1993 American League Pitching Leaders

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AL Most Valuable Player: Frank Thomas

AL Cy Young: Jack McDowell

AL Rookie of the Year: Tim Salmon

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American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Appier • KCR 9.3

2. Griffey • SEA 8.8

3. Langston • CAL 8.5

4. Olerud • TOR 7.8

5. Lofton • CLE 7.6

6. Cone • KCR 7.2

7. Finley • CAL 7.1

8. Palmeiro • TEX 6.9

9. Hoiles • BAL 6.8

10. Vaughn • MIL 6.7

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Appier • KCR 9.3

2. Langston • CAL 8.5

3. Cone • KCR 7.2

4. Finley • CAL 7.1

5. Johnson • SEA 6.6

6. Key • NYY 6.3

7. Darwin • BOS 5.7

8. Fernandez • CHW 5.4

9. Álvarez • CHW 4.9

10. Hanson • SEA 4.6

Earned Run Average

9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Appier • KCR 2.56

2. Álvarez • CHW 2.95

3. Key • NYY 3.00

4. Fernandez • CHW 3.13

5. Viola • BOS 3.14

6. Finley • CAL 3.15

7. Langston • CAL 3.20

8. Johnson • SEA 3.24

9. Darwin • BOS 3.26

10. Cone • KCR 3.33

Wins

1. McDowell • CHW 22

2. Hentgen • TOR 19

Johnson • SEA 19

4. Appier • KCR 18

Fernandez • CHW 18

Key • NYY 18

7. Eldred • MIL 16

Finley • CAL 16

Langston • CAL 16

Rogers • TEX 16

Win-Loss %

Win-Loss Percentage W / (W + L) For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games. For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Guzmán • TOR .824

2. Wickman • NYY .778

3. Key • NYY .750

4. Bere • CHW .706

Fleming • SEA .706

6. Johnson • SEA .704

7. Mussina • BAL .700

8. Appier • KCR .692

9. McDowell • CHW .688

10. Hentgen • TOR .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Darwin • BOS 1.068

2. Appier • KCR 1.106

3. Key • NYY 1.107

4. Johnson • SEA 1.112

5. Fernandez • CHW 1.164

6. Langston • CAL 1.190

7. Bosio • SEA 1.199

8. Wells • DET 1.203

9. McDonald • BAL 1.230

10. Mussina • BAL 1.235

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 6.521

2. Appier • KCR 6.901

3. Cone • KCR 7.264

4. Álvarez • CHW 7.281

5. McDonald • BAL 7.557

6. Bosio • SEA 7.558

7. Darwin • BOS 7.692

8. Langston • CAL 7.724

9. Fernandez • CHW 8.042

10. Eldred • MIL 8.093

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Key • NYY 1.635

2. Darwin • BOS 1.923

3. Wells • DET 2.021

4. Tapani • MIN 2.273

5. Doherty • DET 2.339

6. Mussina • BAL 2.362

7. McDowell • CHW 2.419

8. Fernandez • CHW 2.438

9. Hanson • SEA 2.512

10. Mesa • CLE 2.674

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 10.856

2. Perez • NYY 8.172

3. Guzmán • TOR 7.900

4. Clemens • BOS 7.513

5. Banks • MIN 7.249

6. Pavlik • TEX 7.088

7. Appier • KCR 7.014

8. McDonald • BAL 6.985

9. Langston • CAL 6.882

10. Hanson • SEA 6.823

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Harris • BOS 80

2. Radinsky • CHW 73

3. Fossas • BOS 71

Nelson • SEA 71

Ward • TOR 71

6. Frohwirth • BAL 70

Hernández • CHW 70

Plunk • CLE 70

9. Montgomery • KCR 69

10. MacDonald • DET 68

Saves

1. Montgomery • KCR 45

Ward • TOR 45

3. Henke • TEX 40

4. Hernández • CHW 38

5. Eckersley • OAK 36

6. Aguilera • MIN 34

7. Russell • BOS 33

8. Olson • BAL 29

9. Farr • NYY 25

10. Henneman • DET 24

Innings Pitched

1. Eldred • MIL 258.0

2. McDowell • CHW 256.2

3. Langston • CAL 256.1

4. Johnson • SEA 255.1

5. Cone • KCR 254.0

6. Finley • CAL 251.1

7. Fernandez • CHW 247.1

8. Appier • KCR 238.2

9. Key • NYY 236.2

10. Brown • TEX 233.0

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • SEA 308

2. Langston • CAL 196

3. Guzmán • TOR 194

4. Cone • KCR 191

5. Finley • CAL 187

6. Appier • KCR 186

7. Eldred • MIL 180

8. Key • NYY 173

9. McDonald • BAL 171

10. Fernandez • CHW 169

Games Started

1. Eldred • MIL 36

Moore • DET 36

3. Finley • CAL 35

Langston • CAL 35

Tapani • MIN 35

6. Appier • KCR 34

Brown • TEX 34

Cone • KCR 34

Darwin • BOS 34

Erickson • MIN 34

Fernandez • CHW 34

Johnson • SEA 34

Key • NYY 34

McDonald • BAL 34

McDowell • CHW 34

Navarro • MIL 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Finley • CAL 13

2. Brown • TEX 12

3. Johnson • SEA 10

McDowell • CHW 10

5. Eldred • MIL 8

6. Hanson • SEA 7

Langston • CAL 7

McDonald • BAL 7

9. Cone • KCR 6

10. Rogers • TEX 5

Navarro • MIL 5

Valenzuela • BAL 5

Wegman • MIL 5

Appier • KCR 5

Witt • OAK 5

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. McDowell • CHW 4

2. Moore • DET 3

Brown • TEX 3

Johnson • SEA 3

5. Key • NYY 2

Valenzuela • BAL 2

Doherty • DET 2

Mussina • BAL 2

Finley • CAL 2

10. Haney • KCR 1

Álvarez • CHW 1

Guzmán • TOR 1

Fleming • SEA 1

Fernandez • CHW 1

Eldred • MIL 1

Dopson • BOS 1

Darwin • BOS 1

Cone • KCR 1

Clemens • BOS 1

Bosio • SEA 1

Belcher • CHW 1

Appier • KCR 1

Leiter • TOR 1

McDonald • BAL 1

Abbott • NYY 1

Wickman • NYY 1

Viola • BOS 1

Tapani • MIN 1

Stottlemyre • TOR 1

Sanderson • CAL 1

Witt • OAK 1

Navarro • MIL 1

Mutis • CLE 1

Moyer • BAL 1

Morris • TOR 1

Quantrill • BOS 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Moore • DET 35

2. Eldred • MIL 32

3. Darwin • BOS 31

4. Bones • MIL 28

Gullickson • DET 28

6. Fernandez • CHW 27

Hentgen • TOR 27

8. Key • NYY 26

Wells • DET 26

10. Welch • OAK 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Álvarez • CHW 122

2. Cone • KCR 114

3. Guzmán • TOR 110

4. Johnson • SEA 99

5. Eldred • MIL 91

Witt • OAK 91

7. Moore • DET 89

8. McDonald • BAL 86

9. Langston • CAL 85

10. Finley • CAL 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Erickson • MIN 266

2. McDowell • CHW 261

3. Navarro • MIL 254

4. Finley • CAL 243

Tapani • MIN 243

6. Eldred • MIL 232

Mesa • CLE 232

8. Brown • TEX 228

9. Moore • DET 227

10. Witt • OAK 226

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

SO/W or SO/BB For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP per team game played. No batting leaders computed.

1. Key • NYY 4.023

2. Wells • DET 3.310

3. Johnson • SEA 3.111

4. Hanson • SEA 2.717

5. Mussina • BAL 2.659

6. Darwin • BOS 2.653

7. Tapani • MIN 2.632

8. Fernandez • CHW 2.522

9. Clemens • BOS 2.388

10. Perez • NYY 2.313

Home Runs per 9 IP

9 x HR / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played

1. Appier • KCR 0.302

2. Brown • TEX 0.541

3. Pichardo • KCR 0.545

4. Stottlemyre • TOR 0.560

5. Viola • BOS 0.588

6. Álvarez • CHW 0.607

7. Witt • OAK 0.655

8. Guzmán • TOR 0.692

9. McDonald • BAL 0.694

10. Erickson • MIN 0.700

Losses

1. Erickson • MIN 19

2. Eldred • MIL 16

3. Tapani • MIN 15

4. Abbott • NYY 14

Clemens • BOS 14

Cone • KCR 14

Finley • CAL 14

McDonald • BAL 14

Perez • NYY 14

Wegman • MIL 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Navarro • MIL 127

2. Erickson • MIN 126

3. Moore • DET 124

4. Eldred • MIL 115

5. Mesa • CLE 114

6. Tapani • MIN 111

7. Bones • MIL 110

8. Sutcliffe • BAL 106

9. Morris • TOR 105

10. Abbott • NYY 104

Wild Pitches

1. Guzmán • TOR 26

2. Gordon • KCR 17

3. Cone • KCR 14

Morris • TOR 14

5. Wells • DET 13

6. Gubicza • KCR 12

7. Hentgen • TOR 11

Navarro • MIL 11

9. Bohanon • TEX 10

Langston • CAL 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • SEA 16

2. Brown • TEX 15

3. Clemens • BOS 11

Navarro • MIL 11

5. Cone • KCR 10

Eldred • MIL 10

Erickson • MIN 10

Harris • BOS 10

9. Bones • MIL 8

Leary • SEA 8

Nelson • SEA 8

Batters Faced

1. Eldred • MIL 1,087

2. McDowell • CHW 1,067

3. Finley • CAL 1,065

4. Cone • KCR 1,060

5. Johnson • SEA 1,043

6. Langston • CAL 1,039

7. Fernandez • CHW 1,004

8. Brown • TEX 1,001

9. Erickson • MIN 976

10. Tapani • MIN 964

Games Finished

Games Finished Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game. Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Ward • TOR 70

2. Hernández • CHW 67

3. Montgomery • KCR 63

4. Aguilera • MIN 61

5. Henke • TEX 60

6. Eckersley • OAK 52

7. Henneman • DET 50

8. Russell • BOS 48

9. Olson • BAL 45

10. Henry • MIL 41

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Appier • KCR 179

2. Viola • BOS 148

3. Álvarez • CHW 143

4. Darwin • BOS 143

5. Finley • CAL 142

6. Langston • CAL 140

7. Key • NYY 139

8. Cone • KCR 138

9. Johnson • SEA 135

10. Fernandez • CHW 135

Fielding Independent Pitching

Fielding Independent Pitching this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO <tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constantlg</tt> The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Appier • KCR 2.90

2. Johnson • SEA 3.05

3. Hanson • SEA 3.41

4. Key • NYY 3.51

5. Langston • CAL 3.58

6. McDowell • CHW 3.61

7. McDonald • BAL 3.68

8. Finley • CAL 3.69

9. Clemens • BOS 3.69

10. Brown • TEX 3.70

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adjusted Pitching Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Appier • KCR 51

2. Langston • CAL 35

3. Cone • KCR 34

4. Johnson • SEA 34

5. Key • NYY 33

6. Darwin • BOS 32

7. Finley • CAL 31

8. Fernandez • CHW 30

9. Álvarez • CHW 28

10. Viola • BOS 26

Adj. Pitching Wins

Adjusted Pitching Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a pitcher’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his arm. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Appier • KCR 5.4

2. Langston • CAL 3.6

3. Cone • KCR 3.5

4. Johnson • SEA 3.5

5. Key • NYY 3.4

6. Darwin • BOS 3.3

7. Finley • CAL 3.1

8. Fernandez • CHW 3.1

9. Álvarez • CHW 2.9

10. Viola • BOS 2.7

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Appier • KCR 57.13

2. Key • NYY 40.74

3. Johnson • SEA 38.87

4. Cone • KCR 37.84

5. Langston • CAL 37.23

6. Fernandez • CHW 36.51

7. Álvarez • CHW 31.52

8. McDowell • CHW 30.63

9. Darwin • BOS 30.32

10. Finley • CAL 26.18

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Appier • KCR 6.2

2. Montgomery • KCR 5.5

3. Johnson • SEA 4.2

4. Key • NYY 4.1

5. Álvarez • CHW 3.6

6. Langston • CAL 3.6

7. Fernandez • CHW 3.3

8. McDowell • CHW 3.3

9. Cone • KCR 3.3

10. Henke • TEX 3.1

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Appier • KCR 5.7

2. Johnson • SEA 4.5

3. Langston • CAL 3.8

4. Cone • KCR 3.4

5. Key • NYY 3.4

6. McDonald • BAL 3.2

7. Darwin • BOS 3.1

8. Fernandez • CHW 2.9

9. McDowell • CHW 2.6

10. Finley • CAL 2.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Appier • KCR 6.6

2. McDowell • CHW 5.9

3. Key • NYY 4.9

4. Montgomery • KCR 4.8

5. Guzmán • TOR 4.1

6. Fernandez • CHW 3.9

7. McDonald • BAL 3.8

8. Álvarez • CHW 3.7

9. Langston • CAL 3.6

10. Hernández • CHW 3.5

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Appier • KCR 5.9

2. Key • NYY 4.3

3. Johnson • SEA 4.0

4. Fernandez • CHW 3.8

5. Cone • KCR 3.8

6. Langston • CAL 3.8

7. Álvarez • CHW 3.3

8. McDowell • CHW 3.2

9. Darwin • BOS 3.0

10. Finley • CAL 2.6

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