American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Mantle • NYY 8.7
2. Lary • DET 6.7
3. Kaline • DET 6.5
4. Cerv • KCA 6.4
5. Colavito • CLE 6.0
6. Runnels • BOS 5.5
7. Harshman • BAL 5.2
8. Pierce • CHW 5.1
9. Miñoso • CLE 5.0
10. Jensen • BOS 4.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Lary • DET 6.7
2. Hyde • WSH 4.8
3. Pierce • CHW 4.8
4. Pascual • WSH 4.5
5. Ford • NYY 4.3
6. O'Dell • BAL 4.1
7. Harshman • BAL 4.0
8. Wilhelm • 2TM 3.9
9. Donovan • CHW 3.7
10. Turley • NYY 3.6
Earned Run Average
1. Ford • NYY 2.01
2. Pierce • CHW 2.68
3. Harshman • BAL 2.89
4. Lary • DET 2.90
5. O'Dell • BAL 2.97
6. Turley • NYY 2.97
7. McLish • CLE 2.99
8. Donovan • CHW 3.01
9. Pascual • WSH 3.15
10. Portocarrero • BAL 3.25
Wins
1. Turley • NYY 21
2. Pierce • CHW 17
3. McLish • CLE 16
Lary • DET 16
5. Donovan • CHW 15
Foytack • DET 15
Portocarrero • BAL 15
8. Bunning • DET 14
Ramos • WSH 14
O'Dell • BAL 14
Delock • BOS 14
Ford • NYY 14
Wynn • CHW 14
Win-Loss %
1. Turley • NYY .750
2. Ford • NYY .667
McLish • CLE .667
4. Delock • BOS .636
5. Pierce • CHW .607
6. Sullivan • BOS .591
7. Dickson • 2TM .588
8. Maas • 2TM .579
9. Portocarrero • BAL .577
10. Narleski • CLE .565
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Ford • NYY 1.076
2. Pierce • CHW 1.102
3. Portocarrero • BAL 1.124
4. O'Dell • BAL 1.139
5. Bell • CLE 1.176
6. Harshman • BAL 1.181
7. Donovan • CHW 1.181
8. Foytack • DET 1.196
9. Bunning • DET 1.215
10. Lary • DET 1.218
Hits per 9 IP
1. Turley • NYY 6.530
2. Bell • CLE 6.973
3. Ford • NYY 7.140
4. Pierce • CHW 7.494
5. Portocarrero • BAL 7.607
6. Grant • CLE 7.632
7. Bunning • DET 7.703
8. Foytack • DET 7.748
9. Harshman • BAL 7.769
10. Wynn • CHW 8.036
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Donovan • CHW 1.923
2. O'Dell • BAL 2.074
3. Sullivan • BOS 2.212
4. Lary • DET 2.351
5. Pierce • CHW 2.424
6. Portocarrero • BAL 2.507
7. Terry • KCA 2.534
8. Ford • NYY 2.544
9. Ramos • WSH 2.672
10. McLish • CLE 2.792
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Pascual • WSH 7.410
2. Bunning • DET 7.252
3. Wynn • CHW 6.722
4. Turley • NYY 6.163
5. Harshman • BAL 6.131
6. Ford • NYY 5.950
7. O'Dell • BAL 5.571
8. Terry • KCA 5.566
9. Herbert • KCA 5.554
10. Bell • CLE 5.440
Games Played
1. Clevenger • WSH 55
2. Tomanek • 2TM 54
3. Hyde • WSH 53
4. Wall • BOS 52
5. Gorman • KCA 50
Staley • CHW 50
7. Kiely • BOS 47
8. Zuverink • BAL 45
9. Aguirre • DET 44
Duren • NYY 44
Grant • CLE 44
Narleski • CLE 44
Saves
1. Duren • NYY 19
Hyde • WSH 19
3. Kiely • BOS 12
4. Wall • BOS 9
Gorman • KCA 9
6. O'Dell • BAL 8
Lown • CHW 8
8. Zuverink • BAL 7
Staley • CHW 7
10. Clevenger • WSH 6
Loes • BAL 6
Innings Pitched
1. Lary • DET 260.1
2. Ramos • WSH 259.1
3. Donovan • CHW 248.0
4. Turley • NYY 245.1
5. Pierce • CHW 245.0
6. Wynn • CHW 239.2
7. Harshman • BAL 236.1
8. Foytack • DET 230.0
9. Brewer • BOS 227.1
10. McLish • CLE 225.2
Strikeouts
1. Wynn • CHW 179
2. Bunning • DET 177
3. Turley • NYY 168
4. Harshman • BAL 161
5. Pascual • WSH 146
6. Ford • NYY 145
7. Pierce • CHW 144
8. O'Dell • BAL 137
9. Foytack • DET 135
10. Terry • KCA 134
Games Started
1. Ramos • WSH 37
2. Lary • DET 34
Donovan • CHW 34
Bunning • DET 34
Wynn • CHW 34
6. Terry • KCA 33
Foytack • DET 33
8. Pierce • CHW 32
Brewer • BOS 32
10. Turley • NYY 31
Complete Games
1. Lary • DET 19
Pierce • CHW 19
Turley • NYY 19
4. Harshman • BAL 17
5. Donovan • CHW 16
Foytack • DET 16
7. Ford • NYY 15
8. McLish • CLE 13
9. O'Dell • BAL 12
10. Wynn • CHW 11
Grant • CLE 11
Shutouts
1. Ford • NYY 7
2. Turley • NYY 6
3. Wynn • CHW 4
Donovan • CHW 4
Ramos • WSH 4
6. Terry • KCA 3
Pierce • CHW 3
O'Dell • BAL 3
Portocarrero • BAL 3
Lary • DET 3
Larsen • NYY 3
Harshman • BAL 3
Garver • KCA 3
Bunning • DET 3
Home Runs
1. Ramos • WSH 38
2. Pierce • CHW 33
3. Terry • KCA 29
4. Bunning • DET 28
5. Wynn • CHW 27
6. Kemmerer • WSH 25
McLish • CLE 25
8. Garver • KCA 24
Turley • NYY 24
10. Donovan • CHW 23
Foytack • DET 23
Bases on Balls
1. Turley • NYY 128
2. Grant • CLE 104
Wynn • CHW 104
4. Brewer • BOS 93
5. Narleski • CLE 91
6. Bunning • DET 79
Sisler • BOS 79
8. Foytack • DET 77
Ramos • WSH 77
10. Harshman • BAL 75
Hits
1. Ramos • WSH 277
2. Lary • DET 249
3. Donovan • CHW 240
4. Kemmerer • WSH 234
5. Brewer • BOS 227
6. Terry • KCA 217
7. Sullivan • BOS 216
8. McLish • CLE 214
Wynn • CHW 214
10. Harshman • BAL 204
Pierce • CHW 204
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. O'Dell • BAL 2.686
2. Pascual • WSH 2.433
3. Donovan • CHW 2.396
4. Ford • NYY 2.339
5. Bunning • DET 2.241
6. Terry • KCA 2.197
7. Pierce • CHW 2.182
8. Harshman • BAL 2.147
9. Sullivan • BOS 2.102
10. Herbert • KCA 1.964
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. O'Dell • BAL 0.529
2. Sullivan • BOS 0.542
3. Ford • NYY 0.574
4. Maas • 2TM 0.689
5. Lary • DET 0.691
6. Pascual • WSH 0.711
7. Delock • BOS 0.731
8. Portocarrero • BAL 0.748
9. Harshman • BAL 0.762
10. Brewer • BOS 0.831
Losses
1. Ramos • WSH 18
2. Wynn • CHW 16
3. Kemmerer • WSH 15
Lary • DET 15
Harshman • BAL 15
6. Donovan • CHW 14
7. Terry • KCA 13
Foytack • DET 13
9. Brewer • BOS 12
Bunning • DET 12
Pascual • WSH 12
Earned Runs
1. Ramos • WSH 122
2. Kemmerer • WSH 115
3. Wynn • CHW 110
4. Terry • KCA 102
5. Brewer • BOS 94
6. Garver • KCA 90
7. Foytack • DET 88
8. Grant • CLE 87
Urban • KCA 87
10. Bunning • DET 86
Wild Pitches
1. Tomanek • 2TM 9
2. Harshman • BAL 8
Griggs • WSH 8
4. Kemmerer • WSH 7
5. Narleski • CLE 6
Moore • CHW 6
Pappas • BAL 6
Sisler • BOS 6
Turley • NYY 6
Delock • BOS 6
Hit By Pitch
1. Lary • DET 12
2. Bunning • DET 10
3. Moford • DET 9
4. Brewer • BOS 8
Turley • NYY 8
Loes • BAL 8
7. Duren • NYY 7
Donovan • CHW 7
9. Zuverink • BAL 6
Wynn • CHW 6
Woodeshick • CLE 6
Kucks • NYY 6
Fornieles • BOS 6
Daley • KCA 6
Beamon • BAL 6
Batters Faced
1. Ramos • WSH 1,112
2. Lary • DET 1,085
3. Donovan • CHW 1,030
4. Wynn • CHW 1,016
5. Turley • NYY 1,013
6. Brewer • BOS 992
7. Pierce • CHW 983
8. Harshman • BAL 975
9. Kemmerer • WSH 968
10. Foytack • DET 944
Games Finished
1. Hyde • WSH 44
2. Kiely • BOS 35
3. Duren • NYY 33
4. Clevenger • WSH 29
Wall • BOS 29
6. Staley • CHW 28
7. Trucks • 2TM 26
8. Tomanek • 2TM 25
9. Gorman • KCA 24
Mossi • CLE 24
Adjusted ERA+
1. Ford • NYY 177
2. Lary • DET 139
3. Pierce • CHW 137
4. Harshman • BAL 124
5. McLish • CLE 124
6. Donovan • CHW 122
7. Pascual • WSH 121
8. O'Dell • BAL 121
9. Turley • NYY 119
10. Delock • BOS 119
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. O'Dell • BAL 2.75
2. Ford • NYY 2.87
3. Pascual • WSH 2.92
4. Sullivan • BOS 3.01
5. Harshman • BAL 3.20
6. Donovan • CHW 3.38
7. Lary • DET 3.39
8. Portocarrero • BAL 3.55
9. Delock • BOS 3.56
10. Maas • 2TM 3.59
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Ford • NYY 36
2. Lary • DET 32
3. Pierce • CHW 27
4. Hyde • WSH 22
5. Turley • NYY 21
6. Wilhelm • 2TM 19
7. Donovan • CHW 19
8. Harshman • BAL 17
9. O'Dell • BAL 15
10. Latman • CHW 15
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Ford • NYY 4.1
2. Lary • DET 3.5
3. Pierce • CHW 2.9
4. Hyde • WSH 2.3
5. Turley • NYY 2.2
6. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.0
7. Donovan • CHW 2.0
8. Harshman • BAL 1.8
9. Latman • CHW 1.7
10. O'Dell • BAL 1.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Ford • NYY 37.44
2. Lary • DET 32.55
3. Pierce • CHW 28.40
4. Turley • NYY 28.27
5. Donovan • CHW 21.84
6. Hyde • WSH 21.57
7. Wilhelm • 2TM 20.96
8. Harshman • BAL 20.94
9. Duren • NYY 15.70
10. Bell • CLE 15.50
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Turley • NYY 3.5
2. Hyde • WSH 3.3
3. Ford • NYY 3.3
4. Pierce • CHW 2.8
5. Duren • NYY 2.5
6. Harshman • BAL 2.4
7. Portocarrero • BAL 2.2
8. Donovan • CHW 2.1
9. O'Dell • BAL 2.1
10. Moore • CHW 1.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Ford • NYY 3.3
2. Lary • DET 2.3
3. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.2
4. Pierce • CHW 2.2
5. Hyde • WSH 2.2
6. Portocarrero • BAL 2.1
7. O'Dell • BAL 2.1
8. Donovan • CHW 2.0
9. Foytack • DET 1.9
10. Bell • CLE 1.9
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Turley • NYY 8.5
2. Ford • NYY 7.8
3. Duren • NYY 7.4
4. Larsen • NYY 2.9
5. Ditmar • NYY 2.8
6. Hyde • WSH 2.1
7. Kucks • NYY 1.9
8. Wilhelm • 2TM 1.5
9. Portocarrero • BAL 1.4
10. O'Dell • BAL 1.4
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Ford • NYY 4.4
2. Lary • DET 3.4
3. Turley • NYY 3.2
4. Pierce • CHW 3.1
5. Donovan • CHW 2.4
6. Harshman • BAL 2.3
7. Wilhelm • 2TM 2.3
8. Hyde • WSH 2.3
9. Duren • NYY 1.7
10. Bell • CLE 1.7

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