Major League Baseball 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. Lee • PHI 9.0
2. Halladay • PHI 8.6
Verlander • DET 8.6
4. Ellsbury • BOS 8.3
5. Bautista • TOR 8.3
6. Kemp • LAD 8.0
7. Pedroia • BOS 7.9
8. Braun • MIL 7.7
9. Cabrera • DET 7.6
10. Zobrist • TBR 7.6

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. Halladay • PHI 8.8
2. Verlander • DET 8.6
3. Lee • PHI 8.5
4. Weaver • LAA 6.9
5. Kershaw • LAD 6.8
6. Hamels • PHI 6.4
Sabathia • NYY 6.4
8. Romero • TOR 6.4
9. Beckett • BOS 5.8
10. Shields • TBR 5.8

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. Kershaw • LAD 2.28
2. Halladay • PHI 2.35
3. Lee • PHI 2.40
4. Verlander • DET 2.40
5. Weaver • LAA 2.41
6. Vogelsong • SFG 2.71
7. Lincecum • SFG 2.74
8. Hamels • PHI 2.79
9. Shields • TBR 2.82
10. Fister • 2TM 2.83

Wins

Wins

1. Verlander • DET 24
2. Kennedy • ARI 21
Kershaw • LAD 21
4. Sabathia • NYY 19
Halladay • PHI 19
6. Weaver • LAA 18
7. Gallardo • MIL 17
Lee • PHI 17
9. Gonzalez • OAK 16
Haren • LAA 16
Holland • TEX 16
Nova • NYY 16
Shields • TBR 16
Wilson • TEX 16
Greinke • MIL 16
Hudson • ARI 16
Hudson • ATL 16

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. Kennedy • ARI .840
2. Verlander • DET .828
3. Kershaw • LAD .808
4. Nova • NYY .800
5. Holland • TEX .762
6. Halladay • PHI .760
7. Greinke • MIL .727
8. Sabathia • NYY .704
9. Wilson • TEX .696
10. Weaver • LAA .692

Walks & Hits per IP

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

1. Verlander • DET 0.920
2. Kershaw • LAD 0.977
3. Hamels • PHI 0.986
4. Weaver • LAA 1.010
5. Haren • LAA 1.024
6. Beckett • BOS 1.026
7. Lee • PHI 1.027
8. Halladay • PHI 1.040
9. Shields • TBR 1.043
10. Fister • 2TM 1.063

Hits per 9 IP

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

1. Verlander • DET 6.239
2. Kershaw • LAD 6.711
3. Beckett • BOS 6.808
4. Weaver • LAA 6.950
5. Hellickson • TBR 6.952
6. Pineda • SEA 7.000
7. Shields • TBR 7.039
8. Romero • TOR 7.040
9. Hamels • PHI 7.042
10. Cain • SFG 7.186

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. Tomlin • CLE 1.143
2. Haren • LAA 1.246
3. McCarthy • OAK 1.318
4. Halladay • PHI 1.348
5. Fister • 2TM 1.539
6. Pavano • MIN 1.622
7. Lee • PHI 1.625
8. Karstens • PIT 1.830
9. Hamels • PHI 1.833
10. Francis • KCR 1.918

Strikeouts per 9 IP

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

1. Greinke • MIL 10.538
2. Morrow • TOR 10.188
3. Kershaw • LAD 9.566
4. Sánchez • FLA 9.260
5. Lee • PHI 9.206
6. Lincecum • SFG 9.124
7. Pineda • SEA 9.105
8. Gallardo • MIL 8.986
9. Verlander • DET 8.964
10. Garza • CHC 8.955

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Venters • ATL 85
2. Bray • CIN 79
Kimbrel • ATL 79
Veras • PIT 79
5. Marshall • CHC 78
Motte • STL 78
O'Flaherty • ATL 78
8. Qualls • SDP 77
9. Resop • PIT 76
10. Valverde • DET 75
Marmól • CHC 75
Masset • CIN 75
Samardzija • CHC 75
Adams • 2TM 75

Saves

Saves

1. Valverde • DET 49
2. Axford • MIL 46
Kimbrel • ATL 46
4. Putz • ARI 45
5. Rivera • NYY 44
6. Bell • SDP 43
Storen • WSN 43
8. Hanrahan • PIT 40
9. League • SEA 37
Cordero • CIN 37

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Verlander • DET 251.0
2. Shields • TBR 249.1
3. Haren • LAA 238.1
4. Sabathia • NYY 237.1
Carpenter • STL 237.1
6. Weaver • LAA 235.2
7. Hernández • SEA 233.2
Halladay • PHI 233.2
9. Kershaw • LAD 233.1
10. Lee • PHI 232.2

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Verlander • DET 250
2. Kershaw • LAD 248
3. Lee • PHI 238
4. Sabathia • NYY 230
5. Shields • TBR 225
6. Hernández • SEA 222
7. Halladay • PHI 220
Lincecum • SFG 220
9. Price • TBR 218
10. Gallardo • MIL 207

Games Started

Games Started

1. Cahill • OAK 34
Haren • LAA 34
Price • TBR 34
Verlander • DET 34
Wilson • TEX 34
Carpenter • STL 34
Dempster • CHC 34
Lowe • ATL 34
9. Hernández • SEA 33
Masterson • CLE 33
Pavano • MIN 33
Sabathia • NYY 33
Santana • LAA 33
Scherzer • DET 33
Shields • TBR 33
Weaver • LAA 33
Bumgarner • SFG 33
Cain • SFG 33
Gallardo • MIL 33
Hudson • ARI 33
Hudson • ATL 33
Kennedy • ARI 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lannan • WSN 33
Lilly • LAD 33
Lincecum • SFG 33
Marcum • MIL 33
Myers • HOU 33
Nolasco • FLA 33
Pelfrey • NYM 33
Saunders • ARI 33
Westbrook • STL 33
Wolf • MIL 33

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Shields • TBR 11
2. Halladay • PHI 8
3. Lee • PHI 6
4. Hernández • SEA 5
McCarthy • OAK 5
Kershaw • LAD 5
7. Holland • TEX 4
Haren • LAA 4
Carpenter • STL 4
Weaver • LAA 4
Verlander • DET 4
Romero • TOR 4
Santana • LAA 4
Vargas • SEA 4

Shutouts

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

1. Lee • PHI 6
2. Shields • TBR 4
Holland • TEX 4
4. Vargas • SEA 3
Haren • LAA 3
6. García • STL 2
Romero • TOR 2
Verlander • DET 2
Weaver • LAA 2
Sánchez • FLA 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
Carpenter • STL 2

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Arroyo • CIN 46
2. Lewis • TEX 35
3. Burnett • NYY 31
Myers • HOU 31
5. Scherzer • DET 29
Saunders • ARI 29
7. Lilly • LAD 28
8. Capuano • NYM 27
Gallardo • MIL 27
10. Guthrie • BAL 26
Romero • TOR 26
Santana • LAA 26
Shields • TBR 26

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Gonzalez • OAK 91
2. Chacín • COL 87
3. Lincecum • SFG 86
4. Billingsley • LAD 84
5. Burnett • NYY 83
Happ • HOU 83
7. Cahill • OAK 82
Dempster • CHC 82
9. Romero • TOR 80
10. McDonald • PIT 78
Jiménez • 2TM 78

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Pavano • MIN 262
2. Nolasco • FLA 244
3. Carpenter • STL 243
4. Sabathia • NYY 230
5. Arroyo • CIN 227
6. Myers • HOU 226
7. Jackson • 2TM 225
8. Francis • KCR 224
9. Penny • DET 222
10. Buehrle • CHW 221

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. Halladay • PHI 6.286
2. Haren • LAA 5.818
3. Lee • PHI 5.667
4. McCarthy • OAK 4.920
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.593
6. Greinke • MIL 4.467
7. Hamels • PHI 4.409
8. Verlander • DET 4.386
9. Tomlin • CLE 4.238
10. Bumgarner • SFG 4.152

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. Morton • PIT 0.315
2. Cain • SFG 0.365
3. Halladay • PHI 0.385
4. Fister • 2TM 0.458
5. Masterson • CLE 0.458
6. Bumgarner • SFG 0.528
7. Kershaw • LAD 0.579
8. McCarthy • OAK 0.580
9. Hudson • ATL 0.586
10. Carpenter • STL 0.607

Losses

Losses

1. Guthrie • BAL 17
Lowe • ATL 17
3. Francis • KCR 16
Kuroda • LAD 16
5. Hernández • CLE 15
Happ • HOU 15
7. Cahill • OAK 14
Duensing • MIN 14
Hernández • SEA 14
Chacín • COL 14
Dempster • CHC 14
Latos • SDP 14
Lilly • LAD 14
Lincecum • SFG 14
Maholm • PIT 14
Myers • HOU 14

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Lackey • BOS 114
2. Arroyo • CIN 112
3. Hernández • CLE 110
4. Burnett • NYY 109
5. Dempster • CHC 108
6. Penny • DET 107
Myers • HOU 107
Nolasco • FLA 107
9. Pavano • MIN 106
10. Lowe • ATL 105

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Burnett • NYY 25
2. Cahill • OAK 15
Wakefield • BOS 15
4. Rodríguez • WSN 14
5. Floyd • CHW 12
Hernández • SEA 12
Morrow • TOR 12
Porcello • DET 12
Scherzer • DET 12
Gallardo • MIL 12
García • STL 12
Kuroda • LAD 12

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Lackey • BOS 19
2. Aceves • BOS 15
Hudson • ATL 15
4. Hernández • CLE 14
Romero • TOR 14
Gee • NYM 14
7. Morton • PIT 13
Wolf • MIL 13
9. Morrow • TOR 12
Fister • 2TM 12

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Carpenter • STL 996
2. Sabathia • NYY 985
3. Shields • TBR 975
4. Verlander • DET 969
5. Hernández • SEA 964
6. Pavano • MIN 955
7. Haren • LAA 953
8. Santana • LAA 949
9. Halladay • PHI 933
10. Weaver • LAA 926

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. Valverde • DET 70
2. Kimbrel • ATL 64
3. Axford • MIL 63
Cordero • CIN 63
5. Marmól • CHC 61
6. League • SEA 60
7. Hanrahan • PIT 59
8. Perez • CLE 57
9. Feliz • TEX 56
10. Papelbon • BOS 54
Rivera • NYY 54
Bell • SDP 54

Adjusted ERA+

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

1. Verlander • DET 172
2. Halladay • PHI 163
3. Kershaw • LAD 161
4. Lee • PHI 160
5. Weaver • LAA 156
6. Wilson • TEX 150
7. Beckett • BOS 149
8. Romero • TOR 146
9. Sabathia • NYY 143
10. Fister • 2TM 138

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. Halladay • PHI 2.20
2. Kershaw • LAD 2.47
3. Lee • PHI 2.60
4. Bumgarner • SFG 2.67
5. McCarthy • OAK 2.86
6. Sabathia • NYY 2.88
7. Cain • SFG 2.91
8. Garza • CHC 2.95
9. Greinke • MIL 2.98
10. Haren • LAA 2.98

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. Verlander • DET 48
2. Weaver • LAA 40
3. Halladay • PHI 39
4. Lee • PHI 38
5. Kershaw • LAD 37
6. Sabathia • NYY 32
7. Wilson • TEX 30
8. Beckett • BOS 30
9. Romero • TOR 30
10. Shields • TBR 30

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. Verlander • DET 5.2
2. Halladay • PHI 4.4
3. Weaver • LAA 4.4
4. Lee • PHI 4.2
5. Kershaw • LAD 4.1
6. Sabathia • NYY 3.4
7. Beckett • BOS 3.2
8. Wilson • TEX 3.2
9. Romero • TOR 3.2
10. Shields • TBR 3.1

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. Verlander • DET 51.82
2. Weaver • LAA 47.91
3. Halladay • PHI 43.63
4. Shields • TBR 39.37
5. Lee • PHI 38.97
6. Kershaw • LAD 37.48
7. Sabathia • NYY 34.82
8. Romero • TOR 33.57
9. Beckett • BOS 33.22
10. Kennedy • ARI 31.77

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. Clippard • WSN 5.2
2. Weaver • LAA 5.1
3. Verlander • DET 5.0
4. Venters • ATL 4.7
5. Kennedy • ARI 4.3
6. Halladay • PHI 4.3
7. Shields • TBR 4.2
8. Axford • MIL 4.2
9. Haren • LAA 4.2
10. Robertson • NYY 4.1

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. Verlander • DET 6.3
2. Kershaw • LAD 4.5
3. Weaver • LAA 4.4
4. Halladay • PHI 3.8
5. Hamels • PHI 3.5
6. Shields • TBR 3.4
7. Lee • PHI 3.4
8. Sabathia • NYY 3.2
9. Cain • SFG 3.2
10. Beckett • BOS 3.1

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. Verlander • DET 4.2
2. Venters • ATL 4.0
3. Weaver • LAA 3.8
4. Haren • LAA 3.3
5. Kennedy • ARI 3.2
6. Shields • TBR 3.2
7. Valverde • DET 3.1
8. Axford • MIL 3.1
9. O'Flaherty • ATL 2.9
10. Aceves • BOS 2.7

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. Verlander • DET 5.7
2. Weaver • LAA 5.5
3. Halladay • PHI 5.0
4. Shields • TBR 4.5
5. Lee • PHI 4.4
6. Kershaw • LAD 4.3
7. Sabathia • NYY 3.6
8. Romero • TOR 3.5
9. Beckett • BOS 3.5
10. Kennedy • ARI 3.5

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