American Association Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Kilroy • BAL 12.1
2. Smith • CIN 10.8
3. Caruthers • STL 10.7
4. Ramsey • LOU 7.8
5. Mullane • CIN 7.6
6. O'Neill • STL 6.9
7. Seward • PHA 6.4
8. Browning • LOU 6.0
9. King • STL 5.3
10. Lyons • PHA 5.1

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Kilroy • BAL 11.0
2. Smith • CIN 10.3
3. Ramsey • LOU 8.4
4. Mullane • CIN 7.3
5. Seward • PHA 7.0
6. Caruthers • STL 6.8
7. King • STL 6.1
8. Gilks • CLE 2.8
9. Weyhing • PHA 2.7
10. Terry • BRO 2.4

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Smith • CIN 2.94
2. Kilroy • BAL 3.07
3. Mullane • CIN 3.24
4. Caruthers • STL 3.30
5. Ramsey • LOU 3.43
6. Daily • CLE 3.67
7. King • STL 3.78
8. Chamberlain • LOU 3.79
9. Smith • BAL 3.79
10. Foutz • STL 3.87

Wins

Wins

1. Kilroy • BAL 46
2. Ramsey • LOU 37
3. Smith • CIN 34
4. King • STL 32
5. Mullane • CIN 31
6. Caruthers • STL 29
7. Weyhing • PHA 26
8. Smith • BAL 25
Seward • PHA 25
Foutz • STL 25

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Caruthers • STL .763
2. King • STL .727
3. Kilroy • BAL .708
4. Foutz • STL .676
5. Smith • CIN .667
6. Mullane • CIN .646
7. Hecker • LOU .600
8. Toole • BRO .583
9. Ramsey • LOU .578
10. Chamberlain • LOU .529

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Caruthers • STL 1.167
2. Smith • CIN 1.176
3. Seward • PHA 1.243
4. Kilroy • BAL 1.259
5. Ramsey • LOU 1.267
6. Mullane • CIN 1.285
7. King • STL 1.308
8. Hecker • LOU 1.314
9. Terry • BRO 1.352
10. Foutz • STL 1.353

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Smith • CIN 8.048
2. Seward • PHA 8.509
3. Toole • BRO 8.629
4. Ramsey • LOU 8.727
5. Caruthers • STL 8.894
6. Kilroy • BAL 8.934
7. Mullane • CIN 8.950
8. Weyhing • PHA 8.974
9. King • STL 9.254
10. Terry • BRO 9.368

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Hecker • LOU 1.577
2. Caruthers • STL 1.610
3. Lynch • NYP 1.733
4. Foutz • STL 2.387
5. Kilroy • BAL 2.398
6. King • STL 2.515
7. Smith • CIN 2.535
8. Porter • BRO 2.544
9. Mullane • CIN 2.616
10. Seward • PHA 2.677

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Ramsey • LOU 5.695
2. Morrison • CLE 4.491
3. Terry • BRO 3.906
4. Smith • BAL 3.773
5. Weyhing • PHA 3.725
6. Smith • CIN 3.541
7. Chamberlain • LOU 3.437
8. Kilroy • BAL 3.314
9. Seward • PHA 2.964
10. King • STL 2.954

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 65
3. Smith • BAL 58
4. Weyhing • PHA 55
Seward • PHA 55
6. Mays • NYP 52
Smith • CIN 52
8. Mullane • CIN 48
9. King • STL 46
10. Crowell • CLE 45

Saves

Saves

1. Terry • BRO 3
2. Bierbauer • PHA 1
Hecker • LOU 1
King • STL 1
Robinson • STL 1
Serad • CIN 1
Stricker • CLE 1

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Kilroy • BAL 589.1
2. Ramsey • LOU 561.0
3. Smith • BAL 491.1
4. Seward • PHA 470.2
5. Weyhing • PHA 466.1
6. Smith • CIN 447.1
7. Mays • NYP 441.1
8. Mullane • CIN 416.1
9. King • STL 390.0
10. Crowell • CLE 389.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ramsey • LOU 355
2. Kilroy • BAL 217
3. Smith • BAL 206
4. Weyhing • PHA 193
5. Smith • CIN 176
6. Morrison • CLE 158
7. Seward • PHA 155
8. Terry • BRO 138
9. King • STL 128
10. Mays • NYP 124

Games Started

Games Started

1. Kilroy • BAL 69
2. Ramsey • LOU 64
3. Weyhing • PHA 55
Smith • BAL 55
5. Smith • CIN 52
Seward • PHA 52
Mays • NYP 52
8. Mullane • CIN 48
9. Crowell • CLE 45
10. King • STL 44

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Kilroy • BAL 66
2. Ramsey • LOU 61
3. Smith • BAL 54
4. Weyhing • PHA 53
5. Seward • PHA 52
6. Mays • NYP 50
7. Smith • CIN 49
8. Mullane • CIN 47
9. Crowell • CLE 45
10. King • STL 43

