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. Gehrig • NYY 10.0
2. Gehringer • DET 8.9
3. Foxx • PHA 8.3
4. Gomez • NYY 7.9
5. Harder • CLE 7.7
6. Rowe • DET 6.9
7. Averill • CLE 6.8
8. Greenberg • DET 6.3
9. Newsom • SLB 5.6
10. Rogell • DET 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. Gomez • NYY 8.4
2. Harder • CLE 8.0
3. Newsom • SLB 6.1
4. Rowe • DET 5.7
5. Ostermueller • BOS 5.5
6. Bridges • DET 5.4
7. Murphy • NYY 4.9
8. Blaeholder • SLB 4.9
9. Burke • WSH 4.3
10. Earnshaw • CHW 4.1
Hadley • SLB 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. Gomez • NYY 2.33
2. Harder • CLE 2.61
3. Murphy • NYY 3.12
4. Burke • WSH 3.21
5. Auker • DET 3.42
6. Rowe • DET 3.45
7. Ostermueller • BOS 3.49
8. Ferrell • BOS 3.63
9. Bridges • DET 3.67
10. Ruffing • NYY 3.93

Wins

Wins

1. Gomez • NYY 26
2. Rowe • DET 24
3. Bridges • DET 22
4. Harder • CLE 20
5. Ruffing • NYY 19
6. Pearson • CLE 18
7. Newsom • SLB 16
8. Hudlin • CLE 15
Auker • DET 15
Marberry • DET 15

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. Gomez • NYY .839
2. Marberry • DET .750
Rowe • DET .750
4. Ferrell • BOS .737
5. Auker • DET .682
6. Bridges • DET .667
7. Ruffing • NYY .633
8. Harder • CLE .625
9. Hudlin • CLE .600
10. Murphy • NYY .583

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Gomez • NYY 1.133
2. Rowe • DET 1.278
3. Harder • CLE 1.281
4. Bridges • DET 1.284
5. Murphy • NYY 1.295
6. Ruffing • NYY 1.311
7. Burke • WSH 1.351
8. Ferrell • BOS 1.403
9. Hudlin • CLE 1.410
10. Auker • DET 1.415

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Gomez • NYY 7.125
2. Ruffing • NYY 8.146
3. Bridges • DET 8.149
4. Burke • WSH 8.304
5. Murphy • NYY 8.364
6. Benton • PHA 8.419
7. Harder • CLE 8.671
8. Dietrich • PHA 8.711
9. Rowe • DET 8.763
10. Newsom • SLB 8.886

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. Ferrell • BOS 2.436
2. Auker • DET 2.459
3. Blaeholder • SLB 2.612
4. Rowe • DET 2.741
5. Weaver • WSH 2.770
6. Marberry • DET 2.775
7. Harder • CLE 2.855
8. Lyons • CHW 2.893
9. Jones • CHW 2.945
10. Hudlin • CLE 3.000

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ruffing • NYY 5.231
2. Gomez • NYY 5.049
3. Rowe • DET 5.041
4. Pearson • CLE 4.948
5. Bridges • DET 4.942
6. Newsom • SLB 4.632
7. Tietje • CHW 4.142
8. Welch • BOS 3.969
9. Earnshaw • CHW 3.846
10. Dietrich • PHA 3.814

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Russell • WSH 54
2. Newsom • SLB 47
3. Knott • SLB 45
Rowe • DET 45
5. Harder • CLE 44
Rhodes • BOS 44
7. Andrews • SLB 43
Auker • DET 43
9. Cascarella • PHA 42
McColl • WSH 42

Saves

Saves

1. Russell • WSH 8
2. Brown • CLE 7
3. Harder • CLE 5
Newsom • SLB 5
5. Murphy • NYY 4
Heving • CHW 4
Hudlin • CLE 4
Knott • SLB 4
9. Ostermueller • BOS 3
Coffman • SLB 3
DeShong • NYY 3
Dietrich • PHA 3
Andrews • SLB 3
Hogsett • DET 3
Blaeholder • SLB 3
Marberry • DET 3
Crowder • 2TM 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Gomez • NYY 281.2
2. Bridges • DET 275.0
3. Rowe • DET 266.0
4. Newsom • SLB 262.1
5. Ruffing • NYY 256.1
6. Harder • CLE 255.1
7. Pearson • CLE 254.2
8. Whitehill • WSH 235.0
9. Blaeholder • SLB 234.1
10. Marcum • PHA 232.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Gomez • NYY 158
2. Bridges • DET 151
3. Rowe • DET 149
Ruffing • NYY 149
5. Pearson • CLE 140
6. Newsom • SLB 135
7. Earnshaw • CHW 97
8. Whitehill • WSH 96
9. Marcum • PHA 92
10. Welch • BOS 91
Harder • CLE 91

Games Started

Games Started

1. Bridges • DET 35
2. Pearson • CLE 33
Gomez • NYY 33
Blaeholder • SLB 33
5. Cain • PHA 32
Hadley • SLB 32
Newsom • SLB 32
8. Weaver • WSH 31
Ruffing • NYY 31
Rhodes • BOS 31
Whitehill • WSH 31
Marcum • PHA 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Gomez • NYY 25
2. Bridges • DET 23
3. Lyons • CHW 21
4. Rowe • DET 20
5. Ruffing • NYY 19
Pearson • CLE 19
7. Harder • CLE 17
Marcum • PHA 17
Ferrell • BOS 17
10. Earnshaw • CHW 16

Shutouts

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

1. Harder • CLE 6
Gomez • NYY 6
3. Ruffing • NYY 5
4. Dietrich • PHA 4
5. Bridges • DET 3
Rowe • DET 3
Ferrell • BOS 3
8. Auker • DET 2
Marcum • PHA 2
Newsom • SLB 2
Hockette • BOS 2
Hadley • SLB 2
Earnshaw • CHW 2
Cascarella • PHA 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Earnshaw • CHW 28
2. Tietje • CHW 20
3. Ruffing • NYY 18
4. Knott • SLB 17
5. Pearson • CLE 16
Gaston • CHW 16
Blaeholder • SLB 16
Bridges • DET 16
Jones • CHW 16
Weaver • WSH 16

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Newsom • SLB 149
2. Pearson • CLE 130
3. Cain • PHA 128
4. Hadley • SLB 127
5. Dietrich • PHA 114
6. Bridges • DET 104
Cascarella • PHA 104
Earnshaw • CHW 104
Ruffing • NYY 104
10. Hildebrand • CLE 99
Ostermueller • BOS 99

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Blaeholder • SLB 276
2. Whitehill • WSH 269
3. Newsom • SLB 259
Rowe • DET 259
5. Marcum • PHA 257
Pearson • CLE 257
7. Weaver • WSH 255
8. Bridges • DET 249
Lyons • CHW 249
10. Gaston • CHW 247
Rhodes • BOS 247

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. Rowe • DET 1.840
2. Gomez • NYY 1.646
3. Auker • DET 1.536
4. Bridges • DET 1.452
5. Ruffing • NYY 1.433
6. Ferrell • BOS 1.367
7. Marberry • DET 1.333
8. Welch • BOS 1.197
9. Crowder • 2TM 1.190
10. Broaca • NYY 1.138

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. Burke • WSH 0.107
2. Ferrell • BOS 0.199
3. Harder • CLE 0.211
4. Ostermueller • BOS 0.317
5. Russell • WSH 0.342
6. Hudlin • CLE 0.369
7. Cascarella • PHA 0.370
8. Whitehill • WSH 0.383
9. Gomez • NYY 0.383
10. Auker • DET 0.395

Losses

Losses

1. Newsom • SLB 20
2. Gaston • CHW 19
3. Blaeholder • SLB 18
4. Cain • PHA 17
5. Hadley • SLB 16
6. Cascarella • PHA 15
Welch • BOS 15
Weaver • WSH 15
9. Tietje • CHW 14
10. Lyons • CHW 13
Pearson • CLE 13
Ostermueller • BOS 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Pearson • CLE 128
2. Gaston • CHW 126
3. Whitehill • WSH 118
4. Newsom • SLB 117
5. Marcum • PHA 116
6. Earnshaw • CHW 114
7. Cain • PHA 113
8. Bridges • DET 112
Ruffing • NYY 112
10. Lyons • CHW 111
Rhodes • BOS 111

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Pearson • CLE 15
2. Gaston • CHW 13
3. Hudlin • CLE 7
4. Ostermueller • BOS 6
Gallivan • CHW 6
Jones • CHW 6
Earnshaw • CHW 6
Mahaffey • PHA 6
9. Rhodes • BOS 5
Newsom • SLB 5
Welch • BOS 5
Allen • NYY 5
Knott • SLB 5

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Welch • BOS 8
2. Harder • CLE 7
3. Hadley • SLB 6
4. Hudlin • CLE 5
Johnson • BOS 5
6. Rhodes • BOS 4
Earnshaw • CHW 4
Kinzy • CHW 4
Marcum • PHA 4
10. Sorrell • DET 3
Hildebrand • CLE 3
Heving • CHW 3
Lee • CLE 3
Thomas • WSH 3
McAfee • SLB 3
Auker • DET 3
Whitehill • WSH 3
Dietrich • PHA 3
Bean • CLE 3
Caster • PHA 3
Cascarella • PHA 3
Cain • PHA 3
Bridges • DET 3

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Newsom • SLB 1,159
2. Bridges • DET 1,153
3. Gomez • NYY 1,142
4. Pearson • CLE 1,136
5. Rowe • DET 1,111
6. Ruffing • NYY 1,100
7. Harder • CLE 1,072
8. Whitehill • WSH 1,049
9. Cain • PHA 1,035
10. Marcum • PHA 1,030

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. McColl • WSH 26
2. Heving • CHW 21
3. Pennock • BOS 20
Gallivan • CHW 20
Russell • WSH 20
6. Andrews • SLB 19
Kline • 2TM 19
8. McAfee • SLB 18
Brown • CLE 18
Knott • SLB 18

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Gomez • NYY 176
2. Harder • CLE 173
3. Ostermueller • BOS 136
4. Burke • WSH 135
5. Murphy • NYY 131
6. Ferrell • BOS 130
7. Auker • DET 128
8. Rowe • DET 127
9. Newsom • SLB 123
10. Bridges • DET 119

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. Ferrell • BOS 3.54
2. Rowe • DET 3.57
3. Gomez • NYY 3.64
4. Auker • DET 3.78
5. Harder • CLE 3.81
6. Bridges • DET 4.01
7. Burke • WSH 4.02
8. Broaca • NYY 4.12
9. Whitehill • WSH 4.16
10. Ruffing • NYY 4.16

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. Gomez • NYY 60
2. Harder • CLE 49
3. Rowe • DET 32
4. Bridges • DET 28
5. Murphy • NYY 27
6. Ostermueller • BOS 24
7. Newsom • SLB 24
8. Burke • WSH 23
9. Ferrell • BOS 20
10. Auker • DET 17

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. Gomez • NYY 6.1
2. Harder • CLE 4.8
3. Rowe • DET 3.0
4. Bridges • DET 2.7
5. Murphy • NYY 2.6
6. Ostermueller • BOS 2.4
7. Newsom • SLB 2.3
8. Burke • WSH 2.2
9. Ferrell • BOS 1.9
10. Auker • DET 1.6

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Gomez • NYY 65.70
2. Harder • CLE 53.39
3. Rowe • DET 45.68
4. Bridges • DET 43.00
5. Murphy • NYY 34.93
6. Burke • WSH 30.50
7. Ostermueller • BOS 30.17
8. Newsom • SLB 23.37
9. Ferrell • BOS 20.22
10. Auker • DET 16.41

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Harder • CLE 5.8
2. Gomez • NYY 5.7
3. Rowe • DET 5.1
4. Bridges • DET 4.5
5. Ferrell • BOS 3.4
6. Murphy • NYY 3.0
7. Ostermueller • BOS 2.9
8. Newsom • SLB 2.4
9. Burke • WSH 2.3
10. Pearson • CLE 1.4

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Gomez • NYY 6.1
2. Harder • CLE 4.6
3. Rowe • DET 4.2
4. Bridges • DET 3.7
5. Murphy • NYY 3.2
6. Burke • WSH 2.4
7. Ferrell • BOS 2.4
8. Ruffing • NYY 2.3
9. Newsom • SLB 2.3
10. Auker • DET 1.7

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Rowe • DET 17.3
2. Gomez • NYY 16.2
3. Bridges • DET 10.2
4. Murphy • NYY 5.0
5. Harder • CLE 4.1
6. Broaca • NYY 3.5
7. Ostermueller • BOS 2.5
8. DeShong • NYY 2.3
9. Auker • DET 2.1
10. Cascarella • PHA 1.3

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Gomez • NYY 7.1
2. Harder • CLE 5.3
3. Rowe • DET 4.5
4. Bridges • DET 4.3
5. Murphy • NYY 3.6
6. Burke • WSH 3.0
7. Ostermueller • BOS 2.9
8. Newsom • SLB 2.1
9. Ferrell • BOS 1.9
10. Auker • DET 1.6

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