League pitching leaders -- A
Regular season -- as of 8/31/1988

Earned run average Strikeouts Walks
           
HigueraMil 1.84 ClemensBos259 HoughTex101
SwindellCle 2.53 HigueraMil181 LangstonSea101
LongChA 2.65 LangstonSea165 StewartOak83
ClemensBos 2.67 ViolaMin163 PerezChA77
AndersonMin 2.72 StewartOak163 DavisOak76
BautistaBal 2.86 SwindellCle161 McDowellChA74
YoungOak 2.87 MooreSea155 FlanaganTor74
ViolaMin 2.88 SaberhagenKC 155 WelchOak72
SaberhagenKC 2.96 GuzmanTex145 GubiczaKC 72
LaPoint  3.05 MorrisDet143 GuzmanTex70
           
           
Wins Winning percentage Average run support
           
HigueraMil18-5 AndersonMin .895 AndersonMin 6.1
SwindellCle18-9 GardnerBos .800 YoungOak 6.1
AndersonMin17-2 HigueraMil .783 McCaskillCal 5.7
ClemensBos17-9 FarrellCle .714 HurstBos 5.5
FarrellCle15-6 McCaskillCal .692 TerrellDet 5.5
StewartOak15-12 LongChA .692 GubiczaKC 5.4
SaberhagenKC 14-9 GubiczaKC .684 ViolaMin 5.4
ViolaMin14-9 SwindellCle .667 DavisOak 5.3
GubiczaKC 13-6 ClemensBos .654 BlylevenMin 5.2
GuzmanTex13-8 LaPoint  .647 ReussChA 5.2
           
           
Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
HigueraMil .186 HigueraMil .235 HigueraMil .259
StiebTor .208 SwindellCle .255 SwindellCle .317
SwindellCle .217 ClemensBos .278 GubiczaKC .321
KilgusTex .220 YoungOak .284 KilgusTex .323
ClemensBos .221 BautistaBal .285 StiebTor .323
RobinsonDet .225 AndersonMin .285 ClemensBos .326
HoughTex .226 ViolaMin .285 FinleyCal .340
GuzmanTex .231 KilgusTex .286 BautistaBal .345
MooreSea .233 AlexanderDet .288 BosioMil .359
LangstonSea .237 MooreSea .290 MooreSea .360
           
           
Hits per 9 innings Walks per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
HigueraMil 6.0 AndersonMin 0.9 HigueraMil 8.2
StiebTor 6.9 AlexanderDet 1.3 SwindellCle 9.0
SwindellCle 7.3 CandelariaNYA 1.4 ClemensBos 10.2
KilgusTex 7.4 SwindellCle 1.6 AndersonMin 10.3
ClemensBos 7.5 ViolaMin 1.7 YoungOak 10.4
HoughTex 7.6 ClancyTor 1.9 ViolaMin 10.5
RobinsonDet 7.6 HigueraMil 1.9 KilgusTex 10.6
GuzmanTex 7.8 YoungOak 1.9 BautistaBal 10.6
MooreSea 8.0 BautistaBal 1.9 MooreSea 10.7
LangstonSea 8.0 BosioMil 2.1 StiebTor 10.8
           
           
Strikeouts per 9 innings Homeruns per 9 innings Stolen bases per 9 innings
           
ClemensBos 10.3 GubiczaKC 0.3 AndersonMin 0.0
HigueraMil 7.9 HigueraMil 0.3 McCaskillCal 0.1
McCaskillCal 7.5 JohnNYA 0.5 ViolaMin 0.1
LangstonSea 7.2 SaberhagenKC 0.5 LeibrandtKC 0.1
BankheadSea 6.9 BosioMil 0.5 LangstonSea 0.1
MooreSea 6.9 FarrellCle 0.6 KilgusTex 0.1
CandelariaNYA 6.9 ClemensBos 0.6 SwiftSea 0.1
GuzmanTex 6.9 SwiftSea 0.6 BoydBos 0.1
StiebTor 6.7 FinleyCal 0.6 MooreSea 0.1
BlylevenMin 6.7 MorrisDet 0.6 CandiottiCle 0.1
           
           
Shutouts Quality starts Quality start percentage
           
SwindellCle5 HigueraMil23 HigueraMil .885
ClemensBos4 ClemensBos22 AndersonMin .792
HigueraMil3 SaberhagenKC 22 LaPoint  .760
HoughTex3 SwindellCle21 CandiottiCle .760
WilliamsonBal2 StewartOak20 ClemensBos .759
BallardBal2 AndersonMin19 SaberhagenKC .759
AndersonMin2 LaPoint 19 SwindellCle .750
CandelariaNYA2 CandiottiCle19 LongChA .714
FinleyCal2 FarrellCle19 FarrellCle .704
StiebTor2 GuzmanTex19 GuzmanTex .704
           
           
Save Opportunities Saves Save percentage
           
ReardonMin38 ReardonMin31 EckersleyOak .882
ThigpenChA37 EckersleyOak30 JonesCle .857
JonesCle35 JonesCle30 HenkeTor .846
EckersleyOak34 HenkeTor22 HennemanDet .818
SmithBos32 PlesacMil22 ReardonMin .816
PlesacMil31 SmithBos22 RighettiNYA .792
HenkeTor26 ThigpenChA22 HarveyCal .783
FarrKC 26 RighettiNYA19 PlesacMil .710
WilliamsTex25 HennemanDet18 FarrKC .692
RighettiNYA24 HarveyCal18 SmithBos .688
           
           
Holds Blown saves Blown save percentage
           
CrimMil11 ThigpenChA15 ThigpenChA .405
AthertonMin9 SmithBos10 WilliamsTex .320
WardTor9 PlesacMil9 SmithBos .313
BerenguerMin8 WilliamsTex8 FarrKC .308
PlunkOak8 FarrKC 8 PlesacMil .290
HoneycuttOak8 ReardonMin7 HarveyCal .217
JacksonSea8 MintonCal6 RighettiNYA .208
StanleyBos7 BerenguerMin5 ReardonMin .184
NelsonOak7 HarveyCal5 HennemanDet .182
CorbettCal6 RighettiNYA5 HenkeTor .154
           
           
Innings Batters faced per game Complete games
           
ClemensBos225.2 SaberhagenKC 32.03 ClemensBos14
ViolaMin225.0 ClemensBos32.00 SwindellCle12
SaberhagenKC 224.2 ViolaMin31.83 HigueraMil11
SwindellCle224.1 CandiottiCle31.72 ViolaMin10
StewartOak224.0 SwindellCle31.57 MooreSea8
LeibrandtKC 208.0 AlexanderDet31.41 SaberhagenKC 8
LangstonSea205.2 FarrellCle31.33 LangstonSea8
HigueraMil205.0 StewartOak31.23 StewartOak7
GubiczaKC 205.0 GubiczaKC 31.04 BosioMil6
AlexanderDet201.2 LeibrandtKC 30.97 FinleyCal6
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
FlanaganTor57 SaberhagenKC 14 FraserCal31
JohnNYA52 TananaDet8 TananaDet29
WelchOak51 WardTor7 LangstonSea27
MorrisDet46 TerrellDet7 BoddickerBos24
AlexanderDet44 WittCal7 AlexanderDet24
SaberhagenKC 43 LangstonSea7 GuzmanTex23
StewartOak43 StiebTor6 BoydBos22
WegmanMil42 FraserCal6 BlylevenMin22
BankheadSea41 PerezChA6 ViolaMin22
ViolaMin41 BlylevenMin6 SmithsonBos21
           
