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 11.2
2. Marichal • SFG 10.5
3. Maloney • CIN 9.0
4. Koufax • LAD 8.6
5. Bunning • PHI 8.3
6. McDowell • CLE 7.9
7. Aaron • MLN 7.9
8. Williams • CHC 7.7
9. Santo • CHC 7.7
10. Gibson • STL 7.6

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. Marichal • SFG 10.3
2. McDowell • CLE 8.2
3. Maloney • CIN 8.2
4. Koufax • LAD 8.1
5. Bunning • PHI 8.0
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 6.9
7. Short • PHI 6.8
8. Gibson • STL 6.3
9. Shaw • SFG 5.3
10. Siebert • CLE 5.1

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. Koufax • LAD 2.04
2. Marichal • SFG 2.13
3. Law • PIT 2.15
4. McDowell • CLE 2.18
5. Fisher • CHW 2.40
6. Siebert • CLE 2.43
7. Maloney • CIN 2.54
8. Brunet • CAL 2.56
9. Bunning • PHI 2.60
Richert • WSA 2.60

Wins

Wins

1. Koufax • LAD 26
2. Cloninger • MLN 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 23
4. Ellis • CIN 22
Marichal • SFG 22
6. Grant • MIN 21
7. Stottlemyre • NYY 20
Gibson • STL 20
Maloney • CIN 20
10. Bunning • PHI 19

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. Koufax • LAD .765
2. Grant • MIN .750
3. McLain • DET .727
4. Bolin • SFG .700
5. Stottlemyre • NYY .690
Maloney • CIN .690
7. Ellis • CIN .688
8. Cloninger • MLN .686
9. Fisher • CHW .682
10. Bunning • PHI .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 0.855
2. Marichal • SFG 0.914
3. Fisher • CHW 0.974
4. Siebert • CLE 0.981
5. Law • PIT 0.998
6. Roberts • 2TM 1.054
7. Terry • CLE 1.068
8. McLain • DET 1.071
9. Bunning • PHI 1.082
10. Drysdale • LAD 1.090

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 5.791
2. McDowell • CLE 5.868
3. Fisher • CHW 6.423
4. Siebert • CLE 6.631
5. Maloney • CIN 6.662
6. Richert • WSA 6.773
7. Brunet • CAL 6.807
8. Marichal • SFG 6.826
9. Bolin • SFG 6.902
10. McLain • DET 7.107

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. Terry • CLE 1.249
2. Marichal • SFG 1.402
3. Roberts • 2TM 1.416
4. Law • PIT 1.449
5. Bruce • HOU 1.489
6. Farrell • HOU 1.512
7. Monbouquette • BOS 1.574
8. Horlen • CHW 1.603
9. Ford • NYY 1.842
10. Johnson • 2TM 1.867

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 10.714
2. Koufax • LAD 10.242
3. Veale • PIT 9.338
4. Siebert • CLE 9.111
5. Maloney • CIN 8.601
6. Lolich • DET 8.347
7. Bunning • PHI 8.289
8. Gibson • STL 8.127
9. McLain • DET 7.843
10. Perry • SFG 7.819

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Abernathy • CHC 84
2. Fisher • CHW 82
3. Woodeshick • 2TM 78
4. Kline • WSA 74
5. McDaniel • CHC 71
6. Lee • CAL 69
7. Dickson • KCA 68
8. Miller • BAL 67
9. Wilhelm • CHW 66
10. Ramos • NYY 65
Wyatt • KCA 65
Baldschun • PHI 65

Saves

Saves

1. Abernathy • CHC 31
2. Kline • WSA 29
3. Fisher • CHW 24
Miller • BAL 24
5. Lee • CAL 23
6. Radatz • BOS 22
7. Wilhelm • CHW 21
Worthington • MIN 21
McCool • CIN 21
10. Linzy • SFG 20

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Koufax • LAD 335.2
2. Drysdale • LAD 308.1
3. Gibson • STL 299.0
4. Short • PHI 297.1
5. Marichal • SFG 295.1
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 291.0
Bunning • PHI 291.0
8. Osteen • LAD 287.0
9. Cloninger • MLN 279.0
10. McDowell • CLE 273.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Koufax • LAD 382
2. McDowell • CLE 325
3. Veale • PIT 276
4. Gibson • STL 270
5. Bunning • PHI 268
6. Maloney • CIN 244
7. Marichal • SFG 240
8. Short • PHI 237
9. Lolich • DET 226
10. Cloninger • MLN 211

Games Started

Games Started

1. Kaat • MIN 42
Drysdale • LAD 42
3. Koufax • LAD 41
4. Osteen • LAD 40
Short • PHI 40
6. Grant • MIN 39
Bunning • PHI 39
Ellis • CIN 39
Jackson • CHC 39
10. Cloninger • MLN 38

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Koufax • LAD 27
2. Marichal • SFG 24
3. Drysdale • LAD 20
Gibson • STL 20
5. Stottlemyre • NYY 18
6. Cloninger • MLN 16
7. Bunning • PHI 15
Ellis • CIN 15
Short • PHI 15
10. Grant • MIN 14
McDowell • CLE 14
Maloney • CIN 14
Veale • PIT 14

Shutouts

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

1. Marichal • SFG 10
2. Koufax • LAD 8
3. Bunning • PHI 7
Veale • PIT 7
Drysdale • LAD 7
6. Gibson • STL 6
Grant • MIN 6
8. Short • PHI 5
Maloney • CIN 5
10. Jackson • CHC 4
Stottlemyre • NYY 4
Horlen • CHW 4
McLain • DET 4
Law • PIT 4
Chance • CAL 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Grant • MIN 34
Gibson • STL 34
3. Ortega • WSA 33
4. Monbouquette • BOS 32
5. Drysdale • LAD 30
6. Jackson • CHC 28
7. Wilson • BOS 27
Marichal • SFG 27
9. Buhl • CHC 26
Koufax • LAD 26
Sadecki • STL 26
Spahn • 2TM 26

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McDowell • CLE 132
2. Cloninger • MLN 119
Veale • PIT 119
4. Blasingame • MLN 116
5. Morehead • BOS 113
6. Maloney • CIN 110
7. Downing • NYY 105
8. Ellis • CIN 104
9. Gibson • STL 103
10. Chance • CAL 101

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Drysdale • LAD 270
2. Jackson • CHC 268
3. Kaat • MIN 267
4. Short • PHI 260
5. Bunning • PHI 253
Osteen • LAD 253
7. Grant • MIN 252
Fisher • NYM 252
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 250
10. Cloninger • MLN 247

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. Koufax • LAD 5.380
2. Marichal • SFG 5.217
3. Bunning • PHI 4.323
4. Siebert • CLE 4.152
5. Bruce • HOU 3.816
6. Terry • CLE 3.652
7. Farrell • HOU 3.486
8. Ford • NYY 3.240
9. Roberts • 2TM 3.233
10. Horlen • CHW 3.205

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. Veale • PIT 0.169
2. McDowell • CLE 0.297
3. Brunet • CAL 0.411
4. Maloney • CIN 0.458
5. Chance • CAL 0.479
6. López • CAL 0.502
7. Newman • CAL 0.518
8. Short • PHI 0.545
9. Wickersham • DET 0.553
10. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.557

Losses

Losses

1. Fisher • NYM 24
2. Jackson • CHC 21
3. Jackson • NYM 20
4. Monbouquette • BOS 18
Morehead • BOS 18
O'Donoghue • KCA 18
Bruce • HOU 18
8. Lonborg • BOS 17
9. Newman • CAL 16
Spahn • 2TM 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Ellis • CIN 111
Fisher • NYM 111
3. Jackson • CHC 110
4. Ortega • WSA 102
Wilson • BOS 102
Cloninger • MLN 102
Gibson • STL 102
8. Sadecki • STL 100
9. Grant • MIN 99
Jackson • NYM 99

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Cloninger • MLN 22
2. Maloney • CIN 19
3. McDowell • CLE 17
Veale • PIT 17
5. Ellsworth • CHC 15
Tsitouris • CIN 15
7. Wyatt • KCA 13
8. Perry • SFG 12
9. Morehead • BOS 11
Belinsky • PHI 11
Drysdale • LAD 11
Koufax • LAD 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lolich • DET 12
Bunning • PHI 12
Cardwell • PIT 12
Culp • PHI 12
Drysdale • LAD 12
6. Wickersham • DET 11
Gibson • STL 11
8. Aguirre • DET 10
9. Chance • CAL 9
Bruce • HOU 9
Tsitouris • CIN 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Koufax • LAD 1,297
2. Drysdale • LAD 1,262
3. Gibson • STL 1,233
4. Short • PHI 1,216
5. Bunning • PHI 1,191
6. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,188
7. Cloninger • MLN 1,180
8. Osteen • LAD 1,169
9. Marichal • SFG 1,153
10. Veale • PIT 1,126

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. Abernathy • CHC 62
2. Fisher • CHW 60
3. Kline • WSA 58
4. Radatz • BOS 56
5. Miller • BAL 55
6. Lee • CAL 50
7. Wyatt • KCA 47
Woodeshick • 2TM 47
9. Wilhelm • CHW 45
10. McCool • CIN 43

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Marichal • SFG 169
2. Law • PIT 163
3. McDowell • CLE 161
4. Koufax • LAD 160
5. Maloney • CIN 148
6. Siebert • CLE 144
7. Shaw • SFG 137
8. Perry • MIN 136
9. McLain • DET 134
10. Richert • WSA 133

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. Koufax • LAD 1.93
2. McDowell • CLE 2.08
3. Veale • PIT 2.11
4. Siebert • CLE 2.27
5. Bunning • PHI 2.47
6. Marichal • SFG 2.59
7. Maloney • CIN 2.62
8. Short • PHI 2.66
9. Brunet • CAL 2.78
10. Horlen • CHW 2.90

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. Marichal • SFG 48
2. Koufax • LAD 48
3. McDowell • CLE 38
4. Maloney • CIN 35
5. Law • PIT 30
6. Bunning • PHI 30
7. Gibson • STL 27
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 24
9. Wilhelm • CHW 23
10. Short • PHI 23

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. Marichal • SFG 5.6
2. Koufax • LAD 5.5
3. McDowell • CLE 4.3
4. Maloney • CIN 3.9
5. Law • PIT 3.4
6. Bunning • PHI 3.3
7. Gibson • STL 3.0
8. Stottlemyre • NYY 2.7
9. Wilhelm • CHW 2.5
10. Short • PHI 2.5

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. Koufax • LAD 56.24
2. Marichal • SFG 55.04
3. McDowell • CLE 45.72
4. Bunning • PHI 37.45
5. Maloney • CIN 36.38
6. Law • PIT 32.22
7. Short • PHI 31.75
8. Miller • BAL 31.03
9. Wilhelm • CHW 29.30
10. Gibson • STL 27.37

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. Koufax • LAD 8.3
2. Miller • BAL 7.3
3. Marichal • SFG 6.2
4. McDowell • CLE 5.8
5. Short • PHI 5.2
6. Fisher • CHW 5.1
7. Lee • CAL 4.8
8. Maloney • CIN 4.6
9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.8
10. Bunning • PHI 3.7

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. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 4.8
3. McDowell • CLE 4.5
4. Maloney • CIN 3.7
5. Law • PIT 3.6
6. Wilhelm • CHW 3.5
7. Bunning • PHI 3.4
8. Newman • CAL 3.3
9. Siebert • CLE 2.9
10. Miller • BAL 2.8

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. Koufax • LAD 33.8
2. Perranoski • LAD 15.8
3. Marichal • SFG 13.3
4. Maloney • CIN 10.8
5. Linzy • SFG 10.5
6. Fisher • CHW 9.4
7. Perry • MIN 6.9
8. Worthington • MIN 6.9
9. Miller • BAL 6.9
10. Drysdale • LAD 6.6

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. Koufax • LAD 6.8
2. Marichal • SFG 6.3
3. McDowell • CLE 5.2
4. Bunning • PHI 4.3
5. Maloney • CIN 4.0
6. Law • PIT 3.7
7. Short • PHI 3.6
8. Miller • BAL 3.4
9. Wilhelm • CHW 3.4
10. Osteen • LAD 3.1

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