American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Henderson • 2TM 8.7
3. Boggs • BOS 8.4
4. Ripken • BAL 6.7
5. McGriff • TOR 6.6
6. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
7. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
8. Sierra • TEX 5.9
9. Yount • MIL 5.8
10. Molitor • MIL 5.7

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>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.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
3. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
4. Clemens • BOS 5.7
5. Moore • OAK 5.4
6. Bosio • MIL 5.4
7. Ryan • TEX 5.1
8. Finley • CAL 4.9
9. Candiotti • CLE 4.7
10. McCaskill • CAL 4.6

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.16
2. Finley • CAL 2.57
3. Moore • OAK 2.61
4. Blyleven • CAL 2.73
5. McCaskill • CAL 2.93
6. Bosio • MIL 2.95
7. Welch • OAK 3.00
8. Gubicza • KCR 3.04
9. Cerutti • TOR 3.07
10. Candiotti • CLE 3.10

Wins

Wins

1. Saberhagen • KCR 23
2. Stewart • OAK 21
3. Davis • OAK 19
Moore • OAK 19
5. Ballard • BAL 18
6. Anderson • MIN 17
Blyleven • CAL 17
Clemens • BOS 17
Gordon • KCR 17
Stieb • TOR 17
Welch • OAK 17

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Saberhagen • KCR .793
2. Blyleven • CAL .773
3. Davis • OAK .731
4. Bankhead • SEA .700
Stewart • OAK .700
6. Ballard • BAL .692
7. Swindell • CLE .684
8. Stieb • TOR .680
Welch • OAK .680
10. Gordon • KCR .654

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Saberhagen • KCR 0.961
2. Ryan • TEX 1.086
3. Blyleven • CAL 1.116
4. Moore • OAK 1.142
5. Stieb • TOR 1.161
6. Bosio • MIL 1.163
7. Key • TOR 1.171
8. Candiotti • CLE 1.180
9. Bankhead • SEA 1.189
10. Black • CLE 1.192

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • TEX 6.092
2. Gordon • KCR 6.736
3. Stieb • TOR 7.142
4. Saberhagen • KCR 7.170
5. Moore • OAK 7.188
6. Clemens • BOS 7.638
7. Finley • CAL 7.708
8. Brown • TEX 7.869
9. Bankhead • SEA 8.002
10. Welch • OAK 8.199

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Key • TOR 1.125
2. Saberhagen • KCR 1.475
3. Blyleven • CAL 1.643
4. Bosio • MIL 1.841
5. Witt • CAL 1.964
6. Black • CLE 2.105
7. Gubicza • KCR 2.224
8. Cerutti • TOR 2.323
9. Ballard • BAL 2.382
10. Candiotti • CLE 2.403

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • TEX 11.319
2. Gordon • KCR 8.448
3. Clemens • BOS 8.171
4. Witt • TEX 7.688
5. Viola • MIN 7.070
6. Finley • CAL 7.032
7. Perez • CHW 6.922
8. Bosio • MIL 6.635
9. Saberhagen • KCR 6.621
10. Moore • OAK 6.406

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Crim • MIL 76
2. Murphy • BOS 74
3. Rogers • TEX 73
4. Russell • TEX 71
5. Guetterman • NYY 70
6. Orosco • CLE 69
7. Schooler • SEA 67
8. Ward • TOR 66
9. Jackson • SEA 65
Reardon • MIN 65
Williamson • BAL 65

Saves

Saves

1. Russell • TEX 38
2. Thigpen • CHW 34
3. Plesac • MIL 33
Eckersley • OAK 33
Schooler • SEA 33
6. Jones • CLE 32
7. Reardon • MIN 31
8. Olson • BAL 27
9. Smith • BOS 25
Righetti • NYY 25
Harvey • CAL 25

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Saberhagen • KCR 262.1
2. Stewart • OAK 257.2
3. Gubicza • KCR 255.0
4. Clemens • BOS 253.1
5. Milacki • BAL 243.0
6. Moore • OAK 241.2
7. Blyleven • CAL 241.0
8. Ryan • TEX 239.1
9. Bosio • MIL 234.2
10. Tanana • DET 223.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • TEX 301
2. Clemens • BOS 230
3. Saberhagen • KCR 193
4. Bosio • MIL 173
Gubicza • KCR 173
6. Moore • OAK 172
7. Witt • TEX 166
8. Finley • CAL 156
9. Stewart • OAK 155
10. Gordon • KCR 153

