Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Seaver • NYM 11.0
2. Blyleven • MIN 9.8
3. Morgan • CIN 9.3
4. Evans • ATL 9.0
5. Grich • BAL 8.3
6. Rose • CIN 8.3
7. Hiller • DET 7.9
8. Jackson • OAK 7.8
9. Bonds • SFG 7.8
10. Perry • CLE 7.8
WAR for Pitchers
1. Seaver • NYM 10.6
2. Blyleven • MIN 9.8
3. Hiller • DET 7.9
4. Perry • CLE 7.8
5. Ryan • CAL 7.7
6. Wood • CHW 7.6
7. Twitchell • PHI 6.7
8. Palmer • BAL 6.3
9. Bahnsen • CHW 6.2
10. Lee • BOS 6.2
Earned Run Average
1. Seaver • NYM 2.08
2. Palmer • BAL 2.40
3. Sutton • LAD 2.42
4. Twitchell • PHI 2.50
5. Blyleven • MIN 2.52
6. Marshall • MON 2.66
7. Messersmith • LAD 2.70
8. Lee • BOS 2.75
9. Gibson • STL 2.77
10. Renko • MON 2.81
Wins
1. Wood • CHW 24
Bryant • SFG 24
3. Coleman • DET 23
4. Palmer • BAL 22
5. Holtzman • OAK 21
Hunter • OAK 21
Ryan • CAL 21
8. Blue • OAK 20
Blyleven • MIN 20
Colborn • MIL 20
Singer • CAL 20
Splittorff • KCR 20
Tiant • BOS 20
Win-Loss %
1. Hunter • OAK .808
2. Palmer • BAL .710
3. John • LAD .696
4. Gullett • CIN .692
5. Blue • OAK .690
6. McDaniel • NYY .667
Bryant • SFG .667
8. Billingham • CIN .655
Seaver • NYM .655
10. Splittorff • KCR .645
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Seaver • NYM 0.976
2. Sutton • LAD 0.983
3. Tiant • BOS 1.085
4. Messersmith • LAD 1.093
5. Gibson • STL 1.108
6. Blyleven • MIN 1.117
7. Hunter • OAK 1.135
8. Palmer • BAL 1.141
9. Rooker • PIT 1.145
10. Holtzman • OAK 1.147
Hits per 9 IP
1. Ryan • CAL 6.571
2. Seaver • NYM 6.797
3. Palmer • BAL 6.834
4. Sutton • LAD 6.882
5. Twitchell • PHI 6.931
6. Wilson • HOU 7.032
7. Messersmith • LAD 7.065
8. Tiant • BOS 7.180
9. Downing • LAD 7.228
10. Renko • MON 7.246
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Marichal • SFG 1.606
2. Kaat • 2TM 1.725
3. Blyleven • MIN 1.855
4. Jenkins • CHC 1.893
5. Barr • SFG 1.906
6. Sutton • LAD 1.966
7. Seaver • NYM 1.986
8. Holtzman • OAK 1.998
9. Wise • STL 2.050
10. John • LAD 2.064
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Ryan • CAL 10.574
2. Seaver • NYM 7.790
3. Moore • MON 7.707
4. Matlack • NYM 7.624
5. Blyleven • MIN 7.145
6. Stone • CHW 7.043
7. Sutton • LAD 7.022
8. Singer • CAL 6.871
9. Carlton • PHI 6.842
10. Tiant • BOS 6.816
Games Played
1. Marshall • MON 92
2. Borbón • CIN 80
3. Sosa • SFG 71
4. Giusti • PIT 67
5. Hiller • DET 65
Seguí • STL 65
7. Locker • CHC 63
8. Fingers • OAK 62
9. McGraw • NYM 60
Moffitt • SFG 60
Saves
1. Hiller • DET 38
2. Marshall • MON 31
3. Lyle • NYY 27
4. McGraw • NYM 25
5. Fingers • OAK 22
6. Bird • KCR 20
Brewer • LAD 20
Giusti • PIT 20
9. Acosta • CHW 18
Locker • CHC 18
Sosa • SFG 18
Innings Pitched
1. Wood • CHW 359.1
2. Perry • CLE 344.0
3. Ryan • CAL 326.0
4. Blyleven • MIN 325.0
5. Singer • CAL 315.2
6. Colborn • MIL 314.1
7. Lolich • DET 308.2
8. Holtzman • OAK 297.1
9. Palmer • BAL 296.1
10. Billingham • CIN 293.1
Carlton • PHI 293.1
Strikeouts
