1957 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. Mantle • NYY 11.3

2. Williams • BOS 9.6

3. Fox • CHW 7.9

4. Bunning • DET 7.0

5. Sullivan • BOS 6.1

6. McDougald • NYY 5.8

7. Kaline • DET 5.5

8. Miñoso • CHW 5.4

9. Maxwell • DET 5.2

10. Sievers • WSH 4.6

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. Sullivan • BOS 6.4

2. Bunning • DET 6.3

3. Donovan • CHW 3.9

4. Sturdivant • NYY 3.8

5. Foytack • DET 3.7

6. Pierce • CHW 3.5

7. Shantz • NYY 3.1

8. Hoeft • DET 3.0

9. Maas • DET 3.0

10. Narleski • CLE 2.9

Trucks • KCA 2.9

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. Shantz • NYY 2.45

2. Sturdivant • NYY 2.54

3. Bunning • DET 2.69

4. Turley • NYY 2.71

5. Sullivan • BOS 2.73

6. Donovan • CHW 2.77

7. Narleski • CLE 3.09

8. Foytack • DET 3.14

9. Johnson • BAL 3.20

10. Loes • BAL 3.24

Wins

1. Pierce • CHW 20

Bunning • DET 20

3. Brewer • BOS 16

Donovan • CHW 16

Sturdivant • NYY 16

6. Wilson • CHW 15

7. Johnson • BAL 14

Wynn • CLE 14

Foytack • DET 14

Sullivan • BOS 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. Donovan • CHW .727

Sturdivant • NYY .727

3. Bunning • DET .714

4. Narleski • CLE .688

Shantz • NYY .688

Ford • NYY .688

7. Turley • NYY .684

8. Wilson • CHW .652

9. Loes • BAL .632

10. Pierce • CHW .625

Zuverink • BAL .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Sullivan • BOS 1.055

2. Bunning • DET 1.070

3. Donovan • CHW 1.124

4. Shantz • NYY 1.139

5. Johnson • BAL 1.149

6. Loes • BAL 1.152

7. Turley • NYY 1.163

8. Pierce • CHW 1.163

9. Sturdivant • NYY 1.240

10. Hoeft • DET 1.242

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Turley • NYY 6.125

2. Bunning • DET 7.204

3. Foytack • DET 7.429

4. Sturdivant • NYY 7.587

5. Sullivan • BOS 7.704

6. Moore • BAL 7.760

7. Johnson • BAL 7.884

8. Narleski • CLE 7.931

9. Pierce • CHW 7.984

10. Shantz • NYY 8.168

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Sullivan • BOS 1.795

2. Donovan • CHW 1.835

3. Shantz • NYY 2.081

4. Loes • BAL 2.144

5. Bunning • DET 2.424

6. Johnson • BAL 2.455

7. Pierce • CHW 2.486

8. Nixon • BOS 2.639

9. Maas • DET 2.667

10. Ramos • WSH 2.688

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Turley • NYY 7.758

2. Johnson • BAL 6.583

3. Wynn • CLE 6.297

4. Bunning • DET 6.127

5. Pierce • CHW 5.988

6. Pascual • WSH 5.789

7. Mossi • CLE 5.491

8. Narleski • CLE 5.423

9. Fornieles • 2TM 5.282

10. Sturdivant • NYY 5.266

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Zuverink • BAL 56

2. Clevenger • WSH 52

Hyde • WSH 52

4. Delock • BOS 49

5. Trucks • KCA 48

6. Byerly • WSH 47

Staley • CHW 47

8. Ditmar • NYY 46

Grim • NYY 46

Morgan • KCA 46

Narleski • CLE 46

Saves

1. Grim • NYY 19

2. Narleski • CLE 16

3. Delock • BOS 11

4. Zuverink • BAL 9

5. Morgan • KCA 8

Clevenger • WSH 8

7. Staley • CHW 7

LaPalme • CHW 7

Trucks • KCA 7

10. Ditmar • NYY 6

Lehman • BAL 6

Byerly • WSH 6

Maas • DET 6

Innings Pitched

1. Bunning • DET 267.1

2. Wynn • CLE 263.0

3. Pierce • CHW 257.0

4. Johnson • BAL 242.0

5. Sullivan • BOS 240.2

6. Brewer • BOS 238.1

7. Lary • DET 237.2

8. Ramos • WSH 231.0

9. Moore • BAL 227.1

10. Donovan • CHW 220.2

Strikeouts

1. Wynn • CLE 184

2. Bunning • DET 182

3. Johnson • BAL 177

4. Pierce • CHW 171

5. Turley • NYY 152

6. Brewer • BOS 128

7. Sullivan • BOS 127

8. Foytack • DET 118

Sturdivant • NYY 118

10. Moore • BAL 117

Games Started

1. Wynn • CLE 37

2. Lary • DET 35

3. Pierce • CHW 34

4. Moore • BAL 32

Brewer • BOS 32

6. Stobbs • WSH 31

7. Sullivan • BOS 30

Ramos • WSH 30

Bunning • DET 30

Johnson • BAL 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Pierce • CHW 16

Donovan • CHW 16

3. Brewer • BOS 15

4. Johnson • BAL 14

Bunning • DET 14

Sullivan • BOS 14

7. Wynn • CLE 13

8. Wilson • CHW 12

Lary • DET 12

10. Nixon • BOS 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Wilson • CHW 5

2. Turley • NYY 4

Pierce • CHW 4

4. Sullivan • BOS 3

Loes • BAL 3

Johnson • BAL 3

7. Brown • BAL 2

Terry • 2TM 2

Fornieles • 2TM 2

Sturdivant • NYY 2

Stobbs • WSH 2

Pascual • WSH 2

Maas • DET 2

Lary • DET 2

Brewer • BOS 2

Keegan • CHW 2

Donovan • CHW 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ramos • WSH 43

2. Bunning • DET 33

3. Wynn • CLE 32

4. Stobbs • WSH 28

5. Brewer • BOS 24

6. Lary • DET 23

Maas • DET 23

8. Keegan • CHW 22

Wilson • CHW 22

10. Kemmerer • 2TM 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Moore • BAL 112

2. Foytack • DET 104

Wynn • CLE 104

4. Brewer • BOS 93

5. Larsen • NYY 87

6. Turley • NYY 85

7. Harshman • CHW 82

8. Stobbs • WSH 80

Sturdivant • NYY 80

10. Pascual • WSH 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wynn • CLE 270

2. Ramos • WSH 251

3. Lary • DET 250

4. Stobbs • WSH 235

5. Pierce • CHW 228

6. Brewer • BOS 225

7. Garcia • CLE 221

8. Kemmerer • 2TM 219

9. Bunning • DET 214

10. Johnson • BAL 212

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. Johnson • BAL 2.682

2. Sullivan • BOS 2.646

3. Bunning • DET 2.528

4. Pierce • CHW 2.408

5. Loes • BAL 2.324

6. Donovan • CHW 1.956

7. Fornieles • 2TM 1.945

8. Shantz • NYY 1.800

9. Turley • NYY 1.788

10. Maas • DET 1.785

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Loes • BAL 0.464

2. Nixon • BOS 0.471

3. Fornieles • 2TM 0.543

4. Pascual • WSH 0.564

5. Garcia • CLE 0.596

6. Sullivan • BOS 0.598

7. Sturdivant • NYY 0.625

8. Pierce • CHW 0.630

9. Johnson • BAL 0.632

10. Hoeft • DET 0.652

Losses

1. Stobbs • WSH 20

2. Pascual • WSH 17

Wynn • CLE 17

4. Ramos • WSH 16

Lary • DET 16

6. Maas • DET 14

7. Nixon • BOS 13

Brewer • BOS 13

Fornieles • 2TM 13

Moore • BAL 13

Garver • KCA 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Stobbs • WSH 126

Wynn • CLE 126

3. Ramos • WSH 123

4. Lary • DET 105

5. Brewer • BOS 102

6. Kemmerer • 2TM 97

7. Moore • BAL 94

8. Pierce • CHW 93

9. Garcia • CLE 88

10. Johnson • BAL 86

Wild Pitches

1. McLish • CLE 8

2. Brewer • BOS 7

Trucks • KCA 7

Moore • BAL 7

5. Kemmerer • 2TM 6

Johnson • BAL 6

Larsen • NYY 6

8. Duren • KCA 5

Fischer • CHW 5

Foytack • DET 5

Harshman • CHW 5

Lary • DET 5

McDermott • KCA 5

Nixon • BOS 5

Pascual • WSH 5

Score • CLE 5

Tomanek • CLE 5

Aguirre • CLE 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lary • DET 12

2. Bunning • DET 11

3. Daley • CLE 10

4. Turley • NYY 9

5. Donovan • CHW 8

Kucks • NYY 8

7. Lemon • CLE 7

Hyde • WSH 7

Brewer • BOS 7

Nixon • BOS 7

Sullivan • BOS 7

Byrne • NYY 7

Ramos • WSH 7

Batters Faced

1. Wynn • CLE 1,146

2. Bunning • DET 1,081

3. Pierce • CHW 1,062

4. Brewer • BOS 1,013

5. Lary • DET 1,012

6. Ramos • WSH 1,011

7. Johnson • BAL 987

8. Moore • BAL 962

9. Sullivan • BOS 961

10. Stobbs • WSH 946

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. Zuverink • BAL 37

2. Grim • NYY 36

3. Byerly • WSH 33

Delock • BOS 33

5. Clevenger • WSH 24

Morgan • KCA 24

Narleski • CLE 24

Staley • CHW 24

9. Hyde • WSH 23

Trucks • KCA 23

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Shantz • NYY 148

2. Sullivan • BOS 146

3. Bunning • DET 144

4. Sturdivant • NYY 142

5. Donovan • CHW 135

6. Turley • NYY 133

7. Foytack • DET 123

8. Narleski • CLE 122

9. Maas • DET 118

10. Pierce • CHW 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. Johnson • BAL 2.76

2. Loes • BAL 2.81

3. Pierce • CHW 2.88

4. Sullivan • BOS 2.95

5. Fornieles • 2TM 3.02

6. Nixon • BOS 3.12

7. Pascual • WSH 3.33

8. Donovan • CHW 3.38

9. Garcia • CLE 3.40

10. Hoeft • DET 3.40

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. Sullivan • BOS 34

2. Bunning • DET 33

3. Sturdivant • NYY 24

4. Donovan • CHW 24

5. Shantz • NYY 21

6. Staley • CHW 20

7. Turley • NYY 19

8. Foytack • DET 18

9. Pierce • CHW 17

10. O'Dell • BAL 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. Sullivan • BOS 3.8

2. Bunning • DET 3.6

3. Sturdivant • NYY 2.7

4. Donovan • CHW 2.6

5. Shantz • NYY 2.2

6. Staley • CHW 2.1

7. Turley • NYY 2.0

8. Foytack • DET 2.0

9. Pierce • CHW 1.8

10. O'Dell • BAL 1.5

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. Sullivan • BOS 36.52

2. Bunning • DET 34.41

3. Donovan • CHW 29.72

4. Sturdivant • NYY 29.66

5. Pierce • CHW 22.91

6. Turley • NYY 22.87

7. Shantz • NYY 21.13

8. Johnson • BAL 19.31

9. Foytack • DET 18.02

10. Maas • DET 15.30

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. Narleski • CLE 4.6

2. Bunning • DET 3.8

3. Sullivan • BOS 3.5

4. Pierce • CHW 3.4

5. Maas • DET 3.3

6. Donovan • CHW 3.2

7. Sturdivant • NYY 2.8

8. Shantz • NYY 2.5

9. Turley • NYY 2.2

10. Lehman • BAL 2.2

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. Sullivan • BOS 3.8

2. Pierce • CHW 3.5

3. Johnson • BAL 2.8

4. Donovan • CHW 2.7

5. Sturdivant • NYY 2.5

6. Bunning • DET 2.3

7. Turley • NYY 2.2

8. O'Dell • BAL 2.2

9. Foytack • DET 1.7

10. Shantz • NYY 1.6

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. Pierce • CHW 12.1

2. Donovan • CHW 10.1

3. Turley • NYY 7.8

4. Narleski • CLE 6.1

5. Shantz • NYY 5.9

6. Grim • NYY 5.2

7. Bunning • DET 4.3

8. Sturdivant • NYY 3.9

9. Keegan • CHW 3.1

10. Foytack • DET 2.1

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. Sullivan • BOS 4.0

2. Bunning • DET 3.7

3. Sturdivant • NYY 3.4

4. Donovan • CHW 3.3

5. Turley • NYY 2.5

6. Pierce • CHW 2.5

7. Shantz • NYY 2.3

8. Johnson • BAL 2.1

9. Foytack • DET 1.9

10. Maas • DET 1.6

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