2002 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. Bonds • SFG 11.7

2. Johnson • ARI 10.5

3. Rodriguez • TEX 8.8

4. Schilling • ARI 8.5

5. Thome • CLE 7.4

6. Lowe • BOS 7.3

7. Halladay • TOR 7.2

8. Zito • OAK 7.1

9. Kent • SFG 7.1

10. Giambi • NYY 7.1

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. Johnson • ARI 10.7

2. Schilling • ARI 8.6

3. Halladay • TOR 7.3

4. Lowe • BOS 7.2

5. Zito • OAK 7.2

6. Colón • 2TM 7.1

7. Oswalt • HOU 7.0

8. Hudson • OAK 6.9

9. Martínez • BOS 6.5

10. Moyer • SEA 5.6

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 2.26

2. Johnson • ARI 2.32

3. Lowe • BOS 2.58

4. Maddux • ATL 2.62

5. Zito • OAK 2.75

6. Wakefield • BOS 2.81

7. Colón • 2TM 2.93

8. Halladay • TOR 2.93

9. Glavine • ATL 2.96

10. Hudson • OAK 2.98

Wins

1. Johnson • ARI 24

2. Zito • OAK 23

Schilling • ARI 23

4. Lowe • BOS 21

5. Martínez • BOS 20

Colón • 2TM 20

7. Buehrle • CHW 19

Halladay • TOR 19

Mulder • OAK 19

Wells • NYY 19

Oswalt • HOU 19

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. Martínez • BOS .833

2. Johnson • ARI .828

3. Zito • OAK .821

4. Miller • HOU .789

5. Schilling • ARI .767

6. Washburn • ANA .750

7. Halladay • TOR .731

Mulder • OAK .731

Wells • NYY .731

10. Maddux • ATL .727

Nomo • LAD .727

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 0.923

2. Schilling • ARI 0.968

3. Lowe • BOS 0.974

4. Pérez • LAD 0.990

5. Johnson • ARI 1.031

6. Wakefield • BOS 1.053

7. Moyer • SEA 1.075

8. Wolf • PHI 1.116

9. Zito • OAK 1.134

10. Mulder • OAK 1.143

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Martínez • BOS 6.502

2. Wakefield • BOS 6.667

3. Burnett • FLA 6.739

4. Lowe • BOS 6.801

5. Johnson • ARI 6.819

6. Moss • ATL 7.039

7. Clement • CHC 7.112

8. Wood • CHC 7.119

9. Zito • OAK 7.142

10. Schmidt • SFG 7.187

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

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

1. Schilling • ARI 1.145

2. Reed • MIN 1.245

3. Byrd • KCR 1.498

4. Pérez • LAD 1.538

5. Milton • MIN 1.579

6. Martínez • BOS 1.806

7. Lidle • OAK 1.828

8. Vázquez • MON 1.915

9. Moyer • SEA 1.951

10. Wells • NYY 1.963

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Johnson • ARI 11.562

2. Schilling • ARI 10.967

3. Martínez • BOS 10.791

4. Clemens • NYY 9.600

5. Schmidt • SFG 9.518

6. Clement • CHC 9.439

7. Duckworth • PHI 9.221

8. Wood • CHC 9.140

9. Burnett • FLA 8.941

10. Finley • 2TM 8.213

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Quantrill • LAD 86

2. Koch • OAK 84

3. Dotel • HOU 83

4. Romero • MIN 81

5. Worrell • SFG 80

6. Stanton • NYY 79

Jones • COL 79

8. Karsay • NYY 78

Looper • FLA 78

Sauerbeck • PIT 78

Stone • HOU 78

Saves

1. Smoltz • ATL 55

2. Gagné • LAD 52

3. Williams • PIT 46

4. Guardado • MIN 45

Mesa • PHI 45

6. Koch • OAK 44

7. Nen • SFG 43

8. Jiménez • COL 41

9. Percival • ANA 40

Urbina • BOS 40

Innings Pitched

1. Johnson • ARI 260.0

2. Schilling • ARI 259.1

3. Halladay • TOR 239.1

