Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Roy Oswalt 45.7
2. Larry Dierker 34.3
3. Don Wilson 27.5
4. Nolan Ryan 25.4
5. Mike Scott 24.8
6. Joe Niekro 23.1
8. J.R. Richard 21.5
9. Shane Reynolds 19.1
10. Ken Forsch 19.0

Earned Run Average

1. Roger Clemens 2.4
2. Joe Sambito 2.42
3. Dave Smith 2.53
6. Mike Cuellar 2.74
7. Nolan Ryan 3.13
8. J.R. Richard 3.15
Don Wilson 3.15
10. Ken Forsch 3.18

Wins

1. Joe Niekro 144
2. Roy Oswalt 143
3. Larry Dierker 137
4. Mike Scott 110
5. J.R. Richard 107
6. Nolan Ryan 106
7. Don Wilson 104
9. Bob Knepper 93

Win-Loss %

1. Justin Verlander .723
2. Roger Clemens .679
3. Roy Oswalt .636
4. Mark Portugal .634
5. Collin McHugh .624
6. Jim Ray .609
8. Scott Elarton .604
9. Mike Hampton .603

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Justin Verlander 0.918
2. Billy Wagner 1.039
3. Roger Clemens 1.074
4. Joe Sambito 1.112
5. Turk Farrell 1.142
6. Mike Scott 1.144
7. Mike Cuellar 1.162
8. Danny Darwin 1.164
9. Ken Johnson 1.174
10. Cristian Javier 1.177

Hits per 9 IP

1. Billy Wagner 5.942
2. Justin Verlander 6.542
3. Cristian Javier 6.783
4. Roger Clemens 6.829
5. J.R. Richard 6.876
6. Nolan Ryan 6.993
7. Joe Sambito 7.405
8. Framber Valdez 7.595
9. Pete Harnisch 7.606
10. Don Wilson 7.614

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Justin Verlander 1.722
2. Turk Farrell 1.880
3. Ken Johnson 1.968
4. José Lima 1.970
5. Shane Reynolds 1.986
6. Vern Ruhle 1.993
7. Greg Swindell 2.028
8. Roy Oswalt 2.077
9. Don Nottebart 2.321
10. Mike Cuellar 2.326

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Billy Wagner 12.385
2. Justin Verlander 10.684
4. Cristian Javier 9.922
5. Hunter Brown 9.911
6. Brad Peacock 9.669
7. Nolan Ryan 9.055
8. Collin McHugh 8.877
9. Framber Valdez 8.770
10. Roger Clemens 8.432

Games Played

1. Dave Smith 563
2. Billy Wagner 464
3. Ken Forsch 421
4. Joe Niekro 397
5. Chad Qualls 380
6. Brad Lidge 378
7. Joe Sambito 353
8. Bryan Abreu 351
9. Larry Dierker 345
10. Ryan Pressly 342

Saves

Innings Pitched

1. Larry Dierker 2294.1
2. Joe Niekro 2270.0
3. Roy Oswalt 1932.1
4. Nolan Ryan 1854.2
5. Don Wilson 1748.1
6. Bob Knepper 1738.0
7. Mike Scott 1704.0
8. Shane Reynolds 1622.1
9. J.R. Richard 1606.0
10. Ken Forsch 1493.2

Strikeouts

1. Nolan Ryan 1866
2. Roy Oswalt 1593
3. J.R. Richard 1493
4. Larry Dierker 1487
5. Mike Scott 1318
6. Shane Reynolds 1309
7. Don Wilson 1283
8. Joe Niekro 1178
10. Framber Valdez 1053

Games Started

1. Larry Dierker 320
2. Joe Niekro 301
3. Roy Oswalt 291
4. Nolan Ryan 282
5. Bob Knepper 267
6. Mike Scott 259
8. Don Wilson 245
9. J.R. Richard 221

Complete Games

Shutouts

Home Runs

1. Larry Dierker 177
3. Roy Oswalt 167
4. Bob Knepper 148
6. Mike Scott 144
7. Joe Niekro 139
8. José Lima 133
9. Don Wilson 119
10. Dallas Keuchel 115

Bases on Balls

1. Joe Niekro 818
2. Nolan Ryan 796
3. J.R. Richard 770
4. Larry Dierker 695
5. Don Wilson 640
6. Darryl Kile 562
7. Bob Knepper 521
8. Mike Scott 505
10. Roy Oswalt 446

Hits

1. Larry Dierker 2090
2. Joe Niekro 2052
3. Roy Oswalt 1865
4. Bob Knepper 1748
5. Shane Reynolds 1738
6. Don Wilson 1479
7. Mike Scott 1444
8. Nolan Ryan 1441
9. Ken Forsch 1439
10. Wandy Rodríguez 1295

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Justin Verlander 6.206
2. Shane Reynolds 3.656
3. Billy Wagner 3.634
4. Roy Oswalt 3.572
5. Collin McHugh 3.393
6. José Lima 3.318
7. Turk Farrell 3.274
8. Ken Johnson 3.119
9. Hunter Brown 3.104
10. Mike Cuellar 3.077

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Dave Smith 0.331
2. J.R. Richard 0.409
3. Mike Cuellar 0.475
5. Nolan Ryan 0.539
6. Roger Clemens 0.551
Joe Niekro 0.551
8. Ken Forsch 0.578
9. Dave Roberts 0.587
10. Joe Sambito 0.588

Losses

Earned Runs

1. Larry Dierker 837
2. Joe Niekro 811
4. Bob Knepper 706
5. Roy Oswalt 696
6. Nolan Ryan 645
7. Mike Scott 625
8. Don Wilson 611
10. J.R. Richard 562

Wild Pitches

Hit By Pitch

Batters Faced

1. Larry Dierker 9492
2. Joe Niekro 9490
3. Roy Oswalt 7976
4. Nolan Ryan 7716
5. Bob Knepper 7315
6. Don Wilson 7305
7. Mike Scott 6989
8. Shane Reynolds 6865
9. J.R. Richard 6674
10. Ken Forsch 6213

Games Finished

1. Dave Smith 400
2. Billy Wagner 379
3. Joe Sambito 229
4. Brad Lidge 206
5. Ryan Pressly 183
6. Ken Forsch 171
7. Fred Gladding 163
8. Doug Jones 130
9. Frank DiPino 119
10. Frank LaCorte 117

Adjusted ERA+

1. Roger Clemens 180
2. Billy Wagner 171
4. Joe Sambito 140
5. Dave Smith 137
6. Roy Oswalt 133
7. Andy Pettitte 129
9. Mike Cuellar 119
10. Hunter Brown 118

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Mike Cuellar 2.39
2. Billy Wagner 2.81
3. J.R. Richard 2.86
4. Nolan Ryan 2.87
5. Joe Sambito 2.88
6. Ken Johnson 2.89
7. Dave Smith 2.91
8. Roger Clemens 3.00
9. Turk Farrell 3.07
10. Don Wilson 3.10

Adj. Pitching Runs

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Roy Oswalt 23.8
3. Roger Clemens 12.0
4. Billy Wagner 10.3
6. Gerrit Cole 8.2
7. Dave Smith 8.1
8. Octavio Dotel 6.6
10. Joe Sambito 6.3

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1. Roy Oswalt 250.14
2. Justin Verlander 156.10
3. Roger Clemens 119.48
4. Billy Wagner 112.62
5. Framber Valdez 103.35
6. Gerrit Cole 91.66
7. Larry Dierker 91.35
8. J.R. Richard 88.61
9. Nolan Ryan 86.28
10. Don Wilson 76.46

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1. Roy Oswalt 22.9
2. Billy Wagner 16.7
4. Roger Clemens 12.8
5. Mike Scott 12.1
6. Brad Lidge 11.1
7. Dave Smith 10.7
9. J.R. Richard 9.4
10. Joe Niekro 8.9

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1. Roy Oswalt 23.6
3. J.R. Richard 12.5
4. Nolan Ryan 12.3
5. Mike Scott 12.1
6. Roger Clemens 11.5
7. Don Wilson 10.7
9. Joe Niekro 9.3
10. Billy Wagner 9.1

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1. Billy Wagner 16.7
2. Mike Scott 15.5
3. Roy Oswalt 13.9
4. J.R. Richard 11.5
6. Brad Lidge 9.3
7. Roger Clemens 8.4
8. Joe Niekro 8.3
9. Dave Smith 7.4
10. Mike Hampton 6.2

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1. Roy Oswalt 25.7
3. Roger Clemens 12.8
4. Billy Wagner 11.3
5. Framber Valdez 11.0
6. J.R. Richard 10.4
7. Larry Dierker 10.3
8. Nolan Ryan 9.8
9. Gerrit Cole 9.7
10. Mike Scott 9.0

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