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2006 Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

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Major League Baseball 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. Pujols • STL 8.4

2. Beltrán • NYM 8.2

3. Santana • MIN 7.6

4. Utley • PHI 7.3

5. Arroyo • CIN 7.0

6. Webb • ARI 6.9

7. Sizemore • CLE 6.7

8. Wells • TOR 6.2

9. Soriano • WSN 6.1

10. Oswalt • HOU 6.0

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. Santana • MIN 7.6

2. Webb • ARI 7.0

3. Arroyo • CIN 6.8

4. Wang • NYY 6.0

5. Smoltz • ATL 5.9

6. Oswalt • HOU 5.9

7. Schilling • BOS 5.5

8. Halladay • TOR 5.3

9. Harang • CIN 5.3

Zambrano • CHC 5.3

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. Santana • MIN 2.77

2. Oswalt • HOU 2.98

3. Carpenter • STL 3.09

4. Webb • ARI 3.10

5. Halladay • TOR 3.19

6. Sabathia • CLE 3.22

7. Arroyo • CIN 3.29

8. Zambrano • CHC 3.41

9. Young • SDP 3.46

10. Smoltz • ATL 3.49

Wins

1. Santana • MIN 19

Wang • NYY 19

3. Garland • CHW 18

4. García • CHW 17

Johnson • NYY 17

Rogers • DET 17

Verlander • DET 17

8. Beckett • BOS 16

Blanton • OAK 16

Halladay • TOR 16

Millwood • TEX 16

Santana • LAA 16

Zito • OAK 16

Harang • CIN 16

Lowe • LAD 16

Penny • LAD 16

Smoltz • ATL 16

Webb • ARI 16

Zambrano • CHC 16

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. Halladay • TOR .762

2. Santana • MIN .760

Wang • NYY .760

4. Garland • CHW .720

5. Williams • SDP .706

6. Zambrano • CHC .696

7. Young • SDP .688

8. Mussina • NYY .682

Schilling • BOS .682

Glavine • NYM .682

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Santana • MIN 0.997

2. Carpenter • STL 1.069

3. Halladay • TOR 1.100

4. Mussina • NYY 1.110

5. Webb • ARI 1.132

6. Young • SDP 1.132

7. Bush • MIL 1.138

8. Oswalt • HOU 1.169

9. Sabathia • CLE 1.173

10. Arroyo • CIN 1.188

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Young • SDP 6.725

2. Zambrano • CHC 6.813

3. Santana • MIN 7.164

4. Cain • SFG 7.411

5. Carpenter • STL 7.877

6. Olsen • FLA 7.970

7. Schmidt • SFG 7.973

8. Santana • LAA 7.985

9. Webb • ARI 8.272

10. Arroyo • CIN 8.302

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • BOS 1.235

2. Lieber • PHI 1.286

3. Halladay • TOR 1.391

4. Oswalt • HOU 1.550

5. Maddux • 2TM 1.586

6. Mussina • NYY 1.596

7. Silva • MIN 1.597

8. Bush • MIL 1.629

9. Carpenter • STL 1.746

10. Garland • CHW 1.746

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Peavy • SDP 9.563

2. Santana • MIN 9.437

3. Hernández • 2TM 9.092

4. Zambrano • CHC 8.832

5. Myers • PHI 8.591

6. Bonderman • DET 8.495

7. Cain • SFG 8.449

8. Harang • CIN 8.296

9. Hernández • SEA 8.293

10. Olsen • FLA 8.269

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Torres • PIT 94

2. Capps • PIT 85

Rauch • WSN 85

4. Howry • CHC 84

5. Proctor • NYY 83

6. Stanton • 2TM 82

7. Coffey • CIN 81

Geary • PHI 81

Qualls • HOU 81

10. Mesa • COL 79

Saves

1. Rodríguez • LAA 47

2. Hoffman • SDP 46

3. Jenks • CHW 41

4. Wagner • NYM 40

5. Ryan • TOR 38

6. Jones • DET 37

Street • OAK 37

8. Nathan • MIN 36

Putz • SEA 36

Borowski • FLA 36

Innings Pitched

1. Arroyo • CIN 240.2

2. Webb • ARI 235.0

3. Harang • CIN 234.1

4. Santana • MIN 233.2

5. Smoltz • ATL 232.0

6. Willis • FLA 223.1

7. Haren • OAK 223.0

8. Carpenter • STL 221.2

9. Capuano • MIL 221.1

10. Zito • OAK 221.0

Strikeouts

1. Santana • MIN 245

2. Harang • CIN 216

3. Peavy • SDP 215

4. Smoltz • ATL 211

5. Zambrano • CHC 210

6. Bonderman • DET 202

7. Lackey • LAA 190

8. Myers • PHI 189

9. Vázquez • CHW 184

Arroyo • CIN 184

Carpenter • STL 184

Games Started

1. Arroyo • CIN 35

Harang • CIN 35

Hudson • ATL 35

Pettitte • HOU 35

Smoltz • ATL 35

6. Bonderman • DET 34

Haren • OAK 34

Millwood • TEX 34

Santana • MIN 34

Zito • OAK 34

Capuano • MIL 34

Davis • MIL 34

Duke • PIT 34

Lowe • LAD 34

Willis • FLA 34

Hernández • 2TM 34

Maddux • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Harang • CIN 6

Sabathia • CLE 6

3. Carpenter • STL 5

Webb • ARI 5

5. Willis • FLA 4

Halladay • TOR 4

7. Benson • BAL 3

Jennings • COL 3

Lackey • LAA 3

Schmidt • SFG 3

Westbrook • CLE 3

Arroyo • CIN 3

Smoltz • ATL 3

Batista • ARI 3

Bush • MIL 3

Capuano • MIL 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Carpenter • STL 3

Webb • ARI 3

3. Sowers • CLE 2

Capuano • MIL 2

Harang • CIN 2

Bush • MIL 2

Sabathia • CLE 2

Westbrook • CLE 2

Lackey • LAA 2

Jennings • COL 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Silva • MIN 38

2. Beckett • BOS 36

Buehrle • CHW 36

4. Marquis • STL 35

5. Weaver • 2TM 34

6. Benson • BAL 33

Moyer • 2TM 33

8. García • CHW 32

López • BAL 32

10. Haren • OAK 31

Arroyo • CIN 31

Ortiz • WSN 31

Seo • 2TM 31

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Zambrano • CHC 115

2. Cabrera • BAL 104

3. Davis • MIL 102

4. Zito • OAK 99

5. Cain • SFG 87

6. Jennings • COL 85

7. Meche • SEA 84

Batista • ARI 84

9. Willis • FLA 83

10. Lilly • TOR 81

Maholm • PIT 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Duke • PIT 255

2. Buehrle • CHW 247

Garland • CHW 247

Westbrook • CLE 247

5. Silva • MIN 246

Hernández • 2TM 246

7. Cook • COL 242

Harang • CIN 242

9. Blanton • OAK 241

10. Pettitte • HOU 238

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. Schilling • BOS 6.536

2. Santana • MIN 5.213

3. Mussina • NYY 4.914

4. Oswalt • HOU 4.368

Bush • MIL 4.368

6. Carpenter • STL 4.279

7. Lieber • PHI 4.167

8. Haren • OAK 3.911

9. Sabathia • CLE 3.909

10. Halladay • TOR 3.882

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Wang • NYY 0.495

2. Webb • ARI 0.574

3. Lowe • LAD 0.578

4. Lackey • LAA 0.579

5. Westbrook • CLE 0.639

6. Duke • PIT 0.711

7. Cook • COL 0.719

8. Jennings • COL 0.722

9. Hensley • SDP 0.722

10. Bédard • BAL 0.733

Losses

1. López • BAL 18

2. Marquis • STL 16

Ortiz • WSN 16

4. Silva • MIN 15

Cook • COL 15

Duke • PIT 15

Morris • SFG 15

Hendrickson • 2TM 15

9. Escobar • LAA 14

Hernández • SEA 14

Washburn • SEA 14

Peavy • SDP 14

Maddux • 2TM 14

Moyer • 2TM 14

Weaver • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Marquis • STL 130

2. López • BAL 124

3. Silva • MIN 119

4. Hudson • ATL 118

Ortiz • WSN 118

6. Piñeiro • SEA 117

7. Hernández • 2TM 116

8. Morris • SFG 115

9. Beckett • BOS 114

Johnson • NYY 114

Wild Pitches

1. Cabrera • BAL 17

2. Contreras • CHW 16

Lackey • LAA 16

4. Batista • ARI 14

5. Redman • KCR 12

Madson • PHI 12

7. Beckett • BOS 11

Burgos • KCR 11

Hernández • SEA 11

Lidge • HOU 11

Schmidt • SFG 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Willis • FLA 19

2. Bush • MIL 18

Ortiz • WSN 18

4. Padilla • TEX 17

5. Marquis • STL 16

6. Vázquez • CHW 15

7. Morris • SFG 14

8. Zito • OAK 13

Armas • WSN 13

Francis • COL 13

Batters Faced

1. Harang • CIN 993

2. Arroyo • CIN 992

3. Willis • FLA 975

4. Smoltz • ATL 960

5. Hudson • ATL 959

Hernández • 2TM 959

7. Webb • ARI 950

8. Zito • OAK 945

9. Capuano • MIL 936

10. Duke • PIT 935

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. Dempster • CHC 64

2. Nathan • MIN 61

3. Borowski • FLA 60

4. Rivera • NYY 59

Cordero • WSN 59

Wagner • NYM 59

7. Jenks • CHW 58

Rodríguez • LAA 58

Fuentes • COL 58

10. Putz • SEA 57

Ryan • TOR 57

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Santana • MIN 162

2. Webb • ARI 152

3. Oswalt • HOU 150

4. Carpenter • STL 144

5. Halladay • TOR 143

6. Arroyo • CIN 142

7. Sabathia • CLE 139

8. Zambrano • CHC 136

9. Jennings • COL 130

10. Mussina • NYY 129

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. Santana • MIN 3.04

2. Webb • ARI 3.18

3. Bonderman • DET 3.29

4. Oswalt • HOU 3.30

5. Sabathia • CLE 3.30

6. Lackey • LAA 3.35

7. Carpenter • STL 3.44

8. Smoltz • ATL 3.44

9. Mussina • NYY 3.46

10. Peavy • SDP 3.51

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. Santana • MIN 45

2. Webb • ARI 39

3. Oswalt • HOU 38

4. Halladay • TOR 35

Carpenter • STL 35

6. Arroyo • CIN 35

7. Liriano • MIN 32

8. Weaver • LAA 28

9. Papelbon • BOS 28

10. Smoltz • ATL 27

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. Santana • MIN 4.6

2. Webb • ARI 4.0

3. Oswalt • HOU 3.9

4. Carpenter • STL 3.6

5. Halladay • TOR 3.5

6. Arroyo • CIN 3.5

7. Liriano • MIN 3.3

8. Weaver • LAA 2.9

9. Smoltz • ATL 2.7

10. Papelbon • BOS 2.7

Clemens • HOU 2.7

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. Santana • MIN 49.87

2. Oswalt • HOU 41.21

3. Carpenter • STL 38.89

4. Webb • ARI 36.98

5. Arroyo • CIN 35.78

6. Halladay • TOR 35.75

7. Ryan • TOR 34.77

8. Liriano • MIN 34.32

9. Smoltz • ATL 33.11

10. Papelbon • BOS 31.73

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. Rodríguez • LAA 5.4

2. Papelbon • BOS 5.3

3. Nathan • MIN 5.1

4. Ryan • TOR 4.7

5. Putz • SEA 4.2

6. Santana • MIN 4.0

7. Saito • LAD 4.0

8. Oswalt • HOU 3.9

9. Zumaya • DET 3.7

10. Webb • ARI 3.6

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. Santana • MIN 5.1

2. Webb • ARI 3.9

3. Carpenter • STL 3.7

4. Oswalt • HOU 3.5

5. Arroyo • CIN 3.4

6. Halladay • TOR 3.3

7. Mussina • NYY 3.1

8. Wang • NYY 2.9

9. Lackey • LAA 2.8

10. Clemens • HOU 2.8

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. Meredith • SDP 5.3

2. Papelbon • BOS 4.3

3. Saito • LAD 4.1

4. Lowe • LAD 4.1

5. Hoffman • SDP 3.4

6. Santana • MIN 3.1

7. Carpenter • STL 3.0

8. Rivera • NYY 3.0

9. Maddux • 2TM 2.9

10. Rodríguez • LAA 2.8

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. Santana • MIN 5.2

2. Oswalt • HOU 4.3

3. Carpenter • STL 4.0

4. Webb • ARI 3.7

5. Halladay • TOR 3.6

6. Arroyo • CIN 3.6

7. Liriano • MIN 3.5

8. Ryan • TOR 3.4

9. Smoltz • ATL 3.4

10. Weaver • LAA 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