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East-West 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. Hunter • 3TM 3.2
2. Strong • HG 3.1
3. Harris • 3TM 2.3
4. Holmes • BBS 2.2
Lundy • BBS 2.2
6. Charleston • 3TM 2.2
7. Suttles • 3TM 2.2
8. Tiant • CUP 2.1
9. Williams • 3TM 1.9
10. Flournoy • BBS 1.9

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. Hunter • 2TM 3.2
2. Charleston • 2TM 2.2
3. Tiant • CUP 2.0
4. Holmes • BBS 1.9
5. Flournoy • BBS 1.8
6. Strong • HG 1.8
7. Williams • 2TM 1.6
8. Salmon • HG 1.6
9. McDuffie • 2TM 1.5
10. Matlock • 2TM 1.4

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. Bell • 2TM 2.47
2. Strong • HG 2.55
3. Williams • 2TM 2.72
4. Charleston • 2TM 2.74
5. Tiant • CUP 2.77
6. Hunter • 2TM 2.85
7. McDuffie • 2TM 2.87
8. Salmon • HG 3.09
9. Davis • 2TM 3.25
10. Carter • HIL 3.40

Wins

Wins

1. Hunter • 2TM 11
2. Williams • 2TM 7
Trent • 3TM 7
Brown • 2TM 7
Tiant • CUP 7
Salmon • HG 7
7. Allen • BBS 6
Smith • BBS 6
Holmes • BBS 6
10. Williams • 2TM 5
Matlock • 2TM 5
Hayes • WAP 5
McDonald • WAP 5
Charleston • 2TM 5
Richardson • WAP 5
Strong • HG 5

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. Williams • 2TM .875
2. Hunter • 2TM .846
3. Williams • 2TM .833
4. Salazar • CUP .750
Smith • BBS .750
6. Tiant • CUP .700
7. McDuffie • 2TM .667
Bell • 2TM .667
9. Matlock • 2TM .625
Charleston • 2TM .625

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Brewer • WAP 1.085
2. Davis • 2TM 1.131
3. Bell • 2TM 1.157
4. Hunter • 2TM 1.160
5. Charleston • 2TM 1.161
6. Strong • HG 1.189
7. McDuffie • 2TM 1.213
8. Carter • HIL 1.267
9. Williams • 2TM 1.289
10. Salmon • HG 1.311

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Strong • HG 7.132
2. Brewer • WAP 7.269
3. Smith • BBS 7.714
4. Hunter • 2TM 7.831
5. Charleston • 2TM 7.839
6. McDuffie • 2TM 7.851
7. Tiant • CUP 7.905
8. Davis • 2TM 8.340
9. Holmes • BBS 8.352
10. Carter • HIL 8.400

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. McDonald • WAP 1.568
2. Flournoy • BBS 1.800
3. Davis • 2TM 1.838
4. Bell • 2TM 1.941
5. Williams • 2TM 2.250
6. Brewer • WAP 2.492
7. Hunter • 2TM 2.610
8. Charleston • 2TM 2.613
9. Salmon • HG 2.771
10. Matlock • 2TM 2.796

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Hunter • 2TM 6.363
2. Brewer • WAP 6.023
3. Strong • HG 5.858
4. Davis • 2TM 5.796
5. Carter • 2TM 5.731
6. Britt • HG 5.647
7. Trent • 3TM 5.493
8. Holmes • BBS 5.328
9. Tiant • CUP 5.236
10. Matlock • 2TM 4.981

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Holmes • BBS 19
2. Trent • 3TM 17
Richardson • WAP 17
4. McDonald • WAP 16
Matlock • 2TM 16
Salmon • HG 16
Brown • 2TM 16
8. Flournoy • BBS 15
Hunter • 2TM 15
10. Carter • 2TM 14
Hayes • WAP 14

Saves

Saves

1. Blake • BBS 1
Brown • CUP 1
Neele • CUP 1
Salmon • HG 1
Brown • 2TM 1
Carter • 2TM 1
Davis • 2TM 1
Hunter • 2TM 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Holmes • BBS 125.0
2. Brown • 2TM 115.1
3. Salmon • HG 113.2
4. Hunter • 2TM 110.1
5. Richardson • WAP 107.0
6. McDonald • WAP 103.1
7. Matlock • 2TM 103.0
8. Trent • 3TM 96.2
9. Flournoy • BBS 90.0
10. Tiant • CUP 87.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Hunter • 2TM 78
2. Holmes • BBS 74
3. Trent • 3TM 59
4. Matlock • 2TM 57
5. Richardson • WAP 53
6. Carter • 2TM 52
7. McDonald • WAP 51
Brown • 2TM 51
Tiant • CUP 51
10. Salmon • HG 48

Games Started

Games Started

1. Richardson • WAP 14
2. McDonald • WAP 13
3. Salmon • HG 12
Tiant • CUP 12
Brown • 2TM 12
6. Flournoy • BBS 11
Holmes • BBS 11
Hunter • 2TM 11
9. Carter • 2TM 10
Trent • 3TM 10

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hunter • 2TM 11
Brown • 2TM 11
Richardson • WAP 11
4. Salmon • HG 10
5. Charleston • 2TM 8
Tiant • CUP 8
Holmes • BBS 8
8. Carter • 2TM 7
Strong • HG 7
Flournoy • BBS 7
McDonald • WAP 7

