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1915 American League Pitching Leaders

1914 Season 1916 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 621 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	Walter Johnson	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	27	13	.675	1.55	2.22	47	39	8	35	7	4	336.2	258	83	58	1	56	203	19	0	7	1280	0.933	6.9	0.0	1.5	5.4	3.63
2	Hooks Dauss	25	DET	Maj	DET	24	13	.649	2.50	3.34	46	35	9	27	1	2	309.2	261	115	86	1	115	132	11	0	8	1238	1.214	7.6	0.0	3.3	3.8	1.15
3	Red Faber	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	24	14	.632	2.55	3.54	50	32	14	21	2	2	299.2	264	118	85	3	99	182	11	0	4	1212	1.211	7.9	0.1	3.0	5.5	1.84
4	Jim Scott	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	24	11	.686	2.03	2.98	48	35	8	23	7	2	296.1	256	98	67	3	78	120	5	2	4	1160	1.127	7.8	0.1	2.4	3.6	1.54
5	Harry Coveleski*	29	DET	Maj	DET	22	13	.629	2.45	3.54	50	38	9	20	1	4	312.2	271	123	85	2	87	150	20	0	5	1269	1.145	7.8	0.1	2.5	4.3	1.72
6	Ray Caldwell	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	19	16	.543	2.89	3.39	36	35	1	31	3	0	305.0	266	115	98	6	107	130	5	0	4	1201	1.223	7.8	0.2	3.2	3.8	1.22
7	Rube Foster	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	19	8	.704	2.11	2.93	37	33	2	21	5	1	255.1	217	83	60	3	86	82	10	1	5	1010	1.187	7.6	0.1	3.0	2.9	0.95
8	Ernie Shore	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	19	8	.704	1.64	2.73	38	32	3	17	4	0	247.0	207	75	45	3	66	102	4	1	4	978	1.105	7.5	0.1	2.4	3.7	1.55
9	Ray Fisher	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	18	11	.621	2.11	2.98	30	28	2	20	4	0	247.2	219	82	58	7	62	97	5	0	2	968	1.135	8.0	0.3	2.3	3.5	1.56
10	Babe Ruth*	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	18	8	.692	2.44	3.31	32	28	3	16	1	0	217.2	166	80	59	3	85	112	6	1	9	874	1.153	6.9	0.1	3.5	4.6	1.32
11	Carl Weilman*	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	18	19	.486	2.34	3.35	47	31	15	19	3	4	295.2	240	110	77	6	83	125	3	2	4	1135	1.092	7.3	0.2	2.5	3.8	1.51
12	Jean Dubuc	26	DET	Maj	DET	17	12	.586	3.21	4.05	39	33	5	22	5	2	258.0	231	116	92	5	88	74	10	0	11	1040	1.236	8.1	0.2	3.1	2.6	0.84
13	Bert Gallia	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	17	11	.607	2.29	3.12	43	29	8	14	3	1	259.2	220	90	66	2	64	130	4	0	6	1008	1.094	7.6	0.1	2.2	4.5	2.03
14	Guy Morton	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	16	15	.516	2.14	2.81	34	27	6	15	6	1	240.0	189	75	57	5	60	134	2	2	6	938	1.038	7.1	0.2	2.3	5.0	2.23
15	Joe Benz	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	15	11	.577	2.11	2.95	39	28	6	17	2	0	238.1	209	78	56	4	43	81	3	2	4	925	1.057	7.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	1.88
16	Dutch Leonard*	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	15	7	.682	2.36	2.80	32	21	7	10	2	0	183.1	130	57	48	3	67	116	14	1	2	705	1.075	6.4	0.1	3.3	5.7	1.73
17	Smoky Joe Wood	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	15	5	.750	1.49	1.83	25	16	8	10	3	2	157.1	120	32	26	1	44	63	1	0	3	600	1.042	6.9	0.1	2.5	3.6	1.43
18	Doc Ayers	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	14	9	.609	2.21	2.81	40	16	18	8	2	3	211.1	178	66	52	1	38	96	7	0	0	807	1.022	7.6	0.0	1.6	4.1	2.53
19	Joe Boehling*	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	14	13	.519	3.22	4.12	40	32	7	14	2	0	229.1	217	105	82	5	119	108	9	6	6	979	1.465	8.5	0.2	4.7	4.2	0.91
