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. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Lary • DET 6.7
3. Kaline • DET 6.5
4. Cerv • KCA 6.4
5. Colavito • CLE 6.0
6. Runnels • BOS 5.5
7. Harshman • BAL 5.2
8. Pierce • CHW 5.1
9. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
10. Jensen • BOS 4.9

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. Lary • DET 6.7
2. Hyde • WSH 4.8
3. Pierce • CHW 4.8
4. Pascual • WSH 4.5
5. Ford • NYY 4.3
6. O'Dell • BAL 4.1
7. Harshman • BAL 4.0
8. Wilhelm • 2TM 3.9
9. Donovan • CHW 3.7
10. Turley • NYY 3.6

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. Ford • NYY 2.01
2. Pierce • CHW 2.68
3. Harshman • BAL 2.89
4. Lary • DET 2.90
5. O'Dell • BAL 2.97
6. Turley • NYY 2.97
7. McLish • CLE 2.99
8. Donovan • CHW 3.01
9. Pascual • WSH 3.15
10. Portocarrero • BAL 3.25

Wins

Wins

1. Turley • NYY 21
2. Pierce • CHW 17
3. McLish • CLE 16
Lary • DET 16
5. Donovan • CHW 15
Foytack • DET 15
Portocarrero • BAL 15
8. Bunning • DET 14
Ramos • WSH 14
O'Dell • BAL 14
Delock • BOS 14
Ford • NYY 14
Wynn • CHW 14

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. Turley • NYY .750
2. Ford • NYY .667
McLish • CLE .667
4. Delock • BOS .636
5. Pierce • CHW .607
6. Sullivan • BOS .591
7. Dickson • 2TM .588
8. Maas • 2TM .579
9. Portocarrero • BAL .577
10. Narleski • CLE .565

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Ford • NYY 1.076
2. Pierce • CHW 1.102
3. Portocarrero • BAL 1.124
4. O'Dell • BAL 1.139
5. Bell • CLE 1.176
6. Harshman • BAL 1.181
7. Donovan • CHW 1.181
8. Foytack • DET 1.196
9. Bunning • DET 1.215
10. Lary • DET 1.218

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 • NYY 6.530
2. Bell • CLE 6.973
3. Ford • NYY 7.140
4. Pierce • CHW 7.494
5. Portocarrero • BAL 7.607
6. Grant • CLE 7.632
7. Bunning • DET 7.703
8. Foytack • DET 7.748
9. Harshman • BAL 7.769
10. Wynn • CHW 8.036

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. Donovan • CHW 1.923
2. O'Dell • BAL 2.074
3. Sullivan • BOS 2.212
4. Lary • DET 2.351
5. Pierce • CHW 2.424
6. Portocarrero • BAL 2.507
7. Terry • KCA 2.534
8. Ford • NYY 2.544
9. Ramos • WSH 2.672
10. McLish • CLE 2.792

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pascual • WSH 7.410
2. Bunning • DET 7.252
3. Wynn • CHW 6.722
4. Turley • NYY 6.163
5. Harshman • BAL 6.131
6. Ford • NYY 5.950
7. O'Dell • BAL 5.571
8. Terry • KCA 5.566
9. Herbert • KCA 5.554
10. Bell • CLE 5.440

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Clevenger • WSH 55
2. Tomanek • 2TM 54
3. Hyde • WSH 53
4. Wall • BOS 52
5. Gorman • KCA 50
Staley • CHW 50
7. Kiely • BOS 47
8. Zuverink • BAL 45
9. Aguirre • DET 44
Duren • NYY 44
Grant • CLE 44
Narleski • CLE 44

Saves

Saves

1. Duren • NYY 19
Hyde • WSH 19
3. Kiely • BOS 12
4. Wall • BOS 9
Gorman • KCA 9
6. O'Dell • BAL 8
Lown • CHW 8
8. Zuverink • BAL 7
Staley • CHW 7
10. Clevenger • WSH 6
Loes • BAL 6

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Lary • DET 260.1
2. Ramos • WSH 259.1
3. Donovan • CHW 248.0
4. Turley • NYY 245.1
5. Pierce • CHW 245.0
6. Wynn • CHW 239.2
7. Harshman • BAL 236.1
8. Foytack • DET 230.0
9. Brewer • BOS 227.1
10. McLish • CLE 225.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Wynn • CHW 179
2. Bunning • DET 177
3. Turley • NYY 168
4. Harshman • BAL 161
5. Pascual • WSH 146
6. Ford • NYY 145
7. Pierce • CHW 144
8. O'Dell • BAL 137
9. Foytack • DET 135
10. Terry • KCA 134

Games Started

Games Started

1. Ramos • WSH 37
2. Lary • DET 34
Donovan • CHW 34
Bunning • DET 34
Wynn • CHW 34
6. Terry • KCA 33
Foytack • DET 33
8. Pierce • CHW 32
Brewer • BOS 32
10. Turley • NYY 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lary • DET 19
Pierce • CHW 19
Turley • NYY 19
4. Harshman • BAL 17
5. Donovan • CHW 16
Foytack • DET 16
7. Ford • NYY 15
8. McLish • CLE 13
9. O'Dell • BAL 12
10. Wynn • CHW 11
Grant • CLE 11

Shutouts

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

1. Ford • NYY 7
2. Turley • NYY 6
3. Wynn • CHW 4
Donovan • CHW 4
Ramos • WSH 4
6. Terry • KCA 3
Pierce • CHW 3
O'Dell • BAL 3
Portocarrero • BAL 3
Lary • DET 3
Larsen • NYY 3
Harshman • BAL 3
Garver • KCA 3
Bunning • DET 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ramos • WSH 38
2. Pierce • CHW 33
3. Terry • KCA 29
4. Bunning • DET 28
5. Wynn • CHW 27
6. Kemmerer • WSH 25
McLish • CLE 25
8. Garver • KCA 24
Turley • NYY 24
10. Donovan • CHW 23
Foytack • DET 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Turley • NYY 128
2. Grant • CLE 104
Wynn • CHW 104
4. Brewer • BOS 93
5. Narleski • CLE 91
6. Bunning • DET 79
Sisler • BOS 79
8. Foytack • DET 77
Ramos • WSH 77
10. Harshman • BAL 75

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ramos • WSH 277
2. Lary • DET 249
3. Donovan • CHW 240
4. Kemmerer • WSH 234
5. Brewer • BOS 227
6. Terry • KCA 217
7. Sullivan • BOS 216
8. McLish • CLE 214
Wynn • CHW 214
10. Harshman • BAL 204
Pierce • CHW 204

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. O'Dell • BAL 2.686
2. Pascual • WSH 2.433
3. Donovan • CHW 2.396
4. Ford • NYY 2.339
5. Bunning • DET 2.241
6. Terry • KCA 2.197
7. Pierce • CHW 2.182
8. Harshman • BAL 2.147
9. Sullivan • BOS 2.102
10. Herbert • KCA 1.964

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. O'Dell • BAL 0.529
2. Sullivan • BOS 0.542
3. Ford • NYY 0.574
4. Maas • 2TM 0.689
5. Lary • DET 0.691
6. Pascual • WSH 0.711
7. Delock • BOS 0.731
8. Portocarrero • BAL 0.748
9. Harshman • BAL 0.762
10. Brewer • BOS 0.831

Losses

Losses

1. Ramos • WSH 18
2. Wynn • CHW 16
3. Kemmerer • WSH 15
Lary • DET 15
Harshman • BAL 15
6. Donovan • CHW 14
7. Terry • KCA 13
Foytack • DET 13
9. Brewer • BOS 12
Bunning • DET 12
Pascual • WSH 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ramos • WSH 122
2. Kemmerer • WSH 115
3. Wynn • CHW 110
4. Terry • KCA 102
5. Brewer • BOS 94
6. Garver • KCA 90
7. Foytack • DET 88
8. Grant • CLE 87
Urban • KCA 87
10. Bunning • DET 86

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Tomanek • 2TM 9
2. Harshman • BAL 8
Griggs • WSH 8
4. Kemmerer • WSH 7
5. Narleski • CLE 6
Moore • CHW 6
Pappas • BAL 6
Sisler • BOS 6
Turley • NYY 6
Delock • BOS 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lary • DET 12
2. Bunning • DET 10
3. Moford • DET 9
4. Brewer • BOS 8
Turley • NYY 8
Loes • BAL 8
7. Duren • NYY 7
Donovan • CHW 7
9. Zuverink • BAL 6
Wynn • CHW 6
Woodeshick • CLE 6
Kucks • NYY 6
Fornieles • BOS 6
Daley • KCA 6
Beamon • BAL 6

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Ramos • WSH 1,112
2. Lary • DET 1,085
3. Donovan • CHW 1,030
4. Wynn • CHW 1,016
5. Turley • NYY 1,013
6. Brewer • BOS 992
7. Pierce • CHW 983
8. Harshman • BAL 975
9. Kemmerer • WSH 968
10. Foytack • DET 944

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. Hyde • WSH 44
2. Kiely • BOS 35
3. Duren • NYY 33
4. Clevenger • WSH 29
Wall • BOS 29
6. Staley • CHW 28
7. Trucks • 2TM 26
8. Tomanek • 2TM 25
9. Gorman • KCA 24
Mossi • CLE 24

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Ford • NYY 177
2. Lary • DET 139
3. Pierce • CHW 137
4. Harshman • BAL 124
5. McLish • CLE 124
6. Donovan • CHW 122
7. Pascual • WSH 121
8. O'Dell • BAL 121
9. Turley • NYY 119
10. Delock • BOS 119

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. O'Dell • BAL 2.75
2. Ford • NYY 2.87
3. Pascual • WSH 2.92
4. Sullivan • BOS 3.01
5. Harshman • BAL 3.20
6. Donovan • CHW 3.38
7. Lary • DET 3.39
8. Portocarrero • BAL 3.55
9. Delock • BOS 3.56
10. Maas • 2TM 3.59

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. Ford • NYY 36
2. Lary • DET 32
3. Pierce • CHW 27
4. Hyde • WSH 22
5. Turley • NYY 21
6. Wilhelm • 2TM 19
7. Donovan • CHW 19
8. Harshman • BAL 17
9. O'Dell • BAL 15
10. Latman • CHW 15

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. Ford • NYY 4.1
2. Lary • DET 3.5
3. Pierce • CHW 2.9
4. Hyde • WSH 2.3
5. Turley • NYY 2.2
6. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.0
7. Donovan • CHW 2.0
8. Harshman • BAL 1.8
9. Latman • CHW 1.7
10. O'Dell • BAL 1.6

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. Ford • NYY 37.44
2. Lary • DET 32.55
3. Pierce • CHW 28.40
4. Turley • NYY 28.27
5. Donovan • CHW 21.84
6. Hyde • WSH 21.57
7. Wilhelm • 2TM 20.96
8. Harshman • BAL 20.94
9. Duren • NYY 15.70
10. Bell • CLE 15.50

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Turley • NYY 3.5
2. Hyde • WSH 3.3
3. Ford • NYY 3.3
4. Pierce • CHW 2.8
5. Duren • NYY 2.5
6. Harshman • BAL 2.4
7. Portocarrero • BAL 2.2
8. Donovan • CHW 2.1
9. O'Dell • BAL 2.1
10. Moore • CHW 1.8

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. Ford • NYY 3.3
2. Lary • DET 2.3
3. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.2
4. Pierce • CHW 2.2
5. Hyde • WSH 2.2
6. O'Dell • BAL 2.1
7. Portocarrero • BAL 2.1
8. Donovan • CHW 2.0
9. Foytack • DET 1.9
10. Bell • CLE 1.9

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Turley • NYY 8.5
2. Ford • NYY 7.8
3. Duren • NYY 7.4
4. Larsen • NYY 2.9
5. Ditmar • NYY 2.8
6. Hyde • WSH 2.1
7. Kucks • NYY 1.9
8. Wilhelm • 2TM 1.5
9. Portocarrero • BAL 1.4
10. O'Dell • BAL 1.4

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. Ford • NYY 4.4
2. Lary • DET 3.4
3. Turley • NYY 3.2
4. Pierce • CHW 3.1
5. Donovan • CHW 2.4
6. Harshman • BAL 2.3
7. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.3
8. Hyde • WSH 2.3
9. Duren • NYY 1.7
10. Bell • CLE 1.7

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