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1960 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Roger Maris

ML Cy Young: Vern Law

AL Rookie of the Year: Ron Hansen

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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. Maris • NYY 7.5

2. Bunning • DET 6.4

3. Mantle • NYY 6.3

4. Herbert • KCA 5.9

5. Aparicio • CHW 5.5

6. Runnels • BOS 4.7

7. Monbouquette • BOS 4.6

8. Skowron • NYY 4.6

9. Lary • DET 4.5

10. Ramos • WSH 4.2

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. Bunning • DET 6.6

2. Herbert • KCA 5.8

3. Monbouquette • BOS 4.9

4. Ramos • WSH 4.5

5. Lary • DET 4.1

6. Kralick • WSH 4.0

7. Fornieles • BOS 3.5

8. Baumann • CHW 3.4

9. Pappas • BAL 3.3

10. Muffett • BOS 3.1

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. Baumann • CHW 2.67

2. Bunning • DET 2.79

3. Brown • BAL 3.06

4. Ditmar • NYY 3.06

5. Ford • NYY 3.08

6. Barber • BAL 3.22

7. Turley • NYY 3.27

8. Herbert • KCA 3.28

9. Pappas • BAL 3.37

10. Terry • NYY 3.40

Wins

1. Perry • CLE 18

Estrada • BAL 18

3. Daley • KCA 16

4. Lary • DET 15

Pappas • BAL 15

Ditmar • NYY 15

7. Herbert • KCA 14

Pierce • CHW 14

Monbouquette • BOS 14

10. Staley • CHW 13

Wynn • CHW 13

Coates • NYY 13

Shaw • CHW 13

Baumann • CHW 13

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. Coates • NYY .813

2. Brown • BAL .706

3. Baumann • CHW .684

4. Pierce • CHW .667

5. Perry • CLE .643

6. Stobbs • WSH .632

7. Ditmar • NYY .625

8. Estrada • BAL .621

9. Staley • CHW .619

10. Pascual • WSH .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brown • BAL 1.113

2. Bunning • DET 1.115

3. Lary • DET 1.181

4. Baumann • CHW 1.198

5. Mossi • DET 1.200

6. Terry • NYY 1.206

7. Ford • NYY 1.209

8. Hall • KCA 1.212

9. Ditmar • NYY 1.255

10. Pierce • CHW 1.258

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Estrada • BAL 6.987

2. Turley • NYY 7.165

3. Barber • BAL 7.332

4. Bunning • DET 7.750

5. Ford • NYY 7.848

6. Fisher • BAL 7.922

7. Terry • NYY 8.046

8. Pappas • BAL 8.052

9. Bell • CLE 8.088

10. Baumann • CHW 8.207

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Brown • BAL 1.245

2. Mossi • DET 1.819

3. Hall • KCA 1.876

4. Lary • DET 2.034

5. Pierce • CHW 2.109

6. Bunning • DET 2.286

7. Ditmar • NYY 2.520

8. Herbert • KCA 2.565

9. Baumann • CHW 2.574

10. Terry • NYY 2.808

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Bunning • DET 7.179

2. Bell • CLE 6.343

3. Estrada • BAL 6.211

4. Wynn • CHW 5.992

5. Monbouquette • BOS 5.609

6. Barber • BAL 5.549

7. Pappas • BAL 5.514

8. Ramos • WSH 5.255

9. Terry • NYY 4.968

10. Pierce • CHW 4.951

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fornieles • BOS 70

2. Staley • CHW 64

3. Clevenger • WSH 53

4. Kutyna • KCA 51

Moore • 2TM 51

6. Klippstein • CLE 49

7. Baumann • CHW 47

8. Lown • CHW 45

9. Lee • WSH 44

10. Ramos • WSH 43

Saves

1. Klippstein • CLE 14

2. Moore • 2TM 13

Fornieles • BOS 13

4. Shantz • NYY 11

5. Aguirre • DET 10

6. Staley • CHW 9

Stigman • CLE 9

8. Duren • NYY 8

9. Arroyo • NYY 7

Clevenger • WSH 7

Wilhelm • BAL 7

