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1962 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Mickey Mantle

ML Cy Young: Don Drysdale

AL Rookie of the Year: Tom Tresh

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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. Aguirre • DET 6.2

2. Pascual • MIN 6.1

3. Robinson • BAL 6.1

4. Mantle • NYY 5.9

5. Kaat • MIN 5.7

6. Colavito • DET 5.7

7. Siebern • KCA 5.5

8. Bunning • DET 5.3

9. Herbert • CHW 5.2

10. Radatz • BOS 5.2

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. Aguirre • DET 7.4

2. Radatz • BOS 5.5

3. Kaat • MIN 5.4

4. Pascual • MIN 5.3

5. Ford • NYY 5.1

6. Bunning • DET 4.8

7. Herbert • CHW 4.6

8. Roberts • BAL 4.4

9. Chance • LAA 4.1

10. Terry • NYY 4.0

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. Aguirre • DET 2.21

2. Roberts • BAL 2.78

3. Ford • NYY 2.90

4. Chance • LAA 2.96

5. Fisher • CHW 3.10

6. Kaat • MIN 3.14

7. Cheney • WSA 3.17

8. Terry • NYY 3.19

9. Herbert • CHW 3.27

10. Pascual • MIN 3.32

Wins

1. Terry • NYY 23

2. Donovan • CLE 20

Herbert • CHW 20

Pascual • MIN 20

5. Bunning • DET 19

6. Kaat • MIN 18

7. Ford • NYY 17

8. Aguirre • DET 16

9. Conley • BOS 15

Monbouquette • BOS 15

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. Stigman • MIN .706

2. Herbert • CHW .690

3. McBride • LAA .688

4. Ford • NYY .680

5. Aguirre • DET .667

Donovan • CLE .667

7. Terry • NYY .657

8. Bunning • DET .655

9. Pascual • MIN .645

10. Stafford • NYY .609

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Aguirre • DET 1.051

2. Terry • NYY 1.051

3. Roberts • BAL 1.134

4. Pascual • MIN 1.145

5. Fisher • CHW 1.172

6. Kaat • MIN 1.182

7. Donovan • CLE 1.205

8. Ford • NYY 1.211

9. Kralick • MIN 1.236

10. Monbouquette • BOS 1.241

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Aguirre • DET 6.750

2. Cheney • WSA 6.958

3. Belinsky • LAA 7.158

4. Wilson • BOS 7.667

5. Stenhouse • WSA 7.721

6. Terry • NYY 7.744

7. Stafford • NYY 7.931

8. Estrada • BAL 8.019

9. Pfister • KCA 8.022

10. Pizarro • CHW 8.056

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Donovan • CLE 1.688

2. Terry • NYY 1.718

3. Mossi • DET 1.797

4. Roberts • BAL 1.929

5. Pascual • MIN 2.061

6. Rudolph • 2TM 2.140

7. Fisher • CHW 2.217

8. Kralick • MIN 2.262

9. Ford • NYY 2.410

10. Monbouquette • BOS 2.486

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pizarro • CHW 7.657

2. Cheney • WSA 7.633

3. Pascual • MIN 7.195

4. Belinsky • LAA 6.966

5. Estrada • BAL 6.649

6. Aguirre • DET 6.500

7. Wilson • BOS 6.444

8. Bunning • DET 6.419

9. Rakow • KCA 6.081

10. Mossi • DET 6.039

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Radatz • BOS 62

2. Wyatt • KCA 59

3. Bell • CLE 57

Fisher • CHW 57

Hoeft • BAL 57

Spring • LAA 57

7. Kutyna • WSA 54

8. Stock • BAL 53

9. Bridges • NYY 52

Wilhelm • BAL 52

Saves

1. Radatz • BOS 24

2. Bridges • NYY 18

3. Fox • DET 16

4. Wilhelm • BAL 15

5. Bell • CLE 12

6. Wyatt • KCA 11

7. Moore • MIN 9

Morgan • LAA 9

9. Duren • LAA 8

Chance • LAA 8

Innings Pitched

1. Terry • NYY 298.2

2. Kaat • MIN 269.0

3. Bunning • DET 258.0

4. Ford • NYY 257.2

Pascual • MIN 257.2

6. Donovan • CLE 250.2

7. Kralick • MIN 242.2

8. Conley • BOS 241.2

9. Herbert • CHW 236.2

10. Monbouquette • BOS 235.1

Rakow • KCA 235.1

Strikeouts

1. Pascual • MIN 206

2. Bunning • DET 184

3. Terry • NYY 176

4. Kaat • MIN 173

Pizarro • CHW 173

6. Estrada • BAL 165

7. Ford • NYY 160

8. Rakow • KCA 159

9. Aguirre • DET 156

10. Monbouquette • BOS 153

Games Started

1. Terry • NYY 39

2. Ford • NYY 37

Kralick • MIN 37

4. Bunning • DET 35

Herbert • CHW 35

Kaat • MIN 35

Monbouquette • BOS 35

Rakow • KCA 35

9. Donovan • CLE 34

10. Conley • BOS 33

Estrada • BAL 33

Pascual • MIN 33

Stafford • NYY 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Pascual • MIN 18

2. Kaat • MIN 16

Donovan • CLE 16

4. Terry • NYY 14

5. Herbert • CHW 12

Bunning • DET 12

7. Aguirre • DET 11

Monbouquette • BOS 11

Rakow • KCA 11

Wynn • CHW 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Kaat • MIN 5

Pascual • MIN 5

Donovan • CLE 5

4. McBride • LAA 4

Monbouquette • BOS 4

6. Belinsky • LAA 3

Wynn • CHW 3

Terry • NYY 3

Cheney • WSA 3

Perry • CLE 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Terry • NYY 40

2. Kralick • MIN 31

Pappas • BAL 31

Rakow • KCA 31

5. Bunning • DET 28

Conley • BOS 28

Ramos • CLE 28

8. Pfister • KCA 27

Walker • KCA 27

10. Pascual • MIN 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Belinsky • LAA 122

2. Estrada • BAL 121

Schwall • BOS 121

4. Wilson • BOS 111

5. Pfister • KCA 106

6. Rakow • KCA 98

7. Cheney • WSA 97

Pizarro • CHW 97

9. Stenhouse • WSA 90

10. Foytack • DET 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Bunning • DET 262

2. Terry • NYY 257

3. Donovan • CLE 255

4. Ford • NYY 243

Kaat • MIN 243

6. Kralick • MIN 239

7. Conley • BOS 238

8. Pascual • MIN 236

9. Rakow • KCA 232

10. Herbert • CHW 228

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. Pascual • MIN 3.492

2. Mossi • DET 3.361

3. Terry • NYY 3.088

4. Roberts • BAL 2.488

5. Bunning • DET 2.486

6. Aguirre • DET 2.400

7. Monbouquette • BOS 2.354

8. Ford • NYY 2.319

9. Kaat • MIN 2.307

10. Kralick • MIN 2.279

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Herbert • CHW 0.494

2. Belinsky • LAA 0.577

3. Aguirre • DET 0.583

4. Chance • LAA 0.610

5. Cheney • WSA 0.623

6. Rudolph • 2TM 0.662

7. Pizarro • CHW 0.708

8. Ford • NYY 0.768

9. Kaat • MIN 0.770

10. Roberts • BAL 0.800

Losses

1. Estrada • BAL 17

Rakow • KCA 17

3. Daniels • WSA 16

4. Schwall • BOS 15

Wynn • CHW 15

6. Conley • BOS 14

Kaat • MIN 14

Pfister • KCA 14

Pizarro • CHW 14

10. Latman • CLE 13

Monbouquette • BOS 13

Mossi • DET 13

Osteen • WSA 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Rakow • KCA 111

2. Conley • BOS 106

Terry • NYY 106

4. Kralick • MIN 104

5. Bunning • DET 103

6. Donovan • CLE 100

Schwall • BOS 100

8. Pfister • KCA 99

9. Estrada • BAL 95

Pascual • MIN 95

Wild Pitches

1. Kaat • MIN 13

2. McDevitt • KCA 11

Wilhelm • BAL 11

Wilson • BOS 11

5. Pfister • KCA 10

Stigman • MIN 10

7. Belinsky • LAA 9

Estrada • BAL 9

Rakow • KCA 9

10. Bonikowski • MIN 8

Wyatt • KCA 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Kaat • MIN 18

2. Belinsky • LAA 13

Bunning • DET 13

4. Estrada • BAL 10

Schwall • BOS 10

Lee • 2TM 10

7. McBride • LAA 9

Pfister • KCA 9

9. Fornieles • BOS 8

Wickersham • KCA 8

Batters Faced

1. Terry • NYY 1,191

2. Kaat • MIN 1,112

3. Bunning • DET 1,103

4. Ford • NYY 1,070

5. Pascual • MIN 1,053

6. Donovan • CLE 1,032

7. Conley • BOS 1,017

8. Kralick • MIN 1,011

9. Rakow • KCA 1,007

10. Herbert • CHW 984

Monbouquette • BOS 984

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. Radatz • BOS 53

2. Wilhelm • BAL 44

3. Bell • CLE 37

4. Moore • MIN 36

5. Bridges • NYY 35

6. Kutyna • WSA 31

7. Wyatt • KCA 30

8. Fox • DET 28

9. Hoeft • BAL 27

10. Morgan • LAA 26

Stock • BAL 26

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Aguirre • DET 185

2. Roberts • BAL 133

3. Ford • NYY 130

4. Chance • LAA 130

5. Kaat • MIN 130

6. Cheney • WSA 128

7. Fisher • CHW 127

8. Monbouquette • BOS 124

9. Pascual • MIN 123

10. Herbert • CHW 120

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. Aguirre • DET 2.99

2. Pascual • MIN 2.99

3. Chance • LAA 3.30

4. Herbert • CHW 3.31

5. Ford • NYY 3.33

6. Pizarro • CHW 3.38

7. Monbouquette • BOS 3.40

8. Roberts • BAL 3.41

9. Kaat • MIN 3.48

10. Cheney • WSA 3.53

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. Aguirre • DET 41

2. Ford • NYY 28

3. Kaat • MIN 27

4. Radatz • BOS 27

5. Pascual • MIN 24

6. Roberts • BAL 23

7. Hall • BAL 21

8. Herbert • CHW 21

9. Monbouquette • BOS 19

10. Terry • NYY 18

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. Aguirre • DET 4.3

2. Ford • NYY 2.9

3. Kaat • MIN 2.9

4. Radatz • BOS 2.7

5. Pascual • MIN 2.6

6. Roberts • BAL 2.4

7. Hall • BAL 2.2

8. Herbert • CHW 2.1

9. Monbouquette • BOS 2.0

10. Terry • NYY 1.9

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. Aguirre • DET 39.39

2. Ford • NYY 36.25

3. Radatz • BOS 28.87

4. Kaat • MIN 28.72

5. Roberts • BAL 28.32

6. Pascual • MIN 28.20

7. Herbert • CHW 27.58

8. Terry • NYY 24.82

9. Hall • BAL 23.68

10. Cheney • WSA 19.83

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. Aguirre • DET 4.7

2. Ford • NYY 3.8

3. Pascual • MIN 3.6

4. Fox • DET 3.4

5. Herbert • CHW 3.2

6. Cheney • WSA 3.1

7. Monbouquette • BOS 2.9

8. Radatz • BOS 2.9

9. Terry • NYY 2.9

10. Kaat • MIN 2.8

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. Aguirre • DET 5.0

2. Terry • NYY 3.6

3. Kaat • MIN 3.0

4. Roberts • BAL 2.7

5. Ford • NYY 2.6

6. Herbert • CHW 2.5

7. Pascual • MIN 2.4

8. Fisher • CHW 2.4

9. Hall • BAL 2.4

10. Radatz • BOS 2.3

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. Terry • NYY 12.6

2. Ford • NYY 9.7

3. Kaat • MIN 6.0

4. Donovan • CLE 5.4

5. Stafford • NYY 5.2

6. Bridges • NYY 4.7

7. Chance • LAA 4.2

8. Pascual • MIN 4.1

9. Aguirre • DET 3.9

10. Daley • NYY 3.7

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. Aguirre • DET 4.1

2. Ford • NYY 4.0

3. Roberts • BAL 3.2

4. Kaat • MIN 3.0

5. Pascual • MIN 2.9

6. Herbert • CHW 2.9

Radatz • BOS 2.9

8. Terry • NYY 2.7

9. Hall • BAL 2.6

10. Cheney • WSA 2.0

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