1920 American League Pitching Leaders

1919 Season 1921 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 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	Jim Bagby	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	31	12	.721	2.89	3.23	48	38	9	30	3	0	339.2	338	122	109	9	79	73	5	0	6	1355	1.228	9.0	0.2	2.1	1.9	0.92
2	Carl Mays	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	26	11	.703	3.06	3.66	45	37	8	26	6	3	312.0	310	127	106	13	84	92	7	0	2	1268	1.263	8.9	0.4	2.4	2.7	1.10
3	Stan Coveleski	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	24	14	.632	2.49	3.14	41	38	3	26	3	2	315.0	284	110	87	6	65	133	4	0	1	1237	1.108	8.1	0.2	1.9	3.8	2.05
4	Red Faber	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	23	13	.639	2.99	3.84	40	39	1	28	2	1	319.0	332	136	106	8	88	108	4	0	4	1291	1.317	9.4	0.2	2.5	3.0	1.23
5	Lefty Williams*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	22	14	.611	3.91	4.36	39	38	1	25	0	0	299.0	302	145	130	15	90	128	12	1	4	1218	1.311	9.1	0.5	2.7	3.9	1.42
6	Eddie Cicotte	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	21	10	.677	3.26	3.80	37	35	2	28	4	2	303.1	316	128	110	6	74	87	2	0	3	1225	1.286	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.6	1.18
7	Dickey Kerr*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	21	9	.700	3.37	4.12	45	27	14	19	3	5	253.2	266	116	95	7	72	72	4	1	3	1033	1.332	9.4	0.2	2.6	2.6	1.00
8	Ray Caldwell	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	20	10	.667	3.86	5.11	34	33	0	20	1	0	237.2	286	135	102	9	63	80	4	0	1	1010	1.468	10.8	0.3	2.4	3.0	1.27
9	Bob Shawkey	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	20	13	.606	2.45	2.96	38	31	6	20	5	2	267.2	246	88	73	10	85	126	1	0	3	1079	1.237	8.3	0.3	2.9	4.2	1.48
10	Urban Shocker	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	20	10	.667	2.71	3.55	38	28	10	22	5	5	245.2	224	97	74	10	70	107	4	0	0	978	1.197	8.2	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.53
11	Dixie Davis	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	18	12	.600	3.17	3.91	38	31	4	22	0	0	269.1	250	117	95	10	149	85	7	0	1	1131	1.481	8.4	0.3	5.0	2.8	0.57
12	Jack Quinn	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	18	10	.643	3.20	3.91	41	32	9	17	2	3	253.1	271	110	90	8	48	101	2	0	5	1042	1.259	9.6	0.3	1.7	3.6	2.10
13	Herb Pennock*	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	13	.552	3.68	4.01	37	31	6	19	4	2	242.1	244	108	99	9	61	68	4	1	2	990	1.259	9.1	0.3	2.3	2.5	1.11
14	Bullet Joe Bush	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	15	15	.500	4.25	5.10	35	32	3	18	0	1	243.2	287	138	115	3	94	88	10	0	4	1061	1.564	10.6	0.1	3.5	3.3	0.94
15	Howard Ehmke	26	DET	Maj	DET	15	18	.455	3.25	4.43	38	33	5	23	2	4	268.1	250	132	97	8	124	98	13	2	0	1124	1.394	8.4	0.3	4.2	3.3	0.79
16	Tom Zachary*	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	15	16	.484	3.77	4.83	44	31	10	19	3	2	262.2	289	141	110	7	78	53	4	3	9	1095	1.397	9.9	0.2	2.7	1.8	0.68
17	Rip Collins	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	14	8	.636	3.22	3.99	36	18	12	10	2	1	187.1	171	83	67	6	79	66	14	1	9	784	1.335	8.2	0.3	3.8	3.2	0.84
18	Hooks Dauss	30	DET	Maj	DET	13	21	.382	3.56	5.26	38	32	6	18	0	0	270.1	308	158	107	11	84	82	8	0	3	1159	1.450	10.3	0.4	2.8	2.7	0.98
19	Sad Sam Jones	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	13	16	.448	3.94	4.70	37	33	4	21	3	0	274.0	302	143	120	9	79	86	4	2	6	1132	1.391	9.9	0.3	2.6	2.8	1.09
