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1931 American League Pitching Leaders

1930 Season 1932 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 618 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Lefty Grove*	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	31	4	.886	2.06	2.62	41	30	10	27	4	5	288.2	249	84	66	10	62	0	175	1	0	2	1160	1.077	7.8	0.3	1.9	5.5	2.82
2	Wes Ferrell	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	22	12	.647	3.75	4.36	40	35	4	27	2	3	276.1	276	134	115	9	130	8	123	3	0	3	1227	1.469	9.0	0.3	4.2	4.0	0.95
3	George Earnshaw	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	21	7	.750	3.67	4.15	43	30	11	23	3	6	281.2	255	130	115	16	75	0	152	3	0	5	1174	1.172	8.1	0.5	2.4	4.9	2.03
4	Lefty Gomez*	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	21	9	.700	2.67	3.26	40	26	10	17	1	3	243.0	206	88	72	7	85	4	150	4	0	1	1013	1.198	7.6	0.3	3.1	5.6	1.76
5	Rube Walberg*	34	PHA	Maj	PHA	20	12	.625	3.74	4.11	44	35	8	19	1	4	291.0	298	133	121	16	109	1	106	0	0	3	1248	1.399	9.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	0.97
6	General Crowder	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	18	11	.621	3.88	4.49	44	26	10	13	1	2	234.1	255	117	101	14	72	5	85	1	0	4	1009	1.395	9.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.18
7	Danny MacFayden	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	16	12	.571	4.02	4.72	35	32	2	17	2	0	230.2	263	121	103	4	79	3	74	7	0	1	1035	1.483	10.3	0.2	3.1	2.9	0.94
8	Firpo Marberry	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	16	4	.800	3.45	3.78	45	25	14	11	1	8	219.0	211	92	84	13	63	9	88	3	0	3	913	1.251	8.7	0.5	2.6	3.6	1.40
9	Red Ruffing	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	16	14	.533	4.41	4.94	37	30	5	19	1	2	237.0	240	130	116	11	87	4	132	6	0	1	1042	1.380	9.1	0.4	3.3	5.0	1.52
10	Lloyd Brown*	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	15	14	.517	3.20	4.18	42	32	8	15	1	0	258.2	256	120	92	12	79	7	79	0	0	3	1091	1.295	8.9	0.4	2.7	2.7	1.00
11	Willis Hudlin	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	15	14	.517	4.60	5.48	44	34	7	15	1	4	254.1	313	155	130	14	88	14	83	1	0	4	1139	1.577	11.1	0.5	3.1	2.9	0.94
12	Roy Mahaffey	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	15	4	.789	4.21	4.82	30	20	5	8	0	2	162.1	161	87	76	9	82	0	59	3	0	4	714	1.497	8.9	0.5	4.5	3.3	0.72
13	Lefty Stewart*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	14	17	.452	4.40	5.41	36	33	2	20	1	0	258.0	287	155	126	17	85	3	89	3	0	1	1135	1.442	10.0	0.6	3.0	3.1	1.05
14	Carl Fischer*	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	13	9	.591	4.38	4.62	46	23	13	7	0	3	191.0	207	98	93	12	80	1	96	2	3	4	847	1.503	9.8	0.6	3.8	4.5	1.20
15	Vic Frazier	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	13	15	.464	4.46	5.53	46	29	8	13	2	4	254.0	258	156	126	11	127	3	87	5	0	2	1143	1.516	9.1	0.4	4.5	3.1	0.69
16	Mel Harder	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	13	14	.481	4.36	5.52	40	24	7	9	0	1	194.0	229	119	94	8	72	9	63	6	1	3	880	1.552	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.88
17	Waite Hoyt	31	DET,PHA	Maj	PHA-DET	13	13	.500	4.97	5.76	32	26	4	14	2	0	203.0	254	130	112	11	69	2	40	2	0	1	908	1.591	11.3	0.5	3.1	1.8	0.58
18	Hank Johnson	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	13	8	.619	4.72	5.23	40	23	11	8	0	4	196.1	176	114	103	13	102	1	106	1	0	5	864	1.416	8.1	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.04
19	Vic Sorrell	30	DET	Maj	DET	13	14	.481	4.15	4.81	35	32	3	19	1	1	245.0	267	131	113	8	114	8	99	1	0	2	1098	1.555	9.8	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.87
20	Earl Whitehill*	32	DET	Maj	DET	13	16	.448	4.08	5.04	34	34	0	22	0	0	271.1	287	152	123	22	118	4	81	5	0	3	1197	1.493	9.5	0.7	3.9	2.7	0.69
21	George Blaeholder	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	11	15	.423	4.53	5.45	35	32	3	13	1	0	226.1	280	137	114	15	56	3	79	1	1	0	1014	1.485	11.1	0.6	2.2	3.1	1.41
22	Clint Brown	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	11	15	.423	4.71	5.52	39	33	4	12	2	0	233.1	284	143	122	10	55	7	50	1	0	2	1028	1.453	11.0	0.4	2.1	1.9	0.91
23	Sam Gray	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	11	24	.314	5.09	6.52	43	37	5	13	0	2	258.0	323	187	146	20	54	2	88	4	0	4	1158	1.461	11.3	0.7	1.9	3.1	1.63
24	Bump Hadley	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	11	10	.524	3.06	4.06	55	11	28	2	1	7	179.2	145	81	61	4	92	3	124	1	0	4	768	1.319	7.3	0.2	4.6	6.2	1.35
25	Wilcy Moore	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	11	13	.458	3.88	4.27	53	15	31	8	1	8	185.1	195	88	80	7	55	5	37	1	0	3	798	1.349	9.5	0.3	2.7	1.8	0.67
26	Herb Pennock*	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	11	6	.647	4.28	4.56	25	25	0	12	1	0	189.1	247	96	90	7	30	3	65	1	1	3	826	1.463	11.7	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.17
27	George Uhle	32	DET	Maj	DET	11	12	.478	3.50	4.10	29	18	11	15	2	2	193.0	190	88	75	10	49	2	63	4	1	6	808	1.238	8.9	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.29
28	Pat Caraway*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	10	24	.294	6.22	7.24	51	32	12	11	1	2	220.0	268	177	152	17	101	8	55	7	1	4	1035	1.677	11.0	0.7	4.1	2.3	0.54
29	Red Faber	42	CHA	Maj	CHW	10	14	.417	3.82	4.70	44	19	14	5	1	1	184.0	210	96	78	11	57	3	49	3	0	0	807	1.451	10.3	0.5	2.8	2.4	0.86
30	Jack Russell	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	10	18	.357	5.16	5.63	36	31	3	13	0	0	232.0	298	145	133	7	65	2	45	2	0	3	1041	1.565	11.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	0.69
31	Tommy Thomas	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	10	14	.417	4.73	6.09	43	36	5	11	2	2	245.1	298	166	129	17	69	2	72	5	1	4	1105	1.496	10.9	0.6	2.5	2.6	1.04
32	Dick Coffman	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	9	13	.409	3.88	4.31	32	17	8	11	2	1	169.1	159	81	73	10	51	1	39	2	0	2	720	1.240	8.5	0.5	2.7	2.1	0.76
33	Sad Sam Jones	38	WS1	Maj	WSH	9	10	.474	4.32	5.35	25	24	1	8	1	1	148.0	185	88	71	10	47	1	58	4	0	3	669	1.568	11.3	0.6	2.9	3.5	1.23
34	Ed Wells*	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	9	5	.643	4.32	5.25	27	10	11	6	0	2	116.2	130	68	56	7	37	7	34	1	1	2	498	1.431	10.0	0.5	2.9	2.6	0.92
35	Tommy Bridges	24	DET	Maj	DET	8	16	.333	4.99	6.24	35	23	8	8	2	0	173.0	182	120	96	13	108	3	105	0	1	9	809	1.676	9.5	0.7	5.6	5.5	0.97
36	Bobby Burke*	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	8	3	.727	4.27	4.69	30	13	12	3	1	2	128.2	124	67	61	6	50	3	38	2	0	0	548	1.352	8.7	0.4	3.5	2.7	0.76
