League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/5/2012

Earned run average Strikeouts Walks
           
HernandezNYA 2.90 HernandezNYA257 MillerBal89
NieseLAA 3.08 ShieldsTex251 WilsonNYA87
HalladayNYA 3.17 LeeTor245 JimenezSea84
GorzelannyKC 3.30 PriceBos242 Zito 78
BardBos 3.41 JimenezSea224 MayBal75
JimenezSea 3.45 LesterKC221 HughesBal75
SabathiaNYA 3.46 GorzelannyKC191 MyersLAA75
PriceBos 3.49 IwakumaBos186 LesterKC73
WilsonNYA 3.51 WilsonNYA185 HernandezNYA71
ZimmermannDet 3.53 BumgarnerMin185 McNuttBal70
           
           
Wins Winning percentage Average run support
           
HernandezNYA21-8 PriceBos .739 ShieldsTex 6.4
NieseLAA18-7 FrancisTor .739 FrancisTor 6.1
PriceBos17-6 HellicksonDet .737 SabathiaNYA 6.0
FrancisTor17-6 MarcumOak .737 HellicksonDet 5.8
SabathiaNYA17-7 HernandezNYA .724 PriceBos 5.7
ShieldsTex17-15 NieseLAA .720 HudsonBos 5.6
MaholmTor16-8 SabathiaNYA .708 MaholmTor 5.2
LeeTor16-11 OgandoTex .684 IwakumaBos 5.2
GorzelannyKC15-7 GorzelannyKC .682 WeaverTam 5.2
HudsonBos15-8 MaholmTor .667 BeckettTex 5.1
           
           
Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
BardBos .209 BardBos .268 TeheranMin .323
TeheranMin .222 HalladayNYA .274 JimenezSea .348
PriceBos .225 LeeTor .275 BardBos .354
HernandezNYA .227 ZimmermannDet .281 SabathiaNYA .363
WilsonNYA .231 SabathiaNYA .282 PriceBos .365
SabathiaNYA .232 HernandezNYA .286 HernandezNYA .367
Zito  .235 PriceBos .289 HalladayNYA .373
JimenezSea .235 TeheranMin .290 GorzelannyKC .374
WeaverTam .243 WeaverTam .290 WilsonNYA .375
NieseLAA .243 IwakumaBos .291 NieseLAA .382
           
           
Hits per 9 innings Walks per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
BardBos 6.9 HalladayNYA 1.2 BardBos 9.6
TeheranMin 7.4 ZimmermannDet 1.3 LeeTor 9.9
PriceBos 7.4 LeeTor 1.3 HalladayNYA 10.0
HernandezNYA 7.5 FrancisTor 1.5 SabathiaNYA 10.2
WilsonNYA 7.7 IwakumaBos 1.5 ZimmermannDet 10.3
SabathiaNYA 7.8 NolascoChA 1.6 HernandezNYA 10.3
Zito  7.8 BumgarnerMin 1.7 PriceBos 10.5
JimenezSea 8.0 BeckettTex 2.0 TeheranMin 10.7
NieseLAA 8.2 SabathiaNYA 2.2 IwakumaBos 10.7
LesterKC 8.4 NieseLAA 2.2 WeaverTam 10.7
           
           
Strikeouts per 9 innings Homeruns per 9 innings Stolen bases per 9 innings
           
LesterKC 9.7 TeheranMin 0.7 HellicksonDet 0.2
PriceBos 9.5 MaholmTor 0.7 ShieldsTex 0.2
HernandezNYA 9.4 NieseLAA 0.7 MaholmTor 0.2
JimenezSea 9.4 PriceBos 0.7 NieseLAA 0.3
WeaverTam 9.2 VargasOak 0.8 NolascoChA 0.3
MinorTor 9.0 JimenezSea 0.8 LeeTor 0.4
ShieldsTex 8.8 HalladayNYA 0.8 SabathiaNYA 0.4
LeeTor 8.8 WilsonNYA 0.8 ZimmermannDet 0.4
MillerBal 8.8 FrancisTor 0.8 Zito  0.5
WilsonNYA 8.6 SabathiaNYA 0.8 CapuanoTor 0.6
           
