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. Walsh • CHW 10.7
2. Young • BOS 9.7
3. Joss • CLE 8.8
4. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
5. Plank • PHA 7.6
6. Wallace • SLB 6.3
7. Vickers • PHA 6.3
8. Cobb • DET 6.2
9. McIntyre • DET 6.0
10. Johnson • WSH 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. Walsh • CHW 10.3
2. Young • BOS 9.4
3. Joss • CLE 8.5
4. Plank • PHA 7.6
5. Vickers • PHA 6.2
6. Johnson • WSH 4.8
7. Powell • SLB 4.6
8. Donovan • DET 4.4
9. Hughes • WSH 4.1
10. Rhoads • CLE 4.1

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. Joss • CLE 1.16
2. Young • BOS 1.26
3. Walsh • CHW 1.42
4. Summers • DET 1.64
5. Johnson • WSH 1.65
6. Burns • WSH 1.70
7. Chech • CLE 1.74
8. Rhoads • CLE 1.77
9. Howell • SLB 1.89
10. Waddell • SLB 1.89

Wins

Wins

1. Walsh • CHW 40
2. Summers • DET 24
Joss • CLE 24
4. Young • BOS 21
5. Waddell • SLB 19
6. Rhoads • CLE 18
Hughes • WSH 18
Howell • SLB 18
Vickers • PHA 18
White • CHW 18
Donovan • DET 18

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. Walsh • CHW .727
2. Donovan • DET .720
3. Joss • CLE .686
4. Summers • DET .667
Dinneen • SLB .667
6. Young • BOS .656
7. Willett • DET .652
8. Berger • CLE .619
9. Chech • CLE .611
10. Rhoads • CLE .600

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Joss • CLE 0.806
2. Walsh • CHW 0.860
3. Young • BOS 0.893
4. Burns • WSH 0.933
5. Smith • CHW 0.961
6. Johnson • WSH 0.964
7. Powell • SLB 0.996
8. Plank • PHA 1.014
9. Chech • CLE 1.026
10. Vickers • PHA 1.057

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Joss • CLE 6.425
2. Smith • CHW 6.440
3. Walsh • CHW 6.653
4. Johnson • WSH 6.811
5. Berger • CLE 6.863
6. Young • BOS 6.923
7. Dygert • PHA 6.939
8. Waddell • SLB 7.026
9. Dinneen • SLB 7.168
10. Morgan • BOS 7.288

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. Joss • CLE 0.831
2. Burns • WSH 0.988
3. Walsh • CHW 1.086
4. Young • BOS 1.114
5. Summers • DET 1.645
6. Powell • SLB 1.652
7. Plank • PHA 1.692
8. Winter • 2TM 1.809
9. Chech • CLE 1.847
10. Johnson • WSH 1.861

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 • SLB 7.309
2. Dygert • PHA 6.184
3. Johnson • WSH 5.618
4. Hughes • WSH 5.374
5. Donovan • DET 5.229
6. Walsh • CHW 5.218
7. Liebhardt • CLE 5.015
8. Plank • PHA 4.966
9. Burchell • BOS 4.709
10. Berger • CLE 4.560

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 66
2. Vickers • PHA 53
3. Chesbro • NYY 45
4. Hughes • WSH 43
Waddell • SLB 43
6. Joss • CLE 42
7. Howell • SLB 41
Manning • NYY 41
Dygert • PHA 41
Smith • CHW 41
White • CHW 41

Saves

Saves

1. Walsh • CHW 6
2. Hughes • WSH 4
3. Waddell • SLB 3
4. Joss • CLE 2
Pruiett • BOS 2
Altrock • CHW 2
Foster • CLE 2
Cicotte • BOS 2
Young • BOS 2
10. Morgan • BOS 1
Manuel • CHW 1
Manning • NYY 1
Killian • DET 1
Keeley • WSH 1
Johnson • WSH 1
Howell • SLB 1
Dygert • PHA 1
Chesbro • NYY 1
Bender • PHA 1
Plank • PHA 1
Powell • SLB 1
Winter • 2TM 1
Ryan • CLE 1
Smith • WSH 1
Smith • CHW 1
Suggs • DET 1
Summers • DET 1
Vickers • PHA 1
Newton • NYY 1
Willett • DET 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Walsh • CHW 464.0
2. Joss • CLE 325.0
3. Howell • SLB 324.1
4. Vickers • PHA 317.0
5. Summers • DET 301.0
6. Young • BOS 299.0
7. Smith • CHW 297.2
8. White • CHW 296.0
9. Mullin • DET 290.2
10. Chesbro • NYY 288.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Walsh • CHW 269
2. Waddell • SLB 232
3. Hughes • WSH 165
4. Dygert • PHA 164
5. Johnson • WSH 160
6. Vickers • PHA 156
7. Young • BOS 150
8. Liebhardt • CLE 146
9. Donovan • DET 141
10. Plank • PHA 135

Games Started

Games Started

1. Walsh • CHW 49
2. White • CHW 37
3. Waddell • SLB 36
4. Joss • CLE 35
Smith • CHW 35
6. Vickers • PHA 34
7. Young • BOS 33
8. Howell • SLB 32
Powell • SLB 32
Summers • DET 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Walsh • CHW 42
2. Young • BOS 30
3. Joss • CLE 29
4. Howell • SLB 27
5. Mullin • DET 26
6. Donovan • DET 25
Waddell • SLB 25
8. White • CHW 24
Hughes • WSH 24
Smith • CHW 24