Innings Pitched

1. Lary • DET 274.1

2. Ramos • WSH 274.0

3. Perry • CLE 261.1

4. Herbert • KCA 252.2

5. Bunning • DET 252.0

6. Wynn • CHW 237.1

7. Daley • KCA 231.0

8. Monbouquette • BOS 215.0

9. Estrada • BAL 208.2

10. Pappas • BAL 205.2

Strikeouts

1. Bunning • DET 201

2. Ramos • WSH 160

3. Wynn • CHW 158

4. Lary • DET 149

5. Estrada • BAL 144

6. Pascual • WSH 143

7. Monbouquette • BOS 134

8. Daley • KCA 126

Pappas • BAL 126

10. Herbert • KCA 122

Games Started

1. Ramos • WSH 36

Perry • CLE 36

Lary • DET 36

4. Daley • KCA 35

5. Wynn • CHW 34

Bunning • DET 34

7. Herbert • KCA 33

8. Shaw • CHW 32

9. Pierce • CHW 31

10. Monbouquette • BOS 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lary • DET 15

2. Herbert • KCA 14

Ramos • WSH 14

4. Daley • KCA 13

5. Monbouquette • BOS 12

Wynn • CHW 12

Estrada • BAL 12

8. Pappas • BAL 11

9. Bunning • DET 10

Perry • CLE 10

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Wynn • CHW 4

Perry • CLE 4

Ford • NYY 4

4. Terry • NYY 3

Pascual • WSH 3

Bunning • DET 3

Pappas • BAL 3

Monbouquette • BOS 3

Fisher • BAL 3

10. Baumann • CHW 2

Mossi • DET 2

Locke • CLE 2

Lary • DET 2

Kralick • WSH 2

Garver • KCA 2

Coates • NYY 2

Bell • CLE 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Perry • CLE 35

2. Hall • KCA 28

3. Daley • KCA 27

4. Grant • CLE 26

5. Ditmar • NYY 25

Lary • DET 25

7. Pierce • CHW 24

Ramos • WSH 24

9. Kucks • KCA 22

10. Delock • BOS 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Barber • BAL 113

2. Wynn • CHW 112

3. Estrada • BAL 101

4. Ramos • WSH 99

5. Daley • KCA 96

6. Perry • CLE 91

7. Score • CHW 87

Stigman • CLE 87

Turley • NYY 87

10. Pappas • BAL 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lary • DET 262

2. Perry • CLE 257

3. Herbert • KCA 256

4. Ramos • WSH 254

5. Daley • KCA 234

6. Shaw • CHW 221

7. Brewer • BOS 220

Wynn • CHW 220

9. Bunning • DET 217

Monbouquette • BOS 217

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. Bunning • DET 3.141

2. Brown • BAL 3.000

3. Lary • DET 2.403

4. Pierce • CHW 2.348

5. Mossi • DET 2.156

6. Hall • KCA 2.079

7. Monbouquette • BOS 1.971

8. Terry • NYY 1.769

9. Herbert • KCA 1.694

10. Ramos • WSH 1.616

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Barber • BAL 0.495

2. Baumann • CHW 0.534

3. Fisher • BAL 0.592

4. Herbert • KCA 0.606

5. Brewer • BOS 0.627

6. Pappas • BAL 0.656

7. Ford • NYY 0.701

8. Bunning • DET 0.714

9. Turley • NYY 0.727

10. Shaw • CHW 0.747

Losses

1. Ramos • WSH 18

2. Daley • KCA 16

Sullivan • BOS 16

4. Brewer • BOS 15

Herbert • KCA 15

Lary • DET 15

7. Bunning • DET 14

8. Hall • KCA 13

Shaw • CHW 13

10. Wynn • CHW 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Daley • KCA 117

2. Lary • DET 107

3. Perry • CLE 105

Ramos • WSH 105

5. Brewer • BOS 100

6. Herbert • KCA 92

Wynn • CHW 92

8. Monbouquette • BOS 87

Shaw • CHW 87

Sullivan • BOS 87

Wild Pitches

1. Barber • BAL 10

Pappas • BAL 10

3. Bell • CLE 9

Brewer • BOS 9

Sisler • DET 9

6. Lary • DET 8

Score • CHW 8

Daley • KCA 8

9. Grant • CLE 7

