Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Trout • LAA 8.9
2. Kershaw • LAD 8.6
3. McCutchen • PIT 7.8
4. Gómez • MIL 7.6
5. Cabrera • DET 7.5
6. Donaldson • OAK 7.2
7. Davis • BAL 7.1
8. Iwakuma • SEA 7.0
9. Lee • PHI 6.8
10. Votto • CIN 6.6
WAR for Pitchers
1. Kershaw • LAD 8.1
2. Iwakuma • SEA 7.0
3. Lee • PHI 6.6
4. Sale • CHW 6.5
5. Scherzer • DET 6.5
6. Wainwright • STL 6.3
7. Fernández • MIA 6.2
8. Sánchez • DET 6.1
9. Chacín • COL 5.8
10. Colón • OAK 5.6
Earned Run Average
1. Kershaw • LAD 1.83
2. Fernández • MIA 2.19
3. Harvey • NYM 2.27
4. Sánchez • DET 2.57
5. Greinke • LAD 2.63
6. Colón • OAK 2.65
7. Iwakuma • SEA 2.66
8. Bumgarner • SFG 2.77
9. Darvish • TEX 2.83
10. Lee • PHI 2.87
Wins
1. Scherzer • DET 21
2. Wainwright • STL 19
Zimmermann • WSN 19
4. Colón • OAK 18
5. Moore • TBR 17
Wilson • LAA 17
7. Tillman • BAL 16
Kershaw • LAD 16
Liriano • PIT 16
De La Rosa • COL 16
Win-Loss %
1. Scherzer • DET .875
2. Moore • TBR .810
3. Greinke • LAD .789
4. Colón • OAK .750
5. De La Rosa • COL .727
6. Wilson • LAA .708
7. Peavy • 2TM .706
8. Iwakuma • SEA .700
9. Tillman • BAL .696
10. Kluber • CLE .688
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Kershaw • LAD 0.915
2. Harvey • NYM 0.931
3. Scherzer • DET 0.970
4. Fernández • MIA 0.979
5. Iwakuma • SEA 1.006
6. Lee • PHI 1.010
7. Bumgarner • SFG 1.033
8. Strasburg • WSN 1.049
9. Wainwright • STL 1.068
10. Sale • CHW 1.073
Hits per 9 IP
1. Fernández • MIA 5.786
2. Darvish • TEX 6.224
3. Kershaw • LAD 6.254
4. Scherzer • DET 6.383
5. Bumgarner • SFG 6.526
6. Strasburg • WSN 6.689
7. Harvey • NYM 6.813
8. Masterson • CLE 7.275
9. Iwakuma • SEA 7.334
10. Wood • CHC 7.335
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Lee • PHI 1.293
2. Price • TBR 1.302
3. Wainwright • STL 1.303
4. Colón • OAK 1.371
5. Arroyo • CIN 1.515
6. Harvey • NYM 1.564
7. Lohse • MIL 1.631
8. Haren • WSN 1.644
9. Zimmermann • WSN 1.688
10. Iwakuma • SEA 1.721
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Darvish • TEX 11.890
2. Scherzer • DET 10.078
3. Sánchez • DET 9.989
4. Burnett • PIT 9.848
5. Fernández • MIA 9.747
6. Harvey • NYM 9.639
7. Jiménez • CLE 9.558
8. Hernández • SEA 9.514
9. Sale • CHW 9.490
10. Strasburg • WSN 9.393
Games Played
1. Peralta • TBR 80
2. Ziegler • ARI 78
3. Allen • CLE 77
Belisario • LAD 77
5. Lindstrom • CHW 76
Scheppers • TEX 76
Rodríguez • LAD 76
8. De La Rosa • LAA 75
Avilán • ATL 75
Dunn • MIA 75
Gonzalez • MIL 75
Jansen • LAD 75
López • COL 75
Axford • 2TM 75
Saves
1. Johnson • BAL 50
Kimbrel • ATL 50
3. Holland • KCR 47
4. Rivera • NYY 44
5. Nathan • TEX 43
Soriano • WSN 43
7. Reed • CHW 40
8. Balfour • OAK 38
Chapman • CIN 38
Romo • SFG 38
Innings Pitched
1. Wainwright • STL 241.2
2. Kershaw • LAD 236.0
3. Shields • KCR 228.2
4. Dickey • TOR 224.2
5. Lee • PHI 222.2
6. Hamels • PHI 220.0
7. Iwakuma • SEA 219.2
8. Verlander • DET 218.1
9. Sale • CHW 214.1
Scherzer • DET 214.1
Strikeouts
1. Darvish • TEX 277
2. Scherzer • DET 240
3. Kershaw • LAD 232
4. Sale • CHW 226
5. Lee • PHI 222
6. Wainwright • STL 219
7. Verlander • DET 217
8. Hernández • SEA 216
9. Samardzija • CHC 214
10. Burnett • PIT 209
Games Started
1. Dickey • TOR 34
Shields • KCR 34
Verlander • DET 34
Wainwright • STL 34
5. Buehrle • TOR 33
Guthrie • KCR 33
Holland • TEX 33
Iwakuma • SEA 33
Lester • BOS 33
Quintana • CHW 33
Tillman • BAL 33
Wilson • LAA 33
Hamels • PHI 33
Kershaw • LAD 33
Lynn • STL 33
Miley • ARI 33
Samardzija • CHC 33
Stults • SDP 33
Nolasco • 2TM 33
Complete Games
1. Wainwright • STL 5
2. Sale • CHW 4
Zimmermann • WSN 4
Price • TBR 4
5. Nova • NYY 3
Kershaw • LAD 3
Masterson • CLE 3
Corbin • ARI 3
Guthrie • KCR 3
Dickey • TOR 3
Colón • OAK 3
Vargas • LAA 3
Shutouts
1. Colón • OAK 3
Masterson • CLE 3
3. Archer • TBR 2
Harang • 2TM 2
Zimmermann • WSN 2
Wainwright • STL 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
Vargas • LAA 2
Nova • NYY 2
Holland • TEX 2
Guthrie • KCR 2
Home Runs
1. Griffin • OAK 36
2. Dickey • TOR 35
3. Tillman • BAL 33
4. Arroyo • CIN 32
5. Guthrie • KCR 30
6. Blanton • LAA 29
7. Danks • CHW 28
Sabathia • NYY 28
Haren • WSN 28
10. Kennedy • 2TM 27
Bases on Balls
1. Harrell • HOU 88
2. Wilson • LAA 85
3. Locke • PIT 84
4. Darvish • TEX 80
Jiménez • CLE 80
6. Dempster • BOS 79
7. Samardzija • CHC 78
8. Vólquez • 2TM 77
9. Masterson • CLE 76
Moore • TBR 76
Gonzalez • WSN 76
Lincecum • SFG 76
Lynn • STL 76
Hits
1. Guthrie • KCR 236
2. Saunders • SEA 232
3. Fister • DET 229
4. Sabathia • NYY 224
5. Buehrle • TOR 223
Wainwright • STL 223
7. Stults • SDP 219
8. Correia • MIN 218
9. Shields • KCR 215
10. Verlander • DET 212
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Lee • PHI 6.938
2. Wainwright • STL 6.257
3. Harvey • NYM 6.161
4. Price • TBR 5.593
5. Sale • CHW 4.913
6. Haren • WSN 4.871
7. Hernández • SEA 4.696
8. Kershaw • LAD 4.462
9. Iwakuma • SEA 4.405
10. Scherzer • DET 4.286
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Harvey • NYM 0.353
2. Kershaw • LAD 0.419
3. Sánchez • DET 0.445
4. Chacín • COL 0.502
5. Burnett • PIT 0.518
6. Fernández • MIA 0.521
7. Wainwright • STL 0.559
8. De La Rosa • COL 0.590
9. Locke • PIT 0.595
10. Latos • CIN 0.598
Losses
1. Jackson • CHC 18
2. Harrell • HOU 17
3. Saunders • SEA 16
4. Peralta • MIL 15
5. Blanton • LAA 14
Danks • CHW 14
Hughes • NYY 14
Sale • CHW 14
Hamels • PHI 14
Haren • WSN 14
Lincecum • SFG 14
Earned Runs
1. Sabathia • NYY 112
2. Vólquez • 2TM 108
3. Saunders • SEA 107
4. Dickey • TOR 105
5. Samardzija • CHC 103
6. Harrell • HOU 100
Hellickson • TBR 100
8. Kennedy • 2TM 99
9. Jackson • CHC 97
10. Lincecum • SFG 96
Wild Pitches
1. Moore • TBR 17
Cahill • ARI 17
3. Vólquez • 2TM 16
4. Wilson • LAA 14
Jackson • CHC 14
6. Hernández • SEA 13
Corbin • ARI 13
Miley • ARI 13
9. Burnett • PIT 12
Kershaw • LAD 12
Peralta • MIL 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Masterson • CLE 17
2. Fister • DET 16
Morton • PIT 16
4. Santiago • CHW 15
5. Nova • NYY 14
Sale • CHW 14
7. Hernández • TBR 13
Teheran • ATL 13
9. Strasburg • WSN 12
Kennedy • 2TM 12
Batters Faced
1. Wainwright • STL 956
2. Shields • KCR 946
3. Dickey • TOR 943
4. Verlander • DET 925
5. Samardzija • CHC 914
6. Wilson • LAA 913
7. Sabathia • NYY 908
Kershaw • LAD 908
9. Guthrie • KCR 905
Hamels • PHI 905
Games Finished
1. Johnson • BAL 63
2. Cishek • MIA 62
3. Holland • KCR 61
Nathan • TEX 61
5. Rivera • NYY 60
Kimbrel • ATL 60
7. Reed • CHW 59
8. Soriano • WSN 58
9. Balfour • OAK 55
Rodney • TBR 55
Chapman • CIN 55
Adjusted ERA+
1. Kershaw • LAD 194
2. Fernández • MIA 176
3. Sánchez • DET 162
4. Harvey • NYM 157
5. Colón • OAK 147
6. Darvish • TEX 145
7. Scherzer • DET 144
8. Iwakuma • SEA 138
9. Sale • CHW 137
10. Greinke • LAD 135
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Harvey • NYM 2.01
2. Kershaw • LAD 2.39
3. Sánchez • DET 2.39
4. Wainwright • STL 2.55
5. Hernández • SEA 2.61
6. Fernández • MIA 2.73
7. Scherzer • DET 2.74
8. Burnett • PIT 2.80
9. Lee • PHI 2.82
10. Price • TBR 3.03
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Kershaw • LAD 46
2. Sánchez • DET 31
3. Darvish • TEX 31
4. Fernández • MIA 30
5. Scherzer • DET 30
6. Harvey • NYM 28
7. Buchholz • BOS 28
8. Iwakuma • SEA 28
9. Colón • OAK 27
10. Shields • KCR 26
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.4
2. Fernández • MIA 3.5
3. Sánchez • DET 3.4
4. Darvish • TEX 3.3
5. Scherzer • DET 3.2
Harvey • NYM 3.2
7. Buchholz • BOS 3.2
8. Iwakuma • SEA 3.0
9. Colón • OAK 2.9
10. Shields • KCR 2.8
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Kershaw • LAD 47.79
2. Darvish • TEX 34.90
3. Iwakuma • SEA 33.87
4. Fernández • MIA 33.13
5. Scherzer • DET 31.92
6. Buchholz • BOS 30.53
7. Sánchez • DET 30.52
8. Shields • KCR 30.08
9. Harvey • NYM 29.61
10. Colón • OAK 29.23
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Kershaw • LAD 4.9
2. Holland • KCR 4.7
3. Nathan • TEX 4.3
4. Uehara • BOS 4.1
5. Scherzer • DET 3.9
6. Ziegler • ARI 3.8
7. Benoit • DET 3.8
8. Jansen • LAD 3.7
9. Fernández • MIA 3.7
10. Iwakuma • SEA 3.6
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.5
2. Harvey • NYM 4.0
3. Scherzer • DET 4.0
4. Fernández • MIA 3.8
5. Iwakuma • SEA 3.4
6. Bumgarner • SFG 3.0
7. Darvish • TEX 2.9
8. Uehara • BOS 2.8
9. Lee • PHI 2.8
10. Sánchez • DET 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Nathan • TEX 3.9
2. Price • TBR 3.8
3. Uehara • BOS 3.2
4. Benoit • DET 3.1
5. Scherzer • DET 2.9
6. Kershaw • LAD 2.6
7. Balfour • OAK 2.4
8. Corbin • ARI 2.4
9. Ziegler • ARI 2.3
10. Parker • OAK 2.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.7
2. Iwakuma • SEA 3.9
3. Darvish • TEX 3.8
4. Fernández • MIA 3.7
5. Harvey • NYM 3.5
6. Buchholz • BOS 3.5
7. Scherzer • DET 3.4
8. Sánchez • DET 3.3
9. Colón • OAK 3.2
10. Shields • KCR 3.2

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