2006 American League Pitching Leaders

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AL Cy Young: Johan Santana

AL Rookie of the Year: Justin Verlander

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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. Santana • MIN 7.6

2. Sizemore • CLE 6.7

3. Wells • TOR 6.2

4. Guillén • DET 6.0

5. Wang • NYY 6.0

6. Hafner • CLE 5.9

7. Mauer • MIN 5.8

8. Ortiz • BOS 5.8

9. Schilling • BOS 5.6

10. Jeter • NYY 5.5

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. Santana • MIN 7.6

2. Wang • NYY 6.0

3. Schilling • BOS 5.5

4. Halladay • TOR 5.3

5. Mussina • NYY 5.0

6. Papelbon • BOS 5.0

7. Weaver • LAA 4.7

8. Sabathia • CLE 4.6

9. Lackey • LAA 4.6

10. Liriano • 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. Santana • MIN 2.77

2. Halladay • TOR 3.19

3. Sabathia • CLE 3.22

4. Mussina • NYY 3.51

5. Lackey • LAA 3.56

6. Escobar • LAA 3.61

7. Verlander • DET 3.63

8. Wang • NYY 3.63

9. Bédard • BAL 3.76

10. Zito • OAK 3.83

Wins

1. Santana • MIN 19

Wang • NYY 19

3. Garland • CHW 18

4. García • CHW 17

Johnson • NYY 17

Rogers • DET 17

Verlander • DET 17

8. Beckett • BOS 16

Blanton • OAK 16

Halladay • TOR 16

Millwood • TEX 16

Santana • LAA 16

Zito • OAK 16

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. Halladay • TOR .762

2. Wang • NYY .760

Santana • MIN .760

4. Garland • CHW .720

5. Schilling • BOS .682

Mussina • NYY .682

7. Rogers • DET .680

8. Santana • LAA .667

9. Verlander • DET .654

García • CHW .654

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Santana • MIN 0.997

2. Halladay • TOR 1.100

3. Mussina • NYY 1.110

4. Sabathia • CLE 1.173

5. Haren • OAK 1.206

6. Schilling • BOS 1.216

7. Santana • LAA 1.230

8. Johnson • NYY 1.239

9. Rogers • DET 1.260

10. Lackey • LAA 1.263

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Santana • MIN 7.164

2. Santana • LAA 7.985

3. Mussina • NYY 8.392

4. Lackey • LAA 8.394

5. Beckett • BOS 8.399

6. Sabathia • CLE 8.502

7. Halladay • TOR 8.509

8. Johnson • NYY 8.517

9. Zito • OAK 8.593

10. Rogers • DET 8.603

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • BOS 1.235

2. Halladay • TOR 1.391

3. Mussina • NYY 1.596

4. Silva • MIN 1.597

5. Garland • CHW 1.746

6. Radke • MIN 1.774

7. Santana • MIN 1.810

8. Haren • OAK 1.816

9. Byrd • CLE 1.911

10. García • CHW 1.997

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Santana • MIN 9.437

2. Bonderman • DET 8.495

3. Hernández • SEA 8.293

4. Vázquez • CHW 8.171

5. Schilling • BOS 8.074

6. Sabathia • CLE 8.035

7. Lilly • TOR 7.927

8. Lackey • LAA 7.856

9. Mussina • NYY 7.845

10. Bédard • BAL 7.839

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Proctor • NYY 83

2. Camp • TBD 75

Rincón • MIN 75

4. Shields • LAA 74

5. Farnsworth • NYY 72

Putz • SEA 72

Sherrill • SEA 72

8. Calero • OAK 70

Cotts • CHW 70

Villone • NYY 70

Saves

1. Rodríguez • LAA 47

2. Jenks • CHW 41

3. Ryan • TOR 38

4. Jones • DET 37

Street • OAK 37

6. Nathan • MIN 36

Putz • SEA 36

8. Papelbon • BOS 35

9. Rivera • NYY 34

10. Ray • BAL 33

Innings Pitched

1. Santana • MIN 233.2

2. Haren • OAK 223.0

3. Zito • OAK 221.0

4. Halladay • TOR 220.0

5. Wang • NYY 218.0

6. Lackey • LAA 217.2

7. García • CHW 216.1

8. Millwood • TEX 215.0

9. Bonderman • DET 214.0

10. Garland • CHW 211.1

Westbrook • CLE 211.1

Strikeouts

1. Santana • MIN 245

2. Bonderman • DET 202

3. Lackey • LAA 190

4. Vázquez • CHW 184

5. Schilling • BOS 183

6. Haren • OAK 176

Hernández • SEA 176

8. Johnson • NYY 172

Mussina • NYY 172

Sabathia • CLE 172

Games Started

1. Bonderman • DET 34

Haren • OAK 34

Millwood • TEX 34

Santana • MIN 34

Zito • OAK 34

6. Beckett • BOS 33

Bédard • BAL 33

García • CHW 33

Johnson • NYY 33

Lackey • LAA 33

Lee • CLE 33

Padilla • TEX 33

Rogers • DET 33

Santana • LAA 33

Wang • NYY 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sabathia • CLE 6

2. Halladay • TOR 4

3. Westbrook • CLE 3

Benson • BAL 3

Lackey • LAA 3

6. Moyer • SEA 2

Millwood • TEX 2

Loaiza • OAK 2

Redman • KCR 2

Johnson • NYY 2

Hernández • SEA 2

Haren • OAK 2

Sowers • CLE 2

Cabrera • BAL 2

Burnett • TOR 2

Wang • NYY 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Sowers • CLE 2

Sabathia • CLE 2

Lackey • LAA 2

Westbrook • CLE 2

5. Burnett • TOR 1

Cabrera • BAL 1

Colón • LAA 1

Contreras • CHW 1

Garland • CHW 1

Hansack • BOS 1

Hendrickson • TBD 1

Hernández • SEA 1

Hernández • KCR 1

Blanton • OAK 1

Loaiza • OAK 1

Loe • TEX 1

Moyer • SEA 1

Redman • KCR 1

Verlander • DET 1

Wang • NYY 1

Kazmir • TBD 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Silva • MIN 38

2. Beckett • BOS 36

Buehrle • CHW 36

4. Benson • BAL 33

5. García • CHW 32

López • BAL 32

7. Haren • OAK 31

8. Lee • CLE 29

Robertson • DET 29

10. Chen • BAL 28

Johnson • NYY 28

Lilly • TOR 28

Schilling • BOS 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cabrera • BAL 104

2. Zito • OAK 99

3. Meche • SEA 84

4. Lilly • TOR 81

5. Beckett • BOS 74

6. Lackey • LAA 72

7. Padilla • TEX 70

Santana • LAA 70

9. Bédard • BAL 69

10. McClung • TBD 68

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Buehrle • CHW 247

Garland • CHW 247

Westbrook • CLE 247

4. Silva • MIN 246

5. Blanton • OAK 241

6. López • BAL 234

7. Wang • NYY 233

8. Byrd • CLE 232

9. García • CHW 228

Millwood • TEX 228

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. Schilling • BOS 6.536

2. Santana • MIN 5.213

3. Mussina • NYY 4.914

4. Haren • OAK 3.911

5. Sabathia • CLE 3.909

6. Halladay • TOR 3.882

7. Vázquez • CHW 3.286

8. Bonderman • DET 3.156

9. Millwood • TEX 2.962

10. Escobar • LAA 2.940

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Wang • NYY 0.495

2. Lackey • LAA 0.579

3. Westbrook • CLE 0.639

4. Bédard • BAL 0.733

5. Bonderman • DET 0.757

6. Halladay • TOR 0.777

7. Blanton • OAK 0.787

8. Sabathia • CLE 0.794

9. Escobar • LAA 0.808

10. Contreras • CHW 0.918

Losses

1. López • BAL 18

2. Silva • MIN 15

3. Escobar • LAA 14

Hernández • SEA 14

Washburn • SEA 14

6. Buehrle • CHW 13

Haren • OAK 13

Lilly • TOR 13

Piñeiro • SEA 13

Robertson • DET 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. López • BAL 124

2. Silva • MIN 119

3. Piñeiro • SEA 117

4. Beckett • BOS 114

Johnson • NYY 114

6. Buehrle • CHW 113

7. García • CHW 109

Vázquez • CHW 109

9. Millwood • TEX 108

10. Garland • CHW 106

Redman • KCR 106

Wild Pitches

1. Cabrera • BAL 17

2. Contreras • CHW 16

Lackey • LAA 16

4. Redman • KCR 12

5. Beckett • BOS 11

Burgos • KCR 11

Hernández • SEA 11

8. Haren • OAK 10

Rodríguez • LAA 10

Santana • LAA 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Padilla • TEX 17

2. Vázquez • CHW 15

3. Zito • OAK 13

4. Fossum • TBD 12

5. Santana • LAA 11

6. Beckett • BOS 10

Contreras • CHW 10

Haren • OAK 10

Johnson • NYY 10

Piñeiro • SEA 10

Wakefield • BOS 10

Batters Faced

1. Zito • OAK 945

2. Haren • OAK 930

3. Santana • MIN 923

4. Lackey • LAA 922

5. García • CHW 917

6. Millwood • TEX 907

7. Westbrook • CLE 904

8. Bonderman • DET 903

9. Garland • CHW 900

Wang • NYY 900

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. Nathan • MIN 61

2. Rivera • NYY 59

3. Jenks • CHW 58

Rodríguez • LAA 58

5. Putz • SEA 57

Ryan • TOR 57

7. Jones • DET 56

Ray • BAL 56

9. Street • OAK 55

10. Papelbon • BOS 49

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Santana • MIN 162

2. Halladay • TOR 143

3. Sabathia • CLE 139

4. Mussina • NYY 129

5. Lackey • LAA 127

6. Escobar • LAA 125

7. Verlander • DET 125

8. Wang • NYY 125

9. Bédard • BAL 120

10. Schilling • BOS 120

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. Santana • MIN 3.04

2. Bonderman • DET 3.29

3. Sabathia • CLE 3.30

4. Lackey • LAA 3.35

5. Mussina • NYY 3.46

6. Schilling • BOS 3.59

7. Bédard • BAL 3.60

8. Halladay • TOR 3.60

9. Escobar • LAA 3.62

10. Vázquez • CHW 3.86

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. Santana • MIN 45

2. Halladay • TOR 35

3. Liriano • MIN 32

4. Weaver • LAA 28

5. Papelbon • BOS 28

6. Ryan • TOR 26

7. Zumaya • DET 24

8. Sabathia • CLE 24

9. Wang • NYY 23

10. Rivera • NYY 23

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. Santana • MIN 4.6

2. Halladay • TOR 3.5

3. Liriano • MIN 3.3

4. Weaver • LAA 2.9

5. Papelbon • BOS 2.7

6. Ryan • TOR 2.5

7. Sabathia • CLE 2.4

8. Zumaya • DET 2.3

9. Wang • NYY 2.3

10. Rivera • NYY 2.3

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. Santana • MIN 49.87

2. Halladay • TOR 35.75

3. Ryan • TOR 34.77

4. Liriano • MIN 34.32

5. Papelbon • BOS 31.73

6. Weaver • LAA 31.70

7. Verlander • DET 28.17

8. Putz • SEA 27.67

9. Sabathia • CLE 26.82

10. Nathan • MIN 25.82

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. Rodríguez • LAA 5.4

2. Papelbon • BOS 5.3

3. Nathan • MIN 5.1

4. Ryan • TOR 4.7

5. Putz • SEA 4.2

6. Santana • MIN 4.0

7. Zumaya • DET 3.7

8. Rivera • NYY 3.4

9. Halladay • TOR 3.2

10. Liriano • MIN 2.9

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. Santana • MIN 5.1

2. Halladay • TOR 3.3

3. Mussina • NYY 3.1

4. Wang • NYY 2.9

5. Lackey • LAA 2.8

6. Liriano • MIN 2.7

7. Papelbon • BOS 2.6

8. Nathan • MIN 2.5

9. Weaver • LAA 2.4

10. Escobar • LAA 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. Papelbon • BOS 4.3

2. Santana • MIN 3.1

3. Rivera • NYY 3.0

4. Rodríguez • LAA 2.8

5. Nathan • MIN 2.8

6. Haren • OAK 2.4

7. Ryan • TOR 2.3

8. Zumaya • DET 2.0

9. Duchscherer • OAK 1.9

10. Zito • OAK 1.9

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. Santana • MIN 5.2

2. Halladay • TOR 3.6

3. Liriano • MIN 3.5

4. Ryan • TOR 3.4

5. Weaver • LAA 3.3

6. Papelbon • BOS 3.1

7. Verlander • DET 2.8

8. Putz • SEA 2.7

9. Sabathia • CLE 2.7

10. Nathan • MIN 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