2009 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. Greinke • KCR 10.4

2. Pujols • STL 9.7

3. Zobrist • TBR 8.6

4. Utley • PHI 8.2

5. Mauer • MIN 7.8

6. Figgins • LAA 7.7

7. Lincecum • SFG 7.4

8. Johnson • FLA 7.4

9. Ramírez • FLA 7.3

10. Zimmerman • WSN 7.3

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. Greinke • KCR 10.4

2. Lincecum • SFG 7.4

3. Halladay • TOR 6.9

4. Johnson • FLA 6.7

5. Jurrjens • ATL 6.5

6. Haren • ARI 6.5

7. Carpenter • STL 6.5

8. Wainwright • STL 6.3

9. Sabathia • NYY 6.2

10. Lester • BOS 6.2

Vázquez • ATL 6.2

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. Greinke • KCR 2.16

2. Carpenter • STL 2.24

3. Lincecum • SFG 2.48

4. Hernández • SEA 2.49

5. Jurrjens • ATL 2.60

6. Wainwright • STL 2.63

7. Halladay • TOR 2.79

8. Kershaw • LAD 2.79

9. Vázquez • ATL 2.87

10. Cain • SFG 2.89

Wins

1. Hernández • SEA 19

Sabathia • NYY 19

Verlander • DET 19

Wainwright • STL 19

5. Beckett • BOS 17

Feldman • TEX 17

Halladay • TOR 17

Carpenter • STL 17

9. Greinke • KCR 16

Saunders • LAA 16

Weaver • LAA 16

De La Rosa • COL 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. Carpenter • STL .810

2. Hernández • SEA .792

3. Happ • PHI .750

Johnson • FLA .750

5. Beckett • BOS .739

6. Sabathia • NYY .704

Wainwright • STL .704

8. Saunders • LAA .696

9. Wakefield • BOS .688

10. Niemann • TBR .684

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Haren • ARI 1.003

2. Carpenter • STL 1.007

3. Vázquez • ATL 1.026

4. Lincecum • SFG 1.047

5. Lilly • CHC 1.056

6. Greinke • KCR 1.073

7. Wolf • LAD 1.101

8. Halladay • TOR 1.126

9. Hernández • SEA 1.135

10. Piñeiro • STL 1.145

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 6.263

2. Lincecum • SFG 6.710

3. Gallardo • MIL 7.271

4. Carpenter • STL 7.287

5. Vázquez • ATL 7.427

6. Sánchez • SFG 7.439

7. Wolf • LAD 7.474

8. Haren • ARI 7.535

9. Hernández • SEA 7.542

10. Jiménez • COL 7.555

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Piñeiro • STL 1.136

2. Halladay • TOR 1.318

3. Haren • ARI 1.491

4. Lee • 2TM 1.671

5. Pavano • 2TM 1.761

6. Carpenter • STL 1.775

7. Blackburn • MIN 1.794

8. Vázquez • ATL 1.805

9. Lilly • CHC 1.831

10. Buehrle • CHW 1.898

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 10.425

2. Verlander • DET 10.088

3. Lester • BOS 9.959

4. Gallardo • MIL 9.889

5. Vázquez • ATL 9.766

6. Sánchez • SFG 9.753

7. Kershaw • LAD 9.737

8. Greinke • KCR 9.497

9. Nolasco • FLA 9.486

10. De La Rosa • COL 9.389

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Feliciano • NYM 88

2. Moylan • ATL 87

3. Gonzalez • ATL 80

4. Guerrier • MIN 79

Green • NYM 79

Madson • PHI 79

Marmól • CHC 79

8. Coffey • MIL 78

O'Flaherty • ATL 78

10. Soriano • ATL 77

Breslow • 2TM 77

Saves

1. Fuentes • LAA 48

2. Nathan • MIN 47

3. Rivera • NYY 44

4. Bell • SDP 42

5. Cordero • CIN 39

6. Aardsma • SEA 38

Papelbon • BOS 38

Franklin • STL 38

Wilson • SFG 38

10. Rodney • DET 37

Hoffman • MIL 37

Innings Pitched

1. Verlander • DET 240.0

2. Halladay • TOR 239.0

3. Hernández • SEA 238.2

4. Wainwright • STL 233.0

5. Lee • 2TM 231.2

6. Sabathia • NYY 230.0

7. Greinke • KCR 229.1

Haren • ARI 229.1

9. Lincecum • SFG 225.1

10. Arroyo • CIN 220.1

Strikeouts

1. Verlander • DET 269

2. Lincecum • SFG 261

3. Greinke • KCR 242

4. Vázquez • ATL 238

5. Lester • BOS 225

6. Haren • ARI 223

7. Hernández • SEA 217

8. Wainwright • STL 212

9. Halladay • TOR 208

10. Gallardo • MIL 204

Games Started

1. Verlander • DET 35

2. Hernández • SEA 34

Sabathia • NYY 34

Davis • ARI 34

Jurrjens • ATL 34

Looper • MIL 34

Lowe • ATL 34

Wainwright • STL 34

Wolf • LAD 34

Lee • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Halladay • TOR 9

2. Lee • 2TM 6

Greinke • KCR 6

4. Weaver • LAA 4

Beckett • BOS 4

Lincecum • SFG 4

Cain • SFG 4

8. Happ • PHI 3

Verlander • DET 3

Piñeiro • STL 3

Oswalt • HOU 3

Vázquez • ATL 3

Millwood • TEX 3

Duke • PIT 3

Arroyo • CIN 3

Blackburn • MIN 3

Haren • ARI 3

Carpenter • STL 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Halladay • TOR 4

2. Greinke • KCR 3

3. Niemann • TBR 2

Happ • PHI 2

Hamels • PHI 2

Lincecum • SFG 2

Arroyo • CIN 2

Weaver • LAA 2

Santana • LAA 2

Piñeiro • STL 2

Lee • 2TM 2

Beckett • BOS 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Looper • MIL 39

2. Guthrie • BAL 35

3. Arroyo • CIN 31

4. Blanton • PHI 30

5. Saunders • LAA 29

Shields • TBR 29

Volstad • FLA 29

8. Baker • MIN 28

Danks • CHW 28

10. Buehrle • CHW 27

Cahill • OAK 27

Hernandez • BAL 27

Jackson • DET 27

Richmond • TOR 27

Geer • SDP 27

Haren • ARI 27

Moyer • PHI 27

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Davis • ARI 103

2. Burnett • NYY 97

3. Gallardo • MIL 94

4. Kershaw • LAD 91

5. Sánchez • SFG 88

6. Billingsley • LAD 86

7. Jiménez • COL 85

8. De La Rosa • COL 83

Snell • 2TM 83

10. Zito • SFG 81

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Lee • 2TM 245

2. Blackburn • MIN 240

3. Shields • TBR 239

4. Pavano • 2TM 235

5. Halladay • TOR 234

6. Lowe • ATL 232

7. Duke • PIT 231

8. Looper • MIL 226

9. Garland • 2TM 225

10. Guthrie • BAL 224

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 5.943

2. Haren • ARI 5.868

3. Vázquez • ATL 5.409

4. Greinke • KCR 4.745

5. Nolasco • FLA 4.432

6. Verlander • DET 4.270

7. Lee • 2TM 4.209

8. Lilly • CHC 4.194

9. Hamels • PHI 3.907

10. Piñeiro • STL 3.889

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Carpenter • STL 0.327

2. Kershaw • LAD 0.368

3. Lincecum • SFG 0.399

4. Greinke • KCR 0.432

5. Piñeiro • STL 0.463

6. Zambrano • CHC 0.531

7. Jiménez • COL 0.537

8. Hernández • SEA 0.566

9. Johnson • FLA 0.603

10. Marquis • COL 0.625

Losses

1. Guthrie • BAL 17

2. Duke • PIT 16

3. Davis • ARI 14

Harang • CIN 14

5. Cahill • OAK 13

Hochevar • KCR 13

Holland • TEX 13

Liriano • MIN 13

Arroyo • CIN 13

Lannan • WSN 13

Marquis • COL 13

Volstad • FLA 13

Zito • SFG 13

Garland • 2TM 13

Contreras • 2TM 13

Lee • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Looper • MIL 113

Pavano • 2TM 113

3. Guthrie • BAL 112

4. Hernández • 2TM 111

5. Hochevar • KCR 104

Nolasco • FLA 104

7. Pelfrey • NYM 103

8. Shields • TBR 101

Lowe • ATL 101

10. Parra • MIL 99

Wild Pitches

1. Burnett • NYY 17

Hernández • SEA 17

3. Billingsley • LAD 14

4. Haren • ARI 13

Kazmir • 2TM 13

6. Bannister • KCR 12

Davis • ARI 12

De La Rosa • COL 12

Suppan • MIL 12

10. Dempster • CHC 11

Kershaw • LAD 11

Lincecum • SFG 11

Maholm • PIT 11

Sánchez • SFG 11

Cabrera • 2TM 11

Hanrahan • 2TM 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Bush • MIL 15

2. Cueto • CIN 14

3. Chamberlain • NYY 12

Marmól • CHC 12

5. Garza • TBR 11

Millwood • TEX 11

Suppan • MIL 11

8. Burnett • NYY 10

Romero • TOR 10

Santana • LAA 10

Wakefield • BOS 10

Jiménez • COL 10

Moyer • PHI 10

Scherzer • ARI 10

Batters Faced

1. Verlander • DET 982

2. Hernández • SEA 977

3. Wainwright • STL 970

4. Lee • 2TM 969

5. Halladay • TOR 963

6. Sabathia • NYY 938

7. Shields • TBR 930

8. Arroyo • CIN 923

9. Marquis • COL 921

10. Greinke • KCR 915

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. Rodríguez • NYM 66

2. Rodney • DET 65

3. Nathan • MIN 62

4. Wilson • SFG 60

5. Papelbon • BOS 59

Bell • SDP 59

Cordero • CIN 59

8. Broxton • LAD 58

9. Fuentes • LAA 57

10. Rivera • NYY 55

Lidge • PHI 55

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Greinke • KCR 205

2. Carpenter • STL 182

3. Lincecum • SFG 171

4. Hernández • SEA 171

5. Halladay • TOR 159

6. Jurrjens • ATL 159

7. Wainwright • STL 155

8. Cain • SFG 147

9. Wells • CHC 146

10. Lilly • CHC 144

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. Greinke • KCR 2.33

2. Lincecum • SFG 2.34

3. Vázquez • ATL 2.77

4. Carpenter • STL 2.78

5. Verlander • DET 2.80

6. Halladay • TOR 3.06

7. Johnson • FLA 3.06

8. Kershaw • LAD 3.08

9. Hernández • SEA 3.09

10. Lee • 2TM 3.11

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. Greinke • KCR 56

2. Hernández • SEA 44

3. Halladay • TOR 43

4. Lincecum • SFG 43

5. Carpenter • STL 42

6. Wainwright • STL 38

7. Jurrjens • ATL 35

8. Cain • SFG 34

9. Haren • ARI 33

10. Vázquez • ATL 31

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. Greinke • KCR 6.0

2. Lincecum • SFG 4.6

3. Hernández • SEA 4.6

4. Carpenter • STL 4.6

5. Halladay • TOR 4.5

6. Wainwright • STL 4.0

7. Jurrjens • ATL 3.7

8. Cain • SFG 3.6

9. Haren • ARI 3.5

10. Vázquez • ATL 3.3

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. Greinke • KCR 58.92

2. Halladay • TOR 47.52

3. Carpenter • STL 46.47

4. Lincecum • SFG 45.79

5. Wainwright • STL 42.63

6. Hernández • SEA 42.63

7. Jurrjens • ATL 38.20

8. Cain • SFG 37.77

9. Vázquez • ATL 35.42

10. Haren • ARI 33.91

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. Greinke • KCR 5.8

2. Carpenter • STL 5.6

3. Papelbon • BOS 5.0

4. Lincecum • SFG 4.8

5. Verlander • DET 4.3

6. Hernández • SEA 4.1

7. Rivera • NYY 4.0

8. Wainwright • STL 4.0

9. Halladay • TOR 3.8

10. Jurrjens • ATL 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. Greinke • KCR 5.1

2. Carpenter • STL 4.6

3. Lincecum • SFG 4.3

4. Halladay • TOR 4.0

5. Vázquez • ATL 4.0

6. Hernández • SEA 3.8

7. Verlander • DET 3.7

8. Lester • BOS 3.2

9. Sabathia • NYY 3.2

10. Haren • ARI 3.0

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. Nathan • MIN 6.8

2. Verlander • DET 5.1

3. Papelbon • BOS 4.8

4. Carpenter • STL 4.2

5. Lincecum • SFG 3.7

6. Wainwright • STL 3.2

7. Feldman • TEX 3.2

8. Rivera • NYY 2.8

9. Lester • BOS 2.8

10. Porcello • DET 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. Greinke • KCR 6.3

2. Carpenter • STL 5.2

3. Halladay • TOR 5.0

4. Lincecum • SFG 4.9

5. Wainwright • STL 4.7

6. Hernández • SEA 4.6

7. Jurrjens • ATL 4.1

8. Cain • SFG 4.0

9. Vázquez • ATL 3.8

10. Haren • ARI 3.5

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