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2014 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. Kershaw • LAD 8.2

2. Kluber • CLE 8.1

3. Trout • LAA 7.7

4. Brantley • CLE 6.9

5. Donaldson • OAK 6.9

6. Bautista • TOR 6.9

7. Hamels • PHI 6.6

8. Cueto • CIN 6.6

9. Stanton • MIA 6.5

10. Rendon • WSN 6.5

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. Kluber • CLE 8.1

2. Kershaw • LAD 7.7

3. Cueto • CIN 6.6

4. Hamels • PHI 6.4

Hernández • SEA 6.4

6. Sale • CHW 6.1

7. Wainwright • STL 6.1

8. Scherzer • DET 5.8

9. Arrieta • CHC 5.3

10. Roark • WSN 4.7

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. Kershaw • LAD 1.77

2. Hernández • SEA 2.14

3. Sale • CHW 2.17

4. Cueto • CIN 2.25

5. Wainwright • STL 2.38

6. Fister • WSN 2.41

7. Kluber • CLE 2.44

8. Lester • 2TM 2.46

9. Hamels • PHI 2.46

10. Richards • LAA 2.61

Wins

1. Kershaw • LAD 21

2. Cueto • CIN 20

Wainwright • STL 20

4. Kluber • CLE 18

Scherzer • DET 18

Weaver • LAA 18

Bumgarner • SFG 18

8. Greinke • LAD 17

Peralta • MIL 17

10. Chen • BAL 16

Hughes • MIN 16

Shoemaker • LAA 16

Fister • WSN 16

Lester • 2TM 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. Kershaw • LAD .875

