American 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. Lajoie • CLE 10.0
2. Turner • CLE 9.3
3. Orth • NYY 9.1
4. Stone • SLB 8.8
5. Flick • CLE 6.5
6. Davis • CHW 6.4
7. White • CHW 6.3
8. Wallace • SLB 6.1
9. Waddell • PHA 5.5
10. Mullin • DET 5.3

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. Orth • NYY 8.1
2. White • CHW 5.8
3. Waddell • PHA 5.6
4. Patten • WSH 5.0
5. Hess • CLE 4.9
6. Pelty • SLB 4.8
7. Mullin • DET 4.7
8. Joss • CLE 4.7
9. Walsh • CHW 4.6
10. Rhoads • CLE 4.5

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. White • CHW 1.52
2. Pelty • SLB 1.59
3. Joss • CLE 1.72
4. Powell • SLB 1.77
5. Rhoads • CLE 1.80
6. Hess • CLE 1.83
7. Walsh • CHW 1.88
8. Altrock • CHW 2.06
9. Howell • SLB 2.11
10. Patten • WSH 2.17

Wins

Wins

1. Orth • NYY 27
2. Chesbro • NYY 23
3. Owen • CHW 22
Rhoads • CLE 22
5. Joss • CLE 21
Mullin • DET 21
7. Altrock • CHW 20
Hess • CLE 20
9. Plank • PHA 19
Patten • WSH 19

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. Plank • PHA .760
2. White • CHW .750
3. Joss • CLE .700
4. Rhoads • CLE .688
5. Owen • CHW .629
6. Killian • DET .625
7. Orth • NYY .614
8. Altrock • CHW .606
9. Bender • PHA .600
10. Pelty • SLB .593

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. White • CHW 0.903
2. Joss • CLE 0.933
3. Pelty • SLB 0.951
4. Walsh • CHW 0.981
5. Glade • SLB 1.028
6. Powell • SLB 1.029
7. Plank • PHA 1.058
8. Howell • SLB 1.063
9. Bender • PHA 1.074
10. Hess • CLE 1.076

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Pelty • SLB 6.526
2. White • CHW 6.565
3. Walsh • CHW 6.952
4. Joss • CLE 7.021
5. Powell • SLB 7.230
6. Glade • SLB 7.256
7. Waddell • PHA 7.295
8. Plank • PHA 7.356
9. Dygert • PHA 7.371
10. Hess • CLE 7.391

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. Young • BOS 0.782
2. Altrock • CHW 1.314
3. Joss • CLE 1.372
4. White • CHW 1.559
5. Jacobson • SLB 1.568
6. Winter • BOS 1.647
7. Bernhard • CLE 1.657
8. Owen • CHW 1.659
9. Orth • NYY 1.754
10. Tannehill • BOS 1.788

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Waddell • PHA 6.469
2. Bender • PHA 6.004
3. Walsh • CHW 5.529
4. Falkenberg • WSH 5.364
5. Powell • SLB 4.869
6. Coombs • PHA 4.682
7. Hogg • NYY 4.675
8. Plank • PHA 4.592
9. Howell • SLB 4.554
10. Hess • CLE 4.504

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Chesbro • NYY 49
2. Orth • NYY 45
3. Hess • CLE 43
Waddell • PHA 43
5. Owen • CHW 42
6. Walsh • CHW 41
7. Falkenberg • WSH 40
Mullin • DET 40
9. Young • BOS 39
10. Patten • WSH 38
Rhoads • CLE 38
Altrock • CHW 38

Saves

Saves

1. Bender • PHA 3
Hess • CLE 3
3. Young • BOS 2
Winter • BOS 2
Eubank • DET 2
Walsh • CHW 2
Griffith • NYY 2
Harris • BOS 2
Pelty • SLB 2
Killian • DET 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Orth • NYY 338.2
2. Hess • CLE 333.2
3. Mullin • DET 330.0
4. Chesbro • NYY 325.0
5. Rhoads • CLE 315.0
6. Falkenberg • WSH 298.2
7. Owen • CHW 293.0
8. Young • BOS 287.2
Altrock • CHW 287.2
10. Patten • WSH 282.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Waddell • PHA 196
2. Falkenberg • WSH 178
3. Walsh • CHW 171
4. Hess • CLE 167
5. Bender • PHA 159
6. Chesbro • NYY 152
7. Young • BOS 140
Howell • SLB 140
9. Orth • NYY 133
10. Powell • SLB 132

Games Started

Games Started

1. Chesbro • NYY 42
2. Mullin • DET 40
3. Orth • NYY 39
4. Hess • CLE 36
Owen • CHW 36
Falkenberg • WSH 36
7. Young • BOS 34
Rhoads • CLE 34
Waddell • PHA 34
10. Howell • SLB 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Orth • NYY 36
2. Mullin • DET 35
3. Hess • CLE 33
4. Rhoads • CLE 31
5. Howell • SLB 30
Falkenberg • WSH 30
7. Joss • CLE 28
Patten • WSH 28
Glade • SLB 28
Young • BOS 28

