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1942 American League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe Gordon

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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. Williams • BOS 10.4

2. Gordon • NYY 7.7

3. Keller • NYY 6.7

4. DiMaggio • NYY 6.4

5. Hughson • BOS 6.3

6. Pesky • BOS 6.1

7. Rizzuto • NYY 5.7

8. Doerr • BOS 5.4

9. White • DET 5.3

10. DiMaggio • BOS 5.3

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. Hughson • BOS 6.2

2. Benton • DET 5.6

3. White • DET 5.5

4. Lyons • CHW 4.8

5. Niggeling • SLB 4.7

6. Newhouser • DET 4.1

7. Trucks • DET 4.1

8. Bonham • NYY 4.0

9. Humphries • CHW 3.9

10. Trout • DET 3.9

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. Lyons • CHW 2.10

2. Bonham • NYY 2.27

3. Chandler • NYY 2.38

4. Newhouser • DET 2.45

5. Borowy • NYY 2.52

6. Hughson • BOS 2.59

7. Niggeling • SLB 2.66

8. Humphries • CHW 2.68

9. Trucks • DET 2.74

10. Bridges • DET 2.74

Wins

1. Hughson • BOS 22

2. Bonham • NYY 21

3. Bagby • CLE 17

Marchildon • PHA 17

5. Chandler • NYY 16

6. Borowy • NYY 15

Niggeling • SLB 15

8. Lyons • CHW 14

Auker • SLB 14

Ruffing • NYY 14

Wagner • BOS 14

Trucks • DET 14

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. Bonham • NYY .808

2. Borowy • NYY .789

3. Hughson • BOS .786

4. Chandler • NYY .762

5. Lyons • CHW .700

6. Ruffing • NYY .667

7. Bagby • CLE .654

8. Trucks • DET .636

9. Hollingsworth • SLB .625

10. Niggeling • SLB .577

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Bonham • NYY 0.987

2. Lyons • CHW 1.070

3. Ruffing • NYY 1.157

4. Breuer • NYY 1.181

5. Hughson • BOS 1.185

6. Dobson • BOS 1.221

7. Bagby • CLE 1.223

8. Chandler • NYY 1.246

9. Borowy • NYY 1.250

10. Humphries • CHW 1.253

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Newhouser • DET 6.713

2. Niggeling • SLB 7.546

3. Dobson • BOS 7.637

4. Trucks • DET 7.891

5. Chandler • NYY 7.894

6. Harris • PHA 7.916

7. Borowy • NYY 7.923

8. Bonham • NYY 7.925

9. Marchildon • PHA 7.930

10. Wagner • BOS 8.065

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Bonham • NYY 0.956

2. Lyons • CHW 1.298

3. Ruffing • NYY 1.905

4. Breuer • NYY 2.026

5. Bagby • CLE 2.128

6. Humphries • CHW 2.326

7. Hughson • BOS 2.402

8. Hudson • WSH 2.632

9. Wolff • PHA 2.897

10. Hollingsworth • SLB 2.907

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Newhouser • DET 5.047

2. Bridges • DET 5.017

3. Trucks • DET 4.885

4. Newsom • WSH 4.760

5. Niggeling • SLB 4.667

6. Benton • DET 4.368

7. Borowy • NYY 4.290

8. Marchildon • PHA 4.057

9. Wolff • PHA 3.947

10. Breuer • NYY 3.943

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Haynes • CHW 40

2. Caster • SLB 39

3. Bagby • CLE 38

Hughson • BOS 38

Marchildon • PHA 38

Newhouser • DET 38

7. Zuber • WSH 37

8. Auker • SLB 35

Benton • DET 35

Carrasquel • WSH 35

Hudson • WSH 35

Trout • DET 35

Saves

1. Murphy • NYY 11

2. Haynes • CHW 6

Brown • BOS 6

4. Newhouser • DET 5

Caster • SLB 5

6. Hughson • BOS 4

Gorsica • DET 4

Hollingsworth • SLB 4

Carrasquel • WSH 4

10. Heving • CLE 3

Ryba • BOS 3

Ferrick • CLE 3

Innings Pitched

1. Hughson • BOS 281.0

2. Bagby • CLE 270.2

3. Auker • SLB 249.0

