Major League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Gooden • NYM 13.3
2. Henderson • NYY 9.9
3. Boggs • BOS 9.1
4. Brett • KCR 8.3
5. Tudor • STL 8.2
6. McGee • STL 8.2
7. Guerrero • LAD 8.0
8. Raines • MON 7.6
9. Saberhagen • KCR 7.1
10. Carter • NYM 6.9
WAR for Pitchers
1. Gooden • NYM 12.2
2. Tudor • STL 8.1
3. Saberhagen • KCR 7.1
4. Stieb • TOR 6.8
5. Blyleven • 2TM 6.7
6. Leibrandt • KCR 6.6
7. Hough • TEX 6.3
8. Moore • SEA 6.3
9. Reuschel • PIT 6.2
10. Boyd • BOS 6.1
Earned Run Average
1. Gooden • NYM 1.53
2. Tudor • STL 1.93
3. Hershiser • LAD 2.03
4. Reuschel • PIT 2.27
5. Welch • LAD 2.31
6. Valenzuela • LAD 2.45
7. Stieb • TOR 2.48
8. Leibrandt • KCR 2.69
9. Fernandez • NYM 2.80
10. Saberhagen • KCR 2.87
Wins
1. Gooden • NYM 24
2. Guidry • NYY 22
3. Andújar • STL 21
Tudor • STL 21
5. Saberhagen • KCR 20
Browning • CIN 20
7. Hershiser • LAD 19
8. Burns • CHW 18
Viola • MIN 18
Cox • STL 18
Hawkins • SDP 18
Scott • HOU 18
Smith • MON 18
Win-Loss %
1. Hershiser • LAD .864
2. Gooden • NYM .857
3. Guidry • NYY .786
4. Smith • MON .783
5. Welch • LAD .778
6. Saberhagen • KCR .769
7. Darling • NYM .727
8. Tudor • STL .724
9. Key • TOR .700
10. Hawkins • SDP .692
Scott • HOU .692
Walks & Hits per IP
1. Tudor • STL 0.938
2. Gooden • NYM 0.965
3. Eckersley • CHC 0.969
4. Hershiser • LAD 1.031
5. Welch • LAD 1.052
6. Smith • MON 1.052
7. Reuschel • PIT 1.057
8. Saberhagen • KCR 1.058
9. Hoyt • SDP 1.094
10. Guidry • NYY 1.100
Hits per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 5.706
2. Gooden • NYM 6.441
3. Hershiser • LAD 6.722
4. Tudor • STL 6.840
5. Soto • CIN 6.873
6. Valenzuela • LAD 6.973
7. Stieb • TOR 6.996
8. Reuschel • PIT 7.098
9. Hough • TEX 7.119
10. Petry • DET 7.165
Bases On Balls per 9 IP
1. Hoyt • SDP 0.856
2. Eckersley • CHC 1.010
3. Lynch • NYM 1.272
4. Saberhagen • KCR 1.453
5. Guidry • NYY 1.459
6. Tudor • STL 1.604
7. Smith • MON 1.660
8. Butcher • MIN 1.864
9. Welch • LAD 1.882
10. Knepper • HOU 2.017
Strikeouts per 9 IP
1. Fernandez • NYM 9.511
2. Gooden • NYM 8.718
3. Bannister • CHW 8.459
4. DeLeón • PIT 8.244
5. Ryan • HOU 8.108
6. Soto • CIN 7.504
7. Hurst • BOS 7.417
8. Krukow • SFG 6.935
9. Valenzuela • LAD 6.874
10. Burns • CHW 6.819
Games Played
1. Quisenberry • KCR 84
2. Burke • MON 78
3. Davis • SFG 77
4. Vande Berg • SEA 76
5. Hernández • DET 74
Righetti • NYY 74
Garrelts • SFG 74
8. Carman • PHI 71
9. Núñez • SEA 70
10. James • CHW 69
Lavelle • TOR 69
Saves
1. Reardon • MON 41
2. Quisenberry • KCR 37
3. Smith • CHC 33
4. James • CHW 32
5. Hernández • DET 31
Moore • CAL 31
7. Howell • OAK 29
Righetti • NYY 29
9. Power • CIN 27
Smith • HOU 27
Innings Pitched
1. Blyleven • 2TM 293.2
2. Gooden • NYM 276.2
3. Tudor • STL 275.0
4. Boyd • BOS 272.1
Valenzuela • LAD 272.1
6. Andújar • STL 269.2
7. Mahler • ATL 266.2
8. Stieb • TOR 265.0