Shutouts

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

1. Trent • 3TM 3
2. Allen • BBS 2
Salmon • HG 2
4. Brewer • WAP 1
Cooke • BBS 1
Flournoy • BBS 1
Holmes • BBS 1
McDonald • WAP 1
Neele • CUP 1
Salazar • CUP 1
Tiant • CUP 1
Brown • 2TM 1
Charleston • 2TM 1
Hunter • 2TM 1
Williams • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hayes • WAP 7
2. Flournoy • BBS 6
3. Carter • 2TM 5
Brown • 2TM 5
Winters • WAP 5
6. Britt • HG 4
Matlock • 2TM 4
Cooke • BBS 4
Williams • BBS 4
Strong • HG 4
Allen • BBS 4

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Holmes • BBS 53
2. Trent • 3TM 41
Tiant • CUP 41
4. Richardson • WAP 39
5. Brown • 2TM 38
6. Carter • 2TM 35
Salmon • HG 35
8. Matlock • 2TM 32
Hunter • 2TM 32
Smith • BBS 32

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Richardson • WAP 140
2. McDonald • WAP 129
3. Brown • 2TM 119
4. Holmes • BBS 116
5. Salmon • HG 114
6. Flournoy • BBS 111
7. Matlock • 2TM 105
8. Carter • 2TM 98
9. Trent • 3TM 97
10. Hunter • 2TM 96

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. Davis • 2TM 3.154
2. McDonald • WAP 2.833
3. Flournoy • BBS 2.556
4. Bell • 2TM 2.455
5. Hunter • 2TM 2.438
6. Brewer • WAP 2.417
7. Matlock • 2TM 1.781
8. Britt • HG 1.684
9. Strong • HG 1.643
10. Carter • 2TM 1.486

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. Brewer • WAP 0.000
Williams • 2TM 0.000
McDuffie • 2TM 0.000
Davis • 2TM 0.000
Bell • 2TM 0.000
6. Hunter • 2TM 0.082
7. Tiant • CUP 0.103
8. Charleston • 2TM 0.124
9. Holmes • BBS 0.144
10. Dean • CLS 0.144

Losses

Losses

1. Carter • 2TM 8
Richardson • WAP 8
3. Brown • 2TM 7
Flournoy • BBS 7
5. Allen • BBS 6
Salmon • HG 6
Holmes • BBS 6
Hayes • WAP 6
Dean • CLS 6
Brown • CUP 6

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Richardson • WAP 72
2. Carter • 2TM 58
3. Allen • BBS 51
4. Holmes • BBS 48
5. Trent • 3TM 47
McDonald • WAP 47
Brown • 2TM 47
8. Matlock • 2TM 44
9. Hayes • WAP 40
10. Salmon • HG 39

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Brewer • WAP 5
2. Tiant • CUP 3
3. Hayes • WAP 2
McDonald • WAP 2
Winters • WAP 2
6. Carter • HIL 1
Cockrell • HIL 1
Field • CLS 1
Flournoy • BBS 1
Richardson • WAP 1
Salazar • CUP 1
Smith • BBS 1
Soldero • CUP 1
Davis • 2TM 1
Eggleston • 2TM 1
Suttles • 2TM 1
Allen • BBS 1
Williams • 2TM 1

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. McDonald • WAP 6
2. Trent • 3TM 5
3. Williams • 2TM 4
4. Smith • BBS 3
Hunter • 2TM 3
Brown • 2TM 3
Tiant • CUP 3
8. Brewer • WAP 2
Williams • 2TM 2
Hayes • WAP 2
Holmes • BBS 2
Jones • BBS 2
McDuffie • 2TM 2
Davis • 2TM 2
Williams • BBS 2

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Holmes • BBS 527
2. Brown • 2TM 507
3. Richardson • WAP 503
4. Salmon • HG 485
5. McDonald • WAP 451
6. Hunter • 2TM 445
7. Matlock • 2TM 436
8. Trent • 3TM 421
9. Tiant • CUP 380
10. Flournoy • BBS 378

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. Holmes • BBS 7
2. Matlock • 2TM 6
3. Trent • 3TM 5
4. Salmon • HG 4
Smith • BBS 4
Hunter • 2TM 4
Carter • 2TM 4
8. Allen • BBS 3
McDonald • WAP 3
Yokely • BBS 3
Hayes • WAP 3
Brown • 2TM 3
Flournoy • BBS 3
Dixon • CUP 3
Cooke • BBS 3
Brewer • WAP 3
Williams • 2TM 3

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Bell • 2TM 174
2. Strong • HG 167
3. Williams • 2TM 157
4. Charleston • 2TM 156
5. Tiant • CUP 154
6. McDuffie • 2TM 150
7. Hunter • 2TM 149
8. Salmon • HG 138
9. Davis • 2TM 132
10. Carter • HIL 126

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. Davis • 2TM 2.54
2. Brewer • WAP 2.75
3. Bell • 2TM 2.77
4. Hunter • 2TM 2.78
5. McDonald • WAP 3.08
6. Williams • 2TM 3.21
7. Charleston • 2TM 3.38
8. Holmes • BBS 3.46
9. Matlock • 2TM 3.48
10. Richardson • WAP 3.49

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. Hunter • 2TM 19
2. Strong • HG 13
3. Tiant • CUP 13
4. Salmon • HG 13
5. Charleston • 2TM 13
6. Williams • 2TM 12
7. Holmes • BBS 9
8. McDuffie • 2TM 8
9. Flournoy • BBS 8
10. Bell • 2TM 8

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. Hunter • 2TM 1.9
2. Charleston • 2TM 1.3
3. Strong • HG 1.3
4. Tiant • CUP 1.3
5. Salmon • HG 1.2
6. Williams • 2TM 1.2
7. Holmes • BBS 0.9
8. McDuffie • 2TM 0.8
Bell • 2TM 0.8
10. Flournoy • BBS 0.8

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

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