4. Buehrle • CHW 239.0

5. Hudson • OAK 238.1

6. Colón • 2TM 233.1

7. Oswalt • HOU 233.0

8. Moyer • SEA 230.2

9. Vázquez • MON 230.1

10. Zito • OAK 229.1

Strikeouts

1. Johnson • ARI 334

2. Schilling • ARI 316

3. Martínez • BOS 239

4. Wood • CHC 217

5. Clement • CHC 215

6. Oswalt • HOU 208

7. Burnett • FLA 203

8. Schmidt • SFG 196

9. Nomo • LAD 193

10. Clemens • NYY 192

Games Started

1. Glavine • ATL 36

2. Zito • OAK 35

Johnson • ARI 35

Schilling • ARI 35

5. Buehrle • CHW 34

García • SEA 34

Halladay • TOR 34

Hudson • OAK 34

Moyer • SEA 34

Haynes • CIN 34

Maddux • ATL 34

Millwood • ATL 34

Nomo • LAD 34

Oswalt • HOU 34

Rusch • MIL 34

Sheets • MIL 34

Vázquez • MON 34

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Johnson • ARI 8

Colón • 2TM 8

3. Burnett • FLA 7

Byrd • KCR 7

5. Buehrle • CHW 5

Hernández • SFG 5

Schilling • ARI 5

Kennedy • TBD 5

9. Sturtze • TBD 4

Moyer • SEA 4

Pérez • LAD 4

Ortiz • ANA 4

Rusch • MIL 4

Hudson • OAK 4

Wood • CHC 4

Dempster • 2TM 4

Shutouts

Shutouts No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Burnett • FLA 5

2. Johnson • ARI 4

3. Hernández • SFG 3

Colón • 2TM 3

Weaver • 2TM 3

6. Pérez • LAD 2

Mussina • NYY 2

Moyer • SEA 2

Schmidt • SFG 2

Leiter • NYM 2

Lawrence • SDP 2

Wolf • PHI 2

Lidle • OAK 2

Buehrle • CHW 2

Hudson • OAK 2

Clement • CHC 2

Byrd • KCR 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Ortiz • ANA 40

2. Byrd • KCR 36

3. Sturtze • TBD 33

4. Reed • MIN 32

Suppan • KCR 32

Wright • CHW 32

Astacio • NYM 32

8. Helling • ARI 31

Tomko • SDP 31

10. García • SEA 30

Rusch • MIL 30

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Ishii • LAD 106

2. Nomo • LAD 101

3. Wood • CHC 97

4. Ortiz • SFG 94

5. Dempster • 2TM 93

6. Hampton • COL 91

7. Burnett • FLA 90

8. Sturtze • TBD 89

Moss • ATL 89

10. Sabathia • CLE 88

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Sturtze • TBD 271

2. Vázquez • MON 243

3. Sparks • DET 238

4. Hudson • OAK 237

Sheets • MIL 237

6. Buehrle • CHW 236

7. Hernández • SFG 233

8. Lawrence • SDP 230

9. Suppan • KCR 229

10. Hampton • COL 228

Dempster • 2TM 228

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. Schilling • ARI 9.576

2. Martínez • BOS 5.975

3. Johnson • ARI 4.704

4. Reed • MIN 4.654

5. Pérez • LAD 4.079

6. Milton • MIN 4.033

7. Mussina • NYY 3.792

8. Vázquez • MON 3.653

9. Byrd • KCR 3.395

10. Oswalt • HOU 3.355

Home Runs per 9 IP

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

1. Halladay • TOR 0.376

2. Lowe • BOS 0.492

3. Burnett • FLA 0.529

4. Batista • ARI 0.585

5. Martínez • BOS 0.587

6. Finley • 2TM 0.614

7. Ortiz • SFG 0.630

8. Maddux • ATL 0.632

9. Oswalt • HOU 0.657

10. Millwood • ATL 0.664

Losses

1. Sturtze • TBD 18

2. Sparks • DET 16

Suppan • KCR 16

Hernández • SFG 16

Rusch • MIL 16

Sheets • MIL 16

7. Castillo • BOS 15

Redman • DET 15

Ritchie • CHW 15

Hampton • COL 15

Finley • 2TM 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Sturtze • TBD 129

