1969 American League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Baltimore Orioles

AL Most Valuable Player: Harmon Killebrew

AL Cy Young: Mike Cuellar

AL Cy Young: Denny McLain

AL Rookie of the Year: Lou Piniella

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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. Petrocelli • BOS 10.0

2. Jackson • OAK 9.2

3. Bando • OAK 8.2

4. McLain • DET 7.8

5. Robinson • BAL 7.5

6. Blair • BAL 7.0

7. Perry • MIN 6.5

8. McDowell • CLE 6.3

9. Killebrew • MIN 6.1

Stottlemyre • NYY 6.1

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. McLain • DET 8.1

2. McDowell • CLE 6.6

3. Perry • MIN 6.3

4. Stottlemyre • NYY 5.7

5. Messersmith • CAL 5.4

6. John • CHW 5.1

7. Peterson • NYY 4.7

8. Lolich • DET 4.6

9. Bosman • WSA 4.5

Perranoski • MIN 4.5

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. Bosman • WSA 2.19

2. Palmer • BAL 2.34

3. Cuellar • BAL 2.38

4. Messersmith • CAL 2.52

5. Peterson • NYY 2.55

6. Cox • WSA 2.78

7. McLain • DET 2.80

8. Perry • MIN 2.82

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.82

10. Odom • OAK 2.92

Wins

1. McLain • DET 24

2. Cuellar • BAL 23

3. Boswell • MIN 20

McNally • BAL 20

Perry • MIN 20

Stottlemyre • NYY 20

7. Lolich • DET 19

8. McDowell • CLE 18

9. Culp • BOS 17

Peterson • NYY 17

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. Palmer • BAL .800

2. Perry • MIN .769

3. McNally • BAL .741

4. Bosman • WSA .737

5. McLain • DET .727

6. Odom • OAK .714

7. Culp • BOS .680

8. Cuellar • BAL .676

9. Seguí • SEP .667

Phoebus • BAL .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Peterson • NYY 0.996

