1992 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. Maddux • CHC 9.4

2. Bonds • PIT 9.0

3. Clemens • BOS 8.7

4. Mussina • BAL 8.2

5. Appier • KCR 8.0

6. Sandberg • CHC 7.8

7. Puckett • MIN 7.1

8. Thomas • CHW 7.0

9. Daulton • PHI 6.9

10. Alomar • TOR 6.6

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. Maddux • CHC 9.1

2. Clemens • BOS 8.7

3. Mussina • BAL 8.2

4. Appier • KCR 8.0

5. Tewksbury • STL 6.4

6. Viola • BOS 6.2

7. Fernandez • NYM 6.1

8. Nagy • CLE 6.0

9. Perez • NYY 5.9

10. Schilling • PHI 5.9

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. Swift • SFG 2.08

2. Tewksbury • STL 2.16

3. Maddux • CHC 2.18

4. Schilling • PHI 2.35

5. Clemens • BOS 2.41

6. Appier • KCR 2.46

7. Martínez • MON 2.47

8. Mussina • BAL 2.54

9. Morgan • CHC 2.55

10. Rijo • CIN 2.56

Wins

1. Brown • TEX 21

Morris • TOR 21

3. McDowell • CHW 20

Glavine • ATL 20

Maddux • CHC 20

6. Clemens • BOS 18

Mussina • BAL 18

8. Fleming • SEA 17

Moore • OAK 17

Nagy • CLE 17

Navarro • MIL 17

Cone • 2TM 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. Mussina • BAL .783

2. Morris • TOR .778

3. Guzmán • TOR .762

Tewksbury • STL .762

5. Bosio • MIL .727

6. Glavine • ATL .714

7. Leibrandt • ATL .682

8. Morgan • CHC .667

McDowell • CHW .667

10. Brown • TEX .656

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Schilling • PHI 0.990

2. Maddux • CHC 1.011

3. Tewksbury • STL 1.017

4. Martínez • MON 1.025

5. Drabek • PIT 1.060

6. Fernandez • NYM 1.067

7. Clemens • BOS 1.074

8. Mussina • BAL 1.079

9. Rijo • CIN 1.085

10. Smiley • MIN 1.120

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • PHI 6.561

2. Johnson • SEA 6.590

3. Guzmán • TOR 6.725

4. Maddux • CHC 6.750

5. Fernandez • NYM 6.792

6. Martínez • MON 6.839

7. Appier • KCR 7.214

8. Cone • 2TM 7.246

9. Clemens • BOS 7.407

10. Smoltz • ATL 7.516

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Tewksbury • STL 0.773

2. Cormier • STL 1.597

3. Bosio • MIL 1.712

4. Swindell • CIN 1.727

5. Mussina • BAL 1.793

6. Mulholland • PHI 1.808

7. Tomlin • PIT 1.812

8. Rijo • CIN 1.877

9. Lefferts • 2TM 1.879

10. Wegman • MIL 1.892

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 10.312

2. Cone • 2TM 9.409

3. Guzmán • TOR 8.220

4. Fernandez • NYM 8.092

5. Perez • NYY 7.922

6. Smoltz • ATL 7.845

7. Clemens • BOS 7.589

8. Rijo • CIN 7.294

9. Guzmán • TEX 7.192

10. Harnisch • HOU 7.142

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Rogers • TEX 81

Boever • HOU 81

3. Jones • HOU 80

4. Ward • TOR 79

5. Hernandez • HOU 77

Pérez • STL 77

7. Innis • NYM 76

8. Carpenter • STL 73

9. Olin • CLE 72

McElroy • CHC 72

Saves

1. Eckersley • OAK 51

2. Smith • STL 43

3. Aguilera • MIN 41

4. Montgomery • KCR 39

5. Myers • SDP 38

6. Wetteland • MON 37

7. Olson • BAL 36

Jones • HOU 36

9. Henke • TOR 34

10. Farr • NYY 30

Russell • 2TM 30

Reardon • 2TM 30

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • CHC 268.0

2. Brown • TEX 265.2

3. Wegman • MIL 261.2

4. McDowell • CHW 260.2

5. Drabek • PIT 256.2

6. Nagy • CLE 252.0

7. Cone • 2TM 249.2

8. Perez • NYY 247.2

9. Clemens • BOS 246.2

Smoltz • ATL 246.2

Strikeouts

1. Cone • 2TM 261

2. Johnson • SEA 241

3. Perez • NYY 218

4. Smoltz • ATL 215

5. Clemens • BOS 208

6. Maddux • CHC 199

7. Fernandez • NYM 193

8. Guzmán • TEX 179

9. McDowell • CHW 178

10. Drabek • PIT 177

Games Started

1. Moore • OAK 36

Sutcliffe • BAL 36

3. Brown • TEX 35

McDonald • BAL 35

Viola • BOS 35

Wegman • MIL 35

Avery • ATL 35

Maddux • CHC 35

Smoltz • ATL 35

10. Gullickson • DET 34

McCaskill • CHW 34

McDowell • CHW 34

Morris • TOR 34

Navarro • MIL 34

Smiley • MIN 34

Tapani • MIN 34

Belcher • CIN 34

Benes • SDP 34

Drabek • PIT 34

Harnisch • HOU 34

Morgan • CHC 34

Jackson • 2TM 34

Cone • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. McDowell • CHW 13

2. Mulholland • PHI 12

3. Brown • TEX 11

Clemens • BOS 11

5. Nagy • CLE 10

Perez • NYY 10

Drabek • PIT 10

Schilling • PHI 10

9. Langston • CAL 9

Maddux • CHC 9

Smoltz • ATL 9

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Clemens • BOS 5

Glavine • ATL 5

Cone • 2TM 5

4. Hurst • SDP 4

Schilling • PHI 4

Mussina • BAL 4

Astacio • LAD 4

Drabek • PIT 4

Fleming • SEA 4

Maddux • CHC 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Gullickson • DET 35

2. McDonald • BAL 32

3. Cook • CLE 29

4. Sanderson • NYY 28

Wegman • MIL 28

6. Bones • MIL 27

7. Stewart • OAK 25

8. Finley • CAL 24

Key • TOR 24

10. Armstrong • CLE 23

Black • SFG 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Johnson • SEA 144

