American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Blyleven • MIN 9.7
2. Grich • BAL 8.3
3. Hiller • DET 7.9
4. Jackson • OAK 7.8
5. Perry • CLE 7.8
6. Ryan • CAL 7.7
7. Wood • CHW 7.5
8. Munson • NYY 7.2
9. Carew • MIN 7.0
North • OAK 7.0
WAR for Pitchers
1. Blyleven • MIN 9.7
2. Hiller • DET 7.9
3. Perry • CLE 7.8
4. Ryan • CAL 7.7
5. Wood • CHW 7.5
6. Palmer • BAL 6.3
7. Bahnsen • CHW 6.2
8. Lee • BOS 6.1
9. Singer • CAL 6.0
10. Coleman • DET 5.7
Earned Run Average
1. Palmer • BAL 2.40
2. Blyleven • MIN 2.52
3. Lee • BOS 2.75
4. Ryan • CAL 2.87
5. Medich • NYY 2.95
6. Holtzman • OAK 2.97
7. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.07
8. Colborn • MIL 3.18
9. McNally • BAL 3.21
10. Singer • CAL 3.22
Wins
1. Wood • CHW 24
2. Coleman • DET 23
3. Palmer • BAL 22
4. Holtzman • OAK 21
Hunter • OAK 21
Ryan • CAL 21
7. Blue • OAK 20
Blyleven • MIN 20
Colborn • MIL 20
Singer • CAL 20
Splittorff • KCR 20
Tiant • BOS 20
Win-Loss %
1. Hunter • OAK .808
2. Palmer • BAL .710
3. Blue • OAK .690
4. McDaniel • NYY .667
5. Splittorff • KCR .645
6. Acosta • CHW .625
Colborn • MIL .625
8. Holtzman • OAK .618
9. Medich • NYY .609
10. Lee • BOS .607
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Tiant • BOS 1.085
2. Blyleven • MIN 1.117
3. Hunter • OAK 1.135
4. Palmer • BAL 1.141
5. Holtzman • OAK 1.147
6. Blue • OAK 1.210
7. Colborn • MIL 1.222
8. Ryan • CAL 1.227
9. Lee • BOS 1.233
10. McNally • BAL 1.233
Hits per 9 IP
1. Bibby • TEX 6.039
2. Ryan • CAL 6.571
3. Palmer • BAL 6.834
4. Tiant • BOS 7.180
5. Blue • OAK 7.305
6. Hunter • OAK 7.795
7. Singer • CAL 7.983
8. Blyleven • MIN 8.197
9. Perry • CLE 8.241
10. Medich • NYY 8.311
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Kaat • 2TM 1.725
2. Blyleven • MIN 1.855
3. Holtzman • OAK 1.998
4. Wood • CHW 2.279
5. Lolich • DET 2.303
6. Peterson • NYY 2.392
7. Lee • BOS 2.403
8. Hunter • OAK 2.423
9. Perry • DET 2.438
10. Colborn • MIL 2.491
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • CAL 10.574
2. Bibby • TEX 7.736
3. Blyleven • MIN 7.145
4. Stone • CHW 7.043
5. Singer • CAL 6.871
6. Tiant • BOS 6.816
7. Busby • KCR 6.571
8. May • CAL 6.519
9. Fryman • DET 6.312
10. Coleman • DET 6.305
Games Played
1. Hiller • DET 65
2. Fingers • OAK 62
3. Bird • KCR 54
4. Knowles • OAK 52
5. Corbin • MIN 51
Forster • CHW 51
Lyle • NYY 51
Sells • CAL 51
9. Barber • CAL 50
10. Gogolewski • TEX 49
Wood • CHW 49
Saves
1. Hiller • DET 38
2. Lyle • NYY 27
3. Fingers • OAK 22
4. Bird • KCR 20
5. Acosta • CHW 18
6. Forster • CHW 16
7. Bolin • BOS 15
8. Corbin • MIN 14
9. Linzy • MIL 13
Sanders • 2TM 13
Innings Pitched
1. Wood • CHW 359.1
2. Perry • CLE 344.0
3. Ryan • CAL 326.0
4. Blyleven • MIN 325.0
5. Singer • CAL 315.2
6. Colborn • MIL 314.1
7. Lolich • DET 308.2
8. Holtzman • OAK 297.1
9. Palmer • BAL 296.1
10. Coleman • DET 288.1
Strikeouts
1. Ryan • CAL 383
2. Blyleven • MIN 258
3. Singer • CAL 241
4. Perry • CLE 238
5. Lolich • DET 214
6. Tiant • BOS 206
7. Coleman • DET 202
8. Wood • CHW 199
9. Busby • KCR 174
10. Blue • OAK 158
Palmer • BAL 158
Games Started
1. Wood • CHW 48
2. Bahnsen • CHW 42
Lolich • DET 42
4. Perry • CLE 41
5. Blyleven • MIN 40
Coleman • DET 40
Holtzman • OAK 40
Singer • CAL 40
Tidrow • CLE 40
10. Ryan • CAL 39
Complete Games
1. Perry • CLE 29
2. Ryan • CAL 26
3. Blyleven • MIN 25
4. Tiant • BOS 23
5. Colborn • MIL 22
6. Wood • CHW 21
7. Palmer • BAL 19
Singer • CAL 19
Stottlemyre • NYY 19
10. Lee • BOS 18
Shutouts
1. Blyleven • MIN 9
2. Perry • CLE 7
3. Palmer • BAL 6
4. Bahnsen • CHW 4
McNally • BAL 4
May • CAL 4
Holtzman • OAK 4
Ryan • CAL 4
Curtis • BOS 4
Stottlemyre • NYY 4
Blue • OAK 4
Colborn • MIL 4
Wood • CHW 4
Home Runs
1. Hunter • OAK 39
2. Lolich • DET 35
3. Perry • CLE 34
4. Coleman • DET 32
Tiant • BOS 32
6. Pattin • BOS 31
Tidrow • CLE 31
8. Slaton • MIL 30
Kaat • 2TM 30
10. Cuellar • BAL 29
Bases on Balls
1. Ryan • CAL 162
2. Singer • CAL 130
3. Bahnsen • CHW 117
4. Perry • CLE 115
5. Palmer • BAL 113
6. Bibby • TEX 106
7. Blue • OAK 105
Busby • KCR 105
9. Slaton • MIL 99
10. Tidrow • CLE 95
Hits
1. Wood • CHW 381
2. Lolich • DET 315
Perry • CLE 315
4. Colborn • MIL 297
5. Blyleven • MIN 296
6. Bahnsen • CHW 290
7. Tidrow • CLE 289
8. Coleman • DET 283
9. Singer • CAL 280
10. Splittorff • KCR 279
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Blyleven • MIN 3.851
2. Lolich • DET 2.709
3. Tiant • BOS 2.641
4. Kaat • 2TM 2.535
5. Holtzman • OAK 2.379
6. Ryan • CAL 2.364
7. Wood • CHW 2.187
8. Coleman • DET 2.172
9. Perry • CLE 2.070
10. Medich • NYY 1.959
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Forster • CHW 0.365
2. Singer • CAL 0.428
3. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.429
4. Blyleven • MIN 0.443
5. Palmer • BAL 0.486
6. Ryan • CAL 0.497
7. McNally • BAL 0.541
8. Stone • CHW 0.561
9. Colborn • MIL 0.601
10. Wood • CHW 0.626
Losses
1. Bahnsen • CHW 21
2. Wood • CHW 20
3. Perry • CLE 19
Wright • CAL 19
5. Blyleven • MIN 17
May • CAL 17
McNally • BAL 17
8. Ryan • CAL 16
Stottlemyre • NYY 16
Tidrow • CLE 16
Earned Runs
1. Wood • CHW 138
2. Tidrow • CLE 135
3. Lolich • DET 131
4. Perry • CLE 129
5. Splittorff • KCR 116
6. Slaton • MIL 114
7. Coleman • DET 113
Singer • CAL 113
9. Bahnsen • CHW 112
Busby • KCR 112
Wild Pitches
1. Perry • CLE 17
2. Blue • OAK 15
Ryan • CAL 15
4. Strom • CLE 13
5. Holtzman • OAK 12
Lolich • DET 12
7. Slaton • MIL 11
Timmermann • 2TM 11
9. Bahnsen • CHW 10
Bibby • TEX 10
Strahler • DET 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Coleman • DET 10
2. Blyleven • MIN 9
Singer • CAL 9
4. Pattin • BOS 8
Piña • OAK 8
Tidrow • CLE 8
Wilcox • CLE 8
8. Acosta • CHW 7
Alexander • BAL 7
Drago • KCR 7
Peterson • NYY 7
Ryan • CAL 7
Stone • CHW 7
Tiant • BOS 7
Wood • CHW 7
Bosman • 2TM 7
Batters Faced
1. Wood • CHW 1,531
2. Perry • CLE 1,410
3. Ryan • CAL 1,355
4. Singer • CAL 1,348
5. Blyleven • MIN 1,321
6. Colborn • MIL 1,287
7. Lolich • DET 1,286
8. Coleman • DET 1,219
9. Bahnsen • CHW 1,218
10. Holtzman • OAK 1,210
Games Finished
1. Hiller • DET 60
2. Fingers • OAK 49
3. Lyle • NYY 45
4. Acosta • CHW 42
5. Bird • KCR 41
6. Sells • CAL 37
7. Sanders • 2TM 34
8. Jackson • BAL 33
Linzy • MIL 33
10. McDaniel • NYY 32
Adjusted ERA+
1. Blyleven • MIN 156
2. Palmer • BAL 155
3. Lee • BOS 146
4. Medich • NYY 125
5. Forster • CHW 124
6. Ryan • CAL 123
7. Tiant • BOS 120
8. Holtzman • OAK 120
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 120
10. Colborn • MIL 118
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Blyleven • MIN 2.32
2. Ryan • CAL 2.49
3. Singer • CAL 2.98
4. Forster • CHW 3.06
5. Holtzman • OAK 3.18
6. Wood • CHW 3.18
7. Stone • CHW 3.33
8. Palmer • BAL 3.38
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.41
10. Medich • NYY 3.42
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Blyleven • MIN 47
2. Palmer • BAL 46
3. Lee • BOS 37
4. Hiller • DET 35
5. Ryan • CAL 28
6. Tiant • BOS 23
7. Reynolds • BAL 23
8. Perry • CLE 22
9. Holtzman • OAK 22
10. Medich • NYY 21
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Blyleven • MIN 5.2
2. Palmer • BAL 5.1
3. Lee • BOS 4.1
4. Hiller • DET 3.7
5. Ryan • CAL 2.9
6. Tiant • BOS 2.5
7. Reynolds • BAL 2.4
8. Perry • CLE 2.3
9. Holtzman • OAK 2.3
10. Medich • NYY 2.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Palmer • BAL 57.75
2. Hiller • DET 53.67
3. Blyleven • MIN 50.62
4. Lee • BOS 40.70
5. Ryan • CAL 36.95
6. Tiant • BOS 30.27
7. McNally • BAL 29.98
8. Perry • CLE 25.72
9. Holtzman • OAK 25.67
10. Medich • NYY 24.80
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hiller • DET 8.4
2. Ryan • CAL 6.6
3. Palmer • BAL 5.8
4. Lee • BOS 5.0
5. Acosta • CHW 4.2
6. Singer • CAL 4.2
7. Tiant • BOS 4.0
8. Blyleven • MIN 3.4
9. Fingers • OAK 3.2
10. Holtzman • OAK 3.1
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Palmer • BAL 5.0
2. Blyleven • MIN 4.6
3. Ryan • CAL 3.7
4. Hiller • DET 3.5
5. Tiant • BOS 3.3
6. McNally • BAL 3.0
7. Lee • BOS 2.7
8. Perry • CLE 2.6
9. Colborn • MIL 2.5
10. Holtzman • OAK 2.5
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hiller • DET 7.7
2. Palmer • BAL 7.7
3. McDaniel • NYY 6.2
4. Lee • BOS 4.3
5. Fingers • OAK 4.0
6. Tiant • BOS 3.8
7. McNally • BAL 3.4
8. Ryan • CAL 3.4
9. Bahnsen • CHW 3.3
10. Moret • BOS 3.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Palmer • BAL 6.6
2. Hiller • DET 5.6
3. Blyleven • MIN 5.5
4. Lee • BOS 4.3
5. Ryan • CAL 4.2
6. McNally • BAL 3.3
7. Tiant • BOS 3.2
8. Holtzman • OAK 2.8
9. Medich • NYY 2.7
10. Perry • CLE 2.7

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