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. Rijo • CIN 10.1
2. Bonds • SFG 9.9
3. Appier • KCR 9.3
4. Griffey • SEA 8.8
5. Langston • CAL 8.5
6. Olerud • TOR 7.8
7. Lofton • CLE 7.6
8. Cone • KCR 7.2
9. Finley • CAL 7.1
10. Piazza • LAD 7.0

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. Appier • KCR 9.3
2. Rijo • CIN 9.2
3. Langston • CAL 8.5
4. Cone • KCR 7.2
5. Finley • CAL 7.1
6. Johnson • SEA 6.6
7. Key • NYY 6.3
8. Maddux • ATL 5.8
9. Darwin • BOS 5.7
10. Fernandez • CHW 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. Maddux • ATL 2.36
2. Rijo • CIN 2.48
3. Appier • KCR 2.56
4. Portugal • HOU 2.77
5. Swift • SFG 2.82
6. Avery • ATL 2.94
7. Álvarez • CHW 2.95
8. Harnisch • HOU 2.98
9. Key • NYY 3.00
10. Candiotti • LAD 3.12

Wins

Wins

1. McDowell • CHW 22
Burkett • SFG 22
Glavine • ATL 22
4. Swift • SFG 21
5. Maddux • ATL 20
6. Hentgen • TOR 19
Johnson • SEA 19
8. Appier • KCR 18
Fernandez • CHW 18
Key • NYY 18
Avery • ATL 18
Portugal • HOU 18

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. Guzmán • TOR .824
2. Portugal • HOU .818
3. Greene • PHI .800
4. Glavine • ATL .786
5. Wickman • NYY .778
6. Burkett • SFG .759
7. Key • NYY .750
Avery • ATL .750
9. Swift • SFG .724
10. Bere • CHW .706
Fleming • SEA .706
Fassero • MON .706

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Maddux • ATL 1.049
2. Darwin • BOS 1.068
3. Swift • SFG 1.074
4. Rijo • CIN 1.088
5. Appier • KCR 1.106
6. Key • NYY 1.107
7. Johnson • SEA 1.112
8. Mulholland • PHI 1.136
9. Burkett • SFG 1.140
10. Harnisch • HOU 1.149

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 6.521
2. Appier • KCR 6.901
3. Harnisch • HOU 7.070
4. Cone • KCR 7.264
5. Álvarez • CHW 7.281
6. Swift • SFG 7.543
7. McDonald • BAL 7.557
8. Bosio • SEA 7.558
9. Rijo • CIN 7.624
10. Smoltz • ATL 7.683

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. Tewksbury • STL 0.842
2. Arocha • STL 1.484
3. Burkett • SFG 1.554
4. Key • NYY 1.635
5. Sanderson • 2TM 1.663
6. Avery • ATL 1.733
7. Maddux • ATL 1.753
8. Mulholland • PHI 1.885
9. Swindell • HOU 1.891
10. Darwin • BOS 1.923

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • SEA 10.856
2. Perez • NYY 8.172
3. Rijo • CIN 7.939
4. Guzmán • TOR 7.900
5. Smoltz • ATL 7.683
6. Guzmán • CHC 7.681
7. Harnisch • HOU 7.649
8. Greene • PHI 7.515
9. Clemens • BOS 7.513
10. Kile • HOU 7.392

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Jackson • SFG 81
2. Harris • BOS 80
3. Beck • SFG 76
West • PHI 76
5. McMichael • ATL 74
6. Radinsky • CHW 73
Murphy • STL 73
Myers • CHC 73
9. Hernandez • HOU 72
Assenmacher • 2TM 72

Saves

Saves

1. Myers • CHC 53
2. Beck • SFG 48
3. Smith • 2TM 46
4. Montgomery • KCR 45
Ward • TOR 45
Harvey • FLA 45
7. Wetteland • MON 43
Williams • PHI 43
9. Henke • TEX 40
10. Hernández • CHW 38

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Maddux • ATL 267.0
2. Eldred • MIL 258.0
3. Rijo • CIN 257.1
4. McDowell • CHW 256.2
5. Langston • CAL 256.1
6. Johnson • SEA 255.1
7. Cone • KCR 254.0
8. Finley • CAL 251.1
9. Fernandez • CHW 247.1
10. Smoltz • ATL 243.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • SEA 308
2. Rijo • CIN 227
3. Smoltz • ATL 208
4. Maddux • ATL 197
5. Langston • CAL 196
6. Guzmán • TOR 194
7. Cone • KCR 191
8. Finley • CAL 187
9. Appier • KCR 186
Schilling • PHI 186

Games Started

Games Started

1. Eldred • MIL 36
Moore • DET 36
Glavine • ATL 36
Maddux • ATL 36
Rijo • CIN 36
6. Finley • CAL 35
Langston • CAL 35
Tapani • MIN 35
Avery • ATL 35
Smoltz • ATL 35
Harris • 2TM 35

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Finley • CAL 13
2. Brown • TEX 12
3. Johnson • SEA 10
McDowell • CHW 10
5. Eldred • MIL 8
Maddux • ATL 8
7. Hanson • SEA 7
Langston • CAL 7
McDonald • BAL 7
Drabek • HOU 7
Gooden • NYM 7
Greene • PHI 7
Mulholland • PHI 7
Schilling • PHI 7

Shutouts

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

1. McDowell • CHW 4
Harnisch • HOU 4
3. Johnson • SEA 3
Moore • DET 3
Martínez • LAD 3
Brown • TEX 3
Belcher • 2TM 3
8. Gooden • NYM 2
Astacio • LAD 2
Greene • PHI 2
Valenzuela • BAL 2
Kile • HOU 2
Mussina • BAL 2
Benes • SDP 2
Glavine • ATL 2
Mulholland • PHI 2
Drabek • HOU 2
Wakefield • PIT 2
Finley • CAL 2
Schilling • PHI 2
Key • NYY 2
Doherty • DET 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Moore • DET 35
2. Harris • 2TM 33
3. Eldred • MIL 32
4. Darwin • BOS 31
5. Armstrong • FLA 29
6. Bones • MIL 28
Gullickson • DET 28
Tanana • 2TM 28
9. Fernandez • CHW 27
Hentgen • TOR 27
Martínez • MON 27
Sanderson • 2TM 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Álvarez • CHW 122
2. Cone • KCR 114
3. Guzmán • TOR 110
4. Martínez • LAD 104
5. Smoltz • ATL 100
6. Johnson • SEA 99
7. Eldred • MIL 91
Witt • OAK 91
9. Glavine • ATL 90
10. Moore • DET 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Erickson • MIN 266
2. McDowell • CHW 261
3. Tewksbury • STL 258
4. Navarro • MIL 254
5. Finley • CAL 243
Tapani • MIN 243
7. Drabek • HOU 242
8. Harris • 2TM 239
9. Glavine • ATL 236
10. Schilling • PHI 234

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. Tewksbury • STL 4.850
2. Key • NYY 4.023
3. Maddux • ATL 3.788
4. Rijo • CIN 3.661
5. Burkett • SFG 3.625
6. Wells • DET 3.310
7. Schilling • PHI 3.263
8. Johnson • SEA 3.111
9. Swindell • HOU 3.100
10. Arocha • STL 3.097

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. Appier • KCR 0.302
2. Hill • MON 0.343
3. Portugal • HOU 0.433
4. Maddux • ATL 0.472
5. Candiotti • LAD 0.505
6. Jackson • PHI 0.513
7. Greene • PHI 0.540
8. Brown • TEX 0.541
9. Pichardo • KCR 0.545
10. Stottlemyre • TOR 0.560

Losses

Losses

1. Erickson • MIN 19
2. Drabek • HOU 18
3. Armstrong • FLA 17
Harris • 2TM 17
Tanana • 2TM 17
6. Eldred • MIL 16
Hough • FLA 16
Young • NYM 16
9. Tapani • MIN 15
Benes • SDP 15
Gooden • NYM 15
Morgan • CHC 15
Pugh • CIN 15
Deshaies • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Navarro • MIL 127
2. Erickson • MIN 126
3. Moore • DET 124
4. Walk • PIT 118
5. Eldred • MIL 115
Harris • 2TM 115
7. Mesa • CLE 114
8. Tapani • MIN 111
9. Bones • MIL 110
10. Sutcliffe • BAL 106

