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Sports > Baseball > 2000 Season > American League Leaders

Pitching

Earned Run Average

	Arm	W	L	ERA	Gm	GS	CG	ShO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HB	BB	SO	WP
Pedro Martinez, Bos	R	18	6	1.74	29	29	7	4	217.0	128	44	42	17	14	32	284	1
Roger Clemens, NY	R	13	8	3.70	32	32	1	0	204.1	184	96	84	26	10	84	188	2
Mike Mussina, Bal	R	11	15	3.79	34	34	6	1	237.2	236	105	100	28	3	46	210	3
Mike Sirotka, Chi	L	15	10	3.79	32	32	1	0	197.0	203	101	83	23	1	69	128	8
Bartolo Colon, Cle	R	15	8	3.88	30	30	2	1	188.0	163	86	81	21	4	98	212	4
David Wells, Tor	L	20	8	4.11	35	35	9	1	229.2	266	115	105	23	8	31	166	9
Gil Heredia, Oak	R	15	11	4.12	32	32	2	0	198.2	214	106	91	24	4	66	101	3
Albie Lopez, TB	R	11	13	4.13	45	24	4	1	185.1	199	95	85	24	1	70	96	4
Tim Hudson, Oak	R	20	6	4.14	32	32	2	2	202.1	169	100	93	24	7	82	169	7
Chuck Finley, Cle	L	16	11	4.17	34	34	3	0	218.0	211	108	101	23	2	101	189	9
Paul Abbott, Sea	R	9	7	4.22	35	27	0	0	179.0	164	89	84	23	5	80	100	3
Jim Parque, Chi	L	13	6	4.28	33	32	0	0	187.0	208	105	89	21	11	71	111	2
Jeff Weaver, Det	R	11	15	4.32	31	30	2	0	200.0	205	102	96	26	15	52	136	3
Makoto Suzuki, KC	R	8	10	4.34	32	29	1	1	188.2	195	100	91	26	3	94	135	11
Andy Pettitte, NY	L	19	9	4.35	32	32	3	1	204.2	219	111	99	17	4	80	125	2

Note: Pitchers must have 1 inning pitched per their team's games played to qualify.

Wins

Hudson, Oak	20-6
Wells, Tor	20-8
Pettitte, NY	19-9
P. Martinez, Bos	18-6
Sele, Sea	17-10
Burba, Cle	16-6
Finley, Cle	16-11
Helling, Tex	16-13
Colon, Cle	15-8
Sirotka, Chi	15-10
Heredia, Oak	15-11
Appier, Oak	15-11

Appearances

Wunsch*, Chi	83
Venafro, Tex	77
Wells, Min	76
Trombley, Bal	75
Lowe, Bos	74
Nelson, NY	73
Rhodes, Sea	72
Karsay, Cle	72
Foulke, Chi	72
Tam, Oak	72

Complete Games

Wells, Tor	9
P. Martinez, Bos	7
Mussina, Bal	6
Ponson, Bal	6
Lopez, TB	4
Radke, Min	4

Shutouts

P. Martinez, Bos	4
Sele, Sea	2
Hudson, Oak	2
24 tied with 1 each.

Losses

Radke, Min	12-16
Mays, Min	7-15
Trachsel, TB-Tor	8-15
Escobar, Tor	10-15
Weaver, Det	11-15
Mussina, Bal	11-15
Cone, NY	4-14
Ponson, Bal	9-13
Loaiza, Tex-Tor	10-13
Lopez, TB	11-13
Hernandez, NY	12-13
Rogers, Tex	13-13
Helling, Tex	16-13

Innings

Mussina, Bal	237.2
Wells, Tor	229.2
Rogers, Tex	227.1
Radke, Min	226.2
Ponson, Bal	222.0
Finley, Cle	218.0
P. Martinez, Bos	217.0
Helling, Tex	217.0
Suppan, KC	217.0
Sele, Sea	211.2

Saves

	SV	BS
Jones, Det	42	4
Lowe, Bos	42	5
Sasaki*, Sea	37	3
Rivera, NY	36	5
Foulke, Chi	34	5
Wetteland, Tex	34	9
Koch, Tor	33	5
Isringhausen, Oak	33	7
Hernandez, TB	32	8
Percival, Ana	32	10

Holds

Shuey, Cle	28
Groom, Bal	27
Wunsch*, Chi	25
Rhodes, Sea	24
Zimmerman, Tex	21
Mecir, TB-Oak	21
Brocail, Det	19
Hasegawa, Ana	19
Tam, Oak	19

HRs Given Up

Suppan, KC	36
Milton, Min	35
Baldwin, Chi	34
Hernandez, NY	34
Wakefield, Bos	31
Nomo, Det	31
Carpenter, Tor	30
Ponson, Bal	30
Helling, Tex	29
Loaiza, Tex-Tor	29

Wild Pitches

Reichert*, KC	18
Grimsley, NY	16
Nomo, Det	16
Carrasco, Min-Bos	14
Cone, NY	11
Mays, Min	11
Suzuki, KC	11

Walks

Appier, Oak	102
Finley, Cle	101
Helling, Tex	99
Colon, Cle	98
Suzuki, KC	94
Burba, Cle	91
Reichert*, KC	91
Nomo, Det	89

Strikeouts

P. Martinez, Bos	284
Colon, Cle	212
Mussina, Bal	210
Finley, Cle	189
Clemens, NY	188
Nomo, Det	181
Burba, Cle	180
Hudson, Oak	169
Wells, Tor	166
Milton, Min	160
Ponson, Bal	152
Helling, Tex	146
Escobar, Tor	142
Radke, Min	141
Hernandez, NY	141

Opp. Batting Average

P. Martinez, Bos	.167
Hudson, Oak	.227
Colon, Cle	.233
Clemens, NY	236
Abbott, Sea	.243
Hernandez, NY	.247
Helling, Tex	.252
Mussina, Bal	.255
Finley, Cle	.256
Ponson, Bal	.258

SB Allowed

Burba, Cle	21
Suzuki, KC	21
Wakefield, Bos	20
Hudson, Oak	16
Clemens, NY	15
R. Martinez, Bos	15
Escobar, Tor	14
Castillo, Tor	13
Schoeneweis, Ana	13
Bergman, Min	12

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