League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1989

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Blyleven	Cal	1.76	Blyleven	Cal	8-1	Ryan	Tex	90
Anderson,A	Min	1.76	Anderson,A	Min	8-2	Clemens	Bos	87
Stewart	Oak	1.95	Saberhagen	KC	8-3	Viola	Min	70
Langston		2.00	Viola	Min	8-3	Saberhagen	KC	70
Saberhagen	KC	2.02	Langston		7-2	Gubicza	KC	63
Stieb	Tor	2.17	Stieb	Tor	7-4	Langston		62
Ryan	Tex	2.30	7 tied with		6	Stewart	Oak	62
Candiotti	Cle	2.35				Finley,C	Cal	58
Clemens	Bos	2.47				Bosio	Mil	57
Black	Cle	2.59				Bankhead	Sea	54
Bankhead	Sea	2.65				Tanana	Det	54
Flanagan	Tor	2.65				Welch	Oak	52


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Crim	Mil	27	Saberhagen	KC	102.1	Smith,R	Min	1.000
Williams,F	Det	23	Clemens	Bos	94.2	Blyleven	Cal	.889
Guante	Tex	23	Stewart	Oak	92.1	Anderson,A	Min	.800
Atherton	Cle	22	Gubicza	KC	88.1	Berenguer	Min	.800
Reardon	Min	22	Stieb	Tor	87.0	Ward,D	Tor	.800
Guetterman	NYY	22	Viola	Min	83.2	Langston		.778
McCullers	NYY	22	Blyleven	Cal	82.0	Clemens	Bos	.750
Schooler	Sea	22	Tanana	Det	81.2	Abbott,J	Cal	.750
Olson,Gr	Bal	21	Anderson,A	Min	81.2	Saberhagen	KC	.727
Minton	Cal	21	Ryan	Tex	78.1	Viola	Min	.727
Mohorcic	NYY	21	Welch	Oak	77.2	4 tied with		.714
Jackson,M	Sea	21	Langston		76.2


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Clemens	Bos	12	Saberhagen	KC	10	Viola	Min	3
Leibrandt	KC	12	Blyleven	Cal	5	Black	Cle	2
Bannister,F	KC	12	Viola	Min	5	Bankhead	Sea	2
Gubicza	KC	12	Stewart	Oak	5	Anderson,A	Min	2
Saberhagen	KC	12	Stieb	Tor	4	Clemens	Bos	2
Viola	Min	12	Clemens	Bos	4	23 tied with		1
Stewart	Oak	12	Black	Cle	3
Key	Tor	12	Candiotti	Cle	3
17 tied with		11	Tanana	Det	3
			Anderson,A	Min	3
			Gubicza	KC	3
			10 tied with		2


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Reardon	Min	18	Henke	Tor	1.000	Minton	Cal	9
Olson,Gr	Bal	15	Olson,Gr	Bal	.938	Orosco	Cle	7
Schooler	Sea	15	Russell,Je	Tex	.933	Berenguer	Min	7
Henke	Tor	14	Plesac	Mil	.917	Wayne	Min	7
Russell,Je	Tex	14	Reardon	Min	.900	Plunk	Oak	6
Jones,D	Cle	13	Smith,L	Bos	.900	Crim	Mil	6
Eckersley	Oak	13	Jones,D	Cle	.867	Hickey	Bal	5
Plesac	Mil	11	Eckersley	Oak	.867	Rogers	Tex	5
Righetti	NYY	10	Schooler	Sea	.833	5 tied with		4
Harvey	Cal	10	Righetti	NYY	.833
Thigpen	ChW	10	Guetterman	NYY	.833
Smith,L	Bos	9	2 tied with		.750


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Ryan	Tex	.169	Ryan	Tex	5.4	Saberhagen	KC	7.3
Saberhagen	KC	.192	Saberhagen	KC	6.2	Ryan	Tex	8.6
Bankhead	Sea	.205	Bankhead	Sea	6.7	Blyleven	Cal	9.2
Stieb	Tor	.206	Stieb	Tor	6.7	Black	Cle	9.2
Welch	Oak	.215	King,E	ChW	7.1	Bankhead	Sea	9.3
Stewart	Oak	.218	Welch	Oak	7.2	Anderson,A	Min	9.6
King,E	ChW	.220	Stewart	Oak	7.2	Candiotti	Cle	10.0
Witt,B	Tex	.223	Blyleven	Cal	7.4	Stieb	Tor	10.0
Bosio	Mil	.223	Anderson,A	Min	7.4	Bosio	Mil	10.1
Blyleven	Cal	.224	Perez,M	ChW	7.5	Viola	Min	10.2
Anderson,A	Min	.226	Bosio	Mil	7.5	Stewart	Oak	10.2
Langston		.226	Witt,B	Tex	7.6	Schmidt,D	Bal	10.5


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

King,E	ChW	46	Saberhagen	KC	1.0	Ryan	Tex	10.3
Hough	Tex	40	Key	Tor	1.2	Clemens	Bos	8.3
Yett	Cle	37	Blyleven	Cal	1.5	Viola	Min	7.5
Rawley	Min	33	Schmidt,D	Bal	1.6	Finley,C	Cal	7.5
Perez,M	ChW	33	Black	Cle	1.6	Abbott,J	Cal	7.3
Clemens	Bos	32	Bautista,J	Bal	1.6	Langston		7.3
Young,C	Oak	31	Flanagan	Tor	1.7	Witt,B	Tex	7.0
Welch	Oak	31	Viola	Min	1.7	Perez,M	ChW	6.9
Stewart	Oak	31	Swindell	Cle	1.8	Bankhead	Sea	6.8
Boddicker	Bos	29	Smith,R	Min	1.8	Bosio	Mil	6.8
Witt,B	Tex	28	Anderson,A	Min	1.9	Boddicker	Bos	6.6
Hawkins	NYY	28	Reuss	ChW	2.0	Hanson	Sea	6.5


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Saberhagen	KC	0.79	Bautista,J	Bal	16	Dopson	Bos	7.2
Ryan	Tex	0.89	Key	Tor	14	Anderson,A	Min	6.5
Blyleven	Cal	0.99	Atherton	Cle	12	Moore,M	Oak	5.8
Bankhead	Sea	1.02	Smithson	Bos	12	Smith,R	Min	5.8
Black	Cle	1.03	Boddicker	Bos	12	Rawley	Min	5.7
Anderson,A	Min	1.03	Hudson	Det	11	Viola	Min	5.7
Stieb	Tor	1.06	Moyer	Tex	10	Witt,B	Tex	5.6
Bosio	Mil	1.07	Alexander,D	Det	10	Key	Tor	5.6
Candiotti	Cle	1.10	Milacki	Bal	10	Blyleven	Cal	5.5
Viola	Min	1.11	Schmidt,D	Bal	10	Black	Cle	5.3
Stewart	Oak	1.14	3 tied with		9	Leibrandt	KC	5.2
Langston		1.15				2 tied with		5.0


Starts			Quality starts			Quality start percentage

Clemens	Bos	12	Saberhagen	KC	11	Blyleven	Cal	1.000
Leibrandt	KC	12	Blyleven	Cal	10	Saberhagen	KC	.917
Bannister,F	KC	12	Anderson,A	Min	10	Anderson,A	Min	.909
Gubicza	KC	12	Stieb	Tor	10	Stieb	Tor	.909
Saberhagen	KC	12	Clemens	Bos	10	Clemens	Bos	.833
Viola	Min	12	Stewart	Oak	10	Stewart	Oak	.833
Stewart	Oak	12	Flanagan	Tor	9	Flanagan	Tor	.818
Key	Tor	12	8 tied with		8	Langston		.800
17 tied with		11				Bankhead	Sea	.800
						Ryan	Tex	.800
						Witt,B	Tex	.800
						3 tied with		.727


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Clemens	Bos	391	Clemens	Bos	32.58	Stieb	Tor	11
Saberhagen	KC	382	Langston		32.10	Gubicza	KC	11
Gubicza	KC	379	Stieb	Tor	31.91	Saberhagen	KC	11
Stewart	Oak	373	Saberhagen	KC	31.83	Viola	Min	11
Stieb	Tor	351	Blyleven	Cal	31.80	Stewart	Oak	11
Viola	Min	337	Gubicza	KC	31.58	Boddicker	Bos	10
Tanana	Det	331	Stewart	Oak	31.08	Tanana	Det	10
Leibrandt	KC	322	Ryan	Tex	30.90	Anderson,A	Min	10
Bannister,F	KC	322	McCaskill	Cal	30.70	Hawkins	NYY	10
Anderson,A	Min	322	Hanson	Sea	30.20	Bannister,F	KC	10
Welch	Oak	322	Tanana	Det	30.09	10 tied with		9
Langston		321	2 tied with		29.27


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Birkbeck	Mil	0-8	Reardon	Min	21	Birkbeck	Mil	48
Boddicker	Bos	3-7	Plesac	Mil	19	Boddicker	Bos	45
Tanana	Det	3-7	Olson,Gr	Bal	19	Swindell	Cle	44
Yett	Cle	3-6	Schooler	Sea	19	Key	Tor	44
Hawkins	NYY	4-6	Righetti	NYY	18	Yett	Cle	42
18 tied with		5	Russell,Je	Tex	18	Rawley	Min	42
			Henke	Tor	17	Morris,J	Det	41
			Jones,D	Cle	17	Witt,M	Cal	40
			Eckersley	Oak	16	Gubicza	KC	39
			Montgomery	KC	16	Bautista,J	Bal	38
			Thigpen	ChW	16	Hawkins	NYY	38
			Atherton	Cle	15	Leibrandt	KC	38


