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. Maddux • ATL 9.6
2. Johnson • SEA 8.6
3. Valentin • BOS 8.3
4. Bonds • SFG 7.5
5. Martínez • SEA 7.0
6. Cone • 2TM 7.0
7. Belle • CLE 7.0
8. Knoblauch • MIN 6.7
9. Salmon • CAL 6.6
10. Sanders • CIN 6.6

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. Maddux • ATL 9.7
2. Johnson • SEA 8.6
3. Cone • 2TM 7.0
4. Mussina • BAL 6.1
5. Rogers • TEX 5.8
6. Leiter • TOR 5.7
Martínez • CLE 5.7
8. Wells • 2TM 5.4
9. Wakefield • BOS 5.0
10. Ashby • SDP 4.9

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 1.63
2. Johnson • SEA 2.48
3. Nomo • LAD 2.54
4. Ashby • SDP 2.94
5. Wakefield • BOS 2.95
6. Valdez • LAD 3.05
7. Martínez • CLE 3.08
8. Glavine • ATL 3.08
9. Hamilton • SDP 3.08
10. Smoltz • ATL 3.18

Wins

Wins

1. Mussina • BAL 19
Maddux • ATL 19
3. Johnson • SEA 18
Schourek • CIN 18
Cone • 2TM 18
6. Rogers • TEX 17
Martínez • LAD 17
8. Hershiser • CLE 16
Nagy • CLE 16
Wakefield • BOS 16
Glavine • ATL 16
Wells • 2TM 16

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. Maddux • ATL .905
2. Johnson • SEA .900
3. Hanson • BOS .750
4. Nagy • CLE .727
Hershiser • CLE .727
6. Schourek • CIN .720
7. Rogers • TEX .708
Martínez • LAD .708
9. Smiley • CIN .706
Martínez • CLE .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 0.811
2. Johnson • SEA 1.045
3. Nomo • LAD 1.056
4. Schourek • CIN 1.067
5. Mussina • BAL 1.069
6. Valdez • LAD 1.108
7. Martínez • MON 1.151
8. Martínez • CLE 1.176
9. Brown • BAL 1.178
10. Wakefield • BOS 1.183

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Nomo • LAD 5.833
2. Maddux • ATL 6.310
3. Johnson • SEA 6.677
4. Appier • KCR 7.286
5. Martínez • MON 7.305
6. Schourek • CIN 7.471
7. Wakefield • BOS 7.510
8. Mussina • BAL 7.592
9. Valdez • LAD 7.649
10. Cone • 2TM 7.653

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. Maddux • ATL 0.987
2. Reynolds • HOU 1.759
3. Neagle • PIT 1.932
4. Saberhagen • 2TM 1.941
5. Smiley • CIN 1.987
6. Mussina • BAL 2.030
7. Schourek • CIN 2.128
8. Quantrill • PHI 2.208
9. Martínez • CLE 2.214
10. Tapani • 2TM 2.266

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 12.345
2. Nomo • LAD 11.101
3. Smoltz • ATL 9.016
4. Stottlemyre • OAK 8.800
5. Finley • CAL 8.645
6. Benes • 2TM 8.472
7. Reynolds • HOU 8.319
8. Appier • KCR 8.270
9. Martínez • MON 8.045
10. Foster • CHC 7.837

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Leskanic • COL 76
2. Veres • HOU 72
3. Reed • COL 71
4. Pérez • FLA 69
5. Holmes • COL 68
Jones • HOU 68
Pérez • CHC 68
8. McMichael • ATL 67
9. Orosco • BAL 65
Wohlers • ATL 65

Saves

Saves

1. Mesa • CLE 46
2. Myers • CHC 38
3. Smith • CAL 37
4. Henke • STL 36
5. Beck • SFG 33
6. Hernández • CHW 32
Slocumb • PHI 32
Worrell • LAD 32
Aguilera • 2TM 32
10. Montgomery • KCR 31
Wetteland • NYY 31
Hoffman • SDP 31

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Cone • 2TM 229.1
2. Mussina • BAL 221.2
3. McDowell • NYY 217.2
4. Johnson • SEA 214.1
5. Gubicza • KCR 213.1
6. Stottlemyre • OAK 209.2
Maddux • ATL 209.2
Neagle • PIT 209.2
9. Rogers • TEX 208.0
10. Martínez • LAD 206.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • SEA 294
2. Nomo • LAD 236
3. Stottlemyre • OAK 205
4. Finley • CAL 195
5. Smoltz • ATL 193
6. Cone • 2TM 191
7. Appier • KCR 185
8. Maddux • ATL 181
9. Reynolds • HOU 175
10. Martínez • MON 174

Games Started

Games Started

1. Gubicza • KCR 33
2. Finley • CAL 32
Mussina • BAL 32
4. Appier • KCR 31
Bones • MIL 31
Bosio • SEA 31
Gordon • KCR 31
Langston • CAL 31
Pavlik • TEX 31
Rogers • TEX 31
Stottlemyre • OAK 31
Ashby • SDP 31
Drabek • HOU 31
Loaiza • PIT 31
Neagle • PIT 31
Erickson • 2TM 31
Portugal • 2TM 31
Benes • 2TM 31
Tapani • 2TM 31

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Maddux • ATL 10
2. McDowell • NYY 8
3. Mussina • BAL 7
Leiter • SFG 7
Erickson • 2TM 7
6. Johnson • SEA 6
Wakefield • BOS 6
Valdez • LAD 6
Cone • 2TM 6
Wells • 2TM 6

Shutouts

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

1. Mussina • BAL 4
2. Maddux • ATL 3
Nomo • LAD 3
Johnson • SEA 3
5. Gubicza • KCR 2
Ashby • SDP 2
Castillo • CHC 2
Rapp • FLA 2
Reynolds • HOU 2
Martínez • LAD 2
Martínez • MON 2
McDowell • NYY 2
Martínez • CLE 2
Valdez • LAD 2
Fernandez • CHW 2
Green • PHI 2
Hamilton • SDP 2
Hammond • FLA 2
Cone • 2TM 2
Erickson • 2TM 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Radke • MIN 32
Foster • CHC 32
3. Tapani • 2TM 29
4. Gross • TEX 27
5. Bones • MIL 26
Rogers • TEX 26
Stottlemyre • OAK 26
8. McDowell • NYY 25
Mulholland • SFG 25
Trachsel • CHC 25
Darwin • 2TM 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Leiter • TOR 108
2. Bere • CHW 106
3. Álvarez • CHW 93
Finley • CAL 93
5. Hentgen • TOR 90
Pavlik • TEX 90
7. Gordon • KCR 89
Gross • TEX 89
9. Belcher • SEA 88
Cone • 2TM 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hentgen • TOR 236
2. Stottlemyre • OAK 228
3. Tapani • 2TM 227
4. Gubicza • KCR 222
5. Neagle • PIT 221
6. Bones • MIL 218
7. Erickson • 2TM 213
8. Langston • CAL 212
Quantrill • PHI 212
10. Bosio • SEA 211
McDowell • NYY 211

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. Maddux • ATL 7.870
2. Reynolds • HOU 4.730
3. Johnson • SEA 4.523
4. Schourek • CIN 3.556
5. Neagle • PIT 3.333
6. Smiley • CIN 3.179
7. Mussina • BAL 3.160
8. Saberhagen • 2TM 3.030
9. Nomo • LAD 3.026
10. Valdez • LAD 2.941

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. Maddux • ATL 0.343
2. Glavine • ATL 0.408
3. Johnson • SEA 0.504
4. Brown • BAL 0.522
5. Rapp • FLA 0.538
6. Smiley • CIN 0.560
7. Gordon • KCR 0.571
8. Appier • KCR 0.626
9. Witt • 2TM 0.628
10. Abbott • 2TM 0.640

Losses

Losses

1. Wagner • PIT 16
2. Bere • CHW 15
Gross • TEX 15
Moore • DET 15
5. Gubicza • KCR 14
Guzmán • TOR 14
Hentgen • TOR 14
Radke • MIN 14
Burkett • FLA 14
Candiotti • LAD 14
Fassero • MON 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hentgen • TOR 114
2. Gross • TEX 113
3. Moore • DET 111
4. Bere • CHW 110
5. Radke • MIN 107
6. Stottlemyre • OAK 106
7. Erickson • 2TM 105
Tapani • 2TM 105
9. Sparks • MIL 104
10. Bones • MIL 103
Langston • CAL 103

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Nomo • LAD 19
2. Carrasco • CIN 15
3. Leiter • TOR 14
4. Bergman • DET 13
Finley • CAL 13
Smoltz • ATL 13
7. Borland • PHI 12
8. Hurtado • TOR 11
Stottlemyre • OAK 11
Wakefield • BOS 11
Ericks • PIT 11
Kile • HOU 11
Cone • 2TM 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Leiter • SFG 17
2. Clemens • BOS 14
3. Martínez • CLE 12
Kile • HOU 12
5. Ashby • SDP 11
Hamilton • SDP 11
Martínez • MON 11
8. Saberhagen • 2TM 10
9. Brown • BAL 9
Wakefield • BOS 9
Bullinger • CHC 9
Candiotti • LAD 9
Hammond • FLA 9

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Cone • 2TM 954
2. McDowell • NYY 927
3. Stottlemyre • OAK 920
4. Hentgen • TOR 913
5. Gubicza • KCR 898
6. Mussina • BAL 882
7. Finley • CAL 880
8. Bones • MIL 877
Rogers • TEX 877
10. Neagle • PIT 876

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. Hernández • CHW 57
Mesa • CLE 57
3. Wetteland • NYY 56
4. Nen • FLA 54
Slocumb • PHI 54
6. Worrell • LAD 53
7. Beck • SFG 52
8. Smith • CAL 51
Hoffman • SDP 51
Miceli • PIT 51
Aguilera • 2TM 51

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Maddux • ATL 260
2. Johnson • SEA 193
3. Wakefield • BOS 165
4. Martínez • CLE 152
5. Nomo • LAD 149
6. Mussina • BAL 145
7. Rogers • TEX 144
8. Wells • 2TM 141
9. Ashby • SDP 138
10. Glavine • ATL 137

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. Johnson • SEA 2.08
2. Maddux • ATL 2.26
3. Nomo • LAD 2.89
4. Reynolds • HOU 2.90
5. Smiley • CIN 3.24
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.30
7. Schourek • CIN 3.42
8. Appier • KCR 3.48
9. Glavine • ATL 3.49
10. Brown • BAL 3.49

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. Maddux • ATL 61
2. Johnson • SEA 54
3. Wakefield • BOS 38
4. Mussina • BAL 37
5. Martínez • CLE 33
6. Rogers • TEX 32
7. Cone • 2TM 31
8. Nomo • LAD 28
9. Wells • 2TM 26
10. Mesa • CLE 26

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. Maddux • ATL 6.9
2. Johnson • SEA 5.5
3. Wakefield • BOS 3.8
4. Mussina • BAL 3.7
5. Martínez • CLE 3.3
6. Rogers • TEX 3.2
7. Cone • 2TM 3.0
8. Nomo • LAD 2.9
9. Wells • 2TM 2.6
10. Glavine • ATL 2.6

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. Maddux • ATL 70.36
2. Johnson • SEA 58.79
3. Mussina • BAL 44.70
4. Cone • 2TM 36.51
5. Martínez • CLE 35.74
6. Wakefield • BOS 34.83
7. Nelson • SEA 32.25
8. Nomo • LAD 31.01
9. Glavine • ATL 29.24
10. Appier • KCR 28.85

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. Maddux • ATL 8.1
2. Johnson • SEA 6.5
3. Mesa • CLE 6.1
4. Mussina • BAL 4.5
5. Cone • 2TM 4.1
6. Worrell • LAD 3.9
7. Nomo • LAD 3.9
8. Henke • STL 3.8
9. Belinda • BOS 3.8
10. Percival • CAL 3.6

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. Maddux • ATL 7.2
2. Johnson • SEA 6.0
3. Mussina • BAL 4.6
4. Nomo • LAD 3.7
5. Cone • 2TM 3.4
6. Martínez • CLE 3.3
7. Appier • KCR 3.2
8. Brown • BAL 3.1
9. Schourek • CIN 2.9
10. Glavine • ATL 2.8

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. Johnson • SEA 11.8
2. Maddux • ATL 3.9
3. Cone • 2TM 3.7
4. Worrell • LAD 3.6
5. Wakefield • BOS 3.4
6. Charlton • 2TM 3.4
7. Percival • CAL 3.2
8. Holmes • COL 3.0
9. Hitchcock • NYY 2.8
10. Veres • HOU 2.7

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. Maddux • ATL 8.0
2. Johnson • SEA 6.1
3. Mussina • BAL 4.5
4. Cone • 2TM 3.7
5. Martínez • CLE 3.6
6. Nomo • LAD 3.5
7. Wakefield • BOS 3.4
8. Nelson • SEA 3.1
9. Glavine • ATL 3.0
10. Appier • KCR 2.8

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