20	Eric Erickson	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	12	16	.429	3.84	5.34	39	27	7	12	0	1	239.1	231	142	102	13	128	87	11	0	3	1015	1.500	8.7	0.5	4.8	3.3	0.68
21	Elmer Myers	26	BOS,CLE	Maj	BOS-CLE	11	5	.688	3.25	4.38	28	17	4	11	1	1	168.2	183	82	61	2	47	50	6	0	2	709	1.364	9.8	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.06
22	Scott Perry	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	11	25	.306	3.62	5.15	42	34	8	20	1	1	263.2	310	151	106	14	65	79	7	1	3	1106	1.422	10.6	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.22
23	Jim Shaw	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	11	18	.379	4.27	4.84	38	32	5	17	0	1	236.1	285	127	112	12	87	88	4	0	13	1000	1.574	10.9	0.5	3.3	3.4	1.01
24	Dutch Leonard*	28	DET	Maj	DET	10	17	.370	4.33	5.03	28	27	1	10	3	0	191.1	192	107	92	8	63	76	8	0	13	779	1.333	9.0	0.4	3.0	3.6	1.21
25	Rollie Naylor	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	10	23	.303	3.48	5.28	42	36	6	19	0	0	250.2	306	147	97	7	86	90	6	1	11	1072	1.564	11.0	0.3	3.1	3.2	1.05
26	Slim Harriss	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	9	14	.391	4.08	5.20	31	25	1	11	1	0	192.0	226	111	87	5	57	60	5	0	2	803	1.474	10.6	0.2	2.7	2.8	1.05
27	Herb Thormahlen*	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	9	6	.600	4.14	5.40	29	15	7	6	0	1	143.1	178	86	66	5	43	35	2	0	1	616	1.542	11.2	0.3	2.7	2.2	0.81
28	Carl Weilman*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	9	13	.409	4.47	5.06	30	24	3	13	1	2	183.1	201	103	91	6	61	45	3	2	2	754	1.429	9.9	0.3	3.0	2.2	0.74
29	Harry Courtney*	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	8	11	.421	4.74	6.13	37	24	10	10	1	0	188.0	223	128	99	6	77	48	9	0	8	834	1.596	10.7	0.3	3.7	2.3	0.62
30	Walter Johnson	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	8	10	.444	3.13	4.26	21	15	6	12	4	3	143.2	135	68	50	5	27	78	5	1	5	583	1.128	8.5	0.3	1.7	4.9	2.89
31	Guy Morton	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	8	6	.571	4.47	5.26	29	17	8	6	1	3	137.0	140	80	68	2	57	72	1	0	5	576	1.438	9.2	0.1	3.7	4.7	1.26
32	Red Oldham*	26	DET	Maj	DET	8	13	.381	3.85	5.52	39	22	10	10	1	1	215.1	248	132	92	5	91	62	6	1	6	918	1.574	10.4	0.2	3.8	2.6	0.68
33	Allen Sothoron	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	15	.348	4.70	6.22	36	26	10	12	1	2	218.1	263	151	114	6	89	81	6	0	10	953	1.612	10.8	0.2	3.7	3.3	0.91
34	Doc Ayers	29	DET	Maj	DET	7	14	.333	3.88	4.96	46	23	16	8	3	1	208.2	217	115	90	6	62	103	8	1	1	844	1.337	9.4	0.3	2.7	4.4	1.66
35	Duster Mails*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	7	0	1.000	1.85	2.56	9	8	1	6	2	0	63.1	54	18	13	1	18	25	0	0	1	253	1.137	7.7	0.1	2.6	3.6	1.39
36	Eddie Rommel	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	7	7	.500	2.84	3.51	34	12	17	8	2	1	174.1	165	68	55	5	43	43	4	1	1	687	1.193	8.5	0.3	2.2	2.2	1.00
37	Roy Wilkinson	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	7	9	.438	4.03	4.66	34	12	18	8	0	1	145.0	162	75	65	6	48	30	2	0	2	595	1.448	10.1	0.4	3.0	1.9	0.63
38	Bill Burwell	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	6	4	.600	3.65	4.37	33	2	18	0	0	4	113.1	133	55	46	5	42	30	4	1	1	485	1.544	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.71
39	Waite Hoyt	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	6	6	.500	4.38	5.34	22	11	10	6	2	1	121.1	123	72	59	2	47	45	1	0	3	504	1.401	9.1	0.1	3.5	3.3	0.96
40	Dave Keefe	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	6	7	.462	2.97	4.14	31	13	15	7	1	0	130.1	129	60	43	2	30	41	6	1	1	528	1.220	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.8	1.37
41	Al Schacht	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	6	4	.600	4.44	5.44	22	11	7	5	1	1	99.1	130	60	49	2	30	19	1	0	0	439	1.611	11.8	0.2	2.7	1.7	0.63
42	José Acosta	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	5	4	.556	4.03	4.35	17	5	10	4	1	1	82.2	92	40	37	1	26	9	0	0	1	343	1.427	10.0	0.1	2.8	1.0	0.35
43	Bill Bayne*	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	5	6	.455	3.70	4.61	18	13	3	6	1	0	99.2	102	51	41	3	41	38	7	0	1	413	1.435	9.2	0.3	3.7	3.4	0.93
44	Harry Harper*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	14	.263	3.04	4.04	27	22	0	11	1	0	162.2	163	73	55	9	66	71	2	0	9	661	1.408	9.0	0.5	3.7	3.9	1.08
45	George Mogridge*	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	9	.357	4.31	5.96	26	15	6	7	0	2	125.1	146	83	60	4	36	35	3	0	2	547	1.452	10.5	0.3	2.6	2.5	0.97
46	Allen Russell	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	6	.455	3.01	3.68	16	10	6	7	0	1	107.2	100	44	36	3	38	53	3	0	4	439	1.282	8.4	0.3	3.2	4.4	1.39
47	George Uhle	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	5	.444	5.21	5.53	27	6	11	2	0	1	84.2	98	52	49	3	29	27	8	0	2	368	1.500	10.4	0.3	3.1	2.9	0.93
48	Benn Karr	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	3	8	.273	4.81	5.40	26	2	19	0	0	1	91.2	109	55	49	3	24	21	1	0	1	384	1.451	10.7	0.3	2.4	2.1	0.88
49	Elam Vangilder	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	3	8	.273	5.50	7.14	24	13	8	4	0	0	104.2	131	83	64	7	40	25	3	1	0	466	1.634	11.3	0.6	3.4	2.1	0.63
50	John Bogart	19	DET	Maj	DET	2	1	.667	3.04	4.56	4	2	2	0	0	0	23.2	16	12	8	0	18	5	0	1	0	100	1.437	6.1	0.0	6.8	1.9	0.28
51	Allen Conkwright	23	DET	Maj	DET	2	1	.667	6.98	7.45	5	3	2	0	0	0	19.1	29	16	15	0	16	4	0	0	0	89	2.328	13.5	0.0	7.4	1.9	0.25
52	Joe DeBerry	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	4	.333	4.94	5.76	10	7	1	3	1	0	54.2	65	35	30	2	20	12	2	0	0	234	1.555	10.7	0.3	3.3	2.0	0.60
53	Walt Kinney*	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	4	.333	3.10	5.61	10	8	2	5	1	0	61.0	59	38	21	3	28	19	1	0	0	255	1.426	8.7	0.4	4.1	2.8	0.68
54	Adrian Lynch	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	0	1.000	5.24	6.04	5	3	2	1	0	0	22.1	23	15	13	1	17	8	1	0	1	101	1.791	9.3	0.4	6.9	3.2	0.47
55	Ray Richmond	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	0	1.000	6.35	6.35	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.0	18	12	12	0	9	4	0	0	0	75	1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	2.1	0.44
56	Ernie Shore	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	4.87	6.29	14	5	4	2	0	1	44.1	61	31	24	1	21	12	1	1	1	205	1.850	12.4	0.2	4.3	2.4	0.57
57	Bill Snyder	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	2	1	.667	4.17	5.50	16	4	6	1	0	2	54.0	59	33	25	1	28	17	6	0	5	245	1.611	9.8	0.2	4.7	2.8	0.61
58	Harry Biemiller	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	4.76	6.88	5	2	1	1	0	0	17.0	21	13	9	1	13	10	0	0	1	79	2.000	11.1	0.5	6.9	5.3	0.77
59	Bob Clark	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	3.43	4.07	11	2	4	2	1	0	42.0	59	19	16	0	13	8	1	1	1	168	1.714	12.6	0.0	2.8	1.7	0.62
60	Roy Crumpler*	23	DET	Maj	DET	1	0	1.000	5.54	9.00	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	17	13	8	2	11	2	1	0	0	66	2.154	11.8	1.4	7.6	1.4	0.18
61	Bob Hasty	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	3	.250	5.02	6.66	19	4	10	1	0	0	71.2	91	53	40	5	28	12	0	2	2	310	1.660	11.4	0.6	3.5	1.5	0.43
62	Shovel Hodge	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	1	1	.500	2.29	6.41	4	2	0	1	0	0	19.2	15	14	5	0	12	5	0	0	0	79	1.373	6.9	0.0	5.5	2.3	0.42
