American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Miñoso • CHW 8.2
2. Williams • BOS 7.5
3. Ávila • CLE 7.1
4. Mantle • NYY 6.9
5. Gromek • DET 6.0
6. Doby • CLE 5.7
7. Carrasquel • CHW 5.5
8. Wynn • CLE 5.5
9. Berra • NYY 5.3
10. Fox • CHW 5.2

WAR for Pitchers

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

1. Gromek • DET 5.6
2. Wynn • CLE 5.3
3. Garcia • CLE 4.9
4. Trucks • CHW 4.8
Sullivan • BOS 4.8
6. Garver • DET 4.4
7. Lemon • CLE 4.2
8. Schmitz • WSH 4.1
9. Ford • NYY 3.6
10. Turley • BAL 3.5

Earned Run Average

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

1. Garcia • CLE 2.64
2. Consuegra • CHW 2.69
3. Lemon • CLE 2.72
4. Wynn • CLE 2.73
5. Gromek • DET 2.74
6. Trucks • CHW 2.79
7. Garver • DET 2.81
8. Ford • NYY 2.82
9. Schmitz • WSH 2.91
10. Harshman • CHW 2.95

Wins

Wins

1. Wynn • CLE 23
Lemon • CLE 23
3. Grim • NYY 20
4. Garcia • CLE 19
Trucks • CHW 19
6. Gromek • DET 18
7. Keegan • CHW 16
Consuegra • CHW 16
Ford • NYY 16
10. Houtteman • CLE 15
Sullivan • BOS 15

Win-Loss %

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

1. Consuegra • CHW .842
2. Feller • CLE .813
3. Grim • NYY .769
4. Lemon • CLE .767
5. Reynolds • NYY .765
6. Lopat • NYY .750
7. Garcia • CLE .704
8. Morgan • NYY .688
9. Houtteman • CLE .682
10. Wynn • CLE .676

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Garcia • CLE 1.125
2. Garver • DET 1.129
3. Wynn • CLE 1.138
4. Consuegra • CHW 1.149
5. Gromek • DET 1.160
6. Trucks • CHW 1.205
7. Sullivan • BOS 1.216
8. Lemon • CLE 1.239
9. Pillette • BAL 1.257
10. Reynolds • NYY 1.265

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Turley • BAL 6.477
2. Ford • NYY 7.263
3. Wynn • CLE 7.482
4. Coleman • BAL 7.482
5. Reynolds • NYY 7.608
6. Trucks • CHW 7.617
7. Garcia • CLE 7.655
8. McDermott • WSH 7.885
9. Garver • DET 7.892
10. Grim • NYY 7.915

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Lopat • NYY 1.747
2. Gromek • DET 2.030
3. Consuegra • CHW 2.045
4. Garver • DET 2.265
5. Garcia • CLE 2.470
6. Zuverink • DET 2.749
7. Wynn • CLE 2.760
8. Houtteman • CLE 2.824
9. Porterfield • WSH 2.840
10. Sullivan • BOS 2.879

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pierce • CHW 7.060
2. Harshman • CHW 6.814
3. Turley • BAL 6.732
4. Hoeft • DET 5.863
5. Reynolds • NYY 5.720
6. Sullivan • BOS 5.409
7. Ford • NYY 5.340
8. Trucks • CHW 5.169
9. Wynn • CLE 5.154
10. Grim • NYY 4.884

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Dixon • 2TM 54
2. Kinder • BOS 48
Pascual • WSH 48
Martin • 2TM 48
5. Burtschy • PHA 46
Johnson • CHW 46
7. Garcia • CLE 45
Sain • NYY 45
9. Herbert • DET 42
Narleski • CLE 42

Saves

Saves

1. Sain • NYY 26
2. Kinder • BOS 15
3. Narleski • CLE 13
4. Mossi • CLE 7
Newhouser • CLE 7
Reynolds • NYY 7
Johnson • CHW 7
8. Dorish • CHW 6
Garcia • CLE 6
10. Hudson • BOS 5
Martin • 2TM 5
Dixon • 2TM 5

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Wynn • CLE 270.2
2. Trucks • CHW 264.2
3. Garcia • CLE 258.2
4. Lemon • CLE 258.1
5. Gromek • DET 252.2
6. Portocarrero • PHA 248.0
7. Turley • BAL 247.1
8. Garver • DET 246.1
9. Porterfield • WSH 244.0
10. Coleman • BAL 221.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Turley • BAL 185
2. Wynn • CLE 155
3. Trucks • CHW 152
4. Pierce • CHW 148
5. Harshman • CHW 134
6. Portocarrero • PHA 132
7. Garcia • CLE 129
8. Ford • NYY 125
9. Sullivan • BOS 124
10. Hoeft • DET 114

Games Started

Games Started

1. Wynn • CLE 36
2. Turley • BAL 35
3. Garcia • CLE 34
4. Trucks • CHW 33
Portocarrero • PHA 33
Lemon • CLE 33
7. Gromek • DET 32
Garver • DET 32
Coleman • BAL 32
10. Porterfield • WSH 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lemon • CLE 21
Porterfield • WSH 21
3. Wynn • CLE 20
4. Gromek • DET 17
5. Trucks • CHW 16
Portocarrero • PHA 16
Garver • DET 16
8. Coleman • BAL 15
9. Turley • BAL 14
Keegan • CHW 14

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Trucks • CHW 5
Garcia • CLE 5
3. Hoeft • DET 4
Pierce • CHW 4
Morgan • NYY 4
Reynolds • NYY 4
Harshman • CHW 4
Gromek • DET 4
Coleman • BAL 4
10. Garver • DET 3
Ford • NYY 3
Wynn • CLE 3
Sullivan • BOS 3
Johnson • CHW 3
Stobbs • WSH 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gromek • DET 26
2. Portocarrero • PHA 25
3. Hoeft • DET 22
Zuverink • DET 22
5. Wynn • CLE 21
6. Garver • DET 20
7. Sullivan • BOS 19
8. Larsen • BAL 18
9. Fricano • PHA 17
10. Keegan • CHW 16
Kellner • PHA 16
Coleman • BAL 16
Nixon • BOS 16

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Turley • BAL 181
2. Portocarrero • PHA 114
3. McDermott • WSH 110
4. Ford • NYY 101
5. Coleman • BAL 96
Harshman • CHW 96
7. Brewer • BOS 95
Trucks • CHW 95
9. Lemon • CLE 92
10. Gray • PHA 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Porterfield • WSH 249
2. Gromek • DET 236
3. Portocarrero • PHA 233
4. Lemon • CLE 228
5. Wynn • CLE 225
6. Trucks • CHW 224
7. Garcia • CLE 220
8. Garver • DET 216
9. Larsen • BAL 213
10. Keegan • CHW 211

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Hoeft • DET 1.932
2. Sullivan • BOS 1.879
3. Wynn • CLE 1.867
4. Garcia • CLE 1.817
5. Gromek • DET 1.789
6. Pierce • CHW 1.721
7. Lopat • NYY 1.636
8. Trucks • CHW 1.600
9. Reynolds • NYY 1.515
10. Garver • DET 1.500

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Garcia • CLE 0.209
2. Turley • BAL 0.255
3. Schmitz • WSH 0.291
4. Stobbs • WSH 0.297
5. Stone • WSH 0.353
6. Harshman • CHW 0.356
7. McDermott • WSH 0.367
8. Grim • NYY 0.407
9. Lemon • CLE 0.418
10. Ford • NYY 0.427

Losses

Losses

1. Larsen • BAL 21
2. Portocarrero • PHA 18
3. Kellner • PHA 17
Coleman • BAL 17
5. Gromek • DET 16
6. Hoeft • DET 15
McDermott • WSH 15
Porterfield • WSH 15
Turley • BAL 15
10. Pillette • BAL 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Portocarrero • PHA 112
2. Kellner • PHA 104
3. Larsen • BAL 98
4. Turley • BAL 95
5. Nixon • BOS 90
Porterfield • WSH 90
7. Hoeft • DET 89
8. Fricano • PHA 87
9. Coleman • BAL 86
10. Brewer • BOS 84