           
Shutouts Quality starts Quality start percentage
           
HalladayNYA6 HernandezNYA24 HernandezNYA .750
LeeTor5 JimenezSea23 SabathiaNYA .741
HernandezNYA3 NieseLAA22 NieseLAA .667
MarcumOak2 ZimmermannDet21 TeheranMin .667
PorcelloBal2 NolascoChA21 ZimmermannDet .656
ShieldsTex2 SabathiaNYA20 NolascoChA .656
VargasOak2 TeheranMin20 FrancisTor .645
HarenKC1 FrancisTor20 JimenezSea .639
MedlenSea1 BumgarnerMin20 BumgarnerMin .625
HamelsDet1 HudsonBos20 BardBos .615
           
           
Save Opportunities Saves Save percentage
           
FrieriLAA36 FrieriLAA29 SorianoNYA .893
AxfordKC33 SorianoNYA25 JansenMin .862
JansenMin29 JansenMin25 FrieriLAA .806
SorianoNYA28 AxfordKC25 AxfordKC .758
StreetOak23 StreetOak19    
RomoTex23 RomoTex19    
HanrahanBos22 HanrahanBos16    
ReedChA22 BrothersDet15    
GuerraSea21 ReedChA15    
ThreetsCle21 GuerraSea14    
           
           
Holds Blown saves Blown save percentage
           
JanssenLAA18 ThreetsCle10 AxfordKC .242
GomesMin17 AxfordKC8 FrieriLAA .194
ElbertBal16 ReedChA7 SorianoNYA .107
StewartBal16 FrieriLAA7 JansenMin .103
MarmolBos15 ValverdeDet6    
McGeeLAA15 GuerraSea6    
ValverdeDet15 MarmolBos5    
JohnsonKC15 WilhelmsenTam5    
ClippardTex14 JanssenLAA5    
OteroCle14 ElbertBal5    
           
           
Innings Batters faced per game Complete games
           
ShieldsTex255.1 HalladayNYA32.96 HalladayNYA11
IwakumaBos252.1 LeeTor31.50 LeeTor11
LeeTor250.2 HernandezNYA30.84 ShieldsTex9
HernandezNYA245.1 SabathiaNYA29.56 HernandezNYA6
PriceBos229.2 ShieldsTex29.19 SpruillTam5
NieseLAA222.1 RomeroTam28.00 SabathiaNYA5
VargasOak215.1 IwakumaBos27.95 BeckettTex4
JimenezSea214.0 PorcelloBal27.58 RomeroTam3
NolascoChA211.1 NieseLAA27.45 PorcelloBal3
PorcelloBal208.2 NolascoChA27.31 VargasOak3
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
IwakumaBos55 PriceBos12 ShieldsTex36
MaholmTor54 LeeTor11 CapuanoTor31
VargasOak50 PeavyChA10 MatuszBal28
ShieldsTex49 WilsonNYA9 HellicksonDet28
NieseLAA48 ShieldsTex8 IwakumaBos28
PorcelloBal47 BardBos7 HarangKC27
MyersLAA46 LeBlancCle7 HughesBal27
HernandezNYA45 NieseLAA7 LeeTor27
RomeroTam44 StewartBal6 LesterKC26
NolascoChA43 OgandoTex6 HernandezNYA26
           
           
Stolen bases Steal percentage Pickoffs
           
LesterKC40 ZimmermannDet .450 IwakumaBos6
HarangKC34 NolascoChA .471 GuthrieCle5
IwakumaBos33 RomeroTam .480 FrancisTor5
LeBlancCle33 NoesiLAA .519 LeeTor4
MillerBal31 MatuszBal .538 SpruillTam4
JimenezSea30 VargasOak .545 RomeroTam4
BumgarnerMin26 Zito  .556 NoesiLAA4
BeckettTex25 WilsonNYA .576 WilsonNYA4
PeavyChA25 HernandezNYA .600 PeraltaChA3
JacksonCle24 SaundersDet .600 ShieldsTex3
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
AxelrodMin16 McNuttBal27 KendrickBal1
JimenezSea15 SanchezTex23 HowellChA1
LesterKC14 MillerBal22 JohnsonKC1
PorcelloBal14 LuekeSea17 TeheranMin1
GuthrieCle13 PorcelloBal15    
BeckettTex13 MelvilleTam14    
TeheranMin12 MillerTam14    
AcevesCle11 CorbinTam14    
CastroTam11 de los SantosOak13    
MendozaLAA11 NoesiLAA13    
           
