2008 Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

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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 9.2

2. Utley • PHI 9.0

3. Lincecum • SFG 8.0

4. Teixeira • 2TM 7.8

5. Markakis • BAL 7.4

6. Jones • ATL 7.3

7. Sabathia • 2TM 7.2

8. Santana • NYM 7.2

9. Pedroia • BOS 7.0

10. Beltrán • NYM 6.9

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. Lincecum • SFG 7.8

2. Santana • NYM 7.1

3. Dempster • CHC 6.9

4. Lee • CLE 6.8

5. Sabathia • 2TM 6.7

6. Danks • CHW 6.4

7. Halladay • TOR 6.2

8. Lester • BOS 6.1

9. Haren • ARI 6.1

10. Harden • 2TM 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. Santana • NYM 2.53

2. Lee • CLE 2.54

3. Lincecum • SFG 2.62

4. Sabathia • 2TM 2.70

5. Halladay • TOR 2.78

6. Peavy • SDP 2.85

7. Matsuzaka • BOS 2.90

8. Dempster • CHC 2.96

9. Sheets • MIL 3.09

10. Hamels • PHI 3.09

Wins

1. Lee • CLE 22

Webb • ARI 22

3. Halladay • TOR 20

Mussina • NYY 20

5. Burnett • TOR 18

Matsuzaka • BOS 18

Lincecum • SFG 18

8. Floyd • CHW 17

Saunders • LAA 17

Dempster • CHC 17

Lilly • CHC 17

Oswalt • HOU 17

Vólquez • CIN 17

Sabathia • 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. Lee • CLE .880

2. Matsuzaka • BOS .857

3. Lincecum • SFG .783

4. Webb • ARI .759

5. Perkins • MIN .750

6. Dempster • CHC .739

Vólquez • CIN .739

8. Lester • BOS .727

9. Lohse • STL .714

10. Saunders • LAA .708

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Halladay • TOR 1.053

2. Hamels • PHI 1.082

3. Nolasco • FLA 1.102

4. Lee • CLE 1.110

5. Sabathia • 2TM 1.115

6. Santana • LAA 1.119

7. Haren • ARI 1.130

8. Lowe • LAD 1.133

9. Bush • MIL 1.141

10. Santana • NYM 1.148

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Matsuzaka • BOS 6.871

2. Lincecum • SFG 7.216

3. Peavy • SDP 7.566

4. Dempster • CHC 7.577

5. Hamels • PHI 7.641

6. Galarraga • DET 7.657

7. Wakefield • BOS 7.657

8. Vólquez • CIN 7.668

9. Pérez • NYM 7.747

10. Santana • NYM 7.912

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Lee • CLE 1.370

2. Maddux • 2TM 1.392

3. Mussina • NYY 1.393

4. Halladay • TOR 1.427

5. Haren • ARI 1.667

6. Shields • TBR 1.674

7. Byrd • 2TM 1.700

8. Sonnanstine • TBR 1.722

9. Beckett • BOS 1.755

10. Nolasco • FLA 1.780

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 10.507

2. Vólquez • CIN 9.459

3. Burnett • TOR 9.393

4. Billingsley • LAD 9.015

5. Sabathia • 2TM 8.929

6. Beckett • BOS 8.880

7. Santana • LAA 8.795

8. Vázquez • CHW 8.640

9. Peavy • SDP 8.603

10. Haren • ARI 8.583

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Feliciano • NYM 86

2. Ohman • ATL 83

3. Marmól • CHC 82

Smith • NYM 82

5. Romero • PHI 81

Ayala • 2TM 81

7. Heilman • NYM 78

8. Qualls • ARI 77

9. Guerrier • MIN 76

Rodríguez • LAA 76

Boyer • ATL 76

Corpas • COL 76

Madson • PHI 76

Rivera • WSN 76

Saves

1. Rodríguez • LAA 62

2. Valverde • HOU 44

3. Soria • KCR 42

4. Papelbon • BOS 41

Lidge • PHI 41

Wilson • SFG 41

7. Nathan • MIN 39

Rivera • NYY 39

9. Cordero • CIN 34

Wood • CHC 34

Innings Pitched

1. Sabathia • 2TM 253.0

2. Halladay • TOR 246.0

3. Santana • NYM 234.1

4. Hamels • PHI 227.1

5. Lincecum • SFG 227.0

6. Webb • ARI 226.2

