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2021 American Association Pitching Leaders

2020 Season 2022 Season

Classification: Independent

Overall: 598 games, 12 teams, approx. 99 games in season

Attendance: 2,250,386 (3,763/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	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	Myles Smith	29	MIL	Ind	13	4	.765	3.48	3.88	20	20	0	2	1	0	111.1	86	48	43	12	75	0	134	5	0	8	488	1.446	7.0	1.0	6.1	10.8	1.79
2	Jordan Kipper	28	CDG	Ind	12	3	.800	4.28	4.59	20	20	0	1	0	0	115.2	116	59	55	14	20	0	127	11	0	5	481	1.176	9.0	1.1	1.6	9.9	6.35
3	Jake Matthys	27	KSC,MIL	Ind	10	3	.769	5.23	5.65	20	19	0	1	0	0	108.1	142	68	63	15	25	0	74	8	0	5	486	1.542	11.8	1.2	2.1	6.1	2.96
4	Ryan Zimmerman	25	MIL	Ind	10	6	.625	4.26	4.97	20	20	0	0	0	0	114.0	95	63	54	15	59	0	120	13	0	7	498	1.351	7.5	1.2	4.7	9.5	2.03
5	Ryan Flores	28	FMH	Ind	9	2	.818	3.33	3.52	32	10	7	1	0	4	94.2	73	37	35	9	30	0	129	14	3	6	392	1.088	6.9	0.9	2.9	12.3	4.30
6	David Holmberg*	29	MIL	Ind	9	4	.692	3.99	4.36	15	15	0	3	1	0	97.0	99	47	43	11	20	0	96	0	0	4	407	1.227	9.2	1.0	1.9	8.9	4.80
7	Patrick Ledet*	26	SXC	Ind	9	6	.600	6.25	6.70	19	19	0	1	0	0	99.1	130	74	69	9	26	0	119	6	0	5	454	1.570	11.8	0.8	2.4	10.8	4.58
8	Greg Minier*	25	LIN	Ind	9	4	.692	3.87	4.19	25	13	3	1	0	0	86.0	87	40	37	12	33	0	90	2	3	4	375	1.395	9.1	1.3	3.5	9.4	2.73
9	Garrett Alexander	25	CBU	Ind	8	7	.533	6.70	7.46	26	15	4	1	0	0	95.1	109	79	71	18	75	1	103	6	0	10	469	1.930	10.3	1.7	7.1	9.7	1.37
10	Zach Hedges	28	SXC	Ind	8	5	.615	4.58	5.55	21	21	0	0	0	0	120.0	133	74	61	8	37	1	71	8	3	7	530	1.417	10.0	0.6	2.8	5.3	1.92
11	Kyle Kinman*	30	LIN	Ind	8	3	.727	2.90	3.08	19	19	0	1	1	0	96.1	80	33	31	4	48	1	109	11	0	5	417	1.329	7.5	0.4	4.5	10.2	2.27
12	Max Kuhns	26	SXC	Ind	8	1	.889	2.97	3.12	44	0	7	0	0	2	60.2	51	21	20	4	22	0	88	2	0	5	254	1.203	7.6	0.6	3.3	13.1	4.00
13	Nick Travieso	27	KSC	Ind	8	8	.500	5.92	6.44	18	17	0	1	0	0	86.2	106	62	57	13	38	0	64	6	0	15	406	1.662	11.0	1.4	3.9	6.6	1.68
14	Michael Bowden	34	CDG	Ind	7	1	.875	2.92	2.92	12	9	0	0	0	0	52.1	37	17	17	10	10	0	52	0	0	0	202	0.898	6.4	1.7	1.7	8.9	5.20
15	Ty Culbreth*	27	SXF	Ind	7	9	.438	5.54	6.11	20	20	0	0	0	0	112.0	137	76	69	25	41	0	101	4	1	12	501	1.589	11.0	2.0	3.3	8.1	2.46
16	Bret Helton	27	FMH	Ind	7	9	.438	4.79	5.17	21	21	0	0	0	0	118.1	116	68	63	16	47	1	107	8	2	2	519	1.377	8.8	1.2	3.6	8.1	2.28
17	Jheyson Manzueta	31	CBU	Ind	7	5	.583	3.41	3.83	15	15	0	0	0	0	87.0	81	37	33	15	42	0	76	4	1	5	375	1.414	8.4	1.6	4.3	7.9	1.81
18	Eduard Reyes	30	WPG	Ind	7	9	.438	7.11	7.20	21	20	0	0	0	0	100.0	118	80	79	12	60	1	70	4	0	7	472	1.780	10.6	1.1	5.4	6.3	1.17
19	Justin Shafer	28	KSC	Ind	7	3	.700	4.63	5.27	18	16	0	0	0	0	70.0	68	41	36	8	30	0	79	4	3	9	310	1.400	8.7	1.0	3.9	10.2	2.63
20	Angel Ventura	28	SXF	Ind	7	7	.500	5.14	5.90	22	20	1	0	0	0	119.0	142	78	68	8	34	0	89	3	2	8	533	1.479	10.7	0.6	2.6	6.7	2.62
21	Jack Alkire	24	GAR	Ind	6	7	.462	4.88	5.33	17	17	0	1	0	0	99.2	106	59	54	8	43	1	101	9	0	17	440	1.495	9.6	0.7	3.9	9.1	2.35
22	Ryan Boyer	24	MIL	Ind	6	3	.667	2.72	2.72	30	2	9	0	0	1	46.1	38	14	14	4	14	1	64	2	0	1	192	1.122	7.4	0.8	2.7	12.4	4.57
23	Jake Dahlberg*	27	CDG	Ind	6	2	.750	3.05	3.48	15	9	2	1	1	0	62.0	50	24	21	4	11	1	76	3	0	3	249	0.984	7.3	0.6	1.6	11.0	6.91
24	Christian DeLeon	29	KNC	Ind	6	3	.667	5.73	6.47	34	0	7	0	0	1	48.2	61	35	31	5	21	2	39	2	0	4	226	1.685	11.3	0.9	3.9	7.2	1.86
25	Austin Fairchild*	27	CBU	Ind	6	4	.600	5.12	5.82	33	11	3	0	0	0	77.1	91	50	44	7	47	0	77	5	0	4	362	1.784	10.6	0.8	5.5	9.0	1.64
26	Tyler Garkow	30	SXF	Ind	6	9	.400	4.97	5.20	21	20	0	0	0	0	116.0	115	67	64	16	33	0	114	12	0	2	504	1.276	8.9	1.2	2.6	8.8	3.45
27	Michael Hope	24	FMH	Ind	6	1	.857	3.61	4.33	40	1	10	0	0	1	62.1	48	30	25	2	37	1	49	3	1	3	264	1.364	6.9	0.3	5.3	7.1	1.32
28	Jameson McGrane	29	KSC	Ind	6	1	.857	3.71	4.09	34	8	15	0	0	9	70.1	56	32	29	6	33	0	90	3	0	12	299	1.265	7.2	0.8	4.2	11.5	2.73
29	Logan Nissen	23	FMH	Ind	6	5	.545	4.56	4.82	19	11	4	0	0	0	71.0	80	38	36	11	32	3	54	3	0	3	309	1.577	10.1	1.4	4.1	6.8	1.69
30	John Richy	28	LIN	Ind	6	8	.429	5.47	5.90	19	19	0	0	0	0	105.1	130	69	64	11	30	0	78	11	0	6	472	1.519	11.1	0.9	2.6	6.7	2.60
31	Travis Seabrooke*	25	WPG	Ind	6	0	1.000	4.14	4.34	44	0	7	0	0	0	45.2	41	22	21	4	22	1	54	0	0	2	194	1.380	8.1	0.8	4.3	10.6	2.45
32	Tyler Viza	26	KNC	Ind	6	2	.750	3.05	3.25	14	14	0	1	1	0	91.1	92	33	31	5	21	0	96	4	0	3	380	1.237	9.1	0.5	2.1	9.5	4.57
