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. Killian • DET 7.9
2. Young • BOS 7.9
3. Lajoie • CLE 7.6
Walsh • CHW 7.6
5. Cobb • DET 6.8
6. Plank • PHA 6.7
7. Joss • CLE 6.2
8. Donovan • DET 5.9
9. Crawford • DET 5.9
10. Flick • CLE 5.6

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. Walsh • CHW 7.7
2. Young • BOS 7.6
3. Joss • CLE 6.9
4. Killian • DET 6.3
5. Plank • PHA 6.3
6. Siever • DET 5.3
7. Bender • PHA 5.1
8. Chesbro • NYY 5.0
9. Donovan • DET 5.0
10. White • CHW 4.3

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. Walsh • CHW 1.60
2. Killian • DET 1.78
3. Joss • CLE 1.83
4. Howell • SLB 1.93
5. Young • BOS 1.99
6. Bender • PHA 2.05
7. Liebhardt • CLE 2.05
8. Winter • BOS 2.07
9. Waddell • PHA 2.15
10. Siever • DET 2.16

Wins

Wins

1. Joss • CLE 27
White • CHW 27
3. Killian • DET 25
Donovan • DET 25
5. Plank • PHA 24
Walsh • CHW 24
7. Smith • CHW 23
8. Dygert • PHA 21
Young • BOS 21
10. Mullin • DET 20

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. Donovan • DET .862
2. Dygert • PHA .724
3. Joss • CLE .711
4. Smith • CHW .697
5. White • CHW .675
6. Bender • PHA .667
7. Killian • DET .658
8. Siever • DET .621
9. Plank • PHA .600
10. Waddell • PHA .594

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Young • BOS 0.982
2. Joss • CLE 0.983
3. Bender • PHA 0.998
4. Winter • BOS 1.009
5. Walsh • CHW 1.013
6. White • CHW 1.058
7. Plank • PHA 1.068
8. Waddell • PHA 1.078
9. Glaze • BOS 1.086
10. Dygert • PHA 1.089

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Dygert • PHA 6.879
2. Winter • BOS 6.943
3. Walsh • CHW 7.267
4. Howell • SLB 7.340
5. Donovan • DET 7.373
6. Plank • PHA 7.385
7. Waddell • PHA 7.398
8. Glaze • BOS 7.404
9. Joss • CLE 7.414
10. Young • BOS 7.497

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. White • CHW 1.175
2. Altrock • CHW 1.306
3. Young • BOS 1.337
4. Bender • PHA 1.395
5. Joss • CLE 1.435
6. Siever • DET 1.704
7. Smith • WSH 1.774
8. Thielman • CLE 1.843
9. Walsh • CHW 1.854
10. Orth • NYY 1.918

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 7.335
2. Dygert • PHA 5.194
3. Plank • PHA 4.792
4. Bender • PHA 4.596
5. Walsh • CHW 4.390
6. Doyle • NYY 4.368
7. White • CHW 4.361
8. Hughes • WSH 4.351
9. Falkenberg • WSH 4.160
10. Smith • WSH 4.140

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 56
2. White • CHW 46
Mullin • DET 46
4. Waddell • PHA 44
5. Plank • PHA 43
Young • BOS 43
7. Howell • SLB 42
Dygert • PHA 42
Joss • CLE 42
Killian • DET 42

Saves

Saves

1. Dinneen • 2TM 4
Walsh • CHW 4
Hughes • WSH 4
4. Howell • SLB 3
Pruiett • BOS 3
Mullin • DET 3
Keefe • NYY 3
Bender • PHA 3
9. Young • BOS 2
Joss • CLE 2
Altrock • CHW 2
Coombs • PHA 2

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 422.1
2. Mullin • DET 357.1
3. Plank • PHA 343.2
4. Young • BOS 343.1
5. Joss • CLE 338.2
6. Howell • SLB 316.1
7. Killian • DET 314.0
8. Smith • CHW 310.0
9. White • CHW 291.0
10. Waddell • PHA 284.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Waddell • PHA 232
2. Walsh • CHW 206
3. Plank • PHA 183
4. Dygert • PHA 151
5. Young • BOS 147
6. Mullin • DET 146
7. White • CHW 141
8. Smith • CHW 139
9. Joss • CLE 127
10. Donovan • DET 123

Games Started

Games Started

1. Walsh • CHW 46
2. Mullin • DET 42
3. Plank • PHA 40
4. Joss • CLE 38
5. Young • BOS 37
Smith • CHW 37
7. Howell • SLB 35
White • CHW 35
9. Killian • DET 34
Liebhardt • CLE 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walsh • CHW 37
2. Mullin • DET 35
3. Joss • CLE 34
4. Young • BOS 33
Plank • PHA 33
6. Smith • CHW 29
Pelty • SLB 29
Killian • DET 29
9. Powell • SLB 27
Donovan • DET 27
Liebhardt • CLE 27

Shutouts

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

1. Plank • PHA 8
2. Waddell • PHA 7
3. Young • BOS 6
White • CHW 6
Joss • CLE 6
6. Pelty • SLB 5
Mullin • DET 5
Dygert • PHA 5
Walsh • CHW 5
Rhoads • CLE 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Dinneen • 2TM 8
2. Plank • PHA 5
3. Morgan • 2TM 4
Powell • SLB 4
Glaze • BOS 4
6. Altrock • CHW 3
White • CHW 3
Walsh • CHW 3
Joss • CLE 3
Young • BOS 3
Howell • SLB 3
Hogg • NYY 3
Graham • WSH 3
Patten • WSH 3
Donovan • DET 3
Tannehill • BOS 3
Smith • CHW 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Smith • CHW 111
2. Mullin • DET 106
3. Killian • DET 91
4. Howell • SLB 88
5. Walsh • CHW 87
6. Plank • PHA 85
Liebhardt • CLE 85
Dygert • PHA 85
9. Rhoads • CLE 84
10. Hogg • NYY 83

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mullin • DET 346
2. Walsh • CHW 341
3. Killian • DET 286
Young • BOS 286
5. Plank • PHA 282
6. Smith • CHW 280
7. Joss • CLE 279
8. Patten • WSH 272
9. White • CHW 270
10. Howell • SLB 258
Rhoads • CLE 258

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. White • CHW 3.711
2. Bender • PHA 3.294
3. Waddell • PHA 3.178
4. Young • BOS 2.882
5. Walsh • CHW 2.368
6. Joss • CLE 2.352
7. Smith • WSH 2.333
8. Hughes • WSH 2.170
9. Plank • PHA 2.153
10. Altrock • CHW 1.968

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. Chesbro • NYY 0.000
Smith • WSH 0.000
Rhoads • CLE 0.000
Falkenberg • WSH 0.000
5. Mullin • DET 0.025
6. Liebhardt • CLE 0.032
7. Siever • DET 0.033
8. Pelty • SLB 0.033
9. Bender • PHA 0.041
10. Hughes • WSH 0.043

Losses

Losses

1. Orth • NYY 21
Pelty • SLB 21
3. Mullin • DET 20
Smith • WSH 20
5. Walsh • CHW 18
6. Falkenberg • WSH 17
7. Patten • WSH 16
Plank • PHA 16
Powell • SLB 16
10. Howell • SLB 15
Winter • BOS 15
Young • BOS 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mullin • DET 103
2. Patten • WSH 94
3. Smith • CHW 85
4. Plank • PHA 84
5. Pelty • SLB 78
6. Young • BOS 76
Powell • SLB 76
8. Walsh • CHW 75
Smith • WSH 75
10. Hughes • WSH 73
White • CHW 73

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Walsh • CHW 14
2. Rhoads • CLE 12
Smith • CHW 12
Falkenberg • WSH 12
Dygert • PHA 12
6. Liebhardt • CLE 10
Smith • WSH 10
8. Coombs • PHA 7
Berger • CLE 7
Thielman • CLE 7
Hogg • NYY 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Pelty • SLB 18
Dygert • PHA 18
3. Plank • PHA 17
4. Mullin • DET 15
Waddell • PHA 15
6. Rhoads • CLE 14
7. Hughes • WSH 12
Hess • CLE 12
9. Siever • DET 11
Killian • DET 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Walsh • CHW 1,622
2. Mullin • DET 1,470
3. Plank • PHA 1,349
4. Young • BOS 1,308
5. Joss • CLE 1,291
6. Killian • DET 1,270
7. Smith • CHW 1,263
8. Howell • SLB 1,242
9. Liebhardt • CLE 1,136
10. White • CHW 1,131

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. Pruiett • BOS 15
2. Keefe • NYY 14
3. Dygert • PHA 11
4. Walsh • CHW 10
Kitson • 2TM 10
Hughes • WSH 10
7. White • CHW 9
8. Bender • PHA 8
Winter • BOS 8
Killian • DET 8

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Walsh • CHW 151
2. Killian • DET 146
3. Joss • CLE 137
4. Young • BOS 129
5. Howell • SLB 129
6. Bender • PHA 127
7. Winter • BOS 124
8. Liebhardt • CLE 123
9. Waddell • PHA 121
10. Siever • DET 120

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. Waddell • PHA 1.57
2. Bender • PHA 1.72
3. White • CHW 1.80
4. Smith • WSH 1.86
5. Young • BOS 1.94
6. Walsh • CHW 1.97
7. Joss • CLE 2.09
8. Hughes • WSH 2.11
9. Chesbro • NYY 2.18
10. Plank • PHA 2.19

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. Walsh • CHW 37
2. Joss • CLE 26
3. Young • BOS 25
4. Killian • DET 24
5. Plank • PHA 17
6. Howell • SLB 16
7. Siever • DET 15
8. Bender • PHA 15
9. Winter • BOS 12
10. Liebhardt • CLE 12

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. Walsh • CHW 4.2
2. Joss • CLE 3.0
3. Young • BOS 2.9
4. Killian • DET 2.7
5. Plank • PHA 2.0
6. Howell • SLB 1.8
7. Siever • DET 1.7
8. Bender • PHA 1.7
9. Winter • BOS 1.4
10. Liebhardt • CLE 1.4

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

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