1921 American League Pitching Leaders

1920 Season 1922 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 616 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	Carl Mays	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	27	9	.750	3.05	3.88	49	38	10	30	1	7	336.2	332	145	114	11	76	70	9	0	2	1400	1.212	8.9	0.3	2.0	1.9	0.92
2	Urban Shocker	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	27	12	.692	3.55	4.16	47	38	8	30	4	4	326.2	345	151	129	21	86	132	6	0	3	1401	1.319	9.5	0.6	2.4	3.6	1.53
3	Red Faber	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	25	15	.625	2.48	2.91	43	39	4	32	4	1	330.2	293	107	91	10	87	124	7	0	5	1350	1.149	8.0	0.3	2.4	3.4	1.43
4	Stan Coveleski	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	23	13	.639	3.37	3.91	43	40	3	28	2	2	315.0	341	137	118	6	84	99	4	0	5	1358	1.349	9.7	0.2	2.4	2.8	1.18
5	Sad Sam Jones	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	23	16	.590	3.22	3.68	40	38	2	25	5	1	298.2	318	122	107	1	78	98	6	0	1	1257	1.326	9.6	0.0	2.4	3.0	1.26
6	Waite Hoyt	21	NYA	Maj	NYY	19	13	.594	3.09	3.86	43	32	7	21	1	3	282.1	301	121	97	3	81	102	5	1	3	1201	1.353	9.6	0.1	2.6	3.3	1.26
7	Dickey Kerr*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	19	17	.528	4.72	5.31	44	37	5	25	3	1	308.2	357	182	162	12	96	80	11	3	5	1360	1.468	10.4	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.83
8	George Mogridge*	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	18	14	.563	3.00	3.72	38	36	2	21	4	0	288.0	301	119	96	12	66	101	7	0	3	1217	1.274	9.4	0.4	2.1	3.2	1.53
9	Bob Shawkey	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	18	12	.600	4.08	4.81	38	31	6	18	3	2	245.0	245	131	111	15	86	126	7	1	2	1053	1.351	9.0	0.6	3.2	4.6	1.47
10	Tom Zachary*	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	18	16	.529	3.96	4.68	39	30	8	16	2	1	250.0	314	130	110	10	59	53	6	1	1	1084	1.492	11.3	0.4	2.1	1.9	0.90
11	Walter Johnson	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	17	14	.548	3.51	4.16	35	32	2	25	1	1	264.0	265	122	103	7	92	143	2	0	7	1119	1.352	9.0	0.2	3.1	4.9	1.55
12	Bullet Joe Bush	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	9	.640	3.50	3.93	37	32	4	21	3	2	254.1	244	111	99	10	93	96	6	0	7	1066	1.325	8.6	0.4	3.3	3.4	1.03
13	Dixie Davis	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	16	16	.500	4.44	5.09	40	36	1	20	2	0	265.1	279	150	131	12	123	100	10	0	6	1158	1.515	9.5	0.4	4.2	3.4	0.81
14	Eddie Rommel	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	16	23	.410	3.94	4.89	46	32	14	20	0	3	285.1	312	155	125	21	87	71	1	2	4	1230	1.398	9.8	0.7	2.7	2.2	0.82
15	George Uhle	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	16	13	.552	4.01	4.99	41	28	9	13	2	2	238.0	288	132	106	9	63	63	4	1	3	1040	1.475	10.9	0.3	2.4	2.4	1.00
16	Jim Bagby	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	14	12	.538	4.70	5.26	40	26	13	13	0	4	191.2	238	112	100	14	44	37	4	0	0	841	1.471	11.2	0.7	2.1	1.7	0.84
17	Duster Mails*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	14	8	.636	3.94	4.77	34	24	4	10	2	2	194.1	210	103	85	4	89	87	2	0	2	861	1.539	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.0	0.98
18	Howard Ehmke	27	DET	Maj	DET	13	14	.481	4.54	5.64	30	22	4	13	1	0	196.1	220	123	99	15	81	68	13	1	1	888	1.533	10.1	0.7	3.7	3.1	0.84
19	Herb Pennock*	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	13	14	.481	4.04	4.89	32	31	1	16	1	1	222.2	268	121	100	7	59	91	2	0	0	967	1.469	10.8	0.3	2.4	3.7	1.54
20	Allen Sothoron	28	SLA,BOS,CLE	Maj	CLE-SLB-BOS	13	8	.619	3.89	4.49	29	22	6	11	2	0	178.1	194	89	77	0	71	72	8	0	5	782	1.486	9.8	0.0	3.6	3.6	1.01
21	Bill Bayne*	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	11	5	.688	4.72	5.65	47	14	14	6	1	3	164.0	167	103	86	8	80	82	5	2	1	727	1.506	9.2	0.4	4.4	4.5	1.03
22	Rip Collins	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	11	5	.688	5.44	6.75	28	16	4	7	2	0	137.1	158	103	83	6	78	64	10	0	6	641	1.718	10.4	0.4	5.1	4.2	0.82
23	Slim Harriss	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	11	16	.407	4.27	5.38	39	28	7	14	0	3	227.2	258	136	108	16	73	92	9	2	2	990	1.454	10.2	0.6	2.9	3.6	1.26