4. Marchildon • PHA 244.0

5. Hudson • WSH 239.1

6. Humphries • CHW 228.1

7. Benton • DET 226.2

8. Bonham • NYY 226.0

9. Trout • DET 223.0

10. White • DET 216.2

Strikeouts

1. Hughson • BOS 113

Newsom • WSH 113

3. Benton • DET 110

Marchildon • PHA 110

5. Niggeling • SLB 107

6. Newhouser • DET 103

7. Bridges • DET 97

8. Wolff • PHA 94

9. White • DET 93

10. Trout • DET 91

Trucks • DET 91

Games Started

1. Bagby • CLE 35

2. Auker • SLB 34

3. Marchildon • PHA 31

Hudson • WSH 31

5. Benton • DET 30

Hughson • BOS 30

7. Newsom • WSH 29

Trout • DET 29

Harder • CLE 29

10. Smith • CHW 28

Galehouse • SLB 28

Humphries • CHW 28

Wynn • WSH 28

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Bonham • NYY 22

Hughson • BOS 22

3. Lyons • CHW 20

4. Hudson • WSH 19

5. Marchildon • PHA 18

Smith • CHW 18

7. Auker • SLB 17

Humphries • CHW 17

Chandler • NYY 17

Wagner • BOS 17

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Bonham • NYY 6

2. Bagby • CLE 4

Ruffing • NYY 4

Masterson • WSH 4

Hughson • BOS 4

White • DET 4

Harder • CLE 4

Borowy • NYY 4

9. Chandler • NYY 3

Niggeling • SLB 3

Galehouse • SLB 3

Dobson • BOS 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bagby • CLE 19

2. Smith • CHW 17

3. Dietrich • CHW 16

Auker • SLB 16

Wolff • PHA 16

6. Trout • DET 15

7. Marchildon • PHA 14

Harris • PHA 14

9. Chandler • NYY 13

Fowler • PHA 13

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Marchildon • PHA 140

2. Newhouser • DET 114

3. Christopher • PHA 99

4. Wagner • BOS 95

5. Niggeling • SLB 93

6. Newsom • WSH 92

7. Judd • BOS 90

8. Trout • DET 89

9. Auker • SLB 86

Smith • CHW 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Auker • SLB 273

2. Bagby • CLE 267

3. Hudson • WSH 266

4. Hughson • BOS 258

5. Wynn • WSH 246

6. Newsom • WSH 236

7. Humphries • CHW 227

8. Smith • CHW 223

9. Marchildon • PHA 215

10. Trout • DET 214

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. Bonham • NYY 2.958

2. Ruffing • NYY 1.951

3. Breuer • NYY 1.946

4. Lyons • CHW 1.923

5. Bridges • DET 1.590

6. Hughson • BOS 1.507

7. Wolff • PHA 1.362

8. Benton • DET 1.310

9. Borowy • NYY 1.288

10. Trucks • DET 1.230

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Trucks • DET 0.161

2. Milnar • CLE 0.172

3. Newhouser • DET 0.196

4. Newsom • WSH 0.211

5. Wagner • BOS 0.219

6. Hollingsworth • SLB 0.224

7. Galehouse • SLB 0.234

8. White • DET 0.249

9. Wynn • WSH 0.284

10. Borowy • NYY 0.303

Losses

1. Smith • CHW 20

2. Trout • DET 18

3. Hudson • WSH 17

Newsom • WSH 17

5. Wynn • WSH 16

6. Harris • PHA 15

Wolff • PHA 15

Smith • CLE 15

9. Harder • CLE 14

Marchildon • PHA 14

Newhouser • DET 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Newsom • WSH 117

2. Hudson • WSH 116

3. Marchildon • PHA 114

4. Auker • SLB 113

5. Wynn • WSH 108

6. Smith • CHW 95

7. Besse • PHA 91

8. Bagby • CLE 89

9. Newsome • BOS 88

10. Dietrich • CHW 87

Wild Pitches

1. Marchildon • PHA 13

2. Trout • DET 8

3. Niggeling • SLB 7

Judd • BOS 7

Trucks • DET 7

6. Sundra • 2TM 5

Donald • NYY 5

Ross • CHW 5

Ostermueller • SLB 5

Smith • CHW 5

Haynes • CHW 5

Bridges • DET 5

Wolff • PHA 5

Zuber • WSH 5

Benton • DET 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Niggeling • SLB 11

2. Humphries • CHW 7

3. Dietrich • CHW 5

Smith • CLE 5

Hudson • WSH 5

Wagner • BOS 5

White • DET 5

8. Bridges • DET 4

Smith • CHW 4

Chandler • NYY 4

Trout • DET 4

Milnar • CLE 4

Besse • PHA 4

Marchildon • PHA 4

Galehouse • SLB 4

Batters Faced

1. Hughson • BOS 1,150

2. Bagby • CLE 1,111

3. Auker • SLB 1,093

4. Marchildon • PHA 1,081

5. Hudson • WSH 1,048

6. Humphries • CHW 967

7. Trout • DET 965

8. Newsom • WSH 957

9. Benton • DET 954

10. Smith • CHW 935

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. Haynes • CHW 35

2. Murphy • NYY 26

3. Caster • SLB 24

4. Brown • BOS 23

5. Eisenstat • CLE 19

Gorsica • DET 19

Zuber • WSH 19

8. Appleton • 2TM 16

9. Ferrick • CLE 15

Ryba • BOS 15

Lindell • NYY 15

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Lyons • CHW 171

2. Newhouser • DET 162

3. Bonham • NYY 152

4. Chandler • NYY 145

5. Trucks • DET 145

6. Bridges • DET 144

7. Hughson • BOS 144

8. Niggeling • SLB 140

9. Borowy • NYY 137

10. Benton • DET 136

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. Bonham • NYY 2.91

2. Bridges • DET 3.03

3. Hughson • BOS 3.05

4. Trucks • DET 3.08

5. Ruffing • NYY 3.10

6. Newsom • WSH 3.16

7. Hollingsworth • SLB 3.16

8. Borowy • NYY 3.17

9. Benton • DET 3.23

10. Breuer • NYY 3.26

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. Hughson • BOS 36

2. Bonham • NYY 32

3. Lyons • CHW 29

4. Chandler • NYY 25

5. White • DET 24

6. Benton • DET 24

7. Newhouser • DET 23

8. Niggeling • SLB 22

9. Humphries • CHW 21

10. Borowy • NYY 21

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. Hughson • BOS 3.9

2. Bonham • NYY 3.6

3. Lyons • CHW 3.3

4. Chandler • NYY 2.7

5. White • DET 2.6

6. Benton • DET 2.6

7. Newhouser • DET 2.4

8. Niggeling • SLB 2.4

9. Humphries • CHW 2.3

10. Borowy • NYY 2.2

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. Bonham • NYY 40.77

2. Hughson • BOS 36.89

3. Borowy • NYY 31.47

4. Chandler • NYY 31.31

5. Ruffing • NYY 22.70

6. White • DET 22.52

7. Benton • DET 22.08

8. Bagby • CLE 19.74

9. Humphries • CHW 18.27

10. Wagner • BOS 17.72

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. Bonham • NYY 5.0

2. Hughson • BOS 4.3

3. Borowy • NYY 3.4

4. Niggeling • SLB 3.3

5. Chandler • NYY 3.1

6. Trucks • DET 2.3

7. Bridges • DET 2.3

8. Bagby • CLE 2.1

9. Harder • CLE 1.9

10. Wagner • BOS 1.9

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. Bonham • NYY 4.2

2. Hughson • BOS 4.1

3. Borowy • NYY 2.6

4. Breuer • NYY 2.5

5. Ruffing • NYY 2.2

6. White • DET 2.2

7. Bagby • CLE 2.0

8. Benton • DET 1.9

9. Trout • DET 1.8

10. Ferrick • CLE 1.8

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. Chandler • NYY 9.4

2. Borowy • NYY 7.4

3. Bonham • NYY 6.7

4. Wagner • BOS 3.7

5. Benton • DET 3.4

6. Hughson • BOS 3.1

7. Bridges • DET 2.5

8. Russo • NYY 2.1

9. Murphy • NYY 2.0

10. Newhouser • DET 1.9

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. Bonham • NYY 4.8

2. Hughson • BOS 4.0

3. Borowy • NYY 3.6

4. Chandler • NYY 3.6

5. Ruffing • NYY 2.6

6. White • DET 2.3

7. Benton • DET 2.3

8. Bagby • CLE 2.2

9. Humphries • CHW 2.0

10. Wagner • BOS 1.9

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