League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1968

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Tiant	Cle	1.57	McLain	Det	27-9	McDowell	Cle	298
McNally	Bal	2.16	McNally	Bal	21-9	Tiant	Cle	297
Chance	Min	2.30	Tiant	Cle	20-9	McLain	Det	278
McLain	Det	2.40	McDowell	Cle	18-12	Chance	Min	221
Nash	Oak	2.52	Bahnsen	NYY	17-12	Lolich	Det	212
Bahnsen	NYY	2.54	Chance	Min	17-12	Phoebus	Bal	206
Peterson,F	NYY	2.62	Lolich	Det	16-6	McNally	Bal	206
Hargan	Cle	2.65	Odom	Oak	16-11	Nash	Oak	192
Stottlemyre	NYY	2.70	Culp	Bos	15-8	Wilson,E	Det	190
Phoebus	Bal	2.80	Hunter	Oak	15-11	Hunter	Oak	184
Odom	Oak	2.87	Hardin	Bal	15-13	Culp	Bos	182
McDowell	Cle	2.88	2 tied with		14	Merritt	Min	178


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Wood	ChW	88	McLain	Det	341.0	McLain	Det	.750
Locker	ChW	67	Chance	Min	289.1	Lolich	Det	.727
Wilhelm	ChW	65	Tiant	Cle	280.1	McNally	Bal	.700
Humphreys	Was	64	Stottlemyre	NYY	280.0	Tiant	Cle	.690
Perranoski	Min	63	McNally	Bal	279.0	Culp	Bos	.652
Stange	Bos	62	McDowell	Cle	275.0	Bosman	Was	.611
Aker	Oak	61	Hardin	Bal	265.2	Peterson,F	NYY	.609
Lyle	Bos	57	Phoebus	Bal	253.2	Sparma	Det	.609
Watt	Bal	57	Bahnsen	NYY	247.2	McDowell	Cle	.600
Worthington	Min	56	Brunet	Cal	245.2	Odom	Oak	.593
Higgins	Was	55	Hunter	Oak	244.0	Wilson,E	Det	.591
Segui	Oak	52	Merritt	Min	242.0	2 tied with		.586


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

McLain	Det	41	McLain	Det	26	Tiant	Cle	9
Chance	Min	39	Tiant	Cle	22	McNally	Bal	8
McDowell	Cle	37	McNally	Bal	19	McLain	Det	8
Phoebus	Bal	36	Hardin	Bal	15	Culp	Bos	5
Stottlemyre	NYY	36	Stottlemyre	NYY	15	Hunter	Oak	5
Brunet	Cal	36	Chance	Min	15	Pascual	Was	4
Hardin	Bal	35	Bahnsen	NYY	13	Bahnsen	NYY	4
Horlen	ChW	35	Hunter	Oak	13	Nash	Oak	4
McNally	Bal	35	Kaat	Min	11	Phoebus	Bal	4
Dobson,C	Oak	34	Odom	Oak	11	Stottlemyre	NYY	4
Merritt	Min	34	McDowell	Cle	11	McDowell	Cle	4
5 tied with		33	Nash	Oak	10	9 tied with		3


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Higgins	Was	20	Locker	ChW	.833	Perranoski	Min	11
Worthington	Min	18	Richert	Bal	.833	Locker	ChW	11
Wood	ChW	17	Romo,V	Cle	.813	Sprague	Oak	10
Romo,V	Cle	13	Perranoski	Min	.800	Wood	ChW	8
Stange	Bos	13	Segui	Oak	.786	McMahon,D	Det	6
Watt	Bal	12	Worthington	Min	.783	Lindblad	Oak	6
Segui	Oak	11	Wood	ChW	.773	Aker	Oak	6
Aker	Oak	11	Hamilton,S	NYY	.750	Humphreys	Was	6
Locker	ChW	10	Higgins	Was	.741	Warden	Det	5
Richert	Bal	10	Williams,S	Cle	.727	Wilhelm	ChW	5
Wilhelm	ChW	10	Stange	Bos	.722	4 tied with		4
3 tied with		9	Womack	NYY	.700


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Tiant	Cle	.151	Tiant	Cle	4.7	Tiant	Cle	7.8
McNally	Bal	.179	McNally	Bal	5.6	McNally	Bal	8.2
McLain	Det	.195	McLain	Det	6.5	McLain	Det	8.6
Phoebus	Bal	.202	Phoebus	Bal	6.5	Brunet	Cal	9.3
Bahnsen	NYY	.209	Bahnsen	NYY	6.9	Bahnsen	NYY	9.5
Brunet	Cal	.210	McDowell	Cle	7.0	Peterson,F	NYY	9.9
McDowell	Cle	.212	Brunet	Cal	7.0	Chance	Min	9.9
Hardin	Bal	.213	Hardin	Bal	7.1	Lolich	Det	10.0
Lolich	Det	.216	Lolich	Det	7.2	Nash	Oak	10.0
Nash	Oak	.220	Nash	Oak	7.4	McDowell	Cle	10.1
Siebert	Cle	.226	Siebert	Cle	7.6	Hardin	Bal	10.2
Chance	Min	.230	Odom	Oak	7.8	Merritt	Min	10.5


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Phoebus	Bal	130	Peterson,F	NYY	1.1	McDowell	Cle	9.8
Culp	Bos	95	Kaat	Min	1.6	Tiant	Cle	9.5
Tiant	Cle	93	Chance	Min	1.8	Lolich	Det	8.4
Odom	Oak	86	Ellsworth	Bos	1.8	Peters	ChW	7.6
McDowell	Cle	86	Merritt	Min	1.9	Culp	Bos	7.4
Siebert	Cle	80	McLain	Det	1.9	McLain	Det	7.3
Bell	Bos	79	McNally	Bal	2.2	Phoebus	Bal	7.3
Dobson,C	Oak	79	Williams,S	Cle	2.2	Nash	Oak	7.2
Boswell,D	Min	78	Brunet	Cal	2.2	Wilson,E	Det	7.2
Wilson,E	Det	78	Nash	Oak	2.4	Chance	Min	6.9
Hardin	Bal	77	Lolich	Det	2.4	Dobson,C	Oak	6.8
2 tied with		75	Coleman	Was	2.4	Hunter	Oak	6.8


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Tiant	Cle	0.86	McLain	Det	35	Hargan	Cle	5.0
McNally	Bal	0.87	McGlothlin	Cal	31	McLain	Det	4.9
McLain	Det	0.93	Ellis,S	Cal	30	Wilson,E	Det	4.8
Brunet	Cal	1.03	Brunet	Cal	27	Sparma	Det	4.7
Bahnsen	NYY	1.04	McNally	Bal	27	Lolich	Det	4.6
Peterson,F	NYY	1.06	Coleman	Was	26	Bell	Bos	4.6
Lolich	Det	1.06	Wilson,E	Det	25	Boswell,D	Min	4.5
Chance	Min	1.08	Nash	Oak	24	Culp	Bos	4.4
Hardin	Bal	1.08	Krausse	Oak	23	Hunter	Oak	4.2
Nash	Oak	1.08	Dobson,C	Oak	23	Krausse	Oak	4.1
McDowell	Cle	1.09	4 tied with		21	Merritt	Min	4.1
Merritt	Min	1.12				Pascual	Was	4.1


Starts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

McLain	Det	41	Chance	Min	32	Tiant	Cle	.879
Chance	Min	39	Tiant	Cle	29	Chance	Min	.821
McDowell	Cle	37	McNally	Bal	28	McNally	Bal	.800
Phoebus	Bal	36	McLain	Det	28	Bahnsen	NYY	.788
Stottlemyre	NYY	36	McDowell	Cle	27	Siebert	Cle	.759
Brunet	Cal	36	Bahnsen	NYY	26	Nash	Oak	.758
Hardin	Bal	35	Hardin	Bal	26	Williams,S	Cle	.750
Horlen	ChW	35	Nash	Oak	25	Hardin	Bal	.743
McNally	Bal	35	Stottlemyre	NYY	25	Odom	Oak	.742
Dobson,C	Oak	34	Brunet	Cal	24	McDowell	Cle	.730
Merritt	Min	34	Odom	Oak	23	Kaat	Min	.724
5 tied with		33	Merritt	Min	23	Peterson,F	NYY	.704


