Progressive Leaders & Records for Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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Table
Year Career WPA/LI   Single-Season WPA/LI   ActiveWPA/LI   Yearly WPA/LI
1910 Ed Walsh+ 7.6 Ed Walsh+ 7.6 Ed Walsh+ 7.6 Ed Walsh+ 7.6
1911 Ed Walsh+ 14.3 Ed Walsh+ 7.6 Ed Walsh+ 14.3 Ed Walsh+ 6.8
1912 Ed Walsh+ 21.4 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Ed Walsh+ 21.4 Walter Johnson+ 10.7
1913 Walter Johnson+ 25.2 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 25.2 Christy Mathewson+ 5.0
1914 Walter Johnson+ 31.8 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 31.8 Claude Hendrix 7.2
1915 Walter Johnson+ 38.9 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 38.9 Grover Alexander+ 9.0
1916 Walter Johnson+ 45.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 45.3 Grover Alexander+ 6.5
1917 Walter Johnson+ 50.0 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 50.0 Eddie Cicotte 6.7
1918 Walter Johnson+ 56.9 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 56.9 Walter Johnson+ 6.9
1919 Walter Johnson+ 63.2 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 63.2 Eddie Cicotte 6.5
1920 Walter Johnson+ 65.2 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 65.2 Grover Alexander+ 5.9
1921 Walter Johnson+ 68.1 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 68.1 Red Faber+ 6.3
1922 Walter Johnson+ 70.6 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 70.6 Red Faber+ 4.8
1923 Walter Johnson+ 72.5 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 72.5 Dolf Luque 6.8
1924 Walter Johnson+ 77.8 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 77.8 Dazzy Vance+ 6.2
1925 Walter Johnson+ 81.1 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 81.1 Dolf Luque 5.0
1926 Walter Johnson+ 83.1 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 83.1 Lefty Grove+ 3.8
1927 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Ted Lyons+ 5.9
1928 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Grover Alexander+ 70.1 Dazzy Vance+ 6.2
1929 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Grover Alexander+ 71.2 Firpo Marberry 4.6
1930 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Grover Alexander+ 70.5 Lefty Grove+ 6.6
1931 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Dazzy Vance+ 32.1 Lefty Grove+ 8.0
1932 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 35.4 Lefty Grove+ 5.4
1933 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 38.5 Carl Hubbell+ 6.6
1934 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 38.1 Carl Hubbell+ 6.2
1935 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 43.1 Dizzy Dean+ 5.2
1936 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 48.2 Carl Hubbell+ 7.6
1937 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 53.0 Lefty Gomez+ 6.4
1938 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 55.5 Red Ruffing+ 4.1
1939 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 58.9 Bob Feller+ 5.8
1940 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 59.9 Bob Feller+ 6.7
1941 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Lefty Grove+ 58.8 Whit Wyatt 5.5
1942 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Carl Hubbell+ 43.6 Mort Cooper 6.2
1943 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Carl Hubbell+ 42.1 Mort Cooper 5.4
1944 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Mel Harder 19.0 Bucky Walters 4.5
1945 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Red Ruffing+ 35.3 Roger Wolff 4.5
1946 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Red Ruffing+ 36.8 Hal Newhouser+ 5.4
1947 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Red Ruffing+ 36.2 Warren Spahn+ 5.7
1948 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 33.5 Bob Lemon+ 5.5
1949 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 34.8 Bob Lemon+ 5.1
1950 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 37.5 Robin Roberts+ 4.0
1951 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 39.2 Sal Maglie 4.4
1952 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 37.5 Robin Roberts+ 4.3
1953 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 39.0 Warren Spahn+ 5.5
1954 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 40.4 Robin Roberts+ 5.9
1955 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 40.8 Billy Pierce 4.1
1956 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Feller+ 40.8 Early Wynn+ 4.9
1957 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 35.1 Frank Sullivan 3.8
1958 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 38.5 Warren Spahn+ 3.4
1959 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 41.7 Camilo Pascual 3.8
1960 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 43.3 Bob Friend 3.8
1961 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 45.8 Whitey Ford+ 4.0
1962 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 48.8 Hank Aguirre 5.0
1963 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 51.0 Sandy Koufax+ 7.2
1964 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 48.3 Don Drysdale+ 6.5
1965 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Warren Spahn+ 47.0 Sandy Koufax+ 6.8
1966 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Whitey Ford+ 31.9 Sandy Koufax+ 7.2
1967 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Whitey Ford+ 32.1 Joe Horlen 4.7
1968 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Don Drysdale+ 27.4 Bob Gibson+ 7.2
1969 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Juan Marichal+ 32.1 Bob Gibson+ 5.9
1970 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Juan Marichal+ 32.5 Fergie Jenkins+ 5.2
1971 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Juan Marichal+ 34.1 Tom Seaver+ 6.4
1972 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Gibson+ 37.8 Steve Carlton+ 7.1
1973 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Gibson+ 39.8 Jim Palmer+ 5.0
1974 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Gibson+ 38.7 Catfish Hunter+ 4.7
1975 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bob Gibson+ 37.4 Jim Palmer+ 6.0
1976 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 36.6 Frank Tanana 4.9
1977 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 41.8 Tom Seaver+ 5.2
1978 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 43.2 Ron Guidry 6.5
1979 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 45.4 Tommy John 4.3
1980 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 44.8 Mike Norris 5.3
1981 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 46.9 Steve Carlton+ 3.3
1982 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 44.1 Joaquín Andújar 4.4
1983 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 44.3 Dave Stieb 3.5
1984 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 46.1 Willie Hernández 4.3
1985 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 47.5 John Tudor 6.9
1986 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tom Seaver+ 48.1 Mike Scott 6.5
1987 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Don Sutton+ 43.8 Jimmy Key 4.7
1988 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Don Sutton+ 43.0 Teddy Higuera 5.4
1989 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bert Blyleven+ 37.1 Bret Saberhagen 5.9
1990 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Bert Blyleven+ 35.8 Roger Clemens 4.8
1991 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Nolan Ryan+ 38.6 Roger Clemens 5.3
1992 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Nolan Ryan+ 38.9 Greg Maddux+ 5.1
1993 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Nolan Ryan+ 39.0 Kevin Appier 5.7
1994 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 38.5 Greg Maddux+ 6.3
1995 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 38.7 Greg Maddux+ 7.2
1996 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 41.6 Kevin Brown 5.8
1997 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 48.9 Roger Clemens 7.2
1998 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 54.1 Greg Maddux+ 6.3
1999 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 54.8 Pedro Martínez+ 6.7
2000 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 56.5 Pedro Martínez+ 8.5
2001 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 59.0 Randy Johnson+ 6.0
2002 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 59.7 Derek Lowe 5.7
2003 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 61.1 Jason Schmidt 5.1
2004 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 64.7 Johan Santana 6.3
2005 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 69.9 Roger Clemens 5.2
2006 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 72.7 Johan Santana 5.1
2007 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roger Clemens 73.3 Jake Peavy 4.0
2008 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Greg Maddux+ 61.8 Roy Halladay+ 4.9
2009 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Pedro Martínez+ 52.8 Zack Greinke 5.1
2010 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roy Halladay+ 31.2 Ubaldo Jiménez 3.8
2011 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roy Halladay+ 35.0 Justin Verlander 6.3
2012 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roy Halladay+ 35.7 Justin Verlander 4.7
2013 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Roy Halladay+ 34.7 Clayton Kershaw 5.5
2014 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Tim Hudson 30.0 Clayton Kershaw 5.2
2015 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 31.0 Clayton Kershaw 5.8
2016 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 36.0 Clayton Kershaw 5.0
2017 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 39.7 Corey Kluber 5.4
2018 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 41.6 Max Scherzer 5.0
2019 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 44.2 Justin Verlander 5.4
2020 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 45.7 Shane Bieber 2.5
2021 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 47.2 Corbin Burnes 4.4
2022 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 50.4 Justin Verlander 4.7
2023 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 52.6 Gerrit Cole 4.9
2024 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 52.3 Chris Sale 4.4
2025 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Clayton Kershaw 53.3 Tarik Skubal 5.3
2026 Walter Johnson+ 83.3 Walter Johnson+ 10.7 Justin Verlander 42.6 Jacob Misiorowski 3.6