Single-Season Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1963 10.7
2. Dazzy Vance • 1924 10.5
3. Sandy Koufax • 1966 10.3
4. Dazzy Vance • 1928 10.1
5. Zack Greinke • 2015 8.9
6. Nap Rucker • 1911 8.5
7. Nap Rucker • 1912 8.4
8. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 8.1
Sandy Koufax • 1965 8.1
10. Don Drysdale • 1964 7.8
Burleigh Grimes • 1921 7.8
Jeff Pfeffer • 1914 7.8
Earned Run Average
1. Rube Marquard • 1916 1.58
2. Zack Greinke • 2015 1.66
3. Ned Garvin • 1904 1.68
4. Sandy Koufax • 1966 1.73
5. Sandy Koufax • 1964 1.74
6. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 1.77
7. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 1.83
8. Irvin Wilhelm • 1908 1.87
9. Sandy Koufax • 1963 1.88
10. Larry Cheney • 1916 1.92
Jeff Pfeffer • 1916 1.92
Wins
1. Bob Caruthers • 1889 40
2. Henry Porter • 1885 33
3. Tom Lovett • 1890 30
4. Bob Caruthers • 1888 29
George Haddock • 1892 29
6. Jay Hughes • 1899 28
Joe McGinnity • 1900 28
Dazzy Vance • 1924 28
9. Sandy Koufax • 1966 27
Don Newcombe • 1956 27
Henry Porter • 1886 27
Ed Stein • 1892 27
Win-Loss %
1. Tony Gonsolin • 2022 .941
2. Freddie Fitzsimmons • 1940 .889
3. Preacher Roe • 1951 .880
4. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 .875
5. Julio Urías • 2021 .870
6. Zack Greinke • 2015 .864
Orel Hershiser • 1985 .864
8. Ron Perranoski • 1963 .842
Alex Wood • 2017 .842
10. Sandy Koufax • 1963 .833
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Zack Greinke • 2015 0.844
2. Sandy Koufax • 1965 0.855
3. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 0.857
4. Sandy Koufax • 1963 0.875
5. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 0.881
6. Don Sutton • 1972 0.913
7. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 0.915
8. Sandy Koufax • 1964 0.928
9. Clayton Kershaw • 2017 0.949
10. Julio Urías • 2022 0.960
Hits per 9 IP
1. Sandy Koufax • 1965 5.791
2. Hideo Nomo • 1995 5.833
3. Tyler Glasnow • 2024 5.897
4. Zack Greinke • 2015 5.982
5. Don Sutton • 1972 6.139
6. Sandy Koufax • 1963 6.193
7. Sandy Koufax • 1964 6.215
8. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 6.254
9. Clayton Kershaw • 2009 6.263
10. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 6.305
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hyun Jin Ryu • 2019 1.182
2. Watson Clark • 1935 1.217
3. Bob Caruthers • 1888 1.218
4. Adonis Terry • 1884 1.361
5. Leon Cadore • 1919 1.400
6. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 1.407
7. Don Newcombe • 1955 1.464
8. Don Drysdale • 1966 1.480
9. Don Newcombe • 1957 1.495
10. Fred Heimach • 1932 1.503
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 11.643
2. Hideo Nomo • 1995 11.101
3. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 10.845
4. Walker Buehler • 2019 10.612
5. Tyler Glasnow • 2024 10.552
6. Sandy Koufax • 1962 10.546
7. Clayton Kershaw • 2017 10.389
8. Sandy Koufax • 1965 10.242
9. Sandy Koufax • 1960 10.131
10. Hideo Nomo • 1997 10.114
Games Played
1. Mike Marshall • 1974 106
2. Paul Quantrill • 2003 89
3. Paul Quantrill • 2002 86
4. Joe Beimel • 2007 83
Jonathan Broxton • 2007 83
6. Tom Martin • 2003 80
7. Duaner Sánchez • 2005 79
8. Ronald Belisario • 2013 77
Éric Gagné • 2002 77
Éric Gagné • 2003 77
Charlie Hough • 1976 77
Jeff Shaw • 2001 77
Saves
1. Éric Gagné • 2003 55
2. Éric Gagné • 2002 52
3. Kenley Jansen • 2016 47
4. Éric Gagné • 2004 45
5. Kenley Jansen • 2014 44
Todd Worrell • 1996 44
7. Jeff Shaw • 2001 43
8. Kenley Jansen • 2017 41
9. Takashi Saito • 2007 39
10. Kenley Jansen • 2018 38
Kenley Jansen • 2021 38
Innings Pitched
1. Henry Porter • 1885 481.2
2. Adonis Terry • 1884 476.0
3. Bob Caruthers • 1889 445.0
4. Henry Porter • 1886 424.0
5. Bob Caruthers • 1888 391.2
6. Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 382.2
7. George Haddock • 1892 381.1
8. Ed Stein • 1892 377.1
9. Oscar Jones • 1904 377.0
10. Tom Lovett • 1890 372.0
Strikeouts
1. Sandy Koufax • 1965 382
2. Sandy Koufax • 1966 317
3. Sandy Koufax • 1963 306
4. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 301
5. Sandy Koufax • 1961 269
6. Dazzy Vance • 1924 262
7. Don Drysdale • 1963 251
8. Clayton Kershaw • 2011 248
9. Bill Singer • 1969 247
10. Don Drysdale • 1960 246
Games Started
1. Adonis Terry • 1884 55
2. Henry Porter • 1885 54
3. Bob Caruthers • 1889 50
4. Henry Porter • 1886 48
5. George Haddock • 1892 44
Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 44
Adonis Terry • 1890 44
8. Bob Caruthers • 1888 43
Tom Lovett • 1891 43
10. Don Drysdale • 1963 42
Don Drysdale • 1965 42
Ed Stein • 1892 42
Complete Games
1. Adonis Terry • 1884 54
2. Henry Porter • 1885 53
3. Henry Porter • 1886 48
4. Bob Caruthers • 1889 46
5. Bob Caruthers • 1888 42
6. Sam Kimber • 1884 41
7. Mickey Hughes • 1888 40
Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 40
9. George Haddock • 1892 39
Tom Lovett • 1890 39
Tom Lovett • 1891 39
Home Runs
1. Don Sutton • 1970 38
2. Don Newcombe • 1955 35
Jeff Weaver • 2005 35
4. Preacher Roe • 1950 34
5. José Lima • 2004 33
Don Newcombe • 1956 33
7. Ismael Valdez • 1999 32
8. Darren Dreifort • 2000 31
Carl Erskine • 1954 31
Chan Ho Park • 1999 31
Bases on Balls
1. Ed Stein • 1894 170
2. Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 168
3. George Haddock • 1892 163
4. Bill Donovan • 1901 152
5. Ed Stein • 1892 150
6. Brickyard Kennedy • 1894 149
Brickyard Kennedy • 1897 149
8. Tom Lovett • 1890 141
9. Hal Gregg • 1944 137
10. Adonis Terry • 1890 133
Hits
1. Adonis Terry • 1884 486
2. Brickyard Kennedy • 1894 445
3. Bob Caruthers • 1889 444
4. Henry Porter • 1886 439
5. Henry Porter • 1885 427
6. Henry Porter • 1887 416
7. Ed Stein • 1894 388
8. Oscar Jones • 1904 387
9. Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 376
10. Brickyard Kennedy • 1897 370
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 7.71
2. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 7.167
3. Hyun Jin Ryu • 2019 6.792
4. Clayton Kershaw • 2017 6.733
5. Walker Buehler • 2019 5.811
6. Sandy Koufax • 1965 5.38
7. Sandy Koufax • 1963 5.276
8. Julio Urías • 2021 5.132
9. Zack Greinke • 2015 5
10. Zack Greinke • 2014 4.814
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Bill Donovan • 1901 0.026
2. Nap Rucker • 1908 0.027
3. Bill Donovan • 1902 0.030
4. Adonis Terry • 1886 0.031
5. George Bell • 1907 0.034
6. Elmer Stricklett • 1907 0.039
7. Mal Eason • 1906 0.040
8. Doc Scanlan • 1910 0.041
9. Elmer Knetzer • 1911 0.044
10. Jack Coombs • 1915 0.046
Steve Toole • 1887 0.046
Losses
1. Adonis Terry • 1884 35
2. George Bell • 1910 27
3. Oscar Jones • 1904 25
Harry McIntire • 1905 25
5. Henry Porter • 1887 24
6. Jack Cronin • 1904 23
7. Brickyard Kennedy • 1898 22
Irvin Wilhelm • 1908 22
Joe Yeager • 1898 22
10. Jack Dunn • 1898 21
Mal Eason • 1905 21
Harry McIntire • 1906 21
Henry Porter • 1885 21
Nap Rucker • 1912 21
Earned Runs
1. Brickyard Kennedy • 1894 197
2. Adonis Terry • 1884 188
3. Ed Stein • 1894 180
4. Brickyard Kennedy • 1895 162
5. Henry Porter • 1886 161
6. Henry Porter • 1887 159
7. Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 158
8. Bob Caruthers • 1889 155
9. Sam Kimber • 1884 153
10. Dan Daub • 1894 152
Wild Pitches
1. Sam Kimber • 1884 52
2. John Harkins • 1885 47
3. Adonis Terry • 1884 33
4. Adonis Terry • 1887 30
5. Adonis Terry • 1890 27
6. Henry Porter • 1885 25
7. Bob Caruthers • 1888 23
8. Bob Caruthers • 1889 22
9. George Haddock • 1892 21
Mickey Hughes • 1888 21
Brickyard Kennedy • 1894 21
Tom Lovett • 1891 21
Hit By Pitch
1. Joe McGinnity • 1900 40
2. Harry McIntire • 1909 21
Henry Schmidt • 1903 21
4. Don Drysdale • 1961 20
Tom Lovett • 1891 20
Harry McIntire • 1905 20
Harry McIntire • 1908 20
Chan Ho Park • 2001 20
9. Oscar Jones • 1903 19
Nap Rucker • 1908 19
Batters Faced
1. Adonis Terry • 1884 2049
2. Henry Porter • 1885 2035
3. Bob Caruthers • 1889 1880
4. Henry Porter • 1886 1864
5. Brickyard Kennedy • 1893 1683
6. George Haddock • 1892 1660
7. Brickyard Kennedy • 1894 1644
8. Adonis Terry • 1890 1608
9. Ed Stein • 1892 1606
10. Tom Lovett • 1891 1604
Games Finished
1. Mike Marshall • 1974 83
2. Éric Gagné • 2002 68
3. Éric Gagné • 2003 67
Todd Worrell • 1996 67
5. Jeff Shaw • 2001 66
6. Kenley Jansen • 2016 63
7. Éric Gagné • 2004 59
Kenley Jansen • 2018 59
9. Jonathan Broxton • 2009 58
10. Kenley Jansen • 2014 57
Kenley Jansen • 2017 57
Adjusted ERA+
1. Zack Greinke • 2015 222
2. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 197
3. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 194
4. Sandy Koufax • 1966 190
Dazzy Vance • 1928 190
6. Dazzy Vance • 1930 189
7. Sandy Koufax • 1964 186
Julio Urías • 2022 186
9. Clayton Kershaw • 2017 179
Hyun Jin Ryu • 2019 179
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Dazzy Vance • 1925 1.78
2. Clayton Kershaw • 2014 1.81
3. Sandy Koufax • 1963 1.85
4. Sandy Koufax • 1965 1.93
5. Rube Marquard • 1916 1.96
6. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 1.99
7. Sandy Koufax • 1966 2.07
8. Sandy Koufax • 1964 2.08
Don Sutton • 1968 2.08
10. Sandy Koufax • 1962 2.15
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Dazzy Vance • 1930 63
2. Sandy Koufax • 1966 60
3. Dazzy Vance • 1928 58
4. Dazzy Vance • 1924 56
5. Zack Greinke • 2015 54
6. Sandy Koufax • 1965 48
7. Kevin Brown • 2000 46
Clayton Kershaw • 2013 46
Sandy Koufax • 1963 46
10. Andy Messersmith • 1975 43
Whit Wyatt • 1941 43
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Sandy Koufax • 1966 6.9
2. Zack Greinke • 2015 6.2
Dazzy Vance • 1928 6.2
4. Dazzy Vance • 1924 6.1
Dazzy Vance • 1930 6.1
6. Sandy Koufax • 1965 5.5
7. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 5.4
Sandy Koufax • 1963 5.4
9. Andy Messersmith • 1975 4.8
10. Kevin Brown • 2000 4.7
Clayton Kershaw • 2014 4.7
Clayton Kershaw • 2015 4.7
Sandy Koufax • 1964 4.7
Whit Wyatt • 1941 4.7
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1966 68.04
2. Dazzy Vance • 1924 63.65
3. Dazzy Vance • 1930 62.52
4. Dazzy Vance • 1928 62.21
5. Sandy Koufax • 1963 60.48
6. Zack Greinke • 2015 57.00
7. Sandy Koufax • 1965 56.24
8. Andy Messersmith • 1975 52.03
9. Don Drysdale • 1964 50.78
10. Kevin Brown • 2000 50.33
Win Probability Added (WPA) †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1965 8.3
2. Sandy Koufax • 1966 8.0
3. Sandy Koufax • 1963 7.8
4. Dazzy Vance • 1924 7.6
5. Zack Greinke • 2015 6.8
6. Orel Hershiser • 1988 6.7
7. Éric Gagné • 2003 6.6
8. Jeff Pfeffer • 1914 6.4
9. Dazzy Vance • 1930 6.2
10. Éric Gagné • 2002 5.7
Kenley Jansen • 2017 5.7
Sandy Koufax • 1964 5.7
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1963 7.2
Sandy Koufax • 1966 7.2
3. Sandy Koufax • 1965 6.8
4. Don Drysdale • 1964 6.5
5. Dazzy Vance • 1924 6.2
Dazzy Vance • 1928 6.2
7. Clayton Kershaw • 2015 5.8
8. Dazzy Vance • 1930 5.7
9. Zack Greinke • 2015 5.6
Sandy Koufax • 1964 5.6
Championship WPA (cWPA) †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1965 33.8
2. Dazzy Vance • 1930 32.9
3. Sandy Koufax • 1966 26.9
4. Whit Wyatt • 1941 26.6
5. Sandy Koufax • 1963 24.7
6. Sal Maglie • 1956 24.2
7. Larry Sherry • 1959 23.9
8. Bill Doak • 1924 19.4
9. Don Newcombe • 1951 19.3
10. Rube Marquard • 1916 18.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †
1. Sandy Koufax • 1966 8.5
2. Sandy Koufax • 1963 7.8
3. Dazzy Vance • 1924 7.2
4. Zack Greinke • 2015 6.9
5. Sandy Koufax • 1965 6.8
6. Dazzy Vance • 1928 6.7
7. Don Drysdale • 1964 6.2
8. Andy Messersmith • 1975 6.1
9. Dazzy Vance • 1930 6.0
10. Clayton Kershaw • 2013 5.7
Sandy Koufax • 1964 5.7

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