American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Cobb • DET 9.9
2. Collins • PHA 9.7
3. Smith • CHW 7.8
4. Walsh • CHW 6.8
5. Bush • DET 6.5
6. Lajoie • CLE 6.5
7. Speaker • BOS 6.3
8. Morgan • 2TM 5.9
9. Plank • PHA 5.7
10. Baker • PHA 5.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Smith • CHW 7.1
2. Morgan • 2TM 6.6
3. Walsh • CHW 6.3
4. Krause • PHA 5.7
5. Joss • CLE 5.4
6. Plank • PHA 5.3
7. Warhop • NYY 4.6
8. Mullin • DET 4.6
9. Bender • PHA 4.6
10. Johnson • WSH 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Krause • PHA 1.39
2. Walsh • CHW 1.41
3. Bender • PHA 1.66
4. Joss • CLE 1.71
5. Killian • DET 1.71
6. White • CHW 1.72
7. Plank • PHA 1.76
8. Smith • CHW 1.80
9. Morgan • 2TM 1.81
10. Lake • NYY 1.88
Wins
1. Mullin • DET 29
2. Smith • CHW 25
3. Willett • DET 21
4. Plank • PHA 19
Summers • DET 19
Young • CLE 19
7. Bender • PHA 18
Morgan • 2TM 18
Krause • PHA 18
10. Arellanes • BOS 16
Win-Loss %
1. Mullin • DET .784
2. Cicotte • BOS .737
3. Bender • PHA .692
Krause • PHA .692
5. Summers • DET .679
6. Willett • DET .677
7. Plank • PHA .655
8. Wood • BOS .611
9. Smith • CHW .595
10. Walsh • CHW .577
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Walsh • CHW 0.938
2. Krause • PHA 0.939
3. Joss • CLE 0.944
4. Smith • CHW 0.953
5. Bender • PHA 0.964
6. White • CHW 1.013
7. Arellanes • BOS 1.019
8. Wood • BOS 1.021
9. Morgan • 2TM 1.043
10. Plank • PHA 1.044
Hits per 9 IP
1. Morgan • 2TM 6.259
2. Krause • PHA 6.380
3. Walsh • CHW 6.486
4. Cicotte • BOS 6.487
5. Wood • BOS 6.778
6. Coombs • PHA 6.827
7. Smith • CHW 6.855
8. Scott • CHW 6.975
9. Bender • PHA 7.056
10. Pelty • SLB 7.134
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Joss • CLE 1.150
2. White • CHW 1.570
3. Powell • SLB 1.582
4. Bender • PHA 1.620
5. Summers • DET 1.662
6. Arellanes • BOS 1.678
7. Smith • CHW 1.726
8. Young • CLE 1.804
9. Burns • 2TM 1.870
10. Walsh • CHW 1.954
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Berger • CLE 5.903
2. Krause • PHA 5.873
3. Bender • PHA 5.796
4. Waddell • SLB 5.759
5. Bailey • SLB 5.156
6. Johnson • WSH 4.981
7. Walsh • CHW 4.962
8. Wood • BOS 4.929
9. Lake • NYY 4.890
10. Scott • CHW 4.854
Games Played
1. Smith • CHW 51
2. Arellanes • BOS 45
3. Groom • WSH 44
4. Willett • DET 41
5. Johnson • WSH 40
Mullin • DET 40
Morgan • 2TM 40
8. Gray • WSH 36
Scott • CHW 36
Warhop • NYY 36
Saves
1. Arellanes • BOS 8
2. Powell • SLB 3
3. Pape • BOS 2
Works • DET 2
Donovan • DET 2
Warhop • NYY 2
Walsh • CHW 2
Hughes • NYY 2
9. Liebhardt • CLE 1
Bender • PHA 1
Lelivelt • DET 1
Lake • NYY 1
Lafitte • DET 1
Killian • DET 1
Johnson • WSH 1
Hughes • WSH 1
Grahame • SLB 1
Coombs • PHA 1
Cicotte • BOS 1
Brockett • NYY 1
Berger • CLE 1
Manning • NYY 1
Quinn • NYY 1
Schlitzer • 2TM 1
Morgan • 2TM 1
Winchell • CLE 1
Willett • DET 1
Mullin • DET 1
Suter • CHW 1
Summers • DET 1
Suggs • DET 1
Steele • BOS 1
Speer • DET 1
Smith • CHW 1
Vickers • PHA 1
Innings Pitched
1. Smith • CHW 365.0
2. Mullin • DET 303.2
3. Johnson • WSH 296.1
4. Young • CLE 294.1
5. Morgan • 2TM 293.1
6. Willett • DET 292.2
7. Summers • DET 281.2
8. Plank • PHA 265.1
9. Groom • WSH 260.2
10. Scott • CHW 250.1
Strikeouts
1. Smith • CHW 177
2. Johnson • WSH 164
3. Berger • CLE 162
4. Bender • PHA 161
5. Waddell • SLB 141
6. Krause • PHA 139
7. Scott • CHW 135
8. Plank • PHA 132
9. Groom • WSH 131
10. Walsh • CHW 127
Games Started
1. Smith • CHW 40
2. Morgan • 2TM 36
Johnson • WSH 36
4. Mullin • DET 35
5. Young • CLE 34
Willett • DET 34
7. Plank • PHA 33
8. Summers • DET 32
9. Groom • WSH 31
10. Berger • CLE 29
Scott • CHW 29
Bender • PHA 29
Complete Games
1. Smith • CHW 37
2. Young • CLE 30
3. Mullin • DET 29
4. Johnson • WSH 27
5. Morgan • 2TM 26
6. Willett • DET 25
7. Bender • PHA 24
Plank • PHA 24
Joss • CLE 24
Summers • DET 24
Shutouts
1. Walsh • CHW 8
2. Smith • CHW 7
Krause • PHA 7
4. Coombs • PHA 6
5. Bender • PHA 5
Waddell • SLB 5
Morgan • 2TM 5
Pelty • SLB 5
9. Joss • CLE 4
Scott • CHW 4
Powell • SLB 4
Johnson • WSH 4
Wood • BOS 4
Donovan • DET 4
Berger • CLE 4
Home Runs
1. Smith • 2TM 6
2. Willett • DET 5
3. Young • CLE 4
Summers • DET 4
5. Arellanes • BOS 3
Morgan • 2TM 3
Chesbro • 2TM 3
Hughes • NYY 3
Grahame • SLB 3
Doyle • NYY 3
Dinneen • SLB 3
Cicotte • BOS 3
Chech • BOS 3
Brockett • NYY 3
Bases on Balls
1. Groom • WSH 105
2. Morgan • 2TM 102
3. Scott • CHW 93
4. Johnson • WSH 84
5. Warhop • NYY 81
6. Mullin • DET 78
7. Gray • WSH 77
8. Willett • DET 76
9. Bailey • SLB 75
10. Coombs • PHA 73
Hits
1. Smith • CHW 278
2. Young • CLE 267
3. Mullin • DET 258
4. Johnson • WSH 247
5. Summers • DET 243
6. Willett • DET 239
7. Berger • CLE 221
Powell • SLB 221
9. Groom • WSH 218
10. Plank • PHA 215
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Bender • PHA 3.578
2. Krause • PHA 2.837
3. Berger • CLE 2.793
4. Walsh • CHW 2.540
5. Smith • CHW 2.529
6. White • CHW 2.484
7. Waddell • SLB 2.474
8. Joss • CLE 2.161
9. Plank • PHA 2.129
10. Smith • 2TM 2.128
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Scott • CHW 0.000
Joss • CLE 0.000
Walsh • CHW 0.000
Falkenberg • CLE 0.000
5. Smith • CHW 0.025
6. Mullin • DET 0.030
7. Johnson • WSH 0.030
8. Plank • PHA 0.034
9. Bender • PHA 0.036
10. Powell • SLB 0.038
Losses
1. Groom • WSH 26
2. Johnson • WSH 25
3. Gray • WSH 19
4. Morgan • 2TM 17
Smith • CHW 17
6. Powell • SLB 16
7. Young • CLE 15
Warhop • NYY 15
9. Burns • 2TM 14
Berger • CLE 14
Waddell • SLB 14
Grahame • SLB 14
Earned Runs
1. Gray • WSH 87
2. Groom • WSH 83
3. Willett • DET 76
4. Berger • CLE 75
Mullin • DET 75
6. Young • CLE 74
7. Johnson • WSH 73
Smith • CHW 73
9. Summers • DET 70
10. Grahame • SLB 65
Warhop • NYY 65
Wild Pitches
1. Berger • CLE 13
2. Johnson • WSH 12
3. Smith • 2TM 11
Willett • DET 11
Lake • NYY 11
Morgan • 2TM 11
7. Groom • WSH 10
8. Bailey • SLB 9
Brockett • NYY 9
10. Grahame • SLB 7
Hit By Pitch
1. Warhop • NYY 26
2. Morgan • 2TM 22
3. Scott • CHW 16
4. Johnson • WSH 15
Willett • DET 15
6. Groom • WSH 13
Krause • PHA 13
8. Berger • CLE 12
9. Burns • 2TM 11
Dygert • PHA 11
Batters Faced
1. Smith • CHW 1,376
2. Johnson • WSH 1,219
3. Mullin • DET 1,189
4. Willett • DET 1,173
5. Young • CLE 1,137
6. Morgan • 2TM 1,136
7. Summers • DET 1,132
8. Groom • WSH 1,070
9. Plank • PHA 1,028
10. Scott • CHW 978
Games Finished
1. Arellanes • BOS 15
2. Dygert • PHA 13
3. Warhop • NYY 12
Quinn • NYY 12
Bailey • SLB 12
6. Grahame • SLB 11
Suter • CHW 11
8. Works • DET 10
Smith • CHW 10
10. Cicotte • BOS 9
Groom • WSH 9
Vickers • PHA 9
Adjusted ERA+
1. Krause • PHA 174
2. Walsh • CHW 169
3. Joss • CLE 150
4. Killian • DET 148
5. Bender • PHA 147
6. White • CHW 138
7. Plank • PHA 138
8. Morgan • 2TM 136
9. Lake • NYY 134
10. Smith • CHW 132
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Bender • PHA 1.58
2. Walsh • CHW 1.82
3. Berger • CLE 1.86
4. Waddell • SLB 1.87
5. Krause • PHA 1.91
6. Smith • CHW 1.91
7. Plank • PHA 2.06
8. White • CHW 2.07
9. Joss • CLE 2.10
10. Wood • BOS 2.12
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Walsh • CHW 25
2. Morgan • 2TM 24
3. Krause • PHA 24
4. Smith • CHW 24
5. Bender • PHA 21
6. Joss • CLE 20
7. Plank • PHA 20
8. Killian • DET 16
9. Mullin • DET 13
10. Summers • DET 12
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Walsh • CHW 3.1
2. Morgan • 2TM 2.9
Krause • PHA 2.9
4. Smith • CHW 2.8
5. Bender • PHA 2.5
6. Joss • CLE 2.4
7. Plank • PHA 2.3
8. Killian • DET 1.9
9. Mullin • DET 1.6
10. Summers • DET 1.4

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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