20	Bernie Boland	23	DET	Maj	DET	13	7	.650	3.11	3.82	45	18	16	8	1	3	202.2	167	86	70	2	75	72	6	0	3	808	1.194	7.4	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96
21	Eddie Cicotte	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	13	12	.520	3.02	3.59	39	26	6	15	1	3	223.1	216	89	75	2	48	106	6	2	4	881	1.182	8.7	0.1	1.9	4.3	2.21
22	Bill James	28	SLA,DET	Maj	SLB-DET	13	13	.500	3.26	4.36	45	31	6	11	1	1	237.1	212	115	86	3	125	82	7	0	6	976	1.420	8.0	0.1	4.7	3.1	0.66
23	Grover Lowdermilk	30	SLA,DET	Maj	SLB-DET	13	18	.419	3.24	4.53	45	34	8	14	1	0	250.1	200	126	90	1	157	148	17	0	8	1048	1.426	7.2	0.0	5.6	5.3	0.94
24	Willie Mitchell*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	11	14	.440	2.82	3.93	36	30	4	12	1	1	236.0	210	103	74	1	84	149	2	1	5	958	1.246	8.0	0.0	3.2	5.7	1.77
25	Reb Russell*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	11	10	.524	2.59	3.53	41	25	15	10	3	2	229.1	215	90	66	0	47	90	6	0	2	918	1.142	8.4	0.0	1.8	3.5	1.91
26	Bob Shawkey	24	PHA,NYA	Maj	PHA-NYY	10	13	.435	3.68	4.61	33	22	10	12	2	0	185.2	181	95	76	5	73	87	3	0	3	741	1.368	8.8	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.19
27	Weldon Wyckoff	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	10	22	.313	3.52	4.53	43	34	7	20	1	0	276.0	238	139	108	1	165	157	5	1	14	1137	1.460	7.8	0.0	5.4	5.1	0.95
28	Earl Hamilton*	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	9	17	.346	2.87	4.32	35	28	4	13	1	0	204.0	203	98	65	4	69	63	12	0	4	821	1.333	9.0	0.2	3.0	2.8	0.91
29	Jack Warhop	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	7	9	.438	3.96	4.65	21	19	2	12	0	0	143.1	164	74	63	7	52	34	12	0	1	594	1.507	10.3	0.4	3.3	2.1	0.65
30	Rip Hagerman	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	6	14	.300	3.52	5.07	29	22	4	7	0	0	151.0	156	85	59	4	77	69	6	2	5	646	1.543	9.3	0.2	4.6	4.1	0.90
31	Carl Mays	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	6	5	.545	2.60	3.69	38	6	27	2	0	7	131.2	119	54	38	0	21	65	5	0	3	514	1.063	8.1	0.0	1.4	4.4	3.10
32	Jim Shaw	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	6	11	.353	2.50	3.38	25	18	5	7	1	1	133.0	102	50	37	2	76	78	2	1	6	541	1.338	6.9	0.1	5.1	5.3	1.03
33	Bill Steen	27	DET,CLE	Maj	DET-CLE	6	5	.545	3.54	4.69	30	14	7	5	0	4	124.2	134	65	49	1	37	50	3	0	4	525	1.372	9.7	0.1	2.7	3.6	1.35
34	Bullet Joe Bush	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	5	15	.250	4.14	5.31	25	18	5	8	0	0	145.2	137	86	67	3	89	89	4	0	10	613	1.551	8.5	0.2	5.5	5.5	1.00
35	Rube Bressler*	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	4	17	.190	5.20	6.71	32	20	8	7	1	0	178.1	183	133	103	3	118	69	7	0	7	771	1.688	9.2	0.2	6.0	3.5	0.58
36	Pug Cavet*	25	DET	Maj	DET	4	2	.667	4.06	4.94	17	7	5	2	0	1	71.0	83	39	32	2	22	26	2	1	2	301	1.479	10.5	0.3	2.8	3.3	1.18
37	Ray Collins*	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	4	7	.364	4.30	5.33	25	9	12	2	0	2	104.2	101	62	50	1	31	43	1	0	1	419	1.261	8.7	0.1	2.7	3.7	1.39
38	Fritz Coumbe*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	7	.364	3.47	4.97	30	12	14	4	1	2	114.0	123	63	44	1	37	37	3	0	4	459	1.404	9.7	0.1	2.9	2.9	1.00
39	Vean Gregg*	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	4	2	.667	3.36	4.44	18	9	7	3	1	3	75.0	71	37	28	2	32	43	5	1	2	310	1.373	8.5	0.2	3.8	5.2	1.34
40	Harry Harper*	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	4	4	.500	1.77	2.71	19	10	6	5	2	2	86.1	66	26	17	1	40	54	1	0	5	338	1.228	6.9	0.1	4.2	5.6	1.35