1. Ryan • CAL 383
2. Blyleven • MIN 258
3. Seaver • NYM 251
4. Singer • CAL 241
5. Perry • CLE 238
6. Carlton • PHI 223
7. Lolich • DET 214
8. Tiant • BOS 206
9. Matlack • NYM 205
10. Coleman • DET 202
Games Started
1. Wood • CHW 48
2. Bahnsen • CHW 42
Lolich • DET 42
4. Perry • CLE 41
5. Blyleven • MIN 40
Coleman • DET 40
Holtzman • OAK 40
Singer • CAL 40
Tidrow • CLE 40
Billingham • CIN 40
Carlton • PHI 40
Reuss • HOU 40
Complete Games
1. Perry • CLE 29
2. Ryan • CAL 26
3. Blyleven • MIN 25
4. Tiant • BOS 23
5. Colborn • MIL 22
6. Wood • CHW 21
7. Palmer • BAL 19
Singer • CAL 19
Stottlemyre • NYY 19
10. Lee • BOS 18
Carlton • PHI 18
Seaver • NYM 18
Shutouts
1. Blyleven • MIN 9
2. Billingham • CIN 7
Perry • CLE 7
4. Roberts • HOU 6
Palmer • BAL 6
6. Twitchell • PHI 5
Wise • STL 5
8. Blue • OAK 4
Morton • ATL 4
Gullett • CIN 4
Wood • CHW 4
Stottlemyre • NYY 4
Ryan • CAL 4
McNally • BAL 4
May • CAL 4
Holtzman • OAK 4
Colborn • MIL 4
Bahnsen • CHW 4
Curtis • BOS 4
Home Runs
1. Hunter • OAK 39
2. Lolich • DET 35
Jenkins • CHC 35
4. Perry • CLE 34
5. Coleman • DET 32
Tiant • BOS 32
7. Pattin • BOS 31
Tidrow • CLE 31
9. Slaton • MIL 30
Kirby • SDP 30
Kaat • 2TM 30
Bases on Balls
1. Ryan • CAL 162
2. Singer • CAL 130
3. Bibby • 2TM 123
4. Bahnsen • CHW 117
Reuss • HOU 117
6. Perry • CLE 115
Bryant • SFG 115
Torrez • MON 115
9. Palmer • BAL 113
Carlton • PHI 113
Hits
1. Wood • CHW 381
2. Lolich • DET 315
Perry • CLE 315
4. Colborn • MIL 297
5. Blyleven • MIN 296
6. Carlton • PHI 293
7. Bahnsen • CHW 290
8. Tidrow • CLE 289
9. Coleman • DET 283
10. Singer • CAL 280
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Seaver • NYM 3.922
2. Blyleven • MIN 3.851
3. Sutton • LAD 3.571
4. Jenkins • CHC 2.982
5. Reuschel • CHC 2.710
6. Lolich • DET 2.709
7. Tiant • BOS 2.641
8. Kaat • 2TM 2.535
9. Gibson • STL 2.491
10. Wise • STL 2.441
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Ellis • PIT 0.328
2. Forster • CHW 0.365
3. Singer • CAL 0.428
4. Stottlemyre • NYY 0.429
5. Blyleven • MIN 0.443
6. Hooton • CHC 0.451
7. Palmer • BAL 0.486
8. Moose • PIT 0.492
9. Ryan • CAL 0.497
10. Marshall • MON 0.503
Losses
1. Bahnsen • CHW 21
2. Wood • CHW 20
Carlton • PHI 20
4. Perry • CLE 19
Wright • CAL 19
6. Kirby • SDP 18
7. Blyleven • MIN 17
May • CAL 17
McNally • BAL 17
Barr • SFG 17
Greif • SDP 17
Hooton • CHC 17
Earned Runs
1. Wood • CHW 138
2. Tidrow • CLE 135
3. Lolich • DET 131
4. Perry • CLE 129
5. Carlton • PHI 127
6. Jenkins • CHC 117
7. Splittorff • KCR 116
Reuss • HOU 116
9. Slaton • MIL 114
10. Coleman • DET 113
Singer • CAL 113
Wild Pitches
1. Perry • CLE 17
2. Blue • OAK 15
Ryan • CAL 15
Bibby • 2TM 15
5. Torrez • MON 14
6. Strom • CLE 13
Kirby • SDP 13
Twitchell • PHI 13
9. Holtzman • OAK 12
Lolich • DET 12
Hit By Pitch
1. Blass • PIT 12
2. Corkins • SDP 11
3. Coleman • DET 10
Billingham • CIN 10
Twitchell • PHI 10
6. Blyleven • MIN 9
