League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 7/9/1989

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Black	Cle	2.00	Anderson,A	Min	14-4	Ryan	Tex	160
Saberhagen	KC	2.08	Blyleven	Cal	13-2	Clemens	Bos	138
Blyleven	Cal	2.09	Saberhagen	KC	12-5	Viola	Min	116
Stewart	Oak	2.15	Gubicza	KC	12-7	Saberhagen	KC	114
Ryan	Tex	2.41	Viola	Min	11-6	Finley,C	Cal	104
Candiotti	Cle	2.62	Stewart	Oak	11-6	Stewart	Oak	103
Clemens	Bos	2.62	Smith,R	Min	10-1	Gubicza	KC	102
Anderson,A	Min	2.64	McCaskill	Cal	10-4	Bankhead	Sea	100
Finley,C	Cal	2.85	Clemens	Bos	10-5	Bosio	Mil	88
Bankhead	Sea	2.98	Black	Cle	10-5	Tanana	Det	82
Flanagan	Tor	3.01	Hawkins	NYY	10-7	Perez,M	ChW	80
Stieb	Tor	3.05	Stieb	Tor	10-8	Swindell	Cle	78


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Crim	Mil	40	Stewart	Oak	154.2	Smith,R	Min	.909
Reardon	Min	38	Gubicza	KC	152.0	Tibbs	Bal	.875
Murphy,R	Bos	37	Saberhagen	KC	151.1	Berenguer	Min	.875
Guetterman	NYY	37	Clemens	Bos	151.0	Blyleven	Cal	.867
Righetti	NYY	35	Anderson,A	Min	146.1	Anderson,A	Min	.778
Guante	Tex	35	Viola	Min	134.2	Langston		.778
Russell,Je	Tex	35	Ryan	Tex	134.1	Thurmond	Bal	.750
Williams,F	Det	34	Blyleven	Cal	133.2	Ward,D	Tor	.750
Jackson,M	Sea	34	Bosio	Mil	132.0	McCaskill	Cal	.714
McCullers	NYY	33	Tanana	Det	130.1	Saberhagen	KC	.706
Rogers	Tex	33	3 tied with		130.0	Moore,M	Oak	.692
Ward,D	Tor	33				3 tied with		.667


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Gubicza	KC	20	Saberhagen	KC	13	Black	Cle	4
Viola	Min	20	Blyleven	Cal	6	Bankhead	Sea	3
Anderson,A	Min	20	Clemens	Bos	6	Viola	Min	3
Stewart	Oak	20	Viola	Min	6	Anderson,A	Min	3
Schmidt,D	Bal	19	Black	Cle	5	McCaskill	Cal	2
Clemens	Bos	19	Stieb	Tor	5	Ryan	Tex	2
Alexander,D	Det	19	Gubicza	KC	5	Saberhagen	KC	2
Tanana	Det	19	Anderson,A	Min	5	Clemens	Bos	2
Leibrandt	KC	19	Stewart	Oak	5	Moore,M	Oak	2
Bosio	Mil	19	5 tied with		4	29 tied with		1
Moore,M	Oak	19
Key	Tor	19


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Reardon	Min	30	Henke	Tor	.958	Minton	Cal	12
Russell,Je	Tex	25	Plesac	Mil	.952	Orosco	Cle	11
Henke	Tor	23	Russell,Je	Tex	.926	Rogers	Tex	10
Schooler	Sea	22	Reardon	Min	.909	Berenguer	Min	9
Jones,D	Cle	21	Olson,Gr	Bal	.909	Hickey	Bal	8
Plesac	Mil	20	Righetti	NYY	.909	Murphy,R	Bos	8
Olson,Gr	Bal	20	Smith,L	Bos	.900	Crim	Mil	8
Righetti	NYY	20	Burns	Oak	.889	Wayne	Min	7
Harvey	Cal	19	Eckersley	Oak	.867	6 tied with		6
Smith,L	Bos	18	Guetterman	NYY	.857
Thigpen	ChW	18	Jones,D	Cle	.840
2 tied with		13	Thigpen	ChW	.818


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Ryan	Tex	.172	Ryan	Tex	5.5	Saberhagen	KC	7.4
Saberhagen	KC	.200	Saberhagen	KC	6.5	Black	Cle	9.4
Bankhead	Sea	.205	Bankhead	Sea	6.7	Ryan	Tex	9.4
Stewart	Oak	.208	Welch	Oak	6.9	Bankhead	Sea	9.8
Welch	Oak	.211	Stewart	Oak	6.9	Stewart	Oak	9.9
Stieb	Tor	.212	Stieb	Tor	7.0	Blyleven	Cal	10.0
Finley,C	Cal	.221	Finley,C	Cal	7.4	Candiotti	Cle	10.1
Bosio	Mil	.224	Moore,M	Oak	7.4	Anderson,A	Min	10.2
Moore,M	Oak	.225	Bosio	Mil	7.5	Schmidt,D	Bal	10.2
Candiotti	Cle	.231	Candiotti	Cle	7.5	Bosio	Mil	10.3
Black	Cle	.231	Hough	Tex	7.6	Finley,C	Cal	10.5
Clemens	Bos	.233	Black	Cle	7.8	Welch	Oak	10.5


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Hough	Tex	64	Saberhagen	KC	0.8	Ryan	Tex	10.7
Witt,B	Tex	57	Black	Cle	1.6	Clemens	Bos	8.2
Perez,M	ChW	56	Blyleven	Cal	1.6	Viola	Min	7.8
Moore,M	Oak	53	Schmidt,D	Bal	1.7	Finley,C	Cal	7.6
Hawkins	NYY	53	Anderson,A	Min	1.8	Bankhead	Sea	6.9
King,E	ChW	52	Swindell	Cle	1.8	Perez,M	ChW	6.8
Ryan	Tex	52	Smith,R	Min	1.9	Saberhagen	KC	6.8
Dopson	Bos	49	Reuss	ChW	1.9	Witt,B	Tex	6.7
Rawley	Min	48	Key	Tor	2.0	Boddicker	Bos	6.4
Brown,K	Tex	48	Flanagan	Tor	2.0	Swindell	Cle	6.1
Clemens	Bos	48	Cerutti	Tor	2.0	Gubicza	KC	6.0
Stewart	Oak	48	Witt,M	Cal	2.2	2 tied with		6.0


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Saberhagen	KC	0.81	Key	Tor	23	Dopson	Bos	6.7
Ryan	Tex	1.00	Schmidt,D	Bal	22	Smith,R	Min	6.3
Black	Cle	1.04	Boddicker	Bos	21	Key	Tor	5.9
Blyleven	Cal	1.06	Bautista,J	Bal	19	Blyleven	Cal	5.5
Bankhead	Sea	1.08	Smithson	Bos	19	Viola	Min	5.5
Stewart	Oak	1.08	Hudson	Det	17	Anderson,A	Min	5.5
Anderson,A	Min	1.09	Cerutti	Tor	17	Cerutti	Tor	5.5
Bosio	Mil	1.10	Alexander,D	Det	17	Milacki	Bal	5.4
Candiotti	Cle	1.11	Smith,R	Min	16	Hawkins	NYY	5.0
Stieb	Tor	1.12	Milacki	Bal	15	Reuss	ChW	4.9
Schmidt,D	Bal	1.14	Hough	Tex	15	Moore,M	Oak	4.8
Finley,C	Cal	1.15	Tanana	Det	15	2 tied with		4.8


Starts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Gubicza	KC	20	Stewart	Oak	17	Blyleven	Cal	.941
Viola	Min	20	Blyleven	Cal	16	Saberhagen	KC	.889
Anderson,A	Min	20	Saberhagen	KC	16	Stewart	Oak	.850
Stewart	Oak	20	Anderson,A	Min	16	Stieb	Tor	.833
Schmidt,D	Bal	19	Stieb	Tor	15	Ryan	Tex	.824
Clemens	Bos	19	Ryan	Tex	14	Flanagan	Tor	.824
Alexander,D	Det	19	Flanagan	Tor	14	Anderson,A	Min	.800
Tanana	Det	19	Bankhead	Sea	14	Bankhead	Sea	.778
Leibrandt	KC	19	Clemens	Bos	14	Clemens	Bos	.737
Bosio	Mil	19	Moore,M	Oak	13	4 tied with		.706
Moore,M	Oak	19	Gubicza	KC	13
Key	Tor	19	5 tied with		12


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Gubicza	KC	636	Clemens	Bos	32.63	Gubicza	KC	19
Stewart	Oak	625	Ryan	Tex	31.88	Stieb	Tor	18
Clemens	Bos	620	Gubicza	KC	31.80	Anderson,A	Min	18
Anderson,A	Min	584	Saberhagen	KC	31.61	Saberhagen	KC	17
Saberhagen	KC	569	Stewart	Oak	31.25	Hawkins	NYY	17
Viola	Min	556	Blyleven	Cal	31.18	Viola	Min	17
Tanana	Det	553	McCaskill	Cal	30.71	Stewart	Oak	17
Ryan	Tex	542	Finley,C	Cal	29.71	Boddicker	Bos	16
Bosio	Mil	535	Stieb	Tor	29.67	Tanana	Det	16
Stieb	Tor	534	Black	Cle	29.35	4 tied with		15
Schmidt,D	Bal	530	Anderson,A	Min	29.20
Blyleven	Cal	530	Witt,M	Cal	29.11


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Boddicker	Bos	5-11	Reardon	Min	35	Boddicker	Bos	82
August	Mil	4-10	Righetti	NYY	34	LaPoint	NYY	70
Gibson,P	Det	0-9	Russell,Je	Tex	32	Rawley	Min	70
Perez,M	ChW	4-9	Plesac	Mil	30	Leibrandt	KC	70
Tanana	Det	7-9	Henke	Tor	29	Key	Tor	70
9 tied with		8	Schooler	Sea	29	Swindell	Cle	67
			Montgomery	KC	28	Perez,M	ChW	66
			Olson,Gr	Bal	27	Milacki	Bal	65
			Thigpen	ChW	27	August	Mil	65
			Smith,L	Bos	26	Viola	Min	65
			Jones,D	Cle	26	Hawkins	NYY	63
			Harvey	Cal	25	2 tied with		62


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Boddicker	Bos	72	Gubicza	KC	149	Key	Tor	38
Rawley	Min	69	Leibrandt	KC	143	Gubicza	KC	32
LaPoint	NYY	68	Witt,M	Cal	140	LaPoint	NYY	31
Leibrandt	KC	64	Swindell	Cle	137	Hawkins	NYY	30
Cerutti	Tor	62	Tanana	Det	137	Anderson,A	Min	30
Swindell	Cle	62	Reuss	ChW	136	Stewart	Oak	29
Key	Tor	62	August	Mil	135	Leibrandt	KC	28
Perez,M	ChW	61	Key	Tor	135	Saberhagen	KC	26
Viola	Min	61	Hawkins	NYY	135	Reuss	ChW	25
Schmidt,D	Bal	59	Viola	Min	132	Cerutti	Tor	24
Dopson	Bos	58	Anderson,A	Min	131	3 tied with		23
Alexander,D	Det	58	Clemens	Bos	131


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Rawley	Min	8	Witt,B	Tex	28	Tanana	Det	.462
Perez,M	ChW	7	Candiotti	Cle	24	Milacki	Bal	.533
Dotson	ChW	6	Gardner,W	Bos	23	Higuera	Mil	.538
Bautista,J	Bal	6	Bannister,F	KC	23	Hough	Tex	.552
Higuera	Mil	6	Dopson	Bos	23	Ballard	Bal	.583
Bankhead	Sea	6	Farrell	Cle	23	Price	Bos	.600
8 tied with		5	Abbott,J	Cal	21	Rosenberg	ChW	.615
			Rawley	Min	19	Bosio	Mil	.621
			Bosio	Mil	18	Witt,M	Cal	.625
			Boddicker	Bos	16	Finley,C	Cal	.636
			Hough	Tex	16	Perez,M	ChW	.643
			Alexander,D	Det	15	Flanagan	Tor	.643