2. Cuellar • BAL 1.005

3. Bosman • WSA 1.010

4. Messersmith • CAL 1.076

5. Palmer • BAL 1.077

6. McLain • DET 1.092

7. McDowell • CLE 1.137

8. May • CAL 1.153

9. Bunker • KCR 1.168

10. McNally • BAL 1.176

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Messersmith • CAL 6.084

2. Palmer • BAL 6.514

3. Cuellar • BAL 6.595

4. Lolich • DET 6.862

5. Odom • OAK 6.964

6. McDowell • CLE 7.011

7. May • CAL 7.087

8. Bosman • WSA 7.275

9. Peterson • NYY 7.544

10. Boswell • MIN 7.549

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Peterson • NYY 1.423

2. Bosman • WSA 1.819

3. McLain • DET 1.855

4. Perry • MIN 2.270

5. Cuellar • BAL 2.446

6. Bunker • KCR 2.506

7. McGlothlin • CAL 2.597

8. Kaat • MIN 2.785

9. McNally • BAL 2.814

10. Murphy • CAL 2.879

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 8.811

2. Lolich • DET 8.690

3. Messersmith • CAL 7.596

4. Butler • KCR 7.250

5. Williams • CLE 7.015

6. Culp • BOS 6.819

7. Siebert • 2TM 6.750

8. Boswell • MIN 6.671

9. May • CAL 6.638

10. Coleman • WSA 6.614

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wood • CHW 76

2. Perranoski • MIN 75

3. Lyle • BOS 71

4. Locker • 2TM 68

5. Seguí • SEP 66

6. Williams • CLE 61

7. Fingers • OAK 60

Lindblad • OAK 60

9. Bouton • SEP 57

Pizarro • 3TM 57

Saves

1. Perranoski • MIN 31

2. Tatum • CAL 22

3. Lyle • BOS 17

4. Watt • BAL 16

Higgins • WSA 16

6. Wood • CHW 15

7. Aker • 2TM 14

8. Knowles • WSA 13

9. Williams • CLE 12

Seguí • SEP 12

Richert • BAL 12

Fingers • OAK 12

Innings Pitched

1. McLain • DET 325.0

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 303.0

3. Cuellar • BAL 290.2

4. McDowell • CLE 285.0

5. Lolich • DET 280.2

6. Peterson • NYY 272.0

7. McNally • BAL 268.2

8. Perry • MIN 261.2

9. Boswell • MIN 256.1

10. Messersmith • CAL 250.0

Strikeouts

1. McDowell • CLE 279

2. Lolich • DET 271

3. Messersmith • CAL 211

4. Boswell • MIN 190

5. Coleman • WSA 182

Cuellar • BAL 182

7. McLain • DET 181

8. Culp • BOS 172

9. McNally • BAL 166

10. Butler • KCR 156

Tiant • CLE 156

Games Started

1. McLain • DET 41

2. McNally • BAL 40

3. Cuellar • BAL 39

Stottlemyre • NYY 39

5. Boswell • MIN 38

McDowell • CLE 38

7. Peterson • NYY 37

Tiant • CLE 37

9. Coleman • WSA 36

Lolich • DET 36

Perry • MIN 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Stottlemyre • NYY 24

2. McLain • DET 23

3. McDowell • CLE 18

Cuellar • BAL 18

5. Peterson • NYY 16

6. Lolich • DET 15

7. Coleman • WSA 12

Perry • MIN 12

9. McNally • BAL 11

Dobson • OAK 11

Palmer • BAL 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. McLain • DET 9

2. Palmer • BAL 6

3. Cuellar • BAL 5

4. Kilkenny • DET 4

McDowell • CLE 4

Butler • KCR 4

Coleman • WSA 4

McNally • BAL 4

Peterson • NYY 4

10. Perry • MIN 3

Hunter • OAK 3

Odom • OAK 3

Peters • CHW 3

Stottlemyre • NYY 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Tiant • CLE 37

2. Hunter • OAK 34

3. Bunker • KCR 29

Pattin • SEP 29

5. Bahnsen • NYY 28

6. Brabender • SEP 26

Coleman • WSA 26

Brunet • 2TM 26

9. Culp • BOS 25

McLain • DET 25

Williams • CLE 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Tiant • CLE 129

2. Lolich • DET 122

3. Odom • OAK 112

4. Nagy • BOS 106

5. Brabender • SEP 103

6. Burbach • NYY 102

McDowell • CLE 102

8. Coleman • WSA 100

Messersmith • CAL 100

10. Boswell • MIN 99

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. McLain • DET 288

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 267

3. Kaat • MIN 252

4. Dobson • OAK 244

Perry • MIN 244

6. Peters • CHW 238

7. Horlen • CHW 237

8. McNally • BAL 232

9. John • CHW 230

10. Tiant • CLE 229

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. Peterson • NYY 3.488

2. McDowell • CLE 2.735

3. McLain • DET 2.701

4. Bosman • WSA 2.538

5. Perry • MIN 2.318

6. Cuellar • BAL 2.304

7. Lolich • DET 2.221

8. Culp • BOS 2.177

9. Wilson • DET 2.174

10. Messersmith • CAL 2.110

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 0.411

2. Nagy • BOS 0.458

3. Peterson • NYY 0.496

4. Murphy • CAL 0.501

5. Bosman • WSA 0.513

6. Palmer • BAL 0.547

7. Cuellar • BAL 0.557

8. Nelson • KCR 0.559

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.564

10. Odom • OAK 0.584

Losses

1. Tiant • CLE 20

2. Bahnsen • NYY 16

Horlen • CHW 16

McGlothlin • CAL 16

Murphy • CAL 16

Peterson • NYY 16

Rooker • KCR 16

8. Hunter • OAK 15

Peters • CHW 15

10. Brabender • SEP 14

Hargan • CLE 14

McDowell • CLE 14

Stottlemyre • NYY 14

Williams • CLE 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Peters • CHW 110

2. Tiant • CLE 103

3. Dobson • OAK 101

McLain • DET 101

Murphy • CAL 101

6. Horlen • CHW 99

Pattin • SEP 99

8. Brabender • SEP 98

Lolich • DET 98

10. Culp • BOS 96

McNally • BAL 96

Wild Pitches

1. Messersmith • CAL 16

Murphy • CAL 16

3. Higgins • WSA 15

John • CHW 15

5. Lolich • DET 14

McDowell • CLE 14

7. Odom • OAK 13

8. Coleman • WSA 12

9. Bahnsen • NYY 10

Boswell • MIN 10

Hannan • WSA 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Murphy • CAL 21

2. Lolich • DET 14

3. Brabender • SEP 13

4. Williams • CLE 12

5. Nagy • BOS 11

6. Kaat • MIN 9

Perry • MIN 9

8. Boswell • MIN 8

Tiant • CLE 8

10. Lonborg • BOS 7

McDowell • CLE 7

Batters Faced

1. McLain • DET 1,304

2. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,244

3. Lolich • DET 1,172

4. McDowell • CLE 1,166

5. Cuellar • BAL 1,137

6. McNally • BAL 1,093

7. Tiant • CLE 1,091

8. Perry • MIN 1,079

9. Boswell • MIN 1,070

10. Peterson • NYY 1,066

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. Perranoski • MIN 52

2. Wood • CHW 50

3. Lyle • BOS 44

4. Watt • BAL 41

5. Knowles • WSA 40

6. Seguí • SEP 38

7. Drabowsky • KCR 37

8. Higgins • WSA 35

Wilhelm • CAL 35

10. Tatum • CAL 33

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bosman • WSA 158

2. Palmer • BAL 152

3. Cuellar • BAL 149

4. Messersmith • CAL 137

5. Peterson • NYY 137

6. McLain • DET 134

7. Perry • MIN 131

8. McDowell • CLE 127

9. Cox • WSA 124

10. Nagy • BOS 124

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 2.29

2. Peterson • NYY 2.63

3. Bosman • WSA 2.86

4. Cuellar • BAL 2.89

5. Messersmith • CAL 2.97

6. Palmer • BAL 3.02

7. McLain • DET 3.05

8. Lolich • DET 3.05

9. Perry • MIN 3.09

10. Boswell • MIN 3.19

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. McLain • DET 37

2. Cuellar • BAL 36

3. Perry • MIN 28

4. Palmer • BAL 27

5. Messersmith • CAL 26

6. Peterson • NYY 26

7. Bosman • WSA 26

8. Stottlemyre • NYY 24

9. McDowell • CLE 22

10. Tatum • CAL 22

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. McLain • DET 4.1

2. Cuellar • BAL 4.0

3. Palmer • BAL 3.1

4. Perry • MIN 3.0

5. Messersmith • CAL 2.9

6. Bosman • WSA 2.8

7. Peterson • NYY 2.8

8. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.7

9. McDowell • CLE 2.4

10. Tatum • CAL 2.4

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. McLain • DET 51.73

2. Cuellar • BAL 43.28

3. Palmer • BAL 34.81

4. Perry • MIN 32.80

5. Messersmith • CAL 29.87

6. Tatum • CAL 29.69

7. Peterson • NYY 29.27

8. Bosman • WSA 28.68

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 27.96

10. McNally • BAL 23.71

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. McLain • DET 7.2

2. Tatum • CAL 4.6

3. Cuellar • BAL 4.3

4. Perranoski • MIN 4.2

5. Peterson • NYY 3.8

6. Palmer • BAL 3.4

7. Perry • MIN 3.2

8. McDowell • CLE 3.1

9. Bosman • WSA 3.0

10. Messersmith • CAL 3.0

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. Cuellar • BAL 5.4

2. McLain • DET 4.9

3. Peterson • NYY 4.3

4. McDowell • CLE 4.2

5. Palmer • BAL 3.3

6. Messersmith • CAL 3.3

7. Bosman • WSA 3.1

8. McNally • BAL 2.5

9. Perranoski • MIN 2.4

10. Perry • MIN 2.4

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. Perranoski • MIN 6.6

2. Cuellar • BAL 3.7

3. McLain • DET 3.0

4. Perry • MIN 3.0

5. Palmer • BAL 2.8

6. Lindblad • OAK 2.4

7. McNally • BAL 2.1

8. Odom • OAK 2.0

9. Romo • 2TM 2.0

10. Hall • MIN 1.7

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. McLain • DET 5.8

2. Cuellar • BAL 4.9

3. Palmer • BAL 4.0

4. Perry • MIN 3.6

5. Messersmith • CAL 3.4

6. Tatum • CAL 3.3

7. Peterson • NYY 3.3

8. Bosman • WSA 3.3

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.1

10. McNally • BAL 2.6

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