1980 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 10.1

2. Brett • KCR 9.4

3. Schmidt • PHI 8.9

4. Henderson • OAK 8.8

5. Wilson • KCR 8.6

6. Yount • MIL 7.1

7. Burns • CHW 7.0

8. Murphy • OAK 6.9

9. Dawson • MON 6.9

10. Cooper • MIL 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. Carlton • PHI 10.2

2. Burns • CHW 7.0

3. Sutton • LAD 6.3

4. Gura • KCR 6.0

5. Rogers • MON 5.9

6. Norris • OAK 5.9

7. Corbett • MIN 5.7

8. Reuschel • CHC 5.7

9. Clancy • TOR 5.5

10. Reuss • LAD 5.2

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. Sutton • LAD 2.20

2. Carlton • PHI 2.34

3. May • NYY 2.46

4. Reuss • LAD 2.51

5. Norris • OAK 2.53

6. Burns • CHW 2.84

7. Keough • OAK 2.92

8. Gura • KCR 2.95

9. Blue • SFG 2.97

10. Rogers • MON 2.98

Wins

1. Stone • BAL 25

2. Carlton • PHI 24

3. John • NYY 22

Norris • OAK 22

5. Leonard • KCR 20

McGregor • BAL 20

Niekro • HOU 20

8. Barker • CLE 19

Langford • OAK 19

Bibby • PIT 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. Stone • BAL .781

2. Darwin • TEX .765

3. Bibby • PIT .760

4. May • NYY .750

Reuss • LAD .750

Ruhle • HOU .750

7. Carlton • PHI .727

8. Sutton • LAD .722

9. McGregor • BAL .714

10. John • NYY .710

Norris • OAK .710

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Sutton • LAD 0.989

2. Reuss • LAD 1.016

3. May • NYY 1.044

4. Norris • OAK 1.048

5. Carlton • PHI 1.095

6. Pastore • CIN 1.099

7. Soto • CIN 1.103

8. Burns • CHW 1.160

9. Langford • OAK 1.172

10. Eckersley • BOS 1.174

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 5.958

2. Norris • OAK 6.805

3. Sutton • LAD 6.909

4. Carlton • PHI 7.194

5. May • NYY 7.392

6. Seaver • CIN 7.500

7. Reuss • LAD 7.574

8. Clancy • TOR 7.791

9. Underwood • NYY 7.845

10. Pastore • CIN 7.847

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Forsch • STL 1.384

2. Reuss • LAD 1.570

3. Forsch • HOU 1.660

4. Matlack • TEX 1.841

5. Splittorff • KCR 1.897

6. John • NYY 1.899

7. Candelaria • PIT 1.929

8. Tanana • CAL 1.985

9. Langford • OAK 1.986

10. Sutton • LAD 1.992

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 8.606

2. Carlton • PHI 8.467

3. Ryan • HOU 7.703

4. Blyleven • PIT 6.978

5. Barker • CLE 6.832

6. May • NYY 6.827

7. Guidry • NYY 6.801

8. Bannister • SEA 6.409

9. Welch • LAD 5.939

10. Perry • 2TM 5.908

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tidrow • CHC 84

2. Hume • CIN 78

Tekulve • PIT 78

4. Camp • ATL 77

5. Quisenberry • KCR 75

6. Romo • PIT 74

7. Corbett • MIN 73

8. Caudill • CHC 72

9. Garber • ATL 68

Minton • SFG 68

Saves

1. Gossage • NYY 33

Quisenberry • KCR 33

3. Farmer • CHW 30

4. Sutter • CHC 28

5. Stoddard • BAL 26

6. Hume • CIN 25

7. Burgmeier • BOS 24

8. Corbett • MIN 23

Fingers • SDP 23

10. Allen • NYM 22

Camp • ATL 22

Innings Pitched

1. Carlton • PHI 304.0

2. Langford • OAK 290.0

3. Norris • OAK 284.1

4. Gura • KCR 283.1

5. Rogers • MON 281.0

6. Leonard • KCR 280.1

7. Niekro • ATL 275.0

8. John • NYY 265.1

9. Reuschel • CHC 257.0

10. Niekro • HOU 256.0

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 286

2. Ryan • HOU 200

3. Barker • CLE 187

4. Soto • CIN 182

5. Norris • OAK 180

6. Niekro • ATL 176

7. Blyleven • PIT 168

8. Guidry • NYY 166

9. Bannister • SEA 155

Leonard • KCR 155

Games Started

1. Leonard • KCR 38

Carlton • PHI 38

Niekro • ATL 38

Reuschel • CHC 38

5. Flanagan • BAL 37

Stone • BAL 37

Lamp • CHC 37

Rogers • MON 37

9. Barker • CLE 36

Gura • KCR 36

John • NYY 36

McGregor • BAL 36

Morris • DET 36

Niekro • HOU 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Langford • OAK 28

2. Norris • OAK 24

3. Keough • OAK 20

4. Gura • KCR 16

John • NYY 16

6. Clancy • TOR 15

7. Haas • MIL 14

Stieb • TOR 14

Rogers • MON 14

10. Wilcox • DET 13

Zahn • MIN 13

Carlton • PHI 13

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. John • NYY 6

Reuss • LAD 6

3. Zahn • MIN 5

4. Gura • KCR 4

McGregor • BAL 4

Stieb • TOR 4

Richard • HOU 4

Rogers • MON 4

9. Guidry • NYY 3

Haas • MIL 3

Leonard • KCR 3

Petry • DET 3

Blue • SFG 3

Boggs • ATL 3

Carlton • PHI 3

Forsch • HOU 3

Jones • SDP 3

Niekro • ATL 3

Sanderson • MON 3

Sykes • STL 3

Vuckovich • STL 3

Zachry • NYM 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Leonard • KCR 30

Niekro • ATL 30

3. Caldwell • MIL 29

Langford • OAK 29

5. Abbott • SEA 27

Flanagan • BAL 27

McCatty • OAK 27

McWilliams • ATL 27

9. Palmer • BAL 26

10. Eckersley • BOS 25

Haas • MIL 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Clancy • TOR 128

2. Stone • BAL 101

3. McCatty • OAK 99

4. Beattie • SEA 98

Ryan • HOU 98

6. Keough • OAK 94

7. Barker • CLE 92

8. Carlton • PHI 90

9. Bibby • PIT 88

10. Dotson • CHW 87

Morris • DET 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Reuschel • CHC 281

2. Flanagan • BAL 278

3. Langford • OAK 276

4. Zahn • MIN 273

5. Gura • KCR 272

6. Leonard • KCR 271

7. John • NYY 270

8. Niekro • HOU 268

9. Matlack • TEX 265

10. Lamp • CHC 259

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. May • NYY 3.410

2. Carlton • PHI 3.178

3. Matlack • TEX 2.958

4. Blyleven • PIT 2.847

5. Reuss • LAD 2.775

6. Eckersley • BOS 2.750

7. Sutton • LAD 2.723

8. Forsch • STL 2.636

9. Pastore • CIN 2.619

10. Haas • MIL 2.607

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Whitson • SFG 0.298

2. Ruthven • PHI 0.363

3. Ryan • HOU 0.385

4. Niekro • HOU 0.422

5. Curtis • SDP 0.433

6. John • NYY 0.441

7. Carlton • PHI 0.444

8. Stieb • TOR 0.445

9. Reuschel • CHC 0.455

10. Reuss • LAD 0.471

Losses

1. Kingman • OAK 20

2. Zahn • MIN 18

Niekro • ATL 18

4. Honeycutt • SEA 17

5. Clancy • TOR 16

Parrott • SEA 16

Torrez • BOS 16

Trout • CHW 16

Knepper • SFG 16

10. Beattie • SEA 15

Haas • MIL 15

Morris • DET 15

Stieb • TOR 15

Krukow • CHC 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Leonard • KCR 118

2. Torrez • BOS 117

Lamp • CHC 117

4. Morris • DET 116

5. Flanagan • BAL 115

6. Barker • CLE 114

Spillner • CLE 114

Zahn • MIN 114

9. Waits • CLE 111

Niekro • ATL 111

Wild Pitches

1. Carlton • PHI 17

2. Barker • CLE 14

3. Keough • OAK 13

4. Flanagan • BAL 12

Leonard • KCR 12

Niekro • HOU 12

7. Hough • 2TM 11

8. Clancy • TOR 10

Spillner • CLE 10

Curtis • SDP 10

Lamp • CHC 10

Ryan • HOU 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Trout • CHW 9

2. Knapp • CAL 8

McCatty • OAK 8

Tanana • CAL 8

Griffin • SFG 8

Knepper • SFG 8

Krukow • CHC 8

Perry • 2TM 8

9. Stanley • BOS 7

Forsch • HOU 7

McWilliams • ATL 7

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,228

2. Gura • KCR 1,175

3. Leonard • KCR 1,172

4. Langford • OAK 1,166

5. Rogers • MON 1,151

6. Niekro • ATL 1,137

7. Norris • OAK 1,135

8. Niekro • HOU 1,096

9. Reuschel • CHC 1,094

10. John • NYY 1,089

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. Quisenberry • KCR 68

2. Corbett • MIN 63

3. Hume • CIN 62

4. López • DET 59

5. Gossage • NYY 58

6. Tekulve • PIT 57

7. Farmer • CHW 55

8. Stoddard • BAL 52

9. McGraw • PHI 48

10. Allen • NYM 47

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Carlton • PHI 162

2. Sutton • LAD 161

3. May • NYY 160

4. Norris • OAK 149

5. Burns • CHW 143

6. Reuss • LAD 141

7. Gura • KCR 136

8. Erickson • MIN 135

9. Clancy • TOR 131

10. Keough • OAK 129

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 2.42

2. Ryan • HOU 2.89

3. May • NYY 2.94

4. Soto • CIN 2.95

5. Reuss • LAD 2.99

6. Matlack • TEX 3.10

7. Pastore • CIN 3.16

8. Whitson • SFG 3.18

9. Forsch • STL 3.19

10. Blyleven • PIT 3.22

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 47

2. Norris • OAK 43

3. Corbett • MIN 35

4. Sutton • LAD 33

5. Burns • CHW 32

6. Gura • KCR 32

7. May • NYY 28

8. Reuss • LAD 26

9. Clancy • TOR 25

10. Keough • OAK 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 5.4

2. Norris • OAK 4.6

3. Sutton • LAD 3.8

4. Corbett • MIN 3.6

5. Burns • CHW 3.4

6. Gura • KCR 3.4

7. May • NYY 2.9

8. Reuss • LAD 2.8

9. Clancy • TOR 2.6

10. McGraw • PHI 2.5

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 51.75

2. Norris • OAK 49.43

3. Corbett • MIN 45.48

4. Sutton • LAD 38.88

5. Burns • CHW 35.08

6. Gura • KCR 31.91

7. May • NYY 31.77

8. McGregor • BAL 28.79

9. McGraw • PHI 28.67

10. Haas • MIL 28.54

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. Corbett • MIN 7.8

2. Quisenberry • KCR 7.0

3. Norris • OAK 6.7

4. Carlton • PHI 5.6

5. Burgmeier • BOS 5.4

6. Gossage • NYY 5.0

7. Sutton • LAD 4.3

8. Burns • CHW 4.1

9. McGraw • PHI 4.1

10. John • NYY 3.4

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. Norris • OAK 5.3

2. Carlton • PHI 4.6

3. Sutton • LAD 3.6

4. Corbett • MIN 3.5

5. May • NYY 3.4

6. Reuss • LAD 3.3

7. Burns • CHW 2.8

8. Rogers • MON 2.8

9. Langford • OAK 2.7

10. John • NYY 2.6

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. McGraw • PHI 16.6

2. Sutton • LAD 10.3

3. Gossage • NYY 8.8

4. Ruhle • HOU 8.2

5. Carlton • PHI 7.8

6. Reuss • LAD 7.4

7. Quisenberry • KCR 6.1

8. Sanderson • MON 5.8

9. May • NYY 5.1

10. Niekro • HOU 4.9

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 5.8

2. Norris • OAK 5.6

3. Corbett • MIN 4.5

4. Sutton • LAD 4.5

5. Burns • CHW 3.7

6. Gura • KCR 3.4

May • NYY 3.4

8. Haas • MIL 3.1

9. McGraw • PHI 3.0

10. McGregor • BAL 3.0

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