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1967 Major League Pitching Leaders

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World Series Champion: St. Louis Cardinals

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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. Yastrzemski • BOS 12.4

2. Santo • CHC 9.7

3. Clemente • PIT 8.9

4. Aaron • ATL 8.5

5. Bunning • PHI 8.0

6. Robinson • BAL 7.7

7. Kaline • DET 7.5

8. Blair • BAL 6.8

9. Cepeda • STL 6.8

10. Seaver • NYM 6.7

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. Bunning • PHI 7.8

2. Merritt • MIN 6.5

3. Nolan • CIN 6.3

4. Short • PHI 6.2

5. Abernathy • CIN 6.2

6. Seaver • NYM 6.0

7. Chance • MIN 5.9

8. Perry • SFG 5.6

9. Horlen • CHW 5.5

10. Queen • CIN 5.0

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. Niekro • ATL 1.87

2. Horlen • CHW 2.06

3. Peters • CHW 2.28

4. Bunning • PHI 2.29

5. Siebert • CLE 2.38

6. Short • PHI 2.39

7. John • CHW 2.47

8. Merritt • MIN 2.53

9. Nolan • CIN 2.58

10. Clark • CAL 2.59

Wins

1. Lonborg • BOS 22

Wilson • DET 22

McCormick • SFG 22

4. Chance • MIN 20

Jenkins • CHC 20

6. Horlen • CHW 19

7. McLain • DET 17

Bunning • PHI 17

Osteen • LAD 17

10. Kaat • MIN 16

Peters • CHW 16

Sparma • DET 16

Cuellar • HOU 16

Hughes • STL 16

Pappas • CIN 16

Seaver • NYM 16

Veale • PIT 16

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. Santiago • BOS .750

2. Briles • STL .737

3. Horlen • CHW .731

4. Hughes • STL .727

5. Lonborg • BOS .710

6. McCormick • SFG .688

7. Veale • PIT .667

Wilson • DET .667

Sadecki • SFG .667

10. Merritt • MIN .650

Gibson • STL .650

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Horlen • CHW 0.953

2. Hughes • STL 0.954

3. Merritt • MIN 0.993

4. Siebert • CLE 1.025

5. Bunning • PHI 1.039

6. Queen • CIN 1.058

7. Niekro • ATL 1.058

8. John • CHW 1.065

9. Peters • CHW 1.069

10. Perry • SFG 1.075

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Peters • CHW 6.473

2. Boswell • MIN 6.548

3. Horlen • CHW 6.558

4. Siebert • CLE 6.604

5. Hughes • STL 6.639

6. Wilson • HOU 6.897

7. Downing • NYY 7.051

8. Perry • SFG 7.096

9. Queen • CIN 7.129

10. Niekro • ATL 7.130

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Merritt • MIN 1.186

2. Kaat • MIN 1.435

3. Pappas • CIN 1.571

4. Stange • BOS 1.585

5. Osteen • LAD 1.623

6. Johnson • ATL 1.626

7. Niekro • CHC 1.697

8. Jackson • PHI 1.857

9. Marichal • SFG 1.868

10. Drysdale • LAD 1.915

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • CLE 9.225

2. McDowell • CLE 8.987

3. Boswell • MIN 8.246

4. Nolan • CIN 8.179

5. Lonborg • BOS 8.100

6. Veale • PIT 7.936

7. Carlton • STL 7.834

8. Wilson • HOU 7.777

9. Phoebus • BAL 7.745

10. Lolich • DET 7.676

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Locker • CHW 77

2. Rojas • CAL 72

3. Abernathy • CIN 70

Perranoski • LAD 70

5. Kelso • CAL 69

6. Womack • NYY 65

Willis • STL 65

8. McMahon • 2TM 63

9. Knowles • WSA 61

Face • PIT 61

Saves

1. Abernathy • CIN 28

2. Rojas • CAL 27

3. Locker • CHW 20

Wyatt • BOS 20

5. Womack • NYY 18

6. Face • PIT 17

Linzy • SFG 17

8. Worthington • MIN 16

Perranoski • LAD 16

10. Knowles • WSA 14

Hoerner • STL 14

Innings Pitched

1. Bunning • PHI 302.1

2. Perry • SFG 293.0

3. Jenkins • CHC 289.1

4. Osteen • LAD 288.1

5. Chance • MIN 283.2