2. Dempster • 2TM 125

3. Suppan • KCR 123

4. Hampton • COL 122

5. Sparks • DET 116

6. Wright • CHW 113

7. Rusch • MIL 110

8. García • SEA 109

9. Hernández • SFG 105

10. Wilson • TBD 104

Wild Pitches

1. Santana • MIN 15

2. Clemens • NYY 14

Armas • MON 14

Burnett • FLA 14

5. Moss • ATL 13

6. Schmidt • SFG 12

7. Drese • CLE 11

Redman • DET 11

Coggin • PHI 11

10. Ritchie • CHW 10

Suppan • KCR 10

Wright • CHW 10

Zambrano • TBD 10

Duckworth • PHI 10

Jennings • COL 10

Reyes • 2TM 10

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Park • TEX 17

2. Kennedy • TBD 16

Astacio • NYM 16

Wood • CHC 16

5. Martínez • BOS 15

Padilla • PHI 15

Tavárez • FLA 15

8. Wilson • TBD 13

Johnson • ARI 13

10. Lowe • BOS 12

Sparks • DET 12

Batters Faced

1. Johnson • ARI 1,035

2. Schilling • ARI 1,017

3. Sturtze • TBD 1,008

4. Halladay • TOR 993

5. Buehrle • CHW 984

6. Hudson • OAK 983

7. Vázquez • MON 971

8. Colón • 2TM 966

9. Oswalt • HOU 956

10. García • SEA 955

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. Koch • OAK 79

2. Jiménez • COL 69

3. Escobar • TOR 68

Gagné • LAD 68

Smoltz • ATL 68

6. Kim • ARI 66

Nen • SFG 66

8. Mesa • PHI 64

9. Guardado • MIN 62

10. Julio • BAL 61

Wagner • HOU 61

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Martínez • BOS 202

2. Johnson • ARI 195

3. Lowe • BOS 177

4. Wakefield • BOS 162

5. Maddux • ATL 159

6. Zito • OAK 158

7. Halladay • TOR 157

8. Colón • 2TM 147

9. Hudson • OAK 145

10. Oswalt • HOU 144

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 2.24

2. Schilling • ARI 2.40

3. Johnson • ARI 2.66

4. Halladay • TOR 2.97

5. Oswalt • HOU 2.99

6. Schmidt • SFG 3.11

7. Burnett • FLA 3.19

8. Finley • 2TM 3.27

9. Millwood • ATL 3.29

10. Clemens • NYY 3.30

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. Johnson • ARI 56

2. Lowe • BOS 49

3. Martínez • BOS 47

4. Zito • OAK 40

5. Halladay • TOR 39

6. Schilling • ARI 37

7. Hudson • OAK 36

8. Colón • 2TM 35

9. Maddux • ATL 32

10. Oswalt • HOU 32

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. Johnson • ARI 6.2

2. Lowe • BOS 5.1

3. Martínez • BOS 4.9

4. Zito • OAK 4.2

5. Halladay • TOR 4.1

6. Schilling • ARI 3.9

7. Hudson • OAK 3.7

8. Colón • 2TM 3.7

9. Maddux • ATL 3.4

10. Oswalt • HOU 3.4

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. Johnson • ARI 60.19

2. Lowe • BOS 55.50

3. Martínez • BOS 47.54

4. Zito • OAK 45.49

5. Schilling • ARI 41.91

6. Halladay • TOR 39.01

7. Hudson • OAK 38.45

8. Washburn • ANA 38.29

9. Colón • 2TM 36.69

10. Moyer • SEA 34.17

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. Johnson • ARI 6.0

2. Gagné • LAD 5.7

3. Smoltz • ATL 5.0

4. Koch • OAK 4.6

5. Benítez • NYM 4.5

6. Schilling • ARI 4.5

7. Romero • MIN 4.4

8. Percival • ANA 4.4

9. Martínez • BOS 4.1

10. Lowe • BOS 4.0

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. Lowe • BOS 5.7

2. Schilling • ARI 5.6

3. Martínez • BOS 5.0

4. Johnson • ARI 4.3

5. Halladay • TOR 3.9

6. Moyer • SEA 3.6

7. Zito • OAK 3.6

8. Washburn • ANA 3.6

9. Pérez • LAD 3.4

10. Hudson • OAK 3.3

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. Gagné • LAD 5.6

2. Percival • ANA 3.7

3. Martínez • BOS 3.7

4. Koch • OAK 3.4

5. Lowe • BOS 3.2

6. Schilling • ARI 3.1

7. Oswalt • HOU 2.9

8. Washburn • ANA 2.7

9. Nen • SFG 2.7

10. Zito • OAK 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. Johnson • ARI 6.3

2. Lowe • BOS 5.8

3. Martínez • BOS 4.9

4. Zito • OAK 4.8

5. Schilling • ARI 4.3

6. Hudson • OAK 4.0

7. Washburn • ANA 4.0

8. Halladay • TOR 3.9

9. Colón • 2TM 3.9

10. Moyer • SEA 3.6

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