Stigman • CLE 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lary • DET 19

2. Estrada • BAL 15

3. Bunning • DET 11

4. Daley • KCA 10

5. Tsitouris • KCA 8

6. Ramos • WSH 7

Duren • NYY 7

Herbert • KCA 7

Bell • CLE 7

Johnson • KCA 7

Batters Faced

1. Ramos • WSH 1,162

2. Lary • DET 1,148

3. Perry • CLE 1,103

4. Herbert • KCA 1,063

5. Bunning • DET 1,024

Wynn • CHW 1,024

7. Daley • KCA 1,016

8. Monbouquette • BOS 909

9. Estrada • BAL 883

10. Pappas • BAL 863

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. Fornieles • BOS 48

2. Staley • CHW 45

3. Klippstein • CLE 30

Kutyna • KCA 30

5. Clevenger • WSH 24

Wilhelm • BAL 24

7. Moore • 2TM 22

Morgan • 2TM 22

9. Shantz • NYY 21

10. Sisler • DET 19

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Baumann • CHW 144

2. Bunning • DET 143

3. Brown • BAL 126

4. Herbert • KCA 122

5. Barber • BAL 119

6. Ditmar • NYY 118

7. Ford • NYY 117

8. Lee • WSH 116

9. Ramos • WSH 116

10. Mossi • DET 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. Bunning • DET 2.86

2. Brown • BAL 3.28

3. Monbouquette • BOS 3.35

4. Herbert • KCA 3.37

5. Baumann • CHW 3.41

6. Lary • DET 3.51

7. Pappas • BAL 3.55

8. Fisher • BAL 3.59

9. Terry • NYY 3.60

10. Ramos • WSH 3.66

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. Bunning • DET 31

2. Baumann • CHW 22

3. Herbert • KCA 19

4. Kralick • WSH 17

5. Staley • CHW 16

6. Fornieles • BOS 16

7. Brown • BAL 14

8. Sisler • DET 14

9. Pappas • BAL 14

10. Ramos • WSH 13

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. Bunning • DET 3.3

2. Baumann • CHW 2.3

3. Herbert • KCA 2.0

4. Kralick • WSH 1.8

5. Staley • CHW 1.7

6. Fornieles • BOS 1.6

7. Brown • BAL 1.5

8. Sisler • DET 1.5

9. Pappas • BAL 1.4

10. Ditmar • NYY 1.4

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. Bunning • DET 31.80

2. Baumann • CHW 29.43

3. Estrada • BAL 19.88

4. Kralick • WSH 19.13

5. Ford • NYY 18.83

6. Pappas • BAL 18.56

7. Aguirre • DET 18.54

8. Monbouquette • BOS 17.98

9. Herbert • KCA 16.77

10. Moore • 2TM 16.68

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. Baumann • CHW 4.3

2. Sisler • DET 3.3

3. Klippstein • CLE 2.8

4. Moore • 2TM 2.5

5. Bunning • DET 2.4

6. Muffett • BOS 2.2

7. Pappas • BAL 2.2

8. Arroyo • NYY 2.0

9. Herbert • KCA 2.0

10. Pierce • CHW 2.0

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. Bunning • DET 3.7

2. Baumann • CHW 2.5

3. Wynn • CHW 1.9

4. Brown • BAL 1.9

5. Ford • NYY 1.6

6. Lary • DET 1.6

7. Pappas • BAL 1.5

8. Staley • CHW 1.5

9. Fisher • BAL 1.5

10. Fornieles • BOS 1.4

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. Baumann • CHW 8.9

2. Ditmar • NYY 7.9

3. Arroyo • NYY 6.9

4. Pappas • BAL 6.9

5. Ford • NYY 6.8

6. Terry • NYY 6.6

7. Stafford • NYY 6.5

8. Fisher • BAL 4.9

9. Pierce • CHW 4.7

10. Klippstein • CLE 4.5

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. Bunning • DET 3.3

2. Baumann • CHW 3.1

3. Estrada • BAL 2.1

4. Ford • NYY 2.0

5. Kralick • WSH 2.0

6. Pappas • BAL 2.0

7. Aguirre • DET 1.9

8. Monbouquette • BOS 1.8

9. Herbert • KCA 1.7

10. Moore • 2TM 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