Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Rodriguez • NYY 9.4
2. Pujols • STL 8.4
3. Willis • FLA 8.3
4. Clemens • HOU 8.2
5. Lee • CHC 7.7
6. Roberts • BAL 7.3
Utley • PHI 7.3
8. Teixeira • TEX 7.2
9. Santana • MIN 7.2
10. Jones • ATL 6.7
WAR for Pitchers
1. Clemens • HOU 7.8
2. Willis • FLA 7.3
3. Santana • MIN 7.2
4. Martinez • NYM 7.0
5. Pettitte • HOU 6.8
6. Oswalt • HOU 5.9
7. Carpenter • STL 5.8
8. Johnson • NYY 5.8
9. Zambrano • CHC 5.6
10. Halladay • TOR 5.5
Earned Run Average
1. Clemens • HOU 1.87
2. Pettitte • HOU 2.39
3. Willis • FLA 2.63
4. Martinez • NYM 2.82
5. Carpenter • STL 2.83
6. Millwood • CLE 2.86
7. Santana • MIN 2.87
8. Peavy • SDP 2.88
9. Oswalt • HOU 2.94
10. Smoltz • ATL 3.06
Wins
1. Willis • FLA 22
2. Colón • LAA 21
Carpenter • STL 21
4. Oswalt • HOU 20
5. Garland • CHW 18
Lee • CLE 18
Capuano • MIL 18
8. Johnson • NYY 17
Lieber • PHI 17
Pettitte • HOU 17
Win-Loss %
1. Sosa • ATL .813
2. Carpenter • STL .808
3. Lee • CLE .783
4. Halladay • TOR .750
5. Lackey • LAA .737
6. Colón • LAA .724
7. Crain • MIN .706
8. Zambrano • CHC .700
9. Santana • MIN .696
10. Eaton • SDP .688
Willis • FLA .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Martinez • NYM 0.949
2. Santana • MIN 0.971
3. Clemens • HOU 1.008
4. Pettitte • HOU 1.030
5. Peavy • SDP 1.044
6. Carpenter • STL 1.055
7. Johnson • NYY 1.126
8. Willis • FLA 1.134
9. Smoltz • ATL 1.145
10. Zambrano • CHC 1.146
Hits per 9 IP
1. Clemens • HOU 6.431
2. Martinez • NYM 6.594
3. Zambrano • CHC 6.851
4. Santana • MIN 6.993
5. Peavy • SDP 7.182
6. Zito • OAK 7.292
7. Carpenter • STL 7.597
8. Pettitte • HOU 7.610
9. Beckett • FLA 7.707
10. Prior • CHC 7.722
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Silva • MIN 0.430
2. Wells • BOS 1.027
3. Radke • MIN 1.032
4. Byrd • LAA 1.233
5. Towers • TOR 1.251
6. Maddux • CHC 1.440
7. Buehrle • CHW 1.521
8. Pettitte • HOU 1.660
9. Lieber • PHI 1.690
10. Weaver • LAD 1.728
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Prior • CHC 10.152
2. Peavy • SDP 9.576
3. Santana • MIN 9.246
4. Myers • PHI 8.693
5. Schmidt • SFG 8.634
6. Martinez • NYM 8.627
7. Lackey • LAA 8.569
8. Burnett • FLA 8.526
9. Kazmir • TBD 8.419
10. Johnson • NYY 8.415
Games Played
1. Eyre • SFG 86
2. Timlin • BOS 81
Urbina • 2TM 81
4. Schoeneweis • TOR 80
5. Gordon • NYY 79
Howry • CLE 79
Majewski • WSN 79
Sánchez • LAD 79
Villone • 2TM 79
10. Shields • LAA 78
Fuentes • COL 78
Madson • PHI 78
Mercker • CIN 78
Torres • PIT 78
Saves
1. Cordero • WSN 47
2. Rodríguez • LAA 45
Wickman • CLE 45
4. Nathan • MIN 43
Rivera • NYY 43
Hoffman • SDP 43
7. Lidge • HOU 42
8. Báez • TBD 41
9. Jones • FLA 40
10. Isringhausen • STL 39
Turnbow • MIL 39
Innings Pitched
1. Hernández • WSN 246.1
2. Carpenter • STL 241.2
Oswalt • HOU 241.2
4. Buehrle • CHW 236.2
5. Willis • FLA 236.1
6. Santana • MIN 231.2
7. Smoltz • ATL 229.2
8. Webb • ARI 229.0
9. Zito • OAK 228.1
10. García • CHW 228.0
Strikeouts
1. Santana • MIN 238
2. Peavy • SDP 216
3. Carpenter • STL 213
4. Johnson • NYY 211
5. Davis • MIL 208
Martinez • NYM 208
Myers • PHI 208
8. Zambrano • CHC 202
9. Lackey • LAA 199
10. Burnett • FLA 198
Games Started
1. López • BAL 35
Zito • OAK 35
Capuano • MIL 35
Davis • MIL 35
Hernández • WSN 35
Lieber • PHI 35
Lowe • LAD 35
Maddux • CHC 35
Oswalt • HOU 35
10. Chacín • TOR 34
Haren • OAK 34
Johnson • NYY 34
Maroth • DET 34
Westbrook • CLE 34
Loaiza • WSN 34
Milton • CIN 34
Myers • PHI 34
Weaver • LAD 34
Willis • FLA 34
Complete Games
1. Willis • FLA 7
Carpenter • STL 7
3. Halladay • TOR 5
4. Johnson • NYY 4
Burnett • FLA 4
Oswalt • HOU 4
Martinez • NYM 4
Bonderman • DET 4
9. Mulder • STL 3
Peavy • SDP 3
Wakefield • BOS 3
Maddux • CHC 3
Santana • MIN 3
Radke • MIN 3
Sheets • MIL 3
Smoltz • ATL 3
Tomko • SFG 3
Vázquez • ARI 3
Weaver • LAD 3
Marquis • STL 3
Buehrle • CHW 3
Haren • OAK 3
Garland • CHW 3
Shutouts
1. Willis • FLA 5
2. Carpenter • STL 4
3. Garland • CHW 3
Peavy • SDP 3
5. Santana • MIN 2
Lowe • LAD 2
Burnett • FLA 2
Mulder • STL 2
Weaver • LAD 2
Halladay • TOR 2
Mussina • NYY 2
Home Runs
1. Milton • CIN 40
2. Wakefield • BOS 35
Vázquez • ARI 35
Weaver • LAD 35
5. Ortiz • CIN 34
6. Chen • BAL 33
Radke • MIN 33
Lieber • PHI 33
9. Elarton • CLE 32
Johnson • NYY 32
Bases on Balls
1. Kazmir • TBD 100
2. Wells • PIT 99
3. Leiter • 2TM 98
4. Davis • MIL 93
5. Capuano • MIL 91
6. Zito • OAK 89
7. Cabrera • BAL 87
8. Zambrano • CHC 86
9. Schmidt • SFG 85
10. Hernández • WSN 84
Hits
1. Hernández • WSN 268
2. Oswalt • HOU 243
3. Buehrle • CHW 240
4. Maddux • CHC 239
5. Towers • TOR 237
Milton • CIN 237
7. Maroth • DET 235
8. Greinke • KCR 233
Johnson • DET 233
10. López • BAL 232
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Silva • MIN 7.889
2. Santana • MIN 5.289
3. Wells • BOS 5.095
4. Radke • MIN 5.087
5. Johnson • NYY 4.489
6. Martinez • NYM 4.426
7. Peavy • SDP 4.320
8. Carpenter • STL 4.176
9. Vázquez • ARI 4.174
10. Pettitte • HOU 4.171
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Willis • FLA 0.419
2. Clemens • HOU 0.468
3. Glavine • NYM 0.511
4. Burnett • FLA 0.517
5. Lackey • LAA 0.560
6. Kazmir • TBD 0.581
7. Zambrano • NYM 0.649
8. Carpenter • STL 0.670
Oswalt • HOU 0.670
10. Pettitte • HOU 0.688
Losses
1. Wells • PIT 18
2. Greinke • KCR 17
3. Lima • KCR 16
Robertson • DET 16
Wright • COL 16
6. Franklin • SEA 15
Westbrook • CLE 15
Lawrence • SDP 15
Lowe • LAD 15
Maddux • CHC 15
Milton • CIN 15
Redman • PIT 15
Tomko • SFG 15
Vázquez • ARI 15
Earned Runs
1. Milton • CIN 134
2. Lima • KCR 131
3. Greinke • KCR 118
Piñeiro • SEA 118
5. Hendrickson • TBD 117
6. Francis • COL 116
7. López • BAL 114
8. Maroth • DET 110
9. Hernández • WSN 109
10. Franklin • SEA 108
Wild Pitches
1. Contreras • CHW 20
García • CHW 20
3. Lackey • LAA 18
4. Johnson • DET 17
5. Webb • ARI 14
6. Clement • BOS 13
7. Shields • LAA 12
Burnett • FLA 12
9. Kim • COL 11
10. Julio • BAL 10
Ponson • BAL 10
Marquis • STL 10
Hit By Pitch
1. Fossum • TBD 18
Weaver • LAD 18
3. Clement • BOS 16
4. Wright • COL 15
Zambrano • NYM 15
6. Arroyo • BOS 14
Kim • COL 14
Chacón • 2TM 14
9. Bush • TOR 13
Greinke • KCR 13
Zito • OAK 13
Hernández • WSN 13
Batters Faced
1. Hernández • WSN 1,065
2. Oswalt • HOU 1,002
3. Buehrle • CHW 971
4. Willis • FLA 960
5. Zito • OAK 953
Carpenter • STL 953
7. Capuano • MIL 949
8. Davis • MIL 946
9. García • CHW 943
Wakefield • BOS 943
Webb • ARI 943
Games Finished
1. Wagner • PHI 70
2. Rivera • NYY 67
3. Lidge • HOU 65
4. Báez • TBD 64
5. Batista • TOR 62
Cordero • WSN 62
Turnbow • MIL 62
8. Ryan • BAL 61
9. Cordero • TEX 60
10. Nathan • MIN 58
Rodríguez • LAA 58
Adjusted ERA+
1. Clemens • HOU 226
2. Pettitte • HOU 177
3. Santana • MIN 155
4. Willis • FLA 152
5. Carpenter • STL 150
6. Millwood • CLE 147
7. Martinez • NYM 146
8. Buehrle • CHW 144
9. Oswalt • HOU 144
10. Smoltz • ATL 139
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Santana • MIN 2.80
2. Clemens • HOU 2.87
3. Peavy • SDP 2.89
4. Carpenter • STL 2.90
5. Martinez • NYM 2.95
6. Willis • FLA 2.99
7. Pettitte • HOU 3.07
8. Lackey • LAA 3.10
9. Burnett • FLA 3.11
10. Oswalt • HOU 3.16
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens • HOU 54
2. Pettitte • HOU 45
3. Santana • MIN 41
4. Carpenter • STL 38
5. Willis • FLA 36
6. Oswalt • HOU 35
7. Martinez • NYM 34
8. Halladay • TOR 33
9. Buehrle • CHW 31
10. Smoltz • ATL 31
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens • HOU 5.9
2. Pettitte • HOU 4.8
3. Santana • MIN 4.3
4. Carpenter • STL 4.0
5. Willis • FLA 3.8
6. Oswalt • HOU 3.7
7. Martinez • NYM 3.6
8. Halladay • TOR 3.5
9. Smoltz • ATL 3.2
10. Buehrle • CHW 3.2
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Clemens • HOU 55.06
2. Pettitte • HOU 47.59
3. Santana • MIN 45.11
4. Carpenter • STL 44.23
5. Willis • FLA 39.52
6. Martinez • NYM 38.55
7. Halladay • TOR 37.02
8. Oswalt • HOU 33.23
9. Smoltz • ATL 33.21
10. Harden • OAK 28.82
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Clemens • HOU 6.0
2. Willis • FLA 5.2
3. Pettitte • HOU 5.1
4. Halladay • TOR 4.6
5. Carpenter • STL 4.6
6. Santana • MIN 4.4
7. Oswalt • HOU 4.2
8. Zambrano • CHC 4.1
9. Peavy • SDP 4.0
10. Fuentes • COL 3.9
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Clemens • HOU 5.2
2. Santana • MIN 4.8
3. Pettitte • HOU 4.7
4. Carpenter • STL 4.5
5. Martinez • NYM 4.2
6. Smoltz • ATL 3.8
7. Halladay • TOR 3.5
8. Willis • FLA 3.3
9. Buehrle • CHW 3.1
10. Oswalt • HOU 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Pettitte • HOU 4.8
2. Willis • FLA 4.7
3. Rivera • NYY 4.1
4. Clemens • HOU 3.9
5. Street • OAK 3.9
6. Lidge • HOU 3.8
7. Peavy • SDP 3.5
8. Chacón • 2TM 3.5
9. Patterson • WSN 3.2
10. Rodríguez • LAA 3.1
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Clemens • HOU 6.1
2. Pettitte • HOU 5.1
3. Carpenter • STL 4.8
4. Santana • MIN 4.7
5. Willis • FLA 4.3
6. Martinez • NYM 4.2
7. Halladay • TOR 4.0
8. Smoltz • ATL 3.5
9. Oswalt • HOU 3.5
10. Harden • OAK 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 batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements