American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Hamilton • TEX 8.7
2. Longoria • TBR 8.2
3. Canó • NYY 8.1
4. Beltré • BOS 7.8
5. Gardner • NYY 7.4
6. Hernández • SEA 7.1
7. Crawford • TBR 7.0
8. Bautista • TOR 7.0
9. Cabrera • DET 6.5
10. Choo • CLE 5.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Hernández • SEA 7.2
2. Buchholz • BOS 5.6
3. Danks • CHW 5.2
4. Lester • BOS 5.2
Weaver • LAA 5.2
6. Lee • 2TM 5.1
7. Wilson • TEX 5.0
8. Sabathia • NYY 4.8
9. Price • TBR 4.7
10. Guthrie • BAL 4.5
Earned Run Average
1. Hernández • SEA 2.27
2. Buchholz • BOS 2.33
3. Price • TBR 2.72
4. Cahill • OAK 2.97
5. Weaver • LAA 3.01
6. Lee • 2TM 3.18
7. Sabathia • NYY 3.18
8. Gonzalez • OAK 3.23
9. Lester • BOS 3.25
10. Wilson • TEX 3.35
Wins
1. Sabathia • NYY 21
2. Lester • BOS 19
Price • TBR 19
4. Cahill • OAK 18
Hughes • NYY 18
Verlander • DET 18
7. Buchholz • BOS 17
Pavano • MIN 17
Santana • LAA 17
10. Cecil • TOR 15
Danks • CHW 15
Garza • TBR 15
Gonzalez • OAK 15
Wilson • TEX 15
Win-Loss %
1. Hunter • TEX .765
2. Price • TBR .760
3. Sabathia • NYY .750
4. Buchholz • BOS .708
5. Hughes • NYY .692
Cahill • OAK .692
7. Slowey • MIN .684
8. Cecil • TOR .682
9. Lester • BOS .679
10. Verlander • DET .667
Garcia • CHW .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Lee • 2TM 1.003
2. Hernández • SEA 1.057
3. Weaver • LAA 1.074
4. Cahill • OAK 1.108
5. Marcum • TOR 1.147
6. Braden • OAK 1.157
7. Guthrie • BAL 1.161
8. Verlander • DET 1.163
9. Lewis • TEX 1.189
10. Sabathia • NYY 1.191
Hits per 9 IP
1. Hernández • SEA 6.993
2. Cahill • OAK 7.093
3. Wilson • TEX 7.103
4. Lester • BOS 7.226
5. Price • TBR 7.332
6. Buchholz • BOS 7.359
7. Weaver • LAA 7.502
8. Verlander • DET 7.623
9. Gonzalez • OAK 7.669
10. Lewis • TEX 7.791
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lee • 2TM 0.763
2. Pavano • MIN 1.507
3. Fister • SEA 1.684
4. Marcum • TOR 1.981
5. Braden • OAK 2.009
6. Buehrle • CHW 2.097
7. Porcello • DET 2.102
8. Guthrie • BAL 2.150
9. Weaver • LAA 2.166
10. Greinke • KCR 2.250
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Lester • BOS 9.736
2. Liriano • MIN 9.438
3. Weaver • LAA 9.348
4. Verlander • DET 8.786
5. Lewis • TEX 8.776
6. Scherzer • DET 8.463
7. Hernández • SEA 8.363
8. Shields • TBR 8.277
9. Price • TBR 8.109
10. Lee • 2TM 7.841
Games Played
1. Choate • TBR 85
2. Breslow • OAK 75
3. Coke • DET 74
Guerrier • MIN 74
5. Bard • BOS 73
Chamberlain • NYY 73
7. O'Day • TEX 72
Rodney • LAA 72
9. Crain • MIN 71
10. Camp • TOR 70
Feliz • TEX 70
League • SEA 70
Perez • CLE 70
Sipp • CLE 70
Saves
1. Soriano • TBR 45
2. Soria • KCR 43
3. Feliz • TEX 40
4. Gregg • TOR 37
Papelbon • BOS 37
6. Rivera • NYY 33
7. Aardsma • SEA 31
8. Jenks • CHW 27
9. Valverde • DET 26
10. Bailey • OAK 25
Innings Pitched
1. Hernández • SEA 249.2
2. Sabathia • NYY 237.2
3. Verlander • DET 224.1
Weaver • LAA 224.1
5. Santana • LAA 222.2
6. Pavano • MIN 221.0
7. Greinke • KCR 220.0
8. Lackey • BOS 215.0
9. Danks • CHW 213.0
10. Lee • 2TM 212.1
Strikeouts
1. Weaver • LAA 233
