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. Mays • SFG 9.5
2. Aaron • MLN 8.0
3. Banks • CHC 7.8
4. Broglio • STL 7.6
5. Maris • NYY 7.5
6. Mathews • MLN 7.3
7. Drysdale • LAD 7.2
8. Boyer • STL 6.8
9. Bunning • DET 6.4
10. Mantle • NYY 6.3

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. Broglio • STL 7.1
2. Drysdale • LAD 7.0
3. Bunning • DET 6.6
4. McDaniel • STL 5.9
5. Herbert • KCA 5.8
6. Friend • PIT 5.6
7. Jackson • STL 5.3
8. McCormick • SFG 5.1
9. Monbouquette • BOS 4.9
10. Podres • LAD 4.8

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. Baumann • CHW 2.67
2. McCormick • SFG 2.70
3. Broglio • STL 2.74
4. Bunning • DET 2.79
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.84
6. Williams • LAD 3.00
7. Friend • PIT 3.00
8. Brown • BAL 3.06
9. Simmons • 2TM 3.06
10. Ditmar • NYY 3.06

Wins

Wins

1. Broglio • STL 21
Spahn • MLN 21
3. Law • PIT 20
4. Burdette • MLN 19
5. Estrada • BAL 18
Perry • CLE 18
Friend • PIT 18
Jackson • STL 18
Jones • SFG 18
10. Purkey • CIN 17

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. Coates • NYY .813
2. McDaniel • STL .750
3. Brown • BAL .706
4. Broglio • STL .700
5. Law • PIT .690
6. Baumann • CHW .684
7. Spahn • MLN .677
8. Pierce • CHW .667
9. Perry • CLE .643
10. Buhl • MLN .640

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Drysdale • LAD 1.063
2. Brown • BAL 1.113
3. Bunning • DET 1.115
4. Law • PIT 1.126
5. Friend • PIT 1.128
6. Williams • LAD 1.129
7. Burdette • MLN 1.132
8. McCormick • SFG 1.158
9. Lary • DET 1.181
10. Baumann • CHW 1.198

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Broglio • STL 6.839
2. Koufax • LAD 6.840
3. Estrada • BAL 6.987
4. Williams • LAD 7.032
5. Drysdale • LAD 7.160
6. Turley • NYY 7.165
7. Barber • BAL 7.332
8. Buhl • MLN 7.617
9. Jones • SFG 7.692
10. Bunning • DET 7.750

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. Burdette • MLN 1.143
2. Brown • BAL 1.245
3. Roberts • PHI 1.289
4. Law • PIT 1.325
5. Friend • PIT 1.469
6. Mossi • DET 1.819
7. Hall • KCA 1.876
8. Haddix • PIT 1.985
9. Lary • DET 2.034
10. Conley • PHI 2.062

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 10.131
2. Drysdale • LAD 8.230
3. Williams • LAD 7.596
4. Broglio • STL 7.476
5. Jones • SFG 7.308
6. Bunning • DET 7.179
7. Cardwell • 2TM 6.575
8. O'Dell • SFG 6.439
9. Bell • CLE 6.343
10. Podres • LAD 6.286

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Fornieles • BOS 70
2. Face • PIT 68
3. McDaniel • STL 65
4. Staley • CHW 64
5. Elston • CHC 60
6. Farrell • PHI 59
7. Roebuck • LAD 58
8. Brosnan • CIN 57
Sherry • LAD 57
10. Clevenger • WSH 53

Saves

Saves

1. McDaniel • STL 27
2. Face • PIT 24
3. Henry • CIN 17
4. Klippstein • CLE 14
5. Fornieles • BOS 13
Moore • 2TM 13
7. Brosnan • CIN 12
8. Shantz • NYY 11
Antonelli • SFG 11
Farrell • PHI 11

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Jackson • STL 282.0
2. Burdette • MLN 275.2
Friend • PIT 275.2
4. Lary • DET 274.1
5. Ramos • WSH 274.0
6. Law • PIT 271.2
7. Drysdale • LAD 269.0
8. Spahn • MLN 267.2
9. Perry • CLE 261.1
10. Hobbie • CHC 258.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Drysdale • LAD 246
2. Bunning • DET 201
3. Koufax • LAD 197
4. Jones • SFG 190
5. Broglio • STL 188
6. Friend • PIT 183
7. Williams • LAD 175
8. Jackson • STL 171
9. Ramos • WSH 160
10. Podres • LAD 159

Games Started

Games Started

1. Jackson • STL 38
2. Friend • PIT 37
3. Lary • DET 36
Perry • CLE 36
Ramos • WSH 36
Drysdale • LAD 36
Hobbie • CHC 36
8. Daley • KCA 35
Jones • SFG 35
Law • PIT 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Burdette • MLN 18
Law • PIT 18
Spahn • MLN 18
4. Friend • PIT 16
Hobbie • CHC 16
6. Lary • DET 15
Drysdale • LAD 15
McCormick • SFG 15
9. Herbert • KCA 14
Ramos • WSH 14
Jackson • STL 14

Shutouts

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

1. Sanford • SFG 6
2. Drysdale • LAD 5
3. Wynn • CHW 4
Spahn • MLN 4
Burdette • MLN 4
Perry • CLE 4
McCormick • SFG 4
Ford • NYY 4
Friend • PIT 4
Hobbie • CHC 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Perry • CLE 35
2. Hook • CIN 31
Roberts • PHI 31
4. Hall • KCA 28
5. Daley • KCA 27
Drysdale • LAD 27
Hobbie • CHC 27
8. Grant • CLE 26
Anderson • CHC 26
Williams • LAD 26

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Barber • BAL 113
2. Wynn • CHW 112
3. Buhl • MLN 103
4. Estrada • BAL 101
Hobbie • CHC 101
6. Broglio • STL 100
Koufax • LAD 100
8. Ramos • WSH 99
Sanford • SFG 99
10. Daley • KCA 96

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Burdette • MLN 277
Jackson • STL 277
3. Friend • PIT 266
Law • PIT 266
5. Lary • DET 262
6. Purkey • CIN 259
7. Perry • CLE 257
8. Herbert • KCA 256
Roberts • PHI 256
10. Ramos • WSH 254
Spahn • MLN 254

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. Friend • PIT 4.067
2. Roberts • PHI 3.588
3. Drysdale • LAD 3.417
4. Bunning • DET 3.141
5. Law • PIT 3.000
Brown • BAL 3.000
7. Conley • PHI 2.786
8. Haddix • PIT 2.658
9. Jackson • STL 2.443
10. Williams • LAD 2.431

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. Sanford • SFG 0.452
2. Conley • PHI 0.491
3. Barber • BAL 0.495
4. McCormick • SFG 0.534
5. Baumann • CHW 0.534
6. Friend • PIT 0.588
7. Fisher • BAL 0.592
8. Mizell • 2TM 0.597
9. Herbert • KCA 0.606
10. Ellsworth • CHC 0.611

Losses

Losses

1. Hobbie • CHC 20
2. Ramos • WSH 18
Hook • CIN 18
4. Daley • KCA 16
Sullivan • BOS 16
Buzhardt • PHI 16
Roberts • PHI 16
Cardwell • 2TM 16
9. Brewer • BOS 15
Herbert • KCA 15
Lary • DET 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Daley • KCA 117
2. Hobbie • CHC 114
3. Hook • CIN 111
4. Jackson • STL 109
5. Lary • DET 107
6. Roberts • PHI 106
7. Perry • CLE 105
Ramos • WSH 105
9. Spahn • MLN 104
10. Burdette • MLN 103

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Sanford • SFG 15
2. McCormick • SFG 12
3. Buhl • MLN 11
4. Barber • BAL 10
Pappas • BAL 10
6. Bell • CLE 9
Brewer • BOS 9
Sisler • DET 9
Anderson • CHC 9
Koufax • LAD 9
Owens • PHI 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lary • DET 19
2. Estrada • BAL 15
3. Bunning • DET 11
4. Daley • KCA 10
Drysdale • LAD 10
6. Hobbie • CHC 9
Purkey • CIN 9
8. Tsitouris • KCA 8
9. Bell • CLE 7
Duren • NYY 7
Herbert • KCA 7
Johnson • KCA 7
Ramos • WSH 7
Anderson • CHC 7
McLish • CIN 7
Willey • MLN 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Jackson • STL 1,173
2. Ramos • WSH 1,162
3. Lary • DET 1,148
4. Friend • PIT 1,118
Hobbie • CHC 1,118
6. Burdette • MLN 1,117
7. Spahn • MLN 1,110
8. Perry • CLE 1,103
9. Law • PIT 1,091
10. Drysdale • LAD 1,083

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. Face • PIT 61
2. Farrell • PHI 50
3. Fornieles • BOS 48
4. McDaniel • STL 47
5. Staley • CHW 45
6. Henry • CIN 38
Sherry • LAD 38
8. Elston • CHC 33
9. Klippstein • CLE 30
Kutyna • KCA 30

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Broglio • STL 148
2. Baumann • CHW 144
3. Bunning • DET 143
4. Drysdale • LAD 139
5. Simmons • 2TM 133
6. Williams • LAD 132
7. McCormick • SFG 130
8. Podres • LAD 128
9. Brown • BAL 126
10. Friend • PIT 125

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. Friend • PIT 2.54
2. Conley • PHI 2.68
3. Bunning • DET 2.86
4. McCormick • SFG 2.86
5. Drysdale • LAD 2.92
6. Haddix • PIT 3.01
7. Jackson • STL 3.11
8. Jones • SFG 3.12
9. O'Dell • SFG 3.22
10. Broglio • STL 3.25

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. Drysdale • LAD 33
2. Broglio • STL 32
3. Bunning • DET 31
4. Friend • PIT 26
5. McDaniel • STL 25
6. McCormick • SFG 24
7. Baumann • CHW 22
8. Law • PIT 21
9. Podres • LAD 21
10. Herbert • KCA 19

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. Drysdale • LAD 3.6
2. Broglio • STL 3.4
3. Bunning • DET 3.3
4. Friend • PIT 2.8
5. McDaniel • STL 2.6
6. McCormick • SFG 2.5
7. Baumann • CHW 2.3
8. Law • PIT 2.3
9. Podres • LAD 2.3
10. Herbert • KCA 2.0
Williams • LAD 2.0

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. Drysdale • LAD 43.46
2. Broglio • STL 39.46
3. Friend • PIT 34.15
4. Bunning • DET 31.80
5. McDaniel • STL 30.80
6. Baumann • CHW 29.43
7. McCormick • SFG 26.20
8. Law • PIT 25.84
9. Estrada • BAL 19.88
10. Kralick • WSH 19.13

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. McDaniel • STL 5.7
2. Drysdale • LAD 5.0
3. Baumann • CHW 4.3
4. Broglio • STL 4.0
5. Spahn • MLN 3.5
6. Law • PIT 3.4
7. Sisler • DET 3.3
8. McCormick • SFG 3.1
9. Friend • PIT 2.9
10. Klippstein • CLE 2.8

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. Friend • PIT 3.8
2. Bunning • DET 3.7
3. Drysdale • LAD 3.5
4. Broglio • STL 3.0
5. McCormick • SFG 3.0
6. McDaniel • STL 3.0
7. Baumann • CHW 2.5
8. Brosnan • CIN 2.3
9. Podres • LAD 2.1
10. Craig • LAD 2.0

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. Law • PIT 9.8
2. Baumann • CHW 8.9
3. Friend • PIT 8.7
4. Ditmar • NYY 7.9
5. Arroyo • NYY 6.9
6. Pappas • BAL 6.9
7. Face • PIT 6.8
8. Ford • NYY 6.8
9. Terry • NYY 6.6
10. Stafford • NYY 6.5

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. Drysdale • LAD 4.7
2. Broglio • STL 4.1
3. Friend • PIT 3.7
4. Bunning • DET 3.3
5. McDaniel • STL 3.1
6. Baumann • CHW 3.1
7. McCormick • SFG 2.9
8. Law • PIT 2.8
9. Estrada • BAL 2.1
10. Ford • NYY 2.0

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