Twins Minor League Leader Board - Pitchers

Earlier today, I posted the Twins Minor League Leader Board for the hitters. Now comes the leader board among Twins minor league pitchers. Pitchers are more difficult to compare against each other. Comparing starting pitchers with relievers is really difficult. So, what I've done is set two limits for many of these categories. I used a 40 inning limit, and then I used an 80 innings limit. There have been a couple of starters who have pitched well and consistently in the minors this year. There have been a handful of relievers that have put up very good numbers.

Here is a look at the pitching leaders in the Twins minor league system (through games played on Saturday, August 11):

[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]Games Pitched:

#1 - Caleb Thielbar 42

#2 - Ricky Bowen 41

#3 - Corey Williams 40

#4 - Bruce Pugh 39

#4 - Bobby Lanigan 39

#4 - Daniel Turpen 39

#7 - Michael Tonkin 38

#8 - Luis Perdomo 37

#9 - Clinton Dempster 36

#9 - Matt Hauser 36

Games Started:

#1 - Pat Dean 24

#2 - Matt Summers 23

#2 - Jason Wheeler 23

#2 - Steve Hirschfeld 23

#2 - Logan Darnell 23

#6 - Madison Boer 22

#6 - BJ Hermsen 22

#8 - Luke French 19

#9 - Steven Gruver 17

#10 - Tim Shibuya 15

Wins:

#1 - Jason Wheeler 13-5

#2 - BJ Hermsen 11-5

#3 - Matt Summers 10-6

#4 - Madison Boer 8-11

#4 - Logan Darnell 8-10

#4 - Liam Hendriks 8-2

#4 - Steve Hirschfeld 8-9

#8 - Pat Dean 7-8

#8 - Esmerling Vasquez 7-5

#10 - 4 tied with 6 Wins

Saves:

#1 - Corey Williams 15

#2 - Bruce Pugh 11

#2 - Michael Tonkin 11

#4 - Luis Perdomo 9

#4 - Casey Fien 9

#4 - Anthony Slama 9

#7 - Lester Oliveros 8

#8 - Daniel Turpen 7

#9 - Caleb Thielbar 6

#10 - Ricky Bowen 5

Innings Pitched:

#1 - BJ Hermsen 139.1

#2 - Pat Dean 135.1

#3 - Matt Summers 131.2

#3 - Jason Wheeler 131.2

#5 - Logan Darnell 128.1

#6 - Steve Hirschfeld 127

#7 - Madison Boer 118.2

#8 - Luke French 104.1

#9 - Steven Gruver 101

#10 - David Hurlbut 94

ERA (min. 40 IP)

#1 - AJ Achter 1.79

#2 - Michael Tonkin 1.86

#3 - Caleb Thielbar 2.08

#4 - Bruce Pugh 2.12

#5 - Sam Deduno 2.14

#5 - Liam Hendriks 2.14

#5 - Luis Perdomo 2.14

#8 - Clint Dempster 2.25

#9 - Jeff Manship 2.35

#10 - Angel Mata 2.40

#10 - Hudson Boyd 2.40

ERA (min. 80 IP)

#1 - Liam Hendriks 2.14

#2 - David Hurlbut 2.59

#3 - BJ Hermsen 2.71

#4 - Matt Hauser 2.92

#5 - Esmerling Vasquez 3.10

#6 - Jason Wheeler 3.28

#7 - Andrew Albers 3.43

#8 - Matt Summers 3.62

#9 - Steven Gruver 3.74

#10 - Pat Dean 4.12

WHIP (min. 40 IP)

#1 - Luis Perdomo 0.949

#2 - Liam Hendriks 0.964

#3 - AJ Achter 0.995

#4 - Lester Oliveros 1.014

#5 - Michael Tonkin 1.032

#6 - Caleb Thielbar 1.046

#7 - Angel Mata 1.089

#8 - Matt Tomshaw 1.108

#9 - BJ Hermsen 1.127

#10 - Esmerling Vasquez 1.131

WHIP (min. 80 IP)

#1 - Liam Henriks 0.964

#2 - BJ Hermsen 1.127

#3 - Esmerling Vasquez 1.131

#4 - David Hurlbut 1.202

#5 - Andrew Albers 1.217

#6 - Matt Hauser 1.262

#7 - Jason Wheeler 1.337

#8 - Matt Summers 1.375

#9 - Steven Gruver 1.396

#10 - Pat Dean 1.397

K/9 (min. 40 IP):

#1 - Michael Tonkin 12.3

#2 - AJ Achter 10.7

#3 - Taylor Rogers 10.5

#4 - Tyler Jones 10-4

#5 - Sam Deduno 9.9

#6 - Daniel Turpen 9.6

#6 - Nelvin Fuentes 9.6

#6 - Corey Williams 9.6

#6 - Angel Mata 9.6

#10 - Lester Oliveros 9.5

K/9 (min. 80 IP)

#1 - Esmerling Vasquez 8.5

#2 - David Hurlbut 7.1

#2 - Matt Hauser 7.1

#4 - Liam Hendriks 7.0

#5 - Andrew Albers 6.9

#6 - Marty Popham 6.8

#7 - Jason Wheeler 6.7

#8 - Steve Hirschfeld 6.0

#9 - Logan Darnell 5.8

#9 - Luke French 5.8

BB/9 (min. 40 IP)

#1 - Cole De Vries 1.3

#1 - Andrew Albers 1.3

#3 - BJ Hermsen 1.6

#4 - Tom Stuifbergen 1.7

#5 - PJ Walters 1.8

#5 - Matt Tomshaw 1.8

#5 - Tim Shibuya 1.8

#8 - Pat Dean 1.9

#9 - AJ Achter 2.1

#10 - 4 tied at 2.3 (Gruver, Hirschfeld, Liam Hendriks, O'Rourke)

BB/9 (min. 80 IP)

#1 - Andrew Albers 1.3

#2 - BJ Hermsen 1.6

#3 - Pat Dean 1.9

#4 - Steven Gruver 2.3

#4 - Steve Hirschfeld 2.3

#4 - Liam Hendriks 2.3

#7 - David Hurlbut 2.4

#8 - Jason Wheeler 2.5

#9 - Logan Darnell 2.7

#10 - Matt Summers 3.1

Complete Games

10 tied with ONE.