1918 American League Pitching Leaders

1917 Season 1919 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 508 games, 8 teams, approx. 127 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Walter Johnson	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	23	13	.639	1.27	1.96	39	29	10	29	8	3	326.0	241	71	46	2	70	162	8	0	8	1261	0.954	6.7	0.1	1.9	4.5	2.31
2	Stan Coveleski	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	22	13	.629	1.82	2.60	38	33	5	25	2	1	311.0	261	90	63	2	76	87	4	0	2	1254	1.084	7.6	0.1	2.2	2.5	1.14
3	Carl Mays	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	21	13	.618	2.21	2.88	35	33	1	30	8	0	293.1	230	94	72	2	81	114	11	0	6	1162	1.060	7.1	0.1	2.5	3.5	1.41
4	Scott Perry	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	20	19	.513	1.98	2.63	44	36	7	30	3	2	332.1	295	97	73	1	111	81	2	0	4	1342	1.222	8.0	0.0	3.0	2.2	0.73
5	Jim Bagby	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	17	16	.515	2.69	3.55	45	31	14	23	2	6	271.1	274	107	81	0	78	57	2	0	2	1113	1.297	9.1	0.0	2.6	1.9	0.73
6	Sad Sam Jones	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	5	.762	2.25	3.23	24	21	2	16	5	0	184.0	151	66	46	1	70	44	8	0	6	750	1.201	7.4	0.0	3.4	2.2	0.63
7	George Mogridge*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	16	13	.552	2.18	2.93	45	19	23	13	1	7	239.1	232	78	58	6	43	62	8	1	1	951	1.149	8.7	0.2	1.6	2.3	1.44
8	Jim Shaw	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	16	12	.571	2.42	3.28	41	30	7	14	4	1	241.1	201	88	65	2	90	129	1	3	10	986	1.206	7.5	0.1	3.4	4.8	1.43
9	Bullet Joe Bush	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	15	15	.500	2.11	2.90	36	31	4	26	7	2	272.2	241	88	64	3	91	125	3	0	5	1119	1.218	8.0	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.37
10	Bernie Boland	26	DET	Maj	DET	14	10	.583	2.65	3.04	29	25	4	14	4	0	204.0	176	69	60	1	67	63	6	0	1	834	1.191	7.8	0.0	3.0	2.8	0.94
11	Guy Morton	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	14	8	.636	2.64	3.65	30	28	1	13	1	0	214.2	189	87	63	1	77	123	3	0	4	892	1.239	7.9	0.0	3.2	5.2	1.60
12	Fritz Coumbe*	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	13	7	.650	3.06	3.66	30	17	10	9	0	3	150.0	164	61	51	4	52	41	1	0	0	638	1.440	9.8	0.2	3.1	2.5	0.79
13	Slim Love*	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	13	12	.520	3.07	3.62	38	29	5	13	1	1	228.2	207	92	78	3	116	95	10	1	4	963	1.413	8.1	0.1	4.6	3.7	0.82
14	Babe Ruth*	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	13	7	.650	2.22	2.76	20	19	0	18	1	0	166.1	125	51	41	1	49	40	2	1	3	660	1.046	6.8	0.1	2.7	2.2	0.82
15	Eddie Cicotte	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	12	19	.387	2.77	3.45	38	30	7	24	1	2	266.0	275	102	82	2	40	104	2	0	2	1089	1.184	9.3	0.1	1.4	3.5	2.60
16	Hooks Dauss	28	DET	Maj	DET	12	16	.429	2.99	3.79	33	26	7	21	1	3	249.2	243	105	83	3	58	73	9	0	5	1027	1.206	8.8	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.26
17	Allen Sothoron	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	12	12	.500	1.94	2.76	29	24	4	14	2	0	209.0	152	64	45	3	67	71	3	0	0	832	1.048	6.5	0.1	2.9	3.1	1.06
18	Harry Harper*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	11	10	.524	2.18	2.84	35	32	2	14	3	1	244.0	182	77	59	1	104	78	8	0	13	993	1.172	6.7	0.0	3.8	2.9	0.75
19	Doc Ayers	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	10	12	.455	2.83	3.73	40	24	15	11	4	3	219.2	215	91	69	2	63	67	7	0	2	914	1.266	8.8	0.1	2.6	2.7	1.06
20	Dave Davenport	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	10	11	.476	3.25	4.20	31	22	3	12	2	1	180.0	182	84	65	0	69	60	7	0	3	759	1.394	9.1	0.0	3.5	3.0	0.87
21	Ray Caldwell	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	9	8	.529	3.06	3.52	24	21	3	14	1	1	176.2	173	69	60	2	62	59	1	0	1	741	1.330	8.8	0.1	3.2	3.0	0.95
22	Vean Gregg*	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	9	14	.391	3.12	3.84	30	25	4	17	3	2	199.1	180	85	69	4	67	63	5	0	1	814	1.239	8.1	0.2	3.0	2.8	0.94
23	Frank Shellenback	19	CHA	Maj	CHW	9	12	.429	2.66	3.79	28	21	6	10	2	2	182.2	180	77	54	1	74	47	4	0	0	779	1.391	8.9	0.0	3.6	2.3	0.64
24	Joe Benz	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	8	8	.500	2.63	3.33	29	17	5	10	1	0	154.0	156	57	45	1	28	30	2	0	1	632	1.195	9.1	0.1	1.6	1.8	1.07
25	Bert Gallia	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	6	.571	3.48	4.57	19	17	1	10	1	0	124.0	126	63	48	1	61	48	6	0	2	551	1.508	9.1	0.1	4.4	3.5	0.79
26	Rudy Kallio	25	DET	Maj	DET	8	13	.381	3.62	4.52	30	22	5	10	2	0	181.1	178	91	73	0	76	70	1	0	7	785	1.401	8.8	0.0	3.8	3.5	0.92
27	Dutch Leonard*	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	8	6	.571	2.72	3.65	16	16	0	12	3	0	125.2	119	51	38	0	53	47	2	0	7	542	1.369	8.5	0.0	3.8	3.4	0.89
28	Tom Rogers	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	10	.444	3.27	3.86	29	16	9	11	0	2	154.0	148	66	56	3	49	29	3	0	1	627	1.279	8.6	0.2	2.9	1.7	0.59
29	Rasty Wright	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	2	.800	2.51	3.15	18	13	3	6	1	0	111.1	99	39	31	1	18	25	5	0	0	444	1.051	8.0	0.1	1.5	2.0	1.39
30	Allen Russell	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	7	11	.389	3.26	4.34	27	18	8	7	2	4	141.0	139	68	51	6	73	54	5	0	1	616	1.504	8.9	0.4	4.7	3.4	0.74
31	Reb Russell*	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	7	5	.583	2.60	3.25	19	15	3	10	2	0	124.2	117	45	36	0	33	38	0	0	2	506	1.203	8.4	0.0	2.4	2.7	1.15
32	Herb Thormahlen*	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	7	3	.700	2.48	3.12	16	12	2	5	2	0	112.2	85	39	31	1	52	22	6	0	4	455	1.216	6.8	0.1	4.2	1.8	0.42
33	Mule Watson	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	7	10	.412	3.37	4.70	21	19	2	11	3	0	141.2	139	74	53	0	44	30	2	0	3	542	1.292	8.8	0.0	2.8	1.9	0.68
34	George Cunningham	23	DET	Maj	DET	6	7	.462	3.15	4.37	27	14	12	10	0	1	140.0	131	68	49	0	38	39	5	0	2	578	1.207	8.4	0.0	2.4	2.5	1.03
35	Dave Danforth*	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	15	.286	3.43	4.73	39	11	20	5	0	2	139.0	148	73	53	1	40	48	5	0	1	570	1.353	9.6	0.1	2.6	3.1	1.20
36	Bill James	31	DET	Maj	DET	6	11	.353	3.76	5.02	19	18	1	8	1	0	122.0	127	68	51	3	68	42	5	0	2	546	1.598	9.4	0.2	5.0	3.1	0.62
37	Urban Shocker	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	6	5	.545	1.81	2.47	14	9	5	7	0	2	94.2	69	26	19	0	40	33	1	0	2	377	1.151	6.6	0.0	3.8	3.1	0.83
38	Lefty Williams*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	4	.600	2.73	2.73	15	14	1	7	2	1	105.2	76	32	32	0	47	30	5	0	2	423	1.164	6.5	0.0	4.0	2.6	0.64
39	Willie Adams	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	5	12	.294	4.42	5.06	32	14	9	7	0	0	169.0	164	95	83	2	97	39	12	0	3	733	1.544	8.7	0.1	5.2	2.1	0.40
40	Johnny Enzmann	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	5	7	.417	2.37	2.90	30	14	13	8	0	2	136.2	130	44	36	2	29	38	5	0	5	545	1.163	8.6	0.1	1.9	2.5	1.31
41	Eddie Matteson	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	5	3	.625	1.73	2.66	14	6	5	2	0	0	67.2	57	20	13	2	15	17	1	0	0	257	1.064	7.6	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.13
42	Jack Quinn	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	5	1	.833	2.29	2.29	6	5	1	5	0	0	51.0	38	13	13	0	7	22	0	1	1	190	0.882	6.7	0.0	1.2	3.9	3.14
43	Eric Erickson	26	DET	Maj	DET	4	5	.444	2.48	3.05	12	9	2	8	0	1	94.1	81	32	26	2	29	48	3	1	0	375	1.166	7.7	0.2	2.8	4.6	1.66
44	Red Faber	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	4	1	.800	1.23	2.57	11	9	1	5	1	1	80.2	70	23	11	3	23	26	0	0	2	319	1.153	7.8	0.3	2.6	2.9	1.13
45	Elmer Myers	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	4	8	.333	4.63	6.23	18	15	3	5	1	1	95.1	101	66	49	4	42	17	4	0	6	416	1.500	9.5	0.4	4.0	1.6	0.40
46	Joseph Finneran	27	DET,NYA	Maj	NYY-DET	3	8	.273	4.43	4.85	28	15	9	4	0	1	128.0	156	69	63	7	43	36	2	0	2	547	1.555	11.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	0.84
47	Carroll Jones	24	DET	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	3.09	4.70	21	4	8	1	0	0	67.0	60	35	23	0	38	15	1	0	0	290	1.463	8.1	0.0	5.1	2.0	0.39