24	Dutch Leonard*	29	DET	Maj	DET	11	13	.458	3.75	4.59	36	32	3	15	1	1	245.0	273	125	102	15	63	120	10	0	7	1058	1.371	10.0	0.6	2.3	4.4	1.90
25	Red Oldham*	27	DET	Maj	DET	11	14	.440	4.24	5.06	40	28	9	12	1	1	229.1	258	129	108	11	81	67	6	0	5	1012	1.478	10.1	0.4	3.2	2.6	0.83
26	Elam Vangilder	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	11	12	.478	3.94	4.89	31	21	8	10	1	0	180.1	196	98	79	10	67	48	2	0	1	798	1.458	9.8	0.5	3.3	2.4	0.72
27	Hooks Dauss	31	DET	Maj	DET	10	15	.400	4.33	5.45	32	28	3	16	0	1	233.0	275	141	112	11	81	68	13	1	1	1047	1.528	10.6	0.4	3.1	2.6	0.84
28	Roy Moore*	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	10	10	.500	4.51	5.17	29	26	3	12	0	0	191.2	206	110	96	4	122	64	4	0	9	893	1.711	9.7	0.2	5.7	3.0	0.52
29	Eric Erickson	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	8	10	.444	3.62	4.53	32	22	4	9	3	0	179.0	181	90	72	7	65	71	9	1	4	773	1.374	9.1	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.09
30	Benn Karr	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	8	7	.533	3.67	4.05	26	7	18	5	0	0	117.2	123	53	48	8	38	37	1	0	1	499	1.368	9.4	0.6	2.9	2.8	0.97
31	Ray Kolp	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	8	7	.533	4.97	5.99	37	18	8	5	1	0	166.2	208	111	92	12	51	43	0	0	2	743	1.554	11.2	0.6	2.8	2.3	0.84
32	Guy Morton	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	8	3	.727	2.76	3.76	30	7	15	3	2	0	107.2	98	45	33	1	32	45	2	1	1	448	1.207	8.2	0.1	2.7	3.8	1.41
33	Elmer Myers	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	8	12	.400	4.87	5.60	30	20	6	11	0	0	172.0	217	107	93	11	53	40	10	1	1	779	1.570	11.4	0.6	2.8	2.1	0.75
34	Jack Quinn	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	8	7	.533	3.78	4.61	33	13	8	6	0	0	119.0	158	61	50	2	32	44	5	0	2	542	1.597	11.9	0.2	2.4	3.3	1.38
35	Bert Cole*	24	DET	Maj	DET	7	4	.636	4.27	5.42	20	11	9	7	1	1	109.2	134	66	52	3	36	22	4	1	0	494	1.550	11.0	0.2	3.0	1.8	0.61
36	Ray Caldwell	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	6	6	.500	4.90	5.57	37	12	18	4	1	4	147.0	159	91	80	7	49	76	2	0	3	644	1.415	9.7	0.4	3.0	4.7	1.55
37	Harry Courtney*	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	6	9	.400	5.63	6.99	30	15	13	3	0	1	132.2	159	103	83	7	71	26	8	0	7	624	1.734	10.8	0.5	4.8	1.8	0.37
38	Shovel Hodge	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	8	.429	6.56	7.44	36	10	18	5	0	2	142.2	191	118	104	7	54	25	5	0	3	655	1.717	12.0	0.4	3.4	1.6	0.46
39	Jim Middleton	32	DET	Maj	DET	6	11	.353	5.03	6.14	38	10	20	2	0	6	121.2	149	83	68	5	44	31	2	1	2	556	1.586	11.0	0.4	3.3	2.3	0.70
40	Allen Russell	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	6	11	.353	4.11	4.79	39	14	18	7	0	4	173.0	204	92	79	10	77	60	9	0	4	787	1.624	10.6	0.5	4.0	3.1	0.78
41	Al Schacht	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	6	6	.500	4.90	6.42	29	5	15	2	0	2	82.2	110	59	45	2	27	15	2	0	1	376	1.657	12.0	0.2	2.9	1.6	0.56
42	Suds Sutherland	27	DET	Maj	DET	6	2	.750	4.97	6.67	13	8	4	3	0	0	58.0	80	43	32	1	18	18	0	1	0	271	1.690	12.4	0.2	2.8	2.8	1.00
43	José Acosta	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	5	4	.556	4.36	5.06	33	7	17	2	0	3	115.2	148	65	56	4	36	30	0	0	3	520	1.591	11.5	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.83
44	Bob Hasty	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	5	16	.238	4.87	6.02	35	22	8	9	0	0	179.1	238	120	97	8	40	46	2	3	0	802	1.550	11.9	0.4	2.0	2.3	1.15
45	Bill Piercy	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	4	.556	2.98	4.41	14	10	3	5	1	0	81.2	82	40	27	4	28	35	7	1	3	354	1.347	9.0	0.4	3.1	3.9	1.25
46	Harry Harper*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	4	3	.571	3.76	3.93	8	7	1	4	0	0	52.2	52	23	22	3	25	22	2	0	4	235	1.462	8.9	0.5	4.3	3.8	0.88
47	Emilio Palmero*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	4	7	.364	5.00	6.30	24	9	7	4	0	0	90.0	109	63	50	1	49	26	6	0	2	414	1.756	10.9	0.1	4.9	2.6	0.53
48	Roy Wilkinson	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	4	20	.167	5.13	6.13	36	23	12	11	0	3	198.1	259	135	113	4	78	50	4	0	2	910	1.699	11.8	0.2	3.5	2.3	0.64
