Major League 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. Yount • MIL 10.6
2. Carter • MON 8.6
3. Dawson • MON 7.9
4. Rogers • MON 7.7
5. Soto • CIN 7.6
Stieb • TOR 7.6
7. DeCinces • CAL 7.6
8. Schmidt • PHI 7.4
9. Guerrero • LAD 6.8
10. Henderson • OAK 6.7

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. Rogers • MON 7.7
2. Stieb • TOR 7.6
3. Soto • CIN 7.5
4. Niekro • HOU 6.8
5. Andújar • STL 5.8
6. Sutcliffe • CLE 5.7
7. Carlton • PHI 5.5
8. Minton • SFG 5.4
9. Leal • TOR 5.1
10. Valenzuela • LAD 5.0

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. Rogers • MON 2.40
2. Niekro • HOU 2.47
3. Andújar • STL 2.47
4. Soto • CIN 2.79
5. Valenzuela • LAD 2.87
6. Candelaria • PIT 2.94
7. Sutcliffe • CLE 2.96
8. Sutton • 2TM 3.06
9. Stanley • BOS 3.10
10. Carlton • PHI 3.10

Wins

Wins

1. Carlton • PHI 23
2. Hoyt • CHW 19
Rogers • MON 19
Valenzuela • LAD 19
5. Gura • KCR 18
Vuckovich • MIL 18
Zahn • CAL 18
Reuss • LAD 18
9. Caldwell • MIL 17
Morris • DET 17
Stieb • TOR 17
Niekro • HOU 17
Niekro • ATL 17
Sutton • 2TM 17

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. Niekro • ATL .810
2. Palmer • BAL .750
Vuckovich • MIL .750
4. Burns • CHW .722
5. Rogers • MON .704
6. Zahn • CAL .692
7. Carlton • PHI .676
8. Sutton • 2TM .654
9. Renko • CAL .647
Breining • SFG .647

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 1.060
2. Niekro • HOU 1.067
3. Andújar • STL 1.080
4. Reuss • LAD 1.107
5. Rogers • MON 1.119
6. Lea • MON 1.131
7. Palmer • BAL 1.137
8. Carlton • PHI 1.147
9. Sutton • 2TM 1.154
10. Valenzuela • LAD 1.158

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Ryan • HOU 7.047
2. Soto • CIN 7.056
3. Sutcliffe • CLE 7.250
4. Lea • MON 7.345
5. Lollar • SDP 7.427
6. Niekro • HOU 7.467
7. Ujdur • DET 7.584
8. Welch • LAD 7.600
9. Righetti • NYY 7.623
10. Carlton • PHI 7.701

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. Bird • CHC 1.414
2. Hammaker • SFG 1.440
3. John • 2TM 1.583
4. Andújar • STL 1.694
5. Eckersley • BOS 1.725
6. Reuss • LAD 1.767
7. Hoyt • CHW 1.803
8. Haas • MIL 1.816
9. Langford • OAK 1.858
10. Candelaria • PIT 1.906

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Soto • CIN 9.571
2. Ryan • HOU 8.808
3. Carlton • PHI 8.706
4. Righetti • NYY 8.016
5. Bannister • SEA 7.615
6. Beattie • SEA 7.311
7. Barker • CLE 6.879
8. Candelaria • PIT 6.853
9. Welch • LAD 6.721
10. Tudor • BOS 6.716

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Tekulve • PIT 85
2. Vande Berg • SEA 78
Minton • SFG 78
4. Martinez • BAL 76
Scurry • PIT 76
6. Hernández • CHC 75
Reardon • MON 75
8. Quisenberry • KCR 72
Smith • CHC 72
10. Caudill • SEA 70
Sutter • STL 70

Saves

Saves

1. Sutter • STL 36
2. Quisenberry • KCR 35
3. Gossage • NYY 30
Garber • ATL 30
Minton • SFG 30
6. Fingers • MIL 29
7. Caudill • SEA 26
Reardon • MON 26
9. Davis • MIN 22
10. Barojas • CHW 21
Spillner • CLE 21

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Carlton • PHI 295.2
2. Stieb • TOR 288.1
3. Valenzuela • LAD 285.0
4. Rogers • MON 277.0
5. Niekro • HOU 270.0
6. Clancy • TOR 266.2
7. Morris • DET 266.1
8. Andújar • STL 265.2
9. Caldwell • MIL 258.0
10. Soto • CIN 257.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Carlton • PHI 286
2. Soto • CIN 274
3. Ryan • HOU 245
4. Bannister • SEA 209
5. Valenzuela • LAD 199
6. Barker • CLE 187
7. Rogers • MON 179
8. Welch • LAD 176
9. Sutton • 2TM 175
10. Robinson • PIT 165

Games Started

Games Started

1. Clancy • TOR 40
2. Martínez • BAL 39
3. Leal • TOR 38
Stieb • TOR 38
Carlton • PHI 38
6. Gura • KCR 37
McGregor • BAL 37
Morris • DET 37
Andújar • STL 37
Reuss • LAD 37
Valenzuela • LAD 37

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Stieb • TOR 19
Carlton • PHI 19
3. Valenzuela • LAD 18
4. Morris • DET 17
5. Niekro • HOU 16
6. Langford • OAK 15
7. Hoyt • CHW 14
Rogers • MON 14
9. Soto • CIN 13
10. Caldwell • MIL 12
Forsch • CAL 12
Hough • TEX 12
Zahn • CAL 12

Shutouts

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

1. Carlton • PHI 6
2. Andújar • STL 5
Niekro • HOU 5
Stieb • TOR 5
5. Rogers • MON 4
Reuss • LAD 4
Valenzuela • LAD 4
Forsch • CAL 4
Zahn • CAL 4
10. Bannister • SEA 3
Welch • LAD 3
Eckersley • BOS 3
Morris • DET 3
Clancy • TOR 3
Gura • KCR 3
Caldwell • MIL 3
Ryan • HOU 3
Rainey • BOS 3

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Keough • OAK 38
2. Morris • DET 37
3. Langford • OAK 33
4. Bannister • SEA 32
Havens • MIN 32
6. Eckersley • BOS 31
Gura • KCR 31
McGregor • BAL 31
9. Caldwell • MIL 30
Martínez • BAL 30

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ryan • HOU 109
2. Righetti • NYY 108
3. Robinson • PIT 103
4. Vuckovich • MIL 102
5. Keough • OAK 101
6. Petry • DET 100
7. Sutcliffe • CLE 98
8. Morris • DET 96
Berenyi • CIN 96
10. Medich • 2TM 93

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Stieb • TOR 271
2. Caldwell • MIL 269
3. Langford • OAK 265
4. Martínez • BAL 262
5. Carlton • PHI 253
6. Clancy • TOR 251
Gura • KCR 251
Sorensen • CLE 251
9. Leal • TOR 250
10. Hoyt • CHW 248

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. Soto • CIN 3.859
2. Hammaker • SFG 3.643
3. Candelaria • PIT 3.595
4. Carlton • PHI 3.326
5. Eckersley • BOS 2.953
6. Reuss • LAD 2.760
7. Rogers • MON 2.754
8. Andújar • STL 2.740
9. Christenson • PHI 2.736
10. Sutton • 2TM 2.734

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. Berenyi • CIN 0.324
2. Krukow • PHI 0.346
3. Andújar • STL 0.373
4. Sarmiento • PIT 0.383
5. Reuss • LAD 0.389
6. Rogers • MON 0.390
7. Niekro • HOU 0.400
8. Witt • CAL 0.401
9. Valenzuela • LAD 0.411
10. Lamp • CHW 0.427

Losses

Losses

1. Keough • OAK 18
Tanana • TEX 18
Berenyi • CIN 18
4. Honeycutt • TEX 17
5. Langford • OAK 16
Morris • DET 16
7. Dotson • CHW 15
Hoyt • CHW 15
Leal • TOR 15
Sorensen • CLE 15
Jenkins • CHC 15
Knepper • HOU 15
Medich • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Keough • OAK 133
2. Morris • DET 120
3. Martínez • BAL 118
Sorensen • CLE 118
5. McGregor • BAL 116
6. Caldwell • MIL 112
7. Gura • KCR 111
Langford • OAK 111
9. Clancy • TOR 110
10. Leal • TOR 109
Bird • CHC 109

