1976 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. Morgan • CIN 9.6

2. Fidrych • DET 9.6

3. Nettles • NYY 8.0

4. Schmidt • PHI 8.0

5. Blue • OAK 7.6

6. Brett • KCR 7.5

7. Tanana • CAL 7.5

8. Rose • CIN 7.0

9. Niekro • ATL 6.9

10. Carew • MIN 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. Fidrych • DET 9.6

2. Blue • OAK 7.6

3. Tanana • CAL 7.5

4. Montefusco • SFG 6.9

5. Niekro • ATL 6.7

6. Blyleven • 2TM 6.5

7. Palmer • BAL 6.5

8. Tiant • BOS 6.3

9. Perry • TEX 5.8

10. Barr • SFG 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. Fidrych • DET 2.34

2. Blue • OAK 2.35

3. Tanana • CAL 2.43

4. Torrez • OAK 2.50

5. Palmer • BAL 2.51

6. Denny • STL 2.52

7. Rau • LAD 2.57

8. Seaver • NYM 2.59

9. Garland • BAL 2.67

10. Koosman • NYM 2.69

Wins

1. Palmer • BAL 22

Jones • SDP 22

3. Tiant • BOS 21

Koosman • NYM 21

Sutton • LAD 21

6. Garland • BAL 20

Carlton • PHI 20

Richard • HOU 20

9. Fidrych • DET 19

Figueroa • NYY 19

Tanana • CAL 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. Campbell • MIN .773

2. Garland • BAL .741

Carlton • PHI .741

4. Candelaria • PIT .696

5. Eastwick • CIN .688

6. Ellis • NYY .680

7. Fidrych • DET .679

8. Koosman • NYM .677

Sutton • LAD .677

10. Zachry • CIN .667

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Tanana • CAL 0.988

2. Jones • SDP 1.027

3. Candelaria • PIT 1.059

4. Seaver • NYM 1.063

5. Palmer • BAL 1.076

6. Fidrych • DET 1.079

7. Nolan • CIN 1.082

8. Koosman • NYM 1.096

9. Blue • OAK 1.109

10. Matlack • NYM 1.118

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 6.109

2. Tanana • CAL 6.617

3. Richard • HOU 6.835

4. Eckersley • CLE 6.998

5. Seaver • NYM 7.007

6. Candelaria • PIT 7.077

7. Messersmith • ATL 7.206

8. Palmer • BAL 7.286

9. Falcone • STL 7.344

10. Koosman • NYM 7.460

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Nolan • CIN 1.015

2. Kaat • PHI 1.265

3. Bird • KCR 1.411

4. Jones • SDP 1.427

5. Jenkins • BOS 1.852

6. Perry • TEX 1.870

7. Blue • OAK 1.901

8. Fidrych • DET 1.905

9. Wise • BOS 1.926

10. Matlack • NYM 1.958

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • CAL 10.351

2. Eckersley • CLE 9.030

3. Tanana • CAL 8.147

4. Seaver • NYM 7.804

5. Koosman • NYM 7.278

6. Carlton • PHI 6.946

7. Blyleven • 2TM 6.622

8. Richard • HOU 6.619

9. Zachry • CIN 6.309

10. Norman • CIN 6.288

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Murray • MON 81

2. Campbell • MIN 78

3. Hough • LAD 77

Metzger • SDP 77

5. Eastwick • CIN 71

6. Fingers • OAK 70

7. Borbón • CIN 69

8. Hrabosky • STL 68

9. Lindblad • OAK 65

Lavelle • SFG 65

Saves

1. Eastwick • CIN 26

2. Lyle • NYY 23

3. LaRoche • CLE 21

4. Campbell • MIN 20

Fingers • OAK 20

6. Forsch • HOU 19

Lockwood • NYM 19

8. Hough • LAD 18

9. Littell • KCR 16

Metzger • SDP 16

Innings Pitched

1. Jones • SDP 315.1

2. Palmer • BAL 315.0

3. Hunter • NYY 298.2

4. Blue • OAK 298.1

5. Blyleven • 2TM 297.2

6. Slaton • MIL 292.2

7. Richard • HOU 291.0

8. Tanana • CAL 288.1

9. Ryan • CAL 284.1

10. Tiant • BOS 279.0

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • CAL 327

2. Tanana • CAL 261

3. Seaver • NYM 235

4. Blyleven • 2TM 219

5. Richard • HOU 214

6. Eckersley • CLE 200

Koosman • NYM 200

8. Carlton • PHI 195

9. Hunter • NYY 173

Niekro • ATL 173

Games Started

1. Palmer • BAL 40

Jones • SDP 40

3. Ryan • CAL 39

Torrez • OAK 39

Richard • HOU 39

6. Slaton • MIL 38

Tiant • BOS 38

8. Blue • OAK 37

Barr • SFG 37

Niekro • ATL 37

Reuschel • CHC 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Jones • SDP 25

2. Fidrych • DET 24

3. Palmer • BAL 23

Tanana • CAL 23

5. Hunter • NYY 21

Perry • TEX 21

Ryan • CAL 21

8. Blue • OAK 20

9. Tiant • BOS 19

10. Roberts • DET 18

Blyleven • 2TM 18

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Ryan • CAL 7

2. Blue • OAK 6

Palmer • BAL 6

Matlack • NYM 6

Montefusco • SFG 6

Blyleven • 2TM 6

7. Jones • SDP 5

Seaver • NYM 5

9. Fidrych • DET 4

Figueroa • NYY 4

Garland • BAL 4

Goltz • MIN 4

Roberts • DET 4

Torrez • OAK 4

Wise • BOS 4

Andújar • HOU 4

Burris • CHC 4

Candelaria • PIT 4

Dierker • HOU 4

Halicki • SFG 4

Hooton • LAD 4

McGlothen • STL 4

Rogers • MON 4

Ruthven • ATL 4

Sutton • LAD 4

Singer • 2TM 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Hunter • NYY 28

Nolan • CIN 28

3. Tiant • BOS 25

4. Tanana • CAL 24

5. Burris • CHC 22

Candelaria • PIT 22

Sutton • LAD 22

8. Travers • MIL 21

Kaat • PHI 21

10. Colborn • MIL 20

Jenkins • BOS 20

Palmer • BAL 20

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • CAL 183

2. Richard • HOU 151

3. D'Acquisto • SFG 102

4. Niekro • ATL 101

5. Bonham • CHC 96

Singer • 2TM 96

7. Travers • MIL 95

8. Figueroa • NYY 94

Slaton • MIL 94

10. Falcone • STL 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Slaton • MIL 287

2. Blyleven • 2TM 283

3. Tiant • BOS 274

Jones • SDP 274

5. Blue • OAK 268

Hunter • NYY 268

7. Holtzman • 2TM 265

8. Barr • SFG 260

Reuschel • CHC 260

10. Palmer • BAL 255

Ruthven • ATL 255

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. Nolan • CIN 4.185

2. Tanana • CAL 3.575

3. Bird • KCR 3.452

4. Jenkins • BOS 3.302

5. Seaver • NYM 3.052

6. Koosman • NYM 3.030

7. Perry • TEX 2.750

8. Carlton • PHI 2.708

9. Blyleven • 2TM 2.704

10. Matlack • NYM 2.684

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Cleveland • BOS 0.159

2. Brett • 2TM 0.222

3. Fitzmorris • KCR 0.245

4. Blue • OAK 0.272

5. John • LAD 0.304

6. Barr • SFG 0.321

7. Hartzell • CAL 0.325

8. Bibby • CLE 0.331

9. Stanhouse • MON 0.342

10. Zachry • CIN 0.353

Losses

1. Ryan • CAL 18

2. Gossage • CHW 17

Roberts • DET 17

Rogers • MON 17

Ruthven • ATL 17

6. Johnson • CHW 16

Ross • CAL 16

Travers • MIL 16

Falcone • STL 16

Strom • SDP 16

Blyleven • 2TM 16

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hunter • NYY 117

2. Roberts • DET 112

Slaton • MIL 112

Ruthven • ATL 112

5. Johnson • CHW 111

6. Ryan • CAL 106

7. Leonard • KCR 101

8. Reuschel • CHC 100

Holtzman • 2TM 100

10. Niekro • ATL 99

Wild Pitches

1. Goltz • MIN 15

2. Niekro • ATL 14

3. Matlack • NYM 13

Richard • HOU 13

Strom • SDP 13

6. Dierker • HOU 12

Seaver • NYM 12

8. Slaton • MIL 11

Lolich • NYM 11

10. Bonham • CHC 10

D'Acquisto • SFG 10

Messersmith • ATL 10

Rogers • MON 10

Holtzman • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Blyleven • 2TM 12

2. Leonard • KCR 11

Singer • 2TM 11

4. Hartzell • CAL 10

5. Gossage • CHW 9

Tanana • CAL 9

Fryman • MON 9

8. Hughes • MIN 8

Palmer • BAL 8

Travers • MIL 8

Willoughby • BOS 8

Denny • STL 8

Hough • LAD 8

Niekro • ATL 8

Reuschel • CHC 8

Ruthven • ATL 8

Batters Faced

1. Palmer • BAL 1,256

2. Jones • SDP 1,251

3. Slaton • MIL 1,235

4. Blyleven • 2TM 1,225

5. Richard • HOU 1,218

6. Hunter • NYY 1,210

7. Blue • OAK 1,205

8. Ryan • CAL 1,196

9. Niekro • ATL 1,157

10. Tanana • CAL 1,142

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. Campbell • MIN 68

2. Fingers • OAK 62

Metzger • SDP 62

4. Eastwick • CIN 59

5. Lyle • NYY 58

6. Hough • LAD 55

Murray • MON 55

8. Hiller • DET 46

Forsch • HOU 46

10. Hrabosky • STL 45

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Fidrych • DET 159

2. Blue • OAK 142

3. Denny • STL 141

4. Tanana • CAL 136

5. Torrez • OAK 134

6. Rau • LAD 131

7. Palmer • BAL 130

8. Tiant • BOS 129

9. Cleveland • BOS 129

10. Zachry • CIN 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. Seaver • NYM 2.47

2. Blue • OAK 2.56

3. Blyleven • 2TM 2.71

4. Eckersley • CLE 2.72

5. Tanana • CAL 2.76

6. Montefusco • SFG 2.76

7. Koosman • NYM 2.83

8. Perry • TEX 2.84

9. Rogers • MON 2.85

10. Ryan • CAL 2.91

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. Fidrych • DET 35

2. Blue • OAK 34

3. Tanana • CAL 30

4. Palmer • BAL 28

5. Tiant • BOS 25

6. Seaver • NYM 25

7. Blyleven • 2TM 24

8. Rau • LAD 23

9. Torrez • OAK 22

10. Montefusco • SFG 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. Fidrych • DET 4.0

2. Blue • OAK 3.9

3. Tanana • CAL 3.4

4. Palmer • BAL 3.1

5. Tiant • BOS 2.8

6. Seaver • NYM 2.7

7. Blyleven • 2TM 2.7

8. Rau • LAD 2.6

9. Torrez • OAK 2.5

10. Montefusco • SFG 2.4

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. Blue • OAK 43.08

2. Tanana • CAL 35.13

3. Fidrych • DET 34.65

4. Palmer • BAL 32.17

5. Blyleven • 2TM 30.54

6. Seaver • NYM 28.23

7. Rau • LAD 27.86

8. Jones • SDP 26.47

9. Montefusco • SFG 23.74

10. Denny • STL 23.66

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Blue • OAK 5.7

2. Tanana • CAL 5.5

3. Palmer • BAL 4.7

4. Fidrych • DET 4.4

5. LaRoche • CLE 4.2

6. Blyleven • 2TM 4.1

7. Jones • SDP 4.0

8. Sutton • LAD 3.7

9. Sutter • CHC 3.5

10. Martinez • 2TM 3.3

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. Tanana • CAL 4.9

2. Jones • SDP 4.3

3. Blue • OAK 4.2

4. Fidrych • DET 4.0

5. Seaver • NYM 3.9

6. Palmer • BAL 3.9

7. Perry • TEX 2.8

8. Tiant • BOS 2.8

9. Koosman • NYM 2.6

10. Matlack • NYM 2.5

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Norman • CIN 3.5

2. Blue • OAK 3.3

3. Jones • SDP 3.1

4. Mingori • KCR 3.0

5. Zachry • CIN 2.8

6. Lonborg • PHI 2.5

7. Hough • LAD 2.4

8. Ellis • NYY 2.4

9. Torrez • OAK 2.3

10. Lyle • NYY 2.0

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. Blue • OAK 5.1

2. Tanana • CAL 4.1

3. Fidrych • DET 3.9

4. Palmer • BAL 3.7

5. Blyleven • 2TM 3.4

6. Seaver • NYM 3.3

7. Rau • LAD 3.2

8. Jones • SDP 3.1

9. Denny • STL 2.6

10. Montefusco • 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