2. Shoemaker • LAA .800

3. Scherzer • DET .783

4. Richards • LAA .765

5. Sale • CHW .750

6. Zimmermann • WSN .737

7. Chen • BAL .727

Fister • WSN .727

9. Tanaka • NYY .722

10. Hernández • SEA .714

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 0.857

2. Hernández • SEA 0.915

3. Cueto • CIN 0.960

4. Sale • CHW 0.966

5. Wainwright • STL 1.031

6. Richards • LAA 1.038

7. Iwakuma • SEA 1.050

8. Samardzija • 2TM 1.065

9. Zimmermann • WSN 1.072

10. Price • 2TM 1.079

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Cueto • CIN 6.242

2. Kershaw • LAD 6.308

3. Hernández • SEA 6.483

4. Richards • LAA 6.617

5. Sale • CHW 6.672

6. Liriano • PIT 7.207

7. Wainwright • STL 7.295

8. Ross • SDP 7.589

9. Teheran • ATL 7.656

10. Cobb • TBR 7.683

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Hughes • MIN 0.687

2. Iwakuma • SEA 1.056

3. Zimmermann • WSN 1.307

4. Fister • WSN 1.317

5. Colón • NYM 1.334

6. Price • 2TM 1.377

7. Kershaw • LAD 1.407

8. McCarthy • 2TM 1.485

9. Kuroda • NYY 1.583

10. Álvarez • MIA 1.588

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 10.845

2. Sale • CHW 10.759

3. Scherzer • DET 10.293

4. Kluber • CLE 10.273

5. Strasburg • WSN 10.130

6. Price • 2TM 9.821

7. Liriano • PIT 9.702

8. Hernández • SEA 9.458

9. Odorizzi • TBR 9.321

10. Kennedy • SDP 9.269

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Shaw • CLE 80

2. Smith • MIL 78

Watson • PIT 78

4. Allen • CLE 76

Smith • LAA 76

Familia • NYM 76

7. Clippard • WSN 75

Dunn • MIA 75

Ottavino • COL 75

10. Jepsen • LAA 74

Brothers • COL 74

Duke • MIL 74

Saves

1. Rodney • SEA 48

2. Kimbrel • ATL 47

3. Holland • KCR 46

4. Rosenthal • STL 45

5. Jansen • LAD 44

Rodríguez • MIL 44

7. Street • 2TM 41

8. Robertson • NYY 39

Cishek • MIA 39

Papelbon • PHI 39

Innings Pitched

1. Price • 2TM 248.1

2. Cueto • CIN 243.2

3. Hernández • SEA 236.0

4. Kluber • CLE 235.2

5. Shields • KCR 227.0

Wainwright • STL 227.0

7. Teheran • ATL 221.0

8. Scherzer • DET 220.1

9. Lester • 2TM 219.2

Samardzija • 2TM 219.2

Strikeouts

1. Price • 2TM 271

2. Kluber • CLE 269

3. Scherzer • DET 252

4. Hernández • SEA 248

5. Cueto • CIN 242

Strasburg • WSN 242

7. Kershaw • LAD 239

8. Lester • 2TM 220

9. Bumgarner • SFG 219

10. Sale • CHW 208

Games Started

1. Dickey • TOR 34

Hernández • SEA 34

Kluber • CLE 34

Shields • KCR 34

Tillman • BAL 34

Weaver • LAA 34

Burnett • PHI 34

Cueto • CIN 34

Strasburg • WSN 34

Price • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Kershaw • LAD 6

2. Wainwright • STL 5

Keuchel • HOU 5

4. Cueto • CIN 4

Bumgarner • SFG 4

Teheran • ATL 4

7. Porcello • DET 3

Kluber • CLE 3

Tanaka • NYY 3

Zimmermann • WSN 3

Álvarez • MIA 3

Price • 2TM 3

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Porcello • DET 3

Wainwright • STL 3

Álvarez • MIA 3

4. Teheran • ATL 2

Lohse • MIL 2

Kershaw • LAD 2

Pérez • TEX 2

Cueto • CIN 2

Gray • OAK 2

Buchholz • BOS 2

Zimmermann • WSN 2

Cashner • SDP 2

Bumgarner • SFG 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Estrada • MIL 29

2. Noesí • 3TM 28

3. Weaver • LAA 27

Haren • LAD 27

5. Dickey • TOR 26

Young • SEA 26

Stults • SDP 26

8. Danks • CHW 25

González • BAL 25

Lewis • TEX 25

Kendrick • PHI 25

Price • 2TM 25

McCarthy • 2TM 25

Nuño • 2TM 25

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Burnett • PHI 96

2. Wilson • LAA 85

3. Liriano • PIT 81

4. Wheeler • NYM 79

5. Jiménez • BAL 77

6. Wood • CHC 76

7. Miley • ARI 75

8. Danks • CHW 74

Dickey • TOR 74

Gray • OAK 74

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Price • 2TM 230

2. Buehrle • TOR 228

3. Shields • KCR 224

4. Verlander • DET 223

Eovaldi • MIA 223

6. McCarthy • 2TM 222

7. Hughes • MIN 221

8. Colón • NYM 218

9. Leake • CIN 217

10. Guthrie • KCR 215

Harang • ATL 215

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. Hughes • MIN 11.625

2. Kershaw • LAD 7.710

3. Iwakuma • SEA 7.333

4. Price • 2TM 7.132

5. Zimmermann • WSN 6.276

6. Strasburg • WSN 5.628

7. Hernández • SEA 5.391

8. Sale • CHW 5.333

9. McCarthy • 2TM 5.303

10. Kluber • CLE 5.275

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Richards • LAA 0.267

2. Wainwright • STL 0.396

3. Kershaw • LAD 0.408

4. Cosart • 2TM 0.449

5. Quintana • CHW 0.449

6. Keuchel • HOU 0.495

7. Kluber • CLE 0.535

8. Archer • TBR 0.555

9. Lynn • STL 0.574

10. Zimmermann • WSN 0.586

Losses

1. Burnett • PHI 18

2. Stults • SDP 17

Correia • 2TM 17

4. Jackson • CHC 15

McCarthy • 2TM 15

6. Lewis • TEX 14

Eovaldi • MIA 14

Ross • SDP 14

9. Dickey • TOR 13

Hutchison • TOR 13

Oberholtzer • HOU 13

Odorizzi • TBR 13

Porcello • DET 13

Colón • NYM 13

Hudson • SFG 13

Kendrick • PHI 13

Kennedy • SDP 13

Leake • CIN 13

Teheran • ATL 13

Vogelsong • SFG 13

Wood • CHC 13

Peavy • 2TM 13

Samardzija • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Burnett • PHI 109

2. Verlander • DET 104

3. Danks • CHW 102

Kendrick • PHI 102

5. Buchholz • BOS 101

6. Jackson • CHC 99

7. Lewis • TEX 98

8. Eovaldi • MIA 97

Miley • ARI 97

Wood • CHC 97

Wild Pitches

1. Richards • LAA 22

2. Hernández • SEA 18

3. Gray • OAK 15

Lincecum • SFG 15

Vólquez • PIT 15

6. Darvish • TEX 14

Masterson • 2TM 14

8. Kuroda • NYY 13

Webb • CHW 13

10. Shields • KCR 12

Greinke • LAD 12

Liriano • PIT 12

Ross • SDP 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Morton • PIT 19

2. Burnett • PHI 16

3. Cueto • CIN 15

Masterson • 2TM 15

5. Dickey • TOR 14

Guthrie • KCR 14

Norris • BAL 14

Vólquez • PIT 14

9. Leake • CIN 13

10. Carroll • CHW 12

Simón • CIN 12

Batters Faced

1. Price • 2TM 1,009

2. Cueto • CIN 961

3. Kluber • CLE 951

4. Shields • KCR 939

5. Burnett • PHI 935

6. Dickey • TOR 914

7. Hernández • SEA 912

8. Scherzer • DET 904

9. Leake • CIN 902

10. Gray • OAK 899

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 • MIL 66

2. Rodney • SEA 64

3. Holland • KCR 60

4. Rosenthal • STL 59

5. Jansen • LAD 57

6. Perkins • MIN 56

7. Robertson • NYY 55

Cishek • MIA 55

Reed • ARI 55

10. Nathan • DET 54

Kimbrel • ATL 54

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kershaw • LAD 197

2. Sale • CHW 173

3. Hernández • SEA 170

4. Cueto • CIN 163

5. Kluber • CLE 160

6. Lester • 2TM 158

7. Fister • WSN 155

8. Wainwright • STL 153

9. Hamels • PHI 152

10. Zimmermann • WSN 141

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. Kershaw • LAD 1.81

2. Kluber • CLE 2.35

3. Hernández • SEA 2.56

4. Sale • CHW 2.57

5. Richards • LAA 2.60

6. Hughes • MIN 2.65

7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.68

8. Price • 2TM 2.78

9. Lester • 2TM 2.80

10. Quintana • CHW 2.81

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. Kershaw • LAD 40

2. Hernández • SEA 38

3. Cueto • CIN 37

4. Kluber • CLE 36

5. Wainwright • STL 33

6. Sale • CHW 30

7. Lester • 2TM 30

8. Hamels • PHI 29

9. Betances • NYY 24

10. Davis • KCR 23

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. Kershaw • LAD 4.7

2. Cueto • CIN 4.3

3. Hernández • SEA 4.2

4. Kluber • CLE 4.1

5. Wainwright • STL 3.7

6. Sale • CHW 3.4

7. Hamels • PHI 3.3

8. Lester • 2TM 3.3

9. Betances • NYY 2.6

10. Arrieta • CHC 2.5

Zimmermann • WSN 2.5

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. Kershaw • LAD 45.57

2. Hernández • SEA 39.91

3. Wainwright • STL 38.64

4. Cueto • CIN 37.49

5. Kluber • CLE 36.30

6. Sale • CHW 32.97

7. Betances • NYY 30.79

8. Hamels • PHI 29.62

9. Lester • 2TM 28.23

10. Herrera • KCR 25.50

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.3

2. Cueto • CIN 5.1

3. Betances • NYY 4.4

4. Wainwright • STL 4.3

5. Hernández • SEA 4.0

6. Davis • KCR 3.9

7. Street • 2TM 3.8

8. Kluber • CLE 3.7

9. Britton • BAL 3.6

10. Papelbon • PHI 3.5

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.2

2. Hernández • SEA 4.8

3. Wainwright • STL 4.6

4. Cueto • CIN 4.4

5. Sale • CHW 3.7

6. Kluber • CLE 3.3

7. Richards • LAA 3.3

8. Carrasco • CLE 2.9

9. Betances • NYY 2.8

10. Lester • 2TM 2.7

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. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

2. Wainwright • STL 3.2

3. Davis • KCR 3.2

4. Herrera • KCR 3.2

5. Scherzer • DET 3.1

6. Hernández • SEA 3.0

7. Betances • NYY 2.8

8. O'Day • BAL 2.4

9. Britton • BAL 2.3

10. Neshek • STL 2.2

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. Kershaw • LAD 5.6

2. Hernández • SEA 4.6

3. Wainwright • STL 4.5

4. Cueto • CIN 4.3

5. Kluber • CLE 4.0

6. Sale • CHW 3.8

7. Hamels • PHI 3.3

8. Betances • NYY 3.3

9. Lester • 2TM 3.1

10. Arrieta • CHC 2.8

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