2010 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. Hamilton • TEX 8.7

2. Halladay • PHI 8.3

3. Longoria • TBR 8.2

4. Canó • NYY 8.1

5. Beltré • BOS 7.8

6. Pujols • STL 7.5

7. Gardner • NYY 7.4

8. Jiménez • COL 7.3

9. Hernández • SEA 7.1

10. Crawford • TBR 7.0

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. Halladay • PHI 8.5

2. Jiménez • COL 7.5

3. Hernández • SEA 7.2

4. Johnson • FLA 7.0

5. Wainwright • STL 6.2

6. Oswalt • 2TM 6.0

7. Hudson • ATL 5.8

8. Kershaw • LAD 5.6

9. Buchholz • BOS 5.6

10. Hamels • PHI 5.5

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. Hernández • SEA 2.27

2. Johnson • FLA 2.30

3. Buchholz • BOS 2.33

4. Wainwright • STL 2.42

5. Halladay • PHI 2.44

6. García • STL 2.70

7. Price • TBR 2.72

8. Oswalt • 2TM 2.76

9. Hudson • ATL 2.83

10. Dickey • NYM 2.84

Wins

1. Sabathia • NYY 21

Halladay • PHI 21

3. Wainwright • STL 20

4. Lester • BOS 19

Price • TBR 19

Jiménez • COL 19

7. Cahill • OAK 18

Hughes • NYY 18

Verlander • DET 18

10. Buchholz • BOS 17

Pavano • MIN 17

Santana • LAA 17

Arroyo • CIN 17

Hudson • ATL 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. Hunter • TEX .765

2. Price • TBR .760

3. Sabathia • NYY .750

4. Buchholz • BOS .708

5. Jiménez • COL .704

6. Cahill • OAK .692

Hughes • NYY .692

8. Slowey • MIN .684

9. Cecil • TOR .682

10. Lester • BOS .679

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Lee • 2TM 1.003

2. Oswalt • 2TM 1.025

3. Halladay • PHI 1.041

4. Wainwright • STL 1.051

5. Hernández • SEA 1.057

6. Weaver • LAA 1.074

7. Lilly • 2TM 1.079

8. Latos • SDP 1.083

9. Cain • SFG 1.084

10. Johnson • FLA 1.105

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Sánchez • SFG 6.610

2. Jiménez • COL 6.659

3. Oswalt • 2TM 6.888

4. Hernández • SEA 6.993

5. Kershaw • LAD 7.047

6. Cahill • OAK 7.093

7. Wilson • TEX 7.103

8. Lester • BOS 7.226

9. Wainwright • STL 7.268

10. Cain • SFG 7.294

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Lee • 2TM 0.763

2. Halladay • PHI 1.077

3. Pavano • MIN 1.507

4. Fister • SEA 1.684

5. Marcum • TOR 1.981

6. Braden • OAK 2.009

7. Lilly • 2TM 2.045

8. Haren • 2TM 2.068

9. Buehrle • CHW 2.097

10. Porcello • DET 2.102

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Lincecum • SFG 9.791

2. Lester • BOS 9.736

3. Gallardo • MIL 9.730

4. Sánchez • SFG 9.543

5. Liriano • MIN 9.438

6. Weaver • LAA 9.348

7. Kershaw • LAD 9.338

8. Latos • SDP 9.211

9. Johnson • FLA 9.114

10. Hamels • PHI 9.101

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Feliciano • NYM 92

2. Choate • TBR 85

Moylan • ATL 85

4. Masset • CIN 82

5. Gregerson • SDP 80

Marshall • CHC 80

7. Lyon • HOU 79

Venters • ATL 79

9. Clippard • WSN 78

10. Marmól • CHC 77

López • 2TM 77

Saves

1. Wilson • SFG 48

2. Bell • SDP 47

3. Soriano • TBR 45

4. Soria • KCR 43

5. Capps • 2TM 42

6. Feliz • TEX 40

Cordero • CIN 40

8. Marmól • CHC 38

9. Gregg • TOR 37

Papelbon • BOS 37

Wagner • ATL 37

Innings Pitched

1. Halladay • PHI 250.2

2. Hernández • SEA 249.2

3. Sabathia • NYY 237.2

4. Carpenter • STL 235.0

Haren • 2TM 235.0

6. Wainwright • STL 230.1

7. Hudson • ATL 228.2

8. Verlander • DET 224.1

Weaver • LAA 224.1

10. Myers • HOU 223.2

Strikeouts

1. Weaver • LAA 233

2. Hernández • SEA 232

3. Lincecum • SFG 231

4. Lester • BOS 225

5. Verlander • DET 219

Halladay • PHI 219

7. Haren • 2TM 216

8. Jiménez • COL 214

9. Wainwright • STL 213

10. Kershaw • LAD 212

Games Started

1. Carpenter • STL 35

Haren • 2TM 35

3. Hernández • SEA 34

Sabathia • NYY 34

Weaver • LAA 34

Dempster • CHC 34

Hanson • ATL 34

Hudson • ATL 34

Wolf • MIL 34

10. Buehrle • CHW 33

Burnett • NYY 33

Hernández • CLE 33

Gonzalez • OAK 33

Greinke • KCR 33

Lackey • BOS 33

Santana • LAA 33

Shields • TBR 33

Verlander • DET 33

Wilson • TEX 33

Arroyo • CIN 33

Cain • SFG 33

Garland • SDP 33

Halladay • PHI 33

Hamels • PHI 33

Hernández • WSN 33

Jiménez • COL 33

Lincecum • SFG 33

López • ARI 33

Lowe • ATL 33

Myers • HOU 33

Pelfrey • NYM 33

Richard • SDP 33

Sánchez • SFG 33

Wainwright • STL 33

Zito • SFG 33

Saunders • 2TM 33

Westbrook • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Halladay • PHI 9

2. Pavano • MIN 7

Lee • 2TM 7

4. Hernández • SEA 6

5. Braden • OAK 5

Wainwright • STL 5

7. Santana • NYM 4

Verlander • DET 4

Santana • LAA 4

Cain • SFG 4

Jiménez • COL 4

Hernández • CLE 4

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Halladay • PHI 4

2. Pavano • MIN 2

Oswalt • 2TM 2

Braden • OAK 2

Wainwright • STL 2

Santana • NYM 2

Cain • SFG 2

Jiménez • COL 2

Gallardo • MIL 2

10. Hernández • CLE 1

Dickey • NYM 1

Chen • KCR 1

Danks • CHW 1

Duensing • MIN 1

Galarraga • DET 1

Garza • TBR 1

Hernández • SEA 1

Masterson • CLE 1

García • STL 1

Niemann • TBR 1

Peavy • CHW 1

Piñeiro • LAA 1

Price • TBR 1

Romero • TOR 1

Santana • LAA 1

Bailey • CIN 1

Billingsley • LAD 1

Cueto • CIN 1

Niese • NYM 1

Moyer • PHI 1

Jackson • 2TM 1

Hernández • WSN 1

Lilly • 2TM 1

Kershaw • LAD 1

Latos • SDP 1

Lincecum • SFG 1

Maholm • PIT 1

Wolf • MIL 1

Cahill • OAK 1

Padilla • LAD 1

Saunders • 2TM 1

Richard • SDP 1

Sánchez • FLA 1

Lee • 2TM 1

Volstad • FLA 1

Happ • 2TM 1

Morrow • TOR 1

Buchholz • BOS 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. López • ARI 37

2. Shields • TBR 34

3. Vázquez • NYY 32

Lilly • 2TM 32

5. Haren • 2TM 31

6. Millwood • BAL 30

7. Arroyo • CIN 29

Wolf • MIL 29

9. Garza • TBR 28

Bush • MIL 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Sánchez • SFG 96

2. Wilson • TEX 93

3. Gonzalez • OAK 92

Jiménez • COL 92

5. Garland • SDP 87

Wolf • MIL 87

7. Dempster • CHC 86

8. Zito • SFG 84

9. Lester • BOS 83

10. Romero • TOR 82

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Buehrle • CHW 246

Shields • TBR 246

3. Haren • 2TM 245

4. Lackey • BOS 233

5. Saunders • 2TM 232

6. Halladay • PHI 231

7. Maholm • PIT 228

8. Pavano • MIN 227

López • ARI 227

10. Millwood • BAL 223

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. Lee • 2TM 10.278

2. Halladay • PHI 7.300

3. Weaver • LAA 4.315

4. Haren • 2TM 4.000

5. Johnson • FLA 3.875

6. Marcum • TOR 3.837

7. Wainwright • STL 3.804

8. Latos • SDP 3.780

9. Lilly • 2TM 3.773

10. Shields • TBR 3.667

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • FLA 0.343

2. Billingsley • LAD 0.376

3. Jiménez • COL 0.406

4. Liriano • MIN 0.423

5. Wilson • TEX 0.441

6. Sánchez • FLA 0.462

7. Buchholz • BOS 0.466

8. García • STL 0.496

9. Pelfrey • NYM 0.529

10. Verlander • DET 0.562

Losses

1. Saunders • 2TM 17

2. Millwood • BAL 16

López • ARI 16

4. Burnett • NYY 15

Kazmir • LAA 15

Shields • TBR 15

Duke • PIT 15

Maholm • PIT 15

9. Braden • OAK 14

Hernández • CLE 14

Fister • SEA 14

Greinke • KCR 14

Guthrie • BAL 14

Wells • CHC 14

Zito • SFG 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Shields • TBR 117

2. López • ARI 111

3. Burnett • NYY 109

Davies • KCR 109

5. Millwood • BAL 108

6. Bonderman • DET 105

Lackey • BOS 105

Maholm • PIT 105

9. Jackson • 2TM 104

10. Greinke • KCR 102

Haren • 2TM 102

Wild Pitches

1. Jackson • 2TM 20

2. Romero • TOR 18

3. Burnett • NYY 16

Jiménez • COL 16

Kennedy • ARI 16

6. Sánchez • SFG 15

7. Hernández • SEA 14

Parra • MIL 14

9. Shields • TBR 13

Hammel • COL 13

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Burnett • NYY 19

2. Guthrie • BAL 16

3. Hanson • ATL 14

4. Carpenter • STL 13

5. Kazmir • LAA 12

Santana • LAA 12

7. Masterson • CLE 11

8. Bonderman • DET 10

Lester • BOS 10

Liriano • MIN 10

Wilson • TEX 10

Billingsley • LAD 10

Dempster • CHC 10

Kennedy • ARI 10

Batters Faced

1. Hernández • SEA 1,001

2. Haren • 2TM 994

3. Halladay • PHI 993

4. Sabathia • NYY 970

5. Carpenter • STL 969

6. Santana • LAA 954

7. Myers • HOU 936

Wolf • MIL 936

9. Lackey • BOS 930

10. Verlander • DET 925

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. Marmól • CHC 70

2. Capps • 2TM 66

3. Cordero • CIN 64

Wagner • ATL 64

5. Feliz • TEX 59

Wilson • SFG 59

7. Bell • SDP 57

8. Gregg • TOR 56

Soria • KCR 56

Soriano • TBR 56

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Buchholz • BOS 187

2. Johnson • FLA 180

3. Hernández • SEA 174

4. Halladay • PHI 167

5. Jiménez • COL 161

6. Wainwright • STL 160

7. Oswalt • 2TM 145

8. Price • TBR 144

9. García • STL 143

10. Cahill • OAK 138

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. Johnson • FLA 2.41

2. Lee • 2TM 2.58

3. Liriano • MIN 2.66

4. Wainwright • STL 2.86

5. Verlander • DET 2.97

6. Latos • SDP 3.00

7. Halladay • PHI 3.01

8. Gallardo • MIL 3.02

9. Hernández • SEA 3.04

10. Weaver • LAA 3.06

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. Halladay • PHI 45

2. Hernández • SEA 43

3. Jiménez • COL 39

4. Wainwright • STL 38

5. Johnson • FLA 37

6. Buchholz • BOS 34

7. Hudson • ATL 30

8. Oswalt • 2TM 30

9. Sabathia • NYY 28

10. Price • TBR 28

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. Halladay • PHI 5.0

2. Hernández • SEA 4.6

3. Jiménez • COL 4.3

4. Wainwright • STL 4.2

5. Johnson • FLA 4.0

6. Buchholz • BOS 3.7

7. Hudson • ATL 3.3

Oswalt • 2TM 3.3

9. Sabathia • NYY 3.0

10. Price • TBR 2.9

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. Halladay • PHI 50.28

2. Jiménez • COL 42.42

3. Hernández • SEA 42.22

4. Wainwright • STL 41.75

5. Hudson • ATL 40.21

6. Johnson • FLA 38.85

7. Oswalt • 2TM 33.74

8. Buchholz • BOS 33.34

9. Sabathia • NYY 29.97

10. Price • TBR 29.12

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. Halladay • PHI 5.1

2. Bell • SDP 4.9

3. Hernández • SEA 4.8

4. Soria • KCR 4.6

5. Soriano • TBR 4.2

6. Wilson • SFG 4.2

7. Jiménez • COL 4.0

8. Kuo • LAD 3.9

9. Marmól • CHC 3.7

10. Oswalt • 2TM 3.7

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. Jiménez • COL 3.8

2. Hernández • SEA 3.8

3. Halladay • PHI 3.7

4. Wainwright • STL 3.4

5. Lee • 2TM 3.3

6. Oswalt • 2TM 3.2

7. Lester • BOS 3.2

8. Wilson • TEX 3.2

9. Johnson • FLA 3.1

10. Kershaw • LAD 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. Bell • SDP 5.6

2. Wilson • SFG 4.5

3. Cain • SFG 4.1

4. Halladay • PHI 4.0

5. Soriano • TBR 3.6

6. Hudson • ATL 3.5

7. Oswalt • 2TM 3.4

8. Adams • SDP 3.2

9. Stauffer • SDP 3.1

10. Lincecum • SFG 3.0

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. Halladay • PHI 5.6

2. Hernández • SEA 4.7

3. Wainwright • STL 4.7

4. Hudson • ATL 4.5

5. Jiménez • COL 4.3

6. Johnson • FLA 4.2

7. Oswalt • 2TM 3.7

8. Buchholz • BOS 3.5

9. Price • TBR 3.2

10. Weaver • LAA 3.1

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