1916 American League Pitching Leaders

1915 Season 1917 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 625 games, 8 teams, approx. 156 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	Walter Johnson	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	25	20	.556	1.90	2.56	48	38	10	36	3	1	369.2	290	105	78	0	82	228	9	0	9	1410	1.006	7.1	0.0	2.0	5.6	2.78
2	Bob Shawkey	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	24	14	.632	2.21	2.54	53	27	24	21	4	8	276.2	204	78	68	4	81	122	6	0	2	1064	1.030	6.6	0.1	2.6	4.0	1.51
3	Babe Ruth*	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	23	12	.657	1.75	2.31	44	40	3	23	9	1	323.2	230	83	63	0	118	170	8	1	3	1272	1.075	6.4	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.44
4	Harry Coveleski*	30	DET	Maj	DET	21	11	.656	1.97	2.91	44	39	4	22	3	2	324.1	278	105	71	6	63	108	11	1	5	1248	1.051	7.7	0.2	1.7	3.0	1.71
5	Hooks Dauss	26	DET	Maj	DET	19	12	.613	3.21	3.85	39	29	9	18	1	4	238.2	220	102	85	2	90	95	16	1	8	961	1.299	8.3	0.1	3.4	3.6	1.06
6	Dutch Leonard*	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	18	12	.600	2.36	2.86	48	35	13	17	6	6	274.0	244	87	72	6	66	144	8	0	8	1060	1.131	8.0	0.2	2.2	4.7	2.18
7	Carl Mays	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	18	13	.581	2.39	2.90	44	24	13	14	2	3	245.0	208	79	65	3	74	76	9	1	2	972	1.151	7.6	0.1	2.7	2.8	1.03
8	Reb Russell*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	18	11	.621	2.42	3.00	56	25	16	16	5	3	264.1	207	88	71	1	42	112	1	0	5	983	0.942	7.0	0.0	1.4	3.8	2.67
9	Red Faber	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	17	9	.654	2.02	2.94	35	25	7	15	3	1	205.1	167	67	46	1	61	87	5	1	0	798	1.110	7.3	0.0	2.7	3.8	1.43
10	Bert Gallia	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	17	13	.567	2.76	3.46	49	31	15	13	1	2	283.2	278	109	87	3	99	120	8	0	8	1151	1.329	8.8	0.1	3.1	3.8	1.21
11	Carl Weilman*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	17	18	.486	2.15	2.93	46	31	13	19	1	2	276.0	237	90	66	3	76	91	8	1	3	1065	1.134	7.7	0.1	2.5	3.0	1.20
12	Jim Bagby	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	16	17	.485	2.61	3.60	48	27	19	14	3	5	272.2	253	109	79	2	67	88	8	0	7	1083	1.174	8.4	0.1	2.2	2.9	1.31
13	Eddie Plank*	40	SLA	Maj	SLB	16	15	.516	2.33	2.98	37	26	9	17	3	3	235.2	203	78	61	2	67	88	6	0	2	930	1.146	7.8	0.1	2.6	3.4	1.31
14	Ernie Shore	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	10	.615	2.63	3.31	38	28	8	10	3	1	225.2	221	83	66	1	49	62	4	0	3	907	1.196	8.8	0.0	2.0	2.5	1.27
15	Bullet Joe Bush	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	15	24	.385	2.57	3.42	40	33	6	25	8	0	286.2	222	109	82	3	130	157	3	0	15	1145	1.228	7.0	0.1	4.1	4.9	1.21
16	Eddie Cicotte	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	15	7	.682	1.78	2.70	44	19	15	11	2	5	187.0	138	56	37	1	70	91	1	0	2	705	1.112	6.6	0.0	3.4	4.4	1.30
17	Stan Coveleski	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	15	13	.536	3.41	3.88	45	27	12	11	1	3	232.0	247	100	88	6	58	76	1	1	3	946	1.315	9.6	0.2	2.3	2.9	1.31
18	Rube Foster	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	14	7	.667	3.06	3.60	33	19	13	9	3	2	182.1	173	73	62	0	86	53	4	0	5	748	1.420	8.5	0.0	4.2	2.6	0.62
19	Harry Harper*	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	14	10	.583	2.45	2.96	36	34	1	13	2	0	249.2	209	82	68	4	101	149	8	1	9	997	1.242	7.5	0.1	3.6	5.4	1.48
20	Elmer Myers	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	14	23	.378	3.66	4.83	44	35	8	31	2	1	315.0	280	169	128	7	168	182	14	0	13	1310	1.422	8.0	0.2	4.8	5.2	1.08
21	Nick Cullop*	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	13	6	.684	2.05	3.23	28	22	4	9	0	1	167.0	151	60	38	4	32	77	3	0	3	656	1.096	8.1	0.2	1.7	4.1	2.41
22	Bob Groom	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	13	9	.591	2.57	3.40	41	26	8	8	1	4	217.1	174	82	62	1	98	92	3	0	2	872	1.252	7.2	0.0	4.1	3.8	0.94
23	Lefty Williams*	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	13	7	.650	2.89	3.97	43	26	9	10	2	1	224.1	220	99	72	5	65	138	8	0	2	897	1.270	8.8	0.2	2.6	5.5	2.12
