American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Clemens • BOS 9.4
2. Boggs • BOS 8.3
3. Trammell • DET 8.2
4. Viola • MIN 8.1
5. Saberhagen • KCR 8.0
6. Key • TOR 7.4
7. Higuera • MIL 6.3
8. Leibrandt • KCR 6.0
9. Molitor • MIL 6.0
10. Langston • SEA 5.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Clemens • BOS 9.4
2. Viola • MIN 8.1
3. Saberhagen • KCR 8.0
4. Key • TOR 7.4
5. Higuera • MIL 6.3
6. Leibrandt • KCR 6.0
7. Langston • SEA 5.9
8. Morris • DET 5.1
9. Gubicza • KCR 5.0
10. Clancy • TOR 4.9
Earned Run Average
1. Key • TOR 2.76
2. Viola • MIN 2.90
3. Clemens • BOS 2.97
4. Saberhagen • KCR 3.36
5. Morris • DET 3.38
6. Leibrandt • KCR 3.41
7. Clancy • TOR 3.54
8. Bannister • CHW 3.58
9. Stewart • OAK 3.68
10. Hough • TEX 3.79
Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 20
Stewart • OAK 20
3. Langston • SEA 19
4. Higuera • MIL 18
Hough • TEX 18
Morris • DET 18
Saberhagen • KCR 18
8. Key • TOR 17
Terrell • DET 17
Viola • MIN 17
Win-Loss %
1. Musselman • TOR .706
2. Clemens • BOS .690
3. John • NYY .684
4. Key • TOR .680
5. Young • OAK .650
6. Higuera • MIL .643
Saberhagen • KCR .643
8. Nieves • MIL .636
9. Viola • MIN .630
Terrell • DET .630
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Key • TOR 1.057
2. Bannister • CHW 1.159
3. Saberhagen • KCR 1.163
4. Young • OAK 1.172
5. Clemens • BOS 1.175
6. Viola • MIN 1.176
7. Morris • DET 1.203
8. Long • CHW 1.225
9. Higuera • MIL 1.234
10. Tanana • DET 1.244
Hits per 9 IP
1. Key • TOR 7.241
2. Hough • TEX 7.507
3. Morris • DET 7.680
4. Stewart • OAK 7.714
5. DeLeón • CHW 7.733
6. Clemens • BOS 7.924
7. Stieb • TOR 7.978
8. Langston • SEA 8.007
9. Higuera • MIL 8.117
10. Fraser • CAL 8.151
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Long • CHW 1.491
2. Saberhagen • KCR 1.856
3. Sutton • CAL 1.925
4. Bannister • CHW 1.929
5. Young • OAK 1.951
6. Wegman • MIL 2.120
7. John • NYY 2.254
8. Key • TOR 2.276
9. Morgan • SEA 2.304
10. Tanana • DET 2.305
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Langston • SEA 8.669
2. Higuera • MIL 8.255
3. Clemens • BOS 8.180
4. Bosio • MIL 7.941
5. Nieves • MIL 7.497
6. Hurst • BOS 7.165
7. Stewart • OAK 7.060
8. Viola • MIN 7.045
9. Morris • DET 7.038
10. Hough • TEX 7.034
Games Played
1. Eichhorn • TOR 89
2. Williams • TEX 85
3. Mohorcic • TEX 74
4. Henke • TOR 72
5. Musselman • TOR 68
6. Reardon • MIN 63
7. Schiraldi • BOS 62
8. Williamson • BAL 61
9. Righetti • NYY 60
10. Atherton • MIN 59
Saves
1. Henke • TOR 34
2. Righetti • NYY 31
Reardon • MIN 31
4. Plesac • MIL 23
5. Buice • CAL 17
6. Mohorcic • TEX 16
Thigpen • CHW 16
Eckersley • OAK 16
Howell • OAK 16
10. Niedenfuer • BAL 13
Innings Pitched
1. Hough • TEX 285.1
2. Clemens • BOS 281.2
3. Langston • SEA 272.0
4. Blyleven • MIN 267.0
5. Morris • DET 266.0
6. Higuera • MIL 261.2
7. Stewart • OAK 261.1
8. Key • TOR 261.0
9. Saberhagen • KCR 257.0
10. Viola • MIN 251.2
Strikeouts
1. Langston • SEA 262
2. Clemens • BOS 256
3. Higuera • MIL 240