2. Witt • 2TM 114

3. Cone • 2TM 111

4. Moore • OAK 103

5. Finley • CAL 98

6. McCaskill • CHW 95

7. Perez • NYY 93

8. Tanana • DET 90

9. Viola • BOS 89

10. Leary • 2TM 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Brown • TEX 262

2. Sutcliffe • BAL 251

Wegman • MIL 251

4. McDowell • CHW 247

5. Nagy • CLE 245

6. Benes • SDP 230

7. Guzmán • TEX 229

Moore • OAK 229

9. Gullickson • DET 228

10. Mulholland • PHI 227

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. Tewksbury • STL 4.550

2. Rijo • CIN 3.886

3. Cormier • STL 3.545

4. Swindell • CIN 3.366

5. Clemens • BOS 3.355

6. Drabek • PIT 3.278

7. Nagy • CLE 2.965

8. Fernandez • NYM 2.881

9. Tapani • MIN 2.875

10. Maddux • CHC 2.843

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Maddux • CHC 0.235

2. Glavine • ATL 0.240

3. Jackson • 2TM 0.268

4. Guzmán • TOR 0.299

5. Swift • SFG 0.328

6. Brown • TEX 0.373

7. Nagy • CLE 0.393

8. Clemens • BOS 0.401

9. Leibrandt • ATL 0.420

10. Appier • KCR 0.432

Losses

1. Hanson • SEA 17

2. Perez • NYY 16

3. Abbott • CAL 15

Armstrong • CLE 15

Sutcliffe • BAL 15

Candiotti • LAD 15

Hershiser • LAD 15

8. Johnson • SEA 14

Kamieniecki • NYY 14

Langston • CAL 14

Wegman • MIL 14

Abbott • PHI 14

Belcher • CIN 14

Benes • SDP 14

Wilson • SFG 14

Young • NYM 14

Witt • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Sutcliffe • BAL 118

2. Morris • TOR 108

3. Gullickson • DET 107

McDonald • BAL 107

5. Sanderson • NYY 106

6. Moore • OAK 102

7. Hanson • SEA 100

8. Belcher • CIN 99

9. Brown • TEX 98

10. McCaskill • CHW 97

Tapani • MIN 97

Mulholland • PHI 97

Wild Pitches

1. Moore • OAK 22

2. Smoltz • ATL 17

3. Guzmán • TOR 14

4. Darling • OAK 13

Johnson • SEA 13

Parrett • OAK 13

Perez • NYY 13

8. Viola • BOS 12

Henry • CIN 12

Cone • 2TM 12

Krueger • 2TM 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • SEA 18

2. Maddux • CHC 14

3. Ryan • TEX 12

Cone • 2TM 12

5. Brown • TEX 10

Morris • TOR 10

Stottlemyre • TOR 10

8. Bones • MIL 9

Clemens • BOS 9

McDonald • BAL 9

Wegman • MIL 9

Gardner • MON 9

Martínez • MON 9

Leary • 2TM 9

Batters Faced

1. Brown • TEX 1,108

2. McDowell • CHW 1,079

Wegman • MIL 1,079

4. Maddux • CHC 1,061

5. Cone • 2TM 1,055

6. Drabek • PIT 1,021

Smoltz • ATL 1,021

8. Nagy • CLE 1,018

Sutcliffe • BAL 1,018

10. Perez • NYY 1,013

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. Jones • HOU 70

2. Eckersley • OAK 65

3. Montgomery • KCR 62

Olin • CLE 62

5. Aguilera • MIN 61

6. Wetteland • MON 58

7. Myers • SDP 57

8. Henry • MIL 56

Olson • BAL 56

Williams • PHI 56

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Clemens • BOS 174

2. Maddux • CHC 166

3. Appier • KCR 164

4. Swift • SFG 161

5. Tewksbury • STL 158

6. Mussina • BAL 157

7. Guzmán • TOR 154

8. Schilling • PHI 150

9. Rijo • CIN 143

10. Abbott • CAL 143

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. Clemens • BOS 2.54

2. Maddux • CHC 2.58

3. Guzmán • TOR 2.60

4. Fernandez • NYM 2.70

5. Nagy • CLE 2.71

6. Rijo • CIN 2.75

7. Schilling • PHI 2.91

8. Glavine • ATL 2.94

9. Swindell • CIN 2.95

10. Cone • 2TM 2.95

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. Maddux • CHC 43

2. Clemens • BOS 43

3. Mussina • BAL 41

4. Appier • KCR 37

5. Tewksbury • STL 33

6. Guzmán • TOR 29

7. Schilling • PHI 29

8. Abbott • CAL 27

9. Nagy • CLE 27

10. Perez • NYY 26

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. Maddux • CHC 5.1

2. Clemens • BOS 4.8

3. Mussina • BAL 4.5

4. Appier • KCR 4.1

5. Tewksbury • STL 3.8

6. Schilling • PHI 3.2

7. Guzmán • TOR 3.1

8. Abbott • CAL 2.9

9. Morgan • CHC 2.9

10. Nagy • CLE 2.9

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. Maddux • CHC 48.47

2. Mussina • BAL 44.75

3. Clemens • BOS 41.25

4. Appier • KCR 41.24

5. Tewksbury • STL 34.17

6. Guzmán • TOR 32.66

7. Nagy • CLE 31.75

8. Schilling • PHI 29.95

9. Rojas • MON 29.06

10. McDowell • CHW 28.69

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. Maddux • CHC 5.2

2. Appier • KCR 4.8

3. Clemens • BOS 4.7

4. Mussina • BAL 4.6

5. Guzmán • TOR 4.6

6. Eckersley • OAK 4.6

7. Jones • HOU 4.3

8. Tewksbury • STL 4.1

9. Ward • TOR 3.6

10. Smiley • MIN 3.5

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. Maddux • CHC 5.1

2. Clemens • BOS 4.6

3. Mussina • BAL 3.9

4. Schilling • PHI 3.7

5. Guzmán • TOR 3.6

6. Martínez • MON 3.5

7. Smiley • MIN 3.2

8. Appier • KCR 3.2

9. Glavine • ATL 2.9

10. Nagy • CLE 2.9

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. Eckersley • OAK 7.1

2. Guzmán • TOR 6.6

3. Ward • TOR 6.0

4. Mussina • BAL 5.6

5. Henke • TOR 5.2

6. Mills • BAL 4.5

7. Morris • TOR 4.3

8. Frohwirth • BAL 4.2

9. Drabek • PIT 3.7

10. Rojas • MON 3.4

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. Maddux • CHC 5.7

2. Mussina • BAL 4.9

3. Appier • KCR 4.5

4. Clemens • BOS 4.4

5. Tewksbury • STL 4.0

6. Guzmán • TOR 3.5

7. Nagy • CLE 3.4

8. Schilling • PHI 3.4

9. Eldred • MIL 3.4

10. Swift • SFG 3.3

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