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. Ohtani • LAA 9.0
2. Wheeler • PHI 7.7
3. Soto • WSN 7.3
4. Correa • HOU 7.3
5. Semien • TOR 7.1
6. Buehler • LAD 7.1
7. Ray • TOR 6.8
8. Ramírez • CLE 6.7
9. Tatís • SDP 6.6
10. Guerrero • TOR 6.5

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. Wheeler • PHI 7.5
2. Buehler • LAD 7.1
3. Ray • TOR 6.9
4. Scherzer • 2TM 6.1
5. Cole • NYY 5.7
6. Suarez • PHI 5.6
7. Lynn • CHW 5.4
8. Miley • CIN 5.3
Woodruff • MIL 5.3
10. Burnes • MIL 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. Burnes • MIL 2.43
2. Scherzer • 2TM 2.46
3. Buehler • LAD 2.47
4. Woodruff • MIL 2.56
5. Wheeler • PHI 2.78
6. Gausman • SFG 2.81
7. Ray • TOR 2.84
8. Urías • LAD 2.96
9. Stroman • NYM 3.02
10. Fried • ATL 3.04

Wins

Wins

1. Urías • LAD 20
2. Wainwright • STL 17
3. Cole • NYY 16
Buehler • LAD 16
5. Scherzer • 2TM 15
6. Flexen • SEA 14
Matz • TOR 14
Ryu • TOR 14
Fried • ATL 14
Gausman • SFG 14
Hendricks • CHC 14
Morton • ATL 14
Wheeler • PHI 14

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. Urías • LAD .870
2. Buehler • LAD .800
3. Scherzer • 2TM .789
4. Bassitt • OAK .750
5. McCullers • HOU .722
Rodón • CHW .722
7. Wainwright • STL .708
8. Civale • CLE .706
Suter • MIL .706
10. Flexen • SEA .700
Morton • ATL .700
Gausman • SFG .700

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Scherzer • 2TM 0.864
2. Burnes • MIL 0.940
3. Woodruff • MIL 0.965
4. Buehler • LAD 0.968
5. Wheeler • PHI 1.008
6. Urías • LAD 1.018
7. Gausman • SFG 1.042
8. Ray • TOR 1.045
9. Morton • ATL 1.045
10. Wainwright • STL 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. Scherzer • 2TM 5.972
2. Buehler • LAD 6.457
3. Woodruff • MIL 6.524
4. Morton • ATL 6.592
5. Burnes • MIL 6.629
6. McCullers • HOU 6.764
7. Ray • TOR 6.983
8. Gausman • SFG 7.031
9. Musgrove • SDP 7.048
10. Wheeler • PHI 7.130

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. Eovaldi • BOS 1.728
2. Scherzer • 2TM 1.807
3. Burnes • MIL 1.832
4. Urías • LAD 1.842
5. Greinke • HOU 1.895
6. Wheeler • PHI 1.941
7. Nola • PHI 1.943
8. Ryu • TOR 1.970
9. Flexen • SEA 2.004
10. Cole • NYY 2.035

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Burnes • MIL 12.611
2. Cease • CHW 12.278
3. Cole • NYY 12.061
4. Scherzer • 2TM 11.844
5. Ray • TOR 11.545
6. Nola • PHI 11.109
7. Darvish • SDP 10.768
8. Gausman • SFG 10.641
9. Woodruff • MIL 10.589
10. Mahle • CIN 10.500

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Shaw • CLE 81
2. Rogers • SFG 80
3. Petit • OAK 78
Hill • SDP 78
5. Cishek • LAA 74
Neris • PHI 74
7. Gallegos • STL 73
8. Brentz • KCR 72
Mayers • LAA 72
Stanek • HOU 72
Treinen • LAD 72
Robles • 2TM 72
Cimber • 2TM 72

Saves

Saves

1. Melancon • SDP 39
2. Hendriks • CHW 38
Jansen • LAD 38
4. Smith • ATL 37
5. Iglesias • LAA 34
Hader • MIL 34
7. Díaz • NYM 32
8. McGee • SFG 31
9. Chapman • NYY 30
10. Reyes • STL 29

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Wheeler • PHI 213.1
2. Buehler • LAD 207.2
3. Wainwright • STL 206.1
4. Alcantara • MIA 205.2
5. Ray • TOR 193.1
6. Gausman • SFG 192.0
Berríos • 2TM 192.0
8. Castillo • CIN 187.2
9. Montas • OAK 187.0
10. Morton • ATL 185.2
Urías • LAD 185.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Ray • TOR 248
2. Wheeler • PHI 247
3. Cole • NYY 243
4. Scherzer • 2TM 236
5. Burnes • MIL 234
6. Gausman • SFG 227
7. Cease • CHW 226
8. Nola • PHI 223
9. Morton • ATL 216
10. Buehler • LAD 212

Games Started

Games Started

1. Alcantara • MIA 33
Buehler • LAD 33
Castillo • CIN 33
Gausman • SFG 33
Mahle • CIN 33
Morton • ATL 33
Stroman • NYM 33
8. Cease • CHW 32
Eovaldi • BOS 32
Irvin • OAK 32
Manaea • OAK 32
Montas • OAK 32
Ray • TOR 32
Davies • CHC 32
Hendricks • CHC 32
Márquez • COL 32
Nola • PHI 32
Urías • LAD 32
Wainwright • STL 32
Wheeler • PHI 32
Berríos • 2TM 32

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Wainwright • STL 3
Márquez • COL 3
Wheeler • PHI 3
4. Cole • NYY 2
DeSclafani • SFG 2
Fried • ATL 2
Manaea • OAK 2
Musgrove • SDP 2
9. Gonzales • SEA 1
Bassitt • OAK 1
Greinke • HOU 1
Kluber • NYY 1
Lynn • CHW 1
Means • BAL 1
Mize • DET 1
Bumgarner • ARI 1
Ryu • TOR 1
Singer • KCR 1
Suarez • LAA 1
Turnbull • DET 1
Valdez • HOU 1
Yarbrough • TBR 1
Alcantara • MIA 1
Giolito • CHW 1
Cease • CHW 1
Rodón • CHW 1
Scherzer • 2TM 1
Berríos • 2TM 1
Suarez • PHI 1
Peralta • MIL 1
Nola • PHI 1
Miley • CIN 1
Megill • NYM 1
Houser • MIL 1
Hendricks • CHC 1
Gilbert • ARI 1
Gallen • ARI 1
Bauer • LAD 1
deGrom • NYM 1

Shutouts

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

1. Wheeler • PHI 2
Musgrove • SDP 2
Fried • ATL 2
Manaea • OAK 2
DeSclafani • SFG 2
6. Means • BAL 1
Rodón • CHW 1
Ryu • TOR 1
Turnbull • DET 1
Bumgarner • ARI 1
deGrom • NYM 1
Bassitt • OAK 1
Kluber • NYY 1
Lynn • CHW 1
Gilbert • ARI 1
Houser • MIL 1
Márquez • COL 1
Miley • CIN 1
Cole • NYY 1
Nola • PHI 1
Suarez • PHI 1
Wainwright • STL 1
Cease • CHW 1
Gallen • ARI 1

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lyles • TEX 38
2. Corbin • WSN 37
3. Foltynewicz • TEX 35
Skubal • DET 35
5. Ray • TOR 33
6. Hendricks • CHC 31
7. Greinke • HOU 30
Means • BAL 30
Happ • 2TM 30
10. Allard • TEX 29
Gonzales • SEA 29
Heaney • 2TM 29

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. McCullers • HOU 76
2. Castillo • CIN 75
Davies • CHC 75
4. Gant • 2TM 71
5. Snell • SDP 69
6. Cease • CHW 68
7. Pivetta • BOS 65
8. Keller • KCR 64
Houser • MIL 64
Mahle • CIN 64
Márquez • COL 64
Gibson • 2TM 64

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Hendricks • CHC 200
2. Irvin • OAK 195
3. Lyles • TEX 194
4. Corbin • WSN 192
5. Keuchel • CHW 189
6. Flexen • SEA 185
7. Eovaldi • BOS 182
8. Castillo • CIN 181
9. Manaea • OAK 179
10. Senzatela • COL 178

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. Burnes • MIL 6.882
2. Scherzer • 2TM 6.556
3. Cole • NYY 5.927
4. Nola • PHI 5.718
5. Eovaldi • BOS 5.571
6. Wheeler • PHI 5.370
7. Urías • LAD 5.132
8. Woodruff • MIL 4.907
9. Ray • TOR 4.769
10. Manaea • OAK 4.732

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. Burnes • MIL 0.377
2. Wheeler • PHI 0.675
3. McCullers • HOU 0.721
4. Eovaldi • BOS 0.740
5. Morton • ATL 0.776
6. Fried • ATL 0.815
7. Buehler • LAD 0.823
8. Gibson • 2TM 0.841
9. Stroman • NYM 0.855
10. Woodruff • MIL 0.903

Losses

Losses

1. Castillo • CIN 16
Corbin • WSN 16
3. Irvin • OAK 15
Alcantara • MIA 15
5. Harvey • BAL 14
López • BAL 14
Arrieta • 2TM 14
8. Lyles • TEX 13
Alzolay • CHC 13
Brubaker • PIT 13
Stroman • NYM 13

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Corbin • WSN 111
2. Lyles • TEX 103
3. Happ • 2TM 98
4. Hendricks • CHC 96
5. Keuchel • CHW 95
Davies • CHC 95
7. Nola • PHI 93
8. Harvey • BAL 89
Minor • KCR 89
10. Yarbrough • TBR 88
Márquez • COL 88