37	Ed Durham	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	8	10	.444	4.25	4.95	38	15	11	7	2	0	165.1	175	91	78	9	50	5	53	4	0	1	716	1.361	9.5	0.5	2.7	2.9	1.06
38	Art Herring	25	DET	Maj	DET	7	13	.350	4.31	5.18	35	16	12	9	0	1	165.0	186	95	79	8	67	1	64	8	0	0	744	1.533	10.1	0.4	3.7	3.5	0.96
39	George Pipgras	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	7	6	.538	3.79	4.77	36	14	13	6	1	4	137.2	134	73	58	8	58	2	59	2	0	3	606	1.395	8.8	0.5	3.8	3.9	1.02
40	Eddie Rommel	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	7	5	.583	2.97	3.81	25	10	10	8	1	0	118.0	136	50	39	5	27	2	18	1	0	2	498	1.381	10.4	0.4	2.1	1.4	0.67
41	Wally Hebert*	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	6	7	.462	5.07	6.12	23	13	6	5	0	0	103.0	128	70	58	11	43	0	26	3	0	0	465	1.660	11.2	1.0	3.8	2.3	0.60
42	Hal McKain	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	6	9	.400	5.71	6.59	27	8	14	3	0	1	112.0	134	82	71	10	57	2	39	3	0	1	522	1.705	10.8	0.8	4.6	3.1	0.68
43	Gordon Rhodes	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	6	3	.667	3.41	5.07	18	11	4	4	0	0	87.0	82	49	33	3	52	4	36	0	0	2	410	1.540	8.5	0.3	5.4	3.7	0.69
44	Rip Collins	35	SLA	Maj	SLB	5	5	.500	3.79	4.63	17	14	1	2	0	0	107.0	130	55	45	5	38	1	34	1	0	1	466	1.570	10.9	0.4	3.2	2.9	0.89
45	Sarge Connally	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	5	5	.500	4.20	5.88	17	9	7	5	0	1	85.2	87	56	40	7	50	1	37	6	0	1	405	1.599	9.1	0.7	5.3	3.9	0.74
46	Bob Kline	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	5	.500	4.41	4.96	28	10	11	3	0	0	98.0	110	54	48	3	35	0	25	3	2	3	414	1.480	10.1	0.3	3.2	2.3	0.71
47	Horace Lisenbee	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	12	.294	5.19	5.90	41	17	5	6	0	0	164.2	190	108	95	13	49	3	42	3	0	2	737	1.451	10.4	0.7	2.7	2.3	0.86
48	Ed Morris	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	5	7	.417	4.75	5.51	37	14	11	3	0	0	130.2	131	80	69	4	74	2	46	5	0	1	594	1.569	9.0	0.3	5.1	3.2	0.62
49	Roy Sherid	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	5	5	.500	5.69	6.30	17	8	4	3	0	2	74.1	94	52	47	4	24	1	39	3	0	1	335	1.587	11.4	0.5	2.9	4.7	1.63
50	Pete Appleton	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	4.63	5.76	29	4	16	3	0	2	79.2	100	51	41	2	29	1	25	1	0	3	371	1.619	11.3	0.2	3.3	2.8	0.86
51	Chad Kimsey	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	4	6	.400	4.39	5.72	42	1	35	0	0	7	94.1	121	60	46	1	27	4	27	2	0	3	425	1.569	11.5	0.1	2.6	2.6	1.00
52	Ted Lyons	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	4	6	.400	4.01	4.46	22	12	8	7	0	0	101.0	117	50	45	6	33	1	16	0	1	1	435	1.485	10.4	0.5	2.9	1.4	0.48
53	Elon Hogsett*	27	DET	Maj	DET	3	9	.250	5.93	6.41	22	12	8	5	0	2	112.1	150	80	74	8	33	2	47	5	0	1	506	1.629	12.0	0.6	2.6	3.8	1.42
54	Rollie Stiles	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	3	1	.750	7.22	8.00	34	2	15	0	0	0	81.0	112	72	65	2	60	0	32	2	0	2	386	2.123	12.4	0.2	6.7	3.6	0.53
55	Charlie Sullivan	28	DET	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	4.93	5.68	31	4	19	2	0	0	95.0	109	60	52	6	46	0	28	1	0	2	434	1.632	10.3	0.6	4.4	2.7	0.61
56	Ivy Andrews	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	4.19	4.46	7	3	2	1	0	0	34.1	36	17	16	3	8	1	10	0	0	0	143	1.282	9.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	1.25
57	Milt Gaston	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	2	13	.133	4.46	5.75	23	18	5	4	0	0	119.0	137	76	59	4	41	3	33	0	0	4	526	1.496	10.4	0.3	3.1	2.5	0.80
58	Oral Hildebrand	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	1	.667	4.39	5.40	5	2	2	2	0	0	26.2	25	16	13	0	13	0	6	3	0	1	121	1.425	8.4	0.0	4.4	2.0	0.46
59	Hank McDonald	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	2	4	.333	3.71	5.50	19	10	3	1	1	0	70.1	62	43	29	3	41	0	23	1	1	1	305	1.464	7.9	0.4	5.2	2.9	0.56
60	Jake Miller*	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	1	.667	4.35	5.66	10	5	3	1	1	0	41.1	45	26	20	2	19	2	17	0	0	0	186	1.548	9.8	0.4	4.1	3.7	0.89
61	Milt Shoffner*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	3	.400	7.24	7.46	12	4	3	1	0	0	41.0	55	34	33	4	26	2	12	2	1	3	202	1.976	12.1	0.9	5.7	2.6	0.46
62	Fay Thomas	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	2	4	.333	5.18	6.29	16	2	8	1	0	0	48.2	63	34	28	2	32	3	25	1	0	2	231	1.952	11.7	0.4	5.9	4.6	0.78
63	Jim Weaver	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	1	.667	5.31	5.77	17	5	7	2	0	0	57.2	66	37	34	1	29	0	28	1	1	4	268	1.647	10.3	0.2	4.5	4.4	0.97
64	Bob Weiland*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	2	7	.222	5.16	6.60	15	8	0	3	0	0	75.0	75	55	43	3	46	0	38	4	1	1	351	1.613	9.0	0.4	5.5	4.6	0.83
65	Lefty Weinert*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	2	2	.500	6.20	6.93	17	0	7	0	0	0	24.2	31	19	17	2	19	1	24	5	0	2	128	2.027	11.3	0.7	6.9	8.8	1.26
66	Lew Krausse	19	PHA	Maj	PHA	1	0	1.000	4.09	4.91	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.0	6	6	5	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	46	1.091	4.9	1.6	4.9	0.8	0.17
67	Walt Tauscher	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	7.50	12.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	24	16	10	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	62	2.333	18.0	1.5	3.0	3.8	1.25
68	Monte Weaver	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	1	0	1.000	4.50	5.40	3	1	2	1	0	0	10.0	11	6	5	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	48	1.700	9.9	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
69	Biggs Wehde	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	1	0	1.000	6.75	6.75	8	0	6	0	0	0	16.0	19	12	12	0	10	0	3	2	0	1	70	1.813	10.7	0.0	5.6	1.7	0.30
70	Belve Bean	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	6.43	6.43	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	11	5	5	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	37	2.143	14.1	0.0	5.1	3.9	0.75
71	Grant Bowler	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	5.35	6.62	13	3	7	1	0	0	35.1	40	26	21	1	24	0	15	0	1	2	165	1.811	10.2	0.3	6.1	3.8	0.63
72	Garland Braxton*	31	SLA,CHA	Maj	CHW-SLB	0	3	.000	7.85	9.23	28	4	18	0	0	1	65.1	98	67	57	3	33	1	35	3	0	1	326	2.005	13.5	0.4	4.5	4.8	1.06
73	Jim Brillheart*	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		5.49	7.32	11	1	3	0	0	0	19.2	27	16	12	2	15	1	7	0	0	0	100	2.136	12.4	0.9	6.9	3.2	0.47
74	Sol Carter	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	0		19.29	19.29	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	1	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	11	2.143	3.9	0.0	15.4	3.9	0.25
75	Orlin Collier	24	DET	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	7.84	10.45	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	17	12	9	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	55	2.323	14.8	0.0	6.1	2.6	0.43
76	Bob Cooney	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	3	.000	4.12	4.81	5	4	1	1	0	0	39.1	46	21	18	1	20	0	13	1	0	1	180	1.678	10.5	0.2	4.6	3.0	0.65
77	Howard Craghead	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		6.35	6.35	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.2	8	4	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	27	1.765	12.7	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
78	Pete Donohue	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	0		8.44	10.13	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	9	6	5	1	5	1	4	0	0	0	26	2.625	15.2	1.7	8.4	6.8	0.80
79	Jess Doyle	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
80	Lou Garland	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	2	.000	10.26	12.96	7	2	3	0	0	0	16.2	30	24	19	2	14	0	4	1	0	1	92	2.640	16.2	1.1	7.6	2.2	0.29
81	Mark Koenig	26	DET	Maj	DET	0	0		6.43	6.43	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	0	11	0	3	0	0	1	36	2.571	9.0	0.0	14.1	3.9	0.27
82	Roxie Lawson	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	0	2	.000	7.60	8.08	17	3	12	0	0	0	55.2	72	50	47	5	36	3	20	0	0	1	276	1.940	11.6	0.8	5.8	3.2	0.56
83	Ad Liska	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
84	Walt Masters	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	0	0		2.00	2.00	3	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	36	1.222	7.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.25
85	Lou McEvoy	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	0	0		12.41	12.41	6	0	3	0	0	1	12.1	19	17	17	1	12	0	3	1	0	0	67	2.514	13.9	0.7	8.8	2.2	0.25
86	Jud McLaughlin*	19	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		12.00	12.00	9	0	7	0	0	0	12.0	23	16	16	1	8	1	3	0	0	0	67	2.583	17.3	0.8	6.0	2.3	0.38
87	Jim Moore	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	0	2	.000	4.95	5.59	33	4	16	0	0	0	83.2	93	52	46	3	27	1	15	1	0	2	367	1.434	10.0	0.3	2.9	1.6	0.56
88	Walter Murphy	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		9.00	9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
89	Jim Peterson	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	1	.000	6.23	6.92	6	1	4	1	0	0	13.0	18	10	9	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	60	1.692	12.5	0.0	2.8	4.8	1.75
90	Bobby Reeves	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	0	0		3.68	3.68	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0.955	7.4	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.00
91	Bill Shores	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	0	3	.000	5.06	10.13	6	2	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	18	9	3	10	0	2	0	0	1	83	2.250	14.6	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.20
92	Fred Stiely*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	0	0		6.75	6.75	4	0	4	0	0	0	6.2	7	5	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	30	1.500	9.5	0.0	4.1	2.7	0.67
93	Whit Wyatt	23	DET	Maj	DET	0	2	.000	8.85	10.18	4	1	1	1	0	0	20.1	30	23	20	2	12	0	8	1	0	2	98	2.066	13.3	0.9	5.3	3.5	0.67