2000 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. Martínez • BOS 11.7

2. Rodriguez • SEA 10.4

3. Helton • COL 8.8

4. Erstad • ANA 8.3

5. Jones • ATL 8.2

6. Johnson • ARI 8.1

7. Glaus • ANA 7.8

8. Giambi • OAK 7.8

9. Bonds • SFG 7.7

10. Garciaparra • BOS 7.4

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. Martínez • BOS 11.7

2. Johnson • ARI 8.1

3. Brown • LAD 7.0

4. Maddux • ATL 6.5

5. Radke • MIN 6.2

6. Mussina • BAL 5.7

7. Schilling • 2TM 5.2

8. Benson • PIT 5.1

9. Rogers • TEX 5.0

10. D'Amico • MIL 5.0

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. Martínez • BOS 1.74

2. Brown • LAD 2.58

3. Johnson • ARI 2.64

4. D'Amico • MIL 2.66

5. Maddux • ATL 3.00

6. Hampton • NYM 3.14

7. Leiter • NYM 3.20

8. Park • LAD 3.27

9. Glavine • ATL 3.40

10. Ankiel • STL 3.50

Wins

1. Glavine • ATL 21

2. Hudson • OAK 20

Wells • TOR 20

Kile • STL 20

5. Pettitte • NYY 19

Johnson • ARI 19

Maddux • ATL 19

8. Martínez • BOS 18

Park • LAD 18

10. Sele • SEA 17

Elarton • HOU 17

Hernández • SFG 17

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. Hudson • OAK .769

2. Martínez • BOS .750

3. Johnson • ARI .731

4. Burba • CLE .727

5. Wells • TOR .714

Estes • SFG .714

7. Elarton • HOU .708

8. Glavine • ATL .700

9. Kile • STL .690

10. Dessens • CIN .688

Reed • NYM .688

Tavárez • COL .688

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 0.737

2. Brown • LAD 0.991

3. Maddux • ATL 1.071

4. Johnson • ARI 1.118

5. D'Amico • MIL 1.164

6. Kile • STL 1.175

7. Schilling • 2TM 1.184

8. Mussina • BAL 1.187

9. Glavine • ATL 1.191

10. Lieber • CHC 1.203

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 5.309

2. Park • LAD 6.889

3. Ankiel • STL 7.046

4. Brown • LAD 7.083

5. Johnson • ARI 7.311

6. Person • PHI 7.477

7. Hudson • OAK 7.517

8. Leiter • NYM 7.615

9. Colón • CLE 7.803

10. D'Amico • MIL 7.928

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Wells • TOR 1.215

2. Martínez • BOS 1.327

3. Maddux • ATL 1.516

4. Anderson • ARI 1.645

5. Reed • NYM 1.663

6. Mussina • BAL 1.742

7. Brown • LAD 1.839

8. Schilling • 2TM 1.926

9. Lieber • CHC 1.936

10. Milton • MIN 1.980

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 12.559

2. Martínez • BOS 11.779

3. Colón • CLE 10.149

4. Ankiel • STL 9.977

5. Astacio • COL 8.847

6. Leiter • NYM 8.654

7. Park • LAD 8.642

8. Nomo • DET 8.574

9. Person • PHI 8.515

10. Burba • CLE 8.467

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Wunsch • CHW 83

Kline • MON 83

3. Sullivan • CIN 79

4. Myers • COL 78

5. Venafro • TEX 77

Wendell • NYM 77

7. Wells • MIN 76

Benítez • NYM 76

Rodríguez • SFG 76

Guthrie • 3TM 76

Saves

1. Alfonseca • FLA 45

2. Hoffman • SDP 43

3. Jones • DET 42

Lowe • BOS 42

5. Benítez • NYM 41

Nen • SFG 41

7. Sasaki • SEA 37

8. Rivera • NYY 36

9. Foulke • CHW 34

Wetteland • TEX 34

Innings Pitched

1. Lieber • CHC 251.0

2. Maddux • ATL 249.1

3. Johnson • ARI 248.2

4. Glavine • ATL 241.0

5. Hernández • SFG 240.0

6. Mussina • BAL 237.2

7. Kile • STL 232.1

8. Brown • LAD 230.0

9. Wells • TOR 229.2

10. Rogers • TEX 227.1

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 347

2. Martínez • BOS 284

3. Park • LAD 217

4. Brown • LAD 216

5. Colón • CLE 212

6. Mussina • BAL 210

7. Dempster • FLA 209

8. Leiter • NYM 200

9. Vázquez • MON 196

10. Ankiel • STL 194

Games Started

1. Helling • TEX 35

Wells • TOR 35

Glavine • ATL 35

Johnson • ARI 35

Lieber • CHC 35

Maddux • ATL 35

Millwood • ATL 35

8. Finley • CLE 34

Mussina • BAL 34

Radke • MIN 34

Rogers • TEX 34

Sele • SEA 34

Clement • SDP 34

Kile • STL 34

Park • LAD 34

Trachsel • 2TM 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Wells • TOR 9

2. Johnson • ARI 8

Schilling • 2TM 8

4. Martínez • BOS 7

5. Mussina • BAL 6

Ponson • BAL 6

Lieber • CHC 6

Maddux • ATL 6

9. Brown • LAD 5

Hernández • SFG 5

Kile • STL 5

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Martínez • BOS 4

2. Johnson • ARI 3

Maddux • ATL 3

4. Sánchez • FLA 2

Sele • SEA 2

Hernández • SFG 2

Hudson • OAK 2

Stephenson • STL 2

Glavine • ATL 2

Estes • SFG 2

Schilling • 2TM 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Lima • HOU 48

2. Anderson • ARI 38

3. Suppan • KCR 36

Lieber • CHC 36

5. Milton • MIN 35

Tapani • CHC 35

7. Baldwin • CHW 34

Hernández • NYY 34

9. Kile • STL 33

10. Astacio • COL 32

Bell • CIN 32

Sánchez • FLA 32

Yoshii • COL 32

Meadows • 2TM 32

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Clement • SDP 125

2. Park • LAD 124

3. Ortiz • SFG 112

4. Estes • SFG 108

5. Appier • OAK 102

6. Finley • CLE 101

7. Haynes • MIL 100

8. Helling • TEX 99

Hampton • NYM 99

10. Colón • CLE 98

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Wells • TOR 266

2. Radke • MIN 261

3. Rogers • TEX 257

4. Hernández • SFG 254

5. Lima • HOU 251

6. Lieber • CHC 248

7. Holt • HOU 247

Vázquez • MON 247

9. Suppan • KCR 240

10. Mussina • BAL 236

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. Martínez • BOS 8.875

2. Wells • TOR 5.355

3. Brown • LAD 4.596

4. Johnson • ARI 4.566

5. Mussina • BAL 4.565

6. Maddux • ATL 4.524

7. Schilling • 2TM 3.733

8. Milton • MIN 3.636

9. Rusch • NYM 3.568

10. Reed • NYM 3.559

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Hampton • NYM 0.413

2. Estes • SFG 0.520

3. Wright • MIL 0.656

4. Person • PHI 0.675

5. Maddux • ATL 0.686

6. Martínez • BOS 0.705

7. Sele • SEA 0.723

8. Pettitte • NYY 0.748

9. D'Amico • MIL 0.776

10. Rogers • TEX 0.792

Losses

1. Daal • 2TM 19

2. Clement • SDP 17

Parris • CIN 17

4. Radke • MIN 16

Holt • HOU 16

Lima • HOU 16

7. Escobar • TOR 15

Mays • MIN 15

Mussina • BAL 15

Weaver • DET 15

Yoshii • COL 15

Trachsel • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lima • HOU 145

2. Holt • HOU 123

Lieber • CHC 123

4. Carpenter • TOR 122

5. Cone • NYY 119

Ponson • BAL 119

Suppan • KCR 119

8. Haynes • MIL 118

9. Clement • SDP 117

10. Rogers • TEX 115

Astacio • COL 115

Wild Pitches

1. Clement • SDP 23

2. Williamson • CIN 21

3. Reichert • KCR 18

4. Dreifort • LAD 17

5. Grimsley • NYY 16

Nomo • DET 16

7. Carrasco • 2TM 14

8. Park • LAD 13

Guthrie • 3TM 13

10. Ankiel • STL 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Wright • MIL 18

2. Clement • SDP 16

Arrojo • 2TM 16

4. Weaver • DET 15

Astacio • COL 15

6. Martínez • BOS 14

7. Kile • STL 13

Loaiza • 2TM 13

9. Dreifort • LAD 12

Park • LAD 12

Batters Faced

1. Lieber • CHC 1,047

2. Hernández • SFG 1,030

3. Maddux • ATL 1,012

4. Johnson • ARI 1,001

5. Rogers • TEX 998

6. Glavine • ATL 992

7. Mussina • BAL 987

8. Radke • MIN 978

9. Dempster • FLA 974

10. Wells • TOR 972

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. Benítez • NYM 68

2. Lowe • BOS 64

3. Nen • SFG 63

