Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Smith • ATL 8.8
3. Henderson • 2TM 8.7
4. Clark • SFG 8.6
5. Boggs • BOS 8.4
6. Bonds • PIT 8.0
7. Hershiser • LAD 7.3
8. Smith • STL 7.3
9. Mitchell • SFG 6.9
10. Johnson • NYM 6.9

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>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.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Saberhagen • KCR 9.7
2. Hershiser • LAD 7.0
3. Hurst • SDP 6.5
4. Whitson • SDP 6.5
5. Langston • 2TM 6.4
6. Gubicza • KCR 6.3
7. Blyleven • CAL 6.0
8. Clemens • BOS 5.7
9. Moore • OAK 5.4
10. Bosio • MIL 5.4

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.16
2. Garrelts • SFG 2.28
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.31
4. Finley • CAL 2.57
5. Moore • OAK 2.61
6. Whitson • SDP 2.66
7. Hurst • SDP 2.69
8. Blyleven • CAL 2.73
9. Langston • 2TM 2.74
10. Drabek • PIT 2.80

Wins

Wins

1. Saberhagen • KCR 23
2. Stewart • OAK 21
3. Scott • HOU 20
4. Davis • OAK 19
Moore • OAK 19
Maddux • CHC 19
7. Ballard • BAL 18
Bielecki • CHC 18
Magrane • STL 18
10. Anderson • MIN 17
Blyleven • CAL 17
Clemens • BOS 17
Gordon • KCR 17
Stieb • TOR 17
Welch • OAK 17
Reuschel • SFG 17

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Saberhagen • KCR .793
2. Blyleven • CAL .773
3. Fernandez • NYM .737
Garrelts • SFG .737
5. Davis • OAK .731
6. Bielecki • CHC .720
7. Bankhead • SEA .700
Stewart • OAK .700
9. Martínez • MON .696
10. Ballard • BAL .692

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Saberhagen • KCR 0.961
2. Garrelts • SFG 1.009
3. DeLeón • STL 1.034
4. Scott • HOU 1.057
5. Fernandez • NYM 1.058
6. Smith • MON 1.071
7. Whitson • SDP 1.084
8. Smiley • PIT 1.086
9. Ryan • TEX 1.086
10. Smoltz • ATL 1.115

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • TEX 6.092
2. DeLeón • STL 6.364
3. Fernandez • NYM 6.442
4. Gordon • KCR 6.736
5. Howell • PHI 6.838
6. Smoltz • ATL 6.923
7. Garrelts • SFG 6.936
8. Scott • HOU 7.074
9. Belcher • LAD 7.122
10. Langston • 2TM 7.128

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Key • TOR 1.125
2. Saberhagen • KCR 1.475
3. Blyleven • CAL 1.643
4. Robinson • SFG 1.690
5. Bosio • MIL 1.841
6. Lilliquist • ATL 1.847
7. Martínez • MON 1.901
8. Whitson • SDP 1.903
9. Glavine • ATL 1.935
10. Witt • CAL 1.964

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • TEX 11.319
2. Langston • 2TM 8.460
3. Gordon • KCR 8.448
4. Clemens • BOS 8.171
5. Fernandez • NYM 8.125
6. Belcher • LAD 7.826
7. Cone • NYM 7.785
8. Witt • TEX 7.688
9. DeLeón • STL 7.394
10. Viola • 2TM 7.276

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Crim • MIL 76
Williams • CHC 76
3. Murphy • BOS 74
Dibble • CIN 74
5. Rogers • TEX 73
Acker • 2TM 73
7. Parrett • PHI 72
8. Russell • TEX 71
Agosto • HOU 71
Dayley • STL 71

Saves

Saves

1. Davis • SDP 44
2. Russell • TEX 38
3. Williams • CHC 36
4. Thigpen • CHW 34
5. Eckersley • OAK 33
Plesac • MIL 33
Schooler • SEA 33
8. Jones • CLE 32
Franco • CIN 32
10. Reardon • MIN 31

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Saberhagen • KCR 262.1
2. Viola • 2TM 261.0
3. Stewart • OAK 257.2
4. Hershiser • LAD 256.2
5. Gubicza • KCR 255.0
6. Clemens • BOS 253.1
7. Langston • 2TM 250.0
8. Browning • CIN 249.2
9. DeLeón • STL 244.2
Hurst • SDP 244.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ryan • TEX 301
2. Langston • 2TM 235
3. Clemens • BOS 230
4. Viola • 2TM 211
5. DeLeón • STL 201
6. Belcher • LAD 200
7. Fernandez • NYM 198
8. Saberhagen • KCR 193
9. Cone • NYM 190
10. Hurst • SDP 179

Games Started

Games Started

1. Browning • CIN 37
2. Gubicza • KCR 36
Milacki • BAL 36
Stewart • OAK 36
DeLeón • STL 36
Viola • 2TM 36
7. Ballard • BAL 35
Clemens • BOS 35
Moore • OAK 35
Saberhagen • KCR 35
Maddux • CHC 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Saberhagen • KCR 12
2. Morris • DET 10
Belcher • LAD 10
Hurst • SDP 10
5. Finley • CAL 9
Browning • CIN 9
Magrane • STL 9
Scott • HOU 9
Viola • 2TM 9
10. Blyleven • CAL 8
Bosio • MIL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Gubicza • KCR 8
Stewart • OAK 8
Drabek • PIT 8
Hershiser • LAD 8
Smiley • PIT 8
Langston • 2TM 8

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Belcher • LAD 8
2. Langston • 2TM 5
Drabek • PIT 5
Blyleven • CAL 5
5. McCaskill • CAL 4
Glavine • ATL 4
Hershiser • LAD 4
Saberhagen • KCR 4
9. Bielecki • CHC 3
Moore • OAK 3
Gross • MON 3
DeLeón • STL 3
Clemens • BOS 3
Magrane • STL 3
Deshaies • HOU 3
Black • CLE 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Browning • CIN 31
2. Alexander • DET 28
Hough • TEX 28
4. Witt • CAL 26
5. Schmidt • BAL 24
6. Hawkins • NYY 23
Morris • DET 23
Perez • CHW 23
Stewart • OAK 23
Scott • HOU 23
Terrell • 2TM 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Witt • TEX 114
2. Langston • 2TM 112
3. Hill • STL 99
4. Ryan • TEX 98
Valenzuela • LAD 98
6. Johnson • 2TM 96
7. Hough • TEX 95
8. Clemens • BOS 93
9. Perez • CHW 90
10. Milacki • BAL 88
Gross • MON 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Stewart • OAK 260
2. Gubicza • KCR 252
Witt • CAL 252
4. Viola • 2TM 246
5. Alexander • DET 245
6. Mahler • CIN 242
7. Browning • CIN 241
8. Ballard • BAL 240
9. Hawkins • NYY 238
10. Terrell • 2TM 236

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 4.488
2. Key • TOR 4.370
3. Bosio • MIL 3.604
4. Pérez • MON 3.378
5. Ryan • TEX 3.071
6. Blyleven • CAL 2.977
7. Martínez • MON 2.898
8. Viola • 2TM 2.851
9. Scott • HOU 2.774
10. Gubicza • KCR 2.746

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Magrane • STL 0.192
2. Hershiser • LAD 0.316
3. Gubicza • KCR 0.353
4. Hill • STL 0.412
5. Candiotti • CLE 0.437
6. Saberhagen • KCR 0.446
7. Brown • TEX 0.471
8. Howell • PHI 0.485
9. Maddux • CHC 0.491
10. Valenzuela • LAD 0.503

Losses

Losses

1. Alexander • DET 18
Terrell • 2TM 18
3. Viola • 2TM 17
4. Hawkins • NYY 15
Witt • CAL 15
Carman • PHI 15
Hershiser • LAD 15
Hill • STL 15
9. Farrell • CLE 14
Key • TOR 14
Morris • DET 14
Perez • CHW 14
Smithson • BOS 14
Tanana • DET 14
Clancy • HOU 14
Darling • NYM 14
Smith • ATL 14
Leary • 2TM 14
Langston • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hawkins • NYY 111
Witt • TEX 111
Witt • CAL 111
4. Alexander • DET 110
5. Viola • 2TM 106
6. Terrell • 2TM 103
7. Perez • CHW 102
8. Milacki • BAL 101
9. Schmidt • BAL 99
10. Gross • MON 98

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Howell • PHI 21
2. Ryan • TEX 19
3. Moore • OAK 17
4. Wetteland • LAD 16
5. Cone • NYM 14
Magrane • STL 14
Robinson • PIT 14
8. Black • CLE 13
Stewart • OAK 13
Ward • TOR 13

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stieb • TOR 13
2. Boddicker • BOS 10
Smithson • BOS 10
Mahler • CIN 10
5. Ryan • TEX 9
6. Blyleven • CAL 8
Clemens • BOS 8
Pall • CHW 8
Tanana • DET 8
Williams • CHC 8

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Viola • 2TM 1,082
2. Stewart • OAK 1,081
3. Gubicza • KCR 1,060
4. Hershiser • LAD 1,047
5. Clemens • BOS 1,044
6. Langston • 2TM 1,037
7. Browning • CIN 1,031
8. Milacki • BAL 1,022
9. Saberhagen • KCR 1,021
10. Maddux • CHC 1,002

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Russell • TEX 66
2. Davis • SDP 65
3. Reardon • MIN 61
Williams • CHC 61
5. Schooler • SEA 60
Bedrosian • 2TM 60
7. Henke • TOR 56
Thigpen • CHW 56
McDowell • 2TM 56
10. Jones • CLE 53
Righetti • NYY 53
Boever • ATL 53

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Saberhagen • KCR 180
2. Finley • CAL 149
3. Hershiser • LAD 149
4. Garrelts • SFG 148
5. Moore • OAK 142
6. Blyleven • CAL 140
7. Langston • 2TM 135
8. Clemens • BOS 132
9. Whitson • SDP 132
10. Bosio • MIL 131

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Saberhagen • KCR 2.45
2. Ryan • TEX 2.51
3. Gubicza • KCR 2.72
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.77
5. Bosio • MIL 2.87
6. Pérez • MON 2.95
7. Magrane • STL 2.95
8. Hurst • SDP 2.96
9. Garrelts • SFG 2.99
10. DeLeón • STL 3.02

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Saberhagen • KCR 49
2. Blyleven • CAL 32
3. Hershiser • LAD 32
4. Moore • OAK 29
5. Finley • CAL 28
6. Montgomery • KCR 26
7. Langston • 2TM 26
8. Clemens • BOS 25
9. McCaskill • CAL 23
10. Garrelts • SFG 23

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.4
2. Hershiser • LAD 3.7
3. Blyleven • CAL 3.5
4. Moore • OAK 3.1
5. Finley • CAL 3.0
6. Langston • 2TM 2.9
7. Clemens • BOS 2.7
8. Montgomery • KCR 2.7
9. Garrelts • SFG 2.6
10. McCaskill • CAL 2.5

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Saberhagen • KCR 51.84
2. Blyleven • CAL 39.69
3. Hershiser • LAD 38.20
4. Moore • OAK 32.83
5. Finley • CAL 29.90
6. Dibble • CIN 27.68
7. Langston • 2TM 27.04
8. Gubicza • KCR 26.58
9. Montgomery • KCR 25.57
10. Acker • 2TM 25.28

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Davis • SDP 5.8
2. Saberhagen • KCR 5.7
3. Howell • LAD 4.8
4. Blyleven • CAL 4.5
5. Belcher • LAD 3.6
6. Magrane • STL 3.4
7. McCaskill • CAL 3.3
8. Olson • BAL 3.2
9. Eckersley • OAK 3.2
10. Langston • 2TM 3.2

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.9
2. Ryan • TEX 3.7
3. Blyleven • CAL 3.4
4. Moore • OAK 3.3
5. Candiotti • CLE 3.1
6. DeLeón • STL 3.0
7. Hershiser • LAD 3.0
8. Gubicza • KCR 3.0
9. Bosio • MIL 2.9
10. Garrelts • SFG 2.7

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 6.7
2. Olson • BAL 6.7
3. Acker • 2TM 6.4
4. Ballard • BAL 5.8
5. Henke • TOR 5.5
6. Blyleven • CAL 5.4
7. McCaskill • CAL 5.1
8. Stieb • TOR 5.0
9. Langston • 2TM 4.4
10. Moore • OAK 4.2

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Saberhagen • KCR 5.8
2. Hershiser • LAD 4.5
3. Blyleven • CAL 4.4
4. Moore • OAK 3.6
5. Finley • CAL 3.3
6. Dibble • CIN 3.0
7. Langston • 2TM 3.0
8. Gubicza • KCR 2.8
9. Garrelts • SFG 2.8
10. Acker • 2TM 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