing • NYY 122

4. Bridges • DET 120

5. Allen • NYY 119

6. Grove • PHA 114

7. Crowder • WSH 110

8. Weiland • BOS 97

9. Whitehill • WSH 96

10. Fischer • DET 93

Games Started

1. Whitehill • WSH 37

2. Hadley • SLB 36

Blaeholder • SLB 36

4. Crowder • WSH 35

5. Marberry • DET 32

Cain • PHA 32

7. Harder • CLE 31

Hildebrand • CLE 31

Stewart • WSH 31

10. Gomez • NYY 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Grove • PHA 21

2. Whitehill • WSH 19

Hadley • SLB 19

4. Ruffing • NYY 18

5. Bridges • DET 17

Crowder • WSH 17

7. Ferrell • CLE 16

Cain • PHA 16

9. Marberry • DET 15

Hildebrand • CLE 15

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Hildebrand • CLE 6

2. Gomez • NYY 4

3. Blaeholder • SLB 3

4. Jones • CHW 2

Pipgras • 2TM 2

Brown • 2TM 2

Whitehill • WSH 2

Van Atta • NYY 2

Miller • CHW 2

Marcum • PHA 2

Lyons • CHW 2

Harder • CLE 2

Grove • PHA 2

Hadley • SLB 2

Bridges • DET 2

Brown • CLE 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Blaeholder • SLB 24

2. Weiland • BOS 19

Stewart • WSH 19

4. Sorrell • DET 18

Cain • PHA 18

6. Hadley • SLB 17

7. Gomez • NYY 16

8. Crowder • WSH 14

9. Marberry • DET 13

Wells • SLB 13

Rhodes • BOS 13

Johnson • BOS 13

Jones • CHW 13

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Hadley • SLB 141

2. Cain • PHA 137

3. Bridges • DET 110

4. Gomez • NYY 106

5. Weiland • BOS 100

Whitehill • WSH 100

7. Walberg • PHA 95

8. Rhodes • BOS 93

Ruffing • NYY 93

10. Hildebrand • CLE 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Crowder • WSH 311

2. Hadley • SLB 309

3. Blaeholder • SLB 283

4. Grove • PHA 280

5. Whitehill • WSH 271

6. Lyons • CHW 260

7. Harder • CLE 254

8. Cain • PHA 244

9. Rhodes • BOS 242

10. Brown • 2TM 237

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. Gomez • NYY 1.538

2. Brown • CLE 1.382

3. Marberry • DET 1.377

4. Grove • PHA 1.373

5. Allen • NYY 1.368

6. Crowder • WSH 1.358

7. Ruffing • NYY 1.312

8. Pipgras • 2TM 1.228

9. Harder • CLE 1.209

10. Van Atta • NYY 1.206

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • 2TM 0.222

2. Fischer • DET 0.246

3. Mahaffey • PHA 0.251

4. Ruffing • NYY 0.268

5. Whitehill • WSH 0.300

6. Bridges • DET 0.309

7. Hildebrand • CLE 0.327

8. Pipgras • 2TM 0.335

9. Harder • CLE 0.356

10. Ferrell • CLE 0.358

Losses

1. Lyons • CHW 21

2. Hadley • SLB 20

3. Blaeholder • SLB 19

4. Brown • 2TM 17

Harder • CLE 17

6. Crowder • WSH 15

Fischer • DET 15

Sorrell • DET 15

Rhodes • BOS 15

10. Wells • SLB 14

Weiland • BOS 14

Ruffing • NYY 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hadley • SLB 138

2. Blaeholder • SLB 134

3. Crowder • WSH 132

4. Lyons • CHW 111

5. Walberg • PHA 109

6. Rhodes • BOS 104

Brown • 2TM 104

8. Mahaffey • PHA 103

Cain • PHA 103

10. Ruffing • NYY 102

Wild Pitches

1. Brown • 2TM 10

Lyons • CHW 10

Allen • NYY 10

4. McDonald • 2TM 9

5. Hadley • SLB 8

6. Barrett • PHA 6

Whitehill • WSH 6

Johnson • BOS 6

Gomez • NYY 6

10. Jones • CHW 5

Walberg • PHA 5

Hildebrand • CLE 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Miller • CHW 6

Bridges • DET 6

Kline • BOS 6

4. Weiland • BOS 5

Durham • CHW 5

6. Hogsett • DET 4

Wyatt • 2TM 4

Whitehill • WSH 4

Ruffing • NYY 4

Mahaffey • PHA 4

Kimsey • CHW 4

Jones • CHW 4

Allen • NYY 4

Grove • PHA 4

Batters Faced

1. Hadley • SLB 1,365

2. Crowder • WSH 1,268

3. Grove • PHA 1,173

4. Whitehill • WSH 1,149

5. Blaeholder • SLB 1,091

6. Harder • CLE 1,073

7. Cain • PHA 1,030

8. Gomez • NYY 1,027

9. Rhodes • BOS 1,019

10. Lyons • CHW 1,016

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. Hogsett • DET 34

2. Russell • WSH 31

3. Welch • BOS 30

4. Moore • NYY 26

5. Faber • CHW 24

6. Gray • SLB 21

Kline • BOS 21

8. Heving • CHW 20

Connally • CLE 20

10. Wyatt • 2TM 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Harder • CLE 152

2. Bridges • DET 139

3. Grove • PHA 134

4. Brown • CLE 132

5. Marberry • DET 131

6. Jones • CHW 125

7. Whitehill • WSH 125

8. Gomez • NYY 123

9. Fischer • DET 121

10. Hildebrand • CLE 120

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. Ruffing • NYY 3.49

2. Grove • PHA 3.59

3. Harder • CLE 3.61

4. Pipgras • 2TM 3.62

5. Crowder • WSH 3.62

6. Fischer • DET 3.67

7. Brown • CLE 3.68

8. Marberry • DET 3.69

9. Allen • NYY 3.73

10. Gomez • NYY 3.76

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. Harder • CLE 35

2. Grove • PHA 34

3. Pearson • CLE 30

4. Marberry • DET 28

5. Whitehill • WSH 28

6. Bridges • DET 28

7. Hadley • SLB 27

8. Brown • CLE 21

9. Russell • WSH 20

10. Weaver • 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. Harder • CLE 3.5

2. Grove • PHA 3.3

3. Pearson • CLE 3.1

4. Marberry • DET 2.8

5. Whitehill • WSH 2.7

6. Bridges • DET 2.7

7. Hadley • SLB 2.6

8. Brown • CLE 2.1

9. Russell • WSH 2.0

10. Weaver • WSH 1.9

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 39.05

2. Marberry • DET 33.60

3. Whitehill • WSH 32.24

4. Pearson • CLE 29.80

5. Harder • CLE 28.68

6. Bridges • DET 26.66

7. Hadley • SLB 22.51

8. Brown • CLE 22.16

9. Gomez • NYY 21.21

10. Weiland • BOS 20.45

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. Grove • PHA 5.5

2. Harder • CLE 4.5

3. Bridges • DET 4.1

4. Brown • CLE 3.8

5. Weiland • BOS 3.7

6. Whitehill • WSH 3.3

7. Stewart • WSH 2.9

8. Marberry • DET 2.8

9. Pearson • CLE 2.6

10. Gomez • NYY 2.5

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 3.2

2. Harder • CLE 3.1

3. Whitehill • WSH 2.7

4. Bridges • DET 2.6

5. Hildebrand • CLE 2.5

6. Pearson • CLE 2.5

7. Marberry • DET 2.4

8. Brown • CLE 2.4

9. Hadley • SLB 2.4

10. Gomez • NYY 2.3

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. Whitehill • WSH 9.1

2. Stewart • WSH 6.6

3. Crowder • WSH 5.2

4. Hildebrand • CLE 4.2

5. Harder • CLE 4.1

6. Brown • CLE 3.7

7. Grove • PHA 3.3

8. Weaver • WSH 3.1

9. Bridges • DET 2.3

10. Ferrell • 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 3.9

2. Marberry • DET 3.3

3. Whitehill • WSH 3.2

4. Pearson • CLE 3.0

5. Harder • CLE 2.7

6. Bridges • DET 2.6

7. Gomez • NYY 2.2

8. Brown • CLE 2.1

9. Hadley • SLB 2.1

10. Weaver • WSH 2.1

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