Shutouts

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

1. Walsh • CHW 10
2. Joss • CLE 9
3. Waddell • PHA 8
4. White • CHW 7
Rhoads • CLE 7
Patten • WSH 7
Owen • CHW 7
Hess • CLE 7
9. Howell • SLB 6
10. Plank • PHA 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Tannehill • BOS 9
2. Winter • BOS 8
3. Clarkson • NYY 6
4. Bender • PHA 5
Hughes • WSH 5
Hogg • NYY 5
Harris • BOS 5
Siever • DET 5
Rhoads • CLE 5
10. Owen • CHW 4
Hess • CLE 4
Glaze • BOS 4
Glade • SLB 4
Donovan • DET 4
Dinneen • BOS 4

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Mullin • DET 108
Falkenberg • WSH 108
3. Rhoads • CLE 92
Waddell • PHA 92
5. Dygert • PHA 91
6. Hess • CLE 85
7. Hughes • WSH 81
8. Patten • WSH 79
9. Chesbro • NYY 75
Smith • WSH 75

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Orth • NYY 317
2. Mullin • DET 315
3. Chesbro • NYY 314
4. Owen • CHW 289
5. Young • BOS 288
6. Falkenberg • WSH 277
7. Hess • CLE 274
8. Altrock • CHW 269
9. Donahue • DET 260
10. Rhoads • CLE 259

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. Young • BOS 5.600
2. Bender • PHA 3.313
3. Walsh • CHW 2.948
4. White • CHW 2.500
5. Joss • CLE 2.465
6. Powell • SLB 2.400
7. Altrock • CHW 2.357
8. Howell • SLB 2.295
9. Waddell • PHA 2.130
10. Plank • PHA 2.118

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. Altrock • CHW 0.000
Coombs • PHA 0.000
3. Falkenberg • WSH 0.030
4. Walsh • CHW 0.032
5. Howell • SLB 0.033
6. Waddell • PHA 0.033
7. Pelty • SLB 0.035
8. Bernhard • CLE 0.035
9. Donahue • DET 0.037
10. Dygert • PHA 0.042

Losses

Losses

1. Young • BOS 21
Harris • BOS 21
3. Falkenberg • WSH 20
4. Dinneen • BOS 19
5. Mullin • DET 18
Winter • BOS 18
7. Hughes • WSH 17
Chesbro • NYY 17
Orth • NYY 17
Hess • CLE 17
Waddell • PHA 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Chesbro • NYY 107
2. Young • BOS 102
Mullin • DET 102
4. Falkenberg • WSH 95
Winter • BOS 95
6. Harris • BOS 92
7. Orth • NYY 88
8. Hughes • WSH 82
9. Kitson • WSH 80
10. Smith • WSH 76
Owen • CHW 76

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Falkenberg • WSH 14
2. Mullin • DET 11
Eells • CLE 11
Walsh • CHW 11
5. Howell • SLB 10
Waddell • PHA 10
7. Pelty • SLB 8
8. Orth • NYY 7
Chesbro • NYY 7
10. Harris • BOS 6
Hogg • NYY 6
Dygert • PHA 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Hess • CLE 24
2. Pelty • SLB 18
3. Mullin • DET 15
Plank • PHA 15
5. Falkenberg • WSH 13
6. Hogg • NYY 12
7. Siever • DET 10
Howell • SLB 10
Glade • SLB 10
Dygert • PHA 10
Chesbro • NYY 10
Waddell • PHA 10
Tannehill • BOS 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Mullin • DET 1,361
2. Orth • NYY 1,331
3. Hess • CLE 1,316
4. Chesbro • NYY 1,308
5. Rhoads • CLE 1,237
6. Falkenberg • WSH 1,233
7. Owen • CHW 1,166
8. Patten • WSH 1,129
9. Young • BOS 1,126
10. Altrock • CHW 1,119

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. Griffith • NYY 15
2. Eubank • DET 12
3. Clarkson • NYY 10
4. Smith • WSH 9
Jacobson • SLB 9
Bender • PHA 9
7. Walsh • CHW 8
Glaze • BOS 8
9. Chesbro • NYY 7
Smith • CHW 7
Altrock • CHW 7
Waddell • PHA 7
Dygert • PHA 7
Hess • CLE 7
Winter • BOS 7
Kitson • WSH 7

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. White • CHW 167
2. Pelty • SLB 161
3. Joss • CLE 153
4. Rhoads • CLE 147
5. Powell • SLB 145
6. Hess • CLE 144
7. Walsh • CHW 135
8. Orth • NYY 127
9. Waddell • PHA 124
10. Altrock • CHW 123

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. Young • BOS 1.87
2. Walsh • CHW 1.89
3. Bender • PHA 2.01
4. Waddell • PHA 2.10
5. Altrock • CHW 2.15
6. Powell • SLB 2.17
7. Howell • SLB 2.17
8. White • CHW 2.21
9. Joss • CLE 2.24
10. Orth • NYY 2.25

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. White • CHW 28
2. Rhoads • CLE 27
3. Joss • CLE 27
4. Hess • CLE 27
5. Pelty • SLB 25
6. Orth • NYY 24
7. Walsh • CHW 21
8. Powell • SLB 19
9. Waddell • PHA 17
10. Altrock • CHW 15

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. White • CHW 3.3
2. Joss • CLE 3.2
3. Rhoads • CLE 3.1
4. Hess • CLE 3.1
5. Pelty • SLB 2.9
6. Orth • NYY 2.7
7. Walsh • CHW 2.4
8. Powell • SLB 2.1
9. Waddell • PHA 2.0
10. Altrock • CHW 1.7

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 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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