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1968 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. Gibson • STL 11.9

2. Yastrzemski • BOS 10.4

3. Robinson • BAL 8.4

4. Clemente • PIT 8.1

5. Tiant • CLE 7.9

6. McLain • DET 7.4

7. Seaver • NYM 7.0

8. McCovey • SFG 7.0

9. Freehan • DET 6.9

10. Aaron • ATL 6.8

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. Gibson • STL 11.2

2. Tiant • CLE 8.5

3. McLain • DET 7.4

4. Seaver • NYM 6.8

5. Bahnsen • NYY 6.4

6. Koosman • NYM 6.3

7. Chance • MIN 6.2

Jenkins • CHC 6.2

9. McNally • BAL 5.9

10. John • CHW 5.6

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. Gibson • STL 1.12

2. Tiant • CLE 1.60

3. McDowell • CLE 1.81

4. McNally • BAL 1.95

5. McLain • DET 1.96

6. John • CHW 1.98

7. Bolin • SFG 1.99

8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.05

9. Veale • PIT 2.05

10. Koosman • NYM 2.08

Wins

1. McLain • DET 31

2. Marichal • SFG 26

3. McNally • BAL 22

Gibson • STL 22

5. Stottlemyre • NYY 21

Tiant • CLE 21

7. Jenkins • CHC 20

8. Briles • STL 19

Koosman • NYM 19

Short • PHI 19

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. McLain • DET .838

2. Blass • PIT .750

3. Marichal • SFG .743

4. Culp • BOS .727

5. Gibson • STL .710

6. Regan • 2TM .706

Kline • PIT .706

8. Tiant • CLE .700

9. Ellsworth • BOS .696

10. McNally • BAL .688

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. McNally • BAL 0.842

2. Gibson • STL 0.853

3. Tiant • CLE 0.871

4. McLain • DET 0.905

5. Seaver • NYM 0.978

6. Chance • MIN 0.983

7. Jarvis • ATL 0.984

8. Bolin • SFG 0.985

9. Hands • CHC 0.994

10. Peterson • NYY 1.017

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Tiant • CLE 5.295

2. McNally • BAL 5.769

3. Gibson • STL 5.849

4. McDowell • CLE 6.056

5. Siebert • CLE 6.335

6. McLain • DET 6.455

7. Bolin • SFG 6.521

8. John • CHW 6.852

9. Veale • PIT 6.860

10. Chance • MIN 6.904

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Peterson • NYY 1.229

2. Hands • CHC 1.253

3. Marichal • SFG 1.271

4. Seaver • NYM 1.554

5. Pappas • 2TM 1.565

6. Niekro • ATL 1.578

7. McLain • DET 1.688

8. Ellsworth • BOS 1.699

9. Kaat • MIN 1.731

10. Jarvis • ATL 1.758

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. McDowell • CLE 9.468

2. Tiant • CLE 9.197

3. Lolich • DET 8.059

4. Singer • LAD 7.970

5. Gibson • STL 7.917

6. Culp • BOS 7.904

7. Maloney • CIN 7.870

8. Jenkins • CHC 7.597

9. Wilson • HOU 7.548

10. McLain • DET 7.500

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wood • CHW 88

2. Abernathy • CIN 78

3. Regan • 2TM 73

4. Wilhelm • CHW 72

5. Locker • CHW 70

6. Carroll • 2TM 68

7. Perranoski • MIN 66

8. Higgins • WSA 59

Watt • BAL 59

10. Taylor • NYM 58

Saves

1. Regan • 2TM 25

2. Worthington • MIN 18

3. Hoerner • STL 17

Carroll • 2TM 17

5. Wood • CHW 16

6. Brewer • LAD 15

7. Taylor • NYM 14

8. Higgins • WSA 13

Abernathy • CIN 13

Upshaw • ATL 13

Face • 2TM 13

Innings Pitched

1. McLain • DET 336.0

2. Marichal • SFG 325.2

3. Jenkins • CHC 308.0

4. Gibson • STL 304.2

5. Chance • MIN 292.0

6. Perry • SFG 290.2

7. Stottlemyre • NYY 278.2

8. Seaver • NYM 278.0

9. McNally • BAL 273.0

10. Short • PHI 269.2

Strikeouts

1. McDowell • CLE 283

2. McLain • DET 280

3. Gibson • STL 268

4. Tiant • CLE 264

5. Jenkins • CHC 260

6. Chance • MIN 234

7. Singer • LAD 227

8. Marichal • SFG 218

9. Sadecki • SFG 206

10. Seaver • NYM 205

Games Started

1. McLain • DET 41

2. Jenkins • CHC 40

3. Chance • MIN 39

4. Marichal • SFG 38

Perry • SFG 38

6. McDowell • CLE 37

7. Brunet • CAL 36

Phoebus • BAL 36

Stottlemyre • NYY 36

Osteen • LAD 36

Sadecki • SFG 36

Short • PHI 36

Singer • LAD 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Marichal • SFG 30

2. McLain • DET 28

Gibson • STL 28

4. Jenkins • CHC 20

5. Stottlemyre • NYY 19

Tiant • CLE 19

Perry • SFG 19

8. McNally • BAL 18

9. Koosman • NYM 17

10. Hardin • BAL 16

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Gibson • STL 13

2. Tiant • CLE 9

3. Drysdale • LAD 8

4. Koosman • NYM 7

Blass • PIT 7

6. Chance • MIN 6

Nash • OAK 6

Culp • BOS 6

Sadecki • SFG 6

McLain • DET 6

Singer • LAD 6

Stottlemyre • NYY 6

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. McLain • DET 31

2. Hunter • OAK 29

3. Hands • CHC 26

Jenkins • CHC 26

5. Short • PHI 25

6. McNally • BAL 24

7. Brunet • CAL 23

Lolich • DET 23

9. Ellis • CAL 22

10. Merritt • MIN 21

Stottlemyre • NYY 21

Marichal • SFG 21

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McDowell • CLE 110

2. Phoebus • BAL 105

3. Odom • OAK 98

4. Veale • PIT 94

5. Dierker • HOU 89

6. Siebert • CLE 88

7. Boswell • MIN 87

8. Culver • CIN 84

9. Culp • BOS 82

10. Hargan • CLE 81

Short • PHI 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Marichal • SFG 295

2. Osteen • LAD 267

3. Jenkins • CHC 255

4. Briles • STL 251

5. Stottlemyre • NYY 243

6. McLain • DET 241

7. Perry • SFG 240

8. Short • PHI 236

9. Lemaster • HOU 231

10. Culver • CIN 229

Jackson • PHI 229

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. Marichal • SFG 4.739

2. McLain • DET 4.444

3. Gibson • STL 4.323

4. Seaver • NYM 4.271

5. Hands • CHC 4.111

6. Jenkins • CHC 4.000

7. Peterson • NYY 3.966

8. Chance • MIN 3.714

9. Pappas • 2TM 3.688

10. McNally • BAL 3.673

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Sutton • LAD 0.260

2. Moose • PIT 0.264

3. Perry • SFG 0.310

4. Bell • BOS 0.316

5. Culver • CIN 0.319

6. Gibson • STL 0.325

7. Jackson • PHI 0.332

8. Odom • OAK 0.350

9. Phoebus • BAL 0.374

10. Washburn • STL 0.376

Losses

1. Osteen • LAD 18

Sadecki • SFG 18

3. Brunet • CAL 17

Jackson • PHI 17

Singer • LAD 17

6. Chance • MIN 16

Coleman • WSA 16

Merritt • MIN 16

Culver • CIN 16

Wilson • HOU 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wise • PHI 92

2. Jenkins • CHC 90

3. Giusti • HOU 89

4. Marichal • SFG 88

Short • PHI 88

6. Hunter • OAK 87

Osteen • LAD 87

8. Merritt • MIN 86

Dierker • HOU 86

10. Niekro • CHC 85

Wild Pitches

1. Dierker • HOU 20

2. Bertaina • WSA 17

Odom • OAK 17

4. Niekro • ATL 16

5. Clark • CAL 13

6. Chance • MIN 12

Maloney • CIN 12

Singer • LAD 12

9. Giusti • HOU 11

10. Brunet • CAL 10

Dobson • OAK 10

Phoebus • BAL 10

Arrigo • CIN 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Horlen • CHW 14

Culver • CIN 14

3. Coleman • WSA 12

John • CHW 12

Drysdale • LAD 12

6. Lolich • DET 11

Lonborg • BOS 11

8. Carlos • CHW 10

Chance • MIN 10

Hardin • BAL 10

McDowell • CLE 10

McNally • BAL 10

Williams • CLE 10

Cardwell • NYM 10

Batters Faced

1. Marichal • SFG 1,307

2. McLain • DET 1,288

3. Jenkins • CHC 1,231

4. Chance • MIN 1,161

Gibson • STL 1,161

6. Perry • SFG 1,159

7. Stottlemyre • NYY 1,123

8. Short • PHI 1,103

9. McDowell • CLE 1,098

10. Seaver • NYM 1,088

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. Regan • 2TM 62

2. Abernathy • CIN 53

3. Wood • CHW 46

4. Linzy • SFG 45

5. Taylor • NYM 44

Carroll • 2TM 44

7. Perranoski • MIN 41

8. Watt • BAL 39

Wilhelm • CHW 39

Brewer • LAD 39

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Gibson • STL 258

2. Tiant • CLE 186

3. McDowell • CLE 165

4. John • CHW 161

5. McLain • DET 154

6. Bolin • SFG 151

7. McNally • BAL 150

8. Koosman • NYM 145

9. Veale • PIT 141

10. Bahnsen • NYY 140

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. Gibson • STL 1.77

2. Tiant • CLE 2.04

3. Moose • PIT 2.06

4. Sutton • LAD 2.08

5. Chance • MIN 2.20

6. Seaver • NYM 2.22

7. Cuellar • HOU 2.24

8. McDowell • CLE 2.25

9. Perry • SFG 2.29

10. Singer • LAD 2.30

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. Gibson • STL 60

2. Tiant • CLE 40

3. McLain • DET 38

4. McNally • BAL 31

5. McDowell • CLE 28

6. Seaver • NYM 27

7. Koosman • NYM 26

8. Bahnsen • NYY 24

9. Veale • PIT 23

10. John • CHW 22

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. Gibson • STL 7.9

2. Tiant • CLE 5.0

3. McLain • DET 4.7

4. McNally • BAL 3.8

5. McDowell • CLE 3.4

6. Seaver • NYM 3.3

7. Koosman • NYM 3.2

8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.9

9. John • CHW 2.8

10. Veale • PIT 2.7

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. Gibson • STL 65.80

2. Tiant • CLE 45.27

3. McLain • DET 43.73

4. McNally • BAL 35.56

5. Seaver • NYM 29.80

6. Koosman • NYM 28.83

7. Jenkins • CHC 25.56

8. Wood • CHW 24.69

9. Bahnsen • NYY 23.48

10. McDowell • CLE 23.46

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. Gibson • STL 8.0

2. Tiant • CLE 6.4

3. McLain • DET 5.2

4. Seaver • NYM 5.1

5. Bahnsen • NYY 4.2

6. Drysdale • LAD 4.1

7. McNally • BAL 4.0

8. Koosman • NYM 4.0

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 3.8

10. McDowell • CLE 3.6

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. Gibson • STL 7.2

2. Tiant • CLE 5.2

3. McLain • DET 4.0

4. McNally • BAL 3.7

5. Chance • MIN 3.6

6. Seaver • NYM 3.6

7. Perry • SFG 3.5

8. Jenkins • CHC 3.2

9. Bolin • SFG 2.8

10. Drysdale • LAD 2.6

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. Gibson • STL 15.4

2. McLain • DET 12.2

3. Tiant • CLE 7.6

4. McNally • BAL 5.7

5. Willis • STL 4.3

6. Marichal • SFG 4.1

7. Lolich • DET 3.8

8. Briles • STL 3.8

9. Drysdale • LAD 3.7

10. Hardin • BAL 3.6

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. Gibson • STL 9.1

2. Tiant • CLE 5.8

3. McLain • DET 5.4

4. McNally • BAL 4.5

5. Seaver • NYM 3.6

6. Koosman • NYM 3.5

7. Jenkins • CHC 3.0

8. Bahnsen • NYY 2.9

9. Veale • PIT 2.9

10. McDowell • CLE 2.8

Drysdale • LAD 2.8

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