9. Browning • CIN 261.1
10. Alexander • TOR 260.2
Strikeouts
1. Gooden • NYM 268
2. Soto • CIN 214
3. Ryan • HOU 209
4. Valenzuela • LAD 208
5. Blyleven • 2TM 206
6. Bannister • CHW 198
7. Morris • DET 191
8. Hurst • BOS 189
9. Witt • CAL 180
Fernandez • NYM 180
Games Started
1. Mahler • ATL 39
2. Andújar • STL 38
Browning • CIN 38
4. Codiroli • OAK 37
Smithson • MIN 37
Bedrosian • ATL 37
Knepper • HOU 37
Blyleven • 2TM 37
9. Alexander • TOR 36
Stieb • TOR 36
Viola • MIN 36
Soto • CIN 36
Tudor • STL 36
Complete Games
1. Blyleven • 2TM 24
2. Gooden • NYM 16
3. Hough • TEX 14
Moore • SEA 14
Tudor • STL 14
Valenzuela • LAD 14
7. Boyd • BOS 13
Morris • DET 13
9. Darwin • MIL 11
Guidry • NYY 11
Shutouts
1. Tudor • STL 10
2. Gooden • NYM 8
3. Hershiser • LAD 5
Blyleven • 2TM 5
Valenzuela • LAD 5
6. Morris • DET 4
Burns • CHW 4
Cox • STL 4
Browning • CIN 4
10. Leibrandt • KCR 3
Jackson • KCR 3
Terrell • DET 3
Sutcliffe • CHC 3
Smithson • MIN 3
Welch • LAD 3
Boyd • BOS 3
Reuss • LAD 3
Hoyt • SDP 3
Home Runs
1. Darwin • MIL 34
McGregor • BAL 34
3. Hurst • BOS 31
4. Bannister • CHW 30
Soto • CIN 30
6. Cowley • NYY 29
Martínez • BAL 29
Niekro • NYY 29
Romanick • CAL 29
Browning • CIN 29
Bases on Balls
1. Niekro • NYY 120
2. Darling • NYM 114
3. Bedrosian • ATL 111
4. Morris • DET 110
5. Niekro • 2TM 107
6. Soto • CIN 104
7. Valenzuela • LAD 101
8. Bannister • CHW 100
9. Witt • CAL 98
Lollar • 2TM 98
Hits
1. Boyd • BOS 273
2. Mahler • ATL 272
3. Alexander • TOR 268
4. Andújar • STL 265
5. Smithson • MIN 264
Blyleven • 2TM 264
7. Viola • MIN 262
8. Rhoden • PIT 254
9. Knepper • HOU 253
10. Denny • PHI 252
Strikeouts / Base On Balls
1. Eckersley • CHC 6.158
2. Saberhagen • KCR 4.158
3. Hoyt • SDP 4.150
4. Gooden • NYM 3.884
5. Tudor • STL 3.449
6. Guidry • NYY 3.405
7. Smith • MON 3.098
8. Krukow • SFG 3.061
9. Tanana • 2TM 2.789
10. Blyleven • 2TM 2.747
Home Runs per 9 IP
1. Hershiser • LAD 0.300
2. Jackson • KCR 0.303
3. Reuschel • PIT 0.325
4. Terrell • DET 0.354
5. Gullickson • MON 0.397
6. Gooden • NYM 0.423
7. Tudor • STL 0.458
8. Valenzuela • LAD 0.463
9. Ryan • HOU 0.466
10. Gross • PHI 0.481
Losses
1. Young • SEA 19
DeLeón • PIT 19
3. Darwin • MIL 18
4. Boddicker • BAL 17
Heaton • CLE 17
LaPoint • SFG 17
7. Hough • TEX 16
Tibbs • CIN 16
Blyleven • 2TM 16
Laskey • 2TM 16
Earned Runs
1. Smithson • MIN 124
2. Young • SEA 119
3. Butcher • MIN 115
Hurst • BOS 115
5. Bannister • CHW 114
Viola • MIN 114
7. Heaton • CLE 113
8. Boyd • BOS 112
Codiroli • OAK 112
10. McGregor • BAL 109
Wild Pitches
1. Niekro • 2TM 21
2. Morris • DET 15
3. Ryan • HOU 14
4. Cocanower • MIL 13
5. Gubicza • KCR 12
Tibbs • CIN 12
7. Bannister • CHW 11
Hough • TEX 11
Nelson • CHW 11
Witt • CAL 11
Hit By Pitch
1. Smithson • MIN 15
2. Andújar • STL 11
3. Martínez • BAL 9
Nipper • BOS 9
Stieb • TOR 9
Ryan • HOU 9
Blyleven • 2TM 9
8. Black • KCR 8
