League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/23/1988

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Robinson,JM	Det	1.76	Viola	Min	25-3	Clemens	Bos	337
Higuera	Mil	1.97	Clemens	Bos	23-8	Langston	Sea	240
Swindell	Cle	2.08	Stewart	Oak	22-9	Higuera	Mil	224
Viola	Min	2.28	Higuera	Mil	19-7	Viola	Min	223
LaPoint		2.50	Gubicza	KC	19-12	Swindell	Cle	200
Clemens	Bos	2.64	Welch	Oak	19-13	Stewart	Oak	195
Anderson,A	Min	2.69	Reuss	ChW	18-5	Hurst	Bos	189
Reuss	ChW	2.69	Anderson,A	Min	18-7	Moore,M	Sea	187
Candelaria	NYY	2.80	Swindell	Cle	18-8	Gubicza	KC	177
Moore,M	Sea	2.86	Terrell	Det	17-8	Morris,Ja	Det	176
Witt,B	Tex	3.05	Stieb	Tor	17-9	Boddicker	Bos	166
Gubicza	KC	3.06	3 tied with		16	Perez,M	ChW	165


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Nelson,G	Oak	69	Gubicza	KC	279.0	Viola	Min	.893
Smith,L	Bos	67	Viola	Min	276.2	Reuss	ChW	.783
Thigpen	ChW	65	Clemens	Bos	275.2	Bailes	Cle	.778
Ward,D	Tor	64	Stewart	Oak	263.1	Young,C	Oak	.765
Jones,D	Cle	62	Swindell	Cle	259.1	Clemens	Bos	.742
Crim	Mil	62	Saberhagen	KC	259.0	Higuera	Mil	.731
Eckersley	Oak	62	Higuera	Mil	256.0	Flanagan	Tor	.727
Henke	Tor	62	Langston	Sea	254.0	Anderson,A	Min	.720
Reardon	Min	61	Hough	Tex	246.0	Stewart	Oak	.710
Jackson,M	Sea	61	Morris,Ja	Det	244.1	August	Mil	.706
Farr	KC	59	Witt,M	Cal	242.0	Witt,B	Tex	.706
2 tied with		58	Welch	Oak	241.2	Swindell	Cle	.692


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Stewart	Oak	37	Higuera	Mil	16	Higuera	Mil	8
Saberhagen	KC	36	Clemens	Bos	16	Robinson,JM	Det	6
Welch	Oak	36	Gubicza	KC	13	Stieb	Tor	6
Boddicker	Bos	35	Swindell	Cle	12	Swindell	Cle	6
Clemens	Bos	35	Viola	Min	12	Clemens	Bos	5
Leibrandt	KC	35	Witt,B	Tex	11	Viola	Min	5
Gubicza	KC	35	Anderson,A	Min	10	Candelaria	NYY	4
Viola	Min	35	Hough	Tex	10	Tanana	Det	4
Langston	Sea	35	Stieb	Tor	9	Hough	Tex	4
5 tied with		34	Moore,M	Sea	9	7 tied with		3
			Leibrandt	KC	9
			5 tied with		8


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Eckersley	Oak	48	Hernandez,W	Det	.952	Ward,D	Tor	18
Henke	Tor	46	Eckersley	Oak	.889	Honeycutt	Oak	17
Jones,D	Cle	45	Harvey	Cal	.885	Atherton	Min	14
Reardon	Min	45	Jones,D	Cle	.882	Jackson,M	Sea	14
Smith,L	Bos	42	Reardon	Min	.882	Cadaret	Oak	12
Thigpen	ChW	36	Henneman	Det	.880	Nelson,G	Oak	12
Farr	KC	29	Schooler	Sea	.880	Wells	Tor	11
Righetti	NYY	26	Thigpen	ChW	.857	Mohorcic	NYY	10
Plesac	Mil	26	Henke	Tor	.852	Scurry	Sea	9
Niedenfuer	Bal	24	Farr	KC	.829	Berenguer	Min	9
Harvey	Cal	23	Righetti	NYY	.788	Stanley,B	Bos	8
3 tied with		22	Smith,L	Bos	.778	Crim	Mil	8


