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1965 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Minnesota Twins

AL Most Valuable Player: Zoilo Versalles

ML Cy Young: Sandy Koufax

AL Rookie of the Year: Curt Blefary

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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. McDowell • CLE 7.9

2. Versalles • MIN 7.1

3. Stottlemyre • NYY 6.9

4. Buford • CHW 6.9

5. Oliva • MIN 5.4

6. Cash • DET 5.4

7. Fregosi • CAL 5.2

8. Siebert • CLE 5.0

9. Yastrzemski • BOS 5.0

10. Richert • WSA 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. McDowell • CLE 8.2

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 6.9

3. Siebert • CLE 5.1

4. Richert • WSA 4.9

5. McLain • DET 4.6

6. Newman • CAL 4.4

7. Miller • BAL 4.2

8. Lee • CAL 4.1

9. Brunet • CAL 4.1

10. Ford • NYY 3.8

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. McDowell • CLE 2.18

2. Fisher • CHW 2.40

3. Siebert • CLE 2.43

4. Brunet • CAL 2.56

5. Richert • WSA 2.60

6. Pappas • BAL 2.60

7. McLain • DET 2.61

8. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.63

9. Perry • MIN 2.63

10. Barber • BAL 2.69

Wins

1. Grant • MIN 21

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 20

3. Kaat • MIN 18

4. McDowell • CLE 17

5. Ford • NYY 16

McLain • DET 16

Siebert • CLE 16

8. Barber • BAL 15

Chance • CAL 15

Fisher • CHW 15

Lolich • DET 15

Richert • WSA 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. Grant • MIN .750

2. McLain • DET .727

3. Stottlemyre • NYY .690

4. Fisher • CHW .682

5. Siebert • CLE .667

Miller • BAL .667

John • CHW .667

8. Terry • CLE .647

McNally • BAL .647

10. Perry • MIN .632

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Fisher • CHW 0.974

2. Siebert • CLE 0.981

3. Terry • CLE 1.068

4. McLain • DET 1.071

5. Pappas • BAL 1.102

6. Horlen • CHW 1.105

7. Brunet • CAL 1.107

8. Newman • CAL 1.109

9. Perry • MIN 1.127

10. McDowell • CLE 1.136

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 5.868

2. Fisher • CHW 6.423

3. Siebert • CLE 6.631

4. Richert • WSA 6.773

5. Brunet • CAL 6.807

6. McLain • DET 7.107

7. Barber • BAL 7.219

8. Morehead • BOS 7.334

9. McNally • BAL 7.384

10. Tiant • CLE 7.610

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Terry • CLE 1.249

2. Monbouquette • BOS 1.574

3. Horlen • CHW 1.603

4. Ford • NYY 1.842

5. Grant • MIN 2.031

6. Pappas • BAL 2.114

7. Kaat • MIN 2.145

8. Siebert • CLE 2.194

9. Newman • CAL 2.210

10. Fisher • CHW 2.341

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 10.714

2. Siebert • CLE 9.111

3. Lolich • DET 8.347

4. McLain • DET 7.843

5. Morehead • BOS 7.614

6. Downing • NYY 7.599

7. Richert • WSA 7.469

8. Tiant • CLE 6.968

9. Sparma • DET 6.844

10. Seguí • KCA 6.571

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fisher • CHW 82

2. Kline • WSA 74

3. Lee • CAL 69

4. Dickson • KCA 68

5. Miller • BAL 67

6. Wilhelm • CHW 66

7. Ramos • NYY 65

Wyatt • KCA 65

9. Radatz • BOS 63

Ridzik • WSA 63

Saves

1. Kline • WSA 29

2. Fisher • CHW 24

Miller • BAL 24

4. Lee • CAL 23

5. Radatz • BOS 22

6. Worthington • MIN 21

Wilhelm • CHW 21

8. Wyatt • KCA 18

Ramos • NYY 18

10. Bell • CLE 16

Innings Pitched

1. Stottlemyre • NYY 291.0

2. McDowell • CLE 273.0

3. Grant • MIN 270.1

4. Kaat • MIN 264.1

5. Newman • CAL 260.2

6. Ford • NYY 244.1

7. Lolich • DET 243.2

8. Wilson • BOS 230.2

9. Monbouquette • BOS 228.2

10. Chance • CAL 225.2

Strikeouts

1. McDowell • CLE 325

2. Lolich • DET 226

3. McLain • DET 192

4. Siebert • CLE 191

5. Downing • NYY 179

6. Chance • CAL 164

Wilson • BOS 164

8. Morehead • BOS 163

9. Ford • NYY 162

10. Richert • WSA 161

Games Started

1. Kaat • MIN 42

2. Grant • MIN 39

3. Lolich • DET 37

Stottlemyre • NYY 37

5. Wilson • BOS 36

Ford • NYY 36

Newman • CAL 36

8. McDowell • CLE 35

Monbouquette • BOS 35

10. Horlen • CHW 34

Pappas • BAL 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Stottlemyre • NYY 18

2. Grant • MIN 14

McDowell • CLE 14

4. McLain • DET 13

5. Aguirre • DET 10

Monbouquette • BOS 10

Chance • CAL 10

Newman • CAL 10

Tiant • CLE 10

10. Pappas • BAL 9

Ford • NYY 9

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Grant • MIN 6

2. McLain • DET 4

Horlen • CHW 4

Stottlemyre • NYY 4

Chance • CAL 4

6. McDowell • CLE 3

Lolich • DET 3

Pappas • BAL 3

Brunet • CAL 3

Wickersham • DET 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Grant • MIN 34

2. Ortega • WSA 33

3. Monbouquette • BOS 32

4. Wilson • BOS 27

5. Kaat • MIN 25

McLain • DET 25

Talbot • KCA 25

8. Aguirre • DET 24

9. Bouton • NYY 23

Lolich • DET 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McDowell • CLE 132

2. Morehead • BOS 113

3. Downing • NYY 105

4. Chance • CAL 101

5. Ortega • WSA 97

6. Narum • WSA 91

7. Stottlemyre • NYY 88

8. Talbot • KCA 86

9. Richert • WSA 84

10. López • CAL 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kaat • MIN 267

2. Grant • MIN 252

3. Stottlemyre • NYY 250

4. Ford • NYY 241

5. Monbouquette • BOS 239

6. Newman • CAL 225

7. Wilson • BOS 221

8. Lolich • DET 216

9. Horlen • CHW 203

10. Chance • CAL 197

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. Siebert • CLE 4.152

2. Terry • CLE 3.652

3. Ford • NYY 3.240

4. Horlen • CHW 3.205

5. Lolich • DET 3.139

6. McLain • DET 3.097

7. Monbouquette • BOS 2.750

8. McDowell • CLE 2.462

9. Kaat • MIN 2.444

10. Pappas • BAL 2.442

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 0.297

2. Brunet • CAL 0.411

3. Chance • CAL 0.479

4. López • CAL 0.502

5. Newman • CAL 0.518

6. Wickersham • DET 0.553

7. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.557

8. Buzhardt • CHW 0.572

9. John • CHW 0.588

10. Barber • BAL 0.653

Losses

1. Monbouquette • BOS 18

Morehead • BOS 18

O'Donoghue • KCA 18

4. Lonborg • BOS 17

5. Newman • CAL 16

6. Bouton • NYY 15

Ortega • WSA 15

Seguí • KCA 15

9. Downing • NYY 14

Wickersham • DET 14

Wilson • BOS 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ortega • WSA 102

Wilson • BOS 102

3. Grant • MIN 99

4. Monbouquette • BOS 94

5. Lolich • DET 93

6. Lonborg • BOS 92

7. Talbot • KCA 91

8. Ford • NYY 88

9. Morehead • BOS 87

10. Narum • WSA 86

Wild Pitches

1. McDowell • CLE 17

2. Wyatt • KCA 13

3. Morehead • BOS 11

4. Fisher • CHW 10

López • CAL 10

Wilhelm • CHW 10

7. Gatewood • CAL 9

Howard • CHW 9

May • CAL 9

O'Donoghue • KCA 9

Richert • WSA 9

Sheldon • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lolich • DET 12

2. Wickersham • DET 11

3. Aguirre • DET 10

4. Chance • CAL 9

5. Buzhardt • CHW 7

Narum • WSA 7

Ridzik • WSA 7

Stottlemyre • NYY 7

Sheldon • 2TM 7

10. Bennett • BOS 6

McDowell • CLE 6

McNally • BAL 6

Talbot • KCA 6

Batters Faced

1. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,188

2. McDowell • CLE 1,116

3. Kaat • MIN 1,115

4. Grant • MIN 1,095

5. Newman • CAL 1,044

6. Lolich • DET 1,015

7. Ford • NYY 1,000

8. Wilson • BOS 978

9. Chance • CAL 950

10. Monbouquette • BOS 949

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. Fisher • CHW 60

2. Kline • WSA 58

3. Radatz • BOS 56

4. Miller • BAL 55

5. Lee • CAL 50

6. Wyatt • KCA 47

7. Wilhelm • CHW 45

8. Ramos • NYY 42

9. Worthington • MIN 38

10. Hall • BAL 35

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. McDowell • CLE 161

2. Siebert • CLE 144

3. Perry • MIN 136

4. McLain • DET 134

5. Richert • WSA 133

6. Pappas • BAL 133

7. Fisher • CHW 132

8. Brunet • CAL 131

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 129

10. Barber • BAL 129

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. McDowell • CLE 2.08

2. Siebert • CLE 2.27

3. Brunet • CAL 2.78

4. Horlen • CHW 2.90

5. Lolich • DET 2.92

6. John • CHW 2.97

7. Ford • NYY 2.99

8. McLain • DET 3.12

9. Newman • CAL 3.18

10. Buzhardt • CHW 3.20

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. McDowell • CLE 38

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 24

3. Wilhelm • CHW 23

4. Siebert • CLE 22

5. Miller • BAL 22

6. McLain • DET 22

7. Lee • CAL 20

8. Richert • WSA 19

9. Brunet • CAL 18

10. Pappas • BAL 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. McDowell • CLE 4.3

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.7

3. Wilhelm • CHW 2.5

4. Siebert • CLE 2.5

5. Miller • BAL 2.4

6. McLain • DET 2.4

7. Lee • CAL 2.2

8. Richert • WSA 2.1

9. Brunet • CAL 2.0

10. Pappas • BAL 2.0

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. McDowell • CLE 45.72

2. Miller • BAL 31.03

3. Wilhelm • CHW 29.30

4. Stottlemyre • NYY 26.79

5. Richert • WSA 24.72

6. Siebert • CLE 24.31

7. McLain • DET 24.24

8. Fisher • CHW 21.41

9. Brunet • CAL 20.26

10. Worthington • MIN 19.00

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. Miller • BAL 7.3

2. McDowell • CLE 5.8

3. Fisher • CHW 5.1

4. Lee • CAL 4.8

5. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.8

6. Richert • WSA 3.6

7. Wilhelm • CHW 3.3

8. Fox • DET 2.9

9. Hall • BAL 2.8

10. McLain • DET 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. McDowell • CLE 4.5

2. Wilhelm • CHW 3.5

3. Newman • CAL 3.3

4. Siebert • CLE 2.9

5. Miller • BAL 2.8

6. Fisher • CHW 2.7

7. McLain • DET 2.6

8. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.3

9. Lee • CAL 2.1

10. Brunet • CAL 2.0

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. Fisher • CHW 9.4

2. Perry • MIN 6.9

3. Worthington • MIN 6.9

4. Miller • BAL 6.9

5. McDowell • CLE 5.8

6. Grant • MIN 5.0

7. Hall • BAL 4.1

8. Horlen • CHW 4.0

9. Siebert • CLE 2.4

10. Lee • CAL 2.4

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. McDowell • CLE 5.2

2. Miller • BAL 3.4

3. Wilhelm • CHW 3.4

4. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.0

5. Richert • WSA 2.8

6. McLain • DET 2.7

7. Siebert • CLE 2.7

8. Fisher • CHW 2.4

9. Brunet • CAL 2.3

10. Newman • CAL 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