Cocanower • MIL 8
Seaver • CHW 8
Batters Faced
1. Blyleven • 2TM 1,203
2. Boyd • BOS 1,132
3. Andújar • STL 1,127
4. Mahler • ATL 1,110
5. Valenzuela • LAD 1,109
6. Alexander • TOR 1,090
7. Smithson • MIN 1,088
8. Stieb • TOR 1,087
9. Browning • CIN 1,083
10. Morris • DET 1,077
Games Finished
1. Quisenberry • KCR 76
2. Hernández • DET 64
3. James • CHW 60
Righetti • NYY 60
5. Howell • OAK 58
6. Moore • CAL 57
Smith • CHC 57
8. Núñez • SEA 53
9. Caudill • TOR 51
10. Davis • MIN 50
Power • CIN 50
Reardon • MON 50
Sutter • ATL 50
Adjusted ERA+
1. Gooden • NYM 229
2. Tudor • STL 185
3. Stieb • TOR 171
4. Hershiser • LAD 171
5. Reuschel • PIT 159
6. Leibrandt • KCR 153
7. Welch • LAD 150
8. Saberhagen • KCR 143
9. Valenzuela • LAD 141
10. Key • TOR 141
Fielding Independent Pitching
1. Gooden • NYM 2.13
2. Reuschel • PIT 2.58
3. Tudor • STL 2.71
4. Hershiser • LAD 2.73
5. Smith • MON 2.81
6. Eckersley • CHC 2.84
7. Saberhagen • KCR 2.89
8. Ryan • HOU 2.90
9. Valenzuela • LAD 2.95
10. Fernandez • NYM 3.08
Adj. Pitching Runs
1. Gooden • NYM 63
2. Tudor • STL 50
3. Stieb • TOR 47
4. Saberhagen • KCR 35
5. Leibrandt • KCR 35
Hershiser • LAD 35
7. Blyleven • 2TM 32
8. Key • TOR 29
9. Valenzuela • LAD 28
10. Reuschel • PIT 28
Adj. Pitching Wins
1. Gooden • NYM 7.6
2. Tudor • STL 5.8
3. Stieb • TOR 5.0
4. Hershiser • LAD 3.9
5. Saberhagen • KCR 3.7
6. Leibrandt • KCR 3.7
7. Blyleven • 2TM 3.3
8. Valenzuela • LAD 3.1
9. Reuschel • PIT 3.1
10. Key • TOR 3.1
Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)
1. Gooden • NYM 75.52
2. Tudor • STL 55.38
3. Stieb • TOR 51.04
4. Saberhagen • KCR 40.53
5. Leibrandt • KCR 33.53
6. Alexander • TOR 32.04
7. Key • TOR 31.72
8. Hershiser • LAD 31.45
9. Blyleven • 2TM 31.17
10. Morris • DET 29.09
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Gooden • NYM 9.9
2. Tudor • STL 6.1
3. Saberhagen • KCR 5.0
4. Key • TOR 4.3
5. Moore • CAL 4.2
6. Gossage • SDP 4.0
7. Stieb • TOR 4.0
8. Lahti • STL 3.9
9. Franco • CIN 3.8
10. Smith • HOU 3.8
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)
1. Gooden • NYM 6.9
2. Tudor • STL 6.8
3. Hershiser • LAD 4.1
4. Stieb • TOR 3.9
5. Saberhagen • KCR 3.7
6. Valenzuela • LAD 3.5
7. Hough • TEX 3.5
8. Blyleven • 2TM 3.5
9. Reuschel • PIT 3.4
10. Key • TOR 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Gooden • NYM 18.1
2. Tudor • STL 13.6
3. Saberhagen • KCR 11.8
4. Lahti • STL 8.5
5. Key • TOR 7.5
6. Stieb • TOR 6.7
7. McDowell • NYM 6.5
8. Moore • CAL 6.3
9. Quisenberry • KCR 4.9
10. Alexander • TOR 4.8
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)
1. Gooden • NYM 9.5
2. Tudor • STL 6.5
3. Stieb • TOR 5.4
4. Saberhagen • KCR 4.3
5. Hershiser • LAD 3.6
6. Leibrandt • KCR 3.5
7. Alexander • TOR 3.3
8. Key • TOR 3.3
9. Blyleven • 2TM 3.2
10. Valenzuela • LAD 3.2

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