7. Lee • CLE 223.1

8. Burnett • TOR 221.1

9. Santana • LAA 219.0

10. Buehrle • CHW 218.2

Strikeouts

1. Lincecum • SFG 265

2. Sabathia • 2TM 251

3. Burnett • TOR 231

4. Santana • LAA 214

5. Halladay • TOR 206

Haren • ARI 206

Santana • NYM 206

Vólquez • CIN 206

9. Billingsley • LAD 201

10. Vázquez • CHW 200

Games Started

1. Sabathia • 2TM 35

2. Buehrle • CHW 34

Burnett • TOR 34

Meche • KCR 34

Mussina • NYY 34

Arroyo • CIN 34

Cain • SFG 34

Jiménez • COL 34

Lilly • CHC 34

Lowe • LAD 34

Pérez • NYM 34

Santana • NYM 34

Webb • ARI 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sabathia • 2TM 10

2. Halladay • TOR 9

3. Sheets • MIL 5

4. Lee • CLE 4

5. Lackey • LAA 3

Millwood • TEX 3

Oswalt • HOU 3

Slowey • MIN 3

Shields • TBR 3

Webb • ARI 3

Santana • NYM 3

Garza • TBR 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Sabathia • 2TM 5

2. Sheets • MIL 3

3. Shields • TBR 2

Kuroda • LAD 2

Hamels • PHI 2

Oswalt • HOU 2

Santana • NYM 2

Slowey • MIN 2

Litsch • TOR 2

Lester • BOS 2

Lee • CLE 2

Halladay • TOR 2

Garza • TBR 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Backe • HOU 36

2. Harang • CIN 35

3. Lilly • CHC 32

4. Byrd • 2TM 31

5. Floyd • CHW 30

Olsen • FLA 30

Suppan • MIL 30

8. Bannister • KCR 29

Arroyo • CIN 29

Bush • MIL 29

Cueto • CIN 29

Myers • PHI 29

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Pérez • NYM 105

2. Jiménez • COL 103

3. Zito • SFG 102

4. Matsuzaka • BOS 94

5. Vólquez • CIN 93

6. Cain • SFG 91

7. Cabrera • BAL 90

8. Snell • PIT 89

9. Smith • OAK 87

Verlander • DET 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hernández • 2TM 257

2. Buehrle • CHW 240

3. Garland • LAA 237

4. Cook • COL 236

5. Pettitte • NYY 233

6. Duke • PIT 230

7. Blackburn • MIN 224

8. Sabathia • 2TM 223

9. Halladay • TOR 220

Millwood • TEX 220

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. Halladay • TOR 5.282

2. Haren • ARI 5.150

3. Beckett • BOS 5.059

4. Lee • CLE 5.000

5. Mussina • NYY 4.839

6. Santana • LAA 4.553

7. Nolasco • FLA 4.429

8. Sabathia • 2TM 4.254

9. Shields • TBR 4.000

10. Johnson • ARI 3.932

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 0.436

2. Lee • CLE 0.484

3. Jiménez • COL 0.498

4. Webb • ARI 0.516

5. Jurrjens • ATL 0.526

6. Eveland • OAK 0.536

7. Pelfrey • NYM 0.538

8. Cook • COL 0.554

9. Lowe • LAD 0.597

10. Lester • BOS 0.599

Losses

1. Verlander • DET 17

Harang • CIN 17

Zito • SFG 17

4. Bannister • KCR 16

Smith • OAK 16

Vázquez • CHW 16

7. Silva • SEA 15

Lannan • WSN 15

9. Batista • SEA 14

Pettitte • NYY 14

Washburn • SEA 14

Backe • HOU 14

Cain • SFG 14

Cueto • CIN 14

Duke • PIT 14

Looper • STL 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Hernández • 2TM 121

2. Robertson • DET 119

3. Bannister • KCR 117

4. Backe • HOU 112

5. Rogers • DET 110

Silva • SEA 110

7. Vázquez • CHW 108

Verlander • DET 108

9. Garland • LAA 107

10. Arroyo • CIN 106

Wild Pitches

1. Lincecum • SFG 17

Parra • MIL 17

3. Jiménez • COL 16

4. Cabrera • BAL 15

5. De La Rosa • COL 14

6. Padilla • TEX 12

Wakefield • BOS 12

8. Burnett • TOR 11

Dickey • SEA 11

Haren • ARI 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cabrera • BAL 18

