Los Angeles Angels Top 10 Career Pitching Leaders

Team Names: Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Anaheim Angels, California Angels

Seasons: 66 (1961 to 2026)

Record: 5129-5258, .494 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 10

Pennants: 1

World Championships: 1

Winningest Manager: Mike Scioscia, 1650-1428, .536 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Chuck Finley 52.0

2. Nolan Ryan 40.0

3. Jered Weaver 36.0

4. Frank Tanana 34.3

5. Mark Langston 26.0

6. John Lackey 24.8

7. Mike Witt 21.8

8. Dean Chance 20.4

9. Jarrod Washburn 20.2

10. Troy Percival 16.8

Earned Run Average

1. Andy Messersmith 2.78

2. Dean Chance 2.83

3. Troy Percival 2.99

4. Nolan Ryan 3.07

5. Frank Tanana 3.08

6. George Brunet 3.13

7. Scot Shields 3.18

8. Paul Hartzell 3.27

9. Clyde Wright 3.28

10. Jim McGlothlin 3.37

Wins

1. Chuck Finley 165

2. Jered Weaver 150

3. Nolan Ryan 138

4. Mike Witt 109

5. John Lackey 102

Frank Tanana 102

7. Ervin Santana 96

8. Mark Langston 88

9. Clyde Wright 87

10. Kirk McCaskill 78

Win-Loss %

1. Shohei Ohtani .667

2. Joe Saunders .628

3. Jered Weaver .617

4. C.J. Wilson .593

5. John Lackey .590

6. Bartolo Colón .582

7. Bert Blyleven .579

8. Bruce Kison .569

9. Jarrod Washburn .568

10. Frank Tanana .567

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Troy Percival 1.101

2. Andy Messersmith 1.140

3. Dan Haren 1.141

4. Frank Tanana 1.166

5. Jered Weaver 1.185

6. George Brunet 1.202

7. Matt Shoemaker 1.204

8. Jim McGlothlin 1.206

9. Fred Newman 1.218

10. Dean Chance 1.226

Hits per 9 IP

1. Troy Percival 6.029

2. Nolan Ryan 6.271

3. Andy Messersmith 6.535

4. George Brunet 7.407

5. Scot Shields 7.605

6. Dean Chance 7.671

7. Rudy May 7.675

8. Ken McBride 7.970

9. Garrett Richards 8.001

10. Dave LaRoche 8.116

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Dan Haren 1.697

2. Bert Blyleven 1.736

3. Matt Shoemaker 2.130

4. Paul Hartzell 2.143

5. Ken Forsch 2.244

6. Fred Newman 2.272

7. Frank Tanana 2.351

8. Bartolo Colón 2.363

9. Jered Weaver 2.396

Geoff Zahn 2.396

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Troy Percival 10.432

2. Reid Detmers 9.991

3. Nolan Ryan 9.968

4. Andrew Heaney 9.374

5. Patrick Sandoval 8.882

6. Griffin Canning 8.557

7. Scot Shields 8.148

8. Matt Shoemaker 8.092

9. Garrett Richards 7.795

10. C.J. Wilson 7.750

Games Played

1. Troy Percival 579

2. Scot Shields 491

3. Chuck Finley 436

4. Francisco Rodríguez 408

5. Jered Weaver 322

6. Kevin Jepsen 315

7. Mike Witt 314

8. Dave LaRoche 304

9. Mike Holtz 301

10. Nolan Ryan 291

Saves

1. Troy Percival 316

2. Francisco Rodríguez 208

3. Bryan Harvey 126

4. Ernesto Frieri 71

Brian Fuentes 71

6. Huston Street 66

7. Dave LaRoche 65

8. Donnie Moore 61

9. Bob Lee 58

10. Carlos Estévez 51

Innings Pitched

1. Chuck Finley 2675.0

2. Nolan Ryan 2181.1

3. Jered Weaver 2025.0

4. Mike Witt 1965.1

5. Frank Tanana 1615.1

6. John Lackey 1501.0

7. Ervin Santana 1475.2

8. Mark Langston 1445.1

9. Clyde Wright 1403.1

10. Dean Chance 1236.2

Strikeouts

1. Nolan Ryan 2416

2. Chuck Finley 2151

3. Jered Weaver 1598

4. Mike Witt 1283

5. Frank Tanana 1233

6. John Lackey 1201

7. Ervin Santana 1167

8. Mark Langston 1112

9. Dean Chance 857

10. Rudy May 844

Games Started

1. Chuck Finley 379

2. Jered Weaver 322

3. Nolan Ryan 288

4. Mike Witt 272

5. John Lackey 233

Ervin Santana 233

7. Frank Tanana 218

8. Mark Langston 210

9. Kirk McCaskill 189

Clyde Wright 189

Complete Games

1. Nolan Ryan 156

2. Frank Tanana 92

3. Mike Witt 70

4. Chuck Finley 57

5. Clyde Wright 51

6. Dean Chance 48

7. Andy Messersmith 42

Geoff Zahn 42

9. Rudy May 35

Bill Singer 35

Shutouts

1. Nolan Ryan 40

2. Frank Tanana 24

3. Dean Chance 21

4. George Brunet 14

Chuck Finley 14

6. Geoff Zahn 13

7. Rudy May 12

8. Kirk McCaskill 11

Andy Messersmith 11

10. Mike Witt 10

Home Runs

1. Chuck Finley 254

2. Jered Weaver 246

3. Ervin Santana 203

4. Mike Witt 167

5. John Lackey 151

6. Jarrod Washburn 150

7. Frank Tanana 146

8. Mark Langston 145

9. Ramón Ortiz 136

10. Nolan Ryan 115

Bases on Balls

1. Nolan Ryan 1302

2. Chuck Finley 1118

3. Mike Witt 656

4. Mark Langston 551

5. Jered Weaver 539

6. Rudy May 484

7. Ervin Santana 475

8. Dean Chance 462

9. Clyde Wright 449

10. Kirk McCaskill 448

Hits

1. Chuck Finley 2544

2. Mike Witt 1932

3. Jered Weaver 1861

4. Nolan Ryan 1520

5. John Lackey 1519

6. Frank Tanana 1461

7. Ervin Santana 1444

8. Mark Langston 1341

9. Clyde Wright 1310

10. Kirk McCaskill 1191

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Dan Haren 4.26

2. Matt Shoemaker 3.798

3. Andrew Heaney 3.66

4. Jered Weaver 2.965

5. Frank Tanana 2.922

6. Reid Detmers 2.874

7. Bert Blyleven 2.755

8. Bartolo Colón 2.74

9. John Lackey 2.723

10. Troy Percival 2.688

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Dean Chance 0.444

2. Nolan Ryan 0.474

3. Paul Hartzell 0.492

4. Bill Singer 0.537

5. Fred Newman 0.561

6. Andy Messersmith 0.574

7. Andy Hassler 0.655

8. Jim Abbott 0.687

9. Scot Shields 0.710

10. Don Aase 0.725

Kelvim Escobar 0.725

Losses

1. Chuck Finley 140

2. Nolan Ryan 121

3. Mike Witt 107

4. Jered Weaver 93

5. Clyde Wright 85

6. Ervin Santana 80

7. Frank Tanana 78

8. Rudy May 76

9. Jim Abbott 74

Mark Langston 74

Kirk McCaskill 74

Earned Runs

1. Chuck Finley 1107

2. Mike Witt 820

3. Jered Weaver 798

4. Nolan Ryan 743

5. Ervin Santana 710

6. Mark Langston 637

7. John Lackey 636

8. Frank Tanana 553

9. Kirk McCaskill 524

10. Clyde Wright 512

Wild Pitches

1. Chuck Finley 117

2. Nolan Ryan 102

3. John Lackey 83

4. Garrett Richards 74

5. Mike Witt 65

6. Ervin Santana 55

7. Scot Shields 49

8. Kirk McCaskill 48

9. Mark Langston 45

10. Tom Murphy 44

Hit By Pitch

1. Ervin Santana 74

2. John Lackey 73

3. Chuck Finley 71

4. Nolan Ryan 56

5. Frank Tanana 55

6. Jered Weaver 51

7. Ken McBride 48

Mike Witt 48

9. Tom Murphy 42

