American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Wood • CHW 11.0
2. Lolich • DET 8.6
3. Blue • OAK 8.5
4. Nettles • CLE 7.5
5. White • NYY 6.7
6. Siebert • BOS 6.6
7. Murcer • NYY 6.5
8. Jackson • OAK 6.4
9. Bando • OAK 6.4
10. Blyleven • MIN 6.2
WAR for Pitchers
1. Wood • CHW 11.7
2. Blue • OAK 9.0
3. Lolich • DET 8.5
4. Blyleven • MIN 6.5
5. Bradley • CHW 6.2
6. Siebert • BOS 5.4
7. Coleman • DET 5.2
8. Kaat • MIN 4.3
9. Palmer • BAL 4.1
10. Drago • KCR 4.1
Hedlund • KCR 4.1
Earned Run Average
1. Blue • OAK 1.82
2. Wood • CHW 1.91
3. Palmer • BAL 2.68
4. Hedlund • KCR 2.71
5. Blyleven • MIN 2.81
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.87
7. McNally • BAL 2.89
8. Dobson • BAL 2.90
9. Siebert • BOS 2.91
10. Lolich • DET 2.92
Wins
1. Lolich • DET 25
2. Blue • OAK 24
3. Wood • CHW 22
4. Hunter • OAK 21
McNally • BAL 21
6. Coleman • DET 20
Cuellar • BAL 20
Dobson • BAL 20
Messersmith • CAL 20
Palmer • BAL 20
Win-Loss %
1. McNally • BAL .808
2. Blue • OAK .750
Dobson • OAK .750
4. Dobson • BAL .714
5. Palmer • BAL .690
Coleman • DET .690
Cuellar • BAL .690
8. Hunter • OAK .656
9. Hedlund • KCR .652
10. Scherman • DET .647
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Blue • OAK 0.952
2. Wood • CHW 1.000
3. Kline • NYY 1.093
4. McNally • BAL 1.097
5. Dobson • BAL 1.102
6. Wright • CAL 1.110
7. Hunter • OAK 1.114
8. Cuellar • BAL 1.122
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 1.124
10. Pattin • MIL 1.126
Hits per 9 IP
1. Blue • OAK 6.029
2. McDowell • CLE 6.708
3. May • CAL 6.912
4. Messersmith • CAL 7.287
5. Wright • CAL 7.319
6. Wood • CHW 7.329
7. Hedlund • KCR 7.352
8. Palmer • BAL 7.372
9. Hunter • OAK 7.400
10. Johnson • CHW 7.483
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Peterson • NYY 1.380
2. Kline • NYY 1.498
3. Kaat • MIN 1.625
4. Wood • CHW 1.671
5. Drago • KCR 1.715
6. Blyleven • MIN 1.908
7. Dobson • BAL 2.008
8. Lolich • DET 2.202
9. John • CHW 2.276
10. Siebert • BOS 2.295
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Blue • OAK 8.683
2. McDowell • CLE 8.050
3. Johnson • CHW 7.736
4. Coleman • DET 7.427
5. Lolich • DET 7.372
6. Blyleven • MIN 7.243
7. May • CAL 6.739
8. Bradley • CHW 6.490
9. Dunning • CLE 6.457
10. Dobson • BAL 5.961
Games Played
1. Sanders • MIL 83
2. Scherman • DET 69
3. Burgmeier • KCR 67
4. Abernathy • KCR 63
5. Fisher • CAL 57
Hennigan • CLE 57
Riddleberger • WSA 57
8. LaRoche • CAL 56
Piña • WSA 56
10. Knowles • 2TM 55
Saves
1. Sanders • MIL 31
2. Abernathy • KCR 23
3. Scherman • DET 20
4. Burgmeier • KCR 17
Fingers • OAK 17
6. Lyle • BOS 16
7. Allen • CAL 15
8. Johnson • CHW 14
Hennigan • CLE 14
10. Watt • BAL 11
Innings Pitched
1. Lolich • DET 376.0
2. Wood • CHW 334.0
3. Blue • OAK 312.0
4. Cuellar • BAL 292.1
5. Coleman • DET 286.0
6. Bradley • CHW 285.2
7. Dobson • BAL 282.1
8. Palmer • BAL 282.0
9. Blyleven • MIN 278.1
10. Messersmith • CAL 276.2
Wright • CAL 276.2
Strikeouts
1. Lolich • DET 308
2. Blue • OAK 301
3. Coleman • DET 236
4. Blyleven • MIN 224
5. Wood • CHW 210
6. Bradley • CHW 206
7. McDowell • CLE 192
8. Dobson • BAL 187
9. Palmer • BAL 184
10. Hunter • OAK 181
Games Started
1. Lolich • DET 45
2. Wood • CHW 42
3. Blue • OAK 39
Bradley • CHW 39
Perry • MIN 39
6. Blyleven • MIN 38
Coleman • DET 38
Cuellar • BAL 38
Kaat • MIN 38
Messersmith • CAL 38
Complete Games
1. Lolich • DET 29
2. Blue • OAK 24
3. Wood • CHW 22
4. Cuellar • BAL 21
5. Palmer • BAL 20
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 19
7. Dobson • BAL 18
8. Blyleven • MIN 17
9. Peterson • NYY 16
Coleman • DET 16
Hunter • OAK 16
Shutouts
1. Blue • OAK 8
2. Wood • CHW 7
Stottlemyre • NYY 7
4. Bradley • CHW 6
5. Blyleven • MIN 5
Pattin • MIL 5
7. Messersmith • CAL 4
Lolich • DET 4
Parsons • MIL 4
Peterson • NYY 4
Kaat • MIN 4
Hunter • OAK 4
Siebert • BOS 4
Slaton • MIL 4
Dobson • BAL 4
Drago • KCR 4
Cuellar • BAL 4
Home Runs
1. Perry • MIN 39
2. Lolich • DET 36
3. McLain • WSA 31
4. Cuellar • BAL 30
5. Bosman • WSA 29
Pattin • MIL 29
7. Hunter • OAK 27
8. Dunning • CLE 25
Peterson • NYY 25
Peters • BOS 25
Bases on Balls
1. McDowell • CLE 153
2. Messersmith • CAL 121
3. Johnson • CHW 111
4. Dunning • CLE 109
5. Palmer • BAL 106
6. Perry • MIN 102
7. Coleman • DET 96
8. Parsons • MIL 93
9. Lolich • DET 92
10. Cain • DET 91
Lockwood • MIL 91
Hits
1. Lolich • DET 336
2. Kaat • MIN 275
3. Bradley • CHW 273
4. Wood • CHW 272
5. Peterson • NYY 269
6. Blyleven • MIN 267
7. Perry • MIN 263
8. Drago • KCR 251
9. Cuellar • BAL 250
10. Dobson • BAL 248
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Blyleven • MIN 3.797
2. Blue • OAK 3.420
3. Wood • CHW 3.387
4. Lolich • DET 3.348
5. Peterson • NYY 3.310
6. Dobson • BAL 2.968
7. Kaat • MIN 2.915
8. Bradley • CHW 2.784
9. Coleman • DET 2.458
10. Drago • KCR 2.370
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Johnson • CHW 0.455
2. Bradley • CHW 0.504
3. May • CAL 0.518
4. Messersmith • CAL 0.520
5. Drago • KCR 0.522
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.534
7. Coleman • DET 0.535
8. Blue • OAK 0.548
9. Wright • CAL 0.553
10. Kaat • MIN 0.553
Losses
1. McLain • WSA 22
2. McDowell • CLE 17
Murphy • CAL 17
Parsons • MIL 17
Perry • MIN 17
Wright • CAL 17
7. Bosman • WSA 16
Culp • BOS 16
John • CHW 16
10. Blyleven • MIN 15
Bradley • CHW 15
Lockwood • MIL 15
Earned Runs
1. Perry • MIN 127
2. Lolich • DET 122
3. Peters • BOS 104
4. McLain • WSA 103
5. Murphy • CAL 102
6. Coleman • DET 100
Cuellar • BAL 100
8. Bosman • WSA 98
9. Culp • BOS 97
10. Kaat • MIN 96
Wild Pitches
1. Murphy • CAL 17
2. Fitzmorris • KCR 15
3. McDowell • CLE 13
4. Johnson • CHW 11
5. Blue • OAK 10
Broberg • WSA 10
John • CHW 10
8. Bahnsen • NYY 9
Messersmith • CAL 9
10. Dunning • CLE 8
Kaat • MIN 8
Kekich • NYY 8
Palmer • BAL 8
Hit By Pitch
1. Lonborg • BOS 14
2. Broberg • WSA 10
3. Drago • KCR 9
Murphy • CAL 9
5. Fingers • OAK 8
Queen • CAL 8
Tatum • BOS 8
Williams • MIN 8
9. Burgmeier • KCR 7
Coleman • DET 7
Cox • WSA 7
Lolich • DET 7
Messersmith • CAL 7
Wood • CHW 7
Batters Faced
1. Lolich • DET 1,538
2. Wood • CHW 1,316
3. Blue • OAK 1,207
4. Bradley • CHW 1,198
5. Coleman • DET 1,174
6. Messersmith • CAL 1,170
7. Cuellar • BAL 1,166
8. Palmer • BAL 1,165
9. Perry • MIN 1,146
10. Dobson • BAL 1,134
Games Finished
1. Sanders • MIL 77
2. Abernathy • KCR 46
3. Scherman • DET 40
4. Hennigan • CLE 38
5. Lyle • BOS 36
6. Burgmeier • KCR 34
7. LaRoche • CAL 32
8. Fisher • CAL 30
9. Perranoski • 2TM 29
10. Allen • CAL 28
Fingers • OAK 28
McDaniel • NYY 28
Adjusted ERA+
1. Wood • CHW 189
2. Blue • OAK 183
3. Siebert • BOS 128
4. Blyleven • MIN 126
5. Palmer • BAL 126
6. Hedlund • KCR 126
7. Lolich • DET 124
8. Johnson • CHW 123
9. Bradley • CHW 122
10. Krausse • MIL 117
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Blue • OAK 2.20
2. Blyleven • MIN 2.51
3. Bradley • CHW 2.54
4. Wood • CHW 2.63
5. Coleman • DET 2.65
6. Kaat • MIN 2.81
7. Lolich • DET 2.85
8. Dobson • BAL 2.92
9. May • CAL 2.98
10. Drago • KCR 2.99
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Wood • CHW 54
2. Blue • OAK 54
3. Lolich • DET 29
4. Blyleven • MIN 23
5. Palmer • BAL 22
6. Sanders • MIL 22
7. Siebert • BOS 20
8. Bradley • CHW 17
9. Hedlund • KCR 17
10. Coleman • DET 17
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Blue • OAK 6.4
2. Wood • CHW 6.3
3. Lolich • DET 3.3
4. Blyleven • MIN 2.6
5. Palmer • BAL 2.5
6. Sanders • MIL 2.4
7. Siebert • BOS 2.3
8. Bradley • CHW 1.9
9. Hedlund • KCR 1.9
10. Coleman • DET 1.9
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Blue • OAK 60.36
2. Wood • CHW 47.31
3. Lolich • DET 34.75
4. Sanders • MIL 28.50
5. Palmer • BAL 26.14
6. Blyleven • MIN 24.53
7. Hedlund • KCR 24.16
8. Coleman • DET 24.09
9. Dobson • BAL 23.37
10. McNally • BAL 21.38
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Blue • OAK 6.6
2. Wood • CHW 5.0
3. Coleman • DET 4.6
4. Sanders • MIL 4.0
5. Cuellar • BAL 3.7
6. Lolich • DET 3.6
7. Allen • CAL 3.4
8. Blyleven • MIN 3.4
9. Palmer • BAL 3.3
10. Drago • KCR 3.2
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Blue • OAK 6.3
2. Wood • CHW 5.1
3. Coleman • DET 3.0
4. Wright • CAL 2.5
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.4
6. Lolich • DET 2.4
7. Palmer • BAL 2.3
8. May • CAL 2.2
9. Dobson • BAL 2.2
10. Sanders • MIL 2.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Blue • OAK 6.9
2. Cuellar • BAL 4.1
3. Dobson • BAL 3.3
4. Siebert • BOS 2.6
5. Lyle • BOS 2.4
6. Palmer • BAL 2.0
7. McNally • BAL 2.0
8. Lolich • DET 1.7
9. Culp • BOS 1.5
10. Lee • BOS 1.5
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Blue • OAK 7.4
2. Wood • CHW 5.4
3. Lolich • DET 3.9
4. Sanders • MIL 3.2
5. Palmer • BAL 3.0
6. Hedlund • KCR 2.8
7. Blyleven • MIN 2.7
8. Dobson • BAL 2.7
9. Coleman • DET 2.6
10. McNally • BAL 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 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements