Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Kid Nichols 109.6
2. Warren Spahn 92.0
3. Phil Niekro 89.6
4. John Smoltz 66.9
5. Greg Maddux 66.2
6. Tom Glavine 58.7
7. Vic Willis 45.6
8. John Clarkson 42.6
9. Tommy Bond 41.2
10. Jim Whitney 34.2

Earned Run Average

1. Tommy Bond 2.21
2. Tom Hughes 2.22
3. Bill James 2.28
4. Jim Whitney 2.49
5. Art Nehf 2.52
6. Dick Rudolph 2.62
7. Greg Maddux 2.63
8. Pat Ragan 2.74
9. John Clarkson 2.82
Vic Willis 2.82

Wins

1. Warren Spahn 356
2. Kid Nichols 330
3. Phil Niekro 268
4. Tom Glavine 244
5. John Smoltz 210
6. Greg Maddux 194
7. Lew Burdette 179
8. Vic Willis 151
9. Tommy Bond 149

Win-Loss %

1. Russ Ortiz .692
2. Greg Maddux .688
3. Fred Klobedanz .679
4. Max Fried .670
5. Denny Neagle .667
6. Harry Staley .655
7. John Clarkson .645
8. Kid Nichols .643
9. Tom Hughes .639
10. Bill James .638

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Tom Hughes 1.022
2. Greg Maddux 1.051
3. Jim Whitney 1.082
4. Art Nehf 1.116
5. Tommy Bond 1.120
6. Dick Rudolph 1.154
7. Kris Medlen 1.155
8. Max Fried 1.164
9. John Smoltz 1.170
10. Ken Johnson 1.171

Hits per 9 IP

1. Tom Hughes 6.766
2. Kent Mercker 7.688
3. Steve Bedrosian 7.694
4. Bill James 7.793
5. Julio Teheran 7.868
6. John Smoltz 7.897
7. Charlie Morton 7.922
8. Max Fried 7.969
9. Lefty Tyler 7.999
10. Art Nehf 8.048

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Tommy Bond 0.592
2. Jim Whitney 0.914
3. Greg Maddux 1.364
5. Dick Rudolph 1.769
6. Ken Johnson 1.812
7. Huck Betts 1.851
8. Lew Burdette 1.900
9. Jesse Barnes 1.948
10. Irv Young 1.949

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Charlie Morton 9.681
2. Max Fried 8.783
3. Mike Foltynewicz 8.645
4. Tommy Hanson 8.391
5. John Smoltz 7.982
6. Julio Teheran 7.835
7. Mike Minor 7.805
8. Kris Medlen 7.619
9. Kevin Millwood 7.527
10. Bryce Elder 7.336

Games Played

1. Phil Niekro 740
2. Warren Spahn 714
3. John Smoltz 708
4. Gene Garber 557
6. Tom Glavine 518
7. Lew Burdette 468
8. Rick Camp 414
9. Mark Wohlers 388
10. A.J. Minter 384

Saves

Innings Pitched

1. Warren Spahn 5046.0
2. Phil Niekro 4622.1
3. Kid Nichols 4549.0
4. Tom Glavine 3408.0
5. John Smoltz 3395.0
6. Lew Burdette 2638.0
7. Vic Willis 2575.0
8. Greg Maddux 2526.2
9. Jim Whitney 2263.2
10. Tommy Bond 2127.1

Strikeouts

1. John Smoltz 3011
2. Phil Niekro 2912
3. Warren Spahn 2493
4. Tom Glavine 2091
5. Greg Maddux 1828
6. Kid Nichols 1680
7. Julio Teheran 1184
8. Vic Willis 1161
9. Jim Whitney 1157
10. Tim Hudson 997

Games Started

1. Warren Spahn 635
2. Phil Niekro 595
3. Tom Glavine 518
4. Kid Nichols 502
5. John Smoltz 466
6. Greg Maddux 363
7. Lew Burdette 330
8. Vic Willis 302
9. Jim Whitney 254
10. Tim Hudson 243

Complete Games

Shutouts

Home Runs

1. Warren Spahn 408
2. Phil Niekro 392
3. John Smoltz 277
4. Tom Glavine 258
5. Lew Burdette 251
6. Julio Teheran 176
7. Greg Maddux 152
8. Kid Nichols 151
9. Rick Mahler 132
10. Bob Buhl 130

Bases on Balls

1. Phil Niekro 1458
2. Warren Spahn 1378
3. Tom Glavine 1177
4. Kid Nichols 1163
5. John Smoltz 992
6. Vic Willis 854
7. Bob Buhl 782
8. Lefty Tyler 678
9. John Clarkson 676
10. Jack Stivetts 651

Hits

1. Warren Spahn 4620
2. Kid Nichols 4451
3. Phil Niekro 4224
4. Tom Glavine 3241
5. John Smoltz 2979
6. Lew Burdette 2698
7. Vic Willis 2386
8. Greg Maddux 2273
9. Tommy Bond 2243
10. Jim Whitney 2219