Shutouts

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

1. Walsh • CHW 11
2. Joss • CLE 9
3. Vickers • PHA 6
Johnson • WSH 6
Donovan • DET 6
6. Powell • SLB 5
Summers • DET 5
Waddell • SLB 5
White • CHW 5
Dygert • PHA 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Morgan • BOS 7
2. Lake • NYY 6
Chesbro • NYY 6
4. Orth • NYY 4
Manning • NYY 4
Hogg • NYY 4
7. Killian • DET 3
Winter • 2TM 3
Thielman • 2TM 3
Falkenberg • 2TM 3
White • CHW 3
Summers • DET 3
Ryan • CLE 3
Keeley • WSH 3
Hughes • WSH 3
Dygert • PHA 3
Burns • WSH 3
Cates • WSH 3

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Dygert • PHA 97
2. Morgan • BOS 90
Waddell • SLB 90
4. Manning • NYY 86
5. Liebhardt • CLE 81
6. Lake • NYY 77
Hughes • WSH 77
8. Smith • CHW 73
Rhoads • CLE 73
10. Mullin • DET 71
Vickers • PHA 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Walsh • CHW 343
2. Mullin • DET 301
3. Howell • SLB 279
4. Chesbro • NYY 276
5. Summers • DET 271
6. Vickers • PHA 264
7. White • CHW 262
8. Lake • NYY 252
9. Joss • CLE 232
10. Young • BOS 230

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. Walsh • CHW 4.804
2. Joss • CLE 4.333
3. Young • BOS 4.054
4. Burns • WSH 3.056
5. Johnson • WSH 3.019
6. Plank • PHA 2.935
7. Donovan • DET 2.660
8. Waddell • SLB 2.578
9. Vickers • PHA 2.197
10. Hughes • WSH 2.143

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. Vickers • PHA 0.000
Johnson • WSH 0.000
Cicotte • BOS 0.000
Waddell • SLB 0.000
5. Howell • SLB 0.028
6. Young • BOS 0.030
7. Mullin • DET 0.031
8. Powell • SLB 0.035
9. Plank • PHA 0.037
10. Walsh • CHW 0.039

Losses

Losses

1. Lake • NYY 22
2. Chesbro • NYY 20
3. Winter • 2TM 19
Vickers • PHA 19
5. Howell • SLB 18
6. Smith • CHW 17
7. Manning • NYY 16
Plank • PHA 16
Liebhardt • CLE 16
Hogg • NYY 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mullin • DET 100
2. Lake • NYY 95
3. Chesbro • NYY 94
4. White • CHW 84
5. Manning • NYY 80
6. Vickers • PHA 78
7. Dygert • PHA 76
8. Walsh • CHW 73
9. Hughes • WSH 68
Howell • SLB 68

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cicotte • BOS 14
2. Johnson • WSH 13
Hughes • WSH 13
4. Mullin • DET 12
5. Burchell • BOS 11
Chesbro • NYY 11
7. Willett • DET 10
Walsh • CHW 10
9. Falkenberg • 2TM 8
10. Morgan • BOS 7
Lake • NYY 7
Plank • PHA 7
Liebhardt • CLE 7
Smith • CHW 7
Waddell • SLB 7

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Summers • DET 20
2. Manning • NYY 18
3. Howell • SLB 17
4. Chesbro • NYY 14
Willett • DET 14
6. Grahame • SLB 12
7. Burchell • BOS 11
Vickers • PHA 11
Dygert • PHA 11
Cicotte • BOS 11
Johnson • WSH 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Walsh • CHW 1,755
2. Howell • SLB 1,251
3. Vickers • PHA 1,226
4. Joss • CLE 1,209
5. Summers • DET 1,195
6. Mullin • DET 1,187
7. White • CHW 1,169
8. Chesbro • NYY 1,161
9. Waddell • SLB 1,143
10. Smith • CHW 1,126
Lake • NYY 1,126

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. Vickers • PHA 17
2. Walsh • CHW 16
3. Manning • NYY 15
4. Cicotte • BOS 13
Chesbro • NYY 13
6. Lake • NYY 11
Hughes • WSH 11
Keeley • WSH 11
Liebhardt • CLE 11
10. Dinneen • SLB 10
Owen • CHW 10

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Joss • CLE 204
2. Young • BOS 195
3. Walsh • CHW 164
4. Summers • DET 145
5. Johnson • WSH 138
6. Chech • CLE 136
7. Rhoads • CLE 134
8. Burns • WSH 134
9. Howell • SLB 125
10. Waddell • SLB 125

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. Walsh • CHW 1.42
2. Waddell • SLB 1.51
3. Young • BOS 1.52
4. Johnson • WSH 1.60
5. Joss • CLE 1.68
6. Plank • PHA 1.72
7. Donovan • DET 1.78
8. Vickers • PHA 1.89
9. Hughes • WSH 1.95
10. Liebhardt • CLE 2.05

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 46
2. Joss • CLE 38
3. Young • BOS 36
4. Rhoads • CLE 16
5. Johnson • WSH 16
6. Howell • SLB 16
7. Plank • PHA 14
8. Summers • DET 14
9. Waddell • SLB 13
10. Powell • SLB 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 5.6
2. Joss • CLE 4.7
3. Young • BOS 4.5
4. Rhoads • CLE 1.9
5. Johnson • WSH 1.9
6. Howell • SLB 1.9
7. Plank • PHA 1.7
8. Summers • DET 1.6
9. Waddell • SLB 1.5
10. Powell • SLB 1.5

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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