American League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Verlander • DET 8.6
2. Ellsbury • BOS 8.3
3. Bautista • TOR 8.3
4. Pedroia • BOS 8.0
5. Cabrera • DET 7.6
6. Zobrist • TBR 7.6
7. Gordon • KCR 7.3
8. Longoria • TBR 7.2
9. Kinsler • TEX 7.0
10. González • BOS 6.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Verlander • DET 8.6
2. Weaver • LAA 6.9
3. Sabathia • NYY 6.4
4. Romero • TOR 6.4
5. Beckett • BOS 5.8
6. Shields • TBR 5.8
7. Fister • 2TM 5.1
8. Wilson • TEX 4.9
9. Gonzalez • OAK 4.4
10. Lester • BOS 4.3
Earned Run Average
1. Verlander • DET 2.40
2. Weaver • LAA 2.41
3. Shields • TBR 2.82
4. Fister • 2TM 2.83
5. Beckett • BOS 2.89
6. Romero • TOR 2.92
7. Wilson • TEX 2.94
8. Hellickson • TBR 2.95
9. Sabathia • NYY 3.00
10. Gonzalez • OAK 3.12
Wins
1. Verlander • DET 24
2. Sabathia • NYY 19
3. Weaver • LAA 18
4. Gonzalez • OAK 16
Haren • LAA 16
Holland • TEX 16
Nova • NYY 16
Shields • TBR 16
Wilson • TEX 16
10. Lester • BOS 15
Romero • TOR 15
Scherzer • DET 15
Win-Loss %
1. Verlander • DET .828
2. Nova • NYY .800
3. Holland • TEX .762
4. Sabathia • NYY .704
5. Wilson • TEX .696
6. Weaver • LAA .692
7. Beckett • BOS .650
8. Tomlin • CLE .632
9. Lester • BOS .625
Scherzer • DET .625
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Verlander • DET 0.920
2. Weaver • LAA 1.010
3. Haren • LAA 1.024
4. Beckett • BOS 1.026
5. Shields • TBR 1.043
6. Fister • 2TM 1.063
7. Tomlin • CLE 1.077
8. Pineda • SEA 1.099
9. McCarthy • OAK 1.131
10. Ogando • TEX 1.136
Hits per 9 IP
1. Verlander • DET 6.239
2. Beckett • BOS 6.808
3. Weaver • LAA 6.950
4. Hellickson • TBR 6.952
5. Pineda • SEA 7.000
6. Shields • TBR 7.039
7. Romero • TOR 7.040
8. Wilson • TEX 7.697
9. Price • TBR 7.703
10. Lester • BOS 7.795
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Tomlin • CLE 1.143
2. Haren • LAA 1.246
3. McCarthy • OAK 1.318
4. Fister • 2TM 1.539
5. Pavano • MIN 1.622
6. Francis • KCR 1.918
7. Buehrle • CHW 1.972
8. Verlander • DET 2.044
9. Floyd • CHW 2.091
10. Weaver • LAA 2.139
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Morrow • TOR 10.188
2. Pineda • SEA 9.105
3. Verlander • DET 8.964
4. Gonzalez • OAK 8.777
5. Price • TBR 8.746
6. Sabathia • NYY 8.722
7. Hernández • SEA 8.551
8. Lester • BOS 8.546
9. Wilson • TEX 8.301
10. Burnett • NYY 8.180
Games Played
1. Valverde • DET 75
2. Peralta • TBR 71
Pérez • CLE 71
Smith • CLE 71
5. Bard • BOS 70
Robertson • NYY 70
7. Capps • MIN 69
Johnson • BAL 69
Sipp • CLE 69
10. Collins • KCR 68
Saves
1. Valverde • DET 49
2. Rivera • NYY 44
3. League • SEA 37
4. Perez • CLE 36
5. Walden • LAA 32
Feliz • TEX 32
7. Papelbon • BOS 31
8. Santos • CHW 30
9. Soria • KCR 28
10. Farnsworth • TBR 25
Innings Pitched
1. Verlander • DET 251.0
2. Shields • TBR 249.1
3. Haren • LAA 238.1
4. Sabathia • NYY 237.1
5. Weaver • LAA 235.2
6. Hernández • SEA 233.2
7. Santana • LAA 228.2
8. Romero • TOR 225.0
9. Price • TBR 224.1
10. Wilson • TEX 223.1
Strikeouts
1. Verlander • DET 250
