Most Times Leading League Pitching Statistics

The span of a player's career is in italics.

Wins Above Replacement
1. Ruth1914-1935 10
2. Mays1948-1973 9
3. Hornsby1915-1937 7
Johnson1907-1927 7
Young1890-1911 7
6. Bonds1986-2007 6
Williams1939-1960 6
8. Alexander1911-1930 5
Mantle1951-1968 5
Mathewson1900-1916 5
Pujols2001-2022 5
Rodriguez1994-2016 5
WAR for Pitchers
1. Grove1925-1941 8
2. Clemens1984-2007 7
Johnson1907-1927 7
4. Alexander1911-1930 6
Johnson1988-2009 6
Young1890-1911 6
7. Mathewson1900-1916 5
Roberts1948-1966 5
9. Halladay1998-2013 4
Nichols1890-1906 4
Vance1915-1935 4
Earned Run Average
1. Grove1925-1941 9
2. Clemens1984-2007 7
3. Johnson1907-1927 5
Kershaw2008-2023 5
Koufax1955-1966 5
Martinez1992-2009 5
Mathewson1900-1916 5
8. Alexander1911-1930 4
Foster1923-1937 4
Johnson1988-2009 4
Maddux1986-2008 4
Wins
1. Spahn1942-1965 8
2. Alexander1911-1930 6
Brown1931-1945 6
Feller1936-1956 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
6. Glavine1987-2008 5
McGinnity1899-1908 5
Spalding1871-1878 5
Young1890-1911 5
10. Carlton1965-1988 4
Clemens1984-2007 4
Grove1925-1941 4
Mathewson1900-1916 4
Newhouser1939-1955 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
Scherzer2008-2023 4
Verlander2005-2023 4
Winters1923-1932 4
Win-Loss %
1. Grove1925-1941 5
2. Johnson1988-2009 4
Spalding1871-1878 4
4. Bender1903-1925 3
Caruthers1884-1893 3
Clemens1984-2007 3
Ford1950-1967 3
Leever1898-1910 3
Martinez1992-2009 3
Paige1927-1965 3
Reulbach1905-1917 3
Verlander2005-2023 3
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Young1890-1911 7
2. Hubbell1928-1943 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
Martinez1992-2009 6
Paige1927-1965 6
6. Adams1906-1926 5
Alexander1911-1930 5
Grove1925-1941 5
Scherzer2008-2023 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan1966-1993 12
2. Johnson1988-2009 6
Keefe1880-1893 6
Paige1927-1965 6
5. Koufax1955-1966 5
Martinez1992-2009 5
7. Clemens1984-2007 4
Johnson1907-1927 4
Rusie1889-1901 4
Turley1951-1963 4
Vance1915-1935 4
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Young1890-1911 14
2. Maddux1986-2008 9
3. Mathewson1900-1916 7
4. Alexander1911-1930 5
Byrd1933-1948 5
Jenkins1965-1983 5
Peterson1966-1976 5
Phillippe1899-1911 5
Whitney1881-1890 5
10. Adams1906-1926 4
Hutchinson1939-1953 4
Lee2002-2014 4
Lyons1923-1946 4
Marichal1960-1975 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
Wells1987-2007 4
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan1966-1993 12
2. Johnson1988-2009 9
3. Paige1927-1965 8
Vance1915-1935 8
Waddell1897-1910 8
6. Johnson1907-1927 7
7. Koufax1955-1966 6
McDowell1961-1975 6
Seaver1967-1986 6
10. Feller1936-1956 5
Grove1925-1941 5
Martinez1992-2009 5
Rusie1889-1901 5
Games Played
1. Marberry1923-1936 6
McGinnity1899-1908 6
3. Walsh1904-1917 5
4. Marshall1967-1981 4
Quantrill1992-2005 4
Shaw2011-2024 4
Tekulve1974-1989 4
8. Abernathy1955-1972 3
Adams1941-1946 3
Brown1931-1945 3
Clarkson1882-1894 3
Davis1924-1945 3
Feliciano2002-2013 3
Feller1936-1956 3
Fingers1968-1985 3
Hutchison1884-1897 3
Kline1997-2007 3
Perranoski1961-1973 3
Quisenberry1979-1990 3
Scott1916-1929 3
Smith1932-1948 3
Spalding1871-1878 3
Wood1961-1978 3
Yokely1926-1944 3
Saves
1. Marberry1923-1936 6
2. Brown1931-1945 5
Mullane1881-1894 5
Quisenberry1979-1990 5
Sutter1976-1988 5
Walsh1904-1917 5
7. Brown1903-1916 4
Kimbrel2010-2024 4
Murphy1932-1947 4
Smith1980-1997 4
Innings Pitched
1. Alexander1911-1930 7
2. Carlton1965-1988 5
Feller1936-1956 5
Johnson1907-1927 5
Maddux1986-2008 5
Roberts1948-1966 5
7. Brown1931-1945 4
Clarkson1882-1894 4
Halladay1998-2013 4
Lemon1941-1958 4
McGinnity1899-1908 4
Niekro1964-1987 4
Palmer1965-1984 4
Smith1932-1948 4
Spahn1942-1965 4
Verlander2005-2023 4
Walsh1904-1917 4
Strikeouts
1. Johnson1907-1927 12
2. Ryan1966-1993 11
3. Johnson1988-2009 9
4. Feller1936-1956 7
Grove1925-1941 7
Vance1915-1935 7
7. Alexander1911-1930 6
Paige1927-1965 6
Waddell1897-1910 6
10. Carlton1965-1988 5
Clemens1984-2007 5
Mathewson1900-1916 5
McDowell1961-1975 5
Rusie1889-1901 5
Seaver1967-1986 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
Games Started
1. Maddux1986-2008 7
2. Glavine1987-2008 6
Roberts1948-1966 6
4. Feller1936-1956 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
Wynn1939-1963 5
7. Browning1984-1995 4
Carlton1965-1988 4
Drysdale1956-1969 4
Johnson1907-1927 4
Lowe1997-2013 4
Moore1982-1995 4
Newsom1929-1953 4
Niekro1964-1987 4
Paige1927-1965 4
Stewart1978-1995 4
Wood1961-1978 4
Zito2000-2015 4
Complete Games
1. Spahn1942-1965 9
2. Halladay1998-2013 7
3. Alexander1911-1930 6
Brown1931-1945 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
6. Lemon1941-1958 5
Roberts1948-1966 5
8. Ferrell1927-1941 4
Grimes1916-1934 4
Jenkins1965-1983 4
Johnson1988-2009 4
Niekro1964-1987 4
Schilling1988-2007 4
Shutouts
1. Alexander1911-1930 7
Johnson1907-1927 7
Young1890-1911 7
4. Clemens1984-2007 6
5. Maddux1986-2008 5
6. Feller1936-1956 4
Gibson1959-1975 4
Halladay1998-2013 4
Mathewson1900-1916 4
Rusie1889-1901 4
Spahn1942-1965 4
Vance1915-1935 4
Home Runs
1. Jenkins1965-1983 7
2. Roberts1948-1966 5
3. Niekro1964-1987 4
Powell1897-1912 4
5. Astacio1992-2006 3
Bond1874-1884 3
Browning1984-1995 3
Dickson1939-1959 3
Ford1909-1915 3
McLain1963-1972 3
Ramos1955-1970 3
Shocker1916-1928 3
Soto1977-1988 3
Stivetts1889-1899 3
Bases on Balls
1. Ryan1966-1993 8
2. McDowell1961-1975 5
Rusie1889-1901 5
4. Feller1936-1956 4
Higbe1937-1950 4
Jones1947-1964 4
Mullin1902-1915 4
Ring1917-1928 4
Veale1962-1974 4
10. Byrne1943-1957 3
Cornelius1929-1946 3
Fraser1896-1909 3
Hallahan1925-1938 3
Johnson1988-2009 3
Mungo1931-1945 3
Niekro1964-1987 3
Pittinger1900-1907 3
Richard1971-1980 3
Seymour1896-1913 3
Smith1940-1948 3
Torrez1967-1984 3
Turley1951-1963 3
Wehmeier1945-1958 3
Welch1880-1892 3
Witt1986-2001 3
Hits
1. Hernández1996-2012 5
Roberts1948-1966 5
3. Alexander1911-1930 4
Buehrle2000-2015 4
Carlton1965-1988 4
Kaat1959-1983 4
Mahler1979-1991 4
8. Burdette1950-1967 3
Corbin2012-2024 3
Derringer1931-1945 3
Feller1936-1956 3
Ferrell1927-1941 3
French1929-1942 3
Johnson1907-1927 3
LaMarque1942-1948 3
Lemon1941-1958 3
Mathewson1900-1916 3
McHenry1930-1948 3
Niekro1964-1987 3
Sain1942-1955 3
Smith1932-1948 3
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Young1890-1911 11
2. Johnson1907-1927 9
Mathewson1900-1916 9
4. Grove1925-1941 8
Vance1915-1935 8
6. Paige1927-1965 7
7. Halladay1998-2013 5
Hubbell1928-1943 5
Jenkins1965-1983 5
Roberts1948-1966 5
Schilling1988-2007 5
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Jessup1940-1948 5
2. Maddux1986-2008 4
Paige1927-1965 4
4. Bremer1937-1948 3
Brewer1925-1948 3
Corridon1904-1910 3
Gubicza1984-1997 3
Johnson1907-1927 3
John1963-1989 3
LaMarque1942-1948 3
Martinez1992-2009 3
Rixey1912-1933 3
Smith1932-1948 3
Veale1962-1974 3
Losses
1. Corbin2012-2024 4
Newsom1929-1953 4
Niekro1964-1987 4
Ramos1955-1970 4
5. Dickson1939-1959 3
Groom1909-1918 3
Henderson1923-1931 3
8. Arlin1969-1974 2
Barnes1915-1927 2
Bell1921-1931 2
Black1943-1957 2
Britt1872-1873 2
Brown1932-1948 2
Brunet1956-1971 2
Byrd1933-1948 2
Candiotti1983-1999 2
Carlton1965-1988 2
Caster1934-1946 2
Castillo2017-2024 2
Cooper1923-1940 2
Cornelius1929-1946 2
Craig1955-1966 2
DeLeón1983-1995 2
Devlin1873-1877 2
Fisher1959-1969 2
Friend1951-1966 2
Gaston1924-1934 2
Guthrie2004-2017 2
Harriss1920-1928 2
Hershiser1983-2000 2
Johnson1928-1947 2
Kellner1948-1959 2
Kline1952-1970 2
Koosman1967-1985 2
LaMarque1942-1948 2
Leonard1933-1953 2
Lolich1963-1979 2
López2000-2012 2
Meadows1915-1929 2
Moore1982-1995 2
Mulcahy1935-1947 2
Paige1927-1965 2
Perry1915-1921 2
Poindexter1924-1929 2
Raffensberger1939-1954 2
Rixey1912-1933 2
Roberts1948-1966 2
Rogers1973-1985 2
Rommel1920-1932 2
Rosell1926-1929 2
Ruffing1924-1947 2
Stottlemyre1964-1974 2
Wells1999-2012 2
Whitney1881-1890 2
Willis1898-1910 2
Earned Runs
1. Dickson1939-1959 3
Fisher1959-1969 3
Grimes1916-1934 3
Lyles2011-2024 3
Mullin1902-1915 3
Newsom1929-1953 3
Roberts1948-1966 3
Wood1961-1978 3
9. Blue1969-1986 2
Bradley1875-1888 2
Breitenstein1891-1901 2
Britt1872-1873 2
Brown1932-1948 2
Burdette1950-1967 2
Cooper1912-1926 2
Corbin2012-2024 2
Cornelius1929-1946 2
Dauss1912-1926 2
Ellis1962-1969 2
Evans1932-1943 2
Hadley1926-1941 2
Harmon1909-1918 2
Henderson1923-1931 2
Hunter1965-1979 2
Jenkins1965-1983 2
Kellner1948-1959 2
Koslo1941-1955 2
Lima1994-2006 2
Lolich1963-1979 2
López2000-2012 2
Mahler1979-1991 2
Mathews1871-1887 2
Mulcahy1935-1947 2
Myers1915-1922 2
Navarro1989-2000 2
Niekro1964-1987 2
Patten1901-1908 2
Perry1959-1975 2
Richmond1879-1886 2
Ruffing1924-1947 2
Ruthven1973-1986 2
Torrez1967-1984 2
Vólquez2005-2020 2
Whitehill1923-1939 2
Wynn1939-1963 2
Wild Pitches
1. Cheney1911-1919 6
Morris1977-1994 6
Ryan1966-1993 6
4. Ring1917-1928 5
5. Niekro1967-1988 4
Smith1940-1948 4
7. Burnett1999-2015 3
Bush1912-1928 3
Clement1998-2006 3
Hallahan1925-1938 3
Higbe1937-1950 3
Johnson1907-1927 3
Leonard1933-1953 3
Lincecum2007-2016 3
Mathews1871-1887 3
Mathewson1900-1916 3
McDowell1961-1975 3
Niekro1964-1987 3
Richards2011-2022 3
Richard1971-1980 3
Score1955-1962 3
Smoltz1988-2009 3
White1877-1886 3
Whitney1881-1890 3
Hit By Pitch
1. Byrne1943-1957 5
Drysdale1956-1969 5
Ehmke1915-1930 5
Stieb1979-1998 5
5. Bunning1955-1971 4
Lary1954-1965 4
Morton2008-2024 4
Parmelee1929-1939 4
Smith1940-1948 4
10. Brown1986-2005 3
Dauss1912-1926 3
Gross1983-1997 3
Knell1888-1895 3
LaMarque1942-1948 3
Leiter1990-2001 3
McIntire1905-1913 3
Niekro1964-1987 3
Weaver1999-2010 3
Yokely1926-1944 3
Batters Faced
1. Carlton1965-1988 7
2. Alexander1911-1930 6
3. Brown1931-1945 5
Johnson1907-1927 5
Lemon1941-1958 5
Spahn1942-1965 5
7. Clarkson1882-1894 4
Feller1936-1956 4
Maddux1986-2008 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
Walsh1904-1917 4
Games Finished
1. Crandall1908-1918 5
Marshall1967-1981 5
3. Adams1941-1946 4
Beck1991-2004 4
Brown1928-1942 4
Face1953-1969 4
Hernández1991-2007 4
Marberry1923-1936 4
Quisenberry1979-1990 4
10. Griffith1891-1914 3
Kimsey1929-1936 3
Kinder1946-1957 3
Lown1951-1962 3
Mullane1881-1894 3
Nen1993-2002 3
Page1944-1954 3
Quinn1909-1933 3
Rodríguez2002-2017 3
Smith1980-1997 3
Tekulve1974-1989 3
Valverde2003-2014 3
Walsh1904-1917 3
Ward1878-1894 3
Adjusted ERA+
1. Grove1925-1941 9
2. Clemens1984-2007 8
3. Johnson1988-2009 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
Mathewson1900-1916 6
6. Maddux1986-2008 5
Martinez1992-2009 5
8. Alexander1911-1930 4
Foster1923-1937 4
Kershaw2008-2023 4
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Clemens1984-2007 9
Johnson1907-1927 9
3. Grove1925-1941 8
Mathewson1900-1916 8
5. Paige1927-1965 7
Vance1915-1935 7
Young1890-1911 7
8. Johnson1988-2009 6
Koufax1955-1966 6
10. Martinez1992-2009 5
Waddell1897-1910 5
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Clemens1984-2007 8
2. Grove1925-1941 7
3. Johnson1988-2009 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
Mathewson1900-1916 6
Young1890-1911 6
7. Alexander1911-1930 5
Maddux1986-2008 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
10. Martinez1992-2009 4
Nichols1890-1906 4
Rogan1920-1938 4
Seaver1967-1986 4
Smith1932-1948 4
Stieb1979-1998 4
Walsh1904-1917 4
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Clemens1984-2007 8
2. Grove1925-1941 7
3. Johnson1988-2009 6
Johnson1907-1927 6
Mathewson1900-1916 6
Young1890-1911 6
7. Alexander1911-1930 5
Maddux1986-2008 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
10. Martinez1992-2009 4
Nichols1890-1906 4
Seaver1967-1986 4
Smith1932-1948 4
Stieb1979-1998 4
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Grove1925-1941 8
2. Clemens1984-2007 7
3. Johnson1988-2009 6
4. Feller1936-1956 5
Maddux1986-2008 5
Seaver1967-1986 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
8. Alexander1911-1930 4
Palmer1965-1984 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
Stieb1979-1998 4
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Grove1925-1941 9
2. Clemens1984-2007 5
3. Alexander1911-1930 4
Johnson1988-2009 4
Koufax1955-1966 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
7. Coveleski1912-1928 3
Feller1936-1956 3
Gibson1959-1975 3
Maddux1986-2008 3
Martinez1992-2009 3
Miller1952-1968 3
Seaver1967-1986 3
Walters1931-1950 3
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Clemens1984-2007 7
Grove1925-1941 7
3. Kershaw2008-2023 6
Maddux1986-2008 6
5. Alexander1911-1930 5
Verlander2005-2023 5
7. Feller1936-1956 4
Johnson1988-2009 4
Palmer1965-1984 4
Spahn1942-1965 4
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Johnson1988-2009 4
Martinez1992-2009 4
Ruffing1924-1947 4
4. Coveleski1912-1928 3
Grove1925-1941 3
Kershaw2008-2023 3
Koufax1955-1966 3
Nathan1999-2016 3
Pierce1945-1964 3
Spahn1942-1965 3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Grove1925-1941 8
2. Clemens1984-2007 7
3. Johnson1988-2009 6
4. Feller1936-1956 5
Maddux1986-2008 5
Palmer1965-1984 5
Seaver1967-1986 5
Spahn1942-1965 5
9. Alexander1911-1930 4
Kershaw2008-2023 4
Roberts1948-1966 4
Verlander2005-2023 4