2014 American League Pitching Leaders

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Pennant Winner: Kansas City Royals

AL Most Valuable Player: Mike Trout

AL Cy Young: Corey Kluber

AL Rookie of the Year: José Abreu

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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. Kluber • CLE 8.1

2. Trout • LAA 7.7

3. Brantley • CLE 7.0

4. Donaldson • OAK 6.9

5. Bautista • TOR 6.9

6. Canó • SEA 6.3

7. Hernández • SEA 6.3

Seager • SEA 6.3

9. Beltré • TEX 6.2

10. Kendrick • LAA 6.1

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. Kluber • CLE 8.1

2. Hernández • SEA 6.4

3. Sale • CHW 6.1

4. Scherzer • DET 5.8

5. Lester • 2TM 4.6

6. Hughes • MIN 4.6

7. Keuchel • HOU 4.5

8. Richards • LAA 4.4

9. Price • 2TM 4.4

10. Carrasco • CLE 4.1

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. Hernández • SEA 2.14

2. Sale • CHW 2.17

3. Kluber • CLE 2.44

4. Lester • 2TM 2.46

5. Richards • LAA 2.61

6. Cobb • TBR 2.87

7. Keuchel • HOU 2.93

8. Gray • OAK 3.08

9. Scherzer • DET 3.15

10. Ventura • KCR 3.20

Wins

1. Kluber • CLE 18

Scherzer • DET 18

Weaver • LAA 18

4. Chen • BAL 16

Hughes • MIN 16

Shoemaker • LAA 16

Lester • 2TM 16

8. Hernández • SEA 15

Iwakuma • SEA 15

Kazmir • OAK 15

Norris • BAL 15

Porcello • DET 15

Verlander • DET 15

Price • 2TM 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. Shoemaker • LAA .800

2. Scherzer • DET .783

3. Richards • LAA .765

4. Sale • CHW .750

5. Chen • BAL .727

6. Tanaka • NYY .722

7. Hernández • SEA .714

8. Tillman • BAL .684

9. Weaver • LAA .667

Kluber • CLE .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hernández • SEA 0.915

2. Sale • CHW 0.966

3. Richards • LAA 1.038

4. Iwakuma • SEA 1.050

5. Price • 2TM 1.079

6. Kluber • CLE 1.095

7. Lester • 2TM 1.102

8. Hughes • MIN 1.130

9. Kuroda • NYY 1.136

10. Cobb • TBR 1.136

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Hernández • SEA 6.483

2. Richards • LAA 6.617

3. Sale • CHW 6.672

4. Cobb • TBR 7.683

5. Gray • OAK 7.685

6. Young • SEA 7.800

7. Kluber • CLE 7.905

8. Lester • 2TM 7.948

9. Dickey • TOR 7.971

10. Scherzer • DET 8.006

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Hughes • MIN 0.687

2. Iwakuma • SEA 1.056

3. Price • 2TM 1.377

4. Kuroda • NYY 1.583

5. Chen • BAL 1.697

6. Shields • KCR 1.744

7. Hernández • SEA 1.754

8. Porcello • DET 1.803

9. Kluber • CLE 1.948

10. Lester • 2TM 1.967

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Sale • CHW 10.759

2. Scherzer • DET 10.293

3. Kluber • CLE 10.273

4. Price • 2TM 9.821

5. Hernández • SEA 9.458

6. Odorizzi • TBR 9.321

7. Lester • 2TM 9.014

8. Hutchison • TOR 8.968

9. Richards • LAA 8.751

10. Cobb • TBR 8.062

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Shaw • CLE 80

2. Allen • CLE 76

Smith • LAA 76

4. Jepsen • LAA 74

5. Cotts • TEX 73

Fien • MIN 73

McGee • TBR 73

Rzepczynski • CLE 73

Miller • 2TM 73

10. Alburquerque • DET 72

Gregerson • OAK 72

Otero • OAK 72

Saves

1. Rodney • SEA 48

2. Holland • KCR 46

3. Robertson • NYY 39

4. Britton • BAL 37

5. Nathan • DET 35

6. Perkins • MIN 34

7. Uehara • BOS 26

8. Janssen • TOR 25

9. Allen • CLE 24

10. Doolittle • OAK 22

Innings Pitched

1. Price • 2TM 248.1

2. Hernández • SEA 236.0

3. Kluber • CLE 235.2

4. Shields • KCR 227.0

5. Scherzer • DET 220.1

6. Lester • 2TM 219.2

7. Gray • OAK 219.0

8. Dickey • TOR 215.2

9. Weaver • LAA 213.1

10. Hughes • MIN 209.2

Strikeouts

1. Price • 2TM 271

2. Kluber • CLE 269

3. Scherzer • DET 252

4. Hernández • SEA 248

5. Lester • 2TM 220

6. Sale • CHW 208

7. Hughes • MIN 186

8. Hutchison • TOR 184

9. Gray • OAK 183

10. Darvish • TEX 182

Games Started

1. Dickey • TOR 34

Hernández • SEA 34

Kluber • CLE 34

Shields • KCR 34

Tillman • BAL 34

Weaver • LAA 34

Price • 2TM 34

8. Gray • OAK 33

Scherzer • DET 33

10. Archer • TBR 32

Buehrle • TOR 32

Danks • CHW 32

Guthrie • KCR 32

Hughes • MIN 32

Hutchison • TOR 32

Kazmir • OAK 32

Kuroda • NYY 32

Quintana • CHW 32

Verlander • DET 32

Lester • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Keuchel • HOU 5

2. Porcello • DET 3

Price • 2TM 3

Tanaka • NYY 3

Kluber • CLE 3

6. Samardzija • OAK 2

Sale • CHW 2

Buchholz • BOS 2

Pérez • TEX 2

Lewis • TEX 2

Kazmir • OAK 2

Gray • OAK 2

Feldman • HOU 2

Darvish • TEX 2

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Porcello • DET 3

2. Buchholz • BOS 2

Gray • OAK 2

Pérez • TEX 2

5. Carrasco • CLE 1

Darvish • TEX 1

Elías • SEA 1

Feldman • HOU 1

González • BAL 1

Hutchison • TOR 1

Keuchel • HOU 1

Kluber • CLE 1

Lewis • TEX 1

McCarthy • NYY 1

Richards • LAA 1

Salazar • CLE 1

Scherzer • DET 1

Shields • KCR 1

Stroman • TOR 1

Tanaka • NYY 1

Tillman • BAL 1

Tomlin • CLE 1

Vargas • KCR 1

Wilson • LAA 1

Lester • 2TM 1

Smyly • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Noesí • 3TM 28

2. Weaver • LAA 27

3. Dickey • TOR 26

Young • SEA 26

5. Danks • CHW 25

González • BAL 25

Lewis • TEX 25

Price • 2TM 25

9. Chen • BAL 23

Guthrie • KCR 23

Hutchison • TOR 23

Shields • KCR 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wilson • LAA 85

2. Jiménez • BAL 77

3. Danks • CHW 74

Dickey • TOR 74

Gray • OAK 74

6. Archer • TBR 72

7. Peacock • HOU 70

8. Ventura • KCR 69

9. Tillman • BAL 66

10. Verlander • DET 65

Weaver • LAA 65

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Price • 2TM 230

2. Buehrle • TOR 228

3. Shields • KCR 224

4. Verlander • DET 223

5. Hughes • MIN 221

6. Guthrie • KCR 215

7. Lewis • TEX 211

Porcello • DET 211

9. Kluber • CLE 207

10. Danks • CHW 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. Hughes • MIN 11.625

2. Iwakuma • SEA 7.333

3. Price • 2TM 7.132

4. Hernández • SEA 5.391

5. Sale • CHW 5.333

6. Kluber • CLE 5.275

7. Lester • 2TM 4.583

8. Kuroda • NYY 4.171

9. Shields • KCR 4.091

10. Scherzer • DET 4.000

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Richards • LAA 0.267

2. Quintana • CHW 0.449

3. Keuchel • HOU 0.495

4. Kluber • CLE 0.535

5. Archer • TBR 0.555

6. Cobb • TBR 0.595

7. Gibson • MIN 0.602

8. Hernández • SEA 0.610

9. Gray • OAK 0.616

10. Lester • 2TM 0.656

Losses

1. Lewis • TEX 14

2. Correia • MIN 13

Dickey • TOR 13

Hutchison • TOR 13

Oberholtzer • HOU 13

Odorizzi • TBR 13

Porcello • DET 13

8. Duffy • KCR 12

Elías • SEA 12

Feldman • HOU 12

Gibson • MIN 12

Martinez • TEX 12

Nolasco • MIN 12

Verlander • DET 12

Noesí • 3TM 12

Price • 2TM 12

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Verlander • DET 104

2. Danks • CHW 102

3. Buchholz • BOS 101

4. Lewis • TEX 98

5. Nolasco • MIN 95

6. Guthrie • KCR 93

7. Hutchison • TOR 92

8. Noesí • 3TM 91

9. Price • 2TM 90

10. Dickey • TOR 89

Gibson • MIN 89

Wild Pitches

1. Richards • LAA 22

2. Hernández • SEA 18

3. Gray • OAK 15

4. Darvish • TEX 14

5. Kuroda • NYY 13

Webb • CHW 13

7. Shields • KCR 12

8. Gibson • MIN 11

Ventura • KCR 11

10. Scherzer • DET 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Dickey • TOR 14

Guthrie • KCR 14

Norris • BAL 14

4. Carroll • CHW 12

5. Bauer • CLE 11

Elías • SEA 11

Feldman • HOU 11

Masterson • CLE 11

Sale • CHW 11

Shields • KCR 11

Wilson • LAA 11

Batters Faced

1. Price • 2TM 1,009

2. Kluber • CLE 951

3. Shields • KCR 939

4. Dickey • TOR 914

5. Hernández • SEA 912

6. Scherzer • DET 904

7. Gray • OAK 899

8. Verlander • DET 893

9. Weaver • LAA 888

10. Lester • 2TM 885

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. Rodney • SEA 64

2. Holland • KCR 60

3. Perkins • MIN 56

4. Robertson • NYY 55

5. Nathan • DET 54

6. Uehara • BOS 50

7. Britton • BAL 49

8. Allen • CLE 44

9. Janssen • TOR 42

10. Qualls • HOU 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Sale • CHW 173

2. Hernández • SEA 170

3. Kluber • CLE 160

4. Lester • 2TM 158

5. Richards • LAA 138

6. Keuchel • HOU 132

7. Cobb • TBR 130

8. Ventura • KCR 123

9. Scherzer • DET 123

10. Shields • KCR 123

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. Kluber • CLE 2.35

2. Hernández • SEA 2.56

3. Sale • CHW 2.57

4. Richards • LAA 2.60

5. Hughes • MIN 2.65

6. Price • 2TM 2.78

7. Lester • 2TM 2.80

8. Quintana • CHW 2.81

9. Scherzer • DET 2.85

10. Keuchel • HOU 3.21

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. Hernández • SEA 38

2. Kluber • CLE 36

3. Sale • CHW 30

4. Lester • 2TM 30

5. Betances • NYY 24

6. Davis • KCR 23

7. Richards • LAA 21

8. Keuchel • HOU 21

9. Carrasco • CLE 20

10. Duffy • KCR 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. Hernández • SEA 4.2

2. Kluber • CLE 4.1

3. Sale • CHW 3.4

4. Lester • 2TM 3.3

5. Betances • NYY 2.6

6. Davis • KCR 2.5

7. Richards • LAA 2.3

8. Keuchel • HOU 2.2

9. Carrasco • CLE 2.2

10. Duffy • KCR 2.2

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. Hernández • SEA 39.91

2. Kluber • CLE 36.30

3. Sale • CHW 32.97

4. Betances • NYY 30.79

5. Lester • 2TM 28.23

6. Herrera • KCR 25.50

7. Davis • KCR 24.83

8. Richards • LAA 24.53

9. Carrasco • CLE 23.44

10. Keuchel • HOU 23.41

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. Betances • NYY 4.4

2. Hernández • SEA 4.0

3. Davis • KCR 3.9

4. Kluber • CLE 3.7

5. Britton • BAL 3.6

6. Sale • CHW 3.5

7. McGee • TBR 3.3

8. Scherzer • DET 3.2

9. Lester • 2TM 3.2

10. Smith • LAA 2.9

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. Hernández • SEA 4.8

2. Sale • CHW 3.7

3. Kluber • CLE 3.3

4. Richards • LAA 3.3

5. Carrasco • CLE 2.9

6. Betances • NYY 2.8

7. Lester • 2TM 2.7

8. Davis • KCR 2.7

9. Iwakuma • SEA 2.5

10. Britton • BAL 2.3

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. Davis • KCR 3.2

2. Herrera • KCR 3.2

3. Scherzer • DET 3.1

4. Hernández • SEA 3.0

5. Betances • NYY 2.8

6. O'Day • BAL 2.4

7. Britton • BAL 2.3

8. Holland • KCR 2.1

9. Shields • KCR 2.1

10. Gray • OAK 1.8

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. Hernández • SEA 4.6

2. Kluber • CLE 4.0

3. Sale • CHW 3.8

4. Betances • NYY 3.3

5. Lester • 2TM 3.1

6. Richards • LAA 2.8

7. Herrera • KCR 2.7

8. Davis • KCR 2.6

9. Keuchel • HOU 2.6

10. Carrasco • CLE 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