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Birkbeck	Mil	42	Gubicza	KC	93	Key	Tor	26
Rawley	Min	42	Key	Tor	89	Gubicza	KC	21
Boddicker	Bos	41	Bannister,F	KC	88	Hawkins	NYY	18
Swindell	Cle	41	Swindell	Cle	87	Stewart	Oak	18
Key	Tor	40	Witt,M	Cal	87	LaPoint	NYY	17
Morris,J	Det	39	Leibrandt	KC	84	Rawley	Min	17
Gubicza	KC	39	Hawkins	NYY	83	Morris,J	Det	17
Bautista,J	Bal	38	Clemens	Bos	81	Witt,M	Cal	17
Witt,M	Cal	38	Ballard	Bal	80	Bannister,F	KC	17
Yett	Cle	37	Reuss	ChW	80	Saberhagen	KC	17
Bannister,F	KC	36	August	Mil	80	Leibrandt	KC	16
2 tied with		35	Viola	Min	77	Welch	Oak	16


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Rawley	Min	6	Gardner,W	Bos	19	Tanana	Det	.222
Bautista,J	Bal	5	Bannister,F	KC	18	Milacki	Bal	.400
Morris,J	Det	5	Candiotti	Cle	16	Gibson,P	Det	.400
Dotson	NYY	4	Witt,B	Tex	13	Ballard	Bal	.444
Perez,M	ChW	4	Bosio	Mil	13	August	Mil	.444
Saberhagen	KC	4	Rawley	Min	12	Rosenberg	ChW	.571
7 tied with		3	Birkbeck	Mil	12	Hough	Tex	.583
			King,E	ChW	12	Flanagan	Tor	.600
			Dopson	Bos	11	Wegman	Mil	.600
			Boddicker	Bos	10	Finley,C	Cal	.625
			Abbott,J	Cal	10	Bosio	Mil	.650
			Alexander,D	Det	10	5 tied with		.667


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Boddicker	Bos	7	Schooler	Sea	6	Langston		5
Smithson	Bos	6	Moore,M	Oak	6	Dopson	Bos	4
Mohorcic	NYY	5	Harvey	Cal	5	King,E	ChW	4
Jackson,M	Sea	5	Yett	Cle	5	Olson,Gr	Bal	3
Ryan	Tex	5	Viola	Min	5	Wells,D	Tor	3
Tanana	Det	5	Gubicza	KC	5	Dotson	NYY	3
Stieb	Tor	5	8 tied with		4	Perez,M	ChW	3
Birkbeck	Mil	4				Black	Cle	3
Witt,B	Tex	4				Hough	Tex	3
Bosio	Mil	4				5 tied with		2
Gubicza	KC	4
Clemens	Bos	4


Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Hawkins	NYY	.000	Eckersley	Oak	.000	Rawley	Min	12
Finley,C	Cal	.000	Righetti	NYY	.048	Anderson,A	Min	12
Black	Cle	.000	Russell,Je	Tex	.071	Viola	Min	12
Moyer	Tex	.000	Smith,L	Bos	.083	Stieb	Tor	12
Clemens	Bos	.100	McCarthy	ChW	.083	Tanana	Det	11
Reuss	ChW	.125	Gibson,P	Det	.091	Clemens	Bos	11
Langston		.125	Burns	Oak	.091	Blyleven	Cal	10
Welch	Oak	.143	Arnsberg	Tex	.100	Bannister,F	KC	10
Milacki	Bal	.167	Harvey	Cal	.111	Gubicza	KC	10
Brown,K	Tex	.167	Holton	Bal	.125	5 tied with		9
McCaskill	Cal	.167	Reardon	Min	.133
Ryan	Tex	.167	Jones,D	Cle	.154


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

Tanana	Det	300	Tanana	Det	276	Blyleven	Cal	.496
Langston		282	Viola	Min	261	Bankhead	Sea	.505
Viola	Min	281	Langston		260	Guetterman	NYY	.518
Bannister,F	KC	270	Flanagan	Tor	253	Stieb	Tor	.523
Leibrandt	KC	268	Bannister,F	KC	249	Candiotti	Cle	.543
Anderson,A	Min	266	Anderson,A	Min	249	Hillegas	ChW	.549
Flanagan	Tor	263	Leibrandt	KC	244	Stewart	Oak	.552
Key	Tor	250	Key	Tor	240	Moore,M	Oak	.595
Swindell	Cle	248	Swindell	Cle	232	Anderson,A	Min	.596
Black	Cle	242	Black	Cle	230	Candelaria	NYY	.603
Ballard	Bal	238	Ballard	Bal	223	King,E	ChW	.610
Finley,C	Cal	237	Finley,C	Cal	218	Witt,B	Tex	.610