48	Bob Geary	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	5	.286	2.69	3.83	16	7	8	6	2	4	87.0	94	37	26	0	31	22	3	0	1	368	1.437	9.7	0.0	3.2	2.3	0.71
49	Bob Groom	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	7.06	8.72	14	5	4	0	0	0	43.1	70	42	34	0	18	8	1	0	0	203	2.031	14.5	0.0	3.7	1.7	0.44
50	Byron Houck	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	4	.333	2.39	3.01	27	2	22	0	0	2	71.2	58	24	19	0	29	29	0	0	1	291	1.214	7.3	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
51	Ed Hovlik	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	2	1	.667	1.29	3.21	8	2	5	1	0	0	28.0	25	10	4	0	10	10	0	0	1	106	1.250	8.0	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
52	Charlie Jamieson*	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	1	.667	4.30	6.65	5	2	3	1	0	0	23.0	24	17	11	0	13	2	2	1	1	109	1.609	9.4	0.0	5.1	0.8	0.15
53	Ray Keating	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	3.91	5.03	15	6	7	1	0	0	48.1	39	27	21	0	30	16	2	0	0	201	1.428	7.3	0.0	5.6	3.0	0.53
54	Lefty Leifield*	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	6	.250	2.55	3.09	15	6	6	3	1	0	67.0	61	23	19	1	19	22	2	0	0	266	1.194	8.2	0.1	2.6	3.0	1.16
55	Grover Lowdermilk	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	6	.250	3.15	4.95	13	11	1	4	0	0	80.0	74	44	28	1	38	25	3	0	2	341	1.400	8.3	0.1	4.3	2.8	0.66
56	Hank Robinson*	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	4	.333	3.00	3.94	11	3	5	1	0	0	48.0	47	21	16	0	16	14	3	0	1	201	1.313	8.8	0.0	3.0	2.6	0.88
57	Tom Zachary*	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	0	1.000	5.63	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	0	7	1	0	1	0	36	2.000	10.1	0.0	7.9	1.1	0.14
58	Nick Altrock*	41	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	2	.333	3.00	4.13	5	3	1	1	0	0	24.0	24	11	8	1	6	5	1	0	0	99	1.250	9.0	0.4	2.3	1.9	0.83
59	Lore Bader	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	1	3	.250	3.33	4.33	5	4	1	2	1	0	27.0	26	13	10	1	12	10	3	0	0	116	1.407	8.7	0.3	4.0	3.3	0.83
60	Bill Bailey*	30	DET	Maj	DET	1	2	.333	5.97	8.12	8	4	2	1	0	0	37.2	53	34	25	0	26	13	1	0	0	178	2.097	12.7	0.0	6.2	3.1	0.50
61	Bill Donovan	41	DET	Maj	DET	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.00
62	George Dumont	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	1	.500	5.14	7.71	4	1	2	1	0	0	14.0	18	12	8	0	6	12	0	0	0	68	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
63	Roy Hansen	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	10	4	3	0	3	2	1	0	0	40	1.444	10.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
64	Roy Johnson	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	5	.167	3.42	5.76	10	8	2	3	0	0	50.0	47	32	19	0	34	12	2	0	1	232	1.620	8.5	0.0	6.1	2.2	0.35
65	Vince Molyneaux	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	3	4	4	0	8	1	0	0	2	43	1.031	2.5	0.0	6.8	0.8	0.13
66	Stan Rees*	19	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	10	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	4.5	0.25
67	Bob Shawkey	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	1.13	1.13	3	2	1	1	1	0	16.0	7	2	2	0	10	3	0	0	0	59	1.063	3.9	0.0	5.6	1.7	0.30
68	Earl Yingling*	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	2	.333	2.13	3.55	5	2	1	2	0	0	38.0	30	15	9	0	12	15	0	0	1	145	1.105	7.1	0.0	2.8	3.6	1.25
69	Lou Bauer	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2						0.00
70	Bugs Bennett	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	2	.000	3.48	6.10	4	2	1	0	0	0	10.1	12	7	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	48	1.839	10.5	0.9	6.1	0.0	0.00
71	Walter Bernhardt	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
72	Ad Brennan*	30	CLE,WS1	Maj	WSH-CLE	0	0		4.32	5.40	3	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	5	4	0	8	0	1	0	0	47	2.160	10.8	0.0	8.6	0.0	0.00
73	Garland Buckeye*	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	4	4	0	6	2	0	0	0	15	4.500	13.5	0.0	27.0	9.0	0.33
74	Ty Cobb	31	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
75	Ed Corey	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