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Robinson,JM	Det	.169	Robinson,JM	Det	5.3	Higuera	Mil	8.3
Witt,B	Tex	.183	Witt,B	Tex	5.6	Viola	Min	9.0
Higuera	Mil	.189	Higuera	Mil	6.0	Candelaria	NYY	9.3
Stieb	Tor	.204	Stieb	Tor	6.6	Robinson,JM	Det	9.5
Viola	Min	.210	Viola	Min	6.9	Clemens	Bos	9.5
Hough	Tex	.212	Hough	Tex	6.9	Swindell	Cle	10.0
Clemens	Bos	.214	Clemens	Bos	7.1	Bannister	KC	10.1
Gubicza	KC	.223	Gubicza	KC	7.4	Reuss	ChW	10.2
Guzman	Tex	.223	Kilgus	Tex	7.5	Anderson,A	Min	10.6
Kilgus	Tex	.226	Guzman	Tex	7.6	Moore,M	Sea	10.8
Bannister	KC	.227	Bannister	KC	7.6	Kilgus	Tex	10.8
Candelaria	NYY	.232	Langston	Sea	7.8	Gubicza	KC	11.1


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Hough	Tex	135	Candelaria	NYY	1.4	Clemens	Bos	11.0
Langston	Sea	122	Anderson,A	Min	1.4	Langston	Sea	8.5
Gubicza	KC	108	Swindell	Cle	1.6	Higuera	Mil	7.9
Witt,B	Tex	105	Ballard	Bal	1.7	Hurst	Bos	7.5
Perez,M	ChW	103	John	NYY	1.7	Perez,M	ChW	7.4
Stieb	Tor	103	Reuss	ChW	1.8	Moore,M	Sea	7.3
Witt,M	Cal	90	Leibrandt	KC	1.9	Witt,B	Tex	7.3
Guzman	Tex	88	Viola	Min	1.9	Viola	Min	7.3
Dotson	NYY	87	Higuera	Mil	1.9	Candelaria	NYY	7.1
Welch	Oak	87	Alexander	Det	2.0	Swindell	Cle	6.9
Davis,S	Oak	80	Bannister	KC	2.0	Blyleven	Min	6.8
Stewart	Oak	80	Blyleven	Min	2.1	Boddicker	Bos	6.7


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Higuera	Mil	0.89	Fraser	Cal	34	Anderson,A	Min	6.1
Viola	Min	0.98	Langston	Sea	33	Davis,S	Oak	5.9
Robinson,JM	Det	1.02	Dotson	NYY	31	Young,C	Oak	5.5
Candelaria	NYY	1.03	Morris,Ja	Det	31	Hurst	Bos	5.4
Clemens	Bos	1.03	Smithson	Bos	28	Kilgus	Tex	5.3
Bannister	KC	1.07	Boyd	Bos	28	Flanagan	Tor	5.2
Reuss	ChW	1.10	Blyleven	Min	27	Russell,Je	Tex	5.2
Swindell	Cle	1.11	Alexander	Det	27	Terrell	Det	5.2
Anderson,A	Min	1.13	Rhoden	NYY	26	Candelaria	NYY	5.1
Kilgus	Tex	1.16	Bannister	KC	25	Stieb	Tor	5.0
Stieb	Tor	1.19	Perez,M	ChW	25	Stewart	Oak	4.9
Moore,M	Sea	1.20	Moore,M	Sea	25	Viola	Min	4.8