           
Stolen bases Steal percentage Pickoffs
           
BannisterKC 25 WelchOak .600 ToliverMin1
GubiczaKC 25 StewartOak .609    
BlylevenMin24 LeaMin .625    
FinleyCal21 StiebTor .667    
PerezChA20 BailesCle .684    
HoughTex20 BoddickerBos .700    
RussellTex17 HurstBos .700    
MorrisDet16 WegmanMil .706    
ClancyTor16 FraserCal .733    
TibbsBal14 McDowellChA .737    
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
BlylevenMin20 McCaskillCal17 StewartOak18
FarrellCle12 PerezChA17 WelchOak16
BallardBal11 McDowellChA15 BirkbeckMil13
BoddickerBos10 WittTex14 HoughTex13
RussellTex9 GuzmanTex13 TroutSea12
JohnNYA9 WittCal13 CandelariaNYA12
FraserCal9 HennemanDet10 OntiverosOak9
RhodenNYA9 SellersBos10 BlackCle9
McDowellChA9 LampBos10 LaPoint 9
WelchOak9 CrimMil10 LeiterNYA8
           
           
Games Starts Batters faced
           
WardTor58 StewartOak31 StewartOak968
WilliamsTex56 WelchOak30 SaberhagenKC 929
ThigpenChA54 ClemensBos29 ClemensBos928
CrimMil54 LeibrandtKC 29 ViolaMin923
JonesCle53 SaberhagenKC 29 LeibrandtKC 898
ReardonMin53 ViolaMin29 LangstonSea886
FarrKC 52 LangstonSea29 SwindellCle884
JacksonSea52 FlanaganTor29 GubiczaKC 869
SmithBos51 BoddickerBos28 MorrisDet864
EckersleyOak51 WittCal28 AlexanderDet848
           
           
Games finished Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct
           
ReardonMin50 RobinsonDet .000 McMurtryTex .115
JonesCle49 TananaDet .077 HernandezDet .133
EckersleyOak45 YoungOak .095 PlunkOak .161
ThigpenChA44 AlexanderDet .100 HoneycuttOak .167
FarrKC 42 McCaskillCal .105 NelsonOak .196
HarveyCal41 WegmanMil .133 HarveyCal .200
RighettiNYA40 FinleyCal .167 FarrKC .214
HenkeTor40 TibbsBal .200 AllenNYA .227
NiedenfuerBal40 StewartOak .200 MooreCal .231
SmithBos40 DavisOak .207 EckersleyOak .235
           
           
Ground ball DP Decisions Losses
           
SwiftSea45 SwindellCle27 FlanaganTor7-14
ReussChA32 StewartOak27 WelchOak10-14
ClancyTor32 ClemensBos26 LeibrandtKC 7-13
AndersonMin31 LangstonSea25 WittCal8-13
RhodenNYA29 MorrisDet24 MorrisDet11-13
LeibrandtKC 29 WelchOak24 McDowellChA8-12
CandiottiCle28 HigueraMil23 FraserCal9-12
LangstonSea28 AlexanderDet23 HoughTex10-12
SaberhagenKC 28 BlylevenMin23 BlylevenMin11-12
Horton 26 SaberhagenKC 23 LangstonSea13-12
           
           
On-base plus slugging Walks plus hits per inning Strikeout/walk ratio
           
HigueraMil .494 HigueraMil 0.88 CandelariaNYA 4.9
SwindellCle .572 SwindellCle 0.99 HigueraMil 4.1
ClemensBos .603 AndersonMin 1.11 ClemensBos 4.0
KilgusTex .609 ClemensBos 1.12 SwindellCle 4.0
StiebTor .614 BautistaBal 1.13 ViolaMin 3.9
BautistaBal .630 ViolaMin 1.14 AndersonMin 3.7
GubiczaKC .642 YoungOak 1.14 AlexanderDet 3.1
MooreSea .649 StiebTor 1.15 BlylevenMin 2.7
FinleyCal .649 KilgusTex 1.16 BankheadSea 2.7
ViolaMin .663 MooreSea 1.18 CandiottiCle 2.6
           
           
Runs created per 27 outs Runs created ERA Component ERA
           
HigueraMil 2.0 HigueraMil 1.80 HigueraMil 1.53
SwindellCle 2.5 SwindellCle 2.33 SwindellCle 2.13
KilgusTex 3.0 KilgusTex 2.79 ClemensBos 2.57
ClemensBos 3.2 ClemensBos 2.87 StiebTor 2.79
StiebTor 3.3 StiebTor 2.99 KilgusTex 2.82
AndersonMin 3.4 AndersonMin 3.08 BautistaBal 2.91
BautistaBal 3.4 BautistaBal 3.17 SaberhagenKC 3.00
FinleyCal 3.6 FinleyCal 3.23 MooreSea 3.04
SaberhagenKC 3.6 MooreSea 3.25 ViolaMin 3.09
LongChA 3.6 ViolaMin 3.26 AndersonMin 3.09
           
           
In-play average Balls in park Extra-base hit rate
           
KilgusTex .223 LeibrandtKC 714 GubiczaKC .041
HigueraMil .232 StewartOak700 HigueraMil .048
StiebTor .238 AlexanderDet697 KilgusTex .050
HoughTex .238 SaberhagenKC 697 CandiottiCle .054
RobinsonDet .238 ViolaMin689 StiebTor .056
FraserCal .246 FarrellCle681 FinleyCal .056
YoungOak .248 SwindellCle664 BautistaBal .058
SwindellCle .250 GubiczaKC 647 SwindellCle .059
LaPoint  .254 MorrisDet639 McDowellChA .059
BautistaBal .256 KilgusTex637 FarrellCle .061
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Single rate
           
LangstonSea419 HigueraMil .302 HigueraMil .124
StewartOak418 SwindellCle .350 FraserCal .126
WelchOak413 ClemensBos .373 BankheadSea .127
BlylevenMin388 KilgusTex .378 LangstonSea .128
LeibrandtKC 387 GubiczaKC .380 StiebTor .129
FlanaganTor385 BautistaBal .383 HoughTex .130
SaberhagenKC 382 StiebTor .391 RobinsonDet .131
BoddickerBos381 BosioMil .396 GuzmanTex .134
WittCal379 FinleyCal .398 PerezChA .138
ViolaMin376 FarrellCle .404 ClemensBos .141
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate Double rate
           
LangstonSea415 HigueraMil .294 KilgusTex .028
StewartOak415 SwindellCle .345 StiebTor .029
WelchOak404 ClemensBos .369 GubiczaKC .030
LeibrandtKC 380 BautistaBal .370 TananaDet .033
FlanaganTor379 GubiczaKC .371 CandiottiCle .034
WittCal376 KilgusTex .374 LaPoint  .035
SaberhagenKC 376 StiebTor .379 BautistaBal .035
BoddickerBos371 FinleyCal .389 HoughTex .036
AlexanderDet369 BosioMil .389 ClancyTor .036
ViolaMin369 FarrellCle .390 HigueraMil .036
           
           
Batting average vs LHB On-base percentage vs LHB Slugging percentage vs LHB
           
PlunkOak .179 GuanteTex .222 PlunkOak .220
HennemanDet .179 HennemanDet .229 JonesCle .230
MintonCal .180 JonesCle .231 MintonCal .248
GuanteTex .181 KilgusTex .239 FinleyCal .254
BittigerChA .182 HigueraMil .241 KilgusTex .258
JonesCle .198 PlunkOak .246 HigueraMil .272
HigueraMil .199 MintonCal .257 GuanteTex .283
FinleyCal .200 BannisterKC .259 WittTex .289
BerenguerMin .204 StanleyBos .268 StanleyBos .290
KilgusTex .205 MooreSea .275 BannisterKC .297
           
           
Hits vs LHB Runs batted in vs LHB On-base plus slugging vs LHB
           
StewartOak129 WelchOak78 JonesCle .462
WelchOak119 RussellTex62 PlunkOak .466
AlexanderDet117 FraserCal61 KilgusTex .497
ClemensBos116 StewartOak56 MintonCal .505
ClancyTor114 AlexanderDet49 GuanteTex .506
BlylevenMin113 GubiczaKC 49 HigueraMil .512
WittCal113 WittCal48 HennemanDet .528
FarrellCle112 BlylevenMin47 FinleyCal .542
GubiczaKC 111 WegmanMil46 BannisterKC .556
MorrisDet108 MorrisDet46 StanleyBos .558
           
           
Doubles vs LHB Triples vs LHB Homeruns vs LHB
           
ClemensBos28 SaberhagenKC 10 FraserCal25
BankheadSea27 WelchOak6 StewartOak14
WelchOak27 YettCle5 GuzmanTex13
StewartOak27 StiebTor5 WelchOak13
AlexanderDet26 PerezChA5 RussellTex12
MorrisDet25 TerrellDet5 BoddickerBos12
MooreSea25 AlexanderDet5 LeaMin11
LeaMin23 SchmidtBal4 MooreSea11
FraserCal22 TibbsBal4 HoughTex10
DavisOak22 FarrellCle4 SmithsonBos9
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHB Total bases vs LHB Isolated power vs LHB
           
FraserCal48 StewartOak202 McCaskillCal .030
WelchOak46 WelchOak197 JonesCle .032
StewartOak43 FraserCal188 PlunkOak .041
AlexanderDet40 AlexanderDet180 SiskBal .050
LeaMin37 SaberhagenKC 167 WardTor .051
SaberhagenKC 37 LeaMin165 KilgusTex .053
MooreSea36 ClancyTor159 FinleyCal .054
ClemensBos33 WittCal159 ThigpenChA .059
MorrisDet31 ClemensBos159 StanleyBos .061
BankheadSea30 RussellTex158 LeibrandtKC .063
           
           
Walks vs LHB Strikeouts vs LHB Hit by pitch vs LHB
           
StewartOak56 ClemensBos117 ViolaMin6
WelchOak55 StewartOak91 TroutSea5
DavisOak49 SaberhagenKC 86 KeyTor5
HoughTex48 MooreSea82 CliburnCal5
RobinsonDet45 DavisOak71 FinleyCal5
RussellTex43 MorrisDet68 BoddickerBos5
GubiczaKC 42 BlylevenMin66 BlylevenMin5
BoddickerBos40 GuzmanTex58 BallardBal4
PerezChA39 CandiottiCle57 BosioMil4
MorrisDet39 McDowellChA55 HoughTex4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHB Sacrifice flies vs LHB Atbats vs LHB
           
ClancyTor4 DavisOak8 StewartOak480
SchoolerSea3 FarrellCle8 ClemensBos461
McMurtryTex3 MorrisDet8 SaberhagenKC 442
SiskBal3 AlexanderDet7 MooreSea439
AllenNYA3 WittCal7 MorrisDet428
NelsonOak3 BautistaBal6 FarrellCle417
StiebTor3 HoughTex6 WittCal415
SwiftSea3 HudsonNYA5 GubiczaKC 409
BoddickerBos3 DotsonNYA5 AlexanderDet401
GubiczaKC 3 BoydBos5 CandiottiCle398
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHB AB per double vs LHB Plate appearances vs LHB
           
FraserCal 14.1 FarrKC 9.6 StewartOak545
AllenNYA 18.1 BankheadSea 9.9 ClemensBos501
CliburnCal 21.2 AllenNYA 11.5 SaberhagenKC 488
SmithsonBos 22.2 MohorcicNYA 11.5 MorrisDet475
BerenguerMin 22.8 BannisterKC 11.6 MooreSea475
StottlemyreTor 24.3 LeaMin 12.0 FarrellCle465
LeaMin 25.2 JohnNYA 12.2 GubiczaKC 462
RussellTex 25.8 OntiverosOak 12.2 WittCal461
GuzmanTex 26.8 PowerDet 12.4 WelchOak442
GardnerBos 29.3 MorganBal 14.0 CandiottiCle440
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
GardnerBos .182 HigueraMil .234 HigueraMil .256
HigueraMil .182 GardnerBos .243 RussellTex .285
ClemensBos .186 ClemensBos .245 ClemensBos .303
StiebTor .186 BankheadSea .247 GubiczaKC .304
RussellTex .190 AlexanderDet .249 SwindellCle .308
SwindellCle .209 SwindellCle .249 StiebTor .314
BankheadSea .213 RussellTex .256 BautistaBal .321
NievesMil .220 LongChA .268 StewartOak .337
LongChA .220 BautistaBal .276 KilgusTex .337
KilgusTex .223 AndersonMin .279 GardnerBos .351
           
           
Hits vs RHB Runs batted in vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
LeibrandtKC 192 LeibrandtKC 86 HigueraMil .489
ViolaMin182 LangstonSea81 RussellTex .541
JohnNYA176 BannisterKC 76 ClemensBos .548
HurstBos173 FlanaganTor76 SwindellCle .558
FlanaganTor170 HurstBos73 GardnerBos .594
CandelariaNYA156 TananaDet70 StiebTor .596
ReussChA151 JohnNYA69 BautistaBal .598
TananaDet151 KilgusTex69 GubiczaKC .599
AndersonMin151 ViolaMin66 StewartOak .628
LaPoint 150 ReussChA63 KilgusTex .633
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
FlanaganTor45 TananaDet8 TananaDet27
JohnNYA41 WardTor6 LangstonSea24
CandelariaNYA35 WellsTor5 ViolaMin21
ViolaMin34 BerenguerMin5 HurstBos19
BallardBal33 FraserCal5 LeibrandtKC 19
LangstonSea33 BallardBal5 BailesCle18
AndersonMin32 HurstBos5 TerrellDet17
ReussChA31 LangstonSea5 CeruttiTor17
LeibrandtKC 29 McGregorBal4 BannisterKC 17
SwindellCle29 BittigerChA4 AndersonMin17
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB Isolated power vs RHB
           
FlanaganTor62 ViolaMin283 GubiczaKC .070
LangstonSea62 LeibrandtKC 278 HigueraMil .073
TananaDet57 TananaDet270 BautistaBal .088
ViolaMin57 HurstBos267 WelchOak .091
BallardBal52 FlanaganTor264 RussellTex .095
HurstBos51 LangstonSea262 StewartOak .096
AndersonMin51 JohnNYA240 SwindellCle .099
JohnNYA50 AndersonMin238 CandiottiCle .102
CandelariaNYA49 CandelariaNYA230 SwiftSea .103
LeibrandtKC 48 ReussChA220 FinleyCal .108
           
           
Walks vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB
           
LangstonSea86 ClemensBos142 BlylevenMin15
FlanaganTor66 SwindellCle138 FarrellCle10
KilgusTex63 LangstonSea138 RussellTex9
HoughTex53 ViolaMin135 StiebTor8
FinleyCal52 HigueraMil133 FraserCal8
LeibrandtKC 49 CandelariaNYA101 WelchOak8
HurstBos46 HurstBos95 McDowellChA7
LaPoint 44 LeibrandtKC 95 SwiftSea7
BannisterKC 43 TananaDet93 BallardBal7
PerezChA38 GuzmanTex87 PetryCal6
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB Atbats vs RHB
           
DavisOak5 HurstBos12 ViolaMin722
CorbettCal4 LeaMin7 SwindellCle697
MorrisDet4 BannisterKC 7 LeibrandtKC 687
WelchOak4 LeibrandtKC 7 LangstonSea647
StewartOak4 ReussChA6 FlanaganTor620
ReardonMin3 TananaDet6 LaPoint 596
ThurmondBal3 KilgusTex6 HigueraMil587
TerrellDet3 ViolaMin6 KilgusTex587
FarrellCle3 WelchOak5 AndersonMin579
CeruttiTor3 CeruttiTor5 CandelariaNYA575
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHB AB per double vs RHB Plate appearances vs RHB
           
TerrellDet 16.8 JohnNYA 12.3 ViolaMin764
TibbsBal 17.1 PerezChA 13.4 LeibrandtKC 748
BoydBos 18.3 TroutSea 13.5 LangstonSea744
GardnerBos 19.3 FlanaganTor 13.8 SwindellCle739
McCaskillCal 20.6 BallardBal 13.8 FlanaganTor697
TananaDet 20.9 BoydBos 13.9 KilgusTex658
CeruttiTor 21.6 Horton  13.9 LaPoint 646
RhodenNYA 22.1 BosioMil 14.2 HigueraMil636
BlylevenMin 22.5 LeaMin 14.5 HurstBos633
BankheadSea 23.8 GuzmanTex 14.6 FinleyCal623