76	Harry Coveleski*	32	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	3.86	5.79	3	1	2	1	0	0	14.0	17	9	6	0	6	3	0	0	0	62	1.643	10.9	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50
77	Molly Craft	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		1.29	1.29	3	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	25	0.857	6.4	0.0	1.3	6.4	5.00
78	Jean Dubuc	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	4.22	4.22	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.2	11	5	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	46	1.500	9.3	0.8	4.2	0.8	0.20
79	Ben Dyer	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Frank Fahey	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		6.00	7.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	5	7	6	0	14	1	1	0	0	40	2.111	5.0	0.0	14.0	1.0	0.07
81	Alex Ferguson	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	8	2.400	10.8	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
82	Charley Hall	33	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	6	1	4	0	0	0	13.1	14	10	10	1	6	2	0	0	0	61	1.500	9.5	0.7	4.1	1.4	0.33
83	Herb Hall	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		15.00	16.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	11	10	0	7	1	2	0	0	33	3.167	18.0	0.0	10.5	1.5	0.14
84	Chick Holmes	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		13.50	22.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
85	Vic Keen	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	31	1.250	10.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.00
86	Walt Kinney*	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		1.80	1.80	5	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	5	3	3	0	8	4	2	0	0	57	0.867	3.0	0.0	4.8	2.4	0.50
87	Otis Lambeth	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		6.43	6.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	5	5	0	6	3	0	0	0	33	2.286	12.9	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
88	Wickey McAvoy	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.500	13.5	13.5	0.0	0.0
89	Dick McCabe	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	2.79	3.72	3	1	2	0	0	0	9.2	13	4	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	40	1.552	12.1	0.0	1.9	2.8	1.50
90	Tim McCabe	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
91	Bob McGraw	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	inf	inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4						0.00
92	George McQuillan	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	2.35	3.91	5	1	2	0	0	1	23.0	25	10	6	0	4	7	0	0	0	95	1.261	9.8	0.0	1.6	2.7	1.75
93	Roy Mitchell	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	7.50	10.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	18	14	10	1	4	3	0	0	0	59	1.833	13.5	0.8	3.0	2.3	0.75
94	Willie Mitchell*	28	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	4	0	5	2	0	0	0	20	2.000	6.8	0.0	11.3	4.5	0.40
95	Ed Monroe	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		4.50	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	9	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
96	Bill Pertica	19	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
97	William Pierson*	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	3.32	4.15	8	1	5	0	0	0	21.2	20	10	8	0	20	6	2	0	0	93	1.846	8.3	0.0	8.3	2.5	0.30
98	Roy Sanders	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	2	.000	4.21	5.26	6	2	2	0	0	0	25.2	28	15	12	0	16	8	2	0	0	113	1.714	9.8	0.0	5.6	2.8	0.50
99	Red Shea	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		4.00	8.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	14	8	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	39	1.778	14.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.00
100	George Sisler*	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		4.50	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	1	8.0	10	6	4	0	4	4	1	0	1	41	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00