American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Feller • CLE 9.8
2. Newsom • DET 7.3
3. DiMaggio • NYY 7.1
4. Greenberg • DET 6.8
5. Rigney • CHW 6.7
6. Williams • BOS 6.6
7. Gordon • NYY 6.1
8. Boudreau • CLE 5.9
9. Keller • NYY 5.6
10. Rowe • DET 5.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Feller • CLE 9.9
2. Newsom • DET 7.4
3. Rigney • CHW 6.7
4. Leonard • WSH 5.1
5. Bridges • DET 5.0
6. Rowe • DET 5.0
7. Babich • PHA 4.8
8. Chase • WSH 4.7
9. Auker • SLB 4.5
10. Lee • CHW 3.9
Earned Run Average
1. Feller • CLE 2.61
2. Newsom • DET 2.83
3. Rigney • CHW 3.11
4. Smith • CHW 3.21
5. Chase • WSH 3.23
6. Lyons • CHW 3.24
7. Milnar • CLE 3.27
8. Russo • NYY 3.28
9. Bridges • DET 3.37
10. Ruffing • NYY 3.38
Wins
1. Feller • CLE 27
2. Newsom • DET 21
3. Milnar • CLE 18
4. Hudson • WSH 17
5. Rowe • DET 16
Auker • SLB 16
7. Ruffing • NYY 15
Smith • CLE 15
Chase • WSH 15
10. Babich • PHA 14
Rigney • CHW 14
Smith • CHW 14
Russo • NYY 14
Leonard • WSH 14
Win-Loss %
1. Rowe • DET .842
2. Newsom • DET .808
3. Feller • CLE .711
4. Smith • CLE .682
5. Wilson • BOS .667
6. Milnar • CLE .643
7. Russo • NYY .636
8. Heving • BOS .632
9. Dietrich • CHW .625
10. Smith • CHW .609
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Feller • CLE 1.133
2. Rigney • CHW 1.176
3. Lyons • CHW 1.208
4. Lee • CHW 1.224
5. Russo • NYY 1.246
6. Rowe • DET 1.260
7. Newsom • DET 1.269
8. Ruffing • NYY 1.301
9. Bridges • DET 1.310
10. Babich • PHA 1.317
Hits per 9 IP
1. Feller • CLE 6.883
2. Rigney • CHW 7.696
3. Smith • CHW 7.770
4. Bridges • DET 7.786
5. Newsom • DET 8.011
6. Russo • NYY 8.604
7. Ruffing • NYY 8.681
8. Babich • PHA 8.712
9. Lee • CHW 8.803
10. Chase • WSH 8.943
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lyons • CHW 1.787
2. Lee • CHW 2.211
3. Rowe • DET 2.290
4. Leonard • WSH 2.429
5. Russo • NYY 2.614
6. Smith • CLE 2.705
7. Harder • CLE 2.850
8. Rigney • CHW 2.886
9. Hudson • WSH 2.893
10. Knott • CHW 2.962
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Feller • CLE 7.333
2. Bridges • DET 6.056
3. Wilson • BOS 5.822
4. Newsom • DET 5.591
5. Smith • CHW 5.166
6. Rigney • CHW 4.521
7. Chase • WSH 4.437
8. Russo • NYY 4.136
9. Breuer • NYY 3.896
10. Ruffing • NYY 3.863
Games Played
1. Feller • CLE 43
2. Benton • DET 42
3. Heusser • PHA 41
Wilson • BOS 41
5. Dobson • CLE 40
6. Heving • BOS 39
Rigney • CHW 39
8. Auker • SLB 38
Hudson • WSH 38
10. Brown • CHW 37
Milnar • CLE 37
Saves
1. Benton • DET 17
2. Brown • CHW 10
3. Murphy • NYY 9
4. Appleton • CHW 5
Wilson • BOS 5
Heusser • PHA 5
Allen • CLE 5
8. Lawson • SLB 4
Feller • CLE 4
Eisenstat • CLE 4
Innings Pitched
1. Feller • CLE 320.1
2. Leonard • WSH 289.0
3. Rigney • CHW 280.2
4. Newsom • DET 264.0
5. Auker • SLB 263.2
6. Chase • WSH 261.2
7. Hudson • WSH 252.0
8. Milnar • CLE 242.1
9. Babich • PHA 229.1
10. Lee • CHW 228.0
Strikeouts
1. Feller • CLE 261
2. Newsom • DET 164
3. Rigney • CHW 141
4. Bridges • DET 133
5. Chase • WSH 129
6. Leonard • WSH 124
7. Smith • CHW 119
8. Wilson • BOS 102
9. Milnar • CLE 99
10. Ruffing • NYY 97
Games Started
1. Feller • CLE 37
2. Leonard • WSH 35
Auker • SLB 35
4. Newsom • DET 34
Chase • WSH 34
6. Milnar • CLE 33
Rigney • CHW 33
8. Kennedy • SLB 32
9. Hudson • WSH 31
10. Ruffing • NYY 30
Babich • PHA 30
Complete Games
1. Feller • CLE 31
2. Lee • CHW 24
3. Leonard • WSH 23
4. Ruffing • NYY 20
Auker • SLB 20
Newsom • DET 20
Chase • WSH 20
8. Hudson • WSH 19
Rigney • CHW 19
10. Kennedy • SLB 18
Shutouts
1. Lyons • CHW 4
Feller • CLE 4
Milnar • CLE 4
4. Hudson • WSH 3
Allen • CLE 3
Bonham • NYY 3
Ruffing • NYY 3
Newsom • DET 3
9. Auker • SLB 2
Knott • CHW 2
Leonard • WSH 2
Gorsica • DET 2
Rigney • CHW 2
Bridges • DET 2
Beckmann • PHA 2
Home Runs
1. Harris • SLB 24
Ruffing • NYY 24
3. Rigney • CHW 22
4. Dean • PHA 21
5. Breuer • NYY 20
Grove • BOS 20
Hudson • WSH 20
8. Leonard • WSH 19
Newsom • DET 19
10. Caster • PHA 18
Kennedy • SLB 18
Potter • PHA 18
Bases on Balls
1. Chase • WSH 143
2. Kennedy • SLB 122
3. Feller • CLE 118
4. Newsom • DET 100
5. Milnar • CLE 99
6. Auker • SLB 96
7. Smith • CHW 95
8. Rigney • CHW 90
9. Bridges • DET 88
Masterson • WSH 88
Hits
1. Leonard • WSH 328
2. Auker • SLB 299
3. Hudson • WSH 272
4. Kennedy • SLB 263
5. Chase • WSH 260
6. Feller • CLE 245
7. Milnar • CLE 242
8. Rigney • CHW 240
9. Newsom • DET 235
10. Caster • PHA 234
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Feller • CLE 2.212
2. Lyons • CHW 1.946
3. Newsom • DET 1.640
4. Leonard • WSH 1.590
5. Russo • NYY 1.582
6. Rigney • CHW 1.567
7. Lee • CHW 1.554
8. Bridges • DET 1.511
9. Rowe • DET 1.419
10. Harder • CLE 1.288
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Feller • CLE 0.365
2. Chase • WSH 0.482
3. Bridges • DET 0.501
4. Lee • CHW 0.513
5. Milnar • CLE 0.520
6. Gorsica • DET 0.563
7. Auker • SLB 0.580
8. Smith • CLE 0.590
9. Leonard • WSH 0.592
10. Babich • PHA 0.628
Chandler • NYY 0.628
Losses
1. Caster • PHA 19
Leonard • WSH 19
3. Rigney • CHW 18
4. Chase • WSH 17
Kennedy • SLB 17
6. Hudson • WSH 16
Bagby • BOS 16
8. Harris • SLB 15
9. Potter • PHA 14
10. Masterson • WSH 13
Dean • PHA 13
Heusser • PHA 13
Lee • CHW 13
Babich • PHA 13
Earned Runs
1. Kennedy • SLB 138
2. Caster • PHA 130
3. Hudson • WSH 128
4. Dean • PHA 117
5. Auker • SLB 116
6. Leonard • WSH 112
7. Harris • SLB 106
8. Potter • PHA 99
9. Rigney • CHW 97
10. Bagby • BOS 96
Wild Pitches
1. Vaughan • PHA 12
Chase • WSH 12
3. Potter • PHA 10
Leonard • WSH 10
5. Feller • CLE 8
Harris • SLB 8
Niggeling • SLB 8
8. Dobson • CLE 7
Krakauskas • WSH 7
10. Hudson • WSH 6
Mills • SLB 6
Lyons • CHW 6
Wilson • BOS 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Smith • CLE 6
Chandler • NYY 6
3. Niggeling • SLB 5
Feller • CLE 5
Hash • BOS 5
Harder • CLE 5
Chase • WSH 5
8. Gorsica • DET 4
Dickman • BOS 4
10. Harris • SLB 3
Naymick • CLE 3
Monteagudo • WSH 3
Newsom • DET 3
Mills • SLB 3
Masterson • WSH 3
Heving • BOS 3
Hudson • WSH 3
Allen • CLE 3
Kennedy • SLB 3
Ruffing • NYY 3
Caster • PHA 3
Smith • CHW 3
Besse • PHA 3
Trout • DET 3
Vaughan • PHA 3
Wilson • BOS 3
Auker • SLB 3
Batters Faced
1. Feller • CLE 1,304
2. Leonard • WSH 1,245
3. Auker • SLB 1,176
4. Chase • WSH 1,165
5. Rigney • CHW 1,152
6. Newsom • DET 1,101
7. Hudson • WSH 1,090
8. Milnar • CLE 1,049
9. Kennedy • SLB 1,020
10. Babich • PHA 988
Games Finished
1. Brown • CHW 36
2. Benton • DET 35
3. Murphy • NYY 28
4. Heusser • PHA 26
5. Heving • BOS 21
6. Trotter • SLB 19
7. McKain • DET 17
Carrasquel • WSH 17
9. Krakauskas • WSH 16
Dobson • CLE 16
Beckmann • PHA 16
Lawson • SLB 16
Appleton • CHW 16
Adjusted ERA+
1. Newsom • DET 168
2. Feller • CLE 163
3. Rigney • CHW 143
4. Bridges • DET 141
5. Smith • CHW 138
6. Lyons • CHW 137
7. Rowe • DET 137
8. Milnar • CLE 130
9. Chase • WSH 129
10. Lee • CHW 128
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Feller • CLE 3.05
2. Bridges • DET 3.71
3. Lee • CHW 3.74
4. Leonard • WSH 3.82
5. Newsom • DET 3.86
6. Rigney • CHW 3.99
7. Lyons • CHW 4.01
8. Gorsica • DET 4.10
9. Russo • NYY 4.13
10. Babich • PHA 4.14
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Feller • CLE 63
2. Newsom • DET 46
3. Rigney • CHW 39
4. Bridges • DET 26
5. Bonham • NYY 26
6. Rowe • DET 25
7. Smith • CHW 25
8. Lee • CHW 25
9. Chase • WSH 23
10. Lyons • CHW 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Feller • CLE 6.4
2. Newsom • DET 4.7
3. Rigney • CHW 3.8
4. Bonham • NYY 2.8
5. Bridges • DET 2.6
6. Rowe • DET 2.5
7. Smith • CHW 2.5
8. Lee • CHW 2.4
9. Chase • WSH 2.3
10. Lyons • CHW 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Feller • CLE 72.49
2. Newsom • DET 45.71
3. Rowe • DET 35.53
4. Rigney • CHW 34.05
5. Bonham • NYY 29.34
6. Bridges • DET 27.75
7. Lee • CHW 27.31
8. Ruffing • NYY 25.54
9. Smith • CLE 23.31
10. Russo • NYY 23.16
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Feller • CLE 8.8
2. Newsom • DET 4.8
3. Rigney • CHW 3.8
4. Bonham • NYY 3.8
5. Ruffing • NYY 3.5
6. Allen • CLE 3.1
7. Rowe • DET 2.9
8. Smith • CLE 2.8
9. Milnar • CLE 2.5
10. Pearson • NYY 2.4
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Feller • CLE 6.8
2. Rigney • CHW 4.6
3. Newsom • DET 4.3
4. Rowe • DET 2.8
5. Bonham • NYY 2.7
6. Lee • CHW 2.5
7. Allen • CLE 2.4
8. Smith • CHW 2.2
9. Bridges • DET 2.2
10. Lyons • CHW 2.0
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Feller • CLE 28.0
2. Newsom • DET 16.9
3. Rowe • DET 16.5
4. Allen • CLE 10.7
5. Giebell • DET 9.9
6. Smith • CLE 8.0
7. Harder • CLE 6.0
8. Bonham • NYY 6.0
9. Milnar • CLE 5.6
10. Eisenstat • CLE 2.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Feller • CLE 7.6
2. Newsom • DET 4.4
3. Rowe • DET 3.4
4. Bonham • NYY 3.4
5. Rigney • CHW 3.3
6. Lee • CHW 2.7
7. Bridges • DET 2.6
8. Ruffing • NYY 2.6
9. Russo • NYY 2.4
10. Smith • CLE 2.3

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