           
Games Starts Batters faced
           
MayBal115 PriceBos39 ShieldsTex1080
StewartBal113 IwakumaBos37 IwakumaBos1034
ElbertBal110 JimenezSea36 LeeTor1008
SippDet91 VargasOak35 HernandezNYA987
PapelbonTam83 ShieldsTex35 PriceBos933
BadenhopOak80 LesterKC34 JimenezSea916
ArredondoTam79 CobbLAA33 PorcelloBal910
JohnsonKC75 JacksonCle33 NieseLAA906
JanssenLAA70 PorcelloBal33 VargasOak905
OteroCle70 HudsonBos33 NolascoChA874
           
           
Games finished Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct
           
AxfordKC54 ZimmermannDet .091 AmesDet .088
FrieriLAA53 RomeroTam .091 GomesMin .140
JansenMin52 PriceBos .118 RomoTex .146
PapelbonTam51 McNuttBal .120 HyattNYA .152
RomoTex42 CobbLAA .176 SippDet .175
CarrascoBal40 PeavyChA .208 de los SantosOak .178
SorianoNYA38 JimenezSea .214 PestanoDet .184
ReedChA38 WilsonNYA .217 UeharaTor .185
StreetOak32 WeaverTam .263 AxfordKC .205
BrothersDet32 IwakumaBos .267 PeraltaBos .205
           
           
Ground ball DP Decisions Losses
           
RomeroTam25 ShieldsTex32 McNuttBal8-17
NieseLAA25 HernandezNYA29 PorcelloBal9-17
MaholmTor23 LeeTor27 MillerBal6-16
PriceBos23 NolascoChA26 RomeroTam9-15
SaundersDet22 PorcelloBal26 NolascoChA11-15
HudsonBos22 VargasOak26 ShieldsTex17-15
LeeTor22 NieseLAA25 MendozaLAA6-14
BeckettTex21 McNuttBal25 LesterKC8-14
VargasOak21 SabathiaNYA24 MyersLAA9-14
MedlenSea20 RomeroTam24 PeavyChA9-14
           
           
On-base plus slugging Walks plus hits per inning Strikeout/walk ratio
           
TeheranMin .613 BardBos 1.04 LeeTor 6.8
BardBos .622 HalladayNYA 1.08 HalladayNYA 6.4
SabathiaNYA .644 LeeTor 1.08 ZimmermannDet 5.7
HalladayNYA .647 ZimmermannDet 1.10 BumgarnerMin 4.9
HernandezNYA .654 SabathiaNYA 1.11 IwakumaBos 4.3
PriceBos .654 TeheranMin 1.12 WeaverTam 4.1
JimenezSea .665 PriceBos 1.12 NolascoChA 4.1
LeeTor .667 HernandezNYA 1.13 FrancisTor 3.9
GorzelannyKC .677 IwakumaBos 1.15 ShieldsTex 3.8
NieseLAA .678 FrancisTor 1.15 SabathiaNYA 3.8
           
           
Runs created per 27 outs Runs created ERA Component ERA
           
BardBos 3.2 BardBos 2.87 BardBos 2.60
TeheranMin 3.2 TeheranMin 2.89 HalladayNYA 2.79
SabathiaNYA 3.3 SabathiaNYA 2.99 SabathiaNYA 2.83
HernandezNYA 3.4 HernandezNYA 3.05 TeheranMin 2.85
PriceBos 3.4 PriceBos 3.11 PriceBos 2.86
HalladayNYA 3.5 HalladayNYA 3.14 LeeTor 2.91
LeeTor 3.5 LeeTor 3.19 HernandezNYA 2.96
NieseLAA 3.7 NieseLAA 3.31 NieseLAA 3.10
HudsonBos 3.8 FrancisTor 3.46 ZimmermannDet 3.21
ZimmermannDet 3.8 ZimmermannDet 3.46 FrancisTor 3.26
           
