| Starter | Tm | Tier | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Walters | CIN | 7.61 | 194007282_CIN_PHI |
| Bob Feller | CLE | 7.49 | 194007260_MIN_CLE |
| Bobo Newsom | DET | 2.87 | 194007280_OAK_DET |
| Ted Lyons | CHA | 1.92 | 194007281_NYA_CHA |
| Dick Errickson | ATL | 1.8 | 194007281_PIT_ATL |
| Starter | Tm | Tier | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Kennedy | BAL | -7.26 | 194007270_BOS_BAL |
| Sid Hudson | MIN | -3.6 | 194007282_MIN_CLE |
| George Caster | OAK | -2.18 | 194007260_OAK_DET |
| Max Butcher | PIT | -1.79 | 194007282_PIT_ATL |
| Carl Doyle | SLN | -1.69 | 194007271_SLN_LAN |
Based on accumulated WAA for this season up to 1940-07-28.
| Rank | WAA | Name | IP | Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +001+ | 8.37 | Bob Feller | 194 | CLE |
| +002+ | 7.1 | Bucky Walters | 188 | CIN |
| +004+ | 5.88 | Claude Passeau | 168.3 | CHN |
| +006+ | 5.5 | Bobo Newsom | 157 | DET |
| +007+ | 5.15 | Paul Derringer | 183 | CIN |
| +009+ | 4.74 | Vito Tamulis | 93.7 | LAN |
| +013+ | 4.5 | Hugh Mulcahy | 172 | PHI |
| +015+ | 4.44 | Al Milnar | 156.7 | CLE |
| +018+ | 4.11 | Jim Turner | 113 | CIN |
| +019+ | 3.94 | Bill Lohrman | 106 | SFN |
| +023+ | 3.65 | Lon Warneke | 123.3 | SLN |
| +024+ | 3.65 | Ken Raffensberger | 76.3 | CHN |
| +027+ | 3.42 | Larry French | 151.7 | CHN |
| +028+ | 3.4 | Vern Olsen | 99.7 | CHN |
| +030+ | 3.19 | Johnny Rigney | 163.7 | CHA |
| +031+ | 3.17 | Dutch Leonard | 172.7 | MIN |
| +034+ | 3.08 | Hal Schumacher | 114.3 | SFN |
| +036+ | 3.04 | Carl Hubbell | 120.3 | SFN |
| +040+ | 2.92 | Junior Thompson | 144.3 | CIN |
| +042+ | 2.86 | Jake Mooty | 83.3 | CHN |
| +043+ | 2.83 | Al Smith | 106.7 | CLE |
| +045+ | 2.78 | Johnny Allen | 85 | CLE |
| +048+ | 2.7 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | 85.3 | LAN |
| +052+ | 2.58 | Dick Errickson | 135.3 | ATL |
| +055+ | 2.35 | Tommy Bridges | 122.7 | DET |
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