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1943 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Spud Chandler

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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. Boudreau • CLE 8.0

2. Appling • CHW 7.3

3. Chandler • NYY 7.2

4. Keller • NYY 6.6

5. Gordon • NYY 6.5

6. York • DET 6.1

7. Trout • DET 5.4

8. Hughson • BOS 5.2

9. Doerr • BOS 5.2

10. Cullenbine • CLE 5.1

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. Chandler • NYY 6.4

2. Hughson • BOS 5.7

3. Trout • DET 5.0

4. Bonham • NYY 4.9

5. Bridges • DET 4.9

6. Flores • PHA 4.6

7. Galehouse • SLB 4.5

8. Niggeling • 2TM 4.4

9. Potter • SLB 3.9

10. Trucks • DET 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. Chandler • NYY 1.64

2. Bonham • NYY 2.27

3. Haefner • WSH 2.29

4. Bridges • DET 2.39

5. Trout • DET 2.48

6. Candini • WSH 2.49

7. Wensloff • NYY 2.54

8. Smith • CLE 2.55

9. Niggeling • 2TM 2.59

10. Hughson • BOS 2.64

Wins

1. Chandler • NYY 20

Trout • DET 20

3. Wynn • WSH 18

4. Bagby • CLE 17

Smith • CLE 17

6. Trucks • DET 16

7. Grove • CHW 15

Sundra • SLB 15

Bonham • NYY 15

10. Borowy • NYY 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. Chandler • NYY .833

2. Murphy • NYY .750

3. Smith • CLE .708

4. Haefner • WSH .688

5. Bonham • NYY .652

6. Judd • BOS .647

7. Bridges • DET .632

8. Trout • DET .625

Grove • CHW .625

10. Trucks • DET .615

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Chandler • NYY 0.992

2. Trucks • DET 1.095

3. Bonham • NYY 1.103

4. Niggeling • 2TM 1.108

5. Wensloff • NYY 1.115

6. Haefner • WSH 1.125

7. Bridges • DET 1.148

8. Hughson • BOS 1.184

9. Potter • SLB 1.188

10. Bagby • CLE 1.201

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Reynolds • CLE 6.342

2. Niggeling • 2TM 6.661

3. Haefner • WSH 6.859

4. Chandler • NYY 7.008

5. Wensloff • NYY 7.213

6. Trout • DET 7.443

7. Bridges • DET 7.466

8. Newhouser • DET 7.497

9. Trucks • DET 7.549

10. Judd • BOS 7.590

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Leonard • WSH 1.885

2. Chandler • NYY 1.921

3. Bonham • NYY 2.074

4. Muncrief • SLB 2.107

5. Trucks • DET 2.309

6. Hughson • BOS 2.470

7. Dietrich • CHW 2.555

8. Humphries • CHW 2.581

9. Harris • PHA 2.621

10. Bagby • CLE 2.637

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Reynolds • CLE 6.841

2. Newhouser • DET 6.624

3. Bridges • DET 5.823

4. Trucks • DET 5.240

5. Chandler • NYY 4.767

6. Borowy • NYY 4.679

7. Galehouse • SLB 4.580

8. Flores • PHA 4.396

9. Niggeling • 2TM 4.336

10. Potter • SLB 4.277

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brown • BOS 49

2. Trout • DET 44

3. Wolff • PHA 41

4. Ryba • BOS 40

5. Carrasquel • WSH 39

6. Maltzberger • CHW 37

Murphy • NYY 37

Newhouser • DET 37

Wynn • WSH 37

10. Bagby • CLE 36

Haefner • WSH 36

Saves

1. Maltzberger • CHW 14

2. Brown • BOS 9

Heving • CLE 9

4. Caster • SLB 8

Murphy • NYY 8

6. Trout • DET 6

Wolff • PHA 6

Haefner • WSH 6

9. Carrasquel • WSH 5

Gorsica • DET 5

Innings Pitched

1. Bagby • CLE 273.0

2. Hughson • BOS 266.0

3. Wynn • WSH 256.2

4. Chandler • NYY 253.0

5. Trout • DET 246.2

6. Flores • PHA 231.1

7. Bonham • NYY 225.2

8. Galehouse • SLB 224.0

9. Wensloff • NYY 223.1

10. Wolff • PHA 221.0

Strikeouts

1. Reynolds • CLE 151

2. Newhouser • DET 144

3. Chandler • NYY 134

4. Bridges • DET 124

5. Trucks • DET 118

6. Galehouse • SLB 114

Hughson • BOS 114

8. Borowy • NYY 113

Flores • PHA 113

10. Trout • DET 111

Games Started

1. Bagby • CLE 33

Wynn • WSH 33

3. Hughson • BOS 32

4. Chandler • NYY 30

Trout • DET 30

Leonard • WSH 30

7. Sundra • SLB 29

8. Galehouse • SLB 28

9. Flores • PHA 27

Smith • CLE 27

Muncrief • SLB 27

Wensloff • NYY 27

Borowy • NYY 27

Humphries • CHW 27

Harris • PHA 27

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hughson • BOS 20

Chandler • NYY 20

3. Grove • CHW 18

Wensloff • NYY 18

Trout • DET 18

6. Bonham • NYY 17

7. Bagby • CLE 16

8. Harris • PHA 15

Leonard • WSH 15

10. Smith • CHW 14

Galehouse • SLB 14

Smith • CLE 14

Borowy • NYY 14

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Chandler • NYY 5

Trout • DET 5

3. Bonham • NYY 4

Hughson • BOS 4

5. Muncrief • SLB 3

Reynolds • CLE 3

Salveson • CLE 3

Smith • CLE 3

Overmire • DET 3

Sundra • SLB 3

Bagby • CLE 3

Grove • CHW 3

Dobson • BOS 3

Wynn • WSH 3

Candini • WSH 3

Bridges • DET 3

Borowy • NYY 3

Niggeling • 2TM 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hughson • BOS 23

2. Harris • PHA 17

3. Bagby • CLE 15

Wynn • WSH 15

5. Bonham • NYY 13

Flores • PHA 13

Muncrief • SLB 13

8. Borowy • NYY 11

Potter • SLB 11

Trucks • DET 11

Wolff • PHA 11

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Newhouser • DET 111

2. Black • PHA 110

3. Reynolds • CLE 109

4. Trout • DET 101

5. Wynn • WSH 83

6. Bagby • CLE 80

7. Smith • CHW 76

8. Galehouse • SLB 74

Zuber • NYY 74

Niggeling • 2TM 74

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bagby • CLE 248

2. Hughson • BOS 242

3. Harris • PHA 241

4. Wolff • PHA 232

Wynn • WSH 232

6. Leonard • WSH 218

7. Galehouse • SLB 217

8. Sundra • SLB 212

9. Muncrief • SLB 211

10. Flores • PHA 208

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. Chandler • NYY 2.481

2. Trucks • DET 2.269

3. Bridges • DET 2.033

4. Muncrief • SLB 1.667

5. Flores • PHA 1.614

6. Borowy • NYY 1.569

7. Hughson • BOS 1.562

8. Galehouse • SLB 1.541

9. Wensloff • NYY 1.500

10. Potter • SLB 1.481

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Judd • BOS 0.116

2. Reynolds • CLE 0.136

3. Newhouser • DET 0.138

4. Candini • WSH 0.163

5. Chandler • NYY 0.178

6. Smith • CHW 0.192

7. Dietrich • CHW 0.193

8. Haefner • WSH 0.218

9. Trout • DET 0.219

10. Dobson • BOS 0.219

Losses

1. Harris • PHA 21

2. Newhouser • DET 17

3. Black • PHA 16

4. Wolff • PHA 15

Hughson • BOS 15

6. Flores • PHA 14

Bagby • CLE 14

8. Arntzen • PHA 13

Hollingsworth • SLB 13

Leonard • WSH 13

Newsome • BOS 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Harris • PHA 101

2. Black • PHA 97

3. Bagby • CLE 94

4. Wolff • PHA 87

5. Wynn • WSH 83

6. Flores • PHA 80

Leonard • WSH 80

8. Hughson • BOS 78

9. Arntzen • PHA 77

Newsome • BOS 77

Smith • CHW 77

Wild Pitches

1. Harris • PHA 8

2. Judd • BOS 7

3. Trout • DET 6

Leonard • WSH 6

5. Candini • WSH 5

Scarborough • WSH 5

Newsome • BOS 5

Humphries • CHW 5

9. Black • PHA 4

Niggeling • 2TM 4

Woods • BOS 4

Terry • BOS 4

Sundra • SLB 4

Reynolds • CLE 4

Hollingsworth • SLB 4

Dobson • BOS 4

Borowy • NYY 4

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Reynolds • CLE 7

2. Niggeling • 2TM 6

Humphries • CHW 6

Black • PHA 6

Swift • CHW 6

6. Flores • PHA 5

Arntzen • PHA 5

Newsome • BOS 5

Smith • CHW 5

10. Wade • CHW 4

Leonard • WSH 4

Chandler • NYY 4

Lee • CHW 4

Wolff • PHA 4

Haefner • WSH 4

Grove • CHW 4

Batters Faced

1. Bagby • CLE 1,135

2. Hughson • BOS 1,080

3. Wynn • WSH 1,067

4. Trout • DET 1,019

5. Chandler • NYY 989

6. Flores • PHA 959

7. Galehouse • SLB 947

8. Harris • PHA 940

9. Wolff • PHA 937

10. Black • PHA 917

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. Brown • BOS 41

2. Maltzberger • CHW 33

3. Caster • SLB 32

Murphy • NYY 32

5. Haynes • CHW 26

6. Carrasquel • WSH 22

7. Heving • CLE 18

Gorsica • DET 18

9. Ryba • BOS 17

Haefner • WSH 17

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Chandler • NYY 198

2. Bridges • DET 146

3. Bonham • NYY 142

4. Trout • DET 141

5. Haefner • WSH 140

6. Niggeling • 2TM 129

7. Candini • WSH 129

8. Wensloff • NYY 127

9. Hughson • BOS 126

10. Trucks • DET 123

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. Chandler • NYY 2.54

2. Bridges • DET 2.92

3. Trucks • DET 2.98

4. Wensloff • NYY 3.07

5. Reynolds • CLE 3.08

6. Newhouser • DET 3.08

7. Galehouse • SLB 3.10

8. Dobson • BOS 3.24

9. Dietrich • CHW 3.26

10. Candini • WSH 3.27

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. Chandler • NYY 42

2. Bonham • NYY 26

3. Trout • DET 25

4. Bridges • DET 23

5. Hughson • BOS 22

6. Niggeling • 2TM 17

7. Trucks • DET 15

8. Wensloff • NYY 15

9. Galehouse • SLB 15

10. Haefner • WSH 14

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. Chandler • NYY 5.1

2. Bonham • NYY 3.0

3. Trout • DET 2.8

4. Bridges • DET 2.7

5. Hughson • BOS 2.5

6. Niggeling • 2TM 2.2

7. Trucks • DET 1.7

8. Wensloff • NYY 1.7

9. Galehouse • SLB 1.7

10. Haefner • WSH 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. Chandler • NYY 46.16

2. Bonham • NYY 30.47

3. Bridges • DET 27.84

4. Hughson • BOS 21.65

5. Potter • SLB 19.15

6. Niggeling • 2TM 18.76

7. Trout • DET 18.60

8. Dietrich • CHW 18.16

9. Reynolds • CLE 17.51

10. Dobson • BOS 17.24

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. Chandler • NYY 5.5

2. Bridges • DET 3.7

3. Maltzberger • CHW 3.5

4. Bonham • NYY 3.3

5. Smith • CLE 3.1

6. Trout • DET 2.9

7. Judd • BOS 2.7

8. Dietrich • CHW 2.4

9. Niggeling • 2TM 2.4

10. Dobson • BOS 2.4

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. Chandler • NYY 4.6

2. Bonham • NYY 3.5

3. Bridges • DET 3.1

4. Niggeling • 2TM 2.7

5. Dobson • BOS 2.0

6. Wensloff • NYY 2.0

7. Borowy • NYY 2.0

8. Trout • DET 1.8

9. Dietrich • CHW 1.7

10. Judd • BOS 1.6

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 8.9

2. Bonham • NYY 8.4

3. Bridges • DET 5.2

4. Borowy • NYY 3.9

5. Smith • CLE 3.7

6. Wensloff • NYY 3.6

7. Murphy • NYY 3.2

8. Judd • BOS 3.1

9. Wynn • WSH 2.9

10. Trout • DET 2.8

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. Chandler • NYY 5.7

2. Bonham • NYY 3.6

3. Bridges • DET 3.1

4. Hughson • BOS 2.4

5. Niggeling • 2TM 2.2

6. Potter • SLB 2.1

7. Dietrich • CHW 2.1

8. Reynolds • CLE 2.0

9. Trout • DET 2.0

10. Dobson • 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