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1974 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Oakland Athletics

AL Most Valuable Player: Jeff Burroughs

AL Cy Young: Catfish Hunter

AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Hargrove

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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. Perry • CLE 8.5

2. Blyleven • MIN 7.8

3. Jenkins • TEX 7.8

4. Tiant • BOS 7.7

5. Carew • MIN 7.5

6. Grich • BAL 7.3

7. Kaat • CHW 7.0

8. Hunter • OAK 6.9

9. Busby • KCR 6.5

10. Ryan • CAL 5.9

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. Perry • CLE 8.5

2. Blyleven • MIN 7.8

3. Tiant • BOS 7.7

4. Jenkins • TEX 7.7

5. Kaat • CHW 7.1

6. Hunter • OAK 6.9

7. Busby • KCR 6.5

8. Ryan • CAL 5.9

9. Wood • CHW 5.5

10. Murphy • MIL 5.1

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. Hunter • OAK 2.49

2. Perry • CLE 2.51

3. Hassler • CAL 2.61

4. Blyleven • MIN 2.66

5. Fitzmorris • KCR 2.79

6. Jenkins • TEX 2.82

7. Ryan • CAL 2.89

8. Tiant • BOS 2.92

9. Kaat • CHW 2.92

10. Perry • CLE 2.96

Wins

1. Hunter • OAK 25

Jenkins • TEX 25

3. Busby • KCR 22

Cuellar • BAL 22

Ryan • CAL 22

Tiant • BOS 22

7. Kaat • CHW 21

Perry • CLE 21

9. Wood • CHW 20

10. Bibby • TEX 19

Dobson • NYY 19

Holtzman • OAK 19

Medich • NYY 19

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. Cuellar • BAL .688

2. Fitzmorris • KCR .684

3. Jenkins • TEX .676

Hunter • OAK .676

5. Tiant • BOS .629

6. Perry • CLE .618

Kaat • CHW .618

8. McNally • BAL .615

9. Busby • KCR .611

10. Perry • CLE .586

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hunter • OAK 0.986

2. Jenkins • TEX 1.008

3. Perry • CLE 1.021

4. Blyleven • MIN 1.142

5. Grimsley • BAL 1.160

6. Tiant • BOS 1.166

7. Kaat • CHW 1.175

8. Wood • CHW 1.202

9. Perry • CLE 1.214

10. Blue • OAK 1.218

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 5.979

2. Perry • CLE 6.422

3. Dal Canton • KCR 6.930

4. Hassler • CAL 7.333

5. Hunter • OAK 7.577

6. Blyleven • MIN 7.815

7. Jenkins • TEX 7.840

8. Blue • OAK 7.842

9. Tiant • BOS 8.123

10. Grimsley • BAL 8.127

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Jenkins • TEX 1.234

2. Hunter • OAK 1.301

3. Holtzman • OAK 1.798

4. Kaat • CHW 2.044

5. Wright • MIL 2.095

6. Lee • BOS 2.136

7. Wood • CHW 2.248

8. Lolich • DET 2.279

9. Perry • CLE 2.286

10. Grimsley • BAL 2.313

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 9.929

2. Blyleven • MIN 7.975

3. Jenkins • TEX 6.168

4. Busby • KCR 6.096

5. Perry • CLE 6.031

6. Tanana • CAL 6.030

7. Lolich • DET 5.903

8. Moret • BOS 5.763

9. Decker • MIN 5.718

10. Coleman • DET 5.576

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fingers • OAK 76

2. Murphy • MIL 70

3. Foucault • TEX 69

4. Lyle • NYY 66

5. Campbell • MIN 63

6. Forster • CHW 59

Hiller • DET 59

8. Seguí • BOS 58

9. Bird • KCR 55

Buskey • 2TM 55

Saves

1. Forster • CHW 24

2. Murphy • MIL 20

3. Campbell • MIN 19

4. Buskey • 2TM 18

Fingers • OAK 18

6. Lyle • NYY 15

7. Hiller • DET 13

8. Jackson • BAL 12

Foucault • TEX 12

10. Bird • KCR 10

Seguí • BOS 10

Innings Pitched

1. Ryan • CAL 332.2

2. Jenkins • TEX 328.1

3. Perry • CLE 322.1

4. Wood • CHW 320.1

5. Hunter • OAK 318.1

6. Tiant • BOS 311.1

7. Lolich • DET 308.0

8. Grimsley • BAL 295.2

9. Busby • KCR 292.1

10. Coleman • DET 285.2

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • CAL 367

2. Blyleven • MIN 249

3. Jenkins • TEX 225

4. Perry • CLE 216

5. Lolich • DET 202

6. Busby • KCR 198

7. Tanana • CAL 180

8. Coleman • DET 177

9. Tiant • BOS 176

10. Blue • OAK 174

Games Started

1. Wood • CHW 42

2. Bibby • TEX 41

Coleman • DET 41

Hunter • OAK 41

Jenkins • TEX 41

Lolich • DET 41

Ryan • CAL 41

8. Blue • OAK 40

9. Dobson • NYY 39

Grimsley • BAL 39

Kaat • CHW 39

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Jenkins • TEX 29

2. Perry • CLE 28

3. Lolich • DET 27

4. Ryan • CAL 26

5. Tiant • BOS 25

6. Hunter • OAK 23

7. Wood • CHW 22

8. Cuellar • BAL 20

Busby • KCR 20

10. Blyleven • MIN 19

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Tiant • BOS 7

2. Jenkins • TEX 6

Hunter • OAK 6

4. Bibby • TEX 5

Cuellar • BAL 5

6. Grimsley • BAL 4

Tanana • CAL 4

Fitzmorris • KCR 4

McNally • BAL 4

Medich • NYY 4

Perry • CLE 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lolich • DET 38

2. Coleman • DET 30

3. Colborn • MIL 27

Jenkins • TEX 27

Tanana • CAL 27

Wood • CHW 27

7. Grimsley • BAL 26

8. Bibby • TEX 25

Cleveland • BOS 25

Hunter • OAK 25

Lee • BOS 25

Perry • CLE 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • CAL 202

2. Coleman • DET 158

3. Bibby • TEX 113

4. Bahnsen • CHW 110

5. Slaton • MIL 102

6. Perry • CLE 99

7. Blue • OAK 98

8. Decker • MIN 97

9. Busby • KCR 92

10. Medich • NYY 91

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lee • BOS 320

2. Lolich • DET 310

3. Wood • CHW 305

4. Jenkins • TEX 286

5. Busby • KCR 284

6. Dobson • NYY 282

7. Tiant • BOS 281

8. Medich • NYY 275

9. Holtzman • OAK 273

10. Coleman • DET 272

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. Jenkins • TEX 5.000

2. Blyleven • MIN 3.234

3. Hunter • OAK 3.109

4. Lolich • DET 2.590

5. Tanana • CAL 2.338

6. Holtzman • OAK 2.294

7. Kaat • CHW 2.254

8. Perry • CLE 2.182

9. Busby • KCR 2.152

10. Tiant • BOS 2.146

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Dal Canton • KCR 0.257

2. Fitzmorris • KCR 0.379

3. Perry • CLE 0.393

4. Busby • KCR 0.431

5. Blyleven • MIN 0.448

6. Ryan • CAL 0.487

7. Holtzman • OAK 0.493

8. Brown • TEX 0.540

9. Blue • OAK 0.542

10. Hassler • CAL 0.556

Losses

1. Lolich • DET 21

2. Wright • MIL 20

3. Bibby • TEX 19

LaGrow • DET 19

Splittorff • KCR 19

Tanana • CAL 19

Wood • CHW 19

8. Blyleven • MIN 17

Holtzman • OAK 17

10. Ryan • CAL 16

Slaton • MIL 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lolich • DET 142

2. Bibby • TEX 139

3. Coleman • DET 137

4. Wood • CHW 128

5. Wright • MIL 114

6. Bahnsen • CHW 113

7. LaGrow • DET 112

Medich • NYY 112

9. Busby • KCR 110

Lee • BOS 110

Wild Pitches

1. Dal Canton • KCR 16

2. Slaton • MIL 14

3. Coleman • DET 13

4. LaGrow • DET 12

Seguí • BOS 12

6. Bibby • TEX 11

7. Fitzmorris • KCR 10

Lolich • DET 10

9. Blue • OAK 9

Decker • MIN 9

Forster • CHW 9

Grimsley • BAL 9

Ryan • CAL 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Coleman • DET 12

2. Bibby • TEX 9

Blyleven • MIN 9

Busby • KCR 9

Cleveland • BOS 9

Hassler • CAL 9

Ryan • CAL 9

Wood • CHW 9

9. Forster • CHW 8

Jenkins • TEX 8

McNally • BAL 8

Medich • NYY 8

Tanana • CAL 8

Batters Faced

1. Ryan • CAL 1,392

2. Wood • CHW 1,316

3. Jenkins • TEX 1,305

4. Tiant • BOS 1,266

5. Lolich • DET 1,263

6. Coleman • DET 1,262

Perry • CLE 1,262

8. Hunter • OAK 1,240

9. Busby • KCR 1,220

10. Grimsley • BAL 1,198

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. Murphy • MIL 66

2. Fingers • OAK 60

3. Lyle • NYY 59

4. Campbell • MIN 55

5. Foucault • TEX 53

6. Hiller • DET 52

7. Forster • CHW 49

8. Seguí • BOS 46

9. Bird • KCR 44

10. Buskey • 2TM 42

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Perry • CLE 144

2. Blyleven • MIN 142

3. Fitzmorris • KCR 136

4. Hunter • OAK 134

5. Tiant • BOS 133

6. Hassler • CAL 131

7. Kaat • CHW 129

8. Jenkins • TEX 126

9. Perry • CLE 122

10. Dal Canton • KCR 122

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. Blyleven • MIN 2.37

2. Jenkins • TEX 2.76

3. Busby • KCR 2.88

4. Ryan • CAL 2.98

5. Holtzman • OAK 3.01

6. Kaat • CHW 3.14

7. Tiant • BOS 3.15

8. Hunter • OAK 3.17

9. Blue • OAK 3.18

10. Brown • TEX 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. Perry • CLE 42

2. Tiant • BOS 35

3. Hunter • OAK 34

4. Blyleven • MIN 32

5. Jenkins • TEX 27

6. Murphy • MIL 25

7. Kaat • CHW 24

8. Lyle • NYY 22

9. Perry • CLE 19

10. Fitzmorris • KCR 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. Perry • CLE 4.7

2. Tiant • BOS 3.9

3. Hunter • OAK 3.8

4. Blyleven • MIN 3.5

5. Jenkins • TEX 3.0

6. Murphy • MIL 2.6

7. Kaat • CHW 2.6

8. Lyle • NYY 2.3

9. Perry • CLE 2.0

10. Fitzmorris • KCR 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. Perry • CLE 48.65

2. Hunter • OAK 44.08

3. Tiant • BOS 43.29

4. Blyleven • MIN 35.42

5. Jenkins • TEX 32.42

6. Murphy • MIL 27.30

7. Kaat • CHW 24.27

8. Ryan • CAL 23.59

9. Busby • KCR 20.19

10. Perry • CLE 19.95

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. Tiant • BOS 5.8

2. Jenkins • TEX 5.5

3. Murphy • MIL 4.4

4. Cuellar • BAL 3.8

5. Blyleven • MIN 3.7

6. Perry • CLE 3.7

7. Kaat • CHW 3.6

8. Hunter • OAK 2.9

9. Ryan • CAL 2.8

10. Lyle • NYY 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. Hunter • OAK 4.7

2. Perry • CLE 4.5

3. Jenkins • TEX 4.3

4. Tiant • BOS 4.3

5. Blyleven • MIN 3.6

6. Ryan • CAL 3.2

7. Perry • CLE 2.9

8. Grimsley • BAL 2.7

9. Kaat • CHW 2.7

10. Busby • KCR 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. Tiant • BOS 9.5

2. Lyle • NYY 8.0

3. Cuellar • BAL 7.3

4. Grimsley • BAL 5.5

5. Palmer • BAL 5.5

6. Reynolds • BAL 5.3

7. Medich • NYY 4.3

8. Dobson • NYY 3.9

9. Hunter • OAK 3.2

10. Gura • NYY 3.2

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. Perry • CLE 5.6

2. Hunter • OAK 5.2

3. Tiant • BOS 4.7

4. Blyleven • MIN 3.9

5. Jenkins • TEX 3.6

6. Murphy • MIL 2.9

7. Ryan • CAL 2.6

8. Kaat • CHW 2.6

9. Perry • CLE 2.2

10. Dobson • NYY 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