24	Dave Davenport	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	12	11	.522	2.85	3.47	59	31	18	13	1	2	290.2	267	112	92	4	100	129	8	0	5	1149	1.263	8.3	0.1	3.1	4.0	1.29
25	Guy Morton	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	12	6	.667	2.89	3.79	27	18	5	9	0	0	149.2	139	63	48	1	42	88	3	1	2	610	1.209	8.4	0.1	2.5	5.3	2.10
26	Joe Boehling*	25	WS1,CLE	Maj	WSH-CLE	11	15	.423	2.97	3.82	39	28	9	10	2	0	200.1	197	85	66	1	77	70	5	2	5	822	1.368	8.9	0.0	3.5	3.1	0.91
27	Ray Fisher	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	11	8	.579	3.17	4.07	31	21	7	9	1	2	179.0	191	81	63	4	51	56	4	0	1	726	1.352	9.6	0.2	2.6	2.8	1.10
28	Ernie Koob*	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	11	8	.579	2.54	2.92	33	20	7	10	2	2	166.2	153	54	47	1	56	26	6	2	1	670	1.254	8.3	0.1	3.0	1.4	0.46
29	Bernie Boland	24	DET	Maj	DET	10	3	.769	3.94	4.76	46	9	12	5	1	3	130.1	111	69	57	1	73	59	4	0	3	539	1.412	7.7	0.1	5.0	4.1	0.81
30	Jean Dubuc	27	DET	Maj	DET	10	10	.500	2.96	3.49	36	16	16	8	1	1	170.1	134	66	56	1	84	40	5	0	4	663	1.280	7.1	0.1	4.4	2.1	0.48
31	Joe Benz	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	9	5	.643	2.03	2.54	28	16	7	6	4	0	142.0	108	40	32	0	32	57	3	0	5	540	0.986	6.8	0.0	2.0	3.6	1.78
32	Willie Mitchell*	26	CLE,DET	Maj	DET-CLE	9	10	.474	3.78	4.62	35	23	11	8	2	1	171.1	174	88	72	2	67	84	5	0	5	720	1.407	9.1	0.1	3.5	4.4	1.25
33	Bill James	29	DET	Maj	DET	8	12	.400	3.68	4.51	30	20	4	8	0	1	151.2	141	76	62	1	79	61	11	1	6	642	1.451	8.4	0.1	4.7	3.6	0.77
34	Fritz Coumbe*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	7	5	.583	2.02	2.69	29	13	8	7	2	0	120.1	121	36	27	1	27	39	1	2	0	462	1.230	9.0	0.1	2.0	2.9	1.44
35	George Cunningham	21	DET	Maj	DET	7	10	.412	2.75	4.25	35	14	14	5	0	2	150.1	146	71	46	0	74	68	3	0	7	619	1.463	8.7	0.0	4.4	4.1	0.92
36	Jim Scott	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	7	14	.333	2.72	3.43	32	21	7	8	1	3	165.1	155	63	50	3	53	71	3	1	5	657	1.258	8.4	0.2	2.9	3.9	1.34
37	Dave Danforth*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	5	.545	3.27	4.13	28	8	12	1	0	2	93.2	87	43	34	1	37	49	3	3	1	376	1.324	8.4	0.1	3.6	4.7	1.32
38	Ed Klepfer	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	6	6	.500	2.52	3.27	31	13	12	4	1	2	143.0	136	52	40	0	46	62	4	1	4	569	1.273	8.6	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.35
39	George Mogridge*	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	6	12	.333	2.31	3.28	30	21	5	10	2	0	194.2	174	71	50	3	45	66	7	0	2	742	1.125	8.0	0.1	2.1	3.1	1.47
40	Allen Russell	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	6	10	.375	3.20	4.36	34	19	14	8	1	6	171.1	138	83	61	8	75	104	7	0	4	678	1.243	7.2	0.4	3.9	5.5	1.39
41	Doc Ayers	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	5	8	.385	3.78	5.10	43	17	15	7	0	2	157.0	173	89	66	4	52	69	4	1	2	662	1.433	9.9	0.2	3.0	4.0	1.33
42	Fred Beebe	36	CLE	Maj	CLE	5	3	.625	2.41	3.84	20	12	2	5	1	2	100.2	92	43	27	1	37	32	1	0	2	405	1.281	8.2	0.1	3.3	2.9	0.86
43	Ray Caldwell	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	12	.294	2.99	3.37	21	18	1	14	1	0	165.2	142	62	55	6	65	76	8	0	3	658	1.249	7.7	0.3	3.5	4.1	1.17
44	Al Gould	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	5	6	.455	2.53	3.12	30	9	15	6	1	1	106.2	101	37	30	0	40	41	3	0	1	438	1.322	8.5	0.0	3.4	3.5	1.03
45	Ray Keating	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	6	.455	3.07	4.15	14	11	0	6	0	0	91.0	91	42	31	4	37	35	2	0	1	373	1.407	9.0	0.4	3.7	3.5	0.95
46	Otis Lambeth	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	2.92	4.01	15	9	3	3	0	1	74.0	69	33	24	1	38	28	3	0	4	311	1.446	8.4	0.1	4.6	3.4	0.74
47	Cliff Markle	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	4	3	.571	4.53	5.12	11	7	1	3	1	0	45.2	41	26	23	0	31	14	4	1	3	195	1.577	8.1	0.0	6.1	2.8	0.45
48	Urban Shocker	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	4	3	.571	2.62	2.73	12	9	3	4	1	0	82.1	67	25	24	2	32	43	6	0	2	329	1.202	7.3	0.2	3.5	4.7	1.34
49	Mellie Wolfgang	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	4	6	.400	1.98	2.76	27	14	8	6	1	0	127.0	103	39	28	2	42	36	2	0	2	496	1.142	7.3	0.1	3.0	2.6	0.86
50	Howard Ehmke	22	DET	Maj	DET	3	1	.750	3.13	3.86	5	4	1	4	0	0	37.1	34	16	13	0	15	15	0	0	1	150	1.313	8.2	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
51	Jim Shaw	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	3	8	.273	2.62	3.05	26	9	13	5	2	1	106.1	86	36	31	1	50	44	2	0	4	431	1.279	7.3	0.1	4.2	3.7	0.88
52	George Dumont	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	2	3	.400	3.06	4.25	17	5	6	2	0	1	53.0	37	25	18	0	17	21	1	1	2	209	1.019	6.3	0.0	2.9	3.6	1.24
53	Vean Gregg*	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	2	5	.286	3.01	3.48	21	7	8	3	0	0	77.2	71	30	26	0	30	41	3	1	3	307	1.300	8.2	0.0	3.5	4.8	1.37
54	Jing Johnson	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	9	.182	3.74	4.91	12	12	0	8	0	0	84.1	90	46	35	3	39	25	0	1	2	351	1.530	9.6	0.3	4.2	2.7	0.64
55	Slim Love*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	4.91	5.48	20	1	11	0	0	0	47.2	46	29	26	2	23	21	0	0	1	191	1.448	8.7	0.4	4.3	4.0	0.91
56	Tim McCabe	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	0	1.000	3.16	7.01	13	0	5	0	0	0	25.2	29	20	9	0	7	7	2	0	1	112	1.403	10.2	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
57	Rube Parnham	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	1	.667	4.01	5.11	4	3	1	2	0	0	24.2	27	14	11	0	13	8	0	0	2	103	1.622	9.9	0.0	4.7	2.9	0.62
58	George Baumgardner	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	0	1.000	7.88	9.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	8.0	12	8	7	0	5	4	0	0	0	38	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	4.5	0.80
59	George Boehler	23	DET	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	4.73	5.40	5	2	2	1	0	0	13.1	12	8	7	0	9	8	2	0	1	57	1.575	8.1	0.0	6.1	5.4	0.89
60	Earl Hamilton*	24	SLA,DET	Maj	DET-SLB	1	2	.333	3.27	4.14	6	5	0	3	0	0	41.1	38	19	15	0	26	7	4	0	0	180	1.548	8.3	0.0	5.7	1.5	0.27
61	Grover Lowdermilk	31	CLE,DET	Maj	CLE-DET	1	5	.167	3.14	5.75	11	9	1	2	0	0	51.2	52	33	18	0	48	28	3	0	4	240	1.935	9.1	0.0	8.4	4.9	0.58
62	Jack Nabors	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	20	.048	3.47	4.66	40	30	8	11	0	1	212.2	206	110	82	2	95	74	3	0	4	871	1.415	8.7	0.1	4.0	3.1	0.78
63	Jim Park	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	4	.200	2.62	3.19	26	6	11	1	0	0	79.0	69	28	23	2	25	26	1	0	1	309	1.190	7.9	0.2	2.8	3.0	1.04
64	Ken Penner	20	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	1	.500	4.26	4.26	4	2	1	0	0	0	12.2	14	6	6	0	4	5	0	0	0	50	1.421	9.9	0.0	2.8	3.6	1.25
65	Socks Seibold	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	1	.500	4.15	4.98	3	2	0	1	1	0	21.2	22	12	10	0	9	5	0	0	1	90	1.431	9.1	0.0	3.7	2.1	0.56
66	Tom Sheehan	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	16	.059	3.69	5.31	38	17	15	8	0	0	188.0	197	111	77	2	94	54	2	0	7	783	1.548	9.4	0.1	4.5	2.6	0.57
67	George Sisler*	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	2	.333	1.00	1.33	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	18	4	3	0	6	12	1	0	0	98	0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
68	Pop-boy Smith	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	3.86	5.26	5	3	2	0	0	1	25.2	25	15	11	1	11	4	1	0	0	111	1.403	8.8	0.4	3.9	1.4	0.36
69	Claude Thomas*	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	2	.333	4.13	4.45	7	4	2	1	1	0	28.1	27	14	13	1	12	7	2	1	2	116	1.376	8.6	0.3	3.8	2.2	0.58
70	Jack Bentley*	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
71	Rube Bressler*	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	2	.000	6.60	6.60	4	2	2	0	0	0	15.0	16	11	11	0	14	8	2	0	1	70	2.000	9.6	0.0	8.4	4.8	0.57
72	Jess Buckles*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		2.25	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
73	Mike Cantwell*	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
74	Molly Craft	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	1	.000	3.27	4.09	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	12	5	4	0	6	9	0	0	3	44	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
75	Doc Crandall	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		27.00	60.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	7	9	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	6.000	47.3	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
76	Cap Crowell	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	5	.000	4.99	7.49	9	6	2	1	0	0	39.2	43	33	22	0	34	15	2	0	1	185	1.941	9.8	0.0	7.7	3.4	0.44
77	Shorty Des Jardien	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
78	Bill Donovan	39	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
79	Michael Driscoll	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	5.40	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00
80	Eric Erickson	24	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		2.81	3.38	8	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	13	6	5	0	8	7	1	0	0	68	1.313	7.3	0.0	4.5	3.9	0.88
81	Bill Fincher	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	2.14	4.71	12	1	6	0	0	0	21.0	22	11	5	0	7	5	0	0	1	85	1.381	9.4	0.0	3.0	2.1	0.71
82	Marv Goodwin	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		3.18	6.35	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	5	4	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	26	1.412	7.9	0.0	4.8	1.6	0.33
83	Red Gunkel	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		0.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
84	Rip Hagerman	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		12.27	14.73	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	5	6	5	1	2	1	2	0	2	19	1.909	12.3	2.5	4.9	2.5	0.50
85	George Hesselbacher	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	4	.000	7.27	11.42	6	4	2	2	0	0	26.0	37	33	21	3	22	6	0	0	2	128	2.269	12.8	1.0	7.6	2.1	0.27
86	Charlie Jamieson*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	17	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
87	Carroll Jones	22	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		2.57	3.86	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	31	1.714	9.0	0.0	6.4	2.6	0.40
88	Sad Sam Jones	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	3.67	4.67	12	0	11	0	0	1	27.0	25	14	11	0	10	7	0	0	1	102	1.296	8.3	0.0	3.3	2.3	0.70
89	Red Lanning*	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	3	.000	8.14	9.99	6	3	2	1	0	0	24.1	38	27	22	1	17	9	2	1	0	124	2.260	14.1	0.4	6.3	3.3	0.53
90	Axel Lindstrom	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	12	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	2.3
91	Marty McHale	29	BOS,CLE	Maj	CLE-BOS	0	1	.000	4.67	7.27	7	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	14	9	1	10	3	1	0	0	73	1.558	8.8	0.5	5.2	1.6	0.30
92	Bill McTigue*	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		5.06	10.13	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	6	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	23	1.875	8.4	0.0	8.4	1.7	0.20
93	Bill Morrisette	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	19	2.750	13.5	0.0	11.3	4.5	0.40
94	Herb Pennock*	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	3.04	3.71	9	2	6	0	0	1	26.2	23	11	9	0	8	12	1	0	1	103	1.163	7.8	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
95	Carl Ray*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	4.82	7.71	3	1	2	0	0	0	9.1	9	8	5	0	14	5	1	0	1	50	2.464	8.7	0.0	13.5	4.8	0.36
96	Sam Rice	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	1	.000	2.95	4.22	5	1	3	0	0	0	21.1	18	10	7	0	10	3	0	0	1	86	1.313	7.6	0.0	4.2	1.3	0.30
97	Jack Richardson	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		40.50	40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
98	Ed Walsh	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	2.70	8.10	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	3	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	17	2.100	10.8	0.0	8.1	8.1	1.00
99	Harry Weaver	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		10.13	11.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	14	10	9	0	5	2	0	0	0	38	2.375	15.8	0.0	5.6	2.3	0.40
100	Walt Whittaker	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	2.500	13.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00