41	Sad Sam Jones	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	9	.308	3.65	4.82	48	9	25	2	0	4	145.2	131	78	59	0	63	42	1	0	3	583	1.332	8.1	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67
42	Tom Knowlson	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	4	6	.400	3.49	4.74	18	9	7	8	0	0	100.2	99	53	39	1	60	24	6	1	4	428	1.579	8.9	0.1	5.4	2.1	0.40
43	Ernie Koob*	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	4	5	.444	2.36	3.37	28	13	9	6	0	1	133.2	119	50	35	2	50	37	10	0	6	528	1.264	8.0	0.1	3.4	2.5	0.74
44	Cy Pieh	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	4	5	.444	2.87	3.83	21	8	9	3	2	0	94.0	78	40	30	2	39	46	5	0	0	377	1.245	7.5	0.2	3.7	4.4	1.18
45	Tom Sheehan	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	4	9	.308	4.15	6.44	15	13	1	8	1	0	102.0	131	73	47	1	38	22	1	0	2	430	1.657	11.6	0.1	3.4	1.9	0.58
46	George Sisler*	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	4	4	.500	2.83	3.34	15	8	3	6	0	0	70.0	62	26	22	0	38	41	4	1	1	293	1.429	8.0	0.0	4.9	5.3	1.08
47	Roy Walker	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	9	.308	3.98	5.02	25	15	6	4	0	1	131.0	122	73	58	1	65	57	7	1	6	539	1.427	8.4	0.1	4.5	3.9	0.88
48	Carroll Brown	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	3	6	.333	4.10	4.56	19	11	5	5	0	0	96.2	95	49	44	4	47	34	5	0	1	397	1.469	8.8	0.4	4.4	3.2	0.72
49	Oscar Harstad	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	3	5	.375	3.40	4.94	32	7	15	4	0	1	82.0	81	45	31	1	35	35	1	0	1	336	1.415	8.9	0.1	3.8	3.8	1.00
50	Ray Keating	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	3	6	.333	3.63	4.65	11	10	1	8	1	0	79.1	66	41	32	3	45	37	3	0	4	338	1.399	7.5	0.3	5.1	4.2	0.82
51	Tim McCabe	20	SLA	Maj	SLB	3	1	.750	1.30	2.38	7	4	2	4	1	0	41.2	25	11	6	1	9	17	1	0	1	151	0.816	5.4	0.2	1.9	3.7	1.89
52	Marty McHale	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	3	7	.300	4.25	5.17	13	11	1	6	0	0	78.1	86	45	37	1	19	25	0	0	0	330	1.340	9.9	0.1	2.2	2.9	1.32
53	Red Oldham*	21	DET	Maj	DET	3	0	1.000	2.81	3.43	17	2	10	1	0	4	57.2	52	22	18	1	17	17	4	1	1	235	1.197	8.1	0.2	2.7	2.7	1.00
54	Herb Pennock*	21	PHA,BOS	Maj	PHA-BOS	3	6	.333	6.36	7.76	16	9	5	3	1	1	58.0	69	50	41	2	39	31	2	0	2	273	1.862	10.7	0.3	6.1	4.8	0.79
55	Ed Walsh	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	3	0	1.000	1.33	1.33	3	3	0	3	1	0	27.0	19	4	4	0	7	12	0	0	0	101	0.963	6.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	1.71
56	Lynn Brenton	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	3	.400	3.35	5.47	11	5	4	1	1	0	51.0	60	31	19	1	20	18	2	0	0	217	1.569	10.6	0.2	3.5	3.2	0.90
57	King Cole	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	3.18	4.76	10	6	4	2	0	1	51.0	41	27	18	2	22	19	3	0	2	208	1.235	7.2	0.4	3.9	3.4	0.86
58	Allan Collamore	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	5	.286	2.38	3.08	11	6	4	5	2	0	64.1	52	22	17	1	22	15	0	0	2	243	1.150	7.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	0.68
59	Cap Crowell	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	6	.250	5.47	8.78	10	8	1	4	0	0	54.1	56	53	33	1	47	15	5	0	4	244	1.896	9.3	0.2	7.8	2.5	0.32
60	George Dumont	19	WS1	Maj	WSH	2	1	.667	2.03	3.83	6	4	1	3	2	0	40.0	23	17	9	0	12	18	2	0	1	150	0.875	5.2	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
61	Clarence Garrett	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	2.31	5.01	4	4	0	2	0	0	23.1	19	13	6	1	6	5	1	0	1	92	1.071	7.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	0.83
62	Red Hoff*	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	2	.500	1.24	3.30	11	3	8	2	0	0	43.2	26	16	6	0	24	23	1	0	3	179	1.145	5.4	0.0	4.9	4.7	0.96
63	Ed Klepfer	27	CHA,CLE	Maj	CLE-CHW	2	6	.250	2.26	4.69	11	9	2	3	0	0	55.2	58	29	14	0	16	16	0	0	1	229	1.329	9.4	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00
64	Cliff Markle	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	0.39	1.17	3	2	1	2	0	0	23.0	15	3	1	1	6	12	0	0	1	87	0.913	5.9	0.4	2.3	4.7	2.00
65	George Mogridge*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	3	.400	1.76	2.41	6	5	1	3	1	0	41.0	33	11	8	0	11	11	3	0	0	165	1.073	7.2	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.00
66	Bill Morrisette	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	0	1.000	1.35	2.70	4	1	3	1	0	0	20.0	15	6	3	0	5	11	0	0	1	82	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	5.0	2.20
67	Jim Park	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	0	1.000	1.19	3.18	3	3	0	1	0	0	22.2	18	8	3	1	9	5	0	0	0	93	1.191	7.1	0.4	3.6	2.0	0.56
68	Parson Perryman	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	4	.333	3.93	4.83	24	3	9	0	0	0	50.1	52	27	22	2	16	19	1	0	0	202	1.351	9.3	0.4	2.9	3.4	1.19
69	Mellie Wolfgang	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	1.84	3.02	17	2	12	0	0	0	53.2	39	18	11	0	12	21	1	0	0	198	0.950	6.5	0.0	2.0	3.5	1.75
70	George Boehler	22	DET	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	1.80	6.00	8	0	6	0	0	0	15.0	19	10	3	0	4	7	1	0	0	63	1.533	11.4	0.0	2.4	4.2	1.75
71	Paul Carter	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	1	.500	3.21	4.71	11	2	7	2	0	0	42.0	44	22	15	1	18	14	0	0	1	180	1.476	9.4	0.2	3.9	3.0	0.78
72	Ralph Comstock	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	1	0	1.000	2.00	3.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	10	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	36	1.333	10.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.50
73	Chick Davies*	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	3	.250	8.87	10.03	5	3	2	1	0	0	23.1	32	26	23	1	19	8	1	0	4	114	2.186	12.3	0.4	7.3	3.1	0.42
74	Walt Leverenz*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	2	.333	8.00	9.00	5	1	4	0	0	0	9.0	11	9	8	0	8	3	1	0	2	42	2.111	11.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	0.38
75	Elmer Myers	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	32	0.778	2.0	0.0	5.0	12.0	2.40
76	Tom Phillips	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	3	.250	2.96	4.28	5	4	0	1	0	0	27.1	28	13	9	0	12	5	2	0	3	113	1.463	9.2	0.0	4.0	1.6	0.42
77	Sam Rice	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	2.00	4.00	4	2	1	1	0	0	18.0	13	8	4	0	9	9	0	0	0	70	1.222	6.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
78	Allen Russell	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	2	.333	2.67	3.33	5	3	2	1	0	0	27.0	21	10	8	1	21	21	1	0	1	114	1.556	7.0	0.3	7.0	7.0	1.00
79	Joe Sherman	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	2.40	2.40	2	1	1	1	0	0	15.0	15	4	4	0	1	5	2	0	0	61	1.067	9.0	0.0	0.6	3.0	5.00
80	Pete Sims	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	0	1.000	4.32	4.32	3	2	1	0	0	0	8.1	6	4	4	0	6	4	0	0	1	34	1.440	6.5	0.0	6.5	4.3	0.67
81	Johnny Tillman	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	0	1.000	0.90	1.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	2	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	38	1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
82	Dan Tipple	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	0.95	2.84	3	2	1	2	0	0	19.0	14	6	2	1	11	14	0	0	2	80	1.316	6.6	0.5	5.2	6.6	1.27
83	Nick Altrock*	38	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		9.00	12.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	7	4	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	2.667	21.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
84	Walter Ancker	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		3.57	5.09	4	1	3	0	0	0	17.2	19	10	7	1	17	4	3	0	2	88	2.038	9.7	0.5	8.7	2.0	0.24
85	George Baumgardner	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	2	.000	4.43	6.04	7	1	4	1	0	0	22.1	29	15	11	0	11	6	0	0	0	92	1.791	11.7	0.0	4.4	2.4	0.55
86	Jack Bentley*	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	2	.000	0.79	3.18	4	2	2	0	0	0	11.1	8	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	43	0.971	6.4	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.00
87	Abe Bowman	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	20.25	27.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	3.000	6.8	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
88	Neal Brady	18	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		3.12	3.12	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	9	3	3	0	7	6	0	0	0	39	1.846	9.3	0.0	7.3	6.2	0.86
89	Bob Cone	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		40.50	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7.500	67.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Rollin Cook	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		7.24	9.22	5	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	16	14	11	0	9	7	1	0	1	68	1.829	10.5	0.0	5.9	4.6	0.78
91	Guy Cooper	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
92	Ensign Cottrell*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	3.38	5.06	7	0	6	0	0	0	21.1	29	12	8	2	7	7	1	0	0	96	1.688	12.2	0.8	3.0	3.0	1.00
93	Bud Davis	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	3.38	6.60	17	1	15	1	0	0	58.2	53	43	22	0	52	12	6	0	5	261	1.790	8.1	0.0	8.0	1.8	0.23
94	Dixie Davis	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	11	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
95	Bill Donovan	38	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	3	.000	4.81	4.81	9	1	7	0	0	0	33.2	35	18	18	1	10	17	1	0	0	137	1.337	9.4	0.3	2.7	4.5	1.70
96	Carl East	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		16.20	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	17	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	2.7	0.50
97	Harry Eccles*	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	4.71	6.86	5	1	4	0	0	1	21.0	18	16	11	2	6	13	0	0	1	81	1.143	7.7	0.9	2.6	5.6	2.17
98	Joe Engel*	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	3	.000	3.21	4.01	11	3	2	0	0	0	33.2	30	15	12	0	19	9	3	0	4	137	1.455	8.0	0.0	5.1	2.4	0.47
99	Dana Fillingim	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	5	.000	3.43	5.72	8	4	4	1	0	0	39.1	42	25	15	0	32	17	1	0	2	167	1.881	9.6	0.0	7.3	3.9	0.53
100	Bruno Haas*	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	11.93	16.95	6	2	1	1	0	0	14.1	23	27	19	0	28	7	0	0	6	85	3.558	14.4	0.0	17.6	4.4	0.25