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Jim Whitney 5.03
2. Greg Maddux 4.773
3. Tommy Bond 4.479
4. Kris Medlen 3.587
5. Max Fried 3.508
7. John Smoltz 3.035
8. Mike Minor 3.027
9. Kevin Millwood 2.772
10. Mike Foltynewicz 2.763

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Tommy Bond 0.093
2. Tom Hughes 0.131
3. Art Nehf 0.132
4. Cecil Ferguson 0.139
5. Gus Dorner 0.149
6. Dick Rudolph 0.155
7. Jim Whitney 0.167
8. Irv Young 0.169
9. Pat Ragan 0.174
10. Vic Willis 0.178

Losses

1. Phil Niekro 230
2. Warren Spahn 229
3. Kid Nichols 183
4. Tom Glavine 147
7. Jim Whitney 121
8. Lew Burdette 120
Bob Smith 120
10. Ed Brandt 119

Earned Runs

1. Warren Spahn 1710
2. Phil Niekro 1645
3. Kid Nichols 1515
4. Tom Glavine 1291
5. John Smoltz 1229
6. Lew Burdette 1036
7. Jack Stivetts 823
8. Bob Smith 818
9. Vic Willis 808
10. Ed Brandt 785

Wild Pitches

Hit By Pitch

Batters Faced

1. Warren Spahn 20701
2. Phil Niekro 19238
3. Kid Nichols 18977
4. Tom Glavine 14311
5. John Smoltz 13927
6. Lew Burdette 10931
7. Vic Willis 10668
8. Greg Maddux 10081
9. Jim Whitney 9375
10. John Clarkson 8932

Games Finished

1. Gene Garber 388
2. Craig Kimbrel 241
3. Mark Wohlers 233
4. John Smoltz 204
6. Cecil Upshaw 176
7. Rick Camp 170
8. Don McMahon 156
9. John Rocker 146
10. Steve Bedrosian 143

Adjusted ERA+

1. Greg Maddux 163
2. Kid Nichols 143
3. Max Fried 140
4. Kris Medlen 132
5. Bill James 129
6. John Clarkson 128
8. John Smoltz 127
9. Tom Glavine 121
10. Kent Mercker 120

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Tom Hughes 2.29
2. Tommy Bond 2.41
3. Jim Whitney 2.48
4. Art Nehf 2.51
5. Dick Rudolph 2.52
6. Irv Young 2.54
7. Pat Ragan 2.59
9. Greg Maddux 2.95
10. Cecil Ferguson 2.99

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Kid Nichols 604
2. Greg Maddux 450
3. Warren Spahn 384
4. John Smoltz 341
5. Phil Niekro 274
6. Tom Glavine 273
7. John Clarkson 185
8. Vic Willis 159
9. Max Fried 118
10. Tim Hudson 104

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Kid Nichols 55.3
2. Greg Maddux 48.2
3. Warren Spahn 40.5
4. John Smoltz 35.2
5. Phil Niekro 30.3
6. Tom Glavine 28.7
7. John Clarkson 17.1
8. Vic Willis 16.0
9. Max Fried 12.3
10. Tim Hudson 10.9

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1. Warren Spahn 523.61
2. Greg Maddux 480.33
3. John Smoltz 377.57
4. Tom Glavine 316.51
5. Phil Niekro 202.23
6. Max Fried 131.51
7. Tim Hudson 124.20
8. Lew Burdette 100.97
9. Chris Sale 88.09
10. Bob Buhl 86.69

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1. Warren Spahn 58.8
2. Greg Maddux 49.5
3. John Smoltz 42.3
4. Tom Glavine 31.6
5. Phil Niekro 14.9
6. Lew Burdette 14.6
7. Tim Hudson 13.1
8. Craig Kimbrel 12.3
9. Max Fried 11.3
10. Bob Buhl 11.0

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1. Greg Maddux 49.4
2. Warren Spahn 48.3
3. John Smoltz 41.0
4. Tom Glavine 28.2
5. Phil Niekro 20.6
6. Max Fried 13.1
7. Tim Hudson 12.9
8. Dick Rudolph 12.1
9. Lew Burdette 10.3
10. Kevin Millwood 9.0

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1. Warren Spahn 102.2
2. Greg Maddux 30.3
3. John Smoltz 29.4
4. Lew Burdette 25.8
5. Tom Glavine 24.7
6. Bob Buhl 19.4
7. Dick Rudolph 18.1
8. Johnny Sain 14.5
9. Steve Avery 13.7
10. Tom Hughes 11.9

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1. Warren Spahn 58.1
2. Greg Maddux 52.1
3. John Smoltz 39.1
4. Tom Glavine 33.4
5. Phil Niekro 21.9
6. Max Fried 13.7
7. Tim Hudson 13.2
8. Lew Burdette 11.1
9. Bob Buhl 9.6
10. Chris Sale 9.5

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