33	Brett Adcock*	25	SXC	Ind	5	8	.385	4.74	5.30	20	20	0	1	0	0	112.0	99	66	59	15	54	0	95	0	0	10	482	1.366	8.0	1.2	4.3	7.6	1.76
34	Ben Allison	28	KNC	Ind	5	4	.556	4.91	5.30	17	12	3	1	0	1	69.2	76	41	38	8	26	0	55	2	0	3	309	1.464	9.8	1.0	3.4	7.1	2.12
35	Tyler Beardsley	27	SXC	Ind	5	1	.833	4.28	4.54	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	32	17	16	2	17	0	44	1	0	2	146	1.455	8.6	0.5	4.5	11.8	2.59
36	Justin Donatella	26	KSC	Ind	5	1	.833	3.35	3.94	16	6	1	1	1	1	45.2	34	20	17	3	14	0	47	3	0	2	186	1.051	6.7	0.6	2.8	9.3	3.36
37	Ken Frosch*	31	WPG	Ind	5	3	.625	6.54	7.67	32	0	4	0	0	1	31.2	38	27	23	5	20	1	43	1	0	4	155	1.832	10.8	1.4	5.7	12.2	2.15
38	Adam Heidenfelder	25	GAR	Ind	5	4	.556	4.12	5.34	16	7	6	0	0	0	59.0	68	35	27	7	27	0	62	2	0	3	270	1.610	10.4	1.1	4.1	9.5	2.30
39	Jake Hohensee	27	LIN	Ind	5	4	.556	5.14	5.43	31	1	5	0	0	0	61.1	62	37	35	13	20	0	56	9	0	5	272	1.337	9.1	1.9	2.9	8.2	2.80
40	Jeff Kinley*	29	CDG	Ind	5	1	.833	1.46	1.63	40	0	27	0	0	18	55.1	27	10	9	4	12	0	64	3	0	4	199	0.705	4.4	0.7	2.0	10.4	5.33
41	Trevor Lubking*	28	GAR	Ind	5	9	.357	4.85	5.54	19	18	1	2	0	0	117.0	119	72	63	16	50	2	117	6	0	9	516	1.444	9.2	1.2	3.8	9.0	2.34
42	Pete Perez	30	WPG,CBU	Ind	5	2	.714	6.99	8.46	15	10	1	0	0	0	67.0	96	63	52	13	16	0	53	2	0	2	310	1.672	12.9	1.7	2.1	7.1	3.31
43	Keyvius Sampson	30	KSC	Ind	5	1	.833	3.93	4.42	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	28	18	16	3	21	0	45	1	0	2	161	1.336	6.9	0.7	5.2	11.0	2.14
44	Tyler Anderson*	28	LIN	Ind	4	1	.800	5.59	6.05	41	0	11	0	0	0	38.2	55	26	24	3	13	1	29	2	1	2	185	1.759	12.8	0.7	3.0	6.8	2.23
45	John Baker	23	CDG	Ind	4	3	.571	3.72	3.72	21	4	4	0	0	0	48.1	47	20	20	7	11	0	42	1	1	0	198	1.200	8.8	1.3	2.0	7.8	3.82
46	Landen Bourassa	24	WPG	Ind	4	0	1.000	2.63	3.73	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.0	41	17	12	2	13	0	29	2	0	3	177	1.317	9.0	0.4	2.9	6.4	2.23
47	Brandon Brosher	26	SXC	Ind	4	2	.667	2.51	2.89	39	1	15	0	0	6	46.2	40	15	13	2	22	1	69	4	0	7	204	1.329	7.7	0.4	4.2	13.3	3.14
48	Garrett Christman	25	CDG	Ind	4	4	.500	6.67	7.14	14	11	1	0	0	0	58.0	82	46	43	8	27	0	32	2	0	2	272	1.879	12.7	1.2	4.2	5.0	1.19
49	Matt Cronin	26	HAP	Ind	4	11	.267	6.60	7.00	19	19	0	0	0	0	90.0	126	70	66	11	52	0	59	6	1	5	440	1.978	12.6	1.1	5.2	5.9	1.13
50	Jorge Gonzalez	25	WPG	Ind	4	7	.364	6.85	7.34	20	19	0	0	0	0	92.0	113	75	70	11	41	3	65	4	0	6	423	1.674	11.1	1.1	4.0	6.4	1.59
51	Michael Gunn*	28	CBU	Ind	4	4	.500	5.55	5.98	16	16	0	0	0	0	84.1	83	56	52	11	37	1	74	12	1	7	377	1.423	8.9	1.2	3.9	7.9	2.00
52	Zach Hartman	29	MIL	Ind	4	1	.800	2.45	2.81	43	1	10	0	0	4	51.1	38	16	14	6	16	0	59	2	1	2	207	1.052	6.7	1.1	2.8	10.3	3.69
53	Gage Hinsz	25	FMH	Ind	4	5	.444	6.57	7.53	15	15	0	0	0	0	75.1	93	63	55	11	49	0	56	4	0	7	364	1.885	11.1	1.3	5.9	6.7	1.14
54	Kyle Huckaby*	25	KNC	Ind	4	2	.667	4.09	4.91	31	0	10	0	0	0	33.0	27	18	15	5	15	0	34	5	0	2	144	1.273	7.4	1.4	4.1	9.3	2.27
55	A.J. Jones	23	CDG	Ind	4	3	.571	5.77	5.77	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.1	55	31	31	6	8	0	28	1	0	1	202	1.303	10.2	1.1	1.5	5.2	3.50
56	Kevin McGovern*	32	FMH	Ind	4	0	1.000	1.41	1.41	4	4	0	2	1	0	32.0	14	5	5	3	3	0	37	0	0	1	113	0.531	3.9	0.8	0.8	10.4	12.33
57	Kyle Murphy	24	CDG	Ind	4	2	.667	2.64	2.84	8	8	0	0	0	0	44.1	36	14	13	5	18	0	27	8	0	5	191	1.218	7.3	1.0	3.7	5.5	1.50
58	Josh Tols*	31	KNC	Ind	4	8	.333	4.28	4.35	21	20	0	0	0	0	122.0	119	59	58	17	62	1	121	9	0	1	539	1.484	8.8	1.3	4.6	8.9	1.95
59	Matt Tomshaw*	32	FMH	Ind	4	0	1.000	2.33	2.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	23	8	7	0	7	0	30	0	0	0	111	1.111	7.7	0.0	2.3	10.0	4.29
60	Kyle Chavez	29	CBU	Ind	3	0	1.000	1.78	3.20	25	0	10	0	0	5	25.1	25	9	5	1	6	1	14	3	0	0	103	1.224	8.9	0.4	2.1	5.0	2.33
61	Tom Curtin	24	KNC	Ind	3	3	.500	7.56	8.64	16	0	9	0	0	0	25.0	23	24	21	3	26	2	19	5	0	5	126	1.960	8.3	1.1	9.4	6.8	0.73
62	Alex DuBord	24	FMH	Ind	3	1	.750	1.73	2.60	37	0	24	0	0	11	52.0	44	15	10	4	27	0	59	0	0	2	227	1.365	7.6	0.7	4.7	10.2	2.19
63	Brian Ellington	30	KSC	Ind	3	4	.429	4.33	5.33	27	0	10	0	0	0	27.0	21	16	13	4	17	0	41	1	0	5	120	1.407	7.0	1.3	5.7	13.7	2.41
64	Chris Erwin*	25	GAR	Ind	3	5	.375	3.10	3.27	14	9	4	0	0	1	52.1	34	19	18	6	24	0	44	7	0	3	224	1.108	5.8	1.0	4.1	7.6	1.83
65	Davis Feldman	23	FMH	Ind	3	0	1.000	7.07	7.07	9	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	23	11	11	3	5	4	5	0	0	1	67	2.000	14.8	1.9	3.2	3.2	1.00
66	Jack Fox	23	KNC	Ind	3	5	.375	4.26	4.71	17	14	2	2	1	0	80.1	81	42	38	6	32	0	51	3	3	5	353	1.407	9.1	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.59