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Guzmán • TOR 26
2. Gordon • KCR 17
3. Greene • PHI 15
4. Cone • KCR 14
Morris • TOR 14
Benes • SDP 14
7. Wells • DET 13
Rivera • PHI 13
Smoltz • ATL 13
10. Gubicza • KCR 12
Drabek • HOU 12
Wagner • PIT 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Johnson • SEA 16
2. Brown • TEX 15
Kile • HOU 15
4. Clemens • BOS 11
Navarro • MIL 11
Burkett • SFG 11
Martínez • MON 11
8. Cone • KCR 10
Eldred • MIL 10
Erickson • MIN 10
Harris • BOS 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Eldred • MIL 1,087
2. McDowell • CHW 1,067
3. Finley • CAL 1,065
4. Maddux • ATL 1,064
5. Cone • KCR 1,060
6. Johnson • SEA 1,043
7. Langston • CAL 1,039
8. Rijo • CIN 1,029
9. Smoltz • ATL 1,028
10. Glavine • ATL 1,014

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. Beck • SFG 71
2. Ward • TOR 70
3. Myers • CHC 69
4. Hernández • CHW 67
5. Montgomery • KCR 63
6. Aguilera • MIN 61
7. Henke • TEX 60
Jones • HOU 60
9. Wetteland • MON 58
10. Williams • PHI 57

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Appier • KCR 179
2. Maddux • ATL 170
3. Rijo • CIN 162
4. Viola • BOS 148
5. Álvarez • CHW 143
6. Darwin • BOS 143
7. Finley • CAL 142
8. Langston • CAL 140
9. Portugal • HOU 139
10. Key • NYY 139

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. Maddux • ATL 2.85
2. Appier • KCR 2.90
3. Rijo • CIN 2.93
4. Johnson • SEA 3.05
5. Greene • PHI 3.07
6. Avery • ATL 3.26
7. Candiotti • LAD 3.35
8. Tewksbury • STL 3.36
9. Hanson • SEA 3.41
10. Burkett • SFG 3.41

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. Appier • KCR 51
2. Maddux • ATL 46
3. Rijo • CIN 46
4. Langston • CAL 35
5. Cone • KCR 34
6. Johnson • SEA 34
7. Key • NYY 33
8. Darwin • BOS 32
9. Finley • CAL 31
10. Fernandez • CHW 30

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. Appier • KCR 5.4
2. Maddux • ATL 5.0
3. Rijo • CIN 4.9
4. Langston • CAL 3.6
5. Cone • KCR 3.5
6. Johnson • SEA 3.5
7. Key • NYY 3.4
8. Darwin • BOS 3.3
9. Finley • CAL 3.1
10. Fernandez • CHW 3.1

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. Appier • KCR 57.13
2. Rijo • CIN 52.17
3. Maddux • ATL 50.86
4. Key • NYY 40.74
5. Johnson • SEA 38.87
6. Cone • KCR 37.84
7. Langston • CAL 37.23
8. Fernandez • CHW 36.51
9. Swift • SFG 34.93
10. Álvarez • CHW 31.52

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. Appier • KCR 6.2
2. Wetteland • MON 5.7
3. Maddux • ATL 5.6
4. Montgomery • KCR 5.5
5. Beck • SFG 5.5
6. Rijo • CIN 4.9
7. Swift • SFG 4.3
8. Johnson • SEA 4.2
9. Harvey • FLA 4.2
10. Key • NYY 4.1

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. Appier • KCR 5.7
2. Maddux • ATL 4.8
3. Rijo • CIN 4.6
4. Johnson • SEA 4.5
5. Langston • CAL 3.8
6. Cone • KCR 3.4
7. Key • NYY 3.4
8. McDonald • BAL 3.2
9. Avery • ATL 3.2
10. Darwin • BOS 3.1

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. Beck • SFG 10.9
2. Maddux • ATL 8.1
3. Appier • KCR 6.6
4. McMichael • ATL 6.5
5. McDowell • CHW 5.9
6. Swift • SFG 5.2
7. Glavine • ATL 5.0
8. Key • NYY 4.9
9. Montgomery • KCR 4.8
10. Avery • ATL 4.3

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. Appier • KCR 5.9
2. Rijo • CIN 5.7
3. Maddux • ATL 5.6
4. Key • NYY 4.3
5. Johnson • SEA 4.0
6. Fernandez • CHW 3.8
7. Cone • KCR 3.8
8. Swift • SFG 3.8
9. Langston • CAL 3.8
10. Álvarez • CHW 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