1972 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. Carlton • PHI 12.5

2. Perry • CLE 11.0

3. Wood • CHW 10.3

4. Morgan • CIN 9.3

5. Allen • CHW 8.6

Bench • CIN 8.6

7. Murcer • NYY 8.2

8. Cedeño • HOU 8.0

9. Gibson • STL 7.8

10. Fisk • BOS 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. Carlton • PHI 12.1

2. Perry • CLE 10.8

3. Wood • CHW 10.7

4. Lolich • DET 7.4

5. Gibson • STL 7.1

6. Sutton • LAD 6.6

7. Tiant • BOS 6.5

8. Ryan • CAL 6.2

9. Matlack • NYM 6.1

10. Jenkins • CHC 5.8

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. Tiant • BOS 1.91

2. Perry • CLE 1.92

3. Carlton • PHI 1.97

4. Nolan • CIN 1.99

5. Hunter • OAK 2.04

6. Palmer • BAL 2.07

7. Nelson • KCR 2.08

8. Sutton • LAD 2.08

9. Paul • TEX 2.17

10. Ryan • CAL 2.28

Wins

1. Carlton • PHI 27

2. Perry • CLE 24

Wood • CHW 24

4. Lolich • DET 22

5. Bahnsen • CHW 21

Hunter • OAK 21

Palmer • BAL 21

Seaver • NYM 21

9. Jenkins • CHC 20

Osteen • LAD 20

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. Hunter • OAK .750

Nolan • CIN .750

3. Carlton • PHI .730

4. Odom • OAK .714

Tiant • BOS .714

6. Pappas • CHC .708

7. Blass • PIT .704

8. John • LAD .688

9. Ellis • PIT .682

10. Sutton • LAD .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Nelson • KCR 0.871

2. Sutton • LAD 0.913

3. Hunter • OAK 0.914

4. Perry • CLE 0.978

5. Carlton • PHI 0.993

6. Nolan • CIN 1.006

7. Palmer • BAL 1.053

8. Wood • CHW 1.059

9. McAndrew • NYM 1.064

10. Holtzman • OAK 1.070

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 5.261

2. Hunter • OAK 6.095

3. Sutton • LAD 6.139

4. Nelson • KCR 6.231

5. Tiant • BOS 6.436

6. Messersmith • CAL 6.631

7. Perry • CLE 6.645

8. Carlton • PHI 6.679

9. Woodson • MIN 6.902

10. Coleman • DET 6.943

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Pappas • CHC 1.338

2. Nolan • CIN 1.534

3. Peterson • NYY 1.582

4. Nelson • KCR 1.610

5. Kline • NYY 1.676

6. Niekro • ATL 1.689

7. Holtzman • OAK 1.764

8. Wood • CHW 1.768

9. Ellis • PIT 1.818

10. Moose • PIT 1.872

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 10.426

2. Seaver • NYM 8.553

3. Reuss • HOU 8.156

4. Koosman • NYM 8.117

5. Carlton • PHI 8.056

6. Messersmith • CAL 7.532

7. May • CAL 7.407

8. Bradley • CHW 7.235

9. Blyleven • MIN 7.142

10. Coleman • DET 7.136

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lindblad • TEX 66

2. Fingers • OAK 65

Carroll • CIN 65

Marshall • MON 65

5. Granger • MIN 63

6. Forster • CHW 62

LaRoche • MIN 62

Sanders • MIL 62

Borbón • CIN 62

10. Seelbach • DET 61

Saves

1. Carroll • CIN 37

2. Lyle • NYY 35

3. Forster • CHW 29

4. McGraw • NYM 27

5. Giusti • PIT 22

6. Fingers • OAK 21

7. Granger • MIN 19

8. Marshall • MON 18

9. Sanders • MIL 17

Brewer • LAD 17

Aker • 2TM 17

Innings Pitched

1. Wood • CHW 376.2

2. Carlton • PHI 346.1

3. Perry • CLE 342.2

4. Lolich • DET 327.1

5. Hunter • OAK 295.1

6. Jenkins • CHC 289.1

7. Blyleven • MIN 287.1

8. Ryan • CAL 284.0

9. Niekro • ATL 282.1

10. Coleman • DET 280.0

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • CAL 329

2. Carlton • PHI 310

3. Lolich • DET 250

4. Seaver • NYM 249

5. Perry • CLE 234

6. Blyleven • MIN 228

7. Coleman • DET 222

8. Bradley • CHW 209

9. Gibson • STL 208

10. Sutton • LAD 207

Games Started

1. Wood • CHW 49

2. Bahnsen • CHW 41

Lolich • DET 41

Carlton • PHI 41

5. Bradley • CHW 40

Perry • CLE 40

7. Coleman • DET 39

Ryan • CAL 39

9. Blyleven • MIN 38

10. Holtzman • OAK 37

Hunter • OAK 37

Arlin • SDP 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Carlton • PHI 30

2. Perry • CLE 29

3. Lolich • DET 23

Gibson • STL 23

Jenkins • CHC 23

6. Ryan • CAL 20

Wood • CHW 20

Wise • STL 20

9. Palmer • BAL 18

Sutton • LAD 18

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Ryan • CAL 9

Sutton • LAD 9

3. Wood • CHW 8

Carlton • PHI 8

5. Stottlemyre • NYY 7

6. McNally • BAL 6

Nelson • KCR 6

Tiant • BOS 6

Norman • SDP 6

10. Hunter • OAK 5

Perry • CLE 5

Dierker • HOU 5

Jenkins • CHC 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Jenkins • CHC 32

2. Lolich • DET 29

3. Wood • CHW 28

4. Parsons • MIL 27

5. Coleman • DET 23

Holtzman • OAK 23

Seaver • NYM 23

8. Bahnsen • CHW 22

Blyleven • MIN 22

Drago • KCR 22

Niekro • ATL 22

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • CAL 157

2. Arlin • SDP 122

3. Kirby • SDP 116

4. Coleman • DET 110

5. Hand • TEX 103

Torrez • MON 103

7. Stoneman • MON 102

8. Woodson • MIN 101

9. Gibson • STL 88

Norman • SDP 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wood • CHW 325

2. Lolich • DET 282

3. Peterson • NYY 270

4. Bahnsen • CHW 263

5. Carlton • PHI 257

6. Niekro • ATL 254

7. Perry • CLE 253

Jenkins • CHC 253

9. Stottlemyre • NYY 250

Wise • STL 250

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. Nelson • KCR 3.871

2. Carlton • PHI 3.563

3. Lolich • DET 3.378

4. Blyleven • MIN 3.304

5. Sutton • LAD 3.286

6. Seaver • NYM 3.234

7. Bradley • CHW 3.215

8. Niekro • ATL 3.094

9. Moose • PIT 3.064

10. Nolan • CIN 3.000

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Paul • TEX 0.223

2. Messersmith • CAL 0.265

3. Ellis • PIT 0.331

4. Tiant • BOS 0.352

5. Kline • NYY 0.419

6. Singer • LAD 0.425

7. Sutton • LAD 0.429

8. Dobson • BAL 0.436

9. Moose • PIT 0.438

10. Carlton • PHI 0.442

Losses

1. Arlin • SDP 21

2. Dobson • BAL 18

Stottlemyre • NYY 18

4. Blyleven • MIN 17

Drago • KCR 17

McNally • BAL 17

Wood • CHW 17

8. Bahnsen • CHW 16

Perry • CLE 16

Perry • MIN 16

Ryan • CAL 16

Greif • SDP 16

Marichal • SFG 16

Singer • LAD 16

Wise • STL 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Wood • CHW 105

2. Jenkins • CHC 103

3. Bahnsen • CHW 101

Cleveland • STL 101

5. Arlin • SDP 100

6. Niekro • ATL 96

Roberts • HOU 96

8. Parsons • MIL 93

Stottlemyre • NYY 93

Reed • ATL 93

Wise • STL 93

Wild Pitches

1. Ryan • CAL 18

2. Arlin • SDP 15

3. Broberg • TEX 14

4. Norman • SDP 13

5. Perry • CLE 11

Wood • CHW 11

McDowell • SFG 11

Reed • ATL 11

Wilson • HOU 11

10. Gibson • STL 10

John • LAD 10

Niekro • ATL 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Broberg • TEX 13

2. Perry • CLE 12

3. Lolich • DET 11

Lonborg • MIL 11

5. Blyleven • MIN 10

Kline • NYY 10

Ryan • CAL 10

Reuss • HOU 10

9. Coleman • DET 9

Pattin • BOS 9

Arlin • SDP 9

Kison • PIT 9

Fryman • 2TM 9

Batters Faced

1. Wood • CHW 1,490

2. Carlton • PHI 1,351

3. Perry • CLE 1,345

4. Lolich • DET 1,321

5. Jenkins • CHC 1,176

6. Blyleven • MIN 1,158

7. Ryan • CAL 1,154

8. Niekro • ATL 1,150

9. Hunter • OAK 1,148

10. Coleman • DET 1,145

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. Lyle • NYY 56

Marshall • MON 56

3. Carroll • CIN 54

4. Sanders • MIL 51

5. McGraw • NYM 47

6. Forster • CHW 45

7. Giusti • PIT 44

8. LaRoche • MIN 43

Aker • 2TM 43

10. Fingers • OAK 41

Brewer • LAD 41

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Carlton • PHI 182

2. Tiant • BOS 169

3. Perry • CLE 168

4. Nolan • CIN 162

5. Sutton • LAD 162

6. Palmer • BAL 149

7. Nelson • KCR 145

8. Matlack • NYM 145

9. Hunter • OAK 140

10. Gibson • STL 139

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. Carlton • PHI 2.01

2. Sutton • LAD 2.24

3. Messersmith • CAL 2.35

4. Ellis • PIT 2.36

5. Paul • TEX 2.39

6. Moose • PIT 2.43

7. Ryan • CAL 2.49

8. Perry • CLE 2.50

9. Bradley • CHW 2.51

10. Gibson • STL 2.54

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. Carlton • PHI 61

2. Perry • CLE 49

3. Sutton • LAD 37

4. Gibson • STL 31

5. Palmer • BAL 30

6. Hunter • OAK 30

7. Wood • CHW 27

8. Matlack • NYM 25

9. Lolich • DET 25

10. Tiant • BOS 24

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. Carlton • PHI 7.3

2. Perry • CLE 6.1

3. Sutton • LAD 4.3

4. Palmer • BAL 3.6

5. Hunter • OAK 3.6

6. Gibson • STL 3.6

7. Wood • CHW 3.2

8. Lolich • DET 3.0

9. Tiant • BOS 2.9

10. Matlack • NYM 2.9

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. Carlton • PHI 65.45

2. Perry • CLE 55.98

3. Sutton • LAD 38.28

4. Gibson • STL 37.32

5. Palmer • BAL 35.75

6. Hunter • OAK 34.26

7. Wood • CHW 28.47

8. Lolich • DET 28.24

9. Nelson • KCR 27.94

10. Matlack • NYM 27.58

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. Carlton • PHI 8.3

2. Perry • CLE 7.1

3. McGraw • NYM 6.5

4. Gibson • STL 5.2

5. Carroll • CIN 4.8

6. Sutton • LAD 4.7

7. Nelson • KCR 4.5

8. Lyle • NYY 4.4

9. Lolich • DET 3.9

10. Hunter • OAK 3.8

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. Carlton • PHI 7.1

2. Sutton • LAD 5.5

3. Perry • CLE 4.8

4. Gibson • STL 4.1

5. Hunter • OAK 3.8

6. Palmer • BAL 2.8

7. Ryan • CAL 2.7

8. Nelson • KCR 2.6

9. Tiant • BOS 2.5

10. Niekro • ATL 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. Lolich • DET 9.2

2. Tiant • BOS 5.5

3. Palmer • BAL 5.3

4. Hunter • OAK 5.2

5. Fryman • 2TM 5.2

6. Carroll • CIN 4.8

7. Matlack • NYM 4.5

8. McGraw • NYM 4.2

9. Lyle • NYY 3.9

10. Odom • OAK 3.7

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. Carlton • PHI 7.7

2. Perry • CLE 6.9

3. Sutton • LAD 4.5

4. Palmer • BAL 4.4

5. Hunter • OAK 4.4

Gibson • STL 4.4

7. Nelson • KCR 3.4

8. Wood • CHW 3.3

Lolich • DET 3.3

10. Nolan • CIN 3.3

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