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1963 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Elston Howard

ML Cy Young: Sandy Koufax

AL Rookie of the Year: Gary Peters

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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. Allison • MIN 7.4

2. Peters • CHW 7.0

3. Pascual • MIN 6.9

4. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.6

5. Radatz • BOS 5.5

6. Kaline • DET 5.4

7. Hall • MIN 5.4

8. Howard • NYY 5.2

9. Pearson • LAA 4.8

10. Pizarro • CHW 4.8

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. Pascual • MIN 6.1

2. Peters • CHW 6.0

3. Radatz • BOS 5.7

4. Bouton • NYY 4.8

5. Drabowsky • KCA 4.6

6. Pizarro • CHW 4.4

7. Ford • NYY 4.3

8. Stigman • MIN 3.9

9. Kralick • 2TM 3.9

10. Barber • BAL 3.9

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. Peters • CHW 2.33

2. Pizarro • CHW 2.39

3. Pascual • MIN 2.46

4. Bouton • NYY 2.53

5. Downing • NYY 2.56

6. Stange • MIN 2.62

7. Ford • NYY 2.74

8. Barber • BAL 2.75

9. Kralick • 2TM 3.03

10. Pappas • BAL 3.03

Wins

1. Ford • NYY 24

2. Bouton • NYY 21

Pascual • MIN 21

4. Barber • BAL 20

Monbouquette • BOS 20

6. Peters • CHW 19

7. Terry • NYY 17

8. Pappas • BAL 16

Pizarro • CHW 16

10. Radatz • BOS 15

Regan • DET 15

Stigman • MIN 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. Ford • NYY .774