10. Jarrod Washburn 38

Batters Faced

1. Chuck Finley 11398

2. Nolan Ryan 9178

3. Jered Weaver 8340

4. Mike Witt 8312

5. Frank Tanana 6645

6. John Lackey 6371

7. Ervin Santana 6282

8. Mark Langston 6042

9. Clyde Wright 5833

10. Kirk McCaskill 5153

Games Finished

1. Troy Percival 466

2. Francisco Rodríguez 297

3. Bryan Harvey 214

4. Dave LaRoche 170

5. Donnie Moore 133

6. Bob Lee 128

7. Luis Sánchez 127

8. Ernesto Frieri 119

9. Scot Shields 114

10. Eddie Fisher 113

Adjusted ERA+

1. Troy Percival 157

2. Scot Shields 139

3. Kelvim Escobar 125

4. Dean Chance 122

5. Chuck Finley 118

Andy Messersmith 118

Frank Tanana 118

8. John Lackey 116

9. Nolan Ryan 115

10. Jarrod Washburn 114

Jered Weaver 114

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Nolan Ryan 2.94

2. Dean Chance 3.01

3. Andy Messersmith 3.04

4. Frank Tanana 3.18

5. Jim McGlothlin 3.37

Fred Newman 3.37

7. Bill Singer 3.38

8. Rudy May 3.44

9. Paul Hartzell 3.47

10. George Brunet 3.49

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Chuck Finley 187

2. Jered Weaver 125

3. Nolan Ryan 113

4. Troy Percival 112

5. Frank Tanana 108

6. Francisco Rodríguez 106

7. John Lackey 97

8. Scot Shields 89

9. Dean Chance 82

10. Jarrod Washburn 81

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Chuck Finley 19.0

2. Jered Weaver 13.3

3. Nolan Ryan 12.2

4. Frank Tanana 11.8

5. Troy Percival 10.6

6. Francisco Rodríguez 10.3

7. John Lackey 9.8

8. Dean Chance 9.2

9. Scot Shields 8.6

10. Jarrod Washburn 8.1

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1. Chuck Finley 185.12

2. Jered Weaver 177.58

3. Nolan Ryan 155.09

4. Frank Tanana 135.06

5. Troy Percival 118.49

6. Francisco Rodríguez 105.55

7. John Lackey 104.54

8. Jarrod Washburn 101.79

9. Scot Shields 98.18

10. Dean Chance 90.18

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1. Troy Percival 23.1

2. Nolan Ryan 21.0

3. Francisco Rodríguez 19.9

4. Jered Weaver 19.0

5. Chuck Finley 18.0

6. Frank Tanana 14.9

7. Scot Shields 10.5

8. Andy Messersmith 10.2

9. Jarrod Washburn 10.1

10. Bob Lee 9.4

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1. Nolan Ryan 16.7

2. Jered Weaver 13.8

3. Chuck Finley 12.8

4. Frank Tanana 11.1

5. John Lackey 10.4

Troy Percival 10.4

7. Dean Chance 10.0

8. Francisco Rodríguez 9.9

9. Andy Messersmith 9.0

10. Mark Langston 8.9

Jarrod Washburn 8.9

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1. Troy Percival 17.3

2. Francisco Rodríguez 14.0

3. Jered Weaver 11.5

4. Chuck Finley 8.8

5. Nolan Ryan 8.4

6. Mike Witt 7.8

7. Luis Sánchez 7.4

8. Kelvim Escobar 7.2

9. Donnie Moore 7.1

Scot Shields 7.1

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1. Jered Weaver 19.4

2. Chuck Finley 18.8

3. Nolan Ryan 17.4

4. Frank Tanana 15.4

5. Troy Percival 11.4

6. Dean Chance 10.7

7. John Lackey 10.6

8. Francisco Rodríguez 10.4

9. Jarrod Washburn 10.3

10. Scot Shields 9.7

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