63	Pat Martin*	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	4	.200	6.12	10.02	8	5	1	2	0	0	32.1	48	36	22	2	25	14	4	1	2	161	2.258	13.4	0.6	7.0	3.9	0.56
64	Roy Moore*	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	13	.071	4.68	6.04	24	14	10	5	0	0	132.2	161	89	69	6	64	45	3	0	2	580	1.696	10.9	0.4	4.3	3.1	0.70
65	Bill Morrisette	25	DET	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	4.33	7.00	8	3	4	1	0	0	27.0	25	21	13	0	19	15	3	0	0	124	1.630	8.3	0.0	6.3	5.0	0.79
66	Dick Niehaus*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	2	.333	3.60	4.73	19	3	10	0	0	2	40.0	42	21	16	0	16	12	1	0	1	173	1.450	9.5	0.0	3.6	2.7	0.75
67	Frank Okrie*	23	DET	Maj	DET	1	2	.333	5.27	6.37	21	1	14	1	0	0	41.0	44	29	24	2	18	9	5	0	0	172	1.512	9.7	0.4	4.0	2.0	0.50
68	George Payne	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	1	1	.500	5.46	7.28	12	0	5	0	0	0	29.2	39	24	18	2	9	7	0	0	0	134	1.618	11.8	0.6	2.7	2.1	0.78
69	Babe Ruth*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	4.50	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	17	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
70	Roy Sanders	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	1	.500	5.19	5.19	8	1	5	0	0	0	17.1	20	10	10	1	17	2	1	0	0	82	2.135	10.4	0.5	8.8	1.0	0.12
71	Mutt Wilson	23	DET	Maj	DET	1	1	.500	3.46	6.92	3	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	12	10	5	0	5	4	0	0	0	55	1.308	8.3	0.0	3.5	2.8	0.80
72	Ernie Alten*	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	9.00	10.57	14	1	7	0	0	0	23.0	40	27	23	2	9	4	1	0	0	112	2.130	15.7	0.8	3.5	1.6	0.44
73	Harry Baumgartner	27	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	4.00	5.00	9	0	6	0	0	0	18.0	18	10	8	1	6	7	0	0	0	72	1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.17
74	Lyle Bigbee	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	3	.000	8.00	8.40	12	2	5	0	0	0	45.0	66	42	40	5	25	12	0	0	3	204	2.022	13.2	1.0	5.0	2.4	0.48
75	George Boehler	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	7.71	12.86	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	10	6	1	4	2	0	0	0	37	2.000	12.9	1.3	5.1	2.6	0.50
76	Joe Boehling*	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	4.85	6.92	3	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	16	10	7	0	10	4	0	0	0	58	2.000	11.1	0.0	6.9	2.8	0.40
77	Bernie Boland	28	DET	Maj	DET	0	2	.000	7.79	9.35	4	3	0	1	0	0	17.1	23	18	15	0	14	4	2	0	0	82	2.135	11.9	0.0	7.3	2.1	0.29
78	Gus Bono	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	2	.000	8.76	9.49	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.1	17	13	12	0	6	4	0	0	0	60	1.865	12.4	0.0	4.4	2.9	0.67
79	Leon Carlson	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		3.65	5.11	3	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	14	7	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	50	1.297	10.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.50
80	Jerry Conway*	19	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
81	Jack Coombs	37	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		3.18	7.94	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	24	1.588	11.1	0.0	3.2	1.6	0.50
82	Red Cox	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		5.40	7.20	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	9	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	27	2.400	16.2	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
83	Hal Deviney	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		15.00	15.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	3.000	21.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
84	Charlie Eckert	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		4.76	4.76	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	21	1.588	12.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.00
85	Hack Eibel*	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		3.48	3.48	3	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	10	4	4	0	3	5	0	0	0	40	1.258	8.7	0.0	2.6	4.4	1.67
86	George Ellison	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
87	Joe Engel*	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		21.60	21.60	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	4	4	0	4	0	1	0	3	9	2.400	0.0	0.0	21.6	0.0	0.00
88	Tony Faeth	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		4.32	6.84	13	0	8	0	0	0	25.0	31	19	12	0	20	14	1	0	2	114	2.040	11.2	0.0	7.2	5.0	0.70
89	Clarence Fisher	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	1	.000	9.82	9.82	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	12	2.727	12.3	0.0	12.3	0.0	0.00
90	Gary Fortune	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	5.83	6.91	14	3	9	1	0	0	41.2	46	32	27	0	23	10	0	1	4	186	1.656	9.9	0.0	5.0	2.2	0.43
91	Cy Fried*	22	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		16.20	21.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	4	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	4.200	16.2	0.0	21.6	0.0	0.00
92	Bert Gallia	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	7.36	17.18	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	23	3.000	19.6	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.00
93	John Glaiser	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		4.91	4.91	8	1	5	0	0	1	14.2	16	8	8	1	8	2	0	0	0	62	1.636	9.8	0.6	4.9	1.2	0.25
94	Norman Glaser	25	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		15.43	15.43	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	7	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	12	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	3.9
95	Joe Gleason	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		13.50	14.63	3	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	14	13	12	2	6	2	1	0	2	50	2.500	15.8	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
96	Spencer Heath	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		15.43	15.43	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	19	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	2	42	3.000	24.4	1.3	2.6	0.0	0.00
97	Fred Heimach*	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	14.40	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	13	9	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	2.800	23.4	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00
98	Joe Kiefer	20	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	15.43	15.43	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	7	8	8	0	5	1	1	0	0	27	2.571	13.5	0.0	9.6	1.9	0.20
99	Bill Knowlton	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	4.76	14.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	9	3	0	3	5	3	0	0	32	2.118	14.3	0.0	4.8	7.9	1.67
100	Lefty Leifield*	36	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		7.00	12.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	17	12	7	0	3	3	0	0	1	45	2.222	17.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00