Major League Baseball 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. Bonds • SFG 10.6
2. Beltré • LAD 9.5
3. Suzuki • SEA 9.2
4. Rolen • STL 9.1
5. Santana • MIN 8.8
6. Pujols • STL 8.5
7. Drew • ATL 8.3
Helton • COL 8.3
9. Johnson • ARI 8.2
10. Schilling • BOS 7.7

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. Santana • MIN 8.7
2. Johnson • ARI 8.4
3. Schilling • BOS 7.8
4. Sheets • MIL 7.2
5. Schmidt • SFG 6.8
6. Zambrano • CHC 6.6
7. Radke • MIN 5.9
8. Pérez • PIT 5.7
9. Kennedy • COL 5.6
10. Martínez • BOS 5.5

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. Peavy • SDP 2.27
2. Johnson • ARI 2.60
3. Santana • MIN 2.61
4. Sheets • MIL 2.70
5. Zambrano • CHC 2.75
6. Clemens • HOU 2.98
7. Pérez • PIT 2.98
8. Pavano • FLA 3.00
9. Schmidt • SFG 3.20
10. Leiter • NYM 3.21

Wins

Wins

1. Schilling • BOS 21
2. Santana • MIN 20
Oswalt • HOU 20
4. Colón • ANA 18
Rogers • TEX 18
Clemens • HOU 18
Pavano • FLA 18
Schmidt • SFG 18
9. Mulder • OAK 17
10. Buehrle • CHW 16
Martínez • BOS 16
Johnson • ARI 16
Maddux • CHC 16
Suppan • STL 16
Zambrano • CHC 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. Clemens • HOU .818
2. Schilling • BOS .778
3. Santana • MIN .769
4. Carpenter • STL .750
5. Lima • LAD .722
6. Schmidt • SFG .720
7. Peavy • SDP .714
8. Milton • PHI .700
9. Pavano • FLA .692
10. Jones • 2TM .688

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 0.900
2. Santana • MIN 0.921
3. Sheets • MIL 0.983
4. Schilling • BOS 1.063
5. Schmidt • SFG 1.076
6. Carpenter • STL 1.137
7. Wells • SDP 1.140
8. Pérez • LAD 1.141
9. Pérez • PIT 1.153
10. Clemens • HOU 1.157

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Santana • MIN 6.158
2. Johnson • ARI 6.484
3. Schmidt • SFG 6.600
4. Pérez • PIT 6.658
5. Clemens • HOU 7.096
6. Leiter • NYM 7.152
7. Zambrano • CHC 7.469
8. Sheets • MIL 7.633
9. Clement • CHC 7.707
10. Lilly • TOR 7.799

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. Lieber • NYY 0.917
2. Wells • SDP 0.920
3. Radke • MIN 1.065
4. Sheets • MIL 1.215
5. Schilling • BOS 1.390
6. Maddux • CHC 1.397
7. Silva • MIN 1.552
8. Johnson • ARI 1.612
9. Lima • LAD 1.796
10. Buehrle • CHW 1.871

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Pérez • PIT 10.974
2. Johnson • ARI 10.624
3. Santana • MIN 10.461
4. Schmidt • SFG 10.040
5. Sheets • MIL 10.025
6. Clement • CHC 9.448
7. Martínez • BOS 9.415
8. Peavy • SDP 9.361
9. Clemens • HOU 9.154
10. Escobar • ANA 8.251

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Brower • SFG 89
2. Quantrill • NYY 86
King • STL 86
4. Cormier • PHI 84
Reitsma • ATL 84
Torres • PIT 84
7. Eyre • SFG 83
Stanton • NYM 83
9. Ayala • MON 81
10. Gordon • NYY 80
Lidge • HOU 80

Saves

Saves

1. Rivera • NYY 53
2. Cordero • TEX 49
3. Benítez • FLA 47
Isringhausen • STL 47
5. Gagné • LAD 45
6. Nathan • MIN 44
Smoltz • ATL 44
8. Mesa • PIT 43
9. Graves • CIN 41
Hoffman • SDP 41

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Hernández • MON 255.0
2. Johnson • ARI 245.2
3. Buehrle • CHW 245.1
4. Oswalt • HOU 237.0
Sheets • MIL 237.0
6. Santana • MIN 228.0
7. Schilling • BOS 226.2
8. Mulder • OAK 225.2
9. Schmidt • SFG 225.0
10. Pavano • FLA 222.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 290
2. Santana • MIN 265
3. Sheets • MIL 264
4. Schmidt • SFG 251
5. Pérez • PIT 239
6. Martínez • BOS 227
7. Clemens • HOU 218
8. Oswalt • HOU 206
9. Schilling • BOS 203
10. Escobar • ANA 191

Games Started

Games Started

1. Buehrle • CHW 35
Rogers • TEX 35
Hernández • MON 35
Johnson • ARI 35
Oswalt • HOU 35
Webb • ARI 35
7. Colón • ANA 34
Lohse • MIN 34
Radke • MIN 34
Santana • MIN 34
Zito • OAK 34
Davis • MIL 34
Estes • COL 34
Lawrence • SDP 34
Milton • PHI 34
Ortiz • ATL 34
Sheets • MIL 34
Weaver • LAD 34
Lidle • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Hernández • MON 9
2. Mulder • OAK 5
Lidle • 2TM 5
Ponson • BAL 5
Westbrook • CLE 5
Sheets • MIL 5
7. Johnson • ARI 4
Schmidt • SFG 4
Buehrle • CHW 4
10. Schilling • BOS 3
May • KCR 3
Morris • STL 3
Hudson • OAK 3

Shutouts

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

1. Lidle • 2TM 3
Schmidt • SFG 3
3. Ishii • LAD 2
Morris • STL 2
Ponson • BAL 2
Oswalt • HOU 2
Pavano • FLA 2
Johnson • ARI 2
Hudson • OAK 2
Hernández • MON 2
Bonderman • DET 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Moyer • SEA 44
2. Milton • PHI 43
3. Colón • ANA 38
May • KCR 38
5. Maddux • CHC 35
Morris • STL 35
7. Garland • CHW 34
8. Anderson • KCR 33
Buehrle • CHW 33
Franklin • SEA 33
Vázquez • NYY 33
Lima • LAD 33
Valdez • 2TM 33
Elarton • 2TM 33

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Webb • ARI 119
2. Ortiz • ATL 112
3. Estes • COL 105
4. Zambrano • 2TM 102
5. Jennings • COL 101
6. Ishii • LAD 98
7. Leiter • NYM 97
8. Batista • TOR 96
9. Cabrera • BAL 89
Lilly • TOR 89

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Ponson • BAL 265
2. Buehrle • CHW 257
3. Silva • MIN 255
4. Rogers • TEX 248
5. Maroth • DET 244
6. Jennings • COL 241
7. Lohse • MIN 240
8. May • KCR 234
Hernández • MON 234
10. Drese • TEX 233
Oswalt • HOU 233

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. Sheets • MIL 8.250
2. Johnson • ARI 6.591
3. Schilling • BOS 5.800
4. Lieber • NYY 5.667
5. Radke • MIN 5.500
6. Wells • SDP 5.050
7. Santana • MIN 4.907
8. Maddux • CHC 4.576
9. Carpenter • STL 4.000
10. Martínez • BOS 3.721

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. Hudson • OAK 0.382
2. Wright • ATL 0.531
3. Zambrano • CHC 0.601
4. Davis • MIL 0.608
5. Clemens • HOU 0.630
6. Oswalt • HOU 0.646
7. Pavano • FLA 0.648
8. Johnson • ARI 0.659
9. Benson • 2TM 0.674
10. Drese • TEX 0.693

Losses

Losses

1. May • KCR 19
2. Franklin • SEA 16
Webb • ARI 16
4. Hendrickson • TBD 15
Johnson • DET 15
Ponson • BAL 15
Fossum • ARI 15
Hernández • MON 15
9. Eaton • SDP 14
Glavine • NYM 14
Johnson • ARI 14
Lawrence • SDP 14
Sheets • MIL 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Estes • COL 131
2. Ponson • BAL 127
3. Jennings • COL 123
4. Garland • CHW 118
5. Moyer • SEA 117
6. Colón • ANA 116
May • KCR 116
Loaiza • 2TM 116
9. Lohse • MIN 115
Lidle • 2TM 115

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Webb • ARI 17
Contreras • 2TM 17
3. Clement • CHC 14
4. Gregg • ANA 13
5. Batista • TOR 12
Cabrera • BAL 12
Vázquez • NYY 12
Williams • STL 12
9. Knotts • DET 11
Lackey • ANA 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Arroyo • BOS 20
Zambrano • CHC 20
3. Williams • SFG 17
4. Martínez • BOS 16
Wakefield • BOS 16
Zambrano • 2TM 16
7. Weaver • LAD 14
8. Park • TEX 13
Kim • MON 13
10. Hudson • OAK 12
Mulder • OAK 12
Villone • SEA 12
Clement • CHC 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Hernández • MON 1,053
2. Buehrle • CHW 1,016
3. Oswalt • HOU 983
4. Johnson • ARI 964
5. Ponson • BAL 954
6. Mulder • OAK 952
7. Sheets • MIL 937
8. Rogers • TEX 935
Weaver • LAD 935
10. Webb • ARI 933

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. Dotel • 2TM 70
2. Rivera • NYY 69
3. Isringhausen • STL 66
4. Mesa • PIT 65
5. Cordero • TEX 63
Nathan • MIN 63
7. Foulke • BOS 61
Smoltz • ATL 61
9. Chacón • COL 60
Looper • NYM 60

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Santana • MIN 182
2. Johnson • ARI 176
3. Peavy • SDP 171
4. Sheets • MIL 162
5. Zambrano • CHC 160
6. Schilling • BOS 148
7. Clemens • HOU 145
8. Pérez • PIT 143
9. Pavano • FLA 137
10. Schmidt • SFG 136

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 • ARI 2.30
2. Sheets • MIL 2.65
3. Santana • MIN 2.92
4. Schmidt • SFG 2.92
5. Schilling • BOS 3.11
6. Clemens • HOU 3.11
7. Peavy • SDP 3.14
8. Oswalt • HOU 3.17
9. Wright • ATL 3.29
10. Hudson • OAK 3.40

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. Santana • MIN 54
2. Johnson • ARI 46
3. Schilling • BOS 40
4. Sheets • MIL 40
5. Zambrano • CHC 36
6. Clemens • HOU 32
7. Peavy • SDP 32
8. Schmidt • SFG 30
9. Radke • MIN 30
10. Pavano • FLA 29

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. Santana • MIN 5.5
2. Johnson • ARI 4.9
3. Sheets • MIL 4.2
4. Schilling • BOS 4.1
5. Zambrano • CHC 3.8
6. Clemens • HOU 3.4
7. Peavy • SDP 3.3
8. Schmidt • SFG 3.1
9. Pavano • FLA 3.0
10. Radke • MIN 3.0

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. Santana • MIN 62.46
2. Schilling • BOS 48.26
3. Johnson • ARI 43.60
4. Hernández • MON 38.30
5. Sheets • MIL 37.66
6. Radke • MIN 37.21
7. Clemens • HOU 36.46
8. Schmidt • SFG 35.92
9. Zambrano • CHC 34.96
10. Pavano • FLA 33.80

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. Nathan • MIN 5.8
2. Santana • MIN 5.7
3. Lidge • HOU 5.7
4. Gagné • LAD 5.4
5. Smoltz • ATL 5.1
6. Rivera • NYY 5.0
7. Schilling • BOS 4.6
8. Gordon • NYY 4.5
9. Cordero • TEX 4.4
10. Benítez • FLA 4.4

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. Santana • MIN 6.3
2. Johnson • ARI 5.9
3. Schilling • BOS 4.3
4. Schmidt • SFG 4.2
5. Clemens • HOU 3.5
6. Hernández • MON 3.1
7. Sheets • MIL 3.0
8. Pavano • FLA 2.9
9. Gagné • LAD 2.9
10. Radke • MIN 2.9

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. Gagné • LAD 5.4
2. Lidge • HOU 4.4
3. Nathan • MIN 4.4
4. Rodríguez • ANA 4.2
5. Schilling • BOS 3.8
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.8
7. Cordero • TEX 3.8
8. Benítez • FLA 3.7
9. Santana • MIN 3.4
10. Martínez • BOS 3.4

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. Santana • MIN 6.5
2. Schilling • BOS 4.8
3. Johnson • ARI 4.4
4. Sheets • MIL 3.9
5. Hernández • MON 3.9
6. Clemens • HOU 3.8
7. Schmidt • SFG 3.7
8. Radke • MIN 3.7
9. Pavano • FLA 3.6
10. Zambrano • CHC 3.6

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