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Gubicza	KC	1149	Gubicza	KC	32.83	Welch	Oak	32
Stewart	Oak	1123	Swindell	Cle	32.06	Clemens	Bos	31
Saberhagen	KC	1115	Witt,B	Tex	31.86	Gubicza	KC	31
Clemens	Bos	1110	Higuera	Mil	31.74	Langston	Sea	31
Viola	Min	1090	Clemens	Bos	31.71	Saberhagen	KC	31
Langston	Sea	1076	Viola	Min	31.14	Stewart	Oak	31
Swindell	Cle	1058	Hough	Tex	31.03	Perez,M	ChW	29
Hough	Tex	1055	Saberhagen	KC	30.97	Tanana	Det	29
Witt,M	Cal	1050	Farrell	Cle	30.97	Hough	Tex	29
Morris,Ja	Det	1039	Witt,M	Cal	30.88	4 tied with		28
Welch	Oak	1039	Langston	Sea	30.74
Leibrandt	KC	990	Morris,Ja	Det	30.56


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Saberhagen	KC	12-19	Smith,L	Bos	60	Davis,S	Oak	136
McDowell,J	ChW	4-17	Henke	Tor	59	Saberhagen	KC	134
Fraser	Cal	6-17	Reardon	Min	58	Langston	Sea	126
Witt,M	Cal	11-17	Jones,D	Cle	58	Stewart	Oak	121
Perez,M	ChW	12-17	Eckersley	Oak	58	Fraser	Cal	118
Tibbs	Bal	6-16	Thigpen	ChW	58	Perez,M	ChW	118
Candiotti	Cle	10-16	Farr	KC	52	Morris,Ja	Det	117
Boddicker	Bos	11-16	Niedenfuer	Bal	50	Blyleven	Min	116
Hough	Tex	13-16	Righetti	NYY	47	Dotson	NYY	114
5 tied with		15	Plesac	Mil	45	Candiotti	Cle	113
			Henneman	Det	44	Boddicker	Bos	113
			Harvey	Cal	43	3 tied with		112


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Davis,S	Oak	131	Saberhagen	KC	284	Stewart	Oak	56
Saberhagen	KC	120	Leibrandt	KC	256	Flanagan	Tor	55
Langston	Sea	115	Stewart	Oak	254	Long	ChW	54
Perez,M	ChW	109	Candiotti	Cle	251	John	NYY	53
Boddicker	Bos	108	Witt,M	Cal	245	Leibrandt	KC	52
Stewart	Oak	107	Alexander	Det	243	Witt,M	Cal	52
Blyleven	Min	106	Swindell	Cle	242	Fraser	Cal	49
Morris,Ja	Det	105	John	NYY	240	Welch	Oak	49
Fraser	Cal	103	Morris,Ja	Det	239	Alexander	Det	48
Dotson	NYY	102	Boddicker	Bos	237	Bannister	KC	47
Alexander	Det	101	Hurst	Bos	235	4 tied with		45
4 tied with		99	Welch	Oak	235


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Saberhagen	KC	22	Bautista	Bal	43	Tibbs	Bal	.571
Yett	Cle	11	Blyleven	Min	40	Alexander	Det	.588
Perez,M	ChW	10	Hough	Tex	40	Finley	Cal	.609
Gubicza	KC	10	McDowell,J	ChW	35	Fraser	Cal	.643
Alexander	Det	9	Campbell	Sea	35	Peraza	Bal	.667
Terrell	Det	7	Petry	Cal	35	Swindell	Cle	.680
Blyleven	Min	7	Guzman	Tex	32	Kilgus	Tex	.682
Morris,Ja	Det	7	Bannister	KC	30	Boddicker	Bos	.700
10 tied with		6	Morris,Ja	Det	26	Rhoden	NYY	.700
			Lea	Min	25	Bosio	Mil	.704
			Bankhead	Sea	23	Bailes	Cle	.710
			Bailes	Cle	22	Ballard	Bal	.720


