1994 American League Pitching Leaders

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AL Cy Young: David Cone

AL Rookie of the Year: Bob Hamelin

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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. Lofton • CLE 7.2

2. Griffey • SEA 6.9

3. Cone • KCR 6.9

4. Thomas • CHW 6.4

5. Clemens • BOS 6.0

6. Belle • CLE 5.7

7. Johnson • SEA 5.5

8. Mussina • BAL 5.4

9. Hentgen • TOR 5.4

10. Phillips • DET 4.7

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. Cone • KCR 6.9

2. Clemens • BOS 6.0

3. Johnson • SEA 5.5

4. Mussina • BAL 5.4

5. Hentgen • TOR 5.4

6. Martínez • CLE 4.6

7. Appier • KCR 4.5

8. Key • NYY 4.4

9. Nagy • CLE 4.1

10. Bones • MIL 4.0

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. Ontiveros • OAK 2.65

2. Clemens • BOS 2.85

3. Cone • KCR 2.94

4. Mussina • BAL 3.06

5. Johnson • SEA 3.19

6. Key • NYY 3.27

7. Hentgen • TOR 3.40

8. Bones • MIL 3.43

9. Álvarez • CHW 3.45

10. Nagy • CLE 3.45

Wins

1. Key • NYY 17

2. Cone • KCR 16

Mussina • BAL 16

4. McDonald • BAL 14

5. Hentgen • TOR 13

Johnson • SEA 13

7. Álvarez • CHW 12

Bere • CHW 12

Guzmán • TOR 12

10. Clark • CLE 11

Eldred • MIL 11

Fernandez • CHW 11

Gordon • KCR 11

Martínez • CLE 11

Moore • DET 11

Rogers • TEX 11

Tapani • MIN 11

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. Bere • CHW .857

2. Boever • DET .818

3. Key • NYY .810

4. Clark • CLE .786

5. Cone • KCR .762

Mussina • BAL .762

7. Perez • NYY .692

8. Johnson • SEA .684

9. Wegman • MIL .667

McDonald • BAL .667

Sanderson • CHW .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Ontiveros • OAK 1.032

2. Cone • KCR 1.072

3. Clemens • BOS 1.143

4. Mussina • BAL 1.163

5. Johnson • SEA 1.186

6. Martínez • CLE 1.189

7. Bones • MIL 1.236

8. Hentgen • TOR 1.242

9. Fernandez • CHW 1.250

10. McDowell • CHW 1.260

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Clemens • BOS 6.539

2. Cone • KCR 6.816

3. Johnson • SEA 6.907

4. Ontiveros • OAK 7.257

5. Bere • CHW 7.560

6. Gordon • KCR 7.880

7. Eldred • MIL 7.944

8. Appier • KCR 7.955

9. Perez • NYY 7.969

10. Hentgen • TOR 8.141

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Gubicza • KCR 1.800

2. Gullickson • DET 1.951

3. Wegman • MIL 2.023

4. Ontiveros • OAK 2.029

5. McDowell • CHW 2.088

6. Mussina • BAL 2.144

7. Martínez • CLE 2.242

8. Tapani • MIN 2.250

9. Moyer • BAL 2.295

10. Bones • MIL 2.373

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 10.674

2. Clemens • BOS 8.859

3. Appier • KCR 8.419

4. Langston • CAL 8.221

5. Bere • CHW 8.068

6. Guzmán • TOR 7.575

7. Hentgen • TOR 7.574

8. Stewart • TOR 7.493

9. Fernandez • BAL 7.413

10. Witt • OAK 7.364

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wickman • NYY 53

2. Mesa • CLE 51

3. Brewer • KCR 50

Guthrie • MIN 50

5. Willis • MIN 49

6. Carpenter • TEX 47

Mills • BAL 47

Patterson • CAL 47

Whiteside • TEX 47

10. Ayala • SEA 46

Boever • DET 46

Saves

1. Smith • BAL 33

2. Montgomery • KCR 27

3. Aguilera • MIN 23

4. Eckersley • OAK 19

5. Ayala • SEA 18

6. Russell • 2TM 17

Hall • TOR 17

Fetters • MIL 17

9. Howe • NYY 15

Henke • TEX 15

Innings Pitched

1. Finley • CAL 183.1

2. McDowell • CHW 181.0

3. Eldred • MIL 179.0

4. Martínez • CLE 176.2

5. Mussina • BAL 176.1

6. Hentgen • TOR 174.2

7. Johnson • SEA 172.0

8. Cone • KCR 171.2

9. Bones • MIL 170.2

Clemens • BOS 170.2

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • SEA 204

2. Clemens • BOS 168

3. Finley • CAL 148

4. Hentgen • TOR 147

5. Appier • KCR 145

6. Cone • KCR 132

7. Bere • CHW 127

McDowell • CHW 127

9. Gordon • KCR 126

10. Guzmán • TOR 124

Games Started

1. Belcher • DET 25

Brown • TEX 25

Darling • OAK 25

Deshaies • MIN 25

Eldred • MIL 25

Finley • CAL 25

Guzmán • TOR 25

Key • NYY 25

McDowell • CHW 25

Moore • DET 25

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Johnson • SEA 9

2. Martínez • CLE 7

Finley • CAL 7

4. McDowell • CHW 6

Hentgen • TOR 6

Rogers • TEX 6

Eldred • MIL 6

8. Witt • OAK 5

McDonald • BAL 5

Wells • DET 5

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Johnson • SEA 4

2. Witt • OAK 3

Cone • KCR 3

Fernandez • CHW 3

Hentgen • TOR 3

Martínez • CLE 3

7. Finley • CAL 2

Rogers • TEX 2

Rhodes • BAL 2

McDowell • CHW 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Deshaies • MIN 30

2. Fernandez • BAL 27

Moore • DET 27

4. Stewart • TOR 26

5. Fernandez • CHW 25

6. Abbott • NYY 24

Gullickson • DET 24

Mulholland • NYY 24

Rogers • TEX 24

10. Eldred • MIL 23

Moyer • BAL 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Moore • DET 89

Van Poppel • OAK 89

3. Gordon • KCR 87

4. Eldred • MIL 84

5. Bere • CHW 80

6. Belcher • DET 78

7. Guzmán • TOR 76

8. Johnson • SEA 72

9. Clemens • BOS 71

Finley • CAL 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brown • TEX 218

2. Belcher • DET 192

3. McDowell • CHW 186

4. Tapani • MIN 181

5. Finley • CAL 178

6. Key • NYY 177

7. Nagy • CLE 175

8. Erickson • MIN 173

9. Deshaies • MIN 170

10. Rogers • TEX 169

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. McDowell • CHW 3.024

2. Johnson • SEA 2.833

3. Gullickson • DET 2.600

4. Hentgen • TOR 2.492

5. Brown • TEX 2.460

6. Cone • KCR 2.444

7. Fernandez • CHW 2.440

8. Clemens • BOS 2.366

9. Mussina • BAL 2.357

10. Tapani • MIN 2.333

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Key • NYY 0.536

2. Ontiveros • OAK 0.546

3. McDowell • CHW 0.597

4. Appier • KCR 0.639

5. Hesketh • BOS 0.711

6. Martínez • CLE 0.713

7. Johnson • SEA 0.733

8. Tapani • MIN 0.750

9. Gubicza • KCR 0.762

10. Cone • KCR 0.786

Losses

1. Belcher • DET 15

2. Deshaies • MIN 12

3. Darling • OAK 11

Eldred • MIL 11

Erickson • MIN 11

Fleming • SEA 11

Guzmán • TOR 11

8. Bosio • SEA 10

Finley • CAL 10

Leftwich • CAL 10

Moore • DET 10

Van Poppel • OAK 10

Witt • OAK 10

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Deshaies • MIN 107

2. Belcher • DET 106

3. Eldred • MIL 93

Guzmán • TOR 93

Moore • DET 93

6. Brown • TEX 91

7. Finley • CAL 88

Morris • CLE 88

9. Erickson • MIN 87

Mulholland • NYY 87

Stewart • TOR 87

Wild Pitches

1. Guzmán • TOR 13

Morris • CLE 13

3. Gordon • KCR 12

4. Appier • KCR 11

5. Davis • DET 10

Erickson • MIN 10

Finley • CAL 10

Moore • DET 10

9. Clark • CLE 9

Gubicza • KCR 9

Cadaret • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Erickson • MIN 9

Leiter • CAL 9

Sele • BOS 9

4. Nelson • SEA 8

5. Cone • KCR 7

Darling • OAK 7

Martínez • CLE 7

Pichardo • KCR 7

Stottlemyre • TOR 7

10. Brown • TEX 6

DeLeón • CHW 6

Grahe • CAL 6

Grimsley • CLE 6

Johnson • SEA 6

Magrane • CAL 6

Oliver • TEX 6

Ontiveros • OAK 6

Oquist • BAL 6

Batters Faced

1. Finley • CAL 774

2. Eldred • MIL 769

3. Brown • TEX 760

4. McDowell • CHW 755

5. Belcher • DET 750

6. Martínez • CLE 730

7. Hentgen • TOR 728

8. Nagy • CLE 717

9. Rogers • TEX 714

10. Fernandez • CHW 712

Mussina • BAL 712

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. Hernández • CHW 43

2. Aguilera • MIN 40

Ayala • SEA 40

4. Eckersley • OAK 39

Smith • BAL 39

6. Montgomery • KCR 38

7. Russell • 2TM 36

8. Grahe • CAL 32

9. Fetters • MIL 31

Henke • TEX 31

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Clemens • BOS 176

2. Cone • KCR 171

3. Ontiveros • OAK 167

4. Mussina • BAL 164

5. Johnson • SEA 152

6. Bones • MIL 146

7. Hentgen • TOR 142

8. Key • NYY 140

9. Álvarez • CHW 135

10. Nagy • CLE 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. Johnson • SEA 3.18

2. McDowell • CHW 3.37

3. Appier • KCR 3.48

4. Clemens • BOS 3.62

5. Key • NYY 3.73

6. Ontiveros • OAK 3.78

7. Cone • KCR 3.80

8. Tapani • MIN 3.87

9. Gubicza • KCR 3.92

10. Nagy • CLE 3.95

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. Cone • KCR 39

2. Clemens • BOS 38

3. Mussina • BAL 38

4. Johnson • SEA 32

5. Bones • MIL 27

6. Hentgen • TOR 27

7. Key • NYY 25

8. Ontiveros • OAK 24

9. Martínez • CLE 24

10. Eichhorn • BAL 22

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. Cone • KCR 3.9

2. Clemens • BOS 3.8

3. Mussina • BAL 3.8

4. Johnson • SEA 3.2

5. Bones • MIL 2.6

Hentgen • TOR 2.6

7. Key • NYY 2.4

8. Ontiveros • OAK 2.3

9. Martínez • CLE 2.3

10. Appier • KCR 2.1

Nagy • CLE 2.1

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. Cone • KCR 44.50

2. Clemens • BOS 41.40

3. Mussina • BAL 40.35

4. Johnson • SEA 37.74

5. Hentgen • TOR 29.13

6. Martínez • CLE 28.85

7. Key • NYY 27.94

8. Bones • MIL 26.57

9. McDowell • CHW 25.15

10. Ontiveros • OAK 24.89

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. Mussina • BAL 4.4

2. Cone • KCR 3.7

3. Clemens • BOS 3.6

4. Hentgen • TOR 3.5

5. Johnson • SEA 3.5

6. Key • NYY 3.0

7. McDowell • CHW 2.8

8. Patterson • CAL 2.7

9. Castillo • TOR 2.6

10. Plunk • CLE 2.5

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. Cone • KCR 3.8

2. Johnson • SEA 3.6

3. Clemens • BOS 3.6

4. Mussina • BAL 3.3

5. Ontiveros • OAK 2.6

6. Martínez • CLE 2.5

7. McDowell • CHW 2.5

8. Hentgen • TOR 2.3

9. McDonald • BAL 2.3

10. Appier • KCR 2.2

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. Mussina • BAL 3.5

2. McDowell • CHW 2.8

3. Key • NYY 2.6

4. Plunk • CLE 2.3

5. Johnson • SEA 2.3

6. Clemens • BOS 2.1

7. Cone • KCR 2.1

8. McDonald • BAL 2.0

9. Howe • NYY 1.9

10. Appier • KCR 1.6

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. Cone • KCR 4.4

2. Clemens • BOS 4.1

3. Mussina • BAL 4.0

4. Johnson • SEA 3.8

5. Martínez • CLE 2.9

6. Hentgen • TOR 2.9

7. Key • NYY 2.8

8. Bones • MIL 2.5

9. Ontiveros • OAK 2.5

10. McDowell • CHW 2.5

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