American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Judge • NYY 10.8
2. Ohtani • LAA 9.7
3. Giménez • CLE 7.4
4. Alvarez • HOU 6.8
5. Cease • CHW 6.4
6. Rodríguez • SEA 6.2
7. Trout • LAA 6.1
8. Manoah • TOR 6.0
9. Ramírez • CLE 5.9
10. Bogaerts • BOS 5.7

WAR for Pitchers

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

1. Cease • CHW 6.4
2. Ohtani • LAA 6.3
3. Manoah • TOR 6.0
4. Verlander • HOU 5.6
5. Pérez • TEX 5.1
6. Singer • KCR 4.5
7. Cortés • NYY 4.4
8. McClanahan • TBR 4.1
9. McKenzie • CLE 3.9
10. Springs • TBR 3.8

Earned Run Average

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

1. Verlander • HOU 1.75
2. Cease • CHW 2.20
3. Manoah • TOR 2.24
4. Ohtani • LAA 2.33
5. McClanahan • TBR 2.54
6. Valdez • HOU 2.82
7. Bieber • CLE 2.88
8. Pérez • TEX 2.89
9. McKenzie • CLE 2.96
10. Gilbert • SEA 3.20

Wins

Wins

1. Verlander • HOU 18
2. Valdez • HOU 17
3. Manoah • TOR 16
4. Garcia • HOU 15
Ohtani • LAA 15
Quantrill • CLE 15
7. Cease • CHW 14
Taillon • NYY 14
9. Bieber • CLE 13
Cole • NYY 13
Gilbert • SEA 13
Ryan • MIN 13
Urquidy • HOU 13

Win-Loss %

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

1. Verlander • HOU .818
2. Quantrill • CLE .750
Cortés • NYY .750
4. Valdez • HOU .739
5. Taillon • NYY .737
6. Manoah • TOR .696
7. Gilbert • SEA .684
8. Garcia • HOU .652
9. Cease • CHW .636
10. Berríos • TOR .632

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Verlander • HOU 0.829
2. McClanahan • TBR 0.926
3. McKenzie • CLE 0.951
4. Manoah • TOR 0.992
5. Ohtani • LAA 1.012
6. Cole • NYY 1.017
7. Bieber • CLE 1.040
8. Cease • CHW 1.109
9. Taillon • NYY 1.128
10. Valdez • HOU 1.157

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Verlander • HOU 5.966
2. Cease • CHW 6.163
3. McClanahan • TBR 6.277
4. McKenzie • CLE 6.491
5. Manoah • TOR 6.590
6. Ohtani • LAA 6.723
7. Cole • NYY 6.907
8. Valdez • HOU 7.421
9. Bieber • CLE 7.740
10. Ray • SEA 7.762

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Kluber • TBR 1.152
2. Gausman • TOR 1.443
3. Verlander • HOU 1.491
4. Bieber • CLE 1.620
5. Taillon • NYY 1.624
6. Irvin • OAK 1.790
7. McClanahan • TBR 2.056
8. McKenzie • CLE 2.070
9. Urquidy • HOU 2.081
10. Cole • NYY 2.243

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ohtani • LAA 11.873
2. Cole • NYY 11.527
3. Cease • CHW 11.103
4. Gausman • TOR 10.563
5. McClanahan • TBR 10.497
6. Ray • SEA 10.095
7. Verlander • HOU 9.514
8. McKenzie • CLE 8.937
9. Bieber • CLE 8.910
10. Pivetta • BOS 8.766

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Cimber • TOR 77
Clase • CLE 77
3. Lange • DET 71
Montero • HOU 71
5. Acevedo • OAK 70
Neris • HOU 70
Diekman • 2TM 70
8. Barlow • KCR 69
9. Brasier • BOS 68
Coleman • KCR 68

Saves

Saves

1. Clase • CLE 42
2. Hendriks • CHW 37
3. Romano • TOR 36
4. Pressly • HOU 33
5. Soto • DET 30
6. Barlow • KCR 24
7. López • 2TM 23
8. Holmes • NYY 20
Sewald • SEA 20
10. Iglesias • LAA 16

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Valdez • HOU 201.1
2. Cole • NYY 200.2
3. Bieber • CLE 200.0
4. Manoah • TOR 196.2
5. Pérez • TEX 196.1
6. McKenzie • CLE 191.1
7. Ray • SEA 189.0
8. Quantrill • CLE 186.1
9. Gilbert • SEA 185.2
10. Cease • CHW 184.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Cole • NYY 257
2. Cease • CHW 227
3. Ohtani • LAA 219
4. Ray • SEA 212
5. Gausman • TOR 205
6. Bieber • CLE 198
7. Javier • HOU 194
McClanahan • TBR 194
Valdez • HOU 194
10. McKenzie • CLE 190

Games Started

Games Started

1. Cole • NYY 33
Pivetta • BOS 33
3. Berríos • TOR 32
Cease • CHW 32
Gilbert • SEA 32
Gonzales • SEA 32
Lyles • BAL 32
Pérez • TEX 32
Quantrill • CLE 32
Ray • SEA 32
Taillon • NYY 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Valdez • HOU 3
2. Eovaldi • BOS 2
3. Bello • BOS 1
Bieber • CLE 1
Cease • CHW 1
Cortés • NYY 1
Cueto • CHW 1
Detmers • LAA 1
Kremer • BAL 1
Lyles • BAL 1
Pérez • TEX 1
Pivetta • BOS 1
Sandoval • LAA 1
Wacha • BOS 1

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Cease • CHW 1
Cortés • NYY 1
Detmers • LAA 1
Eovaldi • BOS 1
Kremer • BAL 1
Pérez • TEX 1
Sandoval • LAA 1
Valdez • HOU 1
Wacha • BOS 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Cole • NYY 33
2. Ray • SEA 32
3. Gonzales • SEA 30
4. Berríos • TOR 29
Urquidy • HOU 29
6. Pivetta • BOS 27
7. Lyles • BAL 26
Taillon • NYY 26
9. Irvin • OAK 25
McKenzie • CLE 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Cease • CHW 78
2. Pivetta • BOS 73
3. Pérez • TEX 69
4. Valdez • HOU 67
5. Bubic • KCR 63
6. Dunning • TEX 62
Otto • TEX 62
Ray • SEA 62
9. Giolito • CHW 61
10. Sandoval • LAA 60

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Berríos • TOR 199
2. Lyles • BAL 196
3. Gonzales • SEA 194
4. Gausman • TOR 188
5. Kluber • TBR 178
Pérez • TEX 178
Quantrill • CLE 178
8. Pivetta • BOS 175
9. Irvin • OAK 174
10. Bieber • CLE 172

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Gausman • TOR 7.321
2. Kluber • TBR 6.619
3. Verlander • HOU 6.379
4. Bieber • CLE 5.500
5. Cole • NYY 5.140
6. McClanahan • TBR 5.105
7. Ohtani • LAA 4.977
8. Taillon • NYY 4.719
9. McKenzie • CLE 4.318
10. Irvin • OAK 3.556

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Valdez • HOU 0.492
2. Pérez • TEX 0.504
3. Verlander • HOU 0.617
4. Manoah • TOR 0.732
5. Ohtani • LAA 0.759
6. Gausman • TOR 0.773
7. Cease • CHW 0.783
8. Bieber • CLE 0.810
9. Gilbert • SEA 0.921
10. Quantrill • CLE 1.014

Losses

Losses

1. Gonzales • SEA 15
2. Keller • KCR 14
3. Bubic • KCR 13
Irvin • OAK 13
Lynch • KCR 13
6. Pivetta • BOS 12
Plesac • CLE 12
Ray • SEA 12
Montas • 2TM 12
10. Alexander • DET 11
Lyles • BAL 11
McKenzie • CLE 11
Soto • DET 11

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Berríos • TOR 100
2. Pivetta • BOS 91
3. Giolito • CHW 88
Lyles • BAL 88
5. Gonzales • SEA 84
6. Bubic • KCR 80
Irvin • OAK 80
8. Keller • KCR 79
Kluber • TBR 79
10. Cole • NYY 78
Ray • SEA 78

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Lange • DET 15
2. Ohtani • LAA 14
3. Keller • KCR 11
Valdez • HOU 11
5. Pivetta • BOS 10
Rasmussen • TBR 10
7. Heasley • KCR 9
Jackson • OAK 9
McClanahan • TBR 9
10. Garcia • HOU 8
Hendriks • CHW 8
McKenzie • CLE 8
Moore • TEX 8
Sawamura • BOS 8

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Manoah • TOR 15
2. Otto • TEX 13
3. Berríos • TOR 11
Dunning • TEX 11
Singer • KCR 11
Valdez • HOU 11
Yarbrough • TBR 11
8. Kluber • TBR 10
Lynn • CHW 10
Puk • OAK 10
Quantrill • CLE 10
Ryan • MIN 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Valdez • HOU 827
2. Pérez • TEX 821
3. Cole • NYY 793
4. Bieber • CLE 791
5. Manoah • TOR 786
6. Gonzales • SEA 783
7. Ray • SEA 775
8. Lyles • BAL 774
9. Pivetta • BOS 773
10. Quantrill • CLE 770

Games Finished

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

1. Clase • CLE 67
2. Soto • DET 54
3. Romano • TOR 52
4. Hendriks • CHW 51
5. Barlow • KCR 47
López • 2TM 47
7. Pressly • HOU 43
8. Sewald • SEA 37
9. Holmes • NYY 32
Iglesias • LAA 32

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Verlander • HOU 218
2. Cease • CHW 180
3. Ohtani • LAA 172
4. Manoah • TOR 172
5. McClanahan • TBR 144
6. Pérez • TEX 137
7. Valdez • HOU 135
8. Bieber • CLE 131
9. McKenzie • CLE 127
10. Gilbert • SEA 116

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Gausman • TOR 2.38
2. Ohtani • LAA 2.40
3. Verlander • HOU 2.49
4. Bieber • CLE 2.87
5. McClanahan • TBR 3.00
6. Valdez • HOU 3.06
7. Cease • CHW 3.10
8. Pérez • TEX 3.26
9. Manoah • TOR 3.35
10. Gilbert • SEA 3.46

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Verlander • HOU 38
2. Manoah • TOR 35
3. Cease • CHW 33
4. Ohtani • LAA 31
5. Cortés • NYY 27
6. Pérez • TEX 23
7. Javier • HOU 22
8. Valdez • HOU 22
9. McClanahan • TBR 22
10. Bieber • CLE 21

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Verlander • HOU 4.3
2. Manoah • TOR 3.9
3. Cease • CHW 3.6
4. Ohtani • LAA 3.4
5. Cortés • NYY 3.0
6. Pérez • TEX 2.4
7. Javier • HOU 2.4
8. Valdez • HOU 2.4
9. McClanahan • TBR 2.3
10. Bieber • CLE 2.2

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Verlander • HOU 39.03
2. Manoah • TOR 38.20
3. Cease • CHW 35.14
4. Ohtani • LAA 33.74
5. Cortés • NYY 33.14
6. McClanahan • TBR 26.75
7. Bieber • CLE 25.18
8. Javier • HOU 25.08
9. McKenzie • CLE 24.17
10. Pérez • TEX 23.46

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Duran • MIN 4.6
2. Verlander • HOU 4.2
3. Clase • CLE 3.7
4. Manoah • TOR 3.6
5. Cortés • NYY 3.6
6. Ohtani • LAA 3.5
7. Romano • TOR 3.4
8. McClanahan • TBR 3.1
9. Cease • CHW 3.0
10. Montero • HOU 2.9

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Verlander • HOU 4.7
2. Cortés • NYY 3.8
3. Ohtani • LAA 3.3
4. Manoah • TOR 3.2
5. Bieber • CLE 3.2
6. Cease • CHW 3.2
7. McClanahan • TBR 3.1
8. McKenzie • CLE 2.9
9. Valdez • HOU 2.8
10. Javier • HOU 2.3

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Duran • MIN 3.0
2. Manoah • TOR 2.3
3. Clase • CLE 2.1
4. Romano • TOR 2.1
5. McClanahan • TBR 2.0
6. Adam • TBR 1.9
7. Holmes • NYY 1.7
8. Verlander • HOU 1.7
9. Cortés • NYY 1.6
10. Montero • HOU 1.4

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Verlander • HOU 4.4
2. Manoah • TOR 4.3
3. Cease • CHW 3.8
4. Ohtani • LAA 3.7
5. Cortés • NYY 3.6
6. McClanahan • TBR 3.0
7. Bieber • CLE 2.8
8. Javier • HOU 2.7
9. McKenzie • CLE 2.6
10. Valdez • HOU 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