Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Trout • LAA 10.4
2. Betts • BOS 9.8
3. Altuve • HOU 7.8
4. Machado • BAL 7.4
5. Verlander • DET 7.4
6. Canó • SEA 7.3
7. Donaldson • TOR 7.3
8. Bryant • CHC 7.2
9. Correa • HOU 7.0
10. Beltré • TEX 6.9

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>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.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Verlander • DET 7.4
2. Scherzer • WSN 6.3
3. Kershaw • LAD 5.8
4. Martínez • STL 5.7
5. Kluber • CLE 5.6
6. Lester • CHC 5.6
7. Roark • WSN 5.5
8. Cueto • SFG 5.4
Fulmer • DET 5.4
10. Hendricks • CHC 5.3
Quintana • CHW 5.3

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Hendricks • CHC 2.13
2. Lester • CHC 2.44
3. Syndergaard • NYM 2.60
4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.74
5. Cueto • SFG 2.79
6. Roark • WSN 2.83
7. Fernández • MIA 2.86
8. Scherzer • WSN 2.96
9. Sanchez • TOR 3.00
10. Martínez • STL 3.04

Wins

Wins

1. Porcello • BOS 22
2. Happ • TOR 20
Scherzer • WSN 20
4. Lester • CHC 19
5. Kluber • CLE 18
Arrieta • CHC 18
Cueto • SFG 18
8. Price • BOS 17
Sale • CHW 17
10. Iwakuma • SEA 16
Tillman • BAL 16
Verlander • DET 16
Fernández • MIA 16
Hendricks • CHC 16
Maeda • LAD 16
Martínez • STL 16
Roark • WSN 16

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Sanchez • TOR .882
2. Porcello • BOS .846
3. Happ • TOR .833
4. Lester • CHC .792
5. Strasburg • WSN .789
6. Cueto • SFG .783
7. Tanaka • NYY .778
8. Hamels • TEX .750
Kershaw • LAD .750
10. Scherzer • WSN .741

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 0.968
2. Hendricks • CHC 0.979
3. Verlander • DET 1.001
4. Porcello • BOS 1.009
5. Lester • CHC 1.016
6. Bumgarner • SFG 1.028
7. Sale • CHW 1.037
8. Teheran • ATL 1.053
9. Kluber • CLE 1.056
10. Lackey • CHC 1.057

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Arrieta • CHC 6.294
2. Scherzer • WSN 6.504
3. Hendricks • CHC 6.726
4. Estrada • TOR 6.750
5. Verlander • DET 6.760
6. Lester • CHC 6.839
7. Lackey • CHC 6.977
8. Bumgarner • SFG 7.107
9. Kluber • CLE 7.116
10. Pomeranz • 2TM 7.225

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Tomlin • CLE 1.034
2. Porcello • BOS 1.291
3. Colón • NYM 1.503
4. Leake • STL 1.528
5. Nova • 2TM 1.556
6. Tanaka • NYY 1.623
7. Sale • CHW 1.787
8. Cueto • SFG 1.844
9. Eickhoff • PHI 1.916
10. Price • BOS 1.957

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Fernández • MIA 12.488
2. Ray • ARI 11.254
3. Scherzer • WSN 11.194
4. Syndergaard • NYM 10.682
5. Pineda • NYY 10.605
6. Archer • TBR 10.416
7. Verlander • DET 10.041
8. Bumgarner • SFG 9.966
9. Gray • COL 9.911
10. Pomeranz • 2TM 9.809

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Hand • SDP 82
2. Duke • 2TM 81
3. Reed • NYM 80
4. Delgado • ARI 79
Neris • PHI 79
6. Familia • NYM 78
7. Wood • CHC 77
8. Oh • STL 76
9. Shaw • CLE 75
Barraclough • MIA 75
Blanton • LAD 75
Melancon • 2TM 75
Vazquez • 2TM 75
Salas • 2TM 75

Saves

Saves

1. Familia • NYM 51
2. Britton • BAL 47
Jansen • LAD 47
Melancon • 2TM 47
5. Rodríguez • DET 44
6. Ramos • MIA 40
7. Dyson • TEX 38
8. Colomé • TBR 37
Robertson • CHW 37
Gómez • PHI 37

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Price • BOS 230.0
2. Scherzer • WSN 228.1
3. Verlander • DET 227.2
4. Sale • CHW 226.2
Bumgarner • SFG 226.2
6. Porcello • BOS 223.0
7. Cueto • SFG 219.2
8. Kluber • CLE 215.0
9. Roark • WSN 210.0
10. Quintana • CHW 208.0

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Scherzer • WSN 284
2. Verlander • DET 254
3. Fernández • MIA 253
4. Bumgarner • SFG 251
5. Archer • TBR 233
Sale • CHW 233
7. Price • BOS 228
8. Kluber • CLE 227
9. Ray • ARI 218
Syndergaard • NYM 218

Games Started

Games Started

1. Price • BOS 35
2. Verlander • DET 34
Vólquez • KCR 34
Bumgarner • SFG 34
Scherzer • WSN 34
6. Archer • TBR 33
Iwakuma • SEA 33
Kennedy • KCR 33
McHugh • HOU 33
Odorizzi • TBR 33
Pérez • TEX 33
Porcello • BOS 33
Colón • NYM 33
Eickhoff • PHI 33
Koehler • MIA 33
Roark • WSN 33
Wainwright • STL 33
Santiago • 2TM 33
Moore • 2TM 33
Shields • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Sale • CHW 6
2. Cueto • SFG 5
3. Bumgarner • SFG 4
Wright • BOS 4
5. Kluber • CLE 3
Kershaw • LAD 3
Porcello • BOS 3
Nova • 2TM 3
9. Verlander • DET 2
Ventura • KCR 2
Graveman • OAK 2
Eflin • PHI 2
Hendricks • CHC 2
Lester • CHC 2
Price • BOS 2
Santana • MIN 2

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Kershaw • LAD 3
2. Cueto • SFG 2
Kluber • CLE 2
4. Andriese • TBR 1
Carrasco • CLE 1
Bumgarner • SFG 1
Bettis • COL 1
Arrieta • CHC 1
Wright • BOS 1
Weaver • LAA 1
Walker • SEA 1
Shoemaker • LAA 1
Santana • MIN 1
Sale • CHW 1
Keuchel • HOU 1
Graveman • OAK 1
Fulmer • DET 1
DeSclafani • CIN 1
Nolasco • 2TM 1
Miley • 2TM 1
Wainwright • STL 1
Velasquez • PHI 1
Teheran • ATL 1
Miller • ARI 1
deGrom • NYM 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Hellickson • PHI 1
Greinke • ARI 1
Gray • COL 1
García • STL 1
Eflin • PHI 1
Locke • PIT 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Shields • 2TM 40
2. Weaver • LAA 37
3. Tomlin • CLE 36
4. Kennedy • KCR 33
Santiago • 2TM 33
6. Smyly • TBR 32
7. Scherzer • WSN 31
Straily • CIN 31
9. Archer • TBR 30
Price • BOS 30
Sánchez • DET 30
Verlander • DET 30
Eickhoff • PHI 30

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Nelson • MIL 86
2. Liriano • 2TM 85
3. Finnegan • CIN 84
4. Koehler • MIA 83
5. Shields • 2TM 82
6. Santiago • 2TM 79
7. Ventura • KCR 78
8. Hamels • TEX 77
9. Pérez • TEX 76
Vólquez • KCR 76
Arrieta • CHC 76

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Price • BOS 227
2. Wainwright • STL 220
3. Iwakuma • SEA 218
4. Vólquez • KCR 217
5. Stroman • TOR 209
Weaver • LAA 209
7. Shields • 2TM 208
8. McHugh • HOU 206
9. Pérez • TEX 205
10. Bettis • COL 204

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Porcello • BOS 5.906
2. Tomlin • CLE 5.900
3. Sale • CHW 5.178
4. Scherzer • WSN 5.071
5. Syndergaard • NYM 5.070
6. Bumgarner • SFG 4.648
7. Fernández • MIA 4.600
8. Tanaka • NYY 4.583
9. Price • BOS 4.560
10. Nova • 2TM 4.536

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Syndergaard • NYM 0.539
2. Cueto • SFG 0.615
3. Fernández • MIA 0.642
4. Martínez • STL 0.691
5. Sanchez • TOR 0.703
6. Hendricks • CHC 0.711
7. Roark • WSN 0.729
8. Arrieta • CHC 0.730
9. Pérez • TEX 0.815
10. Kluber • CLE 0.921

Losses

Losses

1. Archer • TBR 19
Shields • 2TM 19
3. Nelson • MIL 16
4. Dickey • TOR 15
Ray • ARI 15
6. Eickhoff • PHI 14
Nolasco • 2TM 14
8. Fister • HOU 13
Sánchez • DET 13
Shoemaker • LAA 13
Corbin • ARI 13
García • STL 13
Koehler • MIA 13
Wisler • ATL 13
Miley • 2TM 13
Liriano • 2TM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Shields • 2TM 118
2. Vólquez • KCR 113
3. Price • BOS 102
Wainwright • STL 102
5. Sánchez • DET 100
Weaver • LAA 100
7. Stroman • TOR 99
Bettis • COL 99
Miley • 2TM 99
10. Pérez • TEX 97
Nolasco • 2TM 97

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Fiers • HOU 17
2. Arrieta • CHC 16
3. Gray • OAK 15
4. Giles • HOU 14
5. Ventura • KCR 13
Foltynewicz • ATL 13
7. Archer • TBR 11
Rodón • CHW 11
Santana • MIN 11
Niese • 2TM 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Sale • CHW 17
Nelson • MIL 17
3. Kennedy • KCR 13
Porcello • BOS 13
Roark • WSN 13
6. Gray • COL 12
7. Conley • MIA 11
Martínez • STL 11
Straily • CIN 11
10. Hernández • SEA 10
Montgomery • 2TM 10

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Price • BOS 951
2. Bumgarner • SFG 912
3. Sale • CHW 907
4. Verlander • DET 903
5. Scherzer • WSN 902
6. Porcello • BOS 890
7. Cueto • SFG 881
8. Kluber • CLE 860
9. Pérez • TEX 855
Stroman • TOR 855
Roark • WSN 855

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Familia • NYM 67
Melancon • 2TM 67
3. Britton • BAL 63
Jansen • LAD 63
5. Osuna • TOR 61
6. Gómez • PHI 59
7. Allen • CLE 55
Rodríguez • DET 55
9. Dyson • TEX 53
Madson • OAK 53

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Hendricks • CHC 196
2. Lester • CHC 171
3. Syndergaard • NYM 155
4. Roark • WSN 151
5. Bumgarner • SFG 146
6. Scherzer • WSN 144
7. Cueto • SFG 144
8. Kluber • CLE 144
9. Sanchez • TOR 142
10. Porcello • BOS 142

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Syndergaard • NYM 2.29
2. Fernández • MIA 2.30
3. Cueto • SFG 2.95
4. Hendricks • CHC 3.20
5. Scherzer • WSN 3.24
6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.24
7. Kluber • CLE 3.26
8. Porcello • BOS 3.40
9. Lester • CHC 3.41
10. Sale • CHW 3.46

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Hendricks • CHC 41
2. Lester • CHC 40
3. Kershaw • LAD 40
4. Scherzer • WSN 34
5. Roark • WSN 33
6. Cueto • SFG 32
7. Bumgarner • SFG 31
8. Verlander • DET 31
9. Porcello • BOS 30
10. Kluber • CLE 30

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Hendricks • CHC 4.5
Kershaw • LAD 4.5
3. Lester • CHC 4.3
4. Scherzer • WSN 3.6
5. Roark • WSN 3.4
6. Cueto • SFG 3.4
7. Bumgarner • SFG 3.3
8. Verlander • DET 3.3
9. Porcello • BOS 3.2
10. Kluber • CLE 3.2

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Hendricks • CHC 43.25
2. Kershaw • LAD 42.30
3. Lester • CHC 42.09
4. Verlander • DET 37.26
5. Scherzer • WSN 36.91
6. Cueto • SFG 34.80
7. Kluber • CLE 31.95
8. Roark • WSN 31.62
9. Sanchez • TOR 31.55
10. Britton • BAL 31.31

Win Probability Added (WPA)

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

1. Britton • BAL 6.4
2. Miller • 2TM 5.2
3. Lester • CHC 5.0
4. Cueto • SFG 4.9
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.8
6. Hendricks • CHC 4.3
7. Scherzer • WSN 4.2
8. Verlander • DET 3.9
9. Dyson • TEX 3.7
10. Melancon • 2TM 3.5

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Kershaw • LAD 5.0
2. Hendricks • CHC 4.5
3. Scherzer • WSN 4.1
4. Kluber • CLE 3.7
5. Cueto • SFG 3.6
6. Lester • CHC 3.6
7. Porcello • BOS 3.2
8. Bumgarner • SFG 3.1
9. Devenski • HOU 3.0
10. Arrieta • CHC 3.0

Championship WPA (cWPA)

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

1. Britton • BAL 6.7
2. Cueto • SFG 4.3
3. Osuna • TOR 3.7
4. Kershaw • LAD 3.0
5. Porcello • BOS 2.6
6. Dyson • TEX 2.6
7. Verlander • DET 2.5
8. Miller • 2TM 2.5
9. Scherzer • WSN 2.5
10. Happ • TOR 2.4

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Kershaw • LAD 4.9
2. Hendricks • CHC 4.7
3. Lester • CHC 4.5
4. Verlander • DET 3.9
5. Scherzer • WSN 3.9
6. Cueto • SFG 3.8
7. Sanchez • TOR 3.3
8. Roark • WSN 3.3
9. Kluber • CLE 3.3
10. Devenski • HOU 3.2

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