1986 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. Higuera • MIL 9.4

2. Clemens • BOS 8.8

3. Scott • HOU 8.2

4. Boggs • BOS 8.1

5. Barfield • TOR 7.6

6. Rhoden • PIT 7.6

7. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3

8. Mattingly • NYY 7.2

9. Gwynn • SDP 6.7

Ripken • BAL 6.7

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. Higuera • MIL 9.4

2. Clemens • BOS 8.8

3. Scott • HOU 8.4

4. Eichhorn • TOR 7.3

5. Rhoden • PIT 6.6

6. Witt • CAL 6.1

7. Valenzuela • LAD 5.5

8. Morris • DET 5.1

9. Candiotti • CLE 4.9

10. Key • TOR 4.8

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. Scott • HOU 2.22

2. Clemens • BOS 2.48

3. Ojeda • NYM 2.57

4. Higuera • MIL 2.79

5. Darling • NYM 2.81

6. Rhoden • PIT 2.84

7. Witt • CAL 2.84

8. Gooden • NYM 2.84

9. Cox • STL 2.90

10. Tudor • STL 2.92

Wins

1. Clemens • BOS 24

2. Morris • DET 21

Valenzuela • LAD 21

4. Higuera • MIL 20

Krukow • SFG 20

6. Rasmussen • NYY 18

Witt • CAL 18

Ojeda • NYM 18

Scott • HOU 18

10. Blyleven • MIN 17

Hough • TEX 17

McCaskill • CAL 17

Gooden • NYM 17

Knepper • HOU 17

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. Clemens • BOS .857

2. Ojeda • NYM .783

3. Rasmussen • NYY .750

4. Gooden • NYM .739

5. Fernandez • NYM .727

6. Morris • DET .724

7. Darling • NYM .714

8. Deshaies • HOU .706

9. Eichhorn • TOR .700

10. Krukow • SFG .690

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 0.923

2. Clemens • BOS 0.969

3. Krukow • SFG 1.057

4. Witt • CAL 1.082

5. Ojeda • NYM 1.090

6. Gooden • NYM 1.108

7. Ryan • HOU 1.129

8. Rhoden • PIT 1.131

9. Cox • STL 1.132

10. Knepper • HOU 1.140

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 5.949

2. Youmans • MON 5.959

3. Ryan • HOU 6.017

4. Clemens • BOS 6.343

5. Fernandez • NYM 7.091

6. Gooden • NYM 7.092

7. Rasmussen • NYY 7.129

8. Witt • CAL 7.294

9. Hough • TEX 7.346

10. Cowley • CHW 7.374

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Alexander • 2TM 1.458

2. Guidry • NYY 1.778

3. Boyd • BOS 1.890

4. Blyleven • MIN 1.921

5. Eckersley • CHC 1.925

6. Wegman • MIL 1.951

7. Sanderson • CHC 1.963

8. Krukow • SFG 2.020

9. Welch • LAD 2.100

10. Sutton • CAL 2.130

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Scott • HOU 10.002

2. Ryan • HOU 9.809

3. Langston • SEA 9.213

4. Fernandez • NYM 8.809

5. Hurst • BOS 8.621

6. Clemens • BOS 8.433

7. Correa • TEX 8.407

8. Youmans • MON 8.301

9. Rijo • OAK 8.179

10. Valenzuela • LAD 8.087

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Lefferts • SDP 83

2. Williams • TEX 80

3. McDowell • NYM 75

4. Righetti • NYY 74

Franco • CIN 74

Worrell • STL 74

7. Harris • TEX 73

Tekulve • PHI 73

9. McCullers • SDP 70

Robinson • CIN 70

Saves

1. Righetti • NYY 46

2. Worrell • STL 36

3. Reardon • MON 35

4. Aase • BAL 34

5. Smith • HOU 33

6. Smith • CHC 31

7. Bedrosian • PHI 29

Franco • CIN 29

9. Henke • TOR 27

10. Hernández • DET 24

Garber • ATL 24

Innings Pitched

1. Scott • HOU 275.1

2. Blyleven • MIN 271.2

3. Valenzuela • LAD 269.1

4. Witt • CAL 269.0

5. Morris • DET 267.0

6. Moore • SEA 266.0

7. Knepper • HOU 258.0

8. Clemens • BOS 254.0

9. Rhoden • PIT 253.2

10. Candiotti • CLE 252.1

Strikeouts

1. Scott • HOU 306

2. Langston • SEA 245

3. Valenzuela • LAD 242

4. Clemens • BOS 238

5. Morris • DET 223

6. Blyleven • MIN 215

7. Witt • CAL 208

8. Higuera • MIL 207

9. McCaskill • CAL 202

Youmans • MON 202

Games Started

1. Browning • CIN 39

Mahler • ATL 39

3. Knepper • HOU 38

4. Moore • SEA 37

Viola • MIN 37

Gullickson • CIN 37

Scott • HOU 37

8. Blyleven • MIN 36

Langston • SEA 36

Gross • PHI 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Valenzuela • LAD 20

2. Candiotti • CLE 17

3. Blyleven • MIN 16

4. Higuera • MIL 15

Morris • DET 15

6. Witt • CAL 14

7. Gooden • NYM 12

Rhoden • PIT 12

9. Hurst • BOS 11

Moore • SEA 11

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Morris • DET 6

2. Knepper • HOU 5

Scott • HOU 5

4. Higuera • MIL 4

Hurst • BOS 4

6. Witt • CAL 3

Valenzuela • LAD 3

Nieves • MIL 3

Welch • LAD 3

Blyleven • MIN 3

Candiotti • CLE 3

Clancy • TOR 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Blyleven • MIN 50

2. Morris • DET 40

3. Viola • MIN 37

4. McGregor • BAL 35

5. Schrom • CLE 34

6. Dixon • BAL 33

7. Boyd • BOS 32

Hough • TEX 32

Wegman • MIL 32

10. Sutton • CAL 31

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Witt • TEX 143

2. Correa • TEX 126

3. Langston • SEA 123

4. Youmans • MON 118

5. Rijo • OAK 108

6. Candiotti • CLE 106

7. Smith • ATL 105

8. Plunk • OAK 102

Palmer • ATL 102

10. Terrell • DET 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Mahler • ATL 283

2. Moore • SEA 279

3. Blyleven • MIN 262

4. Viola • MIN 257

5. Alexander • 2TM 255

6. Gullickson • CIN 245

7. Morgan • SEA 243

8. Niekro • CLE 241

9. Gross • PHI 240

10. Stieb • TOR 239

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. Scott • HOU 4.250

2. Alexander • 2TM 3.757

3. Blyleven • MIN 3.707

4. Guidry • NYY 3.684

5. Clemens • BOS 3.552

6. Sanderson • CHC 3.351

7. Hurst • BOS 3.340

8. Welch • LAD 3.327

9. Krukow • SFG 3.236

10. Eckersley • CHC 3.186

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Smith • ATL 0.352

2. Gubicza • KCR 0.399

3. Honeycutt • LAD 0.474

4. Hershiser • LAD 0.506

5. Welch • LAD 0.535

6. Scott • HOU 0.556

7. Johnson • 2TM 0.566

8. Tibbs • MON 0.567

9. Fernandez • NYM 0.573

10. Cox • STL 0.573

Losses

1. Mahler • ATL 18

2. Dotson • CHW 17

Morgan • SEA 17

4. Reuschel • PIT 16

Smith • ATL 16

6. Guzmán • TEX 15

McGregor • BAL 15

Heaton • 2TM 15

9. Bannister • CHW 14

Blyleven • MIN 14

Clancy • TOR 14

Correa • TEX 14

Langston • SEA 14

Smithson • MIN 14

Hershiser • LAD 14

Sutcliffe • CHC 14

Carlton • 3TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Langston • SEA 129

Mahler • ATL 129

3. Moore • SEA 127

4. Viola • MIN 123

5. Blyleven • MIN 121

6. Dotson • CHW 120

7. Boddicker • BAL 114

8. Wegman • MIL 113

9. Terrell • DET 110

10. Morgan • SEA 109

Wild Pitches

1. Witt • TEX 22

2. Correa • TEX 19

3. Hough • TEX 16

4. Gubicza • KCR 15

Smithson • MIN 15

Ryan • HOU 15

7. Sutcliffe • CHC 13

Valenzuela • LAD 13

9. Candiotti • CLE 12

Morris • DET 12

Viola • MIN 12

Hershiser • LAD 12

Walk • PIT 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stieb • TOR 15

2. Smithson • MIN 14

3. Moore • SEA 12

Schrom • CLE 12

5. Boddicker • BAL 11

Williams • TEX 11

7. Blyleven • MIN 10

8. Hough • TEX 9

9. Candiotti • CLE 8

King • DET 8

Young • SEA 8

Gross • PHI 8

Reuschel • PIT 8

Batters Faced

1. Moore • SEA 1,145

2. Blyleven • MIN 1,126

3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,102

4. Morris • DET 1,092

5. Candiotti • CLE 1,078

6. Witt • CAL 1,071

7. Scott • HOU 1,065

8. Langston • SEA 1,057

9. Mahler • ATL 1,056

10. Viola • MIN 1,053

Knepper • HOU 1,053

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. Righetti • NYY 68

2. Harris • TEX 63

3. Worrell • STL 60

4. Smith • CHC 59

5. Aase • BAL 58

6. Bedrosian • PHI 56

7. Quisenberry • KCR 54

8. Hernández • DET 53

9. Clear • MIL 52

Franco • CIN 52

McDowell • NYM 52

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Clemens • BOS 169

2. Scott • HOU 161

3. Higuera • MIL 156

4. Witt • CAL 144

5. Hurst • BOS 140

6. Ojeda • NYM 140

7. Rhoden • PIT 135

8. Jackson • KCR 132

9. Darwin • 2TM 131

10. Darling • NYM 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. Scott • HOU 2.16

2. Welch • LAD 2.78

3. Valenzuela • LAD 2.80

4. Clemens • BOS 2.81

5. Fernandez • NYM 3.01

6. Ojeda • NYM 3.05

7. Gooden • NYM 3.06

8. Ryan • HOU 3.06

9. Hurst • BOS 3.11

10. Honeycutt • LAD 3.13

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. Clemens • BOS 49

2. Scott • HOU 45

3. Eichhorn • TOR 44

4. Higuera • MIL 42

5. Witt • CAL 38

6. Rhoden • PIT 31

7. Morris • DET 28

8. Ojeda • NYM 24

9. Hurst • BOS 24

10. McCaskill • CAL 23

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. Clemens • BOS 5.2

2. Scott • HOU 5.0

3. Eichhorn • TOR 4.5

4. Higuera • MIL 4.5

5. Witt • CAL 4.0

6. Rhoden • PIT 3.4

7. Morris • DET 2.9

8. Ojeda • NYM 2.7

9. Hurst • BOS 2.5

10. McCaskill • CAL 2.3

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. Clemens • BOS 55.19

2. Scott • HOU 52.92

3. Eichhorn • TOR 50.51

4. Higuera • MIL 43.07

5. Witt • CAL 41.50

6. Rhoden • PIT 35.68

7. Morris • DET 33.35

8. Ojeda • NYM 29.20

9. McCaskill • CAL 25.87

10. Key • TOR 25.76

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. Clemens • BOS 5.8

2. Scott • HOU 5.7

3. Eichhorn • TOR 5.0

4. Higuera • MIL 4.5

5. Darling • NYM 3.8

6. Witt • CAL 3.8

7. Plesac • MIL 3.7

8. Ojeda • NYM 3.4

9. Rhoden • PIT 3.3

10. Henke • TOR 3.2

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. Scott • HOU 6.5

2. Clemens • BOS 5.3

3. Witt • CAL 4.6

4. Eichhorn • TOR 4.5

5. Rhoden • PIT 3.6

6. Higuera • MIL 3.1

7. McCaskill • CAL 3.0

8. Gooden • NYM 2.6

9. Rasmussen • NYY 2.4

10. Horton • STL 2.3

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. Scott • HOU 7.8

2. Witt • CAL 6.3

3. Clemens • BOS 6.1

4. McCaskill • CAL 4.2

5. Schiraldi • BOS 2.7

6. McDowell • NYM 2.6

7. Reardon • MON 2.4

8. Williams • TEX 2.4

9. Garrelts • SFG 2.3

10. Rasmussen • NYY 2.2

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. Scott • HOU 6.2

2. Clemens • BOS 6.0

3. Eichhorn • TOR 5.1

4. Higuera • MIL 4.5

5. Witt • CAL 4.4

6. Rhoden • PIT 3.9

7. Morris • DET 3.5

8. Ojeda • NYM 3.3

9. Darling • NYM 2.8

10. McCaskill • CAL 2.7

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