2. Sabathia • NYY 230
3. Shields • TBR 225
4. Hernández • SEA 222
5. Price • TBR 218
6. Wilson • TEX 206
7. Morrow • TOR 203
8. Weaver • LAA 198
9. Gonzalez • OAK 197
10. Haren • LAA 192
Games Started
1. Cahill • OAK 34
Haren • LAA 34
Price • TBR 34
Verlander • DET 34
Wilson • TEX 34
6. Hernández • SEA 33
Masterson • CLE 33
Pavano • MIN 33
Sabathia • NYY 33
Santana • LAA 33
Scherzer • DET 33
Shields • TBR 33
Weaver • LAA 33
Complete Games
1. Shields • TBR 11
2. McCarthy • OAK 5
Hernández • SEA 5
4. Santana • LAA 4
Romero • TOR 4
Holland • TEX 4
Haren • LAA 4
Vargas • SEA 4
Verlander • DET 4
Weaver • LAA 4
Shutouts
1. Holland • TEX 4
Shields • TBR 4
3. Vargas • SEA 3
Haren • LAA 3
5. Weaver • LAA 2
Verlander • DET 2
Romero • TOR 2
8. Bergesen • BAL 1
Cecil • TOR 1
Colón • NYY 1
Danks • CHW 1
Duensing • MIN 1
Hellickson • TBR 1
Hughes • NYY 1
Jackson • CHW 1
Lewis • TEX 1
Liriano • MIN 1
Beckett • BOS 1
Ogando • TEX 1
Pavano • MIN 1
Peavy • CHW 1
Sabathia • NYY 1
Santana • LAA 1
Wilson • TEX 1
Stewart • 2TM 1
McCarthy • OAK 1
Home Runs
1. Lewis • TEX 35
2. Burnett • NYY 31
3. Scherzer • DET 29
4. Guthrie • BAL 26
Romero • TOR 26
Santana • LAA 26
Shields • TBR 26
8. Wakefield • BOS 25
9. Penny • DET 24
Tomlin • CLE 24
Verlander • DET 24
Bases on Balls
1. Gonzalez • OAK 91
2. Burnett • NYY 83
3. Cahill • OAK 82
4. Romero • TOR 80
5. Lester • BOS 75
Liriano • MIN 75
7. Wilson • TEX 74
8. Hellickson • TBR 72
Santana • LAA 72
10. Chatwood • LAA 71
Hits
1. Pavano • MIN 262
2. Sabathia • NYY 230
3. Francis • KCR 224
4. Penny • DET 222
5. Buehrle • CHW 221
6. Hernández • SEA 218
7. Cahill • OAK 214
8. Guthrie • BAL 213
9. Haren • LAA 211
Masterson • CLE 211
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Haren • LAA 5.818
2. McCarthy • OAK 4.920
3. Verlander • DET 4.386
4. Tomlin • CLE 4.238
5. Fister • 2TM 3.946
6. Sabathia • NYY 3.770
7. Weaver • LAA 3.536
8. Shields • TBR 3.462
9. Price • TBR 3.460
10. Colón • NYY 3.375
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Fister • 2TM 0.458
2. Masterson • CLE 0.458
3. McCarthy • OAK 0.580
4. Harrison • TEX 0.630
5. Sabathia • NYY 0.645
6. Wilson • TEX 0.645
7. Nova • NYY 0.708
8. Hernández • SEA 0.732
9. Haren • LAA 0.755
10. Gonzalez • OAK 0.757
Losses
1. Guthrie • BAL 17
2. Francis • KCR 16
3. Hernández • CLE 15
4. Cahill • OAK 14
Duensing • MIN 14
Hernández • SEA 14
7. Floyd • CHW 13
Pavano • MIN 13
Price • TBR 13
Vargas • SEA 13
Fister • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Lackey • BOS 114
2. Hernández • CLE 110
3. Burnett • NYY 109
4. Penny • DET 107
5. Pavano • MIN 106
6. Hochevar • KCR 103
7. Guthrie • BAL 100
8. Francis • KCR 98
Lewis • TEX 98
10. Cahill • OAK 96
Porcello • DET 96
Scherzer • DET 96
Wild Pitches
1. Burnett • NYY 25
2. Cahill • OAK 15
Wakefield • BOS 15
4. Floyd • CHW 12
Hernández • SEA 12
Morrow • TOR 12
Porcello • DET 12
Scherzer • DET 12
9. Drabek • TOR 11
Lackey • BOS 11
Nova • NYY 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Lackey • BOS 19
2. Aceves • BOS 15
3. Hernández • CLE 14
Romero • TOR 14
5. Morrow • TOR 12
Fister • 2TM 12
7. Floyd • CHW 11
Lester • BOS 11
Masterson • CLE 11
10. Wilson • TEX 10
Batters Faced
1. Sabathia • NYY 985
2. Shields • TBR 975
3. Verlander • DET 969
4. Hernández • SEA 964
5. Pavano • MIN 955
6. Haren • LAA 953
7. Santana • LAA 949
8. Weaver • LAA 926
9. Price • TBR 918
10. Romero • TOR 917
Games Finished
1. Valverde • DET 70
2. League • SEA 60
3. Perez • CLE 57
4. Feliz • TEX 56
5. Papelbon • BOS 54
Rivera • NYY 54
7. Farnsworth • TBR 51
8. Santos • CHW 50
9. Gregg • BAL 48
10. Soria • KCR 47
Adjusted ERA+
1. Verlander • DET 172
2. Weaver • LAA 156
3. Wilson • TEX 150
4. Beckett • BOS 149
5. Romero • TOR 146
6. Sabathia • NYY 143
7. Fister • 2TM 138
8. Shields • TBR 134
9. Harrison • TEX 130
10. Gonzalez • OAK 129
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. McCarthy • OAK 2.86
2. Sabathia • NYY 2.88
3. Haren • LAA 2.98
4. Verlander • DET 2.99
5. Fister • 2TM 3.02
6. Hernández • SEA 3.13
7. Weaver • LAA 3.20
8. Wilson • TEX 3.24
9. Masterson • CLE 3.28
10. Price • TBR 3.32
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Verlander • DET 48
2. Weaver • LAA 40
3. Sabathia • NYY 32
4. Wilson • TEX 30
5. Beckett • BOS 30
6. Romero • TOR 30
7. Shields • TBR 30
8. Fister • 2TM 25
9. Robertson • NYY 23
10. Hellickson • TBR 20
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Verlander • DET 5.2
2. Weaver • LAA 4.4
3. Sabathia • NYY 3.4
4. Beckett • BOS 3.2
5. Wilson • TEX 3.2
6. Romero • TOR 3.2
7. Shields • TBR 3.1
8. Fister • 2TM 2.7
9. Robertson • NYY 2.3
10. Hellickson • TBR 2.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Verlander • DET 51.82
2. Weaver • LAA 47.91
3. Shields • TBR 39.37
4. Sabathia • NYY 34.82
5. Romero • TOR 33.57
6. Beckett • BOS 33.22
7. Robertson • NYY 27.85
8. Haren • LAA 26.94
9. Hellickson • TBR 26.78
10. Wilson • TEX 26.25
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Weaver • LAA 5.1
2. Verlander • DET 5.0
3. Shields • TBR 4.2
4. Haren • LAA 4.2
5. Robertson • NYY 4.1
6. Valverde • DET 4.1
7. Sale • CHW 3.7
8. Romero • TOR 3.5
9. Beckett • BOS 3.3
10. Rivera • NYY 3.3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Verlander • DET 6.3
2. Weaver • LAA 4.4
3. Shields • TBR 3.5
4. Sabathia • NYY 3.2
5. Beckett • BOS 3.1
6. Haren • LAA 3.0
7. Fister • 2TM 2.7
8. Romero • TOR 2.5
9. Ogando • TEX 2.4
10. Price • TBR 2.2
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Verlander • DET 4.2
2. Weaver • LAA 3.8
3. Haren • LAA 3.3
4. Shields • TBR 3.2
5. Valverde • DET 3.1
6. Aceves • BOS 2.7
7. Sabathia • NYY 2.7
8. Wilson • TEX 2.2
9. Robertson • NYY 2.1
10. Masterson • CLE 2.0
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Verlander • DET 5.7
2. Weaver • LAA 5.5
3. Shields • TBR 4.5
4. Sabathia • NYY 3.6
5. Romero • TOR 3.5
6. Beckett • BOS 3.5
7. Hellickson • TBR 3.0
8. Haren • LAA 3.0
9. Robertson • NYY 2.8
10. Fister • 2TM 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