6. Drysdale • LAD 282.0

7. Lonborg • BOS 273.1

8. Wilson • DET 264.0

9. Kaat • MIN 263.1

10. McCormick • SFG 262.1

Strikeouts

1. Bunning • PHI 253

2. Lonborg • BOS 246

3. McDowell • CLE 236

Jenkins • CHC 236

5. Perry • SFG 230

6. Chance • MIN 220

7. Tiant • CLE 219

8. Peters • CHW 215

9. Kaat • MIN 211

10. Nolan • CIN 206

Games Started

1. Bunning • PHI 40

2. Chance • MIN 39

Lonborg • BOS 39

Osteen • LAD 39

5. Kaat • MIN 38

Wilson • DET 38

Drysdale • LAD 38

Jenkins • CHC 38

9. Brunet • CAL 37

McDowell • CLE 37

McLain • DET 37

Sparma • DET 37

Jackson • PHI 37

Perry • SFG 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Jenkins • CHC 20

2. Chance • MIN 18

Marichal • SFG 18

Perry • SFG 18

Seaver • NYM 18

6. Bunning • PHI 16

Cuellar • HOU 16

8. Hargan • CLE 15

Lonborg • BOS 15

10. McCormick • SFG 14

Osteen • LAD 14

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Hargan • CLE 6

Horlen • CHW 6

John • CHW 6

Lolich • DET 6

McGlothlin • CAL 6

Bunning • PHI 6

7. Chance • MIN 5

Hunter • KCA 5

Sparma • DET 5

McCormick • SFG 5

Nolan • CIN 5

Osteen • LAD 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McLain • DET 35

2. Wilson • DET 34

3. Jenkins • CHC 30

4. McCormick • SFG 25

5. Tiant • CLE 24

6. Lonborg • BOS 23

Bell • 2TM 23

8. Culp • CHC 22

Hughes • STL 22

10. Brandon • BOS 21

Kaat • MIN 21

McDowell • CLE 21

Merritt • MIN 21

Nash • KCA 21

Fisher • NYM 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McDowell • CLE 123

2. Veale • PIT 119

3. Barber • 2TM 115

4. Phoebus • BAL 114

5. Boswell • MIN 107

6. Wilson • DET 92

7. Peters • CHW 91

8. Brunet • CAL 90

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 88

10. Nash • KCA 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Osteen • LAD 298

2. Kaat • MIN 269

Drysdale • LAD 269

4. Fisher • NYM 251

5. Chance • MIN 244

6. Jackson • PHI 242

7. Bunning • PHI 241

8. Stottlemyre • NYY 235

9. Cuellar • HOU 233

10. Giusti • HOU 231

Perry • SFG 231

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. Merritt • MIN 5.367

2. Kaat • MIN 5.024

3. Marichal • SFG 3.952

4. Gibson • STL 3.675

5. Bunning • PHI 3.466

6. Pappas • CIN 3.395

7. Hughes • STL 3.354

8. Nolan • CIN 3.323

9. Tiant • CLE 3.269

10. Drysdale • LAD 3.267

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Singer • LAD 0.220

2. Sisk • PIT 0.260

3. Hargan • CLE 0.363

4. Maloney • CIN 0.367

5. Sadecki • SFG 0.383

6. Niekro • ATL 0.391

7. Wise • PHI 0.397

8. Short • PHI 0.406

9. Horlen • CHW 0.453

10. Carlton • STL 0.466

Losses

1. Brunet • CAL 19

2. Fisher • NYM 18

Barber • 2TM 18

4. Hunter • KCA 17

Krausse • KCA 17

Nash • KCA 17

Osteen • LAD 17

Perry • SFG 17

9. McLain • DET 16

Drysdale • LAD 16

Richert • 2TM 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Fisher • NYM 115

2. Giusti • HOU 103

Osteen • LAD 103

4. Sutton • LAD 102

5. McDowell • CLE 101

6. McLain • DET 99

7. Lonborg • BOS 96

Wilson • DET 96

9. Nash • KCA 93

10. Brunet • CAL 92

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • ATL 19

2. McDowell • CLE 18

3. Belinsky • HOU 16

4. Barber • 2TM 14

Hamilton • 2TM 14

6. McGlothlin • CAL 13

Maloney • CIN 13

Perry • SFG 13

9. Clark • CAL 12

Lonborg • BOS 12

Phoebus • BAL 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lonborg • BOS 19

2. Bunning • PHI 13

3. Peters • CHW 11

4. Locker • CHW 10

5. Coleman • WSA 9

Kaat • MIN 9

7. Sparma • DET 8

Belinsky • HOU 8

Drysdale • LAD 8

Singer • LAD 8

Barber • 2TM 8

Batters Faced

1. Bunning • PHI 1,216

2. Osteen • LAD 1,187

3. Perry • SFG 1,178

4. Chance • MIN 1,161

5. Jenkins • CHC 1,156

6. Drysdale • LAD 1,151

7. Lonborg • BOS 1,130

8. Kaat • MIN 1,100

9. Wilson • DET 1,083

10. Jackson • PHI 1,078

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. Abernathy • CIN 61

2. Rojas • CAL 53

3. Womack • NYY 48

4. Locker • CHW 47

Perranoski • LAD 47

6. Face • PIT 45

7. Worthington • MIN 44

Linzy • SFG 44

9. Wyatt • BOS 43

10. Aker • KCA 40

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Niekro • ATL 179

2. Bunning • PHI 149

3. Nolan • CIN 147

4. Horlen • CHW 146

5. Short • PHI 143

6. Siebert • CLE 139

7. Merritt • MIN 138

8. Queen • CIN 137

9. Peters • CHW 132

10. Perry • SFG 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. Singer • LAD 2.22

2. Gibson • STL 2.34

3. Carlton • STL 2.47

4. Bunning • PHI 2.49

5. Cuellar • HOU 2.51

6. Sadecki • SFG 2.54

7. Kaat • MIN 2.55

8. Chance • MIN 2.56

9. Nolan • CIN 2.64

10. Lolich • DET 2.65

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. Bunning • PHI 35

2. Horlen • CHW 30

3. Niekro • ATL 28

4. Nolan • CIN 27

5. Abernathy • CIN 26

6. Short • PHI 25

7. Perry • SFG 24

8. Jenkins • CHC 24

9. Merritt • MIN 23

10. Peters • CHW 20

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. Bunning • PHI 4.0

2. Horlen • CHW 3.5

3. Nolan • CIN 3.2

4. Niekro • ATL 3.1

5. Abernathy • CIN 2.9

6. Short • PHI 2.8

7. Merritt • MIN 2.7

Jenkins • CHC 2.7

Perry • SFG 2.7

10. Peters • CHW 2.3

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. Horlen • CHW 38.66

2. Bunning • PHI 34.58

3. Nolan • CIN 30.52

4. Jenkins • CHC 29.01

5. Perry • SFG 28.44

6. Short • PHI 28.38

7. Hughes • STL 24.55

8. Niekro • ATL 23.82

9. Peters • CHW 23.35

10. McCormick • SFG 23.01

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. Abernathy • CIN 4.7

2. Horlen • CHW 4.6

3. Nolan • CIN 4.5

4. Perry • SFG 4.1

5. Wilhelm • CHW 3.8

6. Bunning • PHI 3.5

7. Hughes • STL 3.2

8. Jenkins • CHC 3.2

9. Seaver • NYM 3.0

10. Downing • NYY 2.9

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. Horlen • CHW 4.7

2. Perry • SFG 3.4

3. Bunning • PHI 3.4

4. Jenkins • CHC 3.4

5. Hughes • STL 2.9

6. Nolan • CIN 2.7

7. Abernathy • CIN 2.7

8. Peters • CHW 2.7

9. Merritt • MIN 2.5

10. Watt • BAL 2.3

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. Horlen • CHW 13.4

2. Wilhelm • CHW 12.1

3. McMahon • 2TM 11.1

4. Lonborg • BOS 9.1

5. Lolich • DET 9.0

6. Kaat • MIN 8.9

7. Peters • CHW 8.0

8. Jenkins • CHC 5.2

9. John • CHW 5.1

10. Nolan • CIN 4.8

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. Horlen • CHW 4.8

2. Bunning • PHI 4.0

3. Nolan • CIN 3.3

4. Short • PHI 3.3

5. Perry • SFG 3.3

6. Jenkins • CHC 3.2

7. Hughes • STL 2.8

8. Peters • CHW 2.8

9. Niekro • ATL 2.7

10. McCormick • SFG 2.6

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