Major League Baseball Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Kershaw • LAD 8.2
2. Kluber • CLE 8.1
3. Trout • LAA 7.7
4. Brantley • CLE 7.0
5. Donaldson • OAK 6.9
6. Bautista • TOR 6.9
7. Hamels • PHI 6.6
8. Cueto • CIN 6.6
9. Stanton • MIA 6.5
10. Rendon • WSN 6.5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Kluber • CLE 8.1
2. Kershaw • LAD 7.7
3. Cueto • CIN 6.6
4. Hamels • PHI 6.4
Hernández • SEA 6.4
6. Sale • CHW 6.1
7. Wainwright • STL 6.1
8. Scherzer • DET 5.8
9. Arrieta • CHC 5.3
10. Roark • WSN 4.7
Earned Run Average
1. Kershaw • LAD 1.77
2. Hernández • SEA 2.14
3. Sale • CHW 2.17
4. Cueto • CIN 2.25
5. Wainwright • STL 2.38
6. Fister • WSN 2.41
7. Kluber • CLE 2.44
8. Lester • 2TM 2.46
9. Hamels • PHI 2.46
10. Richards • LAA 2.61
Wins
1. Kershaw • LAD 21
2. Cueto • CIN 20
Wainwright • STL 20
4. Kluber • CLE 18
Scherzer • DET 18
Weaver • LAA 18
Bumgarner • SFG 18
8. Greinke • LAD 17
Peralta • MIL 17
10. Chen • BAL 16
Hughes • MIN 16
Shoemaker • LAA 16
Fister • WSN 16
Lester • 2TM 16
Win-Loss %
1. Kershaw • LAD .875
2. Shoemaker • LAA .800
3. Scherzer • DET .783
4. Richards • LAA .765
5. Sale • CHW .750
6. Zimmermann • WSN .737
7. Chen • BAL .727
Fister • WSN .727
9. Tanaka • NYY .722
10. Hernández • SEA .714
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Kershaw • LAD 0.857
2. Hernández • SEA 0.915
3. Cueto • CIN 0.960
4. Sale • CHW 0.966
5. Wainwright • STL 1.031
6. Richards • LAA 1.038
7. Iwakuma • SEA 1.050
8. Zimmermann • WSN 1.072
9. Price • 2TM 1.079
10. Fister • WSN 1.079
Hits per 9 IP
1. Cueto • CIN 6.242
2. Kershaw • LAD 6.308
3. Hernández • SEA 6.483
4. Richards • LAA 6.617
5. Sale • CHW 6.672
6. Liriano • PIT 7.207
7. Wainwright • STL 7.295
8. Ross • SDP 7.589
9. Teheran • ATL 7.656
10. Cobb • TBR 7.683
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hughes • MIN 0.687
2. Iwakuma • SEA 1.056
3. Zimmermann • WSN 1.307
4. Fister • WSN 1.317
5. Colon • NYM 1.334
6. Price • 2TM 1.377
7. Kershaw • LAD 1.407
8. Kuroda • NYY 1.583
9. Alvarez • MIA 1.588
10. Hudson • SFG 1.616
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Kershaw • LAD 10.845
2. Sale • CHW 10.759
3. Scherzer • DET 10.293
4. Kluber • CLE 10.273
5. Strasburg • WSN 10.130
6. Price • 2TM 9.821
7. Liriano • PIT 9.702
8. Hernández • SEA 9.458
9. Odorizzi • TBR 9.321
10. Kennedy • SDP 9.269
Games Played
1. Shaw • CLE 80
2. Smith • MIL 78
Watson • PIT 78
4. Allen • CLE 76
Smith • LAA 76
Familia • NYM 76
7. Clippard • WSN 75
Dunn • MIA 75
Ottavino • COL 75
10. Jepsen • LAA 74
Brothers • COL 74
Duke • MIL 74
Saves
1. Rodney • SEA 48
2. Kimbrel • ATL 47
3. Holland • KCR 46
4. Rosenthal • STL 45
5. Jansen • LAD 44
Rodríguez • MIL 44
7. Street • 2TM 41
8. Robertson • NYY 39
Cishek • MIA 39
Papelbon • PHI 39
Innings Pitched
1. Price • 2TM 248.1
2. Cueto • CIN 243.2
3. Hernández • SEA 236.0
4. Kluber • CLE 235.2
5. Shields • KCR 227.0
Wainwright • STL 227.0
7. Teheran • ATL 221.0
8. Scherzer • DET 220.1
9. Lester • 2TM 219.2
Samardzija • 2TM 219.2
Strikeouts