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

Stieb	Tor	.184	Blyleven	Cal	.224	Bankhead	Sea	.220
Ryan	Tex	.184	Candelaria	NYY	.238	Guetterman	NYY	.248
Stewart	Oak	.185	Hillegas	ChW	.248	Stieb	Tor	.250
Blyleven	Cal	.191	Ryan	Tex	.253	Blyleven	Cal	.272
Candelaria	NYY	.194	Stewart	Oak	.256	King,E	ChW	.274
Hillegas	ChW	.194	Saberhagen	KC	.257	Candiotti	Cle	.275
Perez,M	ChW	.204	Smith,R	Min	.267	Stewart	Oak	.296
Bankhead	Sea	.205	Candiotti	Cle	.268	Witt,B	Tex	.299
King,E	ChW	.217	Guetterman	NYY	.270	Yett	Cle	.299
Bosio	Mil	.218	Bosio	Mil	.272	Moore,M	Oak	.301
Candiotti	Cle	.218	Stieb	Tor	.273	Hillegas	ChW	.301
Yett	Cle	.218	Black	Cle	.282	McCaskill	Cal	.302


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Key	Tor	20	Rawley	Min	6	Key	Tor	12
LaPoint	NYY	15	Morris,J	Det	3	Bautista,J	Bal	10
Cerutti	Tor	14	Swindell	Cle	3	Boddicker	Bos	9
Ballard	Bal	14	13 tied with		2	Cerutti	Tor	9
Reuss	ChW	13				Hudson	Det	8
Leibrandt	KC	13				Milacki	Bal	8
Bannister,F	KC	13				Finley,C	Cal	8
Flanagan	Tor	13				Leibrandt	KC	8
Saberhagen	KC	12				Tanana	Det	8
Rawley	Min	12				4 tied with		7
Black	Cle	12
3 tied with		11


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

Swindell	Cle	80	Key	Tor	34	Key	Tor	135
Key	Tor	75	Cerutti	Tor	23	Swindell	Cle	114
Bannister,F	KC	72	Rawley	Min	23	Leibrandt	KC	111
Leibrandt	KC	70	Leibrandt	KC	23	Bannister,F	KC	107
Flanagan	Tor	69	Bannister,F	KC	21	Cerutti	Tor	106
Tanana	Det	69	Boddicker	Bos	20	Tanana	Det	102
Langston		67	LaPoint	NYY	20	Flanagan	Tor	98
Viola	Min	66	Black	Cle	20	Finley,C	Cal	95
Cerutti	Tor	65	Finley,C	Cal	19	Langston		95
Ballard	Bal	65	Swindell	Cle	19	Black	Cle	93
Reuss	ChW	63	Flanagan	Tor	19	Rawley	Min	92
John	NYY	62	5 tied with		17	Moyer	Tex	92


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Young,C	Oak	29	Boddicker	Bos	6	Viola	Min	57
Rawley	Min	27	Mohorcic	NYY	5	Ryan	Tex	50
Hough	Tex	21	Tanana	Det	5	Langston		49
Moyer	Tex	21	Jackson,M	Sea	4	Finley,C	Cal	48
Langston		21	Smithson	Bos	4	Tanana	Det	48
LaPoint	NYY	20	Birkbeck	Mil	4	Clemens	Bos	45
Leibrandt	KC	20	Stieb	Tor	4	Bosio	Mil	42
Boddicker	Bos	19	9 tied with		3	Gubicza	KC	41
Leiter,A	Tor	18				Stewart	Oak	40
5 tied with		17				Gardner,W	Bos	38
						Moyer	Tex	36
						Witt,B	Tex	34


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

Saberhagen	KC	14.0	Cerutti	Tor	5	Reed,Jr	Sea	3
Smith,R	Min	5.5	Gubicza	KC	4	Jones,D	Cle	3
Ryan	Tex	5.0	Leibrandt	KC	4	Stottlemyre	Tor	3
Gardner,W	Bos	4.8	13 tied with		2	Perez,M	ChW	3
Bosio	Mil	4.7				Rawley	Min	3
Blyleven	Cal	4.3				Viola	Min	3
Brown,K	Tex	3.6				27 tied with		2
Viola	Min	3.6
Morris,J	Det	3.5
Williams,F	Det	3.5
Candelaria	NYY	3.3
Hillegas	ChW	3.1

League Pitching Leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1989

League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1989