2. Hernández • SEA 232
3. Lester • BOS 225
4. Verlander • DET 219
5. Liriano • MIN 201
6. Sabathia • NYY 197
7. Lewis • TEX 196
8. Price • TBR 188
9. Shields • TBR 187
10. Lee • 2TM 185
Games Started
1. Hernández • SEA 34
Sabathia • NYY 34
Weaver • LAA 34
4. Buehrle • CHW 33
Burnett • NYY 33
Hernandez • CLE 33
Gonzalez • OAK 33
Greinke • KCR 33
Lackey • BOS 33
Santana • LAA 33
Shields • TBR 33
Verlander • DET 33
Wilson • TEX 33
Complete Games
1. Lee • 2TM 7
Pavano • MIN 7
3. Hernández • SEA 6
4. Braden • OAK 5
5. Verlander • DET 4
Hernandez • CLE 4
Santana • LAA 4
8. Romero • TOR 3
Pineiro • LAA 3
Greinke • KCR 3
Garza • TBR 3
Buehrle • CHW 3
Wilson • TEX 3
Shutouts
1. Braden • OAK 2
Pavano • MIN 2
3. Buchholz • BOS 1
Cahill • OAK 1
Hernandez • CLE 1
Chen • KCR 1
Danks • CHW 1
Duensing • MIN 1
Galarraga • DET 1
Garza • TBR 1
Hernández • SEA 1
Morrow • TOR 1
Niemann • TBR 1
Peavy • CHW 1
Pineiro • LAA 1
Price • TBR 1
Romero • TOR 1
Santana • LAA 1
Saunders • LAA 1
Lee • 2TM 1
Masterson • CLE 1
Home Runs
1. Shields • TBR 34
2. Vazquez • NYY 32
3. Millwood • BAL 30
4. Garza • TBR 28
5. Santana • LAA 27
6. Bergesen • BAL 26
7. Blackburn • MIN 25
Bonderman • DET 25
Burnett • NYY 25
Guthrie • BAL 25
Hughes • NYY 25
Kazmir • LAA 25
Niemann • TBR 25
Rowland-Smith • SEA 25
Bases on Balls
1. Wilson • TEX 93
2. Gonzalez • OAK 92
3. Lester • BOS 83
4. Romero • TOR 82
5. Davies • KCR 80
6. Kazmir • LAA 79
Price • TBR 79
8. Burnett • NYY 78
9. Matsuzaka • BOS 74
Sabathia • NYY 74
Hits
1. Buehrle • CHW 246
Shields • TBR 246
3. Lackey • BOS 233
4. Pavano • MIN 227
5. Millwood • BAL 223
6. Santana • LAA 221
7. Greinke • KCR 219
8. Sabathia • NYY 209
9. Davies • KCR 206
10. Burnett • NYY 204
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Lee • 2TM 10.278
2. Weaver • LAA 4.315
3. Marcum • TOR 3.837
4. Shields • TBR 3.667
5. Liriano • MIN 3.466
6. Baker • MIN 3.442
7. Hernández • SEA 3.314
8. Greinke • KCR 3.291
9. Pavano • MIN 3.162
10. Verlander • DET 3.085
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Liriano • MIN 0.423
2. Wilson • TEX 0.441
3. Buchholz • BOS 0.466
4. Verlander • DET 0.562
5. Lester • BOS 0.606
6. Hernández • SEA 0.613
7. Romero • TOR 0.643
8. Price • TBR 0.647
9. Floyd • CHW 0.673
10. Gonzalez • OAK 0.673
Losses
1. Millwood • BAL 16
2. Burnett • NYY 15
Kazmir • LAA 15
Shields • TBR 15
5. Braden • OAK 14
Hernandez • CLE 14
Fister • SEA 14
Greinke • KCR 14
Guthrie • BAL 14
10. Buehrle • CHW 13
Floyd • CHW 13
Lewis • TEX 13
Masterson • CLE 13
Talbot • CLE 13
Earned Runs
1. Shields • TBR 117
2. Burnett • NYY 109
Davies • KCR 109
4. Millwood • BAL 108
5. Bonderman • DET 105
Lackey • BOS 105
7. Greinke • KCR 102
8. Buehrle • CHW 100
9. Kazmir • LAA 99
10. Blackburn • MIN 97
Santana • LAA 97
Wild Pitches
1. Romero • TOR 18
2. Burnett • NYY 16
3. Hernández • SEA 14
4. Shields • TBR 13
5. Garza • TBR 12
Masterson • CLE 12
7. Feldman • TEX 11
Porcello • DET 11
Santana • LAA 11
Verlander • DET 11
Wakefield • BOS 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Burnett • NYY 19
2. Guthrie • BAL 16
3. Kazmir • LAA 12
Santana • LAA 12
5. Masterson • CLE 11
6. Bonderman • DET 10
Lester • BOS 10
Liriano • MIN 10
Wilson • TEX 10
10. Hernandez • CLE 9
Harden • TEX 9
Lackey • BOS 9
Morrow • TOR 9
Batters Faced
1. Hernández • SEA 1,001
2. Sabathia • NYY 970
3. Santana • LAA 954
4. Lackey • BOS 930
5. Verlander • DET 925
6. Greinke • KCR 919
7. Pavano • MIN 906
8. Weaver • LAA 905
9. Shields • TBR 899
10. Buehrle • CHW 897
Games Finished
1. Feliz • TEX 59
2. Gregg • TOR 56
Soria • KCR 56
Soriano • TBR 56
5. Rivera • NYY 55
Valverde • DET 55
7. Papelbon • BOS 53
8. Jenks • CHW 46
9. Aardsma • SEA 43
10. Bailey • OAK 42
Adjusted ERA+
1. Buchholz • BOS 187
2. Hernández • SEA 174
3. Price • TBR 144
4. Cahill • OAK 138
5. Sabathia • NYY 136
6. Lester • BOS 134
7. Wilson • TEX 134
8. Lee • 2TM 133
9. Weaver • LAA 132
10. Gonzalez • OAK 127
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Lee • 2TM 2.58
2. Liriano • MIN 2.66
3. Verlander • DET 2.97
4. Hernández • SEA 3.04
5. Weaver • LAA 3.06
6. Lester • BOS 3.13
7. Greinke • KCR 3.34
8. Price • TBR 3.42
9. Floyd • CHW 3.46
10. Sabathia • NYY 3.54
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Hernández • SEA 43
2. Buchholz • BOS 34
3. Sabathia • NYY 28
4. Price • TBR 28
5. Lester • BOS 24
6. Weaver • LAA 24
7. Lee • 2TM 24
8. Cahill • OAK 24
9. Wilson • TEX 23
10. Duensing • MIN 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Hernández • SEA 4.6
2. Buchholz • BOS 3.7
3. Sabathia • NYY 3.0
4. Price • TBR 2.9
5. Lester • BOS 2.6
Lee • 2TM 2.6
7. Weaver • LAA 2.5
8. Cahill • OAK 2.5
9. Wilson • TEX 2.4
10. Gonzalez • OAK 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Hernández • SEA 42.22
2. Buchholz • BOS 33.34
3. Sabathia • NYY 29.97
4. Price • TBR 29.12
5. Weaver • LAA 28.83
6. Gonzalez • OAK 25.66
7. Cahill • OAK 24.93
8. Wilson • TEX 23.43
9. Duensing • MIN 23.25
10. Benoit • TBR 22.61
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hernández • SEA 4.8
2. Soria • KCR 4.6
3. Soriano • TBR 4.2
4. Bard • BOS 3.7
5. Feliz • TEX 3.5
6. Sabathia • NYY 3.3
7. Buchholz • BOS 3.0
8. Gonzalez • OAK 2.9
9. Thornton • CHW 2.8
10. Weaver • LAA 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Hernández • SEA 3.8
2. Lee • 2TM 3.3
3. Wilson • TEX 3.2
4. Lester • BOS 3.2
5. Weaver • LAA 2.9
6. Sabathia • NYY 2.8
7. Verlander • DET 2.7
8. Buchholz • BOS 2.2
9. Cahill • OAK 2.2
10. Gonzalez • OAK 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Soriano • TBR 3.6
2. Bard • BOS 2.8
3. Sabathia • NYY 2.4
4. Lester • BOS 2.0
5. Feliz • TEX 1.9
6. Wilson • TEX 1.9
7. Duensing • MIN 1.9
8. Buchholz • BOS 1.8
9. Rivera • NYY 1.8
10. Crain • MIN 1.7
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Hernández • SEA 4.7
2. Buchholz • BOS 3.5
3. Price • TBR 3.2
4. Weaver • LAA 3.1
5. Sabathia • NYY 3.1
6. Gonzalez • OAK 2.7
7. Cahill • OAK 2.6
8. Lee • 2TM 2.5
9. Duensing • MIN 2.4
10. Benoit • TBR 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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements