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1963 Major League Pitching Leaders

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Major League 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. Mays • SFG 10.6

2. Ellsworth • CHC 9.9

3. Koufax • LAD 9.9

4. Aaron • MLN 9.1

5. Marichal • SFG 8.1

6. Callison • PHI 8.0

7. Mathews • MLN 7.9

8. Allison • MIN 7.4

9. Groat • STL 7.1

10. Peters • CHW 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. Koufax • LAD 10.7

2. Ellsworth • CHC 10.2

3. Marichal • SFG 7.8

4. Pascual • MIN 6.1

5. Peters • CHW 6.0

6. Friend • PIT 5.8

7. Radatz • BOS 5.7

8. Jackson • CHC 5.1

9. Maloney • CIN 5.0

10. Nuxhall • CIN 4.9

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. Koufax • LAD 1.88

2. Ellsworth • CHC 2.11

3. Peters • CHW 2.33

4. Friend • PIT 2.34

5. Pizarro • CHW 2.39

6. Marichal • SFG 2.41

7. Pascual • MIN 2.46

8. Simmons • STL 2.48

9. Bouton • NYY 2.53

10. Jackson • CHC 2.55

Wins

1. Koufax • LAD 25

Marichal • SFG 25

3. Ford • NYY 24

4. Maloney • CIN 23

Spahn • MLN 23

6. Ellsworth • CHC 22

7. Bouton • NYY 21

Pascual • MIN 21

9. Barber • BAL 20

Monbouquette • BOS 20

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. Perranoski • LAD .842

2. Koufax • LAD .833

3. McBean • PIT .813

4. Ford • NYY .774

5. Maloney • CIN .767

Spahn • MLN .767

7. Marichal • SFG .758

8. Bouton • NYY .750

9. Downing • NYY .722

10. Radatz • BOS .714

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Koufax • LAD 0.875

2. Farrell • HOU 0.969

3. Marichal • SFG 0.996

4. Ellsworth • CHC 1.025

5. Friend • PIT 1.042

6. Terry • NYY 1.063

7. Ramos • CLE 1.067

8. Peters • CHW 1.070

9. Nuxhall • CIN 1.072

10. Tsitouris • CIN 1.073

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Downing • NYY 5.841

2. Koufax • LAD 6.193

3. Culp • PHI 6.551

4. Maloney • CIN 6.579

5. Bouton • NYY 6.894

6. Ellsworth • CHC 6.905

7. Drabowsky • KCA 6.969

8. Morehead • BOS 7.059

9. McBride • LAA 7.100

10. Peters • CHW 7.111

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Donovan • CLE 1.223

2. Terry • NYY 1.310

3. Herbert • CHW 1.402

4. Monbouquette • BOS 1.418

5. Roberts • BAL 1.432

6. Friend • PIT 1.474

7. Farrell • HOU 1.557

8. Nuxhall • CIN 1.615

9. Drysdale • LAD 1.627

10. Koufax • LAD 1.678

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Maloney • CIN 9.527

2. Koufax • LAD 8.855

3. Downing • NYY 8.761

4. Ramos • CLE 8.236

5. Culp • PHI 7.790

6. Pascual • MIN 7.321

7. Short • PHI 7.273

8. Lemaster • MLN 7.215

9. Gibson • STL 7.209

10. Stigman • MIN 7.207

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Miller • BAL 71

2. Perranoski • LAD 69

3. Dailey • MIN 66

Radatz • BOS 66

5. Lamabe • BOS 65

Baldschun • PHI 65

7. Wyatt • KCA 63

8. Kline • WSA 62

9. Bell • CLE 58

Bearnarth • NYM 58

Saves

1. Miller • BAL 27

2. Radatz • BOS 23

3. McDaniel • CHC 22

4. Dailey • MIN 21

Wilhelm • CHW 21

Wyatt • KCA 21

Perranoski • LAD 21

8. Reniff • NYY 18

9. Kline • WSA 17

10. Baldschun • PHI 16

Face • PIT 16

Innings Pitched

1. Marichal • SFG 321.1

2. Drysdale • LAD 315.1

3. Koufax • LAD 311.0

4. Ellsworth • CHC 290.2

5. Sanford • SFG 284.1

6. Jackson • CHC 275.0

7. Ford • NYY 269.1

8. Friend • PIT 268.2

9. Terry • NYY 268.0

10. Monbouquette • BOS 266.2

Strikeouts

1. Koufax • LAD 306

2. Maloney • CIN 265

3. Drysdale • LAD 251

4. Marichal • SFG 248

5. Gibson • STL 204

6. Pascual • MIN 202

7. Bunning • DET 196

8. Stigman • MIN 193

9. Lemaster • MLN 190

10. Ford • NYY 189

Peters • CHW 189

Games Started

1. Drysdale • LAD 42

Sanford • SFG 42

3. Koufax • LAD 40

Marichal • SFG 40

5. Friend • PIT 38

6. Ford • NYY 37

Terry • NYY 37

Ellsworth • CHC 37

Jackson • CHC 37

10. Barber • BAL 36

McBride • LAA 36

Monbouquette • BOS 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Spahn • MLN 22

2. Koufax • LAD 20

3. Ellsworth • CHC 19

4. Pascual • MIN 18

Terry • NYY 18

Marichal • SFG 18

7. Drysdale • LAD 17

8. Stigman • MIN 15

9. Aguirre • DET 14

Herbert • CHW 14

Craig • NYM 14

Gibson • STL 14

Nuxhall • CIN 14

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Koufax • LAD 11

2. Herbert • CHW 7

Spahn • MLN 7

4. Bouton • NYY 6

Simmons • STL 6

Maloney • CIN 6

7. O'Toole • CIN 5

Podres • LAD 5

Broglio • STL 5

Marichal • SFG 5

Culp • PHI 5

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Bunning • DET 38

2. Roberts • BAL 35

3. Regan • DET 33

4. Stigman • MIN 32

5. Monbouquette • BOS 31

6. Grant • CLE 30

Lemaster • MLN 30

8. Ramos • CLE 29

Terry • NYY 29

10. Rudolph • WSA 28

Craig • NYM 28

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Wilson • BOS 105

2. Culp • PHI 102

3. Morehead • BOS 99

4. Gibson • STL 96

5. Barber • BAL 92

6. Chance • LAA 90

Broglio • STL 90

8. Maloney • CIN 88

9. Bouton • NYY 87

Grant • CLE 87

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Drysdale • LAD 287

2. Sanford • SFG 273

3. Marichal • SFG 259

4. Monbouquette • BOS 258

5. Jackson • CHC 256

6. Barber • BAL 253

7. Craig • NYM 249

8. Terry • NYY 246

9. Bunning • DET 245

10. Wickersham • KCA 244

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. Koufax • LAD 5.276

2. Drysdale • LAD 4.404

3. Nuxhall • CIN 4.333

4. Monbouquette • BOS 4.143

5. Ramos • CLE 4.122

6. Marichal • SFG 4.066

7. Farrell • HOU 4.029

8. Ford • NYY 3.375

9. Friend • PIT 3.273

10. Roberts • BAL 3.100

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Peters • CHW 0.333

2. Miller • LAD 0.337

3. Downing • NYY 0.359

4. Jackson • CHC 0.360

5. Chance • LAA 0.363

6. Bruce • HOU 0.370

7. Barber • BAL 0.418

8. Ellsworth • CHC 0.433

9. Friend • PIT 0.435

10. Nottebart • HOU 0.466

Losses

1. Craig • NYM 22

2. Peña • KCA 20

3. Rudolph • WSA 19

4. Chance • LAA 18

Jackson • CHC 18

Jay • CIN 18

7. Drysdale • LAD 17

Jackson • NYM 17

Johnson • HOU 17

Stallard • NYM 17

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Monbouquette • BOS 113

2. Sanford • SFG 111

3. Wickersham • KCA 108

4. Bunning • DET 107

5. Jackson • NYM 100

6. Craig • NYM 99

7. Donovan • CLE 97

8. Terry • NYY 96

Gibson • STL 96

10. Grant • CLE 94

Wild Pitches

1. Wilson • BOS 21

2. Maloney • CIN 19

3. Broglio • STL 13

Lemaster • MLN 13

5. Miller • LAD 12

Sadecki • STL 12

7. Cloninger • MLN 11

8. Pappas • BAL 10

Pascual • MIN 10

Stange • MIN 10

Stigman • MIN 10

Cisco • NYM 10

Tsitouris • CIN 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Cardwell • PIT 16

2. McBride • LAA 14

3. Gibson • STL 13

4. Jackson • NYM 12

5. Tsitouris • CIN 11

6. Chance • LAA 10

Duckworth • WSA 10

Drysdale • LAD 10

9. Kaat • MIN 9

Lee • LAA 9

Wickersham • KCA 9

Hook • NYM 9

Batters Faced

1. Marichal • SFG 1,270

2. Drysdale • LAD 1,266

3. Koufax • LAD 1,210

4. Sanford • SFG 1,184

5. Ellsworth • CHC 1,160

6. Jackson • CHC 1,126

7. Barber • BAL 1,096

8. Monbouquette • BOS 1,090

9. Gibson • STL 1,088

10. Friend • PIT 1,080

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. Miller • BAL 59

2. Radatz • BOS 58

3. Wyatt • KCA 53

4. McDaniel • CHC 48

5. Perranoski • LAD 47

6. Kline • WSA 46

7. Baldschun • PHI 44

8. Dailey • MIN 43

9. Wilhelm • CHW 40

10. Woodeshick • HOU 39

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Ellsworth • CHC 167

2. Koufax • LAD 159

3. Peters • CHW 150

4. Pascual • MIN 148

5. Pizarro • CHW 146

6. Simmons • STL 144

7. Friend • PIT 140

8. Bouton • NYY 140

9. Stange • MIN 139

10. Jackson • CHC 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. Koufax • LAD 1.85

2. Peters • CHW 2.34

3. Maloney • CIN 2.37

4. Nuxhall • CIN 2.38

5. Farrell • HOU 2.40

6. Downing • NYY 2.42

7. Jackson • CHC 2.54

8. Nottebart • HOU 2.55

9. Drysdale • LAD 2.56

10. Friend • PIT 2.58

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. Koufax • LAD 46

2. Ellsworth • CHC 44

3. Peters • CHW 33

4. Pascual • MIN 33

5. Bouton • NYY 28

6. Marichal • SFG 28

7. Radatz • BOS 26

8. Friend • PIT 26

9. Pizarro • CHW 25

10. Ford • NYY 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. Koufax • LAD 5.4

2. Ellsworth • CHC 5.3

3. Peters • CHW 3.7

4. Pascual • MIN 3.7

5. Marichal • SFG 3.2

6. Bouton • NYY 3.1

7. Friend • PIT 2.9

8. Radatz • BOS 2.8

9. Pizarro • CHW 2.8

10. Jackson • CHC 2.6

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. Koufax • LAD 60.48

2. Ellsworth • CHC 53.39

3. Peters • CHW 42.54

4. Pascual • MIN 36.77

5. Bouton • NYY 34.24

6. Marichal • SFG 31.59

7. Spahn • MLN 27.99

8. Friend • PIT 27.39

9. Ford • NYY 27.22

10. Pizarro • CHW 27.18

Win Probability Added (WPA)

Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Koufax • LAD 7.8

2. Spahn • MLN 6.6

3. Radatz • BOS 6.2

4. Ellsworth • CHC 5.9

5. Marichal • SFG 5.5

6. Peters • CHW 4.6

7. Bouton • NYY 4.6

8. Perranoski • LAD 4.3

9. McBean • PIT 4.2

10. Pizarro • CHW 4.1

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. Koufax • LAD 7.2

2. Ellsworth • CHC 5.1

3. Marichal • SFG 4.0

4. Peters • CHW 3.6

5. Downing • NYY 3.4

6. Bouton • NYY 3.3

7. Maloney • CIN 2.9

8. Pizarro • CHW 2.8

9. Friend • PIT 2.7

10. Pascual • MIN 2.6

Championship WPA (cWPA)

Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher Given average teams, this is the change in probability of winning the World Series, displayed in percentage points. See <a href='https://www.baseball-reference.com/about/wpa.shtml'>Win Expectancy explainer</a> for details.

1. Koufax • LAD 24.7

2. Perranoski • LAD 14.4

3. Marichal • SFG 9.6

4. Pizarro • CHW 8.0

5. Radatz • BOS 7.7

6. Simmons • STL 6.4

7. Peters • CHW 5.6

8. Ellsworth • CHC 5.6

9. Podres • LAD 5.6

10. Bouton • NYY 5.3

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. Koufax • LAD 7.8

2. Ellsworth • CHC 6.2

3. Peters • CHW 4.9

4. Pascual • MIN 4.2

5. Bouton • NYY 3.9

6. Marichal • SFG 3.7

7. Spahn • MLN 3.3

8. Friend • PIT 3.1

9. Pizarro • CHW 3.1

10. Ford • NYY 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