Williams • PIT 63

5. Koch • TOR 62

Alfonseca • FLA 62

7. Rivera • NYY 61

Veres • STL 61

9. Jones • DET 60

Wickman • 2TM 60

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Martínez • BOS 291

2. Johnson • ARI 181

3. D'Amico • MIL 171

4. Brown • LAD 167

5. Maddux • ATL 153

6. Hampton • NYM 142

7. Leiter • NYM 139

8. Glavine • ATL 135

9. Ankiel • STL 134

10. Sirotka • CHW 133

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. Martínez • BOS 2.17

2. Johnson • ARI 2.53

3. Brown • LAD 3.17

4. Maddux • ATL 3.23

5. Wells • TOR 3.50

6. Rusch • NYM 3.50

7. Mussina • BAL 3.52

8. Leiter • NYM 3.65

9. Vázquez • MON 3.68

10. Hampton • NYM 3.82

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. Martínez • BOS 79

2. Johnson • ARI 53

3. Brown • LAD 46

4. Maddux • ATL 45

5. D'Amico • MIL 34

6. Glavine • ATL 32

7. Hampton • NYM 30

8. Leiter • NYM 29

9. Mussina • BAL 28

10. Park • LAD 27

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. Martínez • BOS 8.4

2. Johnson • ARI 5.5

3. Brown • LAD 4.7

4. Maddux • ATL 4.5

5. D'Amico • MIL 3.4

6. Glavine • ATL 3.1

7. Hampton • NYM 3.0

8. Leiter • NYM 2.9

9. Park • LAD 2.7

10. Mussina • BAL 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. Martínez • BOS 86.93

2. Johnson • ARI 55.82

3. Brown • LAD 50.33

4. Maddux • ATL 47.76

5. Glavine • ATL 36.72

6. Mussina • BAL 35.04

7. D'Amico • MIL 33.88

8. Park • LAD 31.24

9. Hampton • NYM 29.12

10. Colón • CLE 28.42

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. Martínez • BOS 8.1

2. Foulke • CHW 6.4

3. Johnson • ARI 5.9

4. Brown • LAD 5.2

5. Lowe • BOS 4.9

6. Graves • CIN 4.5

7. Maddux • ATL 4.4

8. Koch • TOR 4.2

9. Wells • TOR 3.5

10. Benítez • NYM 3.4

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. Martínez • BOS 8.5

2. Maddux • ATL 4.9

3. Johnson • ARI 4.9

4. Brown • LAD 4.8

5. Glavine • ATL 3.2

6. Hampton • NYM 2.9

7. Leiter • NYM 2.9

8. Schilling • 2TM 2.9

9. Mussina • BAL 2.8

10. D'Amico • MIL 2.7

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. Martínez • BOS 7.3

2. Johnson • ARI 4.6

3. Colón • CLE 4.3

4. Lowe • BOS 3.6

5. Koch • TOR 3.3

6. Sasaki • SEA 3.3

7. Foulke • CHW 3.2

8. Brown • LAD 3.1

9. Finley • CLE 2.8

10. Graves • CIN 2.6

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. Martínez • BOS 9.2

2. Johnson • ARI 5.6

3. Brown • LAD 5.4

4. Maddux • ATL 4.9

5. Glavine • ATL 3.7

6. D'Amico • MIL 3.5

7. Mussina • BAL 3.5

8. Park • LAD 3.2

9. Hampton • NYM 2.9

10. Leiter • NYM 2.8

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