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

McLain	Det	1349	McLain	Det	32.90	McLain	Det	36
Chance	Min	1195	Tiant	Cle	32.76	Horlen	ChW	30
Stottlemyre	NYY	1149	Stottlemyre	NYY	31.92	McNally	Bal	30
McDowell	Cle	1131	Hardin	Bal	31.23	McDowell	Cle	30
Hardin	Bal	1093	Wilson,E	Det	30.67	Tiant	Cle	29
Tiant	Cle	1081	McDowell	Cle	30.57	Bahnsen	NYY	29
McNally	Bal	1069	McNally	Bal	30.54	Chance	Min	29
Phoebus	Bal	1065	Chance	Min	29.88	Hardin	Bal	28
Hunter	Oak	1015	Hunter	Oak	29.85	Odom	Oak	27
Merritt	Min	1012	Coleman	Was	29.67	6 tied with		26
Wilson,E	Det	1012	Phoebus	Bal	29.58
Bahnsen	NYY	1001	Nash	Oak	29.55


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Horlen	ChW	10-20	Worthington	Min	43	McGlothlin	Cal	112
Fisher,J	ChW	3-19	Wood	ChW	41	Merritt	Min	108
McGlothlin	Cal	9-17	Higgins	Was	40	Dobson,C	Oak	107
Coleman	Was	10-16	Locker	ChW	39	Chance	Min	102
Peters	ChW	8-15	Aker	Oak	38	Coleman	Was	101
Stange	Bos	3-14	Watt	Bal	37	Culp	Bos	100
Kaat	Min	12-14	Stange	Bos	35	Hardin	Bal	100
Dobson,C	Oak	9-13	Wilhelm	ChW	34	Brunet	Cal	98
Brunet	Cal	13-13	Segui	Oak	33	McLain	Det	97
Merritt	Min	13-13	Romo,V	Cle	32	McDowell	Cle	94
Hardin	Bal	15-13	Lyle	Bos	32	Stottlemyre	NYY	93
4 tied with		12	Womack	NYY	31	3 tied with		91


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Coleman	Was	98	Chance	Min	255	Ellsworth	Bos	49
Dobson,C	Oak	92	Stottlemyre	NYY	251	Peterson,F	NYY	44
Hardin	Bal	91	McLain	Det	245	Culp	Bos	41
McLain	Det	91	Wilson,E	Det	225	McLain	Det	41
Brunet	Cal	89	Coleman	Was	223	Hardin	Bal	38
Wilson,E	Det	88	Merritt	Min	221	Pascual	Was	34
McDowell	Cle	88	Dobson,C	Oak	218	Bahnsen	NYY	34
Culp	Bos	87	Hunter	Oak	218	Lolich	Det	33
McGlothlin	Cal	85	McDowell	Cle	214	Nash	Oak	33
Stottlemyre	NYY	84	Hardin	Bal	210	Hunter	Oak	32
Bell	Bos	83	Horlen	ChW	206	Phoebus	Bal	32
Merritt	Min	83	2 tied with		204	4 tied with		31


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Chance	Min	13	Chance	Min	40	McGlothlin	Cal	.444
McGlothlin	Cal	12	Ellis,S	Cal	38	Brabender	Bal	.600
Krausse	Oak	10	Phoebus	Bal	37	Bertaina	Was	.619
Odom	Oak	10	Culp	Bos	35	Nash	Oak	.630
Kaat	Min	9	Boswell,D	Min	28	Boswell,D	Min	.636
Brunet	Cal	9	Williams,S	Cle	25	Coleman	Was	.650
Lyle	Bos	8	Stephenson,Je	Bos	21	Odom	Oak	.667
Bell	Bos	8	Sparma	Det	19	McLain	Det	.667
Horlen	ChW	8	Horlen	ChW	18	Williams,S	Cle	.676
Dobson,C	Oak	8	Odom	Oak	18	Howard,B	Was	.722
McNally	Bal	8	Wilson,E	Det	17	Leonhard	Bal	.722
3 tied with		7	Nash	Oak	17	Chance	Min	.727


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Coleman	Was	14	Odom	Oak	19	Wilson,E	Det	4
Hardin	Bal	14	Bertaina	Was	14	Cain	Det	2
Carlos	ChW	12	Clark,Ri	Cal	12	Patterson	Det	2
Horlen	ChW	12	Bell	Bos	12	Roland	Min	2
McNally	Bal	11	Wilson,E	Det	12	Lyle	Bos	2
Lonborg	Bos	10	Waslewski	Bos	11	Paul	Cle	2
Lolich	Det	10	Brunet	Cal	10	Peters	ChW	2
Culp	Bos	10	Roland	Min	9	Phoebus	Bal	2
Merritt	Min	10	Lonborg	Bos	9	McDowell	Cle	2
Phoebus	Bal	10	Dobson,C	Oak	9	16 tied with		1
3 tied with		9	Boswell,D	Min	8
			9 tied with		7


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Hunter	Oak	.053	Warden	Det	.097	McGlothlin	Cal	28
McLain	Det	.100	Locker	ChW	.108	Odom	Oak	27
Wilson,E	Det	.143	Richert	Bal	.152	McNally	Bal	26
Odom	Oak	.211	Sprague	Oak	.157	Bertaina	Was	23
Tiant	Cle	.222	Landis	Bos	.219	Ellsworth	Bos	23
Phoebus	Bal	.227	Wood	ChW	.227	Hannan	Was	22
Chance	Min	.238	Lasher	Det	.240	Stottlemyre	NYY	22
Horlen	ChW	.240	Higgins	Was	.243	Phoebus	Bal	21
Dobson,C	Oak	.250	Stange	Bos	.273	Hardin	Bal	20
Ellsworth	Bos	.286	Aker	Oak	.286	4 tied with		19
Boswell,D	Min	.316	Miller,B	Min	.295
Krausse	Oak	.320	2 tied with		.300


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

McDowell	Cle	926	McDowell	Cle	823	Tiant	Cle	.424
McNally	Bal	879	McNally	Bal	794	McLain	Det	.472
Merritt	Min	823	Merritt	Min	763	Bahnsen	NYY	.503
Brunet	Cal	783	Brunet	Cal	718	Siebert	Cle	.504
Lolich	Det	750	Lolich	Det	684	Hannan	Was	.509
Kaat	Min	717	Kaat	Min	667	Phoebus	Bal	.515
Peterson,F	NYY	698	Peterson,F	NYY	657	Hardin	Bal	.519
McLain	Det	649	McLain	Det	603	Chance	Min	.522
Ellsworth	Bos	633	Ellsworth	Bos	590	Wood	ChW	.544
Stottlemyre	NYY	624	Chance	Min	580	Hargan	Cle	.559
Chance	Min	617	Stottlemyre	NYY	572	Stottlemyre	NYY	.567
Hardin	Bal	594	Hardin	Bal	534	McNally	Bal	.568


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Tiant	Cle	.136	Tiant	Cle	.197	Phoebus	Bal	.224
Hardin	Bal	.176	McLain	Det	.222	Tiant	Cle	.227
Phoebus	Bal	.178	Wood	ChW	.232	Hannan	Was	.243
McLain	Det	.179	Chance	Min	.234	McLain	Det	.250
Siebert	Cle	.182	Bahnsen	NYY	.234	Siebert	Cle	.254
McNally	Bal	.185	Hardin	Bal	.238	Bahnsen	NYY	.268
Bahnsen	NYY	.188	McNally	Bal	.249	Hargan	Cle	.276
Hannan	Was	.202	Siebert	Cle	.249	Hardin	Bal	.281
Culp	Bos	.204	Williams,S	Cle	.255	Chance	Min	.288
Wood	ChW	.207	Hiller,J	Det	.257	Stottlemyre	NYY	.292
Chance	Min	.209	Hunter	Oak	.258	McDowell	Cle	.300
Williams,S	Cle	.210	Brunet	Cal	.262	Barber	NYY	.302