49	Alex Ferguson	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	3	1	.750	5.91	6.39	17	4	7	1	0	1	56.1	64	40	37	4	27	9	4	0	1	258	1.615	10.2	0.6	4.3	1.4	0.33
50	Carl Holling	24	DET	Maj	DET	3	7	.300	4.30	6.29	35	11	16	4	0	5	136.0	162	95	65	8	58	38	4	1	1	617	1.618	10.7	0.5	3.8	2.5	0.66
51	Doug McWeeny	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	3	6	.333	6.08	7.00	27	8	9	3	0	2	97.2	127	76	66	7	45	46	0	0	3	445	1.761	11.7	0.6	4.1	4.2	1.02
52	Rollie Naylor	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	3	13	.188	4.84	5.63	32	19	9	6	0	0	169.1	214	106	91	10	55	39	3	0	4	763	1.589	11.4	0.5	2.9	2.1	0.71
53	Slicker Parks	25	DET	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	5.68	6.04	10	1	5	0	0	0	25.1	33	17	16	2	16	10	1	0	1	126	1.934	11.7	0.7	5.7	3.6	0.63
54	Scott Perry	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	3	6	.333	4.11	4.63	12	8	3	5	0	1	70.0	77	36	32	4	24	19	1	0	0	308	1.443	9.9	0.5	3.1	2.4	0.79
55	Bill Burwell	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	2	4	.333	5.12	6.62	33	3	21	1	0	2	84.1	102	62	48	2	29	17	2	2	1	378	1.553	10.9	0.2	3.1	1.8	0.59
56	Dave Keefe	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	9	.182	4.68	6.55	44	12	18	4	0	2	173.0	214	126	90	19	64	68	5	0	7	784	1.607	11.1	1.0	3.3	3.5	1.06
57	Dominic Mulrenan	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	2	8	.200	7.23	8.36	12	10	1	3	0	0	56.0	84	52	45	2	36	10	2	0	1	279	2.143	13.5	0.3	5.8	1.6	0.28
58	John Russell*	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	2	5	.286	5.29	5.70	11	9	1	4	0	0	66.1	82	42	39	3	35	15	1	0	0	306	1.764	11.1	0.4	4.7	2.0	0.43
59	Babe Ruth*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	9.00	10.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	14	10	9	1	9	2	0	0	0	49	2.556	14.0	1.0	9.0	2.0	0.22
60	Bill Barrett	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	7.20	7.20	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	2	4	4	0	9	2	0	0	1	25	2.200	3.6	0.0	16.2	3.6	0.22
61	Bernie Boland	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	1	4	.200	9.33	12.00	7	6	1	0	0	0	27.0	34	36	28	2	28	6	1	0	0	144	2.296	11.3	0.7	9.3	2.0	0.21
62	Harvey Freeman	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	4	.200	7.69	9.38	18	4	9	2	0	0	48.0	65	50	41	2	35	5	5	0	3	235	2.083	12.2	0.4	6.6	0.9	0.14
63	Fred Heimach*	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	32	0.889	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.00
64	Ted Odenwald*	19	CLE	Maj	CLE	1	0	1.000	1.56	2.60	10	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	16	5	3	0	6	4	1	1	1	71	1.269	8.3	0.0	3.1	2.1	0.67
65	Pol Perritt	29	DET	Maj	DET	1	0	1.000	4.85	6.23	4	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	18	9	7	0	7	3	1	0	0	59	1.923	12.5	0.0	4.8	2.1	0.43
66	Tom Phillips	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	35	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.67
67	Jim Shaw	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	7.36	8.26	15	5	7	0	0	2	40.1	59	37	33	2	17	4	0	0	1	193	1.884	13.2	0.4	3.8	0.9	0.24
68	Tom Sheehan	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	5.45	6.27	12	1	9	0	0	1	33.0	43	23	20	1	19	7	1	0	0	154	1.879	11.7	0.3	5.2	1.9	0.37
69	Herb Thormahlen*	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	1	7	.125	4.48	5.23	23	9	10	3	0	1	96.1	101	56	48	3	34	17	6	0	1	418	1.401	9.4	0.3	3.2	1.6	0.50
70	Cy Twombly	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	1	2	.333	5.86	6.83	7	4	3	0	0	0	27.2	26	21	18	1	25	7	2	0	1	127	1.843	8.5	0.3	8.1	2.3	0.28
71	Doc Ayers	30	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		9.00	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	6	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	23	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
72	Bugs Bennett	29	CHA,SLA	Maj	CHW-SLB	0	3	.000	8.10	9.26	6	3	2	1	0	0	23.1	30	24	21	2	22	5	2	0	0	120	2.229	11.6	0.8	8.5	1.9	0.23
73	Red Bird*	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	21	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
74	Bill Bishop*	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		9.00	11.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	9	7	0	10	4	0	0	1	41	2.571	10.3	0.0	12.9	5.1	0.40
75	Charlie Blackburn	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
76	George Boehler	28	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	3	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Dan Boone	26	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		0.00	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
78	Bob Clark	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		14.46	16.39	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	23	17	15	2	6	2	1	0	0	53	3.107	22.2	1.9	5.8	1.9	0.33
79	Sarge Connally	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	6.45	6.45	5	2	3	0	0	0	22.1	29	16	16	0	10	6	1	1	1	100	1.746	11.7	0.0	4.0	2.4	0.60
80	Nick Cullop*	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	2	.000	8.49	9.26	4	1	0	0	0	0	11.2	18	12	11	1	6	3	0	0	0	61	2.057	13.9	0.8	4.6	2.3	0.50
81	Lum Davenport*	21	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	3	.000	6.88	8.92	13	2	6	0	0	0	35.1	41	35	27	1	32	9	1	0	1	171	2.066	10.4	0.3	8.2	2.3	0.28
82	Joe DeBerry	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	6.57	6.57	10	1	5	0	0	0	12.1	15	9	9	0	10	1	0	0	1	61	2.027	10.9	0.0	7.3	0.7	0.10
83	Sam Dodge	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
84	Horace Fenner	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	14	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	34	2.429	18.0	0.0	3.9	1.3	0.33
85	Curt Fullerton	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	8.80	9.98	4	1	3	1	0	0	15.1	22	17	15	3	10	4	1	0	0	76	2.087	12.9	1.8	5.9	2.3	0.40
86	Nemo Gaines*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.2	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	19	1.500	9.6	0.0	3.9	1.9	0.50
87	Bernie Henderson	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	9.00	15.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
88	Dutch Henry*	19	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
89	Vance McIlree	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	John Michaelson	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		10.13	10.13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
91	Ralph Miller*	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	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
92	Ray Miner*	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		36.00	36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
93	Ernie Neitzke	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		6.14	6.14	2	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	32	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	1.2	0.25
94	Russell Pence	21	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	0		8.44	8.44	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	6	5	5	0	7	2	1	0	0	31	2.438	10.1	0.0	11.8	3.4	0.29
95	Jesse Petty*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		2.00	2.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1.111	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Ray Richmond	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	1	.000	11.30	11.93	6	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	21	19	18	1	13	6	3	0	0	78	2.372	13.2	0.6	8.2	3.8	0.46
97	Tom Rogers	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	7.36	7.36	5	0	5	0	0	1	11.0	12	9	9	1	9	0	1	0	0	53	1.909	9.8	0.8	7.4	0.0	0.00
98	Lefty Stewart*	20	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		12.00	12.00	5	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	20	12	12	0	5	4	0	0	0	52	2.778	20.0	0.0	5.0	4.0	0.80
99	Jim Sullivan	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	2	.000	3.18	6.88	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	20	13	6	0	7	8	0	0	1	79	1.588	10.6	0.0	3.7	4.2	1.14
100	Arlas Taylor*	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	22.50	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	15	4.500	31.5	4.5	9.0	4.5	0.50