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Portocarrero • PHA 9
2. Burtschy • PHA 7
3. Brewer • BOS 6
Reynolds • NYY 6
Harshman • CHW 6
Lemon • CLE 6
7. Parnell • BOS 5
Turley • BAL 5
Stone • WSH 5
Byrd • NYY 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Gromek • DET 12
2. Nixon • BOS 9
3. Zuverink • DET 8
Burtschy • PHA 8
5. Brewer • BOS 7
Turley • BAL 7
Byrd • NYY 7
8. Sullivan • BOS 6
Pascual • WSH 6
Lopat • NYY 6
Kellner • PHA 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Wynn • CLE 1,102
2. Turley • BAL 1,092
3. Trucks • CHW 1,090
4. Portocarrero • PHA 1,086
5. Lemon • CLE 1,077
6. Garcia • CLE 1,053
7. Gromek • DET 1,049
8. Porterfield • WSH 1,034
9. Garver • DET 1,004
10. Coleman • BAL 912

Games Finished

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

1. Sain • NYY 39
2. Kinder • BOS 34
3. Burtschy • PHA 30
4. Dixon • 2TM 29
5. Chakales • 2TM 28
6. Pascual • WSH 27
7. Fox • BAL 23
8. Stuart • 2TM 22
Miller • DET 22
10. Marlowe • DET 20
Martin • 2TM 20

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Consuegra • CHW 140
2. Garcia • CLE 140
3. Gromek • DET 136
4. Lemon • CLE 136
5. Wynn • CLE 135
6. Trucks • CHW 135
7. Garver • DET 133
8. Sullivan • BOS 132
9. Harshman • CHW 128
10. Ford • NYY 123

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Garcia • CLE 2.55
2. Trucks • CHW 2.98
3. Stone • WSH 3.11
4. Harshman • CHW 3.11
5. Wynn • CLE 3.18
6. Stobbs • WSH 3.21
7. Grim • NYY 3.23
8. Lemon • CLE 3.27
9. Pierce • CHW 3.28
10. Ford • NYY 3.28

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Trucks • CHW 31
2. Garcia • CLE 31
3. Wynn • CLE 29
4. Gromek • DET 29
5. Lemon • CLE 25
6. Garver • DET 23
7. Sullivan • BOS 21
8. Mossi • CLE 19
9. Consuegra • CHW 18
10. Harshman • CHW 18

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Trucks • CHW 3.4
2. Garcia • CLE 3.3
3. Wynn • CLE 3.2
4. Gromek • DET 3.1
5. Lemon • CLE 2.7
6. Garver • DET 2.4
7. Sullivan • BOS 2.2
8. Mossi • CLE 2.0
9. Consuegra • CHW 2.0
10. Harshman • CHW 1.9

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Garcia • CLE 39.92
2. Wynn • CLE 37.52
3. Trucks • CHW 37.47
4. Gromek • DET 34.05
5. Lemon • CLE 27.05
6. Ford • NYY 26.37
7. Garver • DET 24.06
8. Consuegra • CHW 23.60
9. Harshman • CHW 23.03
10. Narleski • CLE 19.87

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Garcia • CLE 5.3
2. Wynn • CLE 4.9
3. Trucks • CHW 3.4
4. Ford • NYY 3.4
5. Gromek • DET 3.2
6. Mossi • CLE 3.1
7. Harshman • CHW 2.6
8. Consuegra • CHW 2.5
9. Lemon • CLE 2.5
10. Narleski • CLE 2.4

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Garcia • CLE 4.7
2. Wynn • CLE 3.8
3. Trucks • CHW 3.6
4. Garver • DET 2.5
5. Consuegra • CHW 2.5
6. Lemon • CLE 2.3
7. Ford • NYY 2.2
8. Gromek • DET 2.1
9. Mossi • CLE 1.7
10. Grim • NYY 1.6

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Garcia • CLE 14.7
2. Wynn • CLE 14.7
3. Ford • NYY 12.1
4. Narleski • CLE 7.9
5. Trucks • CHW 7.5
6. Lemon • CLE 7.2
7. Mossi • CLE 7.1
8. Feller • CLE 6.3
9. Newhouser • CLE 5.9
10. Grim • NYY 5.0

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Garcia • CLE 4.4
2. Wynn • CLE 4.1
3. Trucks • CHW 4.1
4. Gromek • DET 3.7
5. Ford • NYY 3.0
6. Lemon • CLE 2.9
7. Garver • DET 2.6
8. Consuegra • CHW 2.5
9. Harshman • CHW 2.5
10. Mossi • CLE 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