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Ellsworth	Bos	47	Bell	Bos	8	McNally	Bal	25
Peterson,F	NYY	41	Odom	Oak	7	Ellis,S	Cal	22
Lolich	Det	30	Dobson,C	Oak	7	Brunet	Cal	22
Peters	ChW	29	Kaat	Min	7	McGlothlin	Cal	18
Merritt	Min	27	Chance	Min	6	Lolich	Det	17
Culp	Bos	25	Brunet	Cal	6	Merritt	Min	17
McDowell	Cle	24	McNally	Bal	6	Ellsworth	Bos	16
Pascual	Was	23	McDowell	Cle	6	Lonborg	Bos	15
Paul	Cle	21	Messersmith	Cal	5	Nash	Oak	15
Wright	Cal	21	Talbot	NYY	5	Peters	ChW	15
Nash	Oak	21	Horlen	ChW	5	Dobson,C	Oak	14
Bertaina	Was	20	Peters	ChW	5	2 tied with		13


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

McDowell	Cle	187	Ellsworth	Bos	64	Ellsworth	Bos	261
Merritt	Min	179	Peterson,F	NYY	53	Merritt	Min	261
Kaat	Min	170	McNally	Bal	50	McNally	Bal	253
Ellsworth	Bos	164	Peters	ChW	49	McDowell	Cle	247
Peterson,F	NYY	161	Lolich	Det	47	Brunet	Cal	246
Lolich	Det	156	Merritt	Min	46	Lolich	Det	237
Brunet	Cal	152	Brunet	Cal	44	Peterson,F	NYY	234
McNally	Bal	147	Dobson,C	Oak	38	Kaat	Min	228
Peters	ChW	138	McDowell	Cle	38	Peters	ChW	222
Stottlemyre	NYY	132	Culp	Bos	37	Dobson,C	Oak	199
Dobson,C	Oak	126	Nash	Oak	36	McGlothlin	Cal	183
Bertaina	Was	124	Wright	Cal	34	Nash	Oak	180


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

McDowell	Cle	75	Carlos	ChW	11	McDowell	Cle	212
Phoebus	Bal	69	McNally	Bal	11	Tiant	Cle	168
McNally	Bal	59	Coleman	Was	10	Lolich	Det	155
Lolich	Det	50	Hardin	Bal	10	McLain	Det	150
Brunet	Cal	50	Culp	Bos	9	McNally	Bal	143
Odom	Oak	43	Fisher,J	ChW	8	Culp	Bos	129
Peters	ChW	43	Horlen	ChW	8	Merritt	Min	128
Boswell,D	Min	41	7 tied with		7	Phoebus	Bal	126
Barber	NYY	40				Hardin	Bal	126
McGlothlin	Cal	38				Chance	Min	125
Dobson,C	Oak	37				Hunter	Oak	121
Tiant	Cle	37				Nash	Oak	112


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Chance	Min	6.6	Hardin	Bal	14	McDowell	Cle	9
Hunter	Oak	5.8	Merritt	Min	13	Odom	Oak	8
McLain	Det	5.4	Bosman	Was	12	Coleman	Was	7
Wilson,E	Det	5.2	Kaat	Min	12	McNally	Bal	7
Williams,S	Cle	5.0	McDowell	Cle	12	Worthington	Min	6
Tiant	Cle	4.5	Clark,Ri	Cal	11	Chance	Min	6
Coleman	Was	4.1	8 tied with		10	7 tied with		5
John	ChW	4.1
Krausse	Oak	3.9
Hardin	Bal	3.7
Perry,J	Min	3.6
Culp	Bos	3.6

League Pitching Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1968

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1968