Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Johnson • WSH 11.8
2. Coveleski • CLE 9.5
3. Vaughn • CHC 8.2
4. Perry • PHA 7.6
5. Ruth • BOS 7.0
Tyler • CHC 7.0
7. Sisler • SLB 6.6
8. Cobb • DET 6.4
9. Speaker • CLE 5.8
10. Burns • PHA 5.7

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Johnson • WSH 10.5
2. Coveleski • CLE 9.9
3. Perry • PHA 8.3
4. Vaughn • CHC 7.7
5. Tyler • CHC 6.9
6. Grimes • BRO 4.4
7. Bagby • CLE 4.3
8. Cooper • PIT 4.3
9. Harper • WSH 4.3
Hogg • PHI 4.3

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Johnson • WSH 1.27
2. Vaughn • CHC 1.74
3. Coveleski • CLE 1.82
4. Sothoron • SLB 1.94
5. Perry • PHA 1.98
6. Tyler • CHC 2.00
7. Cooper • PIT 2.11
8. Bush • BOS 2.11
9. Douglas • CHC 2.13
10. Grimes • BRO 2.13

Wins

Wins

1. Johnson • WSH 23
2. Coveleski • CLE 22
Vaughn • CHC 22
4. Mays • BOS 21
5. Perry • PHA 20
Hendrix • CHC 20
7. Cooper • PIT 19
Grimes • BRO 19
Tyler • CHC 19
10. Perritt • NYG 18

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Jones • BOS .762
2. Hendrix • CHC .741
3. Tyler • CHC .704
4. Mayer • 2TM .696
5. Vaughn • CHC .688
6. Grimes • BRO .679
7. Ruth • BOS .650
Coumbe • CLE .650
9. Causey • NYG .647
10. Ring • CIN .643

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Johnson • WSH 0.954
2. Vaughn • CHC 1.006
3. Sallee • NYG 1.015
4. Cooper • PIT 1.039
5. Ruth • BOS 1.046
6. Sothoron • SLB 1.048
7. Tyler • CHC 1.058
8. Grimes • BRO 1.059
9. Mays • BOS 1.060
10. Perritt • NYG 1.073

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Sothoron • SLB 6.545
2. Johnson • WSH 6.653
3. Vaughn • CHC 6.696
4. Harper • WSH 6.713
5. Ruth • BOS 6.764
6. Grimes • BRO 7.000
7. Mays • BOS 7.057
8. Cooper • PIT 7.211
9. Tyler • CHC 7.285
10. Jones • BOS 7.386

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Sallee • NYG 0.818
2. Cicotte • CHW 1.353
3. Perritt • NYG 1.468
4. Smith • 3TM 1.500
5. Toney • 2TM 1.541
6. Demaree • NYG 1.585
7. Mogridge • NYY 1.617
8. Packard • STL 1.629
9. Benz • CHW 1.636
10. Prendergast • PHI 1.641

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Morton • CLE 5.157
2. Shaw • WSH 4.811
3. Vaughn • CHC 4.588
4. Johnson • WSH 4.472
5. Bush • BOS 4.126
6. Cooper • PIT 3.852
7. Grimes • BRO 3.767
8. Love • NYY 3.739
9. Cheney • BRO 3.723
10. May • STL 3.596

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Bagby • CLE 45
Mogridge • NYY 45
3. Perry • PHA 44
4. Shaw • WSH 41
5. Ayers • WSH 40
Grimes • BRO 40
7. Danforth • CHW 39
Johnson • WSH 39
9. Cicotte • CHW 38
Coveleski • CLE 38
Love • NYY 38
Cooper • PIT 38

Saves

Saves

1. Mogridge • NYY 7
2. Bagby • CLE 6
3. Russell • NYY 4
Geary • PHA 4
5. Toney • 2TM 3
Ayers • WSH 3
Oeschger • PHI 3
Cooper • PIT 3
Anderson • NYG 3
Johnson • WSH 3
Dauss • DET 3
Coumbe • CLE 3

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Perry • PHA 332.1
2. Johnson • WSH 326.0
3. Coveleski • CLE 311.0
4. Mays • BOS 293.1
5. Vaughn • CHC 290.1
6. Nehf • BSN 284.1
7. Cooper • PIT 273.1
8. Bush • BOS 272.2
9. Bagby • CLE 271.1
10. Grimes • BRO 270.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • WSH 162
2. Vaughn • CHC 148
3. Shaw • WSH 129
4. Bush • BOS 125
5. Morton • CLE 123
6. Cooper • PIT 117
7. Mays • BOS 114
8. Grimes • BRO 113
9. Cicotte • CHW 104
10. Tyler • CHC 102

Games Started

Games Started

1. Perry • PHA 36
2. Coveleski • CLE 33
Mays • BOS 33
Vaughn • CHC 33
5. Harper • WSH 32
6. Bagby • CLE 31
Bush • BOS 31
Nehf • BSN 31
Perritt • NYG 31
10. Cicotte • CHW 30
Shaw • WSH 30
Grimes • BRO 30
Prendergast • PHI 30
Schneider • CIN 30
Tyler • CHC 30

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Mays • BOS 30
Perry • PHA 30
3. Johnson • WSH 29
4. Nehf • BSN 28
5. Vaughn • CHC 27
6. Bush • BOS 26
Cooper • PIT 26
8. Coveleski • CLE 25
9. Cicotte • CHW 24
10. Bagby • CLE 23

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Johnson • WSH 8
Vaughn • CHC 8
Mays • BOS 8
4. Grimes • BRO 7
Bush • BOS 7
6. Perritt • NYG 6
Tyler • CHC 6
8. Jones • BOS 5
9. Fillingim • BSN 4
Shaw • WSH 4
Marquard • BRO 4
Ring • CIN 4
Jacobs • 2TM 4
Boland • DET 4
Ayers • WSH 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Coombs • BRO 10
2. Marquard • BRO 7
Finneran • 2TM 7
4. Mogridge • NYY 6
Russell • NYY 6
Packard • STL 6
Prendergast • PHI 6
8. Demaree • NYG 5
Perritt • NYG 5
Ring • CIN 5

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Schneider • CIN 117
2. Love • NYY 116
3. Perry • PHA 111
4. Harper • WSH 104
5. Adams • PHA 97
6. Bush • BOS 91
7. Shaw • WSH 90
8. Oeschger • PHI 83
9. Mays • BOS 81
10. Bagby • CLE 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Perry • PHA 295
2. Cicotte • CHW 275
3. Bagby • CLE 274
Nehf • BSN 274
5. Coveleski • CLE 261
6. Prendergast • PHI 257
7. Dauss • DET 243
8. Bush • BOS 241
Johnson • WSH 241
10. Mogridge • NYY 232

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Sallee • NYG 2.750
2. Cicotte • CHW 2.600
3. Johnson • WSH 2.314
4. Vaughn • CHC 1.947
5. Smith • 3TM 1.864
6. Cooper • PIT 1.800
7. Douglas • CHC 1.645
8. Rudolph • BSN 1.600
9. Morton • CLE 1.597
10. Hendrix • CHC 1.593

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Bagby • CLE 0.000
Kallio • DET 0.000
Davenport • SLB 0.000
Watson • PHA 0.000
Cunningham • DET 0.000
6. Perry • PHA 0.027
7. Tyler • CHC 0.033
8. Harper • WSH 0.037
9. Eller • CIN 0.041
10. Morton • CLE 0.042

Losses

Losses

1. Cicotte • CHW 19
Perry • PHA 19
3. Marquard • BRO 18
Oeschger • PHI 18
5. Ragan • BSN 17
6. Bagby • CLE 16
Dauss • DET 16
8. Bush • BOS 15
Danforth • CHW 15
Doak • STL 15
Nehf • BSN 15
Schneider • CIN 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Nehf • BSN 85
Schneider • CIN 85
3. Adams • PHA 83
Dauss • DET 83
5. Cicotte • CHW 82
6. Bagby • CLE 81
Prendergast • PHI 81
8. Coombs • BRO 80
9. Love • NYY 78
10. Ragan • BSN 74

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Harper • WSH 13
Cheney • BRO 13
3. Grimes • BRO 11
4. Shaw • WSH 10
5. Johnson • WSH 8
Hendrix • CHC 8
7. Kallio • DET 7
Leonard • BOS 7
9. Jones • BOS 6
Mays • BOS 6
Myers • PHA 6
Smith • 3TM 6

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. May • STL 13
2. Adams • PHA 12
3. Mays • BOS 11
Schneider • CIN 11
5. Love • NYY 10
Cheney • BRO 10
Cooper • PIT 10
Meadows • STL 10
9. Dauss • DET 9
10. Harper • WSH 8
Johnson • WSH 8
Jones • BOS 8
Mogridge • NYY 8
Mayer • 2TM 8

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Perry • PHA 1,342
2. Johnson • WSH 1,261
3. Coveleski • CLE 1,254
4. Nehf • BSN 1,167
5. Mays • BOS 1,162
6. Vaughn • CHC 1,146
7. Bush • BOS 1,119
8. Bagby • CLE 1,113
9. Cicotte • CHW 1,089
10. Cooper • PIT 1,078
Grimes • BRO 1,078

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Mogridge • NYY 23
2. Houck • SLB 22
3. Danforth • CHW 20
4. Ayers • WSH 15
5. Bagby • CLE 14
Sanders • PIT 14
Sherdel • STL 14
8. Enzmann • CLE 13
Davis • PHI 13
Eller • CIN 13

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Johnson • WSH 214
2. Coveleski • CLE 164
3. Vaughn • CHC 159
4. Perry • PHA 146
5. Sothoron • SLB 139
6. Tyler • CHC 138
7. Cooper • PIT 138
8. Douglas • CHC 130
9. Grimes • BRO 130
10. Mogridge • NYY 129

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Cicotte • CHW 2.02
2. Johnson • WSH 2.03
3. Vaughn • CHC 2.25
4. Morton • CLE 2.26
5. Cooper • PIT 2.29
6. Sallee • NYG 2.30
7. Tyler • CHC 2.32
8. Douglas • CHC 2.36
9. Rudolph • BSN 2.36
10. Hendrix • CHC 2.36

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Johnson • WSH 49
2. Coveleski • CLE 35
3. Vaughn • CHC 33
4. Perry • PHA 32
5. Tyler • CHC 25
6. Cooper • PIT 22
7. Bush • BOS 16
8. Mays • BOS 16
9. Sothoron • SLB 16
10. Mogridge • NYY 16

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Johnson • WSH 6.1
2. Coveleski • CLE 4.2
3. Vaughn • CHC 3.9
4. Perry • PHA 3.7
5. Tyler • CHC 3.0
6. Cooper • PIT 2.6
7. Bush • BOS 1.9
8. Mays • BOS 1.9
9. Sothoron • SLB 1.9
10. Mogridge • NYY 1.8

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Johnson • WSH 60.05
2. Vaughn • CHC 41.42
3. Tyler • CHC 36.71
4. Coveleski • CLE 34.43
5. Perry • PHA 33.24
6. Cooper • PIT 24.78
7. Mays • BOS 23.64
8. Harper • WSH 20.38
9. Mogridge • NYY 20.33
10. Sothoron • SLB 17.69

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Johnson • WSH 10.2
2. Vaughn • CHC 6.3
3. Tyler • CHC 5.4
4. Coveleski • CLE 4.4
5. Grimes • BRO 4.4
6. Cooper • PIT 4.0
7. Harper • WSH 3.1
8. Jones • BOS 3.0
9. Mayer • 2TM 2.8
10. Sothoron • SLB 2.6

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Johnson • WSH 6.9
2. Vaughn • CHC 4.7
3. Coveleski • CLE 4.4
4. Tyler • CHC 4.0
5. Mays • BOS 3.8
6. Cooper • PIT 3.6
7. Grimes • BRO 3.2
8. Perry • PHA 2.9
9. Perritt • NYG 2.3
10. Boland • DET 2.3

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Vaughn • CHC 19.9
2. Jones • BOS 11.8
3. Johnson • WSH 10.2
4. Tyler • CHC 10.0
5. Ruth • BOS 10.0
6. Coveleski • CLE 9.4
7. Bush • BOS 6.8
8. Mays • BOS 5.3
9. Bagby • CLE 4.5
10. Harper • WSH 4.4

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Johnson • WSH 7.7
2. Vaughn • CHC 5.1
3. Tyler • CHC 4.5
4. Coveleski • CLE 3.9
5. Perry • PHA 3.8
6. Cooper • PIT 2.8
7. Mays • BOS 2.8
8. Harper • WSH 2.4
9. Mogridge • NYY 2.3
10. Sothoron • SLB 2.1

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements