1961 Major League Pitching Leaders

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Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

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

1. Mantle • NYY 10.4

2. Aaron • MLN 9.4

3. Cash • DET 9.1

4. Mays • SFG 8.7

5. Kaline • DET 8.4

6. Boyer • STL 7.9

7. Colavito • DET 7.6

Robinson • CIN 7.6

9. Pinson • CIN 7.5

10. Mathews • MLN 7.3

WAR for Pitchers

Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers A single number that presents the number of wins the player added 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. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Cardwell • CHC 6.1

2. Kralick • MIN 6.0

3. Koufax • LAD 5.7

4. Drysdale • LAD 5.4

5. Pascual • MIN 5.3

6. McBride • LAA 5.1

O'Toole • CIN 5.1

8. Williams • LAD 4.7

9. Jay • CIN 4.5

10. Gibson • STL 4.4

Earned Run Average

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

1. Donovan • WSA 2.40

2. Stafford • NYY 2.68

3. Mossi • DET 2.96

4. Spahn • MLN 3.02

5. Pappas • BAL 3.04

6. Pizarro • CHW 3.05

7. O'Toole • CIN 3.10

8. Simmons • STL 3.13

9. Terry • NYY 3.15

10. Brown • BAL 3.19

Wins

1. Ford • NYY 25

2. Lary • DET 23

3. Jay • CIN 21

Spahn • MLN 21

5. O'Toole • CIN 19

6. Barber • BAL 18

Burdette • MLN 18

Koufax • LAD 18

Podres • LAD 18

10. Bunning • DET 17

Win-Loss %

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

1. Ford • NYY .862

2. Terry • NYY .842

3. Podres • LAD .783

4. Arroyo • NYY .750

5. Miller • SFG .737

6. Latman • CLE .722

7. Lary • DET .719

8. Sheldon • NYY .688

Coates • NYY .688

10. Mossi • DET .682

Schwall • BOS .682

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Donovan • WSA 1.026

2. Terry • NYY 1.083

3. Brown • BAL 1.116

4. Bunning • DET 1.131

5. Spahn • MLN 1.142

6. Lary • DET 1.155

7. Stafford • NYY 1.164

8. Ford • NYY 1.180

9. Mossi • DET 1.182

10. Pappas • BAL 1.193

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Estrada • BAL 6.750

2. Pappas • BAL 6.788

3. Barber • BAL 7.031

4. Pascual • MIN 7.312

5. Donovan • WSA 7.364

6. Koufax • LAD 7.463

7. Pizarro • CHW 7.582

8. Grant • CLE 7.614

9. Ford • NYY 7.696

10. Terry • NYY 7.742

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Burdette • MLN 1.091

2. Friend • PIT 1.716

3. Mossi • DET 1.760

4. Brown • BAL 1.782

5. Purkey • CIN 1.863

6. Donovan • WSA 1.868

7. Terry • NYY 2.007

8. McClain • WSA 2.038

9. Lary • DET 2.157

10. Spahn • MLN 2.193

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 9.469

2. Pizarro • CHW 8.692

3. Pascual • MIN 7.882

4. Williams • LAD 7.840

5. Gibson • STL 7.069

6. Estrada • BAL 6.792

7. Drysdale • LAD 6.713

8. McBride • LAA 6.703

9. Gibbon • PIT 6.681

10. Ford • NYY 6.647

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Arroyo • NYY 65

Baldschun • PHI 65

3. Miller • SFG 63

4. Face • PIT 62

5. Lown • CHW 59

Morgan • LAA 59

7. Kunkel • KCA 58

Elston • CHC 58

9. Fornieles • BOS 57

Anderson • CHC 57

Saves

1. Arroyo • NYY 29

2. Wilhelm • BAL 18

3. Face • PIT 17

Miller • SFG 17

5. Brosnan • CIN 16

Henry • CIN 16

7. Fornieles • BOS 15

Sherry • LAD 15

9. Moore • MIN 14

10. Fox • DET 12

Innings Pitched

1. Ford • NYY 283.0

2. Lary • DET 275.1

3. Burdette • MLN 272.1

4. Bunning • DET 268.0

5. Ramos • MIN 264.1

6. Spahn • MLN 262.2

7. Cardwell • CHC 259.1

8. Koufax • LAD 255.2

9. O'Toole • CIN 252.2

10. Pascual • MIN 252.1

Strikeouts

1. Koufax • LAD 269

2. Pascual • MIN 221

3. Ford • NYY 209

4. Williams • LAD 205

5. Bunning • DET 194

6. Pizarro • CHW 188

7. Drysdale • LAD 182

8. McBride • LAA 180

9. O'Toole • CIN 178

10. Ramos • MIN 174

Games Started

1. Ford • NYY 39

2. Cardwell • CHC 38

3. Bunning • DET 37

Drysdale • LAD 37

5. Lary • DET 36

McBride • LAA 36

Burdette • MLN 36

8. Grant • CLE 35

Perry • CLE 35

Friend • PIT 35

Koufax • LAD 35

McCormick • SFG 35

O'Toole • CIN 35

Williams • LAD 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Lary • DET 22

2. Spahn • MLN 21

3. Pascual • MIN 15

Koufax • LAD 15

5. Barber • BAL 14

Burdette • MLN 14

Jay • CIN 14

8. Cardwell • CHC 13

McCormick • SFG 13

Purkey • CIN 13

Sadecki • STL 13

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Barber • BAL 8

Pascual • MIN 8

3. Spahn • MLN 4

Pappas • BAL 4

Bunning • DET 4

Jay • CIN 4

Lary • DET 4

8. Ramos • MIN 3

Cardwell • CHC 3

Drysdale • LAD 3

Gibbon • PIT 3

Stafford • NYY 3

Burdette • MLN 3

Grant • CLE 3

Ford • NYY 3

Jackson • STL 3

Mahaffey • PHI 3

Marichal • SFG 3

McCormick • SFG 3

O'Toole • CIN 3

Brown • BAL 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ramos • MIN 39

2. Conley • BOS 33

McCormick • SFG 33

4. Bell • CLE 32

Grant • CLE 32

6. Burdette • MLN 31

7. Mossi • DET 29

Drysdale • LAD 29

9. McBride • LAA 28

Perry • CLE 28

Buzhardt • PHI 28

Sadecki • STL 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Estrada • BAL 132

2. Barber • BAL 130

3. Gibson • STL 119

4. Grba • LAA 114

5. Schwall • BOS 110

6. Grant • CLE 109

7. Williams • LAD 108

8. McBride • LAA 102

Sadecki • STL 102

10. Bell • CLE 100

Monbouquette • BOS 100

Pascual • MIN 100

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Burdette • MLN 295

2. Friend • PIT 271

3. Ramos • MIN 265

4. Kralick • MIN 257

5. Lary • DET 252

6. Shaw • 2TM 250

7. Baumann • CHW 249

8. Purkey • CIN 245

Herbert • 2TM 245

10. Cardwell • CHC 243

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

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

1. Mossi • DET 2.915

2. Koufax • LAD 2.802

3. Burdette • MLN 2.788

4. Bunning • DET 2.732

5. Marichal • SFG 2.583

6. Gibbon • PIT 2.544

7. Podres • LAD 2.431

8. Haddix • PIT 2.415

9. Friend • PIT 2.400

10. Purkey • CIN 2.275

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Schwall • BOS 0.403

2. Barber • BAL 0.471

3. Archer • KCA 0.482

4. Donovan • WSA 0.534

5. Kaat • MIN 0.538

6. Gibson • STL 0.554

7. O'Toole • CIN 0.570

8. Daniels • WSA 0.594

9. Stafford • NYY 0.600

10. Friend • PIT 0.610

Losses

1. Ramos • MIN 20

2. Friend • PIT 19

Mahaffey • PHI 19

4. McClain • WSA 18

Buzhardt • PHI 18

6. Kaat • MIN 17

Perry • CLE 17

Daley • 2TM 17

9. Bell • CLE 16

Pascual • MIN 16

McCormick • SFG 16

Sullivan • PHI 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Burdette • MLN 121

2. Baumann • CHW 117

Perry • CLE 117

4. Ramos • MIN 116

5. Herbert • 2TM 112

6. Cardwell • CHC 110

7. Conley • BOS 109

8. Grant • CLE 105

9. Bell • CLE 104

10. Purkey • CIN 102

Sanford • SFG 102

Williams • LAD 102

Shaw • 2TM 102

Wild Pitches

1. Short • PHI 14

2. Koufax • LAD 12

3. Baldschun • PHI 11

4. Fisher • BAL 10

Kaat • MIN 10

Klippstein • WSA 10

McBean • PIT 10

Farrell • 2TM 10

9. Barber • BAL 9

Walker • KCA 9

Ellsworth • CHC 9

Jay • CIN 9

Mahaffey • PHI 9

Williams • LAD 9

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Drysdale • LAD 20

2. Kaat • MIN 11

3. Estrada • BAL 10

Walker • KCA 10

Cardwell • CHC 10

6. Bunning • DET 9

Daley • 2TM 9

8. Rakow • KCA 8

Jones • SFG 8

Shaw • 2TM 8

Batters Faced

1. Ford • NYY 1,159

2. Lary • DET 1,127

3. Burdette • MLN 1,126

4. Ramos • MIN 1,123

5. Bunning • DET 1,110

6. Cardwell • CHC 1,106

7. Koufax • LAD 1,068

8. Spahn • MLN 1,064

9. O'Toole • CIN 1,061

10. Pascual • MIN 1,056

Games Finished

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

1. Arroyo • NYY 54

2. Face • PIT 47

3. Miller • SFG 46

4. Funk • CLE 43

Wilhelm • BAL 43

6. Fornieles • BOS 42

7. Baldschun • PHI 39

McDaniel • STL 39

9. Moore • MIN 38

10. Lown • CHW 36

Adjusted ERA+

ERA+ 100*[lgERA/ERA] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s).

1. Donovan • WSA 163

2. Simmons • STL 141

3. Mossi • DET 139

4. Stafford • NYY 139

5. Gibson • STL 136

6. O'Toole • CIN 130

7. Archer • KCA 130

8. Bunning • DET 129

9. Schwall • BOS 129

10. Pizarro • CHW 128

Fielding Independent Pitching

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

1. Koufax • LAD 3.00

2. Gibbon • PIT 3.09

3. O'Toole • CIN 3.13

4. Ford • NYY 3.14

5. Archer • KCA 3.15

6. Friend • PIT 3.15

7. Pizarro • CHW 3.21

8. Bunning • DET 3.23

9. Donovan • WSA 3.29

10. Haddix • PIT 3.38

Adj. Pitching Runs

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

1. Hoeft • BAL 28

2. Mossi • DET 27

3. O'Toole • CIN 25

4. Donovan • WSA 25

5. Stafford • NYY 25

6. Bunning • DET 25

7. Lary • DET 24

8. Gibson • STL 23

9. Spahn • MLN 23

10. Arroyo • NYY 21

Adj. Pitching Wins

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

1. Hoeft • BAL 3.0

2. Mossi • DET 2.8

3. Donovan • WSA 2.7

4. O'Toole • CIN 2.6

5. Stafford • NYY 2.6

6. Bunning • DET 2.6

7. Lary • DET 2.5

8. Gibson • STL 2.4

9. Spahn • MLN 2.4

10. Arroyo • NYY 2.2

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

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

1. Ford • NYY 35.74

2. Miller • SFG 33.20

3. Spahn • MLN 32.46

4. Stafford • NYY 32.39

5. Hoeft • BAL 31.22

6. Kralick • MIN 30.05

7. Lary • DET 26.30

8. O'Toole • CIN 26.11

9. Bunning • DET 24.83

10. Mossi • DET 24.50

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Miller • SFG 4.1

2. Mossi • DET 3.8

3. Jay • CIN 3.6

4. Lary • DET 3.5

5. Ford • NYY 3.2

6. Arroyo • NYY 3.2

7. O'Toole • CIN 3.0

8. Bunning • DET 2.9

9. Wilhelm • BAL 2.7

10. Pizarro • CHW 2.7

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

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

1. Ford • NYY 4.0

2. Lary • DET 3.6

3. Stafford • NYY 3.0

4. Miller • SFG 2.8

5. Brown • BAL 2.8

6. Bunning • DET 2.7

7. Donovan • WSA 2.7

8. Terry • NYY 2.7

9. Hoeft • BAL 2.6

10. Mossi • DET 2.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Mossi • DET 12.4

2. O'Toole • CIN 11.1

3. Arroyo • NYY 10.7

4. Brosnan • CIN 10.4

5. Jay • CIN 10.1

6. Bunning • DET 8.7

7. Terry • NYY 8.3

8. Lary • DET 7.0

9. Ford • NYY 6.8

10. Fox • DET 6.3

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

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

1. Ford • NYY 3.9

2. Spahn • MLN 3.6

3. Stafford • NYY 3.5

4. Miller • SFG 3.5

5. Hoeft • BAL 3.4

6. Kralick • MIN 3.1

7. O'Toole • CIN 2.7

8. Lary • DET 2.7

9. Brown • BAL 2.6

10. Bunning • DET 2.5

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