1917 American League Pitching Leaders

1916 Season 1918 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 622 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Eddie Cicotte	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	28	12	.700	1.53	1.97	49	35	11	29	7	4	346.2	246	76	59	2	70	150	3	2	1	1287	0.912	6.4	0.1	1.8	3.9	2.14
2	Babe Ruth*	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	24	13	.649	2.01	2.56	41	38	3	35	6	2	326.1	244	93	73	2	108	128	11	0	5	1277	1.079	6.7	0.1	3.0	3.5	1.19
3	Jim Bagby	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	23	13	.639	1.99	2.55	49	37	12	26	8	7	320.2	277	91	71	6	73	83	6	0	2	1258	1.091	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	1.14
4	Walter Johnson	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	23	16	.590	2.21	2.90	47	34	12	30	8	3	326.0	248	105	80	3	68	188	14	0	7	1255	0.969	6.8	0.1	1.9	5.2	2.76
5	Carl Mays	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	22	9	.710	1.74	2.52	35	33	2	27	2	0	289.0	230	81	56	1	74	91	14	0	6	1129	1.052	7.2	0.0	2.3	2.8	1.23
6	Stan Coveleski	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	19	14	.576	1.81	2.35	45	36	8	24	9	4	298.1	202	78	60	3	94	133	1	0	3	1137	0.992	6.1	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.41
7	Hooks Dauss	27	DET	Maj	DET	17	14	.548	2.43	3.49	37	31	5	22	6	2	270.2	243	105	73	3	87	102	7	1	4	1085	1.219	8.1	0.1	2.9	3.4	1.17
8	Dave Davenport	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	17	17	.500	3.08	4.39	47	39	5	20	2	2	280.2	273	137	96	5	105	100	8	1	11	1165	1.347	8.8	0.2	3.4	3.2	0.95
9	Lefty Williams*	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	17	8	.680	2.97	3.68	45	29	14	8	1	1	230.0	221	94	76	3	81	85	9	0	5	968	1.313	8.6	0.1	3.2	3.3	1.05
10	Bernie Boland	25	DET	Maj	DET	16	11	.593	2.68	3.37	43	28	13	13	3	6	238.0	192	89	71	0	95	89	6	0	0	952	1.206	7.3	0.0	3.6	3.4	0.94
11	Red Faber	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	16	13	.552	1.92	3.34	41	29	10	16	3	3	248.0	224	92	53	1	85	84	10	1	1	1001	1.246	8.1	0.0	3.1	3.0	0.99
12	Dutch Leonard*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	17	.485	2.17	2.69	37	36	1	26	4	1	294.1	257	88	71	4	72	144	5	0	7	1168	1.118	7.9	0.1	2.2	4.4	2.00
13	Reb Russell*	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	15	5	.750	1.95	2.90	35	24	8	11	5	3	189.1	170	61	41	1	32	54	1	0	1	728	1.067	8.1	0.0	1.5	2.6	1.69
14	Jim Shaw	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	15	14	.517	3.21	3.99	47	31	9	15	2	1	266.1	233	118	95	1	123	118	1	2	3	1087	1.337	7.9	0.0	4.2	4.0	0.96
15	Ed Klepfer	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	14	4	.778	2.37	3.55	41	27	9	9	0	1	213.0	208	84	56	0	55	66	0	0	5	843	1.235	8.8	0.0	2.3	2.8	1.20
16	Allen Sothoron	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	14	19	.424	2.83	4.39	48	32	14	17	3	4	276.2	259	135	87	2	96	85	9	0	5	1138	1.283	8.4	0.1	3.1	2.8	0.89
17	Ray Caldwell	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	13	16	.448	2.86	3.51	32	29	3	21	1	0	236.0	199	92	75	8	76	102	6	0	0	931	1.165	7.6	0.3	2.9	3.9	1.34
18	Bill James	30	DET	Maj	DET	13	10	.565	2.09	3.23	34	23	5	10	2	1	198.0	163	71	46	2	96	62	12	0	2	821	1.308	7.4	0.1	4.4	2.8	0.65
19	Bob Shawkey	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	13	15	.464	2.44	3.08	32	26	5	16	2	0	236.1	207	81	64	2	72	97	6	0	4	930	1.181	7.9	0.1	2.7	3.7	1.35
20	Ernie Shore	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	13	10	.565	2.22	3.02	29	27	2	14	1	1	226.2	201	76	56	1	55	57	12	1	4	903	1.129	8.0	0.0	2.2	2.3	1.04
21	Willie Mitchell*	27	DET	Maj	DET	12	8	.600	2.19	3.21	30	22	7	12	5	0	185.1	172	66	45	2	46	80	13	0	0	747	1.176	8.4	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.74
22	Doc Ayers	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	11	10	.524	2.17	2.90	40	15	21	12	3	1	207.2	192	67	50	3	59	78	8	0	4	816	1.209	8.3	0.1	2.6	3.4	1.32
23	Bullet Joe Bush	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	11	17	.393	2.47	3.90	37	31	4	17	4	2	233.1	207	101	64	3	111	121	1	0	7	972	1.363	8.0	0.1	4.3	4.7	1.09
24	Dave Danforth*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	11	6	.647	2.65	2.91	50	9	26	1	1	9	173.0	155	56	51	1	74	79	3	1	2	713	1.324	8.1	0.1	3.8	4.1	1.07
25	Harry Harper*	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	11	12	.478	3.01	4.27	31	31	0	10	4	0	179.1	145	85	60	1	106	99	5	0	10	741	1.400	7.3	0.1	5.3	5.0	0.93
26	Howard Ehmke	23	DET	Maj	DET	10	15	.400	2.97	3.67	35	25	10	13	4	2	206.0	174	84	68	3	88	90	5	0	4	808	1.272	7.6	0.1	3.8	3.9	1.02
27	Guy Morton	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	10	10	.500	2.74	4.14	35	18	11	6	1	2	161.0	158	74	49	3	59	62	2	0	3	654	1.348	8.8	0.2	3.3	3.5	1.05
28	Win Noyes	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	10	10	.500	2.95	3.89	27	22	4	11	1	1	171.0	156	74	56	5	77	64	4	0	1	686	1.363	8.2	0.3	4.1	3.4	0.83
29	Bert Gallia	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	9	13	.409	2.99	3.99	42	23	15	9	1	1	207.2	191	92	69	1	93	84	4	0	9	836	1.368	8.3	0.0	4.0	3.6	0.90
30	Jing Johnson	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	9	12	.429	2.78	3.58	34	23	9	13	0	0	191.0	184	76	59	3	56	55	5	0	0	768	1.257	8.7	0.1	2.6	2.6	0.98
31	George Mogridge*	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	9	11	.450	2.98	3.76	29	25	4	15	1	0	196.1	185	82	65	5	39	46	9	0	2	773	1.141	8.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	1.18
32	Elmer Myers	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	9	16	.360	4.42	5.44	38	23	13	13	2	3	201.2	221	122	99	2	79	88	5	0	10	865	1.488	9.9	0.1	3.5	3.9	1.11
33	Fritz Coumbe*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	8	6	.571	2.14	3.62	34	10	15	4	1	5	134.1	119	54	32	0	35	30	3	1	2	512	1.146	8.0	0.0	2.3	2.0	0.86
34	Ray Fisher	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	8	9	.471	2.19	3.06	23	18	3	12	3	0	144.0	126	49	35	3	43	64	2	1	0	563	1.174	7.9	0.2	2.7	4.0	1.49
35	Rube Foster	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	8	7	.533	2.53	3.10	17	16	1	9	1	0	124.2	108	43	35	0	53	34	4	0	5	502	1.291	7.8	0.0	3.8	2.5	0.64
36	Bob Groom	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	19	.296	2.94	3.09	38	28	6	11	4	3	232.2	193	80	76	3	95	82	5	0	2	929	1.238	7.5	0.1	3.7	3.2	0.86
37	Urban Shocker	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	8	5	.615	2.61	3.66	26	13	6	7	0	1	145.0	124	59	42	5	46	68	0	1	4	561	1.172	7.7	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
38	Joe Benz	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	7	3	.700	2.47	3.42	19	13	3	7	2	0	94.2	76	36	26	1	23	25	2	0	2	371	1.046	7.2	0.1	2.2	2.4	1.09
39	Otis Lambeth	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	7	6	.538	3.14	4.44	26	10	6	2	0	2	97.1	97	48	34	2	30	27	11	0	4	395	1.305	9.0	0.2	2.8	2.5	0.90
40	Allen Russell	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	7	8	.467	2.24	3.62	25	10	10	6	0	2	104.1	89	42	26	2	39	55	7	0	2	423	1.227	7.7	0.2	3.4	4.7	1.41
41	Rube Schauer	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	7	16	.304	3.14	4.86	33	21	10	10	0	1	215.0	209	116	75	6	69	62	3	1	4	868	1.293	8.7	0.3	2.9	2.6	0.90
42	Ernie Koob*	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	6	14	.300	3.91	5.45	39	18	10	3	1	1	133.2	139	81	58	1	57	47	6	0	5	559	1.466	9.4	0.1	3.8	3.2	0.82
43	Slim Love*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	6	5	.545	2.35	3.45	33	9	18	2	0	1	130.1	115	50	34	0	57	82	1	0	1	516	1.320	7.9	0.0	3.9	5.7	1.44
44	Jim Scott	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	7	.462	1.87	2.66	24	17	4	6	2	1	125.0	126	37	26	0	42	37	6	0	0	511	1.344	9.1	0.0	3.0	2.7	0.88
45	Nick Cullop*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	9	.357	3.32	4.31	30	18	8	5	2	1	146.1	161	70	54	2	31	27	2	0	4	557	1.312	9.9	0.1	1.9	1.7	0.87
46	George Dumont	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	5	14	.263	2.55	3.34	37	23	8	8	2	2	204.2	171	76	58	3	76	65	6	1	7	836	1.207	7.5	0.1	3.3	2.9	0.86
47	Herb Pennock*	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	5	.500	3.31	4.38	24	5	13	4	1	1	100.2	90	49	37	2	23	35	3	0	0	397	1.123	8.0	0.2	2.1	3.1	1.52
48	Eddie Plank*	41	SLA	Maj	SLB	5	6	.455	1.79	2.68	20	14	4	8	1	1	131.0	105	39	26	2	38	26	2	0	1	506	1.092	7.2	0.1	2.6	1.8	0.68
49	Harry Coveleski*	31	DET	Maj	DET	4	6	.400	2.61	5.09	16	11	1	2	0	0	69.0	70	39	20	0	14	15	2	0	1	280	1.217	9.1	0.0	1.8	2.0	1.07
50	Al Gould	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	3.64	4.21	27	7	12	1	0	0	94.0	95	44	38	1	52	24	3	0	0	393	1.564	9.1	0.1	5.0	2.3	0.46
51	Carroll Jones	23	DET	Maj	DET	4	4	.500	2.92	3.97	24	6	9	2	0	0	77.0	69	34	25	0	26	28	6	0	3	302	1.234	8.1	0.0	3.0	3.3	1.08
52	Socks Seibold	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	4	16	.200	3.94	4.84	33	15	14	9	1	1	160.0	141	86	70	1	85	55	3	1	5	668	1.413	7.9	0.1	4.8	3.1	0.65
53	Tom Rogers	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	3	6	.333	3.89	4.80	24	8	12	3	0	0	108.2	112	58	47	2	44	27	3	0	1	452	1.436	9.3	0.2	3.6	2.2	0.61
54	Lore Bader	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	2	0	1.000	2.35	3.52	15	1	12	0	0	1	38.1	48	15	10	1	18	14	1	0	1	176	1.722	11.3	0.2	4.2	3.3	0.78
55	George Cunningham	22	DET	Maj	DET	2	7	.222	2.91	4.66	44	8	25	4	0	4	139.0	113	72	45	2	51	49	4	0	4	553	1.180	7.3	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96
56	Cy Falkenberg	37	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	6	.250	3.35	5.91	15	8	4	4	0	0	80.2	86	53	30	1	26	35	0	0	6	320	1.388	9.6	0.1	2.9	3.9	1.35
57	Grover Lowdermilk	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	1	.667	1.42	2.37	3	2	1	2	1	0	19.0	16	5	3	0	4	9	0	0	0	75	1.053	7.6	0.0	1.9	4.3	2.25
58	Rollie Naylor	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	2	.500	1.64	2.73	5	5	0	3	0	0	33.0	30	10	6	1	11	11	1	0	0	125	1.242	8.2	0.3	3.0	3.0	1.00
59	Red Torkelson	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	1	.667	7.66	10.07	4	3	1	0	0	0	22.1	33	25	19	1	13	10	2	0	0	114	2.060	13.3	0.4	5.2	4.0	0.77
60	Joe Boehling*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	6	.143	4.66	5.24	12	7	3	1	0	0	46.1	50	27	24	1	16	11	3	1	1	191	1.424	9.7	0.2	3.1	2.1	0.69
61	Neal Brady	20	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	5	4	0	0	0	37	1.222	6.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	0.80
62	Dave Keefe	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	1.80	7.20	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	22	1.800	9.0	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25
63	Ed Monroe	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	3.45	4.71	9	1	8	1	0	1	28.2	35	15	11	1	6	12	2	0	1	121	1.430	11.0	0.3	1.9	3.8	2.00
64	Jim Park	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	1	.500	6.64	8.85	13	0	7	0	0	0	20.1	27	20	15	1	12	9	0	0	1	93	1.918	12.0	0.4	5.3	4.0	0.75
65	Carl Weilman*	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	2	.333	1.89	4.26	5	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	19	9	4	1	6	9	0	0	0	77	1.316	9.0	0.5	2.8	4.3	1.50
66	Walter Anderson*	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		3.03	3.72	14	2	10	0	0	0	38.2	32	16	13	0	21	10	1	0	1	152	1.371	7.4	0.0	4.9	2.3	0.48
67	Eddie Bacon?	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		6.00	10.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	7	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	28	2.000	7.5	0.0	10.5	0.0	0.00
68	Johnny Couch	26	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		2.70	4.05	3	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	52	1.050	8.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.00
69	Molly Craft	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		3.86	6.43	8	0	6	0	0	1	14.0	17	10	6	0	8	2	0	0	2	62	1.786	10.9	0.0	5.1	1.3	0.25
70	George Dickerson	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Jack Enright	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	5.40	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	20	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
72	Earl Hamilton*	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	9	.000	3.14	4.99	27	8	9	2	0	1	83.0	86	46	29	1	41	19	2	0	3	357	1.530	9.3	0.1	4.4	2.1	0.46
73	Cliff Hill*	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		6.75	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	2.250	16.9	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
74	Charlie Jamieson*	24	WS1,PHA	Maj	WSH-PHA	0	0		38.57	38.57	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	10	10	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	18	5.143	38.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
75	Ellis Johnson	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	2	.000	7.24	7.90	4	2	2	0	0	0	13.2	15	12	11	0	5	8	0	0	2	56	1.463	9.9	0.0	3.3	5.3	1.60
76	Sad Sam Jones	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	4.41	4.96	9	1	7	0	0	1	16.1	15	9	8	1	6	5	0	0	1	64	1.286	8.3	0.6	3.3	2.8	0.83
77	Speed Martin	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	2	.000	5.74	7.47	9	2	5	0	0	0	15.2	20	13	10	0	5	5	0	0	2	64	1.596	11.5	0.0	2.9	2.9	1.00
78	Tim McCabe	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		23.14	23.14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	6	6	1	4	2	0	0	0	14	3.429	15.4	3.9	15.4	7.7	0.50
79	Bob McGraw	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	0.82	4.09	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	9	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	2	38	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
80	Vince Molyneaux	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		4.91	6.14	7	0	2	0	0	0	22.0	18	15	12	0	20	4	0	0	3	96	1.727	7.4	0.0	8.2	1.6	0.20
81	Jack Nabors	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	11	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
82	Rube Parnham	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	4.09	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	5	1	9	4	0	0	0	47	1.909	9.8	0.8	7.4	3.3	0.44
83	Kewpie Pennington	20	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Bill Piercy	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	3.00	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	37	1.222	9.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
85	Walt Smallwood	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
86	Pop-boy Smith	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	8.31	11.42	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	14	11	8	0	4	3	1	0	0	43	2.077	14.5	0.0	4.2	3.1	0.75
87	Herb Thormahlen*	20	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	2.25	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	3	2	0	4	5	1	0	0	37	1.625	10.1	0.0	4.5	5.6	1.25
88	Doc Waldbauer	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		7.20	7.20	2	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	10	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	23	2.400	18.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
89	Mellie Wolfgang	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		5.09	5.09	5	0	2	0	0	0	17.2	18	10	10	1	6	3	1	0	0	66	1.358	9.2	0.5	3.1	1.5	0.50
90	Smoky Joe Wood	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	3.45	4.02	5	1	3	0	0	1	15.2	17	7	6	0	7	2	0	0	0	62	1.532	9.8	0.0	4.0	1.1	0.29
91	Rasty Wright	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	5.45	7.03	16	1	11	0	0	0	39.2	48	31	24	0	10	5	1	0	1	171	1.462	10.9	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
92	Weldon Wyckoff	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		1.80	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	23	1.600	7.2	0.0	7.2	1.8	0.25