1. Price • 2TM 271
2. Kluber • CLE 269
3. Scherzer • DET 252
4. Hernández • SEA 248
5. Cueto • CIN 242
Strasburg • WSN 242
7. Kershaw • LAD 239
8. Lester • 2TM 220
9. Bumgarner • SFG 219
10. Sale • CHW 208
Games Started
1. Dickey • TOR 34
Hernández • SEA 34
Kluber • CLE 34
Shields • KCR 34
Tillman • BAL 34
Weaver • LAA 34
Burnett • PHI 34
Cueto • CIN 34
Strasburg • WSN 34
Price • 2TM 34
Complete Games
1. Kershaw • LAD 6
2. Wainwright • STL 5
Keuchel • HOU 5
4. Cueto • CIN 4
Bumgarner • SFG 4
Teheran • ATL 4
7. Porcello • DET 3
Kluber • CLE 3
Tanaka • NYY 3
Zimmermann • WSN 3
Alvarez • MIA 3
Price • 2TM 3
Shutouts
1. Porcello • DET 3
Wainwright • STL 3
Alvarez • MIA 3
4. Teheran • ATL 2
Lohse • MIL 2
Kershaw • LAD 2
Pérez • TEX 2
Cueto • CIN 2
Gray • OAK 2
Buchholz • BOS 2
Zimmermann • WSN 2
Cashner • SDP 2
Bumgarner • SFG 2
Home Runs
1. Estrada • MIL 29
2. Noesí • 3TM 28
3. Weaver • LAA 27
Haren • LAD 27
5. Dickey • TOR 26
Young • SEA 26
Stults • SDP 26
8. Danks • CHW 25
González • BAL 25
Lewis • TEX 25
Kendrick • PHI 25
Price • 2TM 25
McCarthy • 2TM 25
Nuño • 2TM 25
Bases on Balls
1. Burnett • PHI 96
2. Wilson • LAA 85
3. Liriano • PIT 81
4. Wheeler • NYM 79
5. Jiménez • BAL 77
6. Wood • CHC 76
7. Miley • ARI 75
8. Danks • CHW 74
Dickey • TOR 74
Gray • OAK 74
Hits
1. Price • 2TM 230
2. Buehrle • TOR 228
3. Shields • KCR 224
4. Verlander • DET 223
Eovaldi • MIA 223
6. McCarthy • 2TM 222
7. Hughes • MIN 221
8. Colon • NYM 218
9. Leake • CIN 217
10. Guthrie • KCR 215
Harang • ATL 215
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Hughes • MIN 11.625
2. Kershaw • LAD 7.710
3. Iwakuma • SEA 7.333
4. Price • 2TM 7.132
5. Zimmermann • WSN 6.276
6. Strasburg • WSN 5.628
7. Hernández • SEA 5.391
8. Sale • CHW 5.333
9. Kluber • CLE 5.275
10. Bumgarner • SFG 5.093
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Richards • LAA 0.267
2. Wainwright • STL 0.396
3. Kershaw • LAD 0.408
4. Quintana • CHW 0.449
5. Keuchel • HOU 0.495
6. Kluber • CLE 0.535
7. Archer • TBR 0.555
8. Lynn • STL 0.574
9. Zimmermann • WSN 0.586
10. Cobb • TBR 0.595
Losses
1. Burnett • PHI 18
2. Stults • SDP 17
Correia • 2TM 17
4. Jackson • CHC 15
McCarthy • 2TM 15
6. Lewis • TEX 14
Eovaldi • MIA 14
Ross • SDP 14
9. Dickey • TOR 13
Hutchison • TOR 13
Oberholtzer • HOU 13
Odorizzi • TBR 13
Porcello • DET 13
Colon • NYM 13
Hudson • SFG 13
Kendrick • PHI 13
Kennedy • SDP 13
Leake • CIN 13
Teheran • ATL 13
Vogelsong • SFG 13
Wood • CHC 13
Peavy • 2TM 13
Samardzija • 2TM 13
Earned Runs
1. Burnett • PHI 109
2. Verlander • DET 104
3. Danks • CHW 102
Kendrick • PHI 102
5. Buchholz • BOS 101
6. Jackson • CHC 99
7. Lewis • TEX 98
8. Eovaldi • MIA 97
Miley • ARI 97
Wood • CHC 97
Wild Pitches
1. Richards • LAA 22
2. Hernández • SEA 18
3. Gray • OAK 15
Lincecum • SFG 15
Volquez • PIT 15
6. Darvish • TEX 14
Masterson • 2TM 14
8. Kuroda • NYY 13
Webb • CHW 13
10. Shields • KCR 12
Greinke • LAD 12
Liriano • PIT 12
Ross • SDP 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Morton • PIT 19
2. Burnett • PHI 16
3. Cueto • CIN 15
Masterson • 2TM 15
5. Dickey • TOR 14
Guthrie • KCR 14
Norris • BAL 14
Volquez • PIT 14
9. Leake • CIN 13
10. Carroll • CHW 12
Simon • CIN 12
Batters Faced
1. Price • 2TM 1,009
2. Cueto • CIN 961
3. Kluber • CLE 951
4. Shields • KCR 939
5. Burnett • PHI 935
6. Dickey • TOR 914
7. Hernández • SEA 912
8. Scherzer • DET 904
9. Leake • CIN 902
10. Gray • OAK 899
Games Finished
1. Rodríguez • MIL 66
2. Rodney • SEA 64
3. Holland • KCR 60
4. Rosenthal • STL 59
5. Jansen • LAD 57
6. Perkins • MIN 56
7. Robertson • NYY 55
Cishek • MIA 55
Reed • ARI 55
10. Nathan • DET 54
Kimbrel • ATL 54
Adjusted ERA+
1. Kershaw • LAD 197
2. Sale • CHW 173
3. Hernández • SEA 170
4. Cueto • CIN 163
5. Kluber • CLE 160
6. Lester • 2TM 158
7. Fister • WSN 155
8. Wainwright • STL 153
9. Hamels • PHI 152
10. Zimmermann • WSN 141
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Kershaw • LAD 1.81
2. Kluber • CLE 2.35
3. Hernández • SEA 2.56
4. Sale • CHW 2.57
5. Richards • LAA 2.60
6. Hughes • MIN 2.65
7. Zimmermann • WSN 2.68
8. Price • 2TM 2.78
9. Lester • 2TM 2.80
10. Quintana • CHW 2.81
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Kershaw • LAD 40
2. Hernández • SEA 38
3. Cueto • CIN 37
4. Kluber • CLE 36
5. Wainwright • STL 33
6. Sale • CHW 30
7. Lester • 2TM 30
8. Hamels • PHI 29
9. Betances • NYY 24
10. Davis • KCR 23
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Kershaw • LAD 4.7
2. Cueto • CIN 4.3
3. Hernández • SEA 4.2
4. Kluber • CLE 4.1
5. Wainwright • STL 3.7
6. Sale • CHW 3.4
7. Hamels • PHI 3.3
8. Lester • 2TM 3.3
9. Betances • NYY 2.6
10. Arrieta • CHC 2.5
Zimmermann • WSN 2.5
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Kershaw • LAD 45.63
2. Hernández • SEA 39.91
3. Wainwright • STL 38.64
4. Cueto • CIN 37.49
5. Kluber • CLE 36.30
6. Sale • CHW 32.97
7. Betances • NYY 30.79
8. Hamels • PHI 29.62
9. Lester • 2TM 28.23
10. Herrera • KCR 25.50
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.3
2. Cueto • CIN 5.1
3. Betances • NYY 4.4
4. Wainwright • STL 4.3
5. Hernández • SEA 4.0
6. Davis • KCR 3.9
7. Street • 2TM 3.8
8. Kluber • CLE 3.7
9. Britton • BAL 3.6
10. Papelbon • PHI 3.5
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.2
2. Hernández • SEA 4.8
3. Wainwright • STL 4.6
4. Cueto • CIN 4.4
5. Sale • CHW 3.7
6. Kluber • CLE 3.3
7. Richards • LAA 3.3
8. Carrasco • CLE 2.9
9. Lester • 2TM 2.7
10. Hamels • PHI 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Kershaw • LAD 4.3
2. Wainwright • STL 3.2
3. Davis • KCR 3.2
4. Herrera • KCR 3.2
5. Scherzer • DET 3.1
6. Hernández • SEA 3.0
7. Betances • NYY 2.8
8. O'Day • BAL 2.4
9. Britton • BAL 2.3
10. Neshek • STL 2.2
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Kershaw • LAD 5.6
2. Hernández • SEA 4.6
3. Wainwright • STL 4.5
4. Cueto • CIN 4.3
5. Kluber • CLE 4.0
6. Sale • CHW 3.8
7. Hamels • PHI 3.3
8. Betances • NYY 3.3
9. Lester • 2TM 3.1
10. Arrieta • CHC 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 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