2010 American League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Texas Rangers

AL Most Valuable Player: Josh Hamilton

AL Cy Young: Félix Hernández

AL Rookie of the Year: Neftalí Feliz

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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. 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

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. 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

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. 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 %

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. 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

García • CHW .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Games Played or Pitched

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

Pérez • 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

Hernández • 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

Complete Game

1. Lee • 2TM 7

Pavano • MIN 7

3. Hernández • SEA 6

4. Braden • OAK 5

5. Verlander • DET 4

Hernández • CLE 4

Santana • LAA 4

8. Romero • TOR 3

Piñeiro • LAA 3

Greinke • KCR 3

Garza • TBR 3

Buehrle • CHW 3

Wilson • TEX 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Braden • OAK 2

Pavano • MIN 2

3. Buchholz • BOS 1

Cahill • OAK 1

Hernández • 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

Piñeiro • LAA 1

Price • TBR 1

Romero • TOR 1

Santana • LAA 1

Saunders • LAA 1

Lee • 2TM 1

Masterson • CLE 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Shields • TBR 34

2. Vázquez • 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

Bases on Balls/Walks

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

Hits/Hits Allowed

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

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

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

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

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

Hernández • 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

Earned Runs Allowed

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

Times Hit by a 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. Hernández • 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

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

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

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

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. 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

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. 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

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. 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)

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. 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)

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. 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)

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. Hernández • SEA 3.8

2. Lee • 2TM 3.3

3. Lester • BOS 3.2

4. Wilson • TEX 3.2

5. Weaver • LAA 2.9

6. Sabathia • NYY 2.8

7. Verlander • DET 2.7

8. Buchholz • BOS 2.2

9. Gonzalez • OAK 2.2

10. Cahill • 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. 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)

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. 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 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