67	Christian Friedrich*	33	CDG	Ind	3	1	.750	4.21	4.21	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.1	42	17	17	6	2	0	30	3	1	1	152	1.211	10.4	1.5	0.5	7.4	15.00
68	Brock Gilliam	23	KSC	Ind	3	1	.750	2.49	2.49	12	1	4	0	0	0	21.2	20	6	6	3	9	0	20	3	1	1	92	1.338	8.3	1.2	3.7	8.3	2.22
69	Joey Gonzalez	24	WPG	Ind	3	5	.375	5.08	5.88	14	13	0	0	0	0	78.0	84	51	44	11	30	0	70	5	0	5	349	1.462	9.7	1.3	3.5	8.1	2.33
70	Robbie Gordon	28	MIL,SXF	Ind	3	1	.750	2.28	2.63	26	4	12	0	0	1	51.1	26	15	13	2	31	1	63	6	0	6	212	1.110	4.6	0.4	5.4	11.0	2.03
71	Connor Grey	27	CDG	Ind	3	2	.600	3.18	3.71	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.0	27	14	12	3	11	0	37	2	0	3	140	1.118	7.1	0.8	2.9	9.8	3.36
72	Greg Harris	26	WPG,CDG	Ind	3	7	.300	7.12	7.74	14	9	0	0	0	0	43.0	45	37	34	5	34	0	35	3	1	4	202	1.837	9.4	1.0	7.1	7.3	1.03
73	Carter Hope	26	LIN	Ind	3	0	1.000	4.12	4.12	35	0	5	0	0	0	39.1	39	18	18	7	16	0	34	3	0	5	173	1.398	8.9	1.6	3.7	7.8	2.13
74	Christian James	23	WPG	Ind	3	3	.500	6.65	7.86	29	5	3	0	0	1	44.2	52	39	33	4	26	0	37	3	0	4	214	1.746	10.5	0.8	5.2	7.5	1.42
75	Michael Krauza	23	CBU,HAP	Ind	3	2	.600	3.88	4.25	40	0	3	0	0	1	48.2	43	23	21	4	18	0	51	2	1	8	206	1.253	8.0	0.7	3.3	9.4	2.83
76	Carson Lance	26	LIN	Ind	3	5	.375	5.34	5.95	27	6	1	0	0	0	59.0	53	39	35	8	48	0	70	0	0	5	273	1.712	8.1	1.2	7.3	10.7	1.46
77	Luke Lind	26	FMH	Ind	3	2	.600	4.28	4.28	28	0	9	0	0	1	33.2	23	16	16	7	9	0	45	2	0	0	134	0.950	6.1	1.9	2.4	12.0	5.00
78	Alex Merithew	26	HAP	Ind	3	7	.300	7.66	8.39	34	6	3	0	0	1	74.0	107	69	63	9	37	1	73	6	0	6	360	1.946	13.0	1.1	4.5	8.9	1.97
79	Cody Mincey	29	KSC	Ind	3	0	1.000	1.13	1.35	13	4	1	1	0	0	40.0	25	6	5	1	7	0	36	0	0	2	148	0.800	5.6	0.2	1.6	8.1	5.14
80	Carlos Pimentel	31	SXF	Ind	3	3	.500	6.60	6.60	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.0	54	33	33	7	25	0	55	3	0	7	208	1.756	10.8	1.4	5.0	11.0	2.20
81	James Pugliese	28	LIN	Ind	3	3	.500	2.47	3.92	42	0	37	0	0	25	43.2	47	19	12	1	15	2	46	2	0	2	195	1.420	9.7	0.2	3.1	9.5	3.07
82	Matt Quintana*	28	SXC	Ind	3	0	1.000	2.37	3.32	16	1	3	0	0	1	19.0	22	7	5	0	4	0	36	0	0	0	83	1.368	10.4	0.0	1.9	17.1	9.00
83	Ryan Richardson	31	KNC,HAP	Ind	3	2	.600	3.65	4.06	33	0	16	0	0	4	44.1	47	20	18	3	8	0	40	2	1	6	186	1.241	9.5	0.6	1.6	8.1	5.00
84	Joe Riley	25	SXC	Ind	3	3	.500	6.18	6.18	15	9	4	0	0	1	59.2	66	41	41	11	23	0	43	2	0	6	260	1.492	10.0	1.7	3.5	6.5	1.87
85	Jesus Sanchez	33	CBU	Ind	3	0	1.000	4.40	4.71	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	39	15	14	5	3	0	20	2	0	0	127	1.465	12.2	1.6	0.9	6.3	6.67
86	Cas Silber	26	GAR	Ind	3	1	.750	5.88	6.10	13	2	5	0	0	2	41.1	52	28	27	4	19	2	44	2	1	5	195	1.718	11.3	0.9	4.1	9.6	2.32
87	Tucker Smith	23	HAP	Ind	3	9	.250	7.52	8.91	19	19	0	0	0	0	97.0	145	96	81	13	22	0	72	1	0	6	449	1.722	13.5	1.2	2.0	6.7	3.27
88	Matt Solter	28	MIL	Ind	3	8	.273	4.74	4.84	16	16	0	0	0	0	93.0	96	50	49	12	33	0	94	7	0	7	401	1.387	9.3	1.2	3.2	9.1	2.85
89	Tasker Strobel*	26	GAR	Ind	3	5	.375	3.71	4.37	32	3	19	0	0	8	68.0	77	33	28	6	20	0	70	3	2	1	295	1.426	10.2	0.8	2.6	9.3	3.50
90	Austin Ver Steeg	23	FMH	Ind	3	3	.500	5.46	5.60	30	5	9	0	0	0	62.2	59	39	38	8	34	1	43	7	0	2	280	1.484	8.5	1.1	4.9	6.2	1.26
91	Ben Wereski*	23	LIN	Ind	3	3	.500	4.54	4.75	9	9	0	0	0	0	41.2	44	22	21	6	18	0	34	4	0	0	185	1.488	9.5	1.3	3.9	7.3	1.89
92	Grady Wood	31	SXF	Ind	3	2	.600	6.20	6.64	29	1	10	0	0	3	40.2	55	30	28	7	8	0	40	4	0	5	187	1.549	12.2	1.5	1.8	8.9	5.00
93	Nate Antone	29	WPG	Ind	2	1	.667	3.63	4.43	25	0	8	0	0	2	22.1	24	11	9	2	7	0	36	0	0	2	98	1.388	9.7	0.8	2.8	14.5	5.14
94	Dylan Baker	29	KSC	Ind	2	0	1.000	2.57	3.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	17	7	6	4	7	0	22	0	0	0	87	1.143	7.3	1.7	3.0	9.4	3.14
95	Shane Barringer*	23	CDG	Ind	2	1	.667	4.66	4.66	11	4	0	0	0	0	29.0	33	15	15	2	12	0	26	2	0	1	126	1.552	10.2	0.6	3.7	8.1	2.17
96	Keenan Bartlett	25	LIN	Ind	2	5	.286	5.60	5.74	15	11	0	1	0	0	62.2	80	40	39	7	26	0	51	5	0	4	291	1.691	11.5	1.0	3.7	7.3	1.96
97	Connor Berry	24	HAP,KNC	Ind	2	2	.500	5.01	5.40	15	8	2	0	0	0	46.2	56	28	26	4	24	0	33	1	0	6	215	1.714	10.8	0.8	4.6	6.4	1.38
98	Walter Borkovich	25	LIN	Ind	2	5	.286	8.22	8.91	23	10	4	0	0	0	65.2	87	65	60	10	25	0	68	9	0	8	315	1.706	11.9	1.4	3.4	9.3	2.72
99	Maverik Buffo	25	CBU	Ind	2	1	.667	4.66	4.66	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	10	10	2	14	0	22	1	0	5	90	1.759	9.3	0.9	6.5	10.2	1.57
100	Joseph Camacho	27	CBU,WPG	Ind	2	1	.667	8.87	8.87	23	0	7	0	0	0	22.1	32	22	22	5	14	0	12	2	0	2	113	2.060	12.9	2.0	5.6	4.8	0.86