2017 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. Altuve • HOU 8.1

2. Stanton • MIA 8.1

3. Judge • NYY 8.1

4. Simmons • LAA 8.0

5. Kluber • CLE 7.9

6. Votto • CIN 7.8

7. Scherzer • WSN 7.5

8. Verlander • 2TM 6.9

9. Ramírez • CLE 6.9

10. Trout • LAA 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. Kluber • CLE 7.9

2. Scherzer • WSN 7.2

3. Verlander • 2TM 6.9

4. Gonzalez • WSN 6.5

5. Strasburg • WSN 6.3

6. Sale • BOS 5.9

7. Greinke • ARI 5.8

8. Severino • NYY 5.2

9. Carrasco • CLE 5.2

10. Stroman • TOR 5.1

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. Kluber • CLE 2.25

2. Kershaw • LAD 2.31

3. Scherzer • WSN 2.51

4. Strasburg • WSN 2.52

5. Ray • ARI 2.89

6. Sale • BOS 2.90

7. Gonzalez • WSN 2.96

8. Severino • NYY 2.98

9. Stroman • TOR 3.09

10. Greinke • ARI 3.20

Wins

1. Carrasco • CLE 18

Kluber • CLE 18

Vargas • KCR 18

Kershaw • LAD 18

5. Bauer • CLE 17

Pomeranz • BOS 17

Sale • BOS 17

Davies • MIL 17

Greinke • ARI 17

10. Santana • MIN 16

Scherzer • WSN 16

Wood • LAD 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. Wood • LAD .842

2. Kluber • CLE .818

Kershaw • LAD .818

4. Strasburg • WSN .789

5. Carrasco • CLE .750

Anderson • MIL .750

Ray • ARI .750

8. Pomeranz • BOS .739

9. Keuchel • HOU .737

Sabathia • NYY .737

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Kluber • CLE 0.869

2. Scherzer • WSN 0.902

3. Kershaw • LAD 0.949

4. Sale • BOS 0.970

5. Strasburg • WSN 1.015

6. Severino • NYY 1.040

7. Greinke • ARI 1.072

8. Carrasco • CLE 1.095

9. Santana • MIN 1.126

10. Samardzija • SFG 1.136

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Scherzer • WSN 5.651

2. Kluber • CLE 6.231

3. Ray • ARI 6.444

4. Strasburg • WSN 6.724

5. Sale • BOS 6.928

6. Severino • NYY 6.983

7. Kershaw • LAD 6.994

8. Gonzalez • WSN 7.075

9. Lynn • STL 7.293

10. Verlander • 2TM 7.427

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Samardzija • SFG 1.387

2. Kershaw • LAD 1.543

3. Kluber • CLE 1.591

4. Nova • PIT 1.733

5. Leake • 2TM 1.790

6. Sale • BOS 1.806

7. Greinke • ARI 2.002

8. Tanaka • NYY 2.069

9. Carrasco • CLE 2.070

10. Porcello • BOS 2.125

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Sale • BOS 12.933

2. Ray • ARI 12.111

3. Scherzer • WSN 12.020

4. Kluber • CLE 11.710

5. Archer • TBR 11.149

6. Severino • NYY 10.707

7. deGrom • NYM 10.684

8. Strasburg • WSN 10.471

9. Kershaw • LAD 10.389

10. Nelson • MIL 10.215

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Moylan • KCR 79

Shaw • CLE 79

3. Jennings • 2TM 77

Reed • 2TM 77

5. Knebel • MIL 76

Nicasio • 3TM 76

7. Blevins • NYM 75

Bowman • STL 75

9. Neris • PHI 74

10. Tepera • TOR 73

Barnes • MIL 73

Cecil • STL 73

Edwards • CHC 73

Vazquez • PIT 73

Saves

1. Colomé • TBR 47

2. Holland • COL 41

Jansen • LAD 41

4. Osuna • TOR 39

Knebel • MIL 39

Rodney • ARI 39

7. Kimbrel • BOS 35

8. Díaz • SEA 34

Giles • HOU 34

10. Davis • CHC 32

Innings Pitched

1. Sale • BOS 214.1

2. Santana • MIN 211.1

3. Samardzija • SFG 207.2

4. Verlander • 2TM 206.0

5. Martínez • STL 205.0

6. Kluber • CLE 203.2

7. Porcello • BOS 203.1

8. Cole • PIT 203.0

9. Greinke • ARI 202.1

10. deGrom • NYM 201.1

Strikeouts

1. Sale • BOS 308

2. Scherzer • WSN 268

3. Kluber • CLE 265

4. Archer • TBR 249

5. deGrom • NYM 239

6. Severino • NYY 230

7. Carrasco • CLE 226

8. Verlander • 2TM 219

9. Ray • ARI 218

10. Martínez • STL 217

Games Started

1. Archer • TBR 34

Gausman • BAL 34

3. Estrada • TOR 33

Nolasco • LAA 33

Porcello • BOS 33

Santana • MIN 33

Stroman • TOR 33

Cole • PIT 33

Davies • MIL 33

Lynn • STL 33

Straily • MIA 33

Verlander • 2TM 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Santana • MIN 5

