1975 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: Boston Red Sox

AL Most Valuable Player: Fred Lynn

AL Cy Young: Jim Palmer

AL Rookie of the Year: Fred Lynn

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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. Palmer • BAL 8.4

2. Gossage • CHW 8.2

3. Hunter • NYY 8.1

4. Carew • MIN 7.8

5. Kaat • CHW 7.7

6. Lynn • BOS 7.4

7. Tanana • CAL 7.4

8. Grich • BAL 7.3

9. Mayberry • KCR 7.2

10. Harrah • TEX 7.1

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. Palmer • BAL 8.4

2. Gossage • CHW 8.2

3. Hunter • NYY 8.1

4. Kaat • CHW 7.7

5. Tanana • CAL 7.4

6. Blyleven • MIN 6.0

Busby • KCR 6.0

8. Perry • 2TM 5.8

9. Figueroa • CAL 5.5

10. Eckersley • CLE 5.3

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. Palmer • BAL 2.09

2. Hunter • NYY 2.58

3. Eckersley • CLE 2.60

4. Tanana • CAL 2.62

5. Figueroa • CAL 2.91

6. Blyleven • MIN 3.00

7. Blue • OAK 3.01

8. May • NYY 3.06

9. Torrez • BAL 3.06

10. Busby • KCR 3.08

Wins

1. Hunter • NYY 23

Palmer • BAL 23

3. Blue • OAK 22

4. Kaat • CHW 20

Torrez • BAL 20

6. Wise • BOS 19

7. Busby • KCR 18

Holtzman • OAK 18

Tiant • BOS 18

Perry • 2TM 18

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. Moret • BOS .824

2. Torrez • BAL .690

3. Leonard • KCR .682

4. Palmer • BAL .676

5. Blue • OAK .667

6. Lee • BOS .654

7. Eckersley • CLE .650

8. Bosman • 2TM .647

9. Tanana • CAL .640

10. Peterson • CLE .636

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hunter • NYY 1.009

2. Palmer • BAL 1.031

3. Blyleven • MIN 1.099

4. Tanana • CAL 1.104

5. Perry • 2TM 1.135

6. Jenkins • TEX 1.174

7. Busby • KCR 1.206

8. Figueroa • CAL 1.214

9. Holtzman • OAK 1.220

10. Cuellar • BAL 1.223

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Hunter • NYY 6.805

2. Ryan • CAL 6.909

3. Palmer • BAL 7.050

4. Eckersley • CLE 7.088

5. Blyleven • MIN 7.150

6. Holtzman • OAK 7.333

7. Tanana • CAL 7.380

8. May • NYY 7.599

9. Figueroa • CAL 7.835

10. Blue • OAK 7.867

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Jenkins • TEX 1.867

2. Perry • 2TM 2.061

3. Grimsley • BAL 2.147

4. Palmer • BAL 2.229

5. Hunter • NYY 2.277

6. Kaat • CHW 2.282

7. Pattin • KCR 2.288

8. Medich • NYY 2.379

9. Lee • BOS 2.388

10. Lolich • DET 2.393

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tanana • CAL 9.408

2. Ryan • CAL 8.455

3. Blyleven • MIN 7.607

4. Eckersley • CLE 7.329

5. Perry • 2TM 6.860

6. Leonard • KCR 6.188

7. May • NYY 6.156

8. Blue • OAK 6.119

9. Coleman • DET 5.597

10. Dobson • NYY 5.591

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fingers • OAK 75

2. Lindblad • OAK 68

3. Gossage • CHW 62

4. LaRoche • CLE 61

5. Foucault • TEX 59

6. Todd • OAK 58

7. Umbarger • TEX 56

8. Murphy • MIL 52

9. Bird • KCR 51

10. Buskey • CLE 50

Scott • CAL 50

Saves

1. Gossage • CHW 26

2. Fingers • OAK 24

3. Murphy • MIL 20

4. LaRoche • CLE 17

5. Drago • BOS 15

6. Hiller • DET 14

7. Todd • OAK 12

8. Bird • KCR 11

Burgmeier • MIN 11

10. Foucault • TEX 10

Innings Pitched

1. Hunter • NYY 328.0

2. Palmer • BAL 323.0

3. Perry • 2TM 305.2

4. Kaat • CHW 303.2

5. Wood • CHW 291.1

6. Blue • OAK 278.0

7. Blyleven • MIN 275.2

8. Medich • NYY 272.1

9. Torrez • BAL 270.2

10. Jenkins • TEX 270.0

Strikeouts

1. Tanana • CAL 269

2. Blyleven • MIN 233

Perry • 2TM 233

4. Palmer • BAL 193

5. Blue • OAK 189

6. Ryan • CAL 186

7. Hunter • NYY 177

8. Busby • KCR 160

9. Jenkins • TEX 157

10. Eckersley • CLE 152

Games Started

1. Wood • CHW 43

2. Kaat • CHW 41

3. Hunter • NYY 39

4. Blue • OAK 38

Holtzman • OAK 38

Palmer • BAL 38

7. Jenkins • TEX 37

Medich • NYY 37

Osteen • CHW 37

Perry • 2TM 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hunter • NYY 30

2. Palmer • BAL 25

Perry • 2TM 25

4. Jenkins • TEX 22

5. Blyleven • MIN 20

6. Lolich • DET 19

7. Tiant • BOS 18

Busby • KCR 18

9. Lee • BOS 17

Wise • BOS 17

Cuellar • BAL 17

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Palmer • BAL 10

2. Hunter • NYY 7

3. Perry • 2TM 5

Ryan • CAL 5

Tanana • CAL 5

Cuellar • BAL 5

7. Lee • BOS 4

Jenkins • TEX 4

9. Fitzmorris • KCR 3

Ruhle • DET 3

Slaton • MIL 3

Splittorff • KCR 3

Blyleven • MIN 3

Busby • KCR 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jenkins • TEX 37

2. Wise • BOS 34

3. Grimsley • BAL 29

4. Slaton • MIL 28

Perry • 2TM 28

6. Coleman • DET 27

7. Wood • CHW 26

8. Hunter • NYY 25

Medich • NYY 25

Tiant • BOS 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Torrez • BAL 133

2. Ryan • CAL 132

3. Hughes • MIN 127

4. Holtzman • OAK 108

5. Broberg • MIL 106

6. Jefferson • 2TM 102

7. Blue • OAK 99

May • NYY 99

9. Albury • MIN 97

10. Osteen • CHW 92

Wood • CHW 92

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kaat • CHW 321

2. Wood • CHW 309

3. Perry • 2TM 277

4. Lee • BOS 274

5. Medich • NYY 271

6. Tiant • BOS 262

Wise • BOS 262

8. Jenkins • TEX 261

9. Lolich • DET 260

10. Palmer • BAL 253

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. Tanana • CAL 3.685

2. Perry • 2TM 3.329

3. Jenkins • TEX 2.804

4. Blyleven • MIN 2.774

5. Palmer • BAL 2.413

6. Lolich • DET 2.172

7. Hunter • NYY 2.133

8. Pattin • KCR 1.978

9. Busby • KCR 1.975

10. Tiant • BOS 1.972

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. May • NYY 0.382

2. Bibby • 2TM 0.448

3. Torrez • BAL 0.499

4. Figueroa • CAL 0.515

5. Holtzman • OAK 0.541

6. Palmer • BAL 0.557

7. Ryan • CAL 0.591

8. Bahnsen • 2TM 0.592

9. Kaat • CHW 0.593

10. Fitzmorris • KCR 0.595

Losses

1. Wood • CHW 20

2. Coleman • DET 18

Jenkins • TEX 18

Lolich • DET 18

Slaton • MIL 18

6. Perry • 2TM 17

7. Broberg • MIL 16

Medich • NYY 16

Osteen • CHW 16

10. Singer • CAL 15

Bibby • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wood • CHW 133

2. Coleman • DET 124

3. Jenkins • TEX 118

4. Tiant • BOS 116

5. Lee • BOS 114

6. Wise • BOS 112

7. Perry • 2TM 110

8. Slaton • MIL 109

9. Hughes • MIN 106

Medich • NYY 106

Wild Pitches

1. Coleman • DET 15

2. Hargan • TEX 12

Ryan • CAL 12

Slaton • MIL 12

5. Goltz • MIN 11

6. Broberg • MIL 10

Hassler • CAL 10

Hughes • MIN 10

Torrez • BAL 10

Bahnsen • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Broberg • MIL 16

2. Hughes • MIN 13

3. Travers • MIL 11

4. Coleman • DET 9

Jenkins • TEX 9

Kaat • CHW 9

Leonard • KCR 9

8. Eckersley • CLE 7

Holtzman • OAK 7

Ruhle • DET 7

Ryan • CAL 7

Tanana • CAL 7

Perry • 2TM 7

Batters Faced

1. Hunter • NYY 1,294

2. Kaat • CHW 1,279

3. Palmer • BAL 1,268

4. Perry • 2TM 1,248

5. Wood • CHW 1,245

6. Blue • OAK 1,153

7. Torrez • BAL 1,144

8. Medich • NYY 1,121

9. Jenkins • TEX 1,119

10. Holtzman • OAK 1,110

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. Fingers • OAK 59

2. Gossage • CHW 49

3. Murphy • MIL 43

4. LaRoche • CLE 41

5. Foucault • TEX 40

6. Burgmeier • MIN 37

Lyle • NYY 37

8. Bird • KCR 36

9. Buskey • CLE 34

Drago • BOS 34

Hiller • DET 34

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Palmer • BAL 169

2. Eckersley • CLE 144

3. Hunter • NYY 144

4. Tanana • CAL 135

5. Blyleven • MIN 129

6. Busby • KCR 126

7. Kaat • CHW 126

8. May • NYY 122

9. Figueroa • CAL 121

10. Blue • OAK 121

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. Tanana • CAL 2.49

2. Palmer • BAL 2.96

3. Perry • 2TM 2.98

4. Blyleven • MIN 2.99

5. May • NYY 3.20

6. Busby • KCR 3.22

7. Lolich • DET 3.26

8. Figueroa • CAL 3.29

9. Hunter • NYY 3.30

10. Blue • OAK 3.33

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. Palmer • BAL 55

2. Hunter • NYY 42

3. Gossage • CHW 32

4. Tanana • CAL 30

5. Blyleven • MIN 26

6. Kaat • CHW 25

7. Busby • KCR 25

8. Eckersley • CLE 24

9. Blue • OAK 22

10. Perry • 2TM 17

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. Palmer • BAL 6.1

2. Hunter • NYY 4.6

3. Gossage • CHW 3.4

4. Tanana • CAL 3.3

5. Blyleven • MIN 2.8

6. Kaat • CHW 2.7

7. Busby • KCR 2.7

8. Eckersley • CLE 2.6

9. Blue • OAK 2.3

10. Perry • 2TM 1.8

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. Palmer • BAL 61.79

2. Hunter • NYY 51.56

3. Tanana • CAL 39.06

4. Gossage • CHW 36.15

5. Busby • KCR 29.97

6. Blyleven • MIN 29.28

7. Blue • OAK 29.12

8. Torrez • BAL 25.75

9. Eckersley • CLE 23.38

10. Figueroa • CAL 22.17

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. Gossage • CHW 7.0

2. Palmer • BAL 6.6

3. Tanana • CAL 4.8

4. Hunter • NYY 4.5

5. Blyleven • MIN 4.2

6. Busby • KCR 4.0

7. Fingers • OAK 3.7

8. Torrez • BAL 3.4

9. LaRoche • CLE 3.3

10. Blue • OAK 3.1

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. Palmer • BAL 6.0

2. Hunter • NYY 5.6

3. Blyleven • MIN 3.8

4. Gossage • CHW 3.1

5. Tanana • CAL 3.0

6. Perry • 2TM 2.8

7. Fingers • OAK 2.6

8. Busby • KCR 2.5

9. Figueroa • CAL 2.2

10. Holtzman • OAK 2.2

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. Busby • KCR 4.7

2. Fingers • OAK 4.2

3. Palmer • BAL 3.7

4. Lindblad • OAK 3.5

5. Blue • OAK 3.4

6. Moret • BOS 2.7

7. Hunter • NYY 2.1

8. Lee • BOS 1.8

9. Murphy • MIL 1.8

10. Torrez • BAL 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. Palmer • BAL 7.3

2. Hunter • NYY 5.8

3. Tanana • CAL 4.5

4. Gossage • CHW 3.8

5. Busby • KCR 3.2

6. Blue • OAK 3.2

7. Blyleven • MIN 3.1

8. Torrez • BAL 2.9

9. Eckersley • CLE 2.5

10. Figueroa • CAL 2.5

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