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Márquez • COL 15
2. Cease • CHW 13
3. Giolito • CHW 12
Montgomery • NYY 12
5. Hentges • CLE 11
Montas • OAK 11
Soto • DET 11
8. Ohtani • LAA 10
Scott • BAL 10
Reyes • STL 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Adams • SDP 24
2. Musgrove • SDP 18
3. Morton • ATL 17
4. Manoah • TOR 16
Wood • SFG 16
Hill • 2TM 16
7. Berríos • 2TM 15
8. Hendricks • CHC 13
9. Bassitt • OAK 11
Mize • DET 11
Singer • KCR 11
Valdez • HOU 11
Bumgarner • ARI 11
Martínez • STL 11
Peralta • MIL 11

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Wheeler • PHI 849
2. Alcantara • MIA 837
3. Wainwright • STL 828
4. Buehler • LAD 815
5. Castillo • CIN 803
6. Hendricks • CHC 785
7. Berríos • 2TM 781
8. Montas • OAK 778
9. Gausman • SFG 775
10. Ray • TOR 773

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. Smith • ATL 60
2. Iglesias • LAA 59
3. Hendriks • CHW 58
4. Reyes • STL 54
5. Melancon • SDP 53
6. Jansen • LAD 52
7. Clase • CLE 51
Díaz • NYM 51
9. Pressly • HOU 49
10. Chapman • NYY 46

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Buehler • LAD 171
2. Burnes • MIL 170
3. Scherzer • 2TM 167
4. Woodruff • MIL 161
5. Ray • TOR 157
6. Wheeler • PHI 150
7. Gausman • SFG 147
8. Fried • ATL 143
9. Urías • LAD 143
10. Miley • CIN 139

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. Burnes • MIL 1.63
2. Wheeler • PHI 2.59
3. Eovaldi • BOS 2.79
4. Cole • NYY 2.92
5. Woodruff • MIL 2.96
6. Scherzer • 2TM 2.97
7. Gausman • SFG 3.00
8. Urías • LAD 3.13
9. Buehler • LAD 3.16
10. Morton • ATL 3.18

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. Buehler • LAD 41
2. Ray • TOR 36
3. Scherzer • 2TM 34
4. Burnes • MIL 33
5. Wheeler • PHI 33
6. Woodruff • MIL 33
7. Suarez • PHI 32
8. deGrom • NYM 31
9. Rodón • CHW 29
10. Lynn • CHW 29

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. Buehler • LAD 4.3
2. Ray • TOR 3.7
3. Scherzer • 2TM 3.6
4. Burnes • MIL 3.5
5. Wheeler • PHI 3.5
6. Woodruff • MIL 3.5
7. deGrom • NYM 3.4
8. Suarez • PHI 3.4
9. Rodón • CHW 3.0
10. Lynn • CHW 3.0

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. Buehler • LAD 48.84
2. Ray • TOR 38.56
3. Wheeler • PHI 37.96
4. Scherzer • 2TM 37.77
5. Woodruff • MIL 37.71
6. Suarez • PHI 36.83
7. Burnes • MIL 33.77
8. deGrom • NYM 32.01
9. McCullers • HOU 31.50
10. Gausman • SFG 31.04

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. Hader • MIL 4.8
2. Scherzer • 2TM 4.3
3. Buehler • LAD 4.3
4. Romano • TOR 3.8
5. Iglesias • LAA 3.7
6. Woodruff • MIL 3.7
7. Suarez • PHI 3.6
8. Wheeler • PHI 3.5
9. Cole • NYY 3.5
10. Graveman • 2TM 3.4

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. Burnes • MIL 4.4
2. Wheeler • PHI 4.2
3. Scherzer • 2TM 4.1
4. Buehler • LAD 4.0
5. Morton • ATL 3.9
6. deGrom • NYM 3.7
7. Wainwright • STL 3.7
8. Woodruff • MIL 3.7
9. Suarez • PHI 3.1
10. Alcantara • MIA 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. Buehler • LAD 3.0
2. Woodruff • MIL 2.9
3. Suarez • PHI 2.8
4. Wheeler • PHI 2.8
5. Hader • MIL 2.6
6. Pressly • HOU 2.6
7. Graveman • 2TM 2.5
8. Loaisiga • NYY 2.5
9. deGrom • NYM 2.4
10. Scherzer • 2TM 2.3

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. Buehler • LAD 5.3
2. Scherzer • 2TM 4.1
3. Woodruff • MIL 4.1
4. Wheeler • PHI 4.0
5. Ray • TOR 4.0
6. Suarez • PHI 3.9
7. deGrom • NYM 3.7
8. Burnes • MIL 3.6
9. McCullers • HOU 3.3
10. Gausman • SFG 3.3

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