Games Started

Games Started

1. Gubicza • KCR 36
Milacki • BAL 36
Stewart • OAK 36
4. Ballard • BAL 35
Clemens • BOS 35
Moore • OAK 35
Saberhagen • KCR 35
8. Boddicker • BOS 34
Hawkins • NYY 34
10. Alexander • DET 33
Anderson • MIN 33
Bankhead • SEA 33
Blyleven • CAL 33
Bosio • MIL 33
Key • TOR 33
Stieb • TOR 33
Tanana • DET 33
Welch • OAK 33
Witt • CAL 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Saberhagen • KCR 12
2. Morris • DET 10
3. Finley • CAL 9
4. Gubicza • KCR 8
Blyleven • CAL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Bosio • MIL 8
Stewart • OAK 8
9. Farrell • CLE 7
Viola • MIN 7
Brown • TEX 7

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Blyleven • CAL 5
2. McCaskill • CAL 4
Saberhagen • KCR 4
4. Moore • OAK 3
Black • CLE 3
Clemens • BOS 3
7. Swindell • CLE 2
Milacki • BAL 2
Ryan • TEX 2
Jeffcoat • TEX 2
Abbott • CAL 2
Holman • SEA 2
Hawkins • NYY 2
Gubicza • KCR 2
Stieb • TOR 2
Farrell • CLE 2
Bosio • MIL 2
Boddicker • BOS 2
Bankhead • SEA 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Alexander • DET 28
Hough • TEX 28
3. Witt • CAL 26
4. Schmidt • BAL 24
5. Hawkins • NYY 23
Morris • DET 23
Perez • CHW 23
Stewart • OAK 23
9. Smith • MIN 22
10. Milacki • BAL 21
Smithson • BOS 21
Tanana • DET 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Witt • TEX 114
2. Ryan • TEX 98
3. Hough • TEX 95
4. Clemens • BOS 93
5. Perez • CHW 90
6. Milacki • BAL 88
7. Gordon • KCR 86
8. Moore • OAK 83
9. Finley • CAL 82
10. Welch • OAK 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Stewart • OAK 260
2. Gubicza • KCR 252
Witt • CAL 252
4. Alexander • DET 245
5. Ballard • BAL 240
6. Hawkins • NYY 238
7. Milacki • BAL 233
8. Tanana • DET 227
9. Key • TOR 226
10. Blyleven • CAL 225
Bosio • MIL 225

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 4.488
2. Key • TOR 4.370
3. Bosio • MIL 3.604
4. Ryan • TEX 3.071
5. Blyleven • CAL 2.977
6. Viola • MIN 2.936
7. Gubicza • KCR 2.746
8. Witt • CAL 2.563
9. Swindell • CLE 2.529
10. Clemens • BOS 2.473

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Gubicza • KCR 0.353
2. Candiotti • CLE 0.437
3. Saberhagen • KCR 0.446
4. Brown • TEX 0.471
5. Moore • OAK 0.521
6. Stieb • TOR 0.523
7. Blyleven • CAL 0.523
8. Flanagan • TOR 0.524
9. Gordon • KCR 0.552
10. Welch • OAK 0.558

Losses

Losses

1. Alexander • DET 18
2. Hawkins • NYY 15
Witt • CAL 15
4. Farrell • CLE 14
Key • TOR 14
Morris • DET 14
Perez • CHW 14
Smithson • BOS 14
Tanana • DET 14
10. Hough • TEX 13
Rosenberg • CHW 13
Schmidt • BAL 13
Witt • TEX 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hawkins • NYY 111
Witt • TEX 111
Witt • CAL 111
4. Alexander • DET 110
5. Perez • CHW 102
6. Milacki • BAL 101
7. Schmidt • BAL 99
8. Stewart • OAK 95
9. Boddicker • BOS 94
10. Key • TOR 93

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Ryan • TEX 19
2. Moore • OAK 17
3. Black • CLE 13
Stewart • OAK 13
Ward • TOR 13
6. Gordon • KCR 12
Morris • DET 12
Perez • CHW 12
9. Krueger • MIL 10
Plunk • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stieb • TOR 13
2. Boddicker • BOS 10
Smithson • BOS 10
4. Ryan • TEX 9
5. Blyleven • CAL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Pall • CHW 8
Tanana • DET 8
9. Anderson • MIN 7
Farrell • CLE 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Stewart • OAK 1,081
2. Gubicza • KCR 1,060
3. Clemens • BOS 1,044
4. Milacki • BAL 1,022
5. Saberhagen • KCR 1,021
6. Ryan • TEX 988
7. Alexander • DET 977
8. Moore • OAK 976
9. Blyleven • CAL 973
10. Bosio • MIL 969

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Russell • TEX 66
2. Reardon • MIN 61
3. Schooler • SEA 60
4. Henke • TOR 56
Thigpen • CHW 56
6. Jones • CLE 53
Righetti • NYY 53
8. Olson • BAL 52
9. Plesac • MIL 51
10. Smith • BOS 50

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Saberhagen • KCR 180
2. Finley • CAL 149
3. Moore • OAK 142
4. Blyleven • CAL 140
5. Clemens • BOS 132
6. Bosio • MIL 131
7. McCaskill • CAL 130
8. Gubicza • KCR 128
9. Candiotti • CLE 128
10. Ryan • TEX 124

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.45
2. Ryan • TEX 2.51
3. Gubicza • KCR 2.72
4. Bosio • MIL 2.87
5. Candiotti • CLE 3.05
6. Blyleven • CAL 3.08
7. Moore • OAK 3.15
8. Clemens • BOS 3.17
9. Key • TOR 3.17
10. Gordon • KCR 3.28

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Saberhagen • KCR 49
2. Blyleven • CAL 32
3. Moore • OAK 29
4. Finley • CAL 28
5. Montgomery • KCR 26
6. Clemens • BOS 25
7. McCaskill • CAL 23
8. Gubicza • KCR 23
9. Bosio • MIL 22
10. Olson • BAL 21

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.4
2. Blyleven • CAL 3.5
3. Moore • OAK 3.1
4. Finley • CAL 3.0
5. Clemens • BOS 2.7
6. Montgomery • KCR 2.7
7. McCaskill • CAL 2.5
8. Gubicza • KCR 2.4
9. Bosio • MIL 2.3
10. Olson • BAL 2.2

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Saberhagen • KCR 51.84
2. Blyleven • CAL 39.69
3. Moore • OAK 32.83
4. Finley • CAL 29.90
5. Gubicza • KCR 26.58
6. Montgomery • KCR 25.57
7. Clemens • BOS 25.21
8. McCaskill • CAL 24.21
9. Olson • BAL 23.59
10. Bosio • MIL 22.88

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.7
2. Blyleven • CAL 4.5
3. McCaskill • CAL 3.3
4. Olson • BAL 3.2
5. Eckersley • OAK 3.2
6. Swindell • CLE 3.1
7. Finley • CAL 3.1
8. Gubicza • KCR 2.9
9. Ryan • TEX 2.6
10. Jones • CLE 2.5

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.9
2. Ryan • TEX 3.7
3. Blyleven • CAL 3.4
4. Moore • OAK 3.3
5. Candiotti • CLE 3.1
6. Gubicza • KCR 3.0
7. Bosio • MIL 2.9
8. Finley • CAL 2.1
9. Eckersley • OAK 2.1
10. Olson • BAL 2.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 6.7
2. Olson • BAL 6.7
3. Acker • TOR 6.5
4. Ballard • BAL 5.8
5. Henke • TOR 5.5
6. Blyleven • CAL 5.4
7. McCaskill • CAL 5.1
8. Stieb • TOR 5.0
9. Moore • OAK 4.2
10. Milacki • BAL 4.2

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.8
2. Blyleven • CAL 4.4
3. Moore • OAK 3.6
4. Finley • CAL 3.3
5. Gubicza • KCR 2.8
6. Montgomery • KCR 2.7
7. McCaskill • CAL 2.6
8. Clemens • BOS 2.6
9. Olson • BAL 2.5
10. Bosio • MIL 2.4

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