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Mullane • CIN 6
Kilroy • BAL 6
3. Seward • PHA 3
Smith • CIN 3
5. Caruthers • STL 2
Weyhing • PHA 2
Hecker • LOU 2
King • STL 2
Serad • CIN 2
10. Chamberlain • LOU 1
Crowell • CLE 1
Foutz • STL 1
Gilks • CLE 1
Porter • BRO 1
Shreve • BAL 1
Smith • BAL 1
Terry • BRO 1
Toole • BRO 1
Weidman • NYP 1
Knouff • 2TM 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Morrison • CLE 13
2. Weyhing • PHA 12
3. Mays • NYP 11
Mullane • CIN 11
5. Terry • BRO 10
6. Cushman • NYP 9
Ramsey • LOU 9
Hecker • LOU 9
Kilroy • BAL 9
Crowell • CLE 9

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Morrison • CLE 205
2. Smith • BAL 176
3. Ramsey • LOU 167
Weyhing • PHA 167
5. Kilroy • BAL 157
6. Seward • PHA 140
7. Crowell • CLE 138
8. Mays • NYP 136
9. Smith • CIN 126
10. Mullane • CIN 121

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Kilroy • BAL 585
2. Mays • NYP 551
3. Ramsey • LOU 544
4. Crowell • CLE 541
5. Smith • BAL 526
6. Weyhing • PHA 465
7. Seward • PHA 445
8. Porter • BRO 416
9. Mullane • CIN 414
10. King • STL 401

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Ramsey • LOU 2.126
2. Smith • CIN 1.397
3. Terry • BRO 1.394
4. Kilroy • BAL 1.382
5. Lynch • NYP 1.250
6. Caruthers • STL 1.213
7. King • STL 1.174
8. Smith • BAL 1.170
9. Hecker • LOU 1.160
10. Weyhing • PHA 1.156

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Toole • BRO 0.046
2. Daily • CLE 0.064
3. King • STL 0.092
4. Smith • CIN 0.101
5. Smith • BAL 0.128
6. Seward • PHA 0.134
7. Kilroy • BAL 0.137
8. Ramsey • LOU 0.144
9. Caruthers • STL 0.158
10. Porter • BRO 0.185

Losses

Losses

1. Mays • NYP 34
2. Crowell • CLE 31
3. Smith • BAL 30
4. Weyhing • PHA 28
5. Ramsey • LOU 27
6. Morrison • CLE 25
Seward • PHA 25
8. Porter • BRO 24
9. Kilroy • BAL 19
10. Smith • CIN 17
Mullane • CIN 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Mays • NYP 232
2. Weyhing • PHA 221
3. Seward • PHA 216
4. Ramsey • LOU 214
5. Crowell • CLE 211
6. Smith • BAL 207
7. Kilroy • BAL 201
8. Morrison • CLE 173
9. King • STL 164
10. Porter • BRO 159

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Morrison • CLE 62
2. Seward • PHA 58
3. Weyhing • PHA 49
4. Kilroy • BAL 46
Ramsey • LOU 46
6. Mays • NYP 36
7. Smith • CIN 31
8. Terry • BRO 30
9. Mullane • CIN 27
10. Foutz • STL 26

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Weyhing • PHA 37
2. Mullane • CIN 32
3. Seward • PHA 24
4. Morrison • CLE 22
5. Kilroy • BAL 20
Crowell • CLE 20
Mays • NYP 20
8. King • STL 17
9. Knouff • 2TM 16
Ramsey • LOU 16
Caruthers • STL 16

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Kilroy • BAL 2,492
2. Ramsey • LOU 2,430
3. Smith • BAL 2,204
4. Weyhing • PHA 2,042
5. Mays • NYP 2,002
6. Seward • PHA 1,990
7. Smith • CIN 1,872
8. Crowell • CLE 1,812
9. Mullane • CIN 1,763
10. King • STL 1,666

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Terry • BRO 5
2. Corkhill • CIN 4
3. Smith • BAL 3
Stricker • CLE 3
5. Atkinson • PHA 2
Seward • PHA 2
King • STL 2
Hecker • LOU 2
Foutz • STL 2
Burns • BAL 2

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Smith • CIN 148
2. Caruthers • STL 137
3. Mullane • CIN 134
4. Kilroy • BAL 133
5. Ramsey • LOU 128
6. King • STL 119
7. Daily • CLE 118
8. Foutz • STL 116
9. Chamberlain • LOU 116
10. Smith • BAL 108

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Ramsey • LOU 3.20
2. Smith • CIN 3.54
3. Kilroy • BAL 3.64
4. King • STL 3.72
5. Caruthers • STL 3.75
6. Smith • BAL 3.78
7. Terry • BRO 3.84
8. Seward • PHA 3.86
9. Foutz • STL 3.88
10. Hecker • LOU 3.91

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Smith • CIN 72
2. Kilroy • BAL 68
3. Ramsey • LOU 53
4. Mullane • CIN 52
5. Caruthers • STL 48
6. King • STL 39
7. Seward • PHA 21
8. Foutz • STL 20
9. Chamberlain • LOU 14
10. Gilks • CLE 13

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Smith • CIN 6.1
2. Kilroy • BAL 5.7
3. Ramsey • LOU 4.4
4. Mullane • CIN 4.4
5. Caruthers • STL 4.1
6. King • STL 3.3
7. Seward • PHA 1.7
8. Foutz • STL 1.6
9. Chamberlain • LOU 1.2
10. Gilks • CLE 1.1

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements

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