American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Lofton • CLE 7.2
2. Griffey • SEA 6.9
3. Cone • KCR 6.9
4. Thomas • CHW 6.4
5. Clemens • BOS 6.0
6. Belle • CLE 5.7
7. Johnson • SEA 5.5
8. Mussina • BAL 5.4
9. Hentgen • TOR 5.4
10. Phillips • DET 4.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Cone • KCR 6.9
2. Clemens • BOS 6.0
3. Johnson • SEA 5.5
4. Mussina • BAL 5.4
5. Hentgen • TOR 5.4
6. Martínez • CLE 4.6
7. Appier • KCR 4.5
8. Key • NYY 4.4
9. Nagy • CLE 4.1
10. Bones • MIL 4.0
Earned Run Average
1. Ontiveros • OAK 2.65
2. Clemens • BOS 2.85
3. Cone • KCR 2.94
4. Mussina • BAL 3.06
5. Johnson • SEA 3.19
6. Key • NYY 3.27
7. Hentgen • TOR 3.40
8. Bones • MIL 3.43
9. Álvarez • CHW 3.45
10. Nagy • CLE 3.45
Wins
1. Key • NYY 17
2. Cone • KCR 16
Mussina • BAL 16
4. McDonald • BAL 14
5. Hentgen • TOR 13
Johnson • SEA 13
7. Álvarez • CHW 12
Bere • CHW 12
Guzmán • TOR 12
10. Clark • CLE 11
Eldred • MIL 11
Fernandez • CHW 11
Gordon • KCR 11
Martínez • CLE 11
Moore • DET 11
Rogers • TEX 11
Tapani • MIN 11
Win-Loss %
1. Bere • CHW .857
2. Boever • DET .818
3. Key • NYY .810
4. Clark • CLE .786
5. Cone • KCR .762
Mussina • BAL .762
7. Perez • NYY .692
8. Johnson • SEA .684
9. Wegman • MIL .667
McDonald • BAL .667
Sanderson • CHW .667
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Ontiveros • OAK 1.032
2. Cone • KCR 1.072
3. Clemens • BOS 1.143
4. Mussina • BAL 1.163
5. Johnson • SEA 1.186
6. Martínez • CLE 1.189
7. Bones • MIL 1.236
8. Hentgen • TOR 1.242
9. Fernandez • CHW 1.250
10. McDowell • CHW 1.260
Hits per 9 IP
1. Clemens • BOS 6.539
2. Cone • KCR 6.816
3. Johnson • SEA 6.907
4. Ontiveros • OAK 7.257
5. Bere • CHW 7.560
6. Gordon • KCR 7.880
7. Eldred • MIL 7.944
8. Appier • KCR 7.955
9. Perez • NYY 7.969
10. Hentgen • TOR 8.141
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Gubicza • KCR 1.800
2. Gullickson • DET 1.951
3. Wegman • MIL 2.023
4. Ontiveros • OAK 2.029
5. McDowell • CHW 2.088
6. Mussina • BAL 2.144
7. Martínez • CLE 2.242
8. Tapani • MIN 2.250
9. Moyer • BAL 2.295
10. Bones • MIL 2.373
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Johnson • SEA 10.674
2. Clemens • BOS 8.859
3. Appier • KCR 8.419
4. Langston • CAL 8.221
5. Bere • CHW 8.068
6. Guzmán • TOR 7.575
7. Hentgen • TOR 7.574
8. Stewart • TOR 7.493
9. Fernandez • BAL 7.413
10. Witt • OAK 7.364
Games Played
1. Wickman • NYY 53
2. Mesa • CLE 51
3. Brewer • KCR 50
Guthrie • MIN 50
5. Willis • MIN 49
6. Carpenter • TEX 47
Mills • BAL 47
Patterson • CAL 47
Whiteside • TEX 47
10. Ayala • SEA 46
Boever • DET 46
Saves
1. Smith • BAL 33
2. Montgomery • KCR 27
3. Aguilera • MIN 23
4. Eckersley • OAK 19
5. Ayala • SEA 18
6. Russell • 2TM 17
Hall • TOR 17
Fetters • MIL 17
9. Howe • NYY 15
Henke • TEX 15
Innings Pitched
1. Finley • CAL 183.1
2. McDowell • CHW 181.0
3. Eldred • MIL 179.0
4. Martínez • CLE 176.2
5. Mussina • BAL 176.1
6. Hentgen • TOR 174.2
7. Johnson • SEA 172.0
8. Cone • KCR 171.2
9. Bones • MIL 170.2
Clemens • BOS 170.2
Strikeouts
1. Johnson • SEA 204
2. Clemens • BOS 168
3. Finley • CAL 148
4. Hentgen • TOR 147
5. Appier • KCR 145
6. Cone • KCR 132
7. Bere • CHW 127
McDowell • CHW 127
9. Gordon • KCR 126
10. Guzmán • TOR 124
Games Started
1. Belcher • DET 25
Brown • TEX 25
Darling • OAK 25
Deshaies • MIN 25
Eldred • MIL 25
Finley • CAL 25
Guzmán • TOR 25
Key • NYY 25
McDowell • CHW 25
Moore • DET 25
Complete Games
1. Johnson • SEA 9
2. Martínez • CLE 7
Finley • CAL 7
4. McDowell • CHW 6
Hentgen • TOR 6
Rogers • TEX 6
Eldred • MIL 6
8. Witt • OAK 5
McDonald • BAL 5
Wells • DET 5
Shutouts
1. Johnson • SEA 4
2. Witt • OAK 3
Cone • KCR 3
Fernandez • CHW 3
Hentgen • TOR 3
Martínez • CLE 3
7. Finley • CAL 2
Rogers • TEX 2
Rhodes • BAL 2
McDowell • CHW 2
Home Runs
1. Deshaies • MIN 30
2. Fernandez • BAL 27
Moore • DET 27
4. Stewart • TOR 26
5. Fernandez • CHW 25
6. Abbott • NYY 24
Gullickson • DET 24
Mulholland • NYY 24
Rogers • TEX 24
10. Eldred • MIL 23
Moyer • BAL 23
Bases on Balls
1. Moore • DET 89
Van Poppel • OAK 89
3. Gordon • KCR 87
4. Eldred • MIL 84
5. Bere • CHW 80
6. Belcher • DET 78
7. Guzmán • TOR 76
8. Johnson • SEA 72
9. Clemens • BOS 71
Finley • CAL 71
Hits
1. Brown • TEX 218
2. Belcher • DET 192
3. McDowell • CHW 186
4. Tapani • MIN 181
5. Finley • CAL 178
6. Key • NYY 177
7. Nagy • CLE 175
8. Erickson • MIN 173
9. Deshaies • MIN 170
10. Rogers • TEX 169
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. McDowell • CHW 3.024
2. Johnson • SEA 2.833
3. Gullickson • DET 2.600
4. Hentgen • TOR 2.492
5. Brown • TEX 2.460
6. Cone • KCR 2.444
7. Fernandez • CHW 2.440
8. Clemens • BOS 2.366
9. Mussina • BAL 2.357
10. Tapani • MIN 2.333
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Key • NYY 0.536
2. Ontiveros • OAK 0.546
3. McDowell • CHW 0.597
4. Appier • KCR 0.639
5. Hesketh • BOS 0.711
6. Martínez • CLE 0.713
7. Johnson • SEA 0.733
8. Tapani • MIN 0.750
9. Gubicza • KCR 0.762
10. Cone • KCR 0.786
Losses
1. Belcher • DET 15
2. Deshaies • MIN 12
3. Darling • OAK 11
Eldred • MIL 11
Erickson • MIN 11
Fleming • SEA 11
Guzmán • TOR 11
8. Bosio • SEA 10
Finley • CAL 10
Leftwich • CAL 10
Moore • DET 10
Van Poppel • OAK 10
Witt • OAK 10
Earned Runs
1. Deshaies • MIN 107
2. Belcher • DET 106
3. Eldred • MIL 93
Guzmán • TOR 93
Moore • DET 93
6. Brown • TEX 91
7. Finley • CAL 88
Morris • CLE 88
9. Erickson • MIN 87
Mulholland • NYY 87
Stewart • TOR 87
Wild Pitches
1. Guzmán • TOR 13
Morris • CLE 13
3. Gordon • KCR 12
4. Appier • KCR 11
5. Davis • DET 10
Erickson • MIN 10
Finley • CAL 10
Moore • DET 10
9. Clark • CLE 9
Gubicza • KCR 9
Cadaret • 2TM 9
Hit By Pitch
1. Erickson • MIN 9
Leiter • CAL 9
Sele • BOS 9
4. Nelson • SEA 8
5. Cone • KCR 7
Darling • OAK 7
Martínez • CLE 7
Pichardo • KCR 7
Stottlemyre • TOR 7
10. Brown • TEX 6
DeLeón • CHW 6
Grahe • CAL 6
Grimsley • CLE 6
Johnson • SEA 6
Magrane • CAL 6
Oliver • TEX 6
Ontiveros • OAK 6
Oquist • BAL 6
Batters Faced
1. Finley • CAL 774
2. Eldred • MIL 769
3. Brown • TEX 760
4. McDowell • CHW 755
5. Belcher • DET 750
6. Martínez • CLE 730
7. Hentgen • TOR 728
8. Nagy • CLE 717
9. Rogers • TEX 714
10. Fernandez • CHW 712
Mussina • BAL 712
Games Finished
1. Hernández • CHW 43
2. Aguilera • MIN 40
Ayala • SEA 40
4. Eckersley • OAK 39
Smith • BAL 39
6. Montgomery • KCR 38
7. Russell • 2TM 36
8. Grahe • CAL 32
9. Fetters • MIL 31
Henke • TEX 31
Adjusted ERA+
1. Clemens • BOS 176
2. Cone • KCR 171
3. Ontiveros • OAK 167
4. Mussina • BAL 164
5. Johnson • SEA 152
6. Bones • MIL 146
7. Hentgen • TOR 142
8. Key • NYY 140
9. Álvarez • CHW 135
10. Nagy • CLE 135
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Johnson • SEA 3.18
2. McDowell • CHW 3.37
3. Appier • KCR 3.48
4. Clemens • BOS 3.62
5. Key • NYY 3.73
6. Ontiveros • OAK 3.78
7. Cone • KCR 3.80
8. Tapani • MIN 3.87
9. Gubicza • KCR 3.92
10. Nagy • CLE 3.95
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Cone • KCR 39
2. Clemens • BOS 38
3. Mussina • BAL 38
4. Johnson • SEA 32
5. Bones • MIL 27
6. Hentgen • TOR 27
7. Key • NYY 25
8. Ontiveros • OAK 24
9. Martínez • CLE 24
10. Eichhorn • BAL 22
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Cone • KCR 3.9
2. Clemens • BOS 3.8
3. Mussina • BAL 3.8
4. Johnson • SEA 3.2
5. Bones • MIL 2.6
Hentgen • TOR 2.6
7. Key • NYY 2.4
8. Ontiveros • OAK 2.3
9. Martínez • CLE 2.3
10. Appier • KCR 2.1
Nagy • CLE 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Cone • KCR 44.50
2. Clemens • BOS 41.40
3. Mussina • BAL 40.35
4. Johnson • SEA 37.74
5. Hentgen • TOR 29.13
6. Martínez • CLE 28.85
7. Key • NYY 27.94
8. Bones • MIL 26.57
9. McDowell • CHW 25.15
10. Ontiveros • OAK 24.89
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Mussina • BAL 4.4
2. Cone • KCR 3.7
3. Clemens • BOS 3.6
4. Hentgen • TOR 3.5
5. Johnson • SEA 3.5
6. Key • NYY 3.0
7. McDowell • CHW 2.8
8. Patterson • CAL 2.7
9. Castillo • TOR 2.6
10. Plunk • CLE 2.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Cone • KCR 3.9
2. Clemens • BOS 3.6
3. Johnson • SEA 3.5
4. Mussina • BAL 3.3
5. Ontiveros • OAK 2.6
6. McDowell • CHW 2.5
7. Martínez • CLE 2.4
8. McDonald • BAL 2.3
9. Hentgen • TOR 2.3
10. Appier • KCR 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Mussina • BAL 3.5
2. McDowell • CHW 2.8
3. Key • NYY 2.6
4. Plunk • CLE 2.3
5. Johnson • SEA 2.3
6. Clemens • BOS 2.1
7. Cone • KCR 2.1
8. McDonald • BAL 2.0
9. Howe • NYY 1.9
10. Appier • KCR 1.6
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Cone • KCR 4.4
2. Clemens • BOS 4.1
3. Mussina • BAL 4.0
4. Johnson • SEA 3.8
5. Martínez • CLE 2.9
6. Hentgen • TOR 2.9
7. Key • NYY 2.8
8. Bones • MIL 2.5
9. Ontiveros • OAK 2.5
10. McDowell • CHW 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