2. Bouton • NYY .750

3. Downing • NYY .722

4. Radatz • BOS .714

5. Stange • MIN .706

6. Peters • CHW .704

7. Pascual • MIN .700

8. Monbouquette • BOS .667

Pizarro • CHW .667

10. Pappas • BAL .640

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Terry • NYY 1.063

2. Ramos • CLE 1.067

3. Peters • CHW 1.070

4. Roberts • BAL 1.074

5. Ford • NYY 1.099

6. Downing • NYY 1.104

7. Bouton • NYY 1.115

8. McBride • LAA 1.116

9. Pizarro • CHW 1.118

10. Monbouquette • BOS 1.125

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Downing • NYY 5.841

2. Bouton • NYY 6.894

3. Drabowsky • KCA 6.969

4. Morehead • BOS 7.059

5. McBride • LAA 7.100

6. Peters • CHW 7.111

7. Pizarro • CHW 7.421

8. Pascual • MIN 7.430

9. Ramos • CLE 7.603

10. Pappas • BAL 7.726

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Donovan • CLE 1.223

2. Terry • NYY 1.310

3. Herbert • CHW 1.402

4. Monbouquette • BOS 1.418

5. Roberts • BAL 1.432

6. Rudolph • WSA 1.862

7. Ford • NYY 1.871

8. Kaat • MIN 1.918

9. Kralick • 2TM 1.978

10. Ramos • CLE 1.998

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Downing • NYY 8.761

2. Ramos • CLE 8.236

3. Pascual • MIN 7.321

4. Stigman • MIN 7.207

5. Bunning • DET 7.103

6. Morehead • BOS 7.008

7. Peters • CHW 7.000

8. Pizarro • CHW 6.834

9. Ford • NYY 6.316

10. Barber • BAL 6.263

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Miller • BAL 71

2. Dailey • MIN 66

Radatz • BOS 66

4. Lamabe • BOS 65

5. Wyatt • KCA 63

6. Kline • WSA 62

7. Bell • CLE 58

8. Fowler • LAA 57

Navarro • LAA 57

10. Wilhelm • CHW 55

Saves

1. Miller • BAL 27

2. Radatz • BOS 23

3. Wyatt • KCA 21

Wilhelm • CHW 21

Dailey • MIN 21

6. Reniff • NYY 18

7. Kline • WSA 17

8. Brosnan • CHW 15

9. Abernathy • CLE 12

Hall • BAL 12

Navarro • LAA 12

Innings Pitched

1. Ford • NYY 269.1

2. Terry • NYY 268.0

3. Monbouquette • BOS 266.2

4. Barber • BAL 258.2

5. Roberts • BAL 251.1

6. McBride • LAA 251.0

7. Bouton • NYY 249.1

8. Bunning • DET 248.1

Pascual • MIN 248.1

10. Chance • LAA 248.0

Strikeouts

1. Pascual • MIN 202

2. Bunning • DET 196

3. Stigman • MIN 193

4. Ford • NYY 189

Peters • CHW 189

6. Barber • BAL 180

7. Monbouquette • BOS 174

8. Downing • NYY 171

9. Ramos • CLE 169

10. Chance • LAA 168

Games Started

1. Ford • NYY 37

Terry • NYY 37

3. Barber • BAL 36

McBride • LAA 36

Monbouquette • BOS 36

6. Bunning • DET 35

Chance • LAA 35

Roberts • BAL 35

9. Wickersham • KCA 34

Wilson • BOS 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Pascual • MIN 18

Terry • NYY 18

3. Stigman • MIN 15

4. Aguirre • DET 14

Herbert • CHW 14

6. Peters • CHW 13

Monbouquette • BOS 13

Ford • NYY 13

9. Bouton • NYY 12

10. Barber • BAL 11

Pappas • BAL 11

McBride • LAA 11

Kralick • 2TM 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Herbert • CHW 7

2. Bouton • NYY 6

3. Pappas • BAL 4

Kralick • 2TM 4

Cheney • WSA 4

Peters • CHW 4

Downing • NYY 4

8. Aguirre • DET 3

Pascual • MIN 3

Peña • KCA 3

Pizarro • CHW 3

Ford • NYY 3

Donovan • CLE 3

Stigman • MIN 3

Terry • NYY 3

Wilson • BOS 3

Buzhardt • CHW 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bunning • DET 38

2. Roberts • BAL 35

3. Regan • DET 33

4. Stigman • MIN 32

5. Monbouquette • BOS 31

6. Grant • CLE 30

7. Ramos • CLE 29

Terry • NYY 29

9. Rudolph • WSA 28

10. Donovan • CLE 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wilson • BOS 105

2. Morehead • BOS 99

3. Barber • BAL 92

4. Chance • LAA 90

5. Bouton • NYY 87

Grant • CLE 87

7. McBride • LAA 82

8. Pascual • MIN 81

Stigman • MIN 81

10. Downing • NYY 80

Osinski • LAA 80

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Monbouquette • BOS 258

2. Barber • BAL 253

3. Terry • NYY 246

4. Bunning • DET 245

5. Wickersham • KCA 244

6. Ford • NYY 240

7. Herbert • CHW 230

Roberts • BAL 230

9. Chance • LAA 229

10. Aguirre • DET 222

Osteen • WSA 222

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. Monbouquette • BOS 4.143

2. Ramos • CLE 4.122

3. Ford • NYY 3.375

4. Roberts • BAL 3.100

5. Donovan • CLE 3.000

Herbert • CHW 3.000

7. Terry • NYY 2.923

8. Bunning • DET 2.841

9. Peters • CHW 2.779

10. Kaat • MIN 2.763

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Peters • CHW 0.333

2. Downing • NYY 0.359

3. Chance • LAA 0.363

4. Barber • BAL 0.418

5. Herbert • CHW 0.481

6. Pizarro • CHW 0.587

7. Bouton • NYY 0.650

8. Pascual • MIN 0.761

9. Wilson • BOS 0.769

10. McBride • LAA 0.789

Losses

1. Peña • KCA 20

2. Rudolph • WSA 19

3. Chance • LAA 18

4. Wilson • BOS 16

5. Aguirre • DET 15

Stigman • MIN 15

Terry • NYY 15

Wickersham • KCA 15

9. Grant • CLE 14

Osteen • WSA 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Monbouquette • BOS 113

2. Wickersham • KCA 108

3. Bunning • DET 107

4. Donovan • CLE 97

5. Terry • NYY 96

6. Grant • CLE 94

7. Roberts • BAL 93

8. Aguirre • DET 92

9. McBride • LAA 91

10. Peña • KCA 89

Wild Pitches

1. Wilson • BOS 21

2. Pappas • BAL 10

Pascual • MIN 10

Stange • MIN 10

Stigman • MIN 10

6. Ford • NYY 9

7. Lolich • DET 8

Rakow • KCA 8

9. Bronstad • WSA 7

Chance • LAA 7

Duckworth • WSA 7

McDowell • CLE 7

McNally • BAL 7

Wyatt • KCA 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McBride • LAA 14

2. Duckworth • WSA 10

Chance • LAA 10

4. Lee • LAA 9

Kaat • MIN 9

Wickersham • KCA 9

7. Aguirre • DET 8

Peters • CHW 8

Earley • BOS 8

Drabowsky • KCA 8

Batters Faced

1. Barber • BAL 1,096

2. Monbouquette • BOS 1,090

3. Terry • NYY 1,074

4. Ford • NYY 1,068

5. Chance • LAA 1,058

6. Bunning • DET 1,051

7. McBride • LAA 1,021

8. Wickersham • KCA 1,020

9. Roberts • BAL 1,014

10. Pascual • MIN 1,011

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. Miller • BAL 59

2. Radatz • BOS 58

3. Wyatt • KCA 53

4. Kline • WSA 46

5. Dailey • MIN 43

6. Wilhelm • CHW 40

7. Abernathy • CLE 33

Brosnan • CHW 33

9. Fowler • LAA 30

Navarro • LAA 30

Reniff • NYY 30

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Peters • CHW 150

2. Pascual • MIN 148

3. Pizarro • CHW 146

4. Bouton • NYY 140

5. Stange • MIN 139

6. Downing • NYY 138

7. Drabowsky • KCA 129

8. Ford • NYY 129

9. Barber • BAL 126

10. Kralick • 2TM 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. Peters • CHW 2.34

2. Downing • NYY 2.42

3. Pizarro • CHW 2.73

4. Herbert • CHW 2.73

5. Barber • BAL 2.80

6. Chance • LAA 2.86

7. Pascual • MIN 2.97

8. Ford • NYY 2.98

9. Monbouquette • BOS 3.16

10. Kralick • 2TM 3.22

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. Peters • CHW 33

2. Pascual • MIN 33

3. Bouton • NYY 28

4. Radatz • BOS 26

5. Pizarro • CHW 25

6. Ford • NYY 23

7. Downing • NYY 21

8. Dailey • MIN 20

9. Stange • MIN 19

10. Drabowsky • KCA 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. Peters • CHW 3.7

2. Pascual • MIN 3.7

3. Bouton • NYY 3.1

4. Radatz • BOS 2.8

5. Pizarro • CHW 2.8

6. Ford • NYY 2.6

7. Downing • NYY 2.4

8. Dailey • MIN 2.2

9. Stange • MIN 2.1

10. Drabowsky • KCA 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. Peters • CHW 42.54

2. Pascual • MIN 36.77

3. Bouton • NYY 34.24

4. Ford • NYY 27.22

5. Pizarro • CHW 27.18

6. Downing • NYY 25.97

7. Radatz • BOS 25.59

8. Dailey • MIN 24.03

9. Buzhardt • CHW 21.18

10. Stigman • MIN 19.17

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. Radatz • BOS 6.2

2. Peters • CHW 4.6

3. Bouton • NYY 4.6

4. Pizarro • CHW 4.1

5. Miller • BAL 3.7

6. Wyatt • KCA 3.5

7. Pascual • MIN 3.0

8. Ford • NYY 2.7

9. Reniff • NYY 2.4

10. Buzhardt • CHW 2.1

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. Peters • CHW 3.6

2. Downing • NYY 3.4

3. Bouton • NYY 3.3

4. Pizarro • CHW 2.8

5. Pascual • MIN 2.6

6. Drabowsky • KCA 2.6

7. Radatz • BOS 2.5

8. Herbert • CHW 2.4

9. Buzhardt • CHW 2.2

10. Dailey • MIN 2.2

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. Pizarro • CHW 8.0

2. Radatz • BOS 7.7

3. Peters • CHW 5.6

4. Bouton • NYY 5.3

5. Reniff • NYY 5.2

6. Buzhardt • CHW 4.3

7. Downing • NYY 3.1

8. Monbouquette • BOS 2.6

9. Wyatt • KCA 2.6

10. Bridges • NYY 2.5

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. Peters • CHW 4.9

2. Pascual • MIN 4.2

3. Bouton • NYY 3.9

4. Pizarro • CHW 3.1

5. Ford • NYY 3.0

6. Downing • NYY 3.0

7. Radatz • BOS 2.7

8. Dailey • MIN 2.6

9. Buzhardt • CHW 2.5

10. Stigman • MIN 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