2000 American League Pitching Leaders

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Other Leagues: MLB, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Jason Giambi

AL Cy Young: Pedro Martínez

AL Rookie of the Year: Kazuhiro Sasaki

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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. Martínez • BOS 11.7

2. Rodriguez • SEA 10.4

3. Erstad • ANA 8.4

4. Glaus • ANA 7.8

5. Giambi • OAK 7.8

6. Garciaparra • BOS 7.4

7. Delgado • TOR 7.3

8. Radke • MIN 6.2

9. Damon • KCR 6.1

10. Thomas • CHW 6.0

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. Martínez • BOS 11.7

2. Radke • MIN 6.2

3. Mussina • BAL 5.7

4. Rogers • TEX 5.0

5. Colón • CLE 4.9

6. Wells • TOR 4.8

7. Clemens • NYY 4.6

8. Finley • CLE 4.5

9. Helling • TEX 4.2

10. Hudson • OAK 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. Martínez • BOS 1.74

2. Clemens • NYY 3.70

3. Mussina • BAL 3.79

4. Sirotka • CHW 3.79

5. Colón • CLE 3.88

6. Wells • TOR 4.11

7. Heredia • OAK 4.12

8. Lopez • TBD 4.13

9. Hudson • OAK 4.14

10. Finley • CLE 4.17

Wins

1. Hudson • OAK 20

Wells • TOR 20

3. Pettitte • NYY 19

4. Martínez • BOS 18

5. Sele • SEA 17

6. Burba • CLE 16

Finley • CLE 16

Helling • TEX 16

9. Appier • OAK 15

Colón • CLE 15

Heredia • OAK 15

Sirotka • CHW 15

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. Hudson • OAK .769

2. Martínez • BOS .750

3. Burba • CLE .727

4. Wells • TOR .714

5. Parque • CHW .684

6. Pettitte • NYY .679

7. Baldwin • CHW .667

Mercedes • BAL .667

9. Colón • CLE .652

10. Sele • SEA .630

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 0.737

2. Mussina • BAL 1.187

3. Hernández • NYY 1.211

4. Hudson • OAK 1.241

5. Milton • MIN 1.245

6. Weaver • DET 1.285

7. Wells • TOR 1.293

8. Clemens • NYY 1.312

9. Abbott • SEA 1.363

10. Baldwin • CHW 1.371

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 5.309

2. Hudson • OAK 7.517

3. Colón • CLE 7.803

4. Clemens • NYY 8.104

5. Abbott • SEA 8.246

6. Hernández • NYY 8.555

7. Finley • CLE 8.711

8. Helling • TEX 8.793

9. Mussina • BAL 8.937

10. Ponson • BAL 9.041

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Wells • TOR 1.215

2. Martínez • BOS 1.327

3. Mussina • BAL 1.742

4. Milton • MIN 1.980

5. Moehler • DET 2.022

6. Rekar • TBD 2.025

Radke • MIN 2.025

8. Weaver • DET 2.340

9. Hernández • NYY 2.346

10. Loaiza • 2TM 2.574

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 11.779

2. Colón • CLE 10.149

3. Nomo • DET 8.574

4. Burba • CLE 8.467

5. Clemens • NYY 8.281

6. Mussina • BAL 7.952

7. Finley • CLE 7.803

8. Hudson • OAK 7.517

9. Milton • MIN 7.200

10. Escobar • TOR 7.100

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wunsch • CHW 83

2. Venafro • TEX 77

3. Wells • MIN 76

4. Trombley • BAL 75

5. Lowe • BOS 74

6. Nelson • NYY 73

7. Foulke • CHW 72

Karsay • CLE 72

Rhodes • SEA 72

Tam • OAK 72

Saves

1. Lowe • BOS 42

Jones • DET 42

3. Sasaki • SEA 37

4. Rivera • NYY 36

5. Foulke • CHW 34

Wetteland • TEX 34

7. Isringhausen • OAK 33

Koch • TOR 33

9. Percival • ANA 32

Hernández • TBD 32

Innings Pitched

1. Mussina • BAL 237.2

2. Wells • TOR 229.2

3. Rogers • TEX 227.1

4. Radke • MIN 226.2

5. Ponson • BAL 222.0

6. Finley • CLE 218.0

7. Helling • TEX 217.0

Martínez • BOS 217.0

Suppan • KCR 217.0

10. Sele • SEA 211.2

Strikeouts

1. Martínez • BOS 284

2. Colón • CLE 212

3. Mussina • BAL 210

4. Finley • CLE 189

5. Clemens • NYY 188

6. Nomo • DET 181

7. Burba • CLE 180

8. Hudson • OAK 169

9. Wells • TOR 166

10. Milton • MIN 160

Games Started

1. Helling • TEX 35

Wells • TOR 35

3. Finley • CLE 34

Mussina • BAL 34

Radke • MIN 34

Rogers • TEX 34

Sele • SEA 34

Trachsel • 2TM 34

9. Milton • MIN 33

Suppan • KCR 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Wells • TOR 9

2. Martínez • BOS 7

3. Ponson • BAL 6

Mussina • BAL 6

5. Radke • MIN 4

Lopez • TBD 4

7. Trachsel • 2TM 3

Suppan • KCR 3

Pettitte • NYY 3

Hernández • NYY 3

Finley • CLE 3

Escobar • TOR 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Martínez • BOS 4

2. Hudson • OAK 2

Sele • SEA 2

4. Baldwin • CHW 1

Colón • CLE 1

Cooper • ANA 1

Eldred • CHW 1

Escobar • TOR 1

Halama • SEA 1

Harper • TBD 1

Lopez • TBD 1

Mays • MIN 1

Meche • SEA 1

Mendoza • NYY 1

Appier • OAK 1

Pettitte • NYY 1

Ponson • BAL 1

Radke • MIN 1

Reichert • KCR 1

Schoeneweis • ANA 1

Sparks • DET 1

Suppan • KCR 1

Suzuki • KCR 1

Wells • TOR 1

Wright • CLE 1

Zito • OAK 1

Loaiza • 2TM 1

Trachsel • 2TM 1

Mussina • BAL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Suppan • KCR 36

2. Milton • MIN 35

3. Baldwin • CHW 34

Hernández • NYY 34

5. Nomo • DET 31

Wakefield • BOS 31

7. Carpenter • TOR 30

Ponson • BAL 30

9. Helling • TEX 29

Loaiza • 2TM 29

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Appier • OAK 102

2. Finley • CLE 101

3. Helling • TEX 99

4. Colón • CLE 98

5. Suzuki • KCR 94

6. Burba • CLE 91

Reichert • KCR 91

8. Nomo • DET 89

9. Escobar • TOR 85

10. Clemens • NYY 84

Suppan • KCR 84

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wells • TOR 266

2. Radke • MIN 261

3. Rogers • TEX 257

4. Suppan • KCR 240

5. Mussina • BAL 236

6. Trachsel • 2TM 232

7. Loaiza • 2TM 228

8. Ponson • BAL 223

9. Moehler • DET 222

10. Sele • SEA 221

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. Martínez • BOS 8.875

2. Wells • TOR 5.355

3. Mussina • BAL 4.565

4. Milton • MIN 3.636

5. Hernández • NYY 2.765

Radke • MIN 2.765

7. Weaver • DET 2.615

8. Moehler • DET 2.575

9. Rekar • TBD 2.436

10. Loaiza • 2TM 2.404

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 0.705

2. Sele • SEA 0.723

3. Pettitte • NYY 0.748

4. Rogers • TEX 0.792

5. Burba • CLE 0.894

6. Wells • TOR 0.901

7. Rapp • BAL 0.931

8. Finley • CLE 0.950

9. Colón • CLE 1.005

10. Parque • CHW 1.011

Losses

1. Radke • MIN 16

2. Escobar • TOR 15

Mays • MIN 15

Mussina • BAL 15

Weaver • DET 15

Trachsel • 2TM 15

7. Cone • NYY 14

8. Helling • TEX 13

Hernández • NYY 13

Lopez • TBD 13

Ponson • BAL 13

Rogers • TEX 13

Loaiza • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Carpenter • TOR 122

2. Cone • NYY 119

Ponson • BAL 119

Suppan • KCR 119

5. Rogers • TEX 115

6. Rapp • BAL 114

7. Radke • MIN 112

8. Helling • TEX 108

Milton • MIN 108

10. Escobar • TOR 107

Trachsel • 2TM 107

Wild Pitches

1. Reichert • KCR 18

2. Grimsley • NYY 16

Nomo • DET 16

4. Carrasco • 2TM 14

5. Cone • NYY 11

Mays • MIN 11

Suzuki • KCR 11

8. Finley • CLE 9

Wells • TOR 9

Guthrie • 2TM 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Weaver • DET 15

2. Martínez • BOS 14

3. Loaiza • 2TM 13

4. Parque • CHW 11

Rogers • TEX 11

Yan • TBD 11

7. Clemens • NYY 10

8. Appier • OAK 9

Cone • NYY 9

Helling • TEX 9

Martínez • BOS 9

Rupe • TBD 9

Batters Faced

1. Rogers • TEX 998

2. Mussina • BAL 987

3. Radke • MIN 978

4. Wells • TOR 972

5. Helling • TEX 963

6. Ponson • BAL 953

7. Suppan • KCR 948

8. Finley • CLE 936

9. Sele • SEA 908

10. Pettitte • NYY 903

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. Lowe • BOS 64

2. Koch • TOR 62

3. Rivera • NYY 61

4. Jones • DET 60

5. Foulke • CHW 58

Hernández • TBD 58

Sasaki • SEA 58

8. Isringhausen • OAK 57

Wetteland • TEX 57

10. Bottalico • KCR 50

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Martínez • BOS 291

2. Sirotka • CHW 133

3. Clemens • NYY 131

4. Colón • CLE 127

5. Mussina • BAL 125

6. Wells • TOR 123

7. Lopez • TBD 119

8. Finley • CLE 118

9. Parque • CHW 117

10. Suzuki • KCR 117

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. Martínez • BOS 2.17

2. Wells • TOR 3.50

3. Mussina • BAL 3.52

4. Colón • CLE 3.96

5. Burba • CLE 4.00

6. Sele • SEA 4.00

7. Moehler • DET 4.15

8. Radke • MIN 4.18

9. Finley • CLE 4.19

10. Pettitte • NYY 4.22

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. Martínez • BOS 79

2. Mussina • BAL 28

3. Lowe • BOS 25

4. Clemens • NYY 24

5. Wells • TOR 23

6. Castillo • TOR 23

7. Colón • CLE 23

8. Sirotka • CHW 22

9. Zito • OAK 22

10. Foulke • CHW 20

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. Martínez • BOS 8.4

2. Mussina • BAL 2.6

3. Lowe • BOS 2.4

4. Clemens • NYY 2.3

5. Castillo • TOR 2.2

Wells • TOR 2.2

7. Colón • CLE 2.2

8. Zito • OAK 2.1

9. Sirotka • CHW 2.1

10. Foulke • CHW 1.9

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. Martínez • BOS 86.93

2. Mussina • BAL 35.04

3. Colón • CLE 28.42

4. Castillo • TOR 27.55

5. Finley • CLE 26.38

6. Lowe • BOS 24.64

7. Clemens • NYY 24.19

8. Mecir • 2TM 23.74

9. Foulke • CHW 23.48

10. Tam • OAK 22.60

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. Martínez • BOS 8.1

2. Foulke • CHW 6.4

3. Lowe • BOS 4.9

4. Koch • TOR 4.2

5. Wells • TOR 3.5

6. Mussina • BAL 3.1

7. Colón • CLE 3.0

8. Jones • DET 2.9

9. Rivera • NYY 2.4

10. Weaver • DET 2.4

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. Martínez • BOS 8.5

2. Mussina • BAL 2.8

3. Foulke • CHW 2.4

4. Wells • TOR 2.3

5. Sele • SEA 2.2

6. Hudson • OAK 2.2

7. Castillo • TOR 2.0

8. Colón • CLE 2.0

9. Zito • OAK 1.9

10. Milton • MIN 1.8

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. Martínez • BOS 7.3

2. Colón • CLE 4.3

3. Lowe • BOS 3.6

4. Koch • TOR 3.3

5. Sasaki • SEA 3.3

6. Foulke • CHW 3.2

7. Finley • CLE 2.8

8. Wells • TOR 2.4

9. Rhodes • SEA 2.4

10. Garcés • BOS 2.1

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. Martínez • BOS 9.2

2. Mussina • BAL 3.5

3. Colón • CLE 2.7

4. Castillo • TOR 2.6

5. Finley • CLE 2.5

6. Clemens • NYY 2.3

7. Lowe • BOS 2.3

8. Mecir • 2TM 2.2

9. Foulke • CHW 2.2

10. Zito • OAK 2.2

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