1974 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. Schmidt • PHI 9.7

2. Matlack • NYM 8.7

3. Morgan • CIN 8.6

4. Perry • CLE 8.5

5. Niekro • ATL 8.0

6. Blyleven • MIN 7.8

7. Bench • CIN 7.8

8. Jenkins • TEX 7.8

9. Tiant • BOS 7.7

10. Wynn • LAD 7.7

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. Matlack • NYM 9.1

2. Perry • CLE 8.5

3. Niekro • ATL 7.9

4. Blyleven • MIN 7.8

5. Tiant • BOS 7.7

6. Jenkins • TEX 7.7

7. Kaat • CHW 7.1

8. Hunter • OAK 6.9

9. Busby • KCR 6.5

10. Barr • SFG 6.3

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. Capra • ATL 2.28

2. Niekro • ATL 2.38

3. Matlack • NYM 2.41

4. Marshall • LAD 2.42

5. Hunter • OAK 2.49

6. Perry • CLE 2.51

7. Messersmith • LAD 2.59

8. Hassler • CAL 2.61

9. Blyleven • MIN 2.66

10. McGlothen • STL 2.69

Wins

1. Hunter • OAK 25

Jenkins • TEX 25

3. Busby • KCR 22

Cuellar • BAL 22

Ryan • CAL 22

Tiant • BOS 22

7. Kaat • CHW 21

Perry • CLE 21

9. Wood • CHW 20

Messersmith • LAD 20

Niekro • ATL 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. John • LAD .813

2. Messersmith • LAD .769

3. Caldwell • SFG .737

4. Carroll • CIN .706

5. Cuellar • BAL .688

6. Fitzmorris • KCR .684

7. Sutton • LAD .679

8. Hunter • OAK .676

Jenkins • TEX .676

10. Capra • ATL .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Hunter • OAK 0.986

2. Jenkins • TEX 1.008

3. Perry • CLE 1.021

4. Messersmith • LAD 1.098

5. Niekro • ATL 1.115

6. Matlack • NYM 1.119

7. Barr • SFG 1.127

8. Capra • ATL 1.138

9. Reed • ATL 1.140

10. Blyleven • MIN 1.142

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 5.979

2. Perry • CLE 6.422

3. Capra • ATL 6.760

4. Dal Canton • KCR 6.930

5. Messersmith • LAD 6.989

6. Hassler • CAL 7.333

7. Niekro • ATL 7.412

8. Gullett • CIN 7.444

9. Wilson • HOU 7.476

10. Matlack • NYM 7.496

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Jenkins • TEX 1.234

2. Hunter • OAK 1.301

3. Barr • SFG 1.765

4. Holtzman • OAK 1.798

5. Reed • ATL 1.984

6. Kaat • CHW 2.044

7. Ellis • PIT 2.089

8. Wright • MIL 2.095

9. Lee • BOS 2.136

10. Lonborg • PHI 2.226

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 9.929

2. Blyleven • MIN 7.975

3. Seaver • NYM 7.665

4. Carlton • PHI 7.423

5. Bonham • CHC 7.084

6. D'Acquisto • SFG 6.991

7. Norman • CIN 6.810

8. Messersmith • LAD 6.804

9. Gullett • CIN 6.778

10. Matlack • NYM 6.614

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Marshall • LAD 106

2. Fingers • OAK 76

Hardy • SDP 76

4. Borbón • CIN 73

5. Murphy • MIL 70

Forsch • HOU 70

7. Foucault • TEX 69

8. Sosa • SFG 68

9. Lyle • NYY 66

10. Hrabosky • STL 65

Saves

1. Forster • CHW 24

2. Marshall • LAD 21

3. Murphy • MIL 20

4. Campbell • MIN 19

5. Fingers • OAK 18

Buskey • 2TM 18

7. Lyle • NYY 15

Moffitt • SFG 15

9. Borbón • CIN 14

10. Hiller • DET 13

Innings Pitched

1. Ryan • CAL 332.2

2. Jenkins • TEX 328.1

3. Perry • CLE 322.1

4. Wood • CHW 320.1

5. Hunter • OAK 318.1

6. Tiant • BOS 311.1

7. Lolich • DET 308.0

8. Niekro • ATL 302.1

9. Grimsley • BAL 295.2

10. Busby • KCR 292.1

Messersmith • LAD 292.1

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • CAL 367

2. Blyleven • MIN 249

3. Carlton • PHI 240

4. Jenkins • TEX 225

5. Messersmith • LAD 221

6. Perry • CLE 216

7. Lolich • DET 202

8. Seaver • NYM 201

9. Busby • KCR 198

10. Matlack • NYM 195

Niekro • ATL 195

Games Started

1. Wood • CHW 42

2. Bibby • TEX 41

Coleman • DET 41

Hunter • OAK 41

Jenkins • TEX 41

Lolich • DET 41

Ryan • CAL 41

8. Blue • OAK 40

Sutton • LAD 40

10. Dobson • NYY 39

Grimsley • BAL 39

Kaat • CHW 39

Carlton • PHI 39

Lonborg • PHI 39

Messersmith • LAD 39

Niekro • ATL 39

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Jenkins • TEX 29

2. Perry • CLE 28

3. Lolich • DET 27

4. Ryan • CAL 26

5. Tiant • BOS 25

6. Hunter • OAK 23

7. Wood • CHW 22

8. Busby • KCR 20

Cuellar • BAL 20

10. Blyleven • MIN 19

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Matlack • NYM 7

Tiant • BOS 7

3. Niekro • ATL 6

Hunter • OAK 6

Jenkins • TEX 6

6. Capra • ATL 5

Seaver • NYM 5

Cuellar • BAL 5

Sutton • LAD 5

Barr • SFG 5

Bibby • TEX 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lolich • DET 38

2. Coleman • DET 30

3. Colborn • MIL 27

Jenkins • TEX 27

Tanana • CAL 27

Wood • CHW 27

7. Grimsley • BAL 26

8. Bibby • TEX 25

Cleveland • BOS 25

Hunter • OAK 25

Lee • BOS 25

Perry • CLE 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • CAL 202

2. Coleman • DET 158

3. Carlton • PHI 136

4. D'Acquisto • SFG 124

5. Ruthven • PHI 116

6. Bibby • TEX 113

7. Freisleben • SDP 112

8. Bahnsen • CHW 110

9. Bonham • CHC 109

10. Gibson • STL 104

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lee • BOS 320

2. Lolich • DET 310

3. Wood • CHW 305

4. Morton • ATL 293

5. Jenkins • TEX 286

6. Busby • KCR 284

7. Dobson • NYY 282

8. Tiant • BOS 281

9. Lonborg • PHI 280

10. Medich • NYY 275

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. Jenkins • TEX 5.000

2. Blyleven • MIN 3.234

3. Hunter • OAK 3.109

4. Seaver • NYM 2.680

5. Lolich • DET 2.590

6. Matlack • NYM 2.566

7. Marshall • LAD 2.554

8. Messersmith • LAD 2.351

9. Tanana • CAL 2.338

10. Holtzman • OAK 2.294

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Dal Canton • KCR 0.257

2. Roberts • HOU 0.265

3. Matlack • NYM 0.271

4. Morton • ATL 0.328

5. Rooker • PIT 0.377

6. Fitzmorris • KCR 0.379

7. Marshall • LAD 0.389

8. Perry • CLE 0.393

9. Brett • PIT 0.424

10. Busby • KCR 0.431

Losses

1. Bonham • CHC 22

Jones • SDP 22

Rogers • MON 22

4. Lolich • DET 21

5. Wright • MIL 20

6. Bibby • TEX 19

LaGrow • DET 19

Splittorff • KCR 19

Tanana • CAL 19

Wood • CHW 19

Greif • SDP 19

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lolich • DET 142

2. Bibby • TEX 139

3. Coleman • DET 137

4. Wood • CHW 128

5. Rogers • MON 126

6. Greif • SDP 117

7. Reuschel • CHC 115

8. Wright • MIL 114

9. Bahnsen • CHW 113

10. LaGrow • DET 112

Medich • NYY 112

Wild Pitches

1. Renko • MON 19

2. Dal Canton • KCR 16

3. Kirby • CIN 15

4. Slaton • MIL 14

5. Coleman • DET 13

Bonham • CHC 13

7. LaGrow • DET 12

Seguí • BOS 12

Freisleben • SDP 12

10. Bibby • TEX 11

Carlton • PHI 11

Griffin • HOU 11

Schueler • PHI 11

Arlin • 2TM 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Greif • SDP 14

2. Coleman • DET 12

3. Kison • PIT 11

4. Bibby • TEX 9

Blyleven • MIN 9

Busby • KCR 9

Cleveland • BOS 9

Hassler • CAL 9

Ryan • CAL 9

Wood • CHW 9

Batters Faced

1. Ryan • CAL 1,392

2. Wood • CHW 1,316

3. Jenkins • TEX 1,305

4. Tiant • BOS 1,266

5. Lolich • DET 1,263

6. Coleman • DET 1,262

Perry • CLE 1,262

8. Hunter • OAK 1,240

9. Carlton • PHI 1,227

10. Busby • KCR 1,220

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. Marshall • LAD 83

2. Murphy • MIL 66

3. Fingers • OAK 60

4. Lyle • NYY 59

5. Campbell • MIN 55

6. Foucault • TEX 53

7. Hiller • DET 52

8. Forster • CHW 49

9. Moffitt • SFG 47

10. Seguí • BOS 46

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Capra • ATL 166

2. Niekro • ATL 159

3. Matlack • NYM 149

4. Perry • CLE 144

5. Blyleven • MIN 142

6. Marshall • LAD 141

7. Barr • SFG 139

8. Fitzmorris • KCR 136

9. Hunter • OAK 134

10. McGlothen • STL 134

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. Blyleven • MIN 2.37

2. Matlack • NYM 2.42

3. Marshall • LAD 2.59

4. Jenkins • TEX 2.76

5. Busby • KCR 2.88

6. Seaver • NYM 2.91

7. Ryan • CAL 2.98

8. Koosman • NYM 2.99

9. Holtzman • OAK 3.01

10. Brett • PIT 3.03

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. Niekro • ATL 45

2. Perry • CLE 42

3. Matlack • NYM 35

4. Tiant • BOS 35

5. Hunter • OAK 34

6. Capra • ATL 33

7. Blyleven • MIN 32

8. Messersmith • LAD 30

9. Barr • SFG 28

10. Jenkins • TEX 27

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. Niekro • ATL 5.1

2. Perry • CLE 4.7

3. Matlack • NYM 3.9

4. Tiant • BOS 3.9

5. Hunter • OAK 3.8

6. Capra • ATL 3.6

7. Blyleven • MIN 3.5

8. Messersmith • LAD 3.3

9. Barr • SFG 3.1

10. Jenkins • TEX 3.0

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. Perry • CLE 48.65

2. Niekro • ATL 46.35

3. Hunter • OAK 44.08

4. Tiant • BOS 43.29

5. Matlack • NYM 41.03

6. Messersmith • LAD 38.20

7. Blyleven • MIN 35.42

8. Capra • ATL 34.82

9. Barr • SFG 32.58

10. Jenkins • TEX 32.42

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. Tiant • BOS 5.8

2. Jenkins • TEX 5.5

3. Murphy • MIL 4.4

4. Messersmith • LAD 4.2

5. Cuellar • BAL 3.8

6. Blyleven • MIN 3.7

7. McGlothen • STL 3.7

8. Perry • CLE 3.7

9. Kaat • CHW 3.6

10. House • ATL 3.1

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. Hunter • OAK 4.7

2. Perry • CLE 4.5

3. Jenkins • TEX 4.3

4. Messersmith • LAD 4.3

5. Tiant • BOS 4.3

6. Matlack • NYM 4.3

7. Niekro • ATL 4.0

8. Blyleven • MIN 3.6

9. Ryan • CAL 3.2

10. Barr • SFG 3.2

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. Tiant • BOS 9.5

2. Giusti • PIT 9.3

3. Lyle • NYY 8.0

4. Rooker • PIT 8.0

5. Cuellar • BAL 7.3

6. McGlothen • STL 6.1

7. Sutton • LAD 6.0

8. Grimsley • BAL 5.5

9. Palmer • BAL 5.5

10. Reynolds • BAL 5.3

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. Perry • CLE 5.6

2. Hunter • OAK 5.2

3. Niekro • ATL 5.1

4. Tiant • BOS 4.7

5. Matlack • NYM 4.6

6. Messersmith • LAD 4.4

7. Blyleven • MIN 3.9

8. Capra • ATL 3.8

9. Jenkins • TEX 3.6

10. McGlothen • STL 3.5

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