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Niekro • HOU 19
2. Ryan • HOU 18
3. Robinson • PIT 17
4. Berenyi • CIN 16
5. Perry • SEA 13
Krukow • PHI 13
7. Scurry • PIT 12
8. Gullickson • MON 11
Kern • 2TM 11
10. Barker • CLE 10
Keough • OAK 10
Morris • DET 10
Falcone • NYM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Forsch • CAL 11
2. Tudor • BOS 8
Ryan • HOU 8
4. Clear • BOS 7
Hough • TEX 7
Kingman • OAK 7
Martínez • BAL 7
Sánchez • CAL 7
Tanana • TEX 7
Wilcox • DET 7
Witt • CAL 7
Andújar • STL 7

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Carlton • PHI 1,193
2. Stieb • TOR 1,187
3. Valenzuela • LAD 1,156
4. Rogers • MON 1,122
5. Morris • DET 1,107
6. Clancy • TOR 1,100
7. Martínez • BAL 1,093
8. Niekro • HOU 1,067
9. Caldwell • MIL 1,064
10. Andújar • STL 1,056

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. Quisenberry • KCR 68
2. Minton • SFG 66
3. Caudill • SEA 64
Tekulve • PIT 64
5. Sutter • STL 58
6. Garber • ATL 56
7. Spillner • CLE 54
8. Davis • MIN 53
Reardon • MON 53
10. Fingers • MIL 45

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Rogers • MON 152
2. Andújar • STL 148
3. Stanley • BOS 140
4. Sutcliffe • CLE 140
5. Stieb • TOR 138
6. Niekro • HOU 135
7. Soto • CIN 132
8. Palmer • BAL 129
9. Candelaria • PIT 128
10. Beattie • SEA 127

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. Carlton • PHI 2.41
2. Soto • CIN 2.42
3. Rogers • MON 2.76
4. Reuss • LAD 2.81
5. Valenzuela • LAD 2.81
6. Candelaria • PIT 2.87
7. Andújar • STL 2.87
8. Sutton • 2TM 3.03
9. Christenson • PHI 3.04
10. Koosman • CHW 3.07

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. Rogers • MON 38
2. Stieb • TOR 36
3. Andújar • STL 33
4. Niekro • HOU 30
5. Sutcliffe • CLE 27
6. Soto • CIN 26
7. Palmer • BAL 24
8. Minton • SFG 24
9. Stanley • BOS 23
10. Quisenberry • KCR 23

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. Rogers • MON 4.3
2. Stieb • TOR 3.8
3. Andújar • STL 3.7
4. Niekro • HOU 3.4
5. Soto • CIN 2.9
6. Sutcliffe • CLE 2.8
7. Minton • SFG 2.6
8. Palmer • BAL 2.5
9. Stanley • BOS 2.4
10. Quisenberry • KCR 2.4

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. Rogers • MON 41.14
2. Niekro • HOU 40.68
3. Andújar • STL 35.93
4. Stieb • TOR 34.21
5. Palmer • BAL 33.44
6. Soto • CIN 30.76
7. Stanley • BOS 28.80
8. Sutcliffe • CLE 27.63
9. Petry • DET 26.04
10. Bedrosian • ATL 25.07

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. Caudill • SEA 5.7
2. Niekro • HOU 5.2
3. Minton • SFG 5.2
4. Gossage • NYY 5.0
5. Rogers • MON 4.8
6. Carlton • PHI 4.3
7. Bedrosian • ATL 4.1
8. Stanley • BOS 3.9
9. Palmer • BAL 3.8
10. Valenzuela • LAD 3.7

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. Andújar • STL 4.4
2. Rogers • MON 4.4
3. Niekro • HOU 4.3
4. Stieb • TOR 3.4
5. Palmer • BAL 3.4
6. Valenzuela • LAD 3.4
7. Carlton • PHI 3.2
8. Soto • CIN 3.1
9. Quisenberry • KCR 2.8
10. Reuss • LAD 2.7

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. Sutton • 2TM 8.3
2. Garber • ATL 7.7
3. Carlton • PHI 7.2
4. Bedrosian • ATL 7.1
5. Andújar • STL 5.3
6. Niedenfuer • LAD 5.1
7. Sutter • STL 5.1
8. Sánchez • CAL 5.0
9. Stanley • BOS 4.3
10. Reed • PHI 4.2

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. Niekro • HOU 4.8
2. Rogers • MON 4.6
3. Andújar • STL 4.0
4. Palmer • BAL 3.6
5. Stieb • TOR 3.4
6. Soto • CIN 3.4
7. Stanley • BOS 2.9
8. Sutcliffe • CLE 2.9
9. Petry • DET 2.7
10. Bedrosian • ATL 2.6

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