2. Padilla • TEX 15

3. Verlander • DET 14

Cueto • CIN 14

Kendrick • PHI 14

Vólquez • CIN 14

7. Wakefield • BOS 13

Pelfrey • NYM 13

9. Eveland • OAK 12

Halladay • TOR 12

Shields • TBR 12

Webb • ARI 12

Owings • 2TM 12

Wolf • 2TM 12

Batters Faced

1. Sabathia • 2TM 1,023

2. Halladay • TOR 987

3. Santana • NYM 964

4. Burnett • TOR 957

5. Webb • ARI 944

6. Cain • SFG 933

7. Lincecum • SFG 928

8. Buehrle • CHW 918

9. Hamels • PHI 914

10. Santana • LAA 897

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. Valverde • HOU 71

2. Rodríguez • LAA 69

3. Cordero • CIN 63

4. Papelbon • BOS 62

5. Lidge • PHI 61

6. Rivera • NYY 60

7. Gregg • FLA 59

8. Nathan • MIN 57

Soria • KCR 57

10. Wood • CHC 56

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 168

2. Lee • CLE 167

3. Santana • NYM 166

4. Matsuzaka • BOS 160

5. Sabathia • 2TM 156

6. Dempster • CHC 154

7. Halladay • TOR 152

8. Lester • BOS 144

9. Hamels • PHI 141

10. Webb • ARI 140

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. Lincecum • SFG 2.62

2. Lee • CLE 2.83

3. Sabathia • 2TM 2.91

4. Haren • ARI 3.01

5. Halladay • TOR 3.03

6. Beckett • BOS 3.24

7. Lowe • LAD 3.26

8. Webb • ARI 3.28

9. Santana • LAA 3.30

10. Mussina • NYY 3.32

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. Lincecum • SFG 44

2. Santana • NYM 44

3. Lee • CLE 43

4. Sabathia • 2TM 43

5. Halladay • TOR 38

6. Harden • 2TM 37

7. Dempster • CHC 34

8. Lester • BOS 33

9. Matsuzaka • BOS 31

10. Hamels • PHI 29

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. Sabathia • 2TM 4.7

2. Lincecum • SFG 4.6

3. Santana • NYM 4.6

4. Lee • CLE 4.6

5. Halladay • TOR 4.0

6. Harden • 2TM 3.9

7. Dempster • CHC 3.6

8. Lester • BOS 3.4

9. Matsuzaka • BOS 3.2

10. Hamels • PHI 3.0

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. Lee • CLE 48.99

2. Lincecum • SFG 47.98

3. Sabathia • 2TM 45.97

4. Santana • NYM 44.35

5. Halladay • TOR 41.78

6. Harden • 2TM 37.83

7. Lester • BOS 36.17

8. Matsuzaka • BOS 34.03

9. Haren • ARI 32.69

10. Dempster • CHC 32.65

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Lee • CLE 5.9

2. Lidge • PHI 5.3

3. Lincecum • SFG 5.0

4. Sabathia • 2TM 4.7

5. Rivera • NYY 4.5

6. Halladay • TOR 4.4

7. Soria • KCR 4.2

8. Santana • NYM 4.0

9. Harden • 2TM 3.9

10. Santana • LAA 3.8

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. Halladay • TOR 4.9

2. Lee • CLE 4.7

3. Sabathia • 2TM 4.5

4. Lincecum • SFG 3.9

5. Harden • 2TM 3.5

6. Santana • NYM 3.5

7. Dempster • CHC 3.4

8. Lowe • LAD 3.2

9. Santana • LAA 3.2

10. Duchscherer • OAK 3.1

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points. A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Danks • CHW 8.7

2. Sabathia • 2TM 6.4

3. Santana • NYM 5.8

4. Lidge • PHI 4.7

5. Nathan • MIN 4.0

6. Baker • MIN 3.8

7. Jenks • CHW 3.5

8. Webb • ARI 3.2

9. Matsuzaka • BOS 2.7

10. Buehrle • CHW 2.6

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. Lee • CLE 5.3

2. Lincecum • SFG 5.1

3. Sabathia • 2TM 5.1

4. Santana • NYM 4.8

5. Halladay • TOR 4.5

6. Harden • 2TM 4.0

7. Lester • BOS 3.6

8. Matsuzaka • BOS 3.4

9. Dempster • CHC 3.3

10. Haren • ARI 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