Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR for Pitchers †

1. Clayton Kershaw 78.1
2. Dazzy Vance 61.9
3. Don Drysdale 61.3
4. Sandy Koufax 53.1
5. Don Sutton 50.5
6. Nap Rucker 48.2
7. Orel Hershiser 39.6
8. Jeff Pfeffer 33.5
10. Bob Welch 32.6

Earned Run Average

1. Zack Greinke 2.3
2. Jeff Pfeffer 2.31
3. Kenley Jansen 2.37
4. Nap Rucker 2.42
5. Larry Cheney 2.45
6. Clayton Kershaw 2.53
7. Ron Perranoski 2.56
8. Rube Marquard 2.58
9. Jim Brewer 2.62

Wins

Win-Loss %

1. Zack Greinke .773
2. Tony Gonsolin .740
3. Preacher Roe .715
4. Julio Urías .706
5. Clayton Kershaw .699
6. Bob Caruthers .683
7. Jay Hughes .682
8. Walker Buehler .681
9. Tommy John .674
10. Billy Loes .658

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Kenley Jansen 0.928
2. Clayton Kershaw 1.018
3. Zack Greinke 1.027
4. Walker Buehler 1.090
5. Kevin Brown 1.100
6. Andy Messersmith 1.105
Julio Urías 1.105
8. Sandy Koufax 1.106
9. Éric Gagné 1.111
10. Don Sutton 1.123

Hits per 9 IP

1. Kenley Jansen 5.745
2. Sandy Koufax 6.792
3. Jim Brewer 6.898
4. Clayton Kershaw 6.912
5. Éric Gagné 6.981
6. Andy Messersmith 7.017
7. Rex Barney 7.138
8. Charlie Hough 7.214
9. Zack Greinke 7.317
10. Larry Cheney 7.410

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. Curt Davis 1.769
2. Watson Clark 1.915
3. Zack Greinke 1.926
4. Frank Kitson 1.929
5. Rube Marquard 1.961
6. Odalis Pérez 1.970
7. Sherry Smith 1.977
8. Hyun Jin Ryu 1.994
9. Leon Cadore 2.043
10. Hiroki Kuroda 2.099

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Kenley Jansen 13.047
2. Éric Gagné 10.381
3. Kenta Maeda 9.795
4. Clayton Kershaw 9.620
5. Walker Buehler 9.509
6. Sandy Koufax 9.277
7. Julio Urías 8.912
8. Hideo Nomo 8.872
9. Zack Greinke 8.288
10. Chan Ho Park 8.282

Games Played

Saves

Innings Pitched

1. Don Sutton 3816.1
2. Don Drysdale 3432.0
3. Brickyard Kennedy 2866.0
4. Clayton Kershaw 2855.1
5. Dazzy Vance 2757.2
6. Burleigh Grimes 2426.0
7. Claude Osteen 2397.0
8. Adonis Terry 2376.1
9. Nap Rucker 2375.1
10. Fernando Valenzuela 2348.2

Strikeouts

1. Clayton Kershaw 3052
2. Don Sutton 2696
3. Don Drysdale 2486
4. Sandy Koufax 2396
5. Dazzy Vance 1918
7. Orel Hershiser 1456
8. Johnny Podres 1331
10. Bob Welch 1292

Games Started

Complete Games

Shutouts

Home Runs

Bases on Balls

Hits

1. Don Sutton 3291
3. Don Drysdale 3084
4. Dazzy Vance 2579
5. Burleigh Grimes 2547
6. Claude Osteen 2350
7. Adonis Terry 2292
8. Clayton Kershaw 2193
10. Nap Rucker 2089

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Kenley Jansen 5.01
2. Zack Greinke 4.302
3. Clayton Kershaw 4.281
4. Hyun Jin Ryu 4.055
5. Walker Buehler 3.968
6. Julio Urías 3.679
7. Kenta Maeda 3.601
8. Kevin Brown 3.516
9. Éric Gagné 3.437
10. Hiroki Kuroda 3.209

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Bill Donovan 0.026
2. Elmer Stricklett 0.036
3. Doc Scanlan 0.111
4. George Bell 0.124
5. Jay Hughes 0.137
6. Irvin Wilhelm 0.144
7. Larry Cheney 0.148
8. Cy Barger 0.154
9. Nap Rucker 0.155
10. Harry McIntire 0.166

Losses

Earned Runs

Wild Pitches

Hit By Pitch

Batters Faced

1. Don Sutton 15567
2. Don Drysdale 14097
4. Dazzy Vance 11452
5. Clayton Kershaw 11279
6. Burleigh Grimes 10424
7. Adonis Terry 10229
9. Claude Osteen 9855
10. Sandy Koufax 9497

Games Finished

1. Kenley Jansen 519
2. Jim Brewer 302
4. Clem Labine 242
5. Todd Worrell 224
6. Charlie Hough 222
7. Éric Gagné 212
8. Jeff Shaw 207
10. Jay Howell 175

Adjusted ERA+

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Kenley Jansen 2.37
2. Rube Marquard 2.39
3. Nap Rucker 2.60
4. George Bell 2.65
5. Sandy Koufax 2.69
6. Irvin Wilhelm 2.70
7. Bill Singer 2.72
9. Larry Cheney 2.76
10. Jeff Pfeffer 2.83

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Clayton Kershaw 450
2. Dazzy Vance 290
3. Sandy Koufax 241
4. Don Drysdale 228
5. Don Sutton 155
6. Nap Rucker 139
7. Kevin Brown 129
8. Kenley Jansen 125
9. Preacher Roe 123
10. Jeff Pfeffer 113

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Clayton Kershaw 49.2
2. Dazzy Vance 29.7
3. Sandy Koufax 27.3
4. Don Drysdale 24.7
5. Don Sutton 17.5
6. Nap Rucker 15.1
7. Kevin Brown 13.2
9. Preacher Roe 12.9
10. Kenley Jansen 12.8

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24) †

1. Clayton Kershaw 496.80
2. Dazzy Vance 324.17
3. Don Drysdale 292.69
4. Sandy Koufax 267.50
5. Don Sutton 242.78
6. Preacher Roe 158.38
7. Nap Rucker 149.09
8. Kenley Jansen 144.30
9. Kevin Brown 139.13
10. Bob Welch 137.43

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1. Clayton Kershaw 51.2
2. Sandy Koufax 34.0
3. Dazzy Vance 33.3
4. Don Drysdale 28.0
5. Don Sutton 27.8
6. Kenley Jansen 24.8
7. Jeff Pfeffer 19.3
8. Nap Rucker 18.7
9. Preacher Roe 16.5
10. Éric Gagné 16.3

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI) †

1. Clayton Kershaw 53.3
2. Don Sutton 33.0
4. Sandy Koufax 31.4
5. Don Drysdale 26.8
6. Burt Hooton 17.4
7. Orel Hershiser 16.5
8. Kenley Jansen 14.9
9. Kevin Brown 14.5
10. Jeff Pfeffer 13.7
Nap Rucker 13.7

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1. Sandy Koufax 85.8
2. Don Newcombe 53.6
3. Dazzy Vance 51.5
4. Whit Wyatt 42.2
5. Preacher Roe 35.8
6. Jeff Pfeffer 34.1
7. Don Sutton 33.2
8. Don Drysdale 31.5
9. Clayton Kershaw 30.2
10. Hugh Casey 29.8

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW) †

1. Clayton Kershaw 56.1
2. Dazzy Vance 33.6
3. Sandy Koufax 32.9
4. Don Drysdale 32.7
5. Don Sutton 28.0
6. Preacher Roe 16.8
7. Nap Rucker 16.2
8. Jeff Pfeffer 15.8
9. Bob Welch 15.3
10. Kenley Jansen 15.1

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