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Single-Season Leaders Career Leaders

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    Year

1. Joe Kennedy 3.66 2004

2. Jason Jennings 3.78 2006

3. Armando Reynoso 4.00 1993

4. Aaron Cook 4.12 2007

5. Jeff Francis 4.16 2006

6. Kevin Ritz 4.21 1995

7. Jeff Francis 4.22 2007

8. Aaron Cook 4.23 2006

9. Roger Bailey 4.29 1997

10. Jason Jennings 4.52 2002

ERA
Rank Player    ERA    IP

1. Aaron Cook 4.31 774.0

2. Armando Reynoso 4.65 503.0

3. Jeff Francis 4.72 677.3

4. Jason Jennings 4.74 941.0

5. John Thomson 5.01 611.0

6. Shawn Chacon 5.20 552.3

Kevin Ritz 5.20 576.3

8. Jamey Wright 5.40 791.7

9. Pedro Astacio 5.43 827.3

Wins
Rank Player    W    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 17 1999

Jeff Francis 17 2007

Kevin Ritz 17 1996

4. Jason Jennings 16 2002

5. Shawn Estes 15 2004

6. Jeff Francis 14 2005

Mike Hampton 14 2001

8. Pedro Astacio 13 1998

Jeff Francis 13 2006

Darryl Kile 13 1998

Darren Oliver 13 2003

Wins
Rank Player    W    IP

1. Jason Jennings 58 941.0

2. Pedro Astacio 53 827.3

3. Jeff Francis 47 677.3

4. Aaron Cook 42 774.0

5. Kevin Ritz 39 576.3

6. Jamey Wright 35 791.7

7. Steve Reed 33 499.0

8. Curt Leskanic 31 470.0

9. Armando Reynoso 30 503.0

10. Brian Bohanon 29 471.3

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    Year

1. Julian Tavarez .688 2000

2. Jason Jennings .667 2002

3. Jeff Francis .654 2007

4. Shawn Estes .652 2004

5. Pedro Astacio .607 1999

Kevin Ritz .607 1996

7. Shawn Chacon .579 2003

8. Pedro Astacio .571 2000

9. Joe Kennedy .563 2004

David Nied .563 1994

Won-Loss %
Rank Player    wlp    IP

1. Jeff Francis .560 677.3

2. Aaron Cook .538 774.0

3. Pedro Astacio .525 827.3

4. Jason Jennings .509 941.0

5. Kevin Ritz .506 576.3

6. Jamey Wright .402 791.7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    Year

1. Jeff Francis 1.286 2006

2. Aaron Cook 1.337 2007

3. Kevin Ritz 1.362 1995

4. Jason Jennings 1.373 2006

5. Jeff Francis 1.379 2007

6. Aaron Cook 1.397 2006

7. Joe Kennedy 1.417 2004

8. Denny Neagle 1.418 2002

9. Armando Reynoso 1.423 1993

10. Pedro Astacio 1.435 1999

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Rank Player    WHperIP    IP

1. John Thomson 1.408 611.0

2. Jeff Francis 1.432 677.3

3. Aaron Cook 1.448 774.0

4. Pedro Astacio 1.463 827.3

5. Armando Reynoso 1.473 503.0

6. Shawn Chacon 1.514 552.3

7. Jason Jennings 1.548 941.0

8. Kevin Ritz 1.574 576.3

9. Jamey Wright 1.665 791.7

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    Year

1. Jeff Francis 8.46 2006

2. Jason Jennings 8.75 2006

3. Kevin Ritz 8.88 1995

4. Joe Kennedy 9.04 2004

5. Brian Bohanon 9.20 2000

6. Denny Neagle 9.31 2002

7. Aaron Cook 9.65 2007

8. Jason Jennings 9.76 2002

9. Jeff Francis 9.78 2007

10. Armando Reynoso 9.81 1993

Hits Allowed/9IP
Rank Player    Hper9IP    IP

1. Shawn Chacon 8.85 552.3

2. Jeff Francis 9.78 677.3

3. Jason Jennings 9.87 941.0

4. John Thomson 9.90 611.0

5. Pedro Astacio 10.01 827.3

6. Kevin Ritz 10.21 576.3

7. Armando Reynoso 10.22 503.0

8. Aaron Cook 10.23 774.0

9. Jamey Wright 10.58 791.7

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    Year

1. Aaron Cook 2.33 2006

2. Aaron Cook 2.39 2007

3. Armando Reynoso 2.61 1996

4. Jeff Francis 2.63 2007

5. John Thomson 2.76 1997

6. Masato Yoshii 2.85 2000

7. Pedro Astacio 2.91 1999

8. Armando Reynoso 3.00 1993

9. Darren Oliver 3.04 2003

10. Jeff Francis 3.12 2006

Bases on Balls/9IP
Rank Player    BBper9IP    IP

1. John Thomson 2.77 611.0

2. Aaron Cook 2.80 774.0

3. Armando Reynoso 3.04 503.0

4. Jeff Francis 3.11 677.3

5. Pedro Astacio 3.15 827.3

6. Kevin Ritz 3.95 576.3

7. Jason Jennings 4.06 941.0

8. Jamey Wright 4.40 791.7

9. Shawn Chacon 4.77 552.3

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 8.85 2000

2. Pedro Astacio 8.15 1999

3. Denny Neagle 7.33 2001

4. Pedro Astacio 7.31 1998

5. Jeff Francis 6.90 2007

6. Joe Kennedy 6.49 2004

7. Jeff Francis 6.27 2005

8. Kevin Ritz 6.23 1995

9. Darryl Kile 6.17 1998

10. Jason Jennings 6.17 2002

Strikeouts/9IP
Rank Player    SOper9IP    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 8.15 827.3

2. Shawn Chacon 6.27 552.3

3. Jeff Francis 6.25 677.3

4. Jason Jennings 5.95 941.0

5. John Thomson 5.74 611.0

6. Kevin Ritz 5.26 576.3

7. Armando Reynoso 4.83 503.0

8. Jamey Wright 4.33 791.7

9. Aaron Cook 3.45 774.0

Games
Rank Player    G_p    Year

1. Todd Jones 79 2002

Jose Mesa 79 2006

3. Manuel Corpas 78 2007

Brian Fuentes 78 2005

Chuck McElroy 78 1998

Mike Myers 78 2000

7. Curt Leskanic 76 1995

8. Jeremy Affeldt 75 2007

Brian Fuentes 75 2003

Javier Lopez 75 2003

Games
Rank Player    G_p    IP

1. Steve Reed 461 499.0

2. Brian Fuentes 379 364.7

3. Curt Leskanic 356 470.0

4. Mike Munoz 300 239.0

5. Jose Jimenez 265 300.7

6. Mike DeJean 264 294.7

7. Darren Holmes 263 328.0

8. Bruce Ruffin 246 321.0

9. Jerry Dipoto 222 267.3

10. Justin Speier 177 191.7

Saves
Rank Player    SV    Year

1. Jose Jimenez 41 2002

2. Shawn Chacon 35 2004

3. Brian Fuentes 31 2005

Dave Veres 31 1999

5. Brian Fuentes 30 2006

6. Darren Holmes 25 1993

7. Jose Jimenez 24 2000

Bruce Ruffin 24 1996

9. Brian Fuentes 20 2007

Jose Jimenez 20 2003

Saves
Rank Player    SV    IP

1. Jose Jimenez 102 300.7

2. Brian Fuentes 89 364.7

3. Bruce Ruffin 60 321.0

4. Darren Holmes 46 328.0

5. Dave Veres 39 153.3

6. Jerry Dipoto 36 267.3

7. Shawn Chacon 35 552.3

8. Manuel Corpas 23 130.0

9. Curt Leskanic 20 470.0

10. Steve Reed 15 499.0

Innings
Rank Player    IP    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 232.0 1999

2. Darryl Kile 230.3 1998

3. Jeff Francis 215.3 2007

4. Kevin Ritz 213.0 1996

5. Aaron Cook 212.7 2006

6. Jason Jennings 212.0 2006

7. Pedro Astacio 209.3 1998

8. Jamey Wright 206.3 1998

9. Mike Hampton 203.0 2001

10. Shawn Estes 202.0 2004

Innings
Rank Player    IP    IP

1. Jason Jennings 941.0 941.0

2. Pedro Astacio 827.3 827.3

3. Jamey Wright 791.7 791.7

4. Aaron Cook 774.0 774.0

5. Jeff Francis 677.3 677.3

6. John Thomson 611.0 611.0

7. Kevin Ritz 576.3 576.3

8. Shawn Chacon 552.3 552.3

9. Armando Reynoso 503.0 503.0

10. Steve Reed 499.0 499.0

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 210 1999

2. Pedro Astacio 193 2000

3. Pedro Astacio 170 1998

4. Jeff Francis 165 2007

5. Darryl Kile 158 1998

6. Jason Jennings 142 2006

7. Denny Neagle 139 2001

8. Shawn Chacon 134 2001

9. Jason Jennings 133 2004

10. Byung-Hyun Kim 129 2006

Strikeouts
Rank Player    SO_p    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 749 827.3

2. Jason Jennings 622 941.0

3. Jeff Francis 470 677.3

4. Curt Leskanic 415 470.0

5. Brian Fuentes 402 364.7

6. John Thomson 390 611.0

7. Shawn Chacon 385 552.3

8. Jamey Wright 381 791.7

9. Steve Reed 352 499.0

10. Kevin Ritz 337 576.3

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    Year

1. Darryl Kile 35 1998

Kevin Ritz 35 1996

3. Pedro Astacio 34 1998

Pedro Astacio 34 1999

Shawn Estes 34 2004

Jeff Francis 34 2007

Jamey Wright 34 1998

8. Brian Bohanon 33 1999

Jeff Francis 33 2005

Jason Jennings 33 2004

Games Started
Rank Player    GS    IP

1. Jason Jennings 156 941.0

2. Jamey Wright 132 791.7

3. Pedro Astacio 129 827.3

4. Aaron Cook 115 774.0

5. Jeff Francis 113 677.3

6. John Thomson 101 611.0

7. Kevin Ritz 98 576.3

8. Armando Reynoso 87 503.0

9. Shawn Chacon 83 552.3

10. Brian Bohanon 78 471.3

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 7 1999

2. Roger Bailey 5 1997

3. Pedro Astacio 4 2001

Darryl Kile 4 1998

Armando Reynoso 4 1993

6. Pedro Astacio 3 2000

Brian Bohanon 3 1999

Jason Jennings 3 2006

Mark Thompson 3 1996

10. Brian Bohanon 2 2000

Aaron Cook 2 2005

Aaron Cook 2 2007

Mike Hampton 2 2001

David Nied 2 1994

Kevin Ritz 2 1996

John Thomson 2 1997

John Thomson 2 1998

Comp. Games
Rank Player    CG    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 14 827.3

2. Aaron Cook 6 774.0

Jason Jennings 6 941.0

John Thomson 6 611.0

5. Roger Bailey 5 356.0

Brian Bohanon 5 471.3

Darryl Kile 5 421.0

Armando Reynoso 5 503.0

9. David Nied 3 218.7

Kevin Ritz 3 576.3

Mark Thompson 3 282.7

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    Year

1. Roger Bailey 2 1997

Jason Jennings 2 2006

3. Pedro Astacio 1 2001

Brian Bohanon 1 1999

Brian Bohanon 1 2000

Mark Brownson 1 1998

Josh Fogg 1 2006

Jeff Francis 1 2006

Jeff Francis 1 2007

Mike Hampton 1 2001

Jason Jennings 1 2001

Darryl Kile 1 1998

Sun-Woo Kim 1 2005

David Nied 1 1994

Mark Thompson 1 1996

John Thomson 1 1997

John Thomson 1 2001

Shutouts
Rank Player    SHO    IP

1. Jason Jennings 3 941.0

2. Roger Bailey 2 356.0

Brian Bohanon 2 471.3

Jeff Francis 2 677.3

John Thomson 2 611.0

6. Pedro Astacio 1 827.3

Mark Brownson 1 43.0

Josh Fogg 1 337.7

Mike Hampton 1 381.7

Darryl Kile 1 421.0

Sun-Woo Kim 1 60.3

David Nied 1 218.7

Mark Thompson 1 282.7

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 39 1998

2. Pedro Astacio 38 1999

3. Darryl Kile 33 1999

4. Pedro Astacio 32 2000

Masato Yoshii 32 2000

6. Mike Hampton 31 2001

7. Brian Bohanon 30 1999

Shawn Estes 30 2004

9. Denny Neagle 29 2001

10. Darryl Kile 28 1998

Home Runs Allow.
Rank Player    HRA    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 139 827.3

2. Jason Jennings 103 941.0

3. Jamey Wright 91 791.7

4. Jeff Francis 85 677.3

5. John Thomson 83 611.0

6. Shawn Chacon 82 552.3

7. Brian Bohanon 74 471.3

8. Denny Neagle 67 370.3

Steve Reed 67 499.0

10. Armando Reynoso 66 503.0

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    Year

1. Darryl Kile 109 1999

2. Shawn Estes 105 2004

Kevin Ritz 105 1996

4. Jason Jennings 101 2004

5. Darryl Kile 96 1998

6. Jamey Wright 95 1998

7. Brian Bohanon 92 1999

8. Mike Hampton 91 2002

9. Jason Jennings 88 2003

10. Shawn Chacon 87 2001

Bases On Balls Allow.
Rank Player    BB_p    IP

1. Jason Jennings 425 941.0

2. Jamey Wright 387 791.7

3. Shawn Chacon 293 552.3

4. Pedro Astacio 290 827.3

5. Kevin Ritz 253 576.3

6. Aaron Cook 241 774.0

7. Jeff Francis 234 677.3

8. Curt Leskanic 221 470.0

9. Brian Bohanon 218 471.3

10. Darryl Kile 205 421.0

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 258 1999

2. Darryl Kile 257 1998

3. Pedro Astacio 245 1998

4. Aaron Cook 242 2006

5. Jason Jennings 241 2004

6. Brian Bohanon 236 1999

Mike Hampton 236 2001

Kevin Ritz 236 1996

9. Jamey Wright 235 1998

10. Jeff Francis 234 2007

Hits Allowed
Rank Player    H_p    IP

1. Jason Jennings 1032 941.0

2. Jamey Wright 931 791.7

3. Pedro Astacio 920 827.3

4. Aaron Cook 880 774.0

5. Jeff Francis 736 677.3

6. John Thomson 672 611.0

7. Kevin Ritz 654 576.3

8. Armando Reynoso 571 503.0

9. Brian Bohanon 544 471.3

10. Shawn Chacon 543 552.3

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 2.80 1999

2. Jeff Francis 2.62 2007

3. Pedro Astacio 2.51 2000

4. Denny Neagle 2.32 2001

5. Pedro Astacio 2.30 1998

6. John Thomson 2.08 1997

7. Armando Reynoso 1.86 1993

8. Kevin Ritz 1.85 1995

9. Jeff Francis 1.83 2005

10. Jason Jennings 1.81 2002

SO to Walk
Rank Player    SOperBB    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 2.58 827.3

2. John Thomson 2.07 611.0

3. Jeff Francis 2.01 677.3

4. Armando Reynoso 1.59 503.0

5. Jason Jennings 1.46 941.0

6. Kevin Ritz 1.33 576.3

7. Shawn Chacon 1.31 552.3

8. Aaron Cook 1.23 774.0

9. Jamey Wright 0.98 791.7

Losses
Rank Player    L    Year

1. Darryl Kile 17 1998

2. Jamey Wright 16 2005

3. Aaron Cook 15 2006

Mike Hampton 15 2002

Masato Yoshii 15 2000

6. Pedro Astacio 14 1998

Jamey Wright 14 1998

8. Pedro Astacio 13 2001

Mike Hampton 13 2001

Jason Jennings 13 2003

Jason Jennings 13 2006

Darryl Kile 13 1999

Losses
Rank Player    L    IP

1. Jason Jennings 56 941.0

2. Jamey Wright 52 791.7

3. Pedro Astacio 48 827.3

4. Shawn Chacon 45 552.3

5. John Thomson 43 611.0

6. Kevin Ritz 38 576.3

7. Jeff Francis 37 677.3

8. Aaron Cook 36 774.0

9. Armando Reynoso 31 503.0

10. Brian Bohanon 30 471.3

Darryl Kile 30 421.0

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 145 1998

2. Darryl Kile 140 1999

3. Brian Bohanon 136 1999

4. Darryl Kile 133 1998

5. Shawn Estes 131 2004

6. Pedro Astacio 130 1999

Jamey Wright 130 1998

8. Kevin Ritz 125 1996

9. Jason Jennings 123 2004

10. Mike Hampton 122 2001

Mike Hampton 122 2002

Earned Runs Allow.
Rank Player    ER    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 499 827.3

2. Jason Jennings 496 941.0

3. Jamey Wright 475 791.7

4. Aaron Cook 371 774.0

5. Jeff Francis 355 677.3

6. John Thomson 340 611.0

7. Kevin Ritz 333 576.3

8. Shawn Chacon 319 552.3

9. Brian Bohanon 305 471.3

10. Darryl Kile 273 421.0

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    Year

1. Marvin Freeman 13 1996

Darryl Kile 13 1999

3. Darryl Kile 12 1998

4. Byung-Hyun Kim 11 2005

Jeff Parrett 11 1993

6. Aaron Cook 10 2003

Jason Jennings 10 2002

Jason Jennings 10 2006

Kevin Ritz 10 1996

Bruce Ruffin 10 1996

Wild Pitches
Rank Player    WP    IP

1. Jason Jennings 42 941.0

2. Curt Leskanic 34 470.0

3. Kevin Ritz 30 576.3

4. Shawn Chacon 26 552.3

Bruce Ruffin 26 321.0

6. Darryl Kile 25 421.0

7. Brian Fuentes 23 364.7

8. Aaron Cook 22 774.0

Marvin Freeman 22 337.0

10. Jamey Wright 21 791.7

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    Year

1. Pedro Astacio 17 1998

2. Pedro Astacio 15 2000

Jamey Wright 15 2005

4. Brian Bohanon 14 1999

Byung-Hyun Kim 14 2005

6. Roger Bailey 13 1997

Josh Fogg 13 2007

Jeff Francis 13 2006

Mark Thompson 13 1996

10. Rolando Arrojo 12 2000

Shawn Chacon 12 2003

Kevin Ritz 12 1996

Hit Batsmen
Rank Player    HBP    IP

1. Pedro Astacio 58 827.3

2. Jamey Wright 54 791.7

3. Shawn Chacon 42 552.3

4. Brian Fuentes 36 364.7

Steve Reed 36 499.0

6. Aaron Cook 32 774.0

7. Jeff Francis 29 677.3

Jason Jennings 29 941.0

Armando Reynoso 29 503.0

10. Brian Bohanon 27 471.3

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    Year

1. Darryl Kile 1020 1998

2. Pedro Astacio 1008 1999

3. Kevin Ritz 966 1996

4. Pedro Astacio 938 1998

5. Jason Jennings 925 2004

6. Jeff Francis 922 2007

7. Jamey Wright 919 1998

8. Aaron Cook 915 2006

9. Shawn Estes 904 2004

Mike Hampton 904 2001

Batters Faced
Rank Player    BFP    IP

1. Jason Jennings 4180 941.0

2. Pedro Astacio 3646 827.3

3. Jamey Wright 3589 791.7

4. Aaron Cook 3354 774.0

5. Jeff Francis 2947 677.3

6. John Thomson 2642 611.0

7. Kevin Ritz 2576 576.3

8. Shawn Chacon 2482 552.3

9. Armando Reynoso 2207 503.0

10. Brian Bohanon 2131 471.3

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    Year

1. Jose Jimenez 69 2002

2. Dave Veres 63 1999

3. Shawn Chacon 60 2004

4. Brian Fuentes 58 2006

5. Bruce Ruffin 56 1996

6. Brian Fuentes 55 2005

Jose Jimenez 55 2000

8. Jerry Dipoto 51 1998

Darren Holmes 51 1993

10. Jose Jimenez 49 2001

Games Finished
Rank Player    GF    IP

1. Jose Jimenez 213 300.7

2. Brian Fuentes 204 364.7

3. Bruce Ruffin 137 321.0

4. Darren Holmes 129 328.0

5. Curt Leskanic 110 470.0

Steve Reed 110 499.0

7. Jerry Dipoto 109 267.3

8. Dave Veres 89 153.3

9. Mike Munoz 70 239.0

10. Mike DeJean 64 294.7

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    Year

1. Joe Kennedy 134 2004

2. Jason Jennings 130 2006

3. Kevin Ritz 128 1995

4. Brian Bohanon 124 2000

5. Roger Bailey 121 1997

6. Armando Reynoso 119 1993

7. Jeff Francis 118 2006

8. Aaron Cook 116 2007

9. Aaron Cook 116 2006

10. Pedro Astacio 115 1999

Adjusted ERA+
Rank Player    ERA+    IP

1. Aaron Cook 112 774.0

2. Armando Reynoso 109 503.0

3. John Thomson 103 611.0

4. Jason Jennings 103 941.0

5. Jeff Francis 102 677.3

6. Pedro Astacio 102 827.3

7. Kevin Ritz 101 576.3

8. Shawn Chacon 96 552.3

9. Jamey Wright 95 791.7

Stats updated through May 12, 2008.

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