4. Hough • TEX 223
5. Morris • DET 208
6. Stewart • OAK 205
7. Viola • MIN 197
8. Blyleven • MIN 196
9. Witt • CAL 192
10. Hurst • BOS 190
Games Started
1. Hough • TEX 40
2. Blyleven • MIN 37
Clancy • TOR 37
Stewart • OAK 37
5. Clemens • BOS 36
Key • TOR 36
Viola • MIN 36
Witt • CAL 36
9. Gubicza • KCR 35
Higuera • MIL 35
Langston • SEA 35
Leibrandt • KCR 35
Terrell • DET 35
Complete Games
1. Clemens • BOS 18
2. Hurst • BOS 15
Saberhagen • KCR 15
4. Higuera • MIL 14
Langston • SEA 14
6. Hough • TEX 13
Morris • DET 13
8. Moore • SEA 12
9. Jackson • KCR 11
Bannister • CHW 11
Shutouts
1. Clemens • BOS 7
2. Saberhagen • KCR 4
3. Alexander • DET 3
Tanana • DET 3
Leibrandt • KCR 3
Langston • SEA 3
Higuera • MIL 3
Hurst • BOS 3
9. Bannister • CHW 2
Sellers • BOS 2
Schmidt • BAL 2
Morgan • SEA 2
Long • CHW 2
Jackson • KCR 2
Gubicza • KCR 2
Dotson • CHW 2
Boddicker • BAL 2
Hudson • NYY 2
Candiotti • CLE 2
Home Runs
1. Blyleven • MIN 46
2. Morris • DET 39
3. Bannister • CHW 38
Sutton • CAL 38
Young • OAK 38
6. Hough • TEX 36
7. Bankhead • SEA 35
Hurst • BOS 35
9. Witt • CAL 34
10. Bell • BAL 32
Bases on Balls
1. Witt • TEX 140
2. Hough • TEX 124
3. Gubicza • KCR 120
4. Langston • SEA 114
5. Jackson • KCR 109
6. Stewart • OAK 105
7. Blyleven • MIN 101
8. Nieves • MIL 100
9. DeLeón • CHW 97
10. Terrell • DET 94
Williams • TEX 94
Hits
1. Moore • SEA 268
2. Terrell • DET 254
3. Witt • CAL 252
4. Blyleven • MIN 249
5. Clemens • BOS 248
6. Saberhagen • KCR 246
7. Morgan • SEA 245
8. Langston • SEA 242
9. Hurst • BOS 239
10. Hough • TEX 238
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Clemens • BOS 3.084
2. Saberhagen • KCR 3.075
3. Bosio • MIL 3.000
4. Viola • MIN 2.985
5. Young • OAK 2.818
6. Higuera • MIL 2.759
7. Tanana • DET 2.607
8. Long • CHW 2.571
9. Bannister • CHW 2.531
10. Hurst • BOS 2.500
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Jackson • KCR 0.442
2. John • NYY 0.575
3. Clemens • BOS 0.607
4. Gubicza • KCR 0.670
5. Stieb • TOR 0.778
6. Higuera • MIL 0.825
7. Stewart • OAK 0.827
8. Key • TOR 0.828
9. Leibrandt • KCR 0.861
10. Clancy • TOR 0.895
Losses
1. Moore • SEA 19
2. Candiotti • CLE 18
Gubicza • KCR 18
Jackson • KCR 18
5. Morgan • SEA 17
6. Stanley • BOS 15
7. Guzmán • TEX 14
Witt • CAL 14
Carlton • 2TM 14
10. Bell • BAL 13
Hough • TEX 13
Hurst • BOS 13
Langston • SEA 13
Schrom • CLE 13
Stewart • OAK 13
Niekro • 2TM 13
Niekro • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Moore • SEA 121
2. Hough • TEX 120
3. Blyleven • MIN 119
4. Hurst • BOS 117
5. Langston • SEA 116
6. Higuera • MIL 112
7. Schrom • CLE 111
8. Terrell • DET 110
Witt • CAL 110
10. Guzmán • TEX 108
Wild Pitches
1. Morris • DET 24
2. Bosio • MIL 14
Gubicza • KCR 14
4. Blyleven • MIN 13
Candiotti • CLE 13
Niekro • 2TM 13
7. Clancy • TOR 12
Fraser • CAL 12
Hough • TEX 12
10. Bell • BAL 11
Morgan • SEA 11
Stewart • OAK 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Hough • TEX 19
2. DeLeón • CHW 10
Petry • DET 10
Niekro • 2TM 10
5. Blyleven • MIN 9
Clemens • BOS 9
Smithson • MIN 9
8. Akerfelds • CLE 7
Boddicker • BAL 7
Jackson • KCR 7
Nipper • BOS 7
Robinson • DET 7
Stieb • TOR 7
Sutton • CAL 7
Williams • TEX 7
Batters Faced
1. Hough • TEX 1,231
2. Clemens • BOS 1,157
3. Langston • SEA 1,152
4. Blyleven • MIN 1,122
5. Stewart • OAK 1,103
6. Morris • DET 1,101
7. Higuera • MIL 1,084
8. Witt • CAL 1,065
9. Terrell • DET 1,057
10. Saberhagen • KCR 1,048
Games Finished
1. Henke • TOR 62
2. Reardon • MIN 58
3. Mohorcic • TEX 54
Righetti • NYY 54
5. Schiraldi • BOS 52
6. Plesac • MIL 47
7. Buice • CAL 44
8. Núñez • SEA 40
9. Niedenfuer • BAL 39
Quisenberry • KCR 39
Adjusted ERA+
1. Key • TOR 164
2. Viola • MIN 159
3. Clemens • BOS 154
4. Saberhagen • KCR 136
5. Leibrandt • KCR 134
6. Bannister • CHW 129
7. Clancy • TOR 128
8. Morris • DET 126
9. Langston • SEA 124
10. Higuera • MIL 119
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Clemens • BOS 2.91
2. Higuera • MIL 3.25
3. Bosio • MIL 3.38
4. Key • TOR 3.61
5. Saberhagen • KCR 3.66
6. Viola • MIN 3.66
7. Clancy • TOR 3.68
8. Langston • SEA 3.69
9. Jackson • KCR 3.71
10. Stewart • OAK 3.77
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens • BOS 50
2. Key • TOR 49
3. Viola • MIN 46
4. Saberhagen • KCR 37
5. Leibrandt • KCR 29
6. Alexander • DET 29
7. Clancy • TOR 27
8. Morris • DET 27
9. Bannister • CHW 26
10. Langston • SEA 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens • BOS 5.2
2. Key • TOR 5.0
3. Viola • MIN 4.7
4. Saberhagen • KCR 3.7
5. Alexander • DET 3.2
6. Leibrandt • KCR 2.9
7. Morris • DET 2.7
8. Clancy • TOR 2.7
9. Bannister • CHW 2.6
10. Langston • SEA 2.4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Clemens • BOS 55.50
2. Key • TOR 50.34
3. Viola • MIN 47.74
4. Saberhagen • KCR 44.50
5. Leibrandt • KCR 33.87
6. Morris • DET 33.12
7. Alexander • DET 31.50
8. Bannister • CHW 30.11
9. Clancy • TOR 29.19
10. Higuera • MIL 28.40
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Clemens • BOS 5.2
2. Viola • MIN 4.8
3. Higuera • MIL 4.3
4. Morris • DET 3.6
5. Leibrandt • KCR 3.3
6. Key • TOR 3.3
7. Saberhagen • KCR 3.1
8. Bannister • CHW 3.0
9. Thigpen • CHW 2.9
10. Stoddard • NYY 2.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Key • TOR 4.7
2. Clemens • BOS 4.6
3. Viola • MIN 4.4
4. Saberhagen • KCR 3.6
5. Higuera • MIL 3.2
6. Alexander • DET 3.1
7. Morris • DET 2.3
8. Stewart • OAK 2.2
9. Henke • TOR 2.2
10. Leibrandt • KCR 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Tanana • DET 10.9
2. Henneman • DET 10.6
3. Flanagan • 2TM 10.1
4. Key • TOR 9.1
5. Morris • DET 8.9
6. Viola • MIN 8.8
7. Wells • TOR 6.1
8. Alexander • DET 5.6
9. Reardon • MIN 4.6
10. Stoddard • NYY 4.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Clemens • BOS 5.7
2. Key • TOR 5.1
3. Viola • MIN 4.8
4. Saberhagen • KCR 4.5
5. Alexander • DET 3.7
6. Morris • DET 3.4
7. Leibrandt • KCR 3.4
8. Bannister • CHW 3.0
9. Clancy • TOR 2.9
10. Higuera • MIL 2.8

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