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Swift	Sea	15	Perez,M	ChW	18	Morris,Ja	Det	12
Boddicker	Bos	15	Witt,B	Tex	15	Finley	Cal	11
Blyleven	Min	14	Stewart	Oak	15	Williams,Mi	Tex	10
Guzman	Tex	14	McCaskill	Cal	13	Witt,B	Tex	10
Stieb	Tor	14	Gubicza	KC	13	Welch	Oak	10
Stanley,B	Bos	13	Jones,O	Mil	12	Clemens	Bos	10
Welch	Oak	13	Davis,S	Oak	12	Lamp	Bos	9
Hough	Tex	12	Hough	Tex	12	Plunk	Oak	9
Dotson	NYY	11	Clancy	Tor	11	Birkbeck	Mil	9
5 tied with		10	4 tied with		10	Candiotti	Cle	9
						Stewart	Oak	9
						5 tied with		8


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Morris,Ja	Det	.100	Schooler	Sea	.097	Swift	Sea	39
Robinson,JM	Det	.125	Hernandez,W	Det	.106	Flanagan	Tor	36
Clemens	Bos	.158	Harvey	Cal	.107	Leibrandt	KC	34
Hurst	Bos	.182	Henneman	Det	.180	Langston	Sea	34
Welch	Oak	.211	Portugal	Min	.185	Terrell	Det	33
John	NYY	.219	Reardon	Min	.205	Gubicza	KC	32
LaPoint		.261	Eckersley	Oak	.205	Young,C	Oak	31
Swindell	Cle	.278	Mirabella	Mil	.214	Reuss	ChW	31
Viola	Min	.278	Shields	NYY	.222	Anderson,A	Min	30
Ballard	Bal	.280	Thurmond	Bal	.229	Sisk	Bal	27
Young,C	Oak	.280	Righetti	NYY	.234	Stanley,B	Bos	26
Kilgus	Tex	.286	Jones,D	Cle	.236	Candiotti	Cle	26


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

Langston	Sea	908	Viola	Min	836	Clemens	Bos	.482
Viola	Min	907	Swindell	Cle	830	Robinson,JM	Det	.489
Swindell	Cle	882	Langston	Sea	798	Higuera	Mil	.493
Leibrandt	KC	827	Leibrandt	KC	778	August	Mil	.543
Flanagan	Tor	819	Flanagan	Tor	740	Viola	Min	.566
Hurst	Bos	801	Higuera	Mil	737	Russell,Je	Tex	.581
Higuera	Mil	800	Hurst	Bos	730	Anderson,A	Min	.583
Reuss	ChW	765	Reuss	ChW	719	Wegman	Mil	.588
Tanana	Det	763	Tanana	Det	704	Swindell	Cle	.590
Kilgus	Tex	730	Anderson,A	Min	690	Gubicza	KC	.615
Anderson,A	Min	727	Kilgus	Tex	653	Fraser	Cal	.616
Finley	Cal	689	John	NYY	636	Reuss	ChW	.625


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

Robinson,JM	Det	.156	Clemens	Bos	.215	Higuera	Mil	.251
Clemens	Bos	.178	Robinson,JM	Det	.223	Robinson,JM	Det	.266
Higuera	Mil	.185	Higuera	Mil	.242	Clemens	Bos	.267
Witt,B	Tex	.190	Viola	Min	.259	August	Mil	.276
August	Mil	.193	Wegman	Mil	.263	Viola	Min	.307
Stieb	Tor	.205	Candelaria	NYY	.265	Russell,Je	Tex	.311
Viola	Min	.212	August	Mil	.266	Gubicza	KC	.315
Wegman	Mil	.212	Anderson,A	Min	.267	Anderson,A	Min	.316
Fraser	Cal	.214	Russell,Je	Tex	.270	Swindell	Cle	.319
Hough	Tex	.220	Swindell	Cle	.271	Wegman	Mil	.325
Nieves	Mil	.223	Fraser	Cal	.279	Musselman	Tor	.336
Gubicza	KC	.228	Stewart	Oak	.281	Witt,B	Tex	.336


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Flanagan	Tor	47	Saberhagen	KC	15	Langston	Sea	31
John	NYY	44	Gubicza	KC	7	Bannister	KC	25
Ballard	Bal	39	Reuss	ChW	6	Kilgus	Tex	23
Tanana	Det	39	Langston	Sea	6	Young,C	Oak	21
Leibrandt	KC	38	Perez,M	ChW	5	Alexander	Det	20
Hurst	Bos	37	Terrell	Det	5	Tanana	Det	20
Langston	Sea	36	John	NYY	5	Hurst	Bos	20
Bannister	KC	35	Tanana	Det	5	Leibrandt	KC	20
Morris,Ja	Det	32	11 tied with		4	Dotson	NYY	19
Horton		28				Morris,Ja	Det	19
Dotson	NYY	28				Bailes	Cle	19
Viola	Min	27				Ballard	Bal	19


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

Flanagan	Tor	209	Langston	Sea	73	Langston	Sea	331
Leibrandt	KC	207	John	NYY	65	Leibrandt	KC	307
John	NYY	200	Tanana	Det	64	Flanagan	Tor	305
Swindell	Cle	198	Flanagan	Tor	64	John	NYY	302
Hurst	Bos	195	Bannister	KC	63	Hurst	Bos	298
Langston	Sea	190	Ballard	Bal	60	Tanana	Det	291
Tanana	Det	182	Hurst	Bos	60	Bannister	KC	267
Reuss	ChW	177	Leibrandt	KC	59	Ballard	Bal	265
Viola	Min	177	Morris,Ja	Det	52	Swindell	Cle	265
Finley	Cal	167	Saberhagen	KC	49	Viola	Min	257
Ballard	Bal	165	Kilgus	Tex	49	Saberhagen	KC	249
Anderson,A	Min	164	Dotson	NYY	47	Kilgus	Tex	248


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Langston	Sea	102	Swift	Sea	14	Clemens	Bos	203
Flanagan	Tor	67	Stanley,B	Bos	13	Langston	Sea	195
Hough	Tex	66	Stieb	Tor	13	Viola	Min	187
Hurst	Bos	62	Welch	Oak	13	Swindell	Cle	169
Kilgus	Tex	61	Blyleven	Min	12	Higuera	Mil	168
Finley	Cal	59	Ward,D	Tor	8	Hurst	Bos	160
Stieb	Tor	57	Guzman	Tex	8	Boddicker	Bos	114
Viola	Min	53	Morris,Ja	Det	8	Gubicza	KC	108
Tanana	Det	51	Boddicker	Bos	8	Tanana	Det	106
Gubicza	KC	49	Kilgus	Tex	8	Finley	Cal	103
Higuera	Mil	49	4 tied with		7	Candelaria	NYY	100
Witt,B	Tex	46				Leibrandt	KC	94


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

Clemens	Bos	9.2	Viola	Min	11	Long	ChW	8
Candelaria	NYY	6.7	Swindell	Cle	8	Welch	Oak	8
Candiotti	Cle	5.6	Nieves	Mil	7	Hough	Tex	8
Swindell	Cle	4.3	Leiter	NYY	6	Ballard	Bal	8
Moore,M	Sea	4.2	Bailes	Cle	6	Williamson	Bal	7
Blyleven	Min	3.9	Blyleven	Min	5	Finley	Cal	7
Alexander	Det	3.9	Higuera	Mil	5	Burns	Oak	6
Birkbeck	Mil	3.6	Flanagan	Tor	5	Nelson,G	Oak	6
Viola	Min	3.5	11 tied with		4	Gibson,P	Det	6
Morris,Ja	Det	3.5				John	NYY	6
Saberhagen	KC	3.5				Hurst	Bos	6
Higuera	Mil	3.4				Langston	Sea	6

League Pitching Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/23/1988

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/23/1988