Singer • CAL 9
Bryant • SFG 9
Lonborg • PHI 9
10. Pattin • BOS 8
Piña • OAK 8
Tidrow • CLE 8
Wilcox • CLE 8
Bibby • 2TM 8
Batters Faced
1. Wood • CHW 1,531
2. Perry • CLE 1,410
3. Ryan • CAL 1,355
4. Singer • CAL 1,348
5. Blyleven • MIN 1,321
6. Colborn • MIL 1,287
7. Lolich • DET 1,286
8. Carlton • PHI 1,262
9. Coleman • DET 1,219
10. Bahnsen • CHW 1,218
Games Finished
1. Marshall • MON 73
2. Hiller • DET 60
Giusti • PIT 60
4. Fingers • OAK 49
5. McGraw • NYM 46
Sosa • SFG 46
7. Lyle • NYY 45
8. Locker • CHC 43
Seguí • STL 43
10. Acosta • CHW 42
Adjusted ERA+
1. Seaver • NYM 175
2. Blyleven • MIN 156
3. Palmer • BAL 155
4. Twitchell • PHI 152
5. Lee • BOS 146
6. Sutton • LAD 144
7. Marshall • MON 142
8. Renko • MON 135
9. Gibson • STL 133
10. Reuschel • CHC 131
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Blyleven • MIN 2.32
2. Ryan • CAL 2.49
3. Seaver • NYM 2.57
4. Sutton • LAD 2.63
5. Ellis • PIT 2.72
6. Reuschel • CHC 2.82
7. Gibson • STL 2.83
8. Singer • CAL 2.98
9. Matlack • NYM 2.98
10. Rooker • PIT 3.00
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Seaver • NYM 52
2. Blyleven • MIN 47
3. Palmer • BAL 46
4. Lee • BOS 37
5. Hiller • DET 35
6. Sutton • LAD 32
7. Rogers • MON 32
8. Twitchell • PHI 31
9. Ryan • CAL 28
10. Koosman • NYM 24
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Seaver • NYM 5.9
2. Blyleven • MIN 5.2
3. Palmer • BAL 5.1
4. Lee • BOS 4.1
5. Rogers • MON 3.7
6. Hiller • DET 3.7
7. Sutton • LAD 3.6
8. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
9. Ryan • CAL 2.9
10. Koosman • NYM 2.6
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Seaver • NYM 58.99
2. Palmer • BAL 57.75
3. Hiller • DET 53.67
4. Blyleven • MIN 50.62
5. Lee • BOS 40.70
6. Sutton • LAD 37.88
7. Ryan • CAL 36.95
8. Rogers • MON 32.82
9. Twitchell • PHI 31.02
10. Marshall • MON 30.48
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Hiller • DET 8.4
2. Ryan • CAL 6.6
3. Seaver • NYM 6.4
4. Palmer • BAL 5.8
5. Lee • BOS 5.0
6. Sutton • LAD 4.8
7. Acosta • CHW 4.2
8. Singer • CAL 4.2
9. Twitchell • PHI 4.2
10. Tiant • BOS 4.0
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Palmer • BAL 5.0
2. Seaver • NYM 4.8
3. Sutton • LAD 4.6
4. Blyleven • MIN 4.6
5. Ryan • CAL 3.7
6. Hiller • DET 3.5
7. Tiant • BOS 3.3
8. McNally • BAL 3.0
9. Rogers • MON 2.8
10. Lee • BOS 2.7
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Hiller • DET 7.7
2. Palmer • BAL 7.7
3. McDaniel • NYY 6.2
4. McGraw • NYM 5.7
5. Rogers • MON 5.2
6. Sutton • LAD 5.0
7. Koosman • NYM 4.8
8. Matlack • NYM 4.8
9. Giusti • PIT 4.7
10. Lee • BOS 4.3
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Seaver • NYM 6.9
2. Palmer • BAL 6.6
3. Hiller • DET 5.6
4. Blyleven • MIN 5.5
5. Sutton • LAD 4.4
6. Lee • BOS 4.3
7. Ryan • CAL 4.2
8. Rogers • MON 3.8
9. Twitchell • PHI 3.4
10. Koosman • NYM 3.3

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements