American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Walsh • CHW 10.7
2. Young • BOS 9.7
3. Joss • CLE 8.8
4. Lajoie • CLE 7.9
5. Plank • PHA 7.6
6. Wallace • SLB 6.3
7. Vickers • PHA 6.3
8. Cobb • DET 6.2
9. McIntyre • DET 6.0
10. Johnson • WSH 5.3
WAR for Pitchers
1. Walsh • CHW 10.3
2. Young • BOS 9.4
3. Joss • CLE 8.5
4. Plank • PHA 7.6
5. Vickers • PHA 6.2
6. Johnson • WSH 4.8
7. Powell • SLB 4.6
8. Donovan • DET 4.4
9. Hughes • WSH 4.1
10. Rhoads • CLE 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Joss • CLE 1.16
2. Young • BOS 1.26
3. Walsh • CHW 1.42
4. Summers • DET 1.64
5. Johnson • WSH 1.65
6. Burns • WSH 1.70
7. Chech • CLE 1.74
8. Rhoads • CLE 1.77
9. Howell • SLB 1.89
10. Waddell • SLB 1.89
Wins
1. Walsh • CHW 40
2. Summers • DET 24
Joss • CLE 24
4. Young • BOS 21
5. Waddell • SLB 19
6. Rhoads • CLE 18
Hughes • WSH 18
Howell • SLB 18
Vickers • PHA 18
White • CHW 18
Donovan • DET 18
Win-Loss %
1. Walsh • CHW .727
2. Donovan • DET .720
3. Joss • CLE .686
4. Summers • DET .667
Dinneen • SLB .667
6. Young • BOS .656
7. Willett • DET .652
8. Berger • CLE .619
9. Chech • CLE .611
10. Rhoads • CLE .600
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Joss • CLE 0.806
2. Walsh • CHW 0.860
3. Young • BOS 0.893
4. Burns • WSH 0.933
5. Smith • CHW 0.961
6. Johnson • WSH 0.964
7. Powell • SLB 0.996
8. Plank • PHA 1.014
9. Chech • CLE 1.026
10. Vickers • PHA 1.057
Hits per 9 IP
1. Joss • CLE 6.425
2. Smith • CHW 6.440
3. Walsh • CHW 6.653
4. Johnson • WSH 6.811
5. Berger • CLE 6.863
6. Young • BOS 6.923
7. Dygert • PHA 6.939
8. Waddell • SLB 7.026
9. Dinneen • SLB 7.168
10. Morgan • BOS 7.288
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Joss • CLE 0.831
2. Burns • WSH 0.988
3. Walsh • CHW 1.086
4. Young • BOS 1.114
5. Summers • DET 1.645
6. Powell • SLB 1.652
7. Plank • PHA 1.692
8. Winter • 2TM 1.809
9. Chech • CLE 1.847
10. Johnson • WSH 1.861
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Waddell • SLB 7.309
2. Dygert • PHA 6.184
3. Johnson • WSH 5.618
4. Hughes • WSH 5.374
5. Donovan • DET 5.229
6. Walsh • CHW 5.218
7. Liebhardt • CLE 5.015
8. Plank • PHA 4.966
9. Burchell • BOS 4.709
10. Berger • CLE 4.560
Games Played
1. Walsh • CHW 66
2. Vickers • PHA 53
3. Chesbro • NYY 45
4. Hughes • WSH 43
Waddell • SLB 43
6. Joss • CLE 42
7. Howell • SLB 41
Manning • NYY 41
Dygert • PHA 41
Smith • CHW 41
White • CHW 41
Saves
1. Walsh • CHW 6
2. Hughes • WSH 4
3. Waddell • SLB 3
4. Joss • CLE 2
Pruiett • BOS 2
Altrock • CHW 2
Foster • CLE 2
Cicotte • BOS 2
Young • BOS 2
10. Morgan • BOS 1
Manuel • CHW 1
Manning • NYY 1
Killian • DET 1
Keeley • WSH 1
Johnson • WSH 1
Howell • SLB 1
Dygert • PHA 1
Chesbro • NYY 1
Bender • PHA 1
Plank • PHA 1
Powell • SLB 1
Winter • 2TM 1
Ryan • CLE 1
Smith • WSH 1
Smith • CHW 1
Suggs • DET 1
Summers • DET 1
Vickers • PHA 1
Newton • NYY 1
Willett • DET 1
Innings Pitched
1. Walsh • CHW 464.0
2. Joss • CLE 325.0
3. Howell • SLB 324.1
4. Vickers • PHA 317.0
5. Summers • DET 301.0
6. Young • BOS 299.0
7. Smith • CHW 297.2
8. White • CHW 296.0
9. Mullin • DET 290.2
10. Chesbro • NYY 288.2
Strikeouts
1. Walsh • CHW 269
2. Waddell • SLB 232
3. Hughes • WSH 165
4. Dygert • PHA 164
5. Johnson • WSH 160
6. Vickers • PHA 156
7. Young • BOS 150
8. Liebhardt • CLE 146
9. Donovan • DET 141
10. Plank • PHA 135
Games Started
1. Walsh • CHW 49
2. White • CHW 37
3. Waddell • SLB 36
4. Joss • CLE 35
Smith • CHW 35
6. Vickers • PHA 34
7. Young • BOS 33
8. Howell • SLB 32
Powell • SLB 32
Summers • DET 32
Complete Games
1. Walsh • CHW 42
2. Young • BOS 30
3. Joss • CLE 29
4. Howell • SLB 27
5. Mullin • DET 26
6. Donovan • DET 25
Waddell • SLB 25
8. White • CHW 24
Hughes • WSH 24
Smith • CHW 24
Shutouts
1. Walsh • CHW 11
2. Joss • CLE 9
3. Vickers • PHA 6
Johnson • WSH 6
Donovan • DET 6
6. Powell • SLB 5
Summers • DET 5
Waddell • SLB 5
White • CHW 5
Dygert • PHA 5
Home Runs
1. Morgan • BOS 7
2. Lake • NYY 6
Chesbro • NYY 6
4. Orth • NYY 4
Manning • NYY 4
Hogg • NYY 4
7. Killian • DET 3
Winter • 2TM 3
Thielman • 2TM 3
Falkenberg • 2TM 3
White • CHW 3
Summers • DET 3
Ryan • CLE 3
Keeley • WSH 3
Hughes • WSH 3
Dygert • PHA 3
Burns • WSH 3
Cates • WSH 3
Bases on Balls
1. Dygert • PHA 97
2. Morgan • BOS 90
Waddell • SLB 90
4. Manning • NYY 86
5. Liebhardt • CLE 81
6. Lake • NYY 77
Hughes • WSH 77
8. Smith • CHW 73
Rhoads • CLE 73
10. Mullin • DET 71
Vickers • PHA 71
Hits
1. Walsh • CHW 343
2. Mullin • DET 301
3. Howell • SLB 279
4. Chesbro • NYY 276
5. Summers • DET 271
6. Vickers • PHA 264
7. White • CHW 262
8. Lake • NYY 252
9. Joss • CLE 232
10. Young • BOS 230
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Walsh • CHW 4.804
2. Joss • CLE 4.333
3. Young • BOS 4.054
4. Burns • WSH 3.056
5. Johnson • WSH 3.019
6. Plank • PHA 2.935
7. Donovan • DET 2.660
8. Waddell • SLB 2.578
9. Vickers • PHA 2.197
10. Hughes • WSH 2.143
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Vickers • PHA 0.000
Johnson • WSH 0.000
Cicotte • BOS 0.000
Waddell • SLB 0.000
5. Howell • SLB 0.028
6. Young • BOS 0.030
7. Mullin • DET 0.031
8. Powell • SLB 0.035
9. Plank • PHA 0.037
10. Walsh • CHW 0.039
Losses
1. Lake • NYY 22
2. Chesbro • NYY 20
3. Winter • 2TM 19
Vickers • PHA 19
5. Howell • SLB 18
6. Smith • CHW 17
7. Manning • NYY 16
Plank • PHA 16
Liebhardt • CLE 16
Hogg • NYY 16
Earned Runs
1. Mullin • DET 100
2. Lake • NYY 95
3. Chesbro • NYY 94
4. White • CHW 84
5. Manning • NYY 80
6. Vickers • PHA 78
7. Dygert • PHA 76
8. Walsh • CHW 73
9. Hughes • WSH 68
Howell • SLB 68
Wild Pitches
1. Cicotte • BOS 14
2. Johnson • WSH 13
Hughes • WSH 13
4. Mullin • DET 12
5. Burchell • BOS 11
Chesbro • NYY 11
7. Willett • DET 10
Walsh • CHW 10
9. Falkenberg • 2TM 8
10. Morgan • BOS 7
Lake • NYY 7
Plank • PHA 7
Liebhardt • CLE 7
Smith • CHW 7
Waddell • SLB 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Summers • DET 20
2. Manning • NYY 18
3. Howell • SLB 17
4. Chesbro • NYY 14
Willett • DET 14
6. Grahame • SLB 12
7. Burchell • BOS 11
Vickers • PHA 11
Dygert • PHA 11
Cicotte • BOS 11
Johnson • WSH 11
Batters Faced
1. Walsh • CHW 1,755
2. Howell • SLB 1,251
3. Vickers • PHA 1,226
4. Joss • CLE 1,209
5. Summers • DET 1,195
6. Mullin • DET 1,187
7. White • CHW 1,169
8. Chesbro • NYY 1,161
9. Waddell • SLB 1,143
10. Smith • CHW 1,126
Lake • NYY 1,126
Games Finished
1. Vickers • PHA 17
2. Walsh • CHW 16
3. Manning • NYY 15
4. Cicotte • BOS 13
Chesbro • NYY 13
6. Lake • NYY 11
Hughes • WSH 11
Keeley • WSH 11
Liebhardt • CLE 11
10. Dinneen • SLB 10
Owen • CHW 10
Adjusted ERA+
1. Joss • CLE 204
2. Young • BOS 195
3. Walsh • CHW 164
4. Summers • DET 145
5. Johnson • WSH 138
6. Chech • CLE 136
7. Rhoads • CLE 134
8. Burns • WSH 134
9. Howell • SLB 125
10. Waddell • SLB 125
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Walsh • CHW 1.42
2. Waddell • SLB 1.51
3. Young • BOS 1.52
4. Johnson • WSH 1.60
5. Joss • CLE 1.68
6. Plank • PHA 1.72
7. Donovan • DET 1.78
8. Vickers • PHA 1.89
9. Hughes • WSH 1.95
10. Liebhardt • CLE 2.05
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Walsh • CHW 46
2. Joss • CLE 38
3. Young • BOS 36
4. Rhoads • CLE 16
5. Johnson • WSH 16
6. Howell • SLB 16
7. Plank • PHA 14
8. Summers • DET 14
9. Waddell • SLB 13
10. Powell • SLB 12
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Walsh • CHW 5.6
2. Joss • CLE 4.7
3. Young • BOS 4.5
4. Rhoads • CLE 1.9
5. Johnson • WSH 1.9
6. Howell • SLB 1.9
7. Plank • PHA 1.7
8. Summers • DET 1.6
9. Waddell • SLB 1.5
10. Powell • SLB 1.5

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 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements

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