Kluber • CLE 5

3. Scherzer • WSN 2

Richard • SDP 2

Martínez • STL 2

Nova • PIT 2

Porcello • BOS 2

Stroman • TOR 2

9. Carrasco • CLE 1

Chatwood • COL 1

Fister • BOS 1

Fulmer • DET 1

Griffin • TEX 1

Hamels • TEX 1

Johnson • BOS 1

Keuchel • HOU 1

Mengden • OAK 1

deGrom • NYM 1

Nolasco • LAA 1

Sale • BOS 1

Tanaka • NYY 1

Tomlin • CLE 1

Vargas • KCR 1

Blach • SFG 1

Bonilla • CIN 1

Boyd • DET 1

Ray • ARI 1

Feldman • CIN 1

Bumgarner • SFG 1

Greinke • ARI 1

Gsellman • NYM 1

Hill • LAD 1

Kershaw • LAD 1

Lester • CHC 1

Lively • PHI 1

Nelson • MIL 1

Bundy • BAL 1

Samardzija • SFG 1

Strasburg • WSN 1

Vólquez • MIA 1

Wacha • STL 1

Gray • 2TM 1

Colón • 2TM 1

Quintana • 2TM 1

Miranda • SEA 1

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Santana • MIN 3

Kluber • CLE 3

3. Martínez • STL 2

4. Bundy • BAL 1

Griffin • TEX 1

Johnson • BOS 1

Mengden • OAK 1

Nolasco • LAA 1

Tanaka • NYY 1

Vargas • KCR 1

Blach • SFG 1

Boyd • DET 1

Feldman • CIN 1

Nova • PIT 1

Ray • ARI 1

Richard • SDP 1

Samardzija • SFG 1

Strasburg • WSN 1

Vólquez • MIA 1

Wacha • STL 1

Quintana • 2TM 1

Chatwood • COL 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Porcello • BOS 38

2. Miranda • SEA 37

3. Lackey • CHC 36

4. Nolasco • LAA 35

Tanaka • NYY 35

Hellickson • 2TM 35

7. Kennedy • KCR 34

8. Jiménez • BAL 33

9. Fiers • HOU 32

10. Estrada • TOR 31

Holland • CHW 31

Santana • MIN 31

Cole • PIT 31

Straily • MIA 31

Teheran • ATL 31

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Miley • BAL 93

2. Gonzalez • WSN 79

3. Lynn • STL 78

4. Chatwood • COL 77

5. Holland • CHW 75

6. Chacín • SDP 72

Kuhl • PIT 72

Teheran • ATL 72

Verlander • 2TM 72

10. Estrada • TOR 71

Gausman • BAL 71

Martínez • STL 71

Ray • ARI 71

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Richard • SDP 240

2. Porcello • BOS 236

3. Pérez • TEX 221

4. Hammel • KCR 209

5. Gausman • BAL 208

Corbin • ARI 208

7. Nolasco • LAA 205

8. Zimmermann • DET 204

Davies • MIL 204

Samardzija • SFG 204

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. Kluber • CLE 7.361

2. Sale • BOS 7.163

3. Kershaw • LAD 6.733

4. Samardzija • SFG 6.406

5. Carrasco • CLE 4.913

6. Scherzer • WSN 4.873

7. Greinke • ARI 4.778

8. Tanaka • NYY 4.732

9. Severino • NYY 4.510

10. Strasburg • WSN 4.340

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Strasburg • WSN 0.667

2. Fulmer • DET 0.711

3. Cashner • TEX 0.810

4. Nelson • MIL 0.821

5. Wacha • STL 0.924

6. Kluber • CLE 0.928

7. Perdomo • SDP 0.935

Blach • SFG 0.935

9. Gonzalez • WSN 0.940

Stroman • TOR 0.940

Losses

1. Porcello • BOS 17

2. Miley • BAL 15

Nolasco • LAA 15

Chatwood • COL 15

Moore • SFG 15

Richard • SDP 15

Samardzija • SFG 15

8. Holland • CHW 14

Nova • PIT 14

Colón • 2TM 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Jiménez • BAL 108

Zimmermann • DET 108

3. Moore • SFG 107

4. Hammel • KCR 106

5. Porcello • BOS 105

Richard • SDP 105

7. Estrada • TOR 103

Colón • 2TM 103

9. Samardzija • SFG 102

10. Nolasco • LAA 99

Pérez • TEX 99

Hellickson • 2TM 99

Wild Pitches

1. Cahill • 2TM 16

2. Archer • TBR 15

Paxton • SEA 15

4. Arrieta • CHC 14

5. Dickey • ATL 13

Godley • ARI 13

7. Santana • MIN 12

Chatwood • COL 12

Greinke • ARI 12

Lorenzen • CIN 12

Darvish • 2TM 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Chacín • SDP 14

Ureña • MIA 14

3. Berríos • MIN 13

Fiers • HOU 13

Morton • HOU 13

6. Lackey • CHC 12

7. Betances • NYY 11

Hamels • TEX 11

McCullers • HOU 11

Scherzer • WSN 11

Batters Faced

1. Porcello • BOS 885

2. Santana • MIN 864

3. Martínez • STL 858

Richard • SDP 858

5. Archer • TBR 852

6. Sale • BOS 851

7. Cole • PIT 849

Verlander • 2TM 849

9. Samardzija • SFG 847

10. Stroman • TOR 834

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. Osuna • TOR 58

Holland • COL 58

3. Iglesias • CIN 57

Jansen • LAD 57

5. Davis • CHC 56

Neris • PHI 56

7. Allen • CLE 55

Giles • HOU 55

Ramos • 2TM 55

10. Colomé • TBR 53

Rodney • ARI 53

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Kluber • CLE 202

2. Kershaw • LAD 179

3. Scherzer • WSN 178

4. Strasburg • WSN 178

5. Ray • ARI 163

6. Sale • BOS 157

7. Severino • NYY 152

8. Gonzalez • WSN 152

9. Greinke • ARI 147

10. Stroman • TOR 145

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. Sale • BOS 2.45

2. Kluber • CLE 2.50

3. Strasburg • WSN 2.72

4. Scherzer • WSN 2.90

5. Nelson • MIL 3.05

6. Kershaw • LAD 3.07

7. Severino • NYY 3.08

8. Carrasco • CLE 3.10

9. Nola • PHI 3.27

10. Greinke • ARI 3.31

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. Kluber • CLE 50

2. Scherzer • WSN 42

3. Sale • BOS 39

4. Kershaw • LAD 37

5. Strasburg • WSN 36

6. Gonzalez • WSN 34

7. Severino • NYY 30

8. Greinke • ARI 30

9. Carrasco • CLE 30

10. Ray • ARI 30

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. Kluber • CLE 5.4

2. Scherzer • WSN 4.4

3. Sale • BOS 4.0

4. Kershaw • LAD 3.9

5. Strasburg • WSN 3.8

6. Gonzalez • WSN 3.5

7. Severino • NYY 3.1

8. Greinke • ARI 3.1

9. Ray • ARI 3.1

10. Carrasco • CLE 3.1

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. Kluber • CLE 54.66

2. Scherzer • WSN 46.72

3. Kershaw • LAD 38.69

4. Sale • BOS 38.30

5. Gonzalez • WSN 36.27

6. Strasburg • WSN 36.05

7. Carrasco • CLE 35.27

8. Severino • NYY 32.37

9. Verlander • 2TM 30.45

10. Greinke • ARI 29.51

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. Jansen • LAD 5.7

2. Kluber • CLE 4.8

3. Scherzer • WSN 4.6

4. Kimbrel • BOS 4.5

5. Knebel • MIL 4.3

6. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

7. Hand • SDP 4.2

8. Miller • CLE 3.8

9. Reed • 2TM 3.7

10. Sale • BOS 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. Kluber • CLE 5.4

2. Scherzer • WSN 4.4

3. Sale • BOS 3.9

4. Kershaw • LAD 3.7

5. Carrasco • CLE 3.4

6. Greinke • ARI 3.3

7. Strasburg • WSN 3.2

8. Severino • NYY 3.1

9. Kimbrel • BOS 2.8

10. Gonzalez • WSN 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. Davis • CHC 3.8

2. Knebel • MIL 3.3

3. Sale • BOS 3.1

4. Kluber • CLE 2.9

5. Kimbrel • BOS 2.9

6. Miller • CLE 2.6

7. Severino • NYY 2.5

8. Kershaw • LAD 2.5

9. Scherzer • WSN 2.3

10. Jansen • LAD 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. Kluber • CLE 5.8

2. Scherzer • WSN 4.9

3. Kershaw • LAD 4.3

4. Sale • BOS 3.9

5. Strasburg • WSN 3.7

6. Gonzalez • WSN 3.7

7. Carrasco • CLE 3.6

8. Verlander • 2TM 3.3

9. Severino • NYY 3.3

10. Wood • LAD 3.0

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