           
In-play average Balls in park Extra-base hit rate
           
BardBos .240 IwakumaBos766 TeheranMin .051
TeheranMin .266 ShieldsTex722 JimenezSea .056
HudsonBos .270 LeeTor694 BardBos .064
Zito  .270 VargasOak692 GorzelannyKC .064
ZimmermannDet .280 PorcelloBal689 LesterKC .065
SabathiaNYA .282 NolascoChA657 MillerBal .068
WilsonNYA .285 NieseLAA646 SabathiaNYA .069
HernandezNYA .285 MaholmTor642 Zito  .071
IwakumaBos .286 HernandezNYA627 McNuttBal .072
NieseLAA .286 HudsonBos623 BumgarnerMin .072
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Single rate
           
ShieldsTex504 TeheranMin .381 BardBos .129
PorcelloBal443 HalladayNYA .397 WilsonNYA .130
IwakumaBos442 BardBos .401 PriceBos .131
LeeTor418 SabathiaNYA .402 HernandezNYA .134
HernandezNYA409 HernandezNYA .414 Zito  .134
MyersLAA408 LeeTor .415 WeaverTam .136
HughesBal398 PriceBos .415 NieseLAA .143
VargasOak398 JimenezSea .415 LeBlancCle .145
MaholmTor395 GorzelannyKC .418 SabathiaNYA .147
CapuanoTor392 NieseLAA .423 TeheranMin .149
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate Double rate
           
ShieldsTex499 TeheranMin .365 BardBos .024
IwakumaBos431 HalladayNYA .389 LesterKC .029
PorcelloBal429 BardBos .395 TeheranMin .030
LeeTor412 SabathiaNYA .397 JimenezSea .032
HernandezNYA403 JimenezSea .398 Zito  .034
MyersLAA402 PriceBos .403 GorzelannyKC .035
VargasOak394 GorzelannyKC .407 CapuanoTor .037
HughesBal392 HernandezNYA .408 LeeTor .038
PeavyChA385 LeeTor .409 SabathiaNYA .039
MaholmTor385 NieseLAA .412 HughesBal .040
           
           
Batting average vs LHB On-base percentage vs LHB Slugging percentage vs LHB
           
AcevesCle .166 FrieriLAA .224 AcevesCle .202
ClippardTex .171 McCarthyOak .239 ReedChA .255
WilsonNYA .175 PapelbonTam .240 ElbertBal .265
FrieriLAA .175 LuekeSea .243 GorzelannyKC .269
PapelbonTam .175 MarcumOak .247 JansenMin .270
ElbertBal .176 WilsonNYA .253 McCarthyOak .273
GorzelannyKC .181 GorzelannyKC .257 PapelbonTam .285
ReedChA .186 BardBos .260 SorianoNYA .292
ArredondoTam .188 ZimmermannDet .262 PeraltaBos .299
PeraltaBos .188 ReedChA .263 CasillaKC .301
           
           
Hits vs LHB Runs batted in vs LHB On-base plus slugging vs LHB
           
IwakumaBos142 ShieldsTex73 AcevesCle .483
ShieldsTex137 IwakumaBos63 McCarthyOak .513
PeavyChA130 HudsonBos59 ReedChA .517
NolascoChA129 HughesBal57 PapelbonTam .525
HudsonBos124 SpruillTam56 GorzelannyKC .526
JacksonCle112 PeavyChA55 JansenMin .546
HalladayNYA111 HarangKC53 WilsonNYA .566
PorcelloBal110 MillerBal52 FrieriLAA .575
MendozaLAA100 JimenezSea52 SorianoNYA .577
NoesiLAA100 NolascoChA51 ElbertBal .584
           
           
Doubles vs LHB Triples vs LHB Homeruns vs LHB
           
IwakumaBos33 PeavyChA7 ShieldsTex26
HudsonBos32 PriceBos6 HudsonBos16
HernandezNYA30 LeeTor6 HughesBal15
HalladayNYA29 BardBos5 SpruillTam14
ShieldsTex29 ShieldsTex5 WeaverTam13
MyersLAA26 MelvilleTam4 Wells 12
WeaverTam25 LynnChA4 MyersLAA12
HendriksOak24 GuthrieCle4 BeckettTex12
RomeroTam23 NoesiLAA4 CapuanoTor11
PorcelloBal23 McNuttBal4 GuthrieCle11
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHB Total bases vs LHB Isolated power vs LHB
           
ShieldsTex60 ShieldsTex254 AcevesCle .036
HudsonBos50 HudsonBos208 Tomlin  .061
IwakumaBos43 IwakumaBos204 ReedChA .068
HernandezNYA42 PeavyChA196 CasillaKC .071
MyersLAA41 NolascoChA183 McClendonSea .071
WeaverTam40 PorcelloBal168 McCarthyOak .073
PeavyChA39 MyersLAA167 GomesMin .077
HalladayNYA39 HalladayNYA167 JansenMin .079
GuthrieCle36 HernandezNYA164 SorianoNYA .080
SpruillTam36 JacksonCle163 FrancisTor .083
           
           
Walks vs LHB Strikeouts vs LHB Hit by pitch vs LHB
           
JimenezSea64 ShieldsTex146 TeheranMin10
HernandezNYA52 HernandezNYA145 NieseLAA9
MyersLAA49 IwakumaBos120 CastroTam9
HughesBal47 WeaverTam118 IwakumaBos9
MillerBal45 JimenezSea114 AxelrodMin8
PorcelloBal37 PriceBos95 ShawLAA7
HudsonBos37 HalladayNYA95 ElyDet7
MayBal36 PapelbonTam94 MayBal7
PeavyChA35 TeheranMin94 SpruillTam7
McNuttBal34 MillerBal92 SanchezTex6
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHB Sacrifice flies vs LHB Atbats vs LHB
           
BeckettTex4 HarangKC8 IwakumaBos574
GomezCle3 MillerBal8 ShieldsTex531
JimenezSea3 MendozaLAA6 HernandezNYA498
Arrieta 2 Tomlin 5 HudsonBos482
Wheeler 2 JimenezSea5 NolascoChA460
MatuszBal2 Hensley 4 HalladayNYA459
GearrinCle2 WorleySea4 PeavyChA428
ZambranoCle2 McNuttBal4 JimenezSea427
AxelrodMin2 SpruillTam4 PorcelloBal423
MyersLAA2 CobbLAA4 WeaverTam408
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHB AB per double vs LHB Plate appearances vs LHB
           
NiemannChA 17.6 MorrisTam 9.3 IwakumaBos611
MorrowKC 19.1 RomeroTam 11.1 ShieldsTex566
MatuszBal 19.4 HendriksOak 11.7 HernandezNYA553
ShieldsTex 20.4 GuthrieCle 12.6 HudsonBos525
MorrisTam 20.7 WilhelmsenTam 12.6 JimenezSea504
ClippardTex 20.9 HappCle 13.5 NolascoChA494
WilhelmsenTam 21.4 CollmenterMin 13.6 HalladayNYA478
LuekeSea 21.8 DavisBos 13.6 PeavyChA471
FrieriLAA 22.0 WorleySea 13.7 PorcelloBal467
GarciaNYA 22.6 JanssenLAA 14.2 MyersLAA447
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
HamelsDet .195 HamelsDet .240 HamelsDet .284
BardBos .216 LeeTor .277 HudsonBos .310
Zito  .224 BardBos .278 TeheranMin .329
HudsonBos .226 NolascoChA .280 NieseLAA .357
TeheranMin .232 NieseLAA .282 JimenezSea .358
PriceBos .234 HalladayNYA .284 RomeroTam .360
NieseLAA .234 HudsonBos .285 BardBos .365
SabathiaNYA .235 SabathiaNYA .286 SabathiaNYA .371
JimenezSea .239 FrancisTor .286 PriceBos .376
GarciaSea .241 PriceBos .288 Wood  .378
           
           
Hits vs RHB Runs batted in vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
BumgarnerMin175 LeeTor85 HamelsDet .524
VargasOak170 CapuanoTor73 HudsonBos .595
LeeTor165 LesterKC71 TeheranMin .635
MaholmTor154 BumgarnerMin71 NieseLAA .639
GorzelannyKC153 PriceBos68 BardBos .643
NieseLAA143 FrancisTor67 JimenezSea .652
LesterKC138 VargasOak67 SabathiaNYA .657
CapuanoTor137 PorcelloBal65 PriceBos .664
PriceBos135 MatuszBal64 HalladayNYA .670
FrancisTor132 MaholmTor61 Wood  .677
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
VargasOak41 WilsonNYA6 MatuszBal21
MaholmTor38 PriceBos6 LeeTor21
NieseLAA36 NieseLAA6 CapuanoTor20
FrancisTor33 CapuanoTor5 LesterKC20
BumgarnerMin30 LesterKC5 IwakumaBos19
GorzelannyKC29 LeeTor5 SaundersDet18
LeBlancCle28 ThorntonTor4 HellicksonDet17
WilsonNYA28 McCarthyOak4 BumgarnerMin17
LeeTor28 Outman 4 NoesiLAA16
SaundersDet27 StewartBal4 HarangKC16
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB Isolated power vs RHB
           
LeeTor54 LeeTor266 HudsonBos .084
MaholmTor53 BumgarnerMin262 HamelsDet .089
VargasOak53 VargasOak246 TeheranMin .097
FrancisTor51 MaholmTor233 RomeroTam .110
NieseLAA51 CapuanoTor232 HappCle .117
CapuanoTor50 GorzelannyKC232 JimenezSea .118
BumgarnerMin50 LesterKC225 ShieldsTex .119
LeBlancCle47 NieseLAA218 PeavyChA .122
GorzelannyKC47 PriceBos217 NieseLAA .123
SaundersDet46 FrancisTor216 VargasOak .129
           
           
Walks vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB
           
WilsonNYA67 LeeTor170 BeckettTex11
Zito 54 PriceBos147 GuthrieCle10
LesterKC54 LesterKC145 JimenezSea10
HappCle45 NieseLAA126 PorcelloBal10
LeBlancCle45 BumgarnerMin125 GorzelannyKC9
MillerBal44 HernandezNYA112 GarciaNYA8
RomeroTam43 JimenezSea110 AxelrodMin8
MatuszBal41 WilsonNYA106 LesterKC8
NieseLAA41 HamelsDet105 OswaltTex7
MaholmTor40 ShieldsTex105 RomeroTam7
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB Atbats vs RHB
           
MillerTam3 Wood 7 LeeTor658
JacksonCle3 VargasOak6 BumgarnerMin612
RomeroTam3 CastroTam5 NieseLAA610
PriceBos3 MillerBal5 VargasOak588
NieseLAA3 MinorTor5 PriceBos577
CarrenoKC2 SaundersDet5 GorzelannyKC557
MelvilleTam2 PriceBos5 LesterKC551
VentersBos2 HanrahanBos4 MaholmTor538
ValverdeDet2 TorresLAA4 FrancisTor528
AxfordKC2 OteroCle4 SabathiaNYA523
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHB AB per double vs RHB Plate appearances vs RHB
           
MatuszBal 17.5 MaholmTor 14.2 LeeTor689
HellicksonDet 18.5 HellicksonDet 14.3 NieseLAA659
HarangKC 20.7 VargasOak 14.3 BumgarnerMin647
IwakumaBos 21.0 NolascoChA 15.2 VargasOak634
GarciaSea 21.3 FrancisTor 16.0 PriceBos631
CapuanoTor 24.0 BeckettTex 16.1 LesterKC617
SaundersDet 24.3 SaundersDet 16.2 GorzelannyKC602
MedlenSea 26.9 CobbLAA 16.4 MaholmTor589
PorcelloBal 26.9 MillerBal 16.5 WilsonNYA577
HernandezNYA 27.1 MendozaLAA 16.8 SabathiaNYA564