2012 American League Pitching Leaders

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AL Most Valuable Player: Miguel Cabrera

AL Cy Young: David Price

AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout

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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. Trout • LAA 10.5

2. Canó • NYY 8.4

3. Verlander • DET 8.0

4. Beltré • TEX 7.2

5. Cabrera • DET 7.1

6. Price • TBR 6.6

7. Gordon • KCR 6.3

8. Zobrist • TBR 5.8

9. Harrison • TEX 5.7

10. Sale • CHW 5.6

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. Verlander • DET 8.1

2. Price • TBR 6.6

3. Harrison • TEX 5.8

4. Sale • CHW 5.7

5. Kuroda • NYY 5.3

6. Hernández • SEA 5.3

7. Peavy • CHW 5.0

8. Scherzer • DET 4.4

9. Weaver • LAA 4.3

10. Parker • OAK 3.9

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. Price • TBR 2.56

2. Verlander • DET 2.64

3. Weaver • LAA 2.81

4. Sale • CHW 3.05

5. Hernández • SEA 3.06

6. Hellickson • TBR 3.10

7. Harrison • TEX 3.29

8. Kuroda • NYY 3.32

9. Peavy • CHW 3.37

10. Sabathia • NYY 3.38

Wins

1. Price • TBR 20

Weaver • LAA 20

3. Harrison • TEX 18

4. Sale • CHW 17

Verlander • DET 17

6. Darvish • TEX 16

Hughes • NYY 16

Kuroda • NYY 16

Scherzer • DET 16

10. Sabathia • NYY 15

Shields • TBR 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. Price • TBR .800

Weaver • LAA .800

3. Sabathia • NYY .714

4. Scherzer • DET .696

5. Sale • CHW .680

Verlander • DET .680

7. Darvish • TEX .640

8. Holland • TEX .632

9. Harrison • TEX .621

10. Parker • OAK .619

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Weaver • LAA 1.018

2. Verlander • DET 1.057

3. Peavy • CHW 1.096

4. Price • TBR 1.100

5. Sale • CHW 1.135

6. Sabathia • NYY 1.140

7. Hernández • SEA 1.142

8. Kuroda • NYY 1.165

9. Shields • TBR 1.168

10. Vargas • SEA 1.178

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Weaver • LAA 7.012

2. Verlander • DET 7.250

3. Darvish • TEX 7.338

4. Price • TBR 7.379

5. Sale • CHW 7.828

6. Peavy • CHW 7.849

7. Moore • TBR 8.019

8. Wilson • LAA 8.051

9. Hernández • SEA 8.108

10. Shields • TBR 8.223

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Diamond • MIN 1.613

2. Milone • OAK 1.705

3. Haren • LAA 1.936

4. Sabathia • NYY 1.980

5. Peavy • CHW 2.014

6. Kuroda • NYY 2.090

7. Weaver • LAA 2.147

8. Hughes • NYY 2.164

9. Hernández • SEA 2.172

10. Chen • KCR 2.207

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Scherzer • DET 11.078

2. Darvish • TEX 10.395

3. Verlander • DET 9.025

4. Sale • CHW 9.000

5. Moore • TBR 8.882

6. Sabathia • NYY 8.865

7. Shields • TBR 8.816

8. Price • TBR 8.744

9. Hernández • SEA 8.651

10. Nova • NYY 8.084

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Logan • NYY 80

2. Herrera • KCR 76

Peralta • TBR 76

Rodney • TBR 76

5. Balfour • OAK 75

6. Thornton • CHW 74

7. Benoit • DET 73

Crow • KCR 73

Wilhelmsen • SEA 73

10. Collins • KCR 72

Smith • CLE 72

Saves

1. Johnson • BAL 51

2. Rodney • TBR 48

3. Soriano • NYY 42

4. Perez • CLE 39

5. Nathan • TEX 37

6. Valverde • DET 35

7. Reed • CHW 29

Wilhelmsen • SEA 29

9. Aceves • BOS 25

10. Balfour • OAK 24

Innings Pitched

1. Verlander • DET 238.1

2. Hernández • SEA 232.0

3. Shields • TBR 227.2

4. Kuroda • NYY 219.2

5. Peavy • CHW 219.0

6. Vargas • SEA 217.1

7. Harrison • TEX 213.1

8. Price • TBR 211.0

9. Masterson • CLE 206.1

10. Lester • BOS 205.1

Strikeouts

1. Verlander • DET 239

2. Scherzer • DET 231

3. Hernández • SEA 223

Shields • TBR 223

5. Darvish • TEX 221

6. Price • TBR 205

7. Sabathia • NYY 197

8. Peavy • CHW 194

9. Sale • CHW 192

10. Moore • TBR 175

Games Started

1. Chen • KCR 34

Masterson • CLE 34

Wilson • LAA 34

4. Hernández • SEA 33

Kuroda • NYY 33

Lester • BOS 33

Shields • TBR 33

Vargas • SEA 33

Verlander • DET 33

10. Chen • BAL 32

Harrison • TEX 32

Hochevar • KCR 32

Hughes • NYY 32

Peavy • CHW 32

Romero • TOR 32

Scherzer • DET 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Verlander • DET 6

2. Hernández • SEA 5

3. Peavy • CHW 4

Harrison • TEX 4

5. Morrow • TOR 3

Weaver • LAA 3

Lester • BOS 3

Kuroda • NYY 3

Shields • TBR 3

10. Hochevar • KCR 2

Price • TBR 2

Sabathia • NYY 2

Lewis • TEX 2

Vargas • SEA 2

Fister • DET 2

Cobb • TBR 2

Buchholz • BOS 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Hernández • SEA 5

2. Morrow • TOR 3

3. Weaver • LAA 2

Shields • TBR 2

Harrison • TEX 2

Kuroda • NYY 2

7. Buchholz • BOS 1

Cobb • TBR 1

Cook • BOS 1

Diamond • MIN 1

Fister • DET 1

Hammel • BAL 1

Haren • LAA 1

Hochevar • KCR 1

Humber • CHW 1

Millwood • SEA 1

Peavy • CHW 1

Price • TBR 1

Sánchez • DET 1

Santana • LAA 1

Verlander • DET 1

Williams • LAA 1

Álvarez • TOR 1

Lowe • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Santana • LAA 39

2. Hughes • NYY 35

Vargas • SEA 35

4. Chen • KCR 33

5. Holland • TEX 32

Hunter • BAL 32

7. Álvarez • TOR 29

Chen • BAL 29

9. Haren • LAA 28

Nova • NYY 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Romero • TOR 105

2. Jiménez • CLE 95

3. Wilson • LAA 91

4. Darvish • TEX 89

5. Masterson • CLE 88

6. Liriano • 2TM 87

7. Moore • TBR 81

8. Doubront • BOS 71

9. Lester • BOS 68

10. Buchholz • BOS 64

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Porcello • DET 226

2. Álvarez • TOR 216

Lester • BOS 216

4. Chen • KCR 215

5. Masterson • CLE 212

6. Harrison • TEX 210

7. Hernández • SEA 209

8. Shields • TBR 208

9. Milone • OAK 207

10. Kuroda • NYY 205

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. Sabathia • NYY 4.477

2. Verlander • DET 3.983

3. Hernández • SEA 3.982

4. Peavy • CHW 3.959

5. Scherzer • DET 3.850

6. Shields • TBR 3.845

7. Milone • OAK 3.806

8. Sale • CHW 3.765

9. Haren • LAA 3.737

10. Hughes • NYY 3.587

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Hernández • SEA 0.543

2. Parker • OAK 0.546

3. Darvish • TEX 0.659

4. Price • TBR 0.682

5. Verlander • DET 0.717

6. Masterson • CLE 0.785

7. Mendoza • KCR 0.813

8. Porcello • DET 0.817

9. Wilson • LAA 0.845

10. Diamond • MIN 0.884

Losses

1. Jiménez • CLE 17

2. Hochevar • KCR 16

3. Masterson • CLE 15

4. Álvarez • TOR 14

Chen • KCR 14

Lester • BOS 14

Romero • TOR 14

8. Haren • LAA 13

Hughes • NYY 13

Santana • LAA 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hochevar • KCR 118

2. Romero • TOR 116

3. Masterson • CLE 113

4. Lester • BOS 110

5. Chen • KCR 108

6. Jiménez • CLE 106

7. Santana • LAA 102

8. Álvarez • TOR 101

9. Buchholz • BOS 96

10. Nova • NYY 95

Wild Pitches

1. Jiménez • CLE 16

2. Masterson • CLE 14

3. Hernández • SEA 13

Kuroda • NYY 13

5. Liriano • 2TM 11

6. Diamond • MIN 10

García • NYY 10

Parker • OAK 10

Quintana • CHW 10

10. Humber • CHW 9

Villarreal • DET 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Floyd • CHW 14

2. Hochevar • KCR 13

Masterson • CLE 13

4. Buchholz • BOS 12

Hernández • SEA 12

6. Mendoza • KCR 11

Shields • TBR 11

8. Beavan • SEA 10

Darvish • TEX 10

Nova • NYY 10

Peavy • CHW 10

Romero • TOR 10

Batters Faced

1. Verlander • DET 956

2. Shields • TBR 944

3. Hernández • SEA 939

4. Masterson • CLE 906

5. Kuroda • NYY 891

6. Vargas • SEA 887

7. Peavy • CHW 882

8. Harrison • TEX 876

Lester • BOS 876

10. Wilson • LAA 865

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. Valverde • DET 67

2. Rodney • TBR 65

3. Johnson • BAL 63

4. Nathan • TEX 62

5. Aceves • BOS 55

6. Soriano • NYY 54

7. Perez • CLE 53

8. Wilhelmsen • SEA 48

9. Janssen • TOR 47

10. Frieri • LAA 46

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Verlander • DET 161

2. Price • TBR 150

3. Sale • CHW 140

4. Weaver • LAA 135

5. Harrison • TEX 133

6. Kuroda • NYY 127

7. Peavy • CHW 126

8. Sabathia • NYY 125

9. Hernández • SEA 124

10. Hellickson • TBR 124

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. Hernández • SEA 2.84

2. Verlander • DET 2.94

3. Price • TBR 3.05

4. Scherzer • DET 3.26

5. Sale • CHW 3.27

6. Darvish • TEX 3.29

7. Sabathia • NYY 3.33

8. Parker • OAK 3.43

9. Shields • TBR 3.47

10. Peavy • CHW 3.73

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. Verlander • DET 39

2. Price • TBR 33

3. Rodney • TBR 27

4. Sale • CHW 27

5. Harrison • TEX 25

6. Weaver • LAA 23

7. Kuroda • NYY 22

8. Hernández • SEA 21

9. Peavy • CHW 21

10. Herrera • KCR 17

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. Verlander • DET 4.2

2. Price • TBR 3.6

3. Sale • CHW 2.9

4. Rodney • TBR 2.8

5. Harrison • TEX 2.7

6. Weaver • LAA 2.4

7. Kuroda • NYY 2.3

8. Hernández • SEA 2.2

9. Peavy • CHW 2.2

10. Morrow • TOR 1.8

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. Verlander • DET 39.58

2. Price • TBR 39.01

3. Sale • CHW 33.28

4. Rodney • TBR 30.47

5. Harrison • TEX 27.93

6. Weaver • LAA 26.88

7. Hernández • SEA 26.33

8. Peavy • CHW 22.77

9. Kuroda • NYY 20.53

10. Herrera • KCR 19.86

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. Johnson • BAL 5.3

2. Rodney • TBR 5.1

3. Hernández • SEA 4.4

4. Verlander • DET 4.2

5. Price • TBR 3.6

6. Pestano • CLE 3.5

7. O'Day • BAL 3.4

8. Weaver • LAA 3.4

9. Wilhelmsen • SEA 3.3

10. Sale • CHW 3.2

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. Verlander • DET 4.7

2. Price • TBR 3.5

3. Hernández • SEA 3.3

4. Weaver • LAA 3.2

5. Sale • CHW 2.8

6. Rodney • TBR 2.7

7. Kuroda • NYY 2.3

8. Sabathia • NYY 2.1

9. Balfour • OAK 2.1

10. Johnson • BAL 2.1

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. Johnson • BAL 5.2

2. Verlander • DET 4.3

3. O'Day • BAL 4.0

4. Rodney • TBR 4.0

5. Soriano • NYY 3.2

6. Cook • OAK 2.9

7. Pestano • CLE 2.5

8. Weaver • LAA 2.5

9. Balfour • OAK 2.4

10. Price • TBR 2.4

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. Price • TBR 4.4

2. Verlander • DET 4.2

3. Sale • CHW 3.5

4. Rodney • TBR 3.2

5. Weaver • LAA 3.0

6. Hernández • SEA 2.9

7. Harrison • TEX 2.9

8. Peavy • CHW 2.3

9. Kuroda • NYY 2.1

10. Herrera • KCR 2.0

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