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Stieb	Tor	9	Schooler	Sea	10	Perez,M	ChW	6
Mohorcic	NYY	7	Moore,M	Oak	9	Dopson	Bos	6
Smithson	Bos	7	Ryan	Tex	8	Dotson	ChW	5
Boddicker	Bos	7	Viola	Min	8	Langston		5
Blyleven	Cal	7	Harvey	Cal	7	Olson,Gr	Bal	4
Ryan	Tex	7	Plunk	NYY	7	Pall	ChW	4
Jackson,M	Sea	6	Yett	Cle	7	King,E	ChW	4
Bosio	Mil	6	Olson,Gr	Bal	6	Hough	Tex	4
Tanana	Det	6	Russell,Je	Tex	6	5 tied with		3
Anderson,A	Min	6	Berenguer	Min	6
Clemens	Bos	6	Gubicza	KC	6
Gubicza	KC	6	10 tied with		5


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Hawkins	NYY	.059	Russell,Je	Tex	.125	Anderson,A	Min	24
Clemens	Bos	.091	Righetti	NYY	.150	Clemens	Bos	20
Welch	Oak	.111	Smith,L	Bos	.167	Milacki	Bal	19
Reuss	ChW	.125	McClure	Cal	.174	Stieb	Tor	19
Black	Cle	.154	Reardon	Min	.174	Tanana	Det	19
Cerutti	Tor	.231	Jones,D	Cle	.182	Flanagan	Tor	18
McCaskill	Cal	.273	Burns	Oak	.194	Hawkins	NYY	18
Flanagan	Tor	.273	Bailes	Cle	.200	Brown,K	Tex	17
Moore,M	Oak	.286	Crim	Mil	.211	Gubicza	KC	17
Ryan	Tex	.286	Montgomery	KC	.212	Rawley	Min	16
Finley,C	Cal	.308	McCarthy	ChW	.217	Moore,M	Oak	16
2 tied with		.313	4 tied with		.222	Viola	Min	16


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

Tanana	Det	500	Tanana	Det	454	Stewart	Oak	.517
Anderson,A	Min	476	Anderson,A	Min	448	Stieb	Tor	.548
Viola	Min	463	Viola	Min	423	Candiotti	Cle	.565
Finley,C	Cal	435	Finley,C	Cal	395	McCaskill	Cal	.567
Black	Cle	416	Black	Cle	395	Moore,M	Oak	.573
Swindell	Cle	413	Ballard	Bal	386	Blyleven	Cal	.576
Ballard	Bal	412	Swindell	Cle	385	Hillegas	ChW	.579
Key	Tor	406	Key	Tor	381	Gubicza	KC	.580
Flanagan	Tor	401	Flanagan	Tor	378	Guetterman	NYY	.581
Reuss	ChW	396	Reuss	ChW	371	Johnson,R	Sea	.583
Leibrandt	KC	390	Leibrandt	KC	357	Bankhead	Sea	.584
Cerutti	Tor	347	Cerutti	Tor	319	Ryan	Tex	.594


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

Ryan	Tex	.180	Stewart	Oak	.247	McCaskill	Cal	.266
Stewart	Oak	.184	Candiotti	Cle	.258	Stewart	Oak	.271
Stieb	Tor	.191	Saberhagen	KC	.264	Stieb	Tor	.271
Johnson,R	Sea	.203	Hillegas	ChW	.268	Johnson,R	Sea	.275
Candiotti	Cle	.203	Ryan	Tex	.272	Guetterman	NYY	.289
Bankhead	Sea	.210	Blyleven	Cal	.273	Moore,M	Oak	.289
Hillegas	ChW	.213	Gubicza	KC	.276	Blyleven	Cal	.303
Moore,M	Oak	.216	Stieb	Tor	.277	Gubicza	KC	.304
Gubicza	KC	.228	Bankhead	Sea	.279	Bankhead	Sea	.305
Blyleven	Cal	.231	Black	Cle	.283	Candiotti	Cle	.306
Clemens	Bos	.233	Moore,M	Oak	.285	Hillegas	ChW	.311
Hough	Tex	.234	Davis,S	Oak	.285	Farrell	Cle	.320


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Key	Tor	32	Rawley	Min	7	Key	Tor	21
LaPoint	NYY	28	Higuera	Mil	5	Hudson	Det	14
Anderson,A	Min	23	Swindell	Cle	5	Cerutti	Tor	14
Cerutti	Tor	22	Schwabe	Det	4	Tanana	Det	14
Flanagan	Tor	21	Rosenberg	ChW	4	Bautista,J	Bal	13
Leibrandt	KC	20	Gibson,P	Det	4	Boddicker	Bos	13
Reuss	ChW	19	Abbott,J	Cal	4	Leibrandt	KC	13
Ballard	Bal	19	Leibrandt	KC	4	Smith,R	Min	11
Tanana	Det	18	Key	Tor	4	Finley,C	Cal	11
4 tied with		17	6 tied with		3	Alexander,D	Det	10
						Milacki	Bal	10
						Rosenberg	ChW	10


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

Tanana	Det	123	Key	Tor	57	Key	Tor	219
Swindell	Cle	118	Leibrandt	KC	37	Tanana	Det	189
Anderson,A	Min	118	Cerutti	Tor	36	Leibrandt	KC	180
Key	Tor	116	LaPoint	NYY	35	Cerutti	Tor	172
Leibrandt	KC	113	Tanana	Det	35	Swindell	Cle	172
Flanagan	Tor	111	Rawley	Min	32	Flanagan	Tor	160
Viola	Min	110	Flanagan	Tor	31	Anderson,A	Min	151
Cerutti	Tor	108	Swindell	Cle	31	Viola	Min	149
Reuss	ChW	105	Rosenberg	ChW	30	Reuss	ChW	143
Ballard	Bal	105	Boddicker	Bos	29	Finley,C	Cal	143
Black	Cle	100	Finley,C	Cal	27	3 tied with		142
Finley,C	Cal	93	Anderson,A	Min	27


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Rawley	Min	42	Mohorcic	NYY	7	Viola	Min	103
Young,C	Oak	40	Stieb	Tor	7	Ryan	Tex	94
LaPoint	NYY	39	Boddicker	Bos	6	Finley,C	Cal	93
Tanana	Det	38	Blyleven	Cal	6	Clemens	Bos	75
Hough	Tex	34	Anderson,A	Min	6	Tanana	Det	74
Finley,C	Cal	34	Tanana	Det	6	Gubicza	KC	70
Viola	Min	34	Jackson,M	Sea	5	Stewart	Oak	67
Perez,M	ChW	30	Hawkins	NYY	5	Bosio	Mil	62
Rosenberg	ChW	30	Ryan	Tex	5	Swindell	Cle	62
Abbott,J	Cal	30	Clemens	Bos	5	Bankhead	Sea	58
Dopson	Bos	26	5 tied with		4	Saberhagen	KC	51
3 tied with		25				Langston		49


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

Saberhagen	KC	12.8	Gubicza	KC	5	Hawkins	NYY	5
Aquino	KC	6.5	Cerutti	Tor	5	Jackson,M	Sea	4
Gubicza	KC	4.4	Perez,M	ChW	4	Dotson	ChW	4
Bosio	Mil	4.1	Leibrandt	KC	4	Knudson	Mil	4
Ryan	Tex	3.8	Dotson	ChW	3	Moore,M	Oak	4
Clemens	Bos	3.8	Gibson,P	Det	3	Higuera	Mil	4
Hillegas	ChW	3.3	Bannister,F	KC	3	Leibrandt	KC	4
Stewart	Oak	3.2	Reuss	ChW	3	Swindell	Cle	4
Viola	Min	3.0	Finley,C	Cal	3	22 tied with		3
Blyleven	Cal	3.0	23 tied with		2
Smith,R	Min	3